JP2003108832A - Product selection method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a goods selecting method and system for setting goods to a specific dwelling house in which information set for another dwelling house can be applied. SOLUTION: On a floor plan of the dwelling house inputted, marks to designate positions for laying out goods are provided, and goods to be installed are selected for the respective marks. Next, leaving the marks on a screen as they are, a floor plan for another dwelling house is taken in. The marks are moved to apply to the new floor plan, thereby the marks and information of their attributes can be applied to it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for assisting in selecting an optimum product from a large number of selectable products, and particularly selecting a product to be installed on a floor plan of a building or the like. The present invention relates to a product selection method and system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a desired product is selected from a large number of products, such as when a consumer purchases a product, it can be easily performed when there are few options, but when there are many options or each product is selected. If you are not familiar with the performance and functions, it will take a great deal of effort. For example, when selecting a lighting fixture to be installed in each room for a new house, the size of the room,
There are many points that must be taken into consideration, such as the relationship between the shape and the features of lighting equipment. For this reason, the lighting fixture is often selected by a specialized lighting planner who is familiar with the lighting fixture, instead of the construction owner.

However, the number of types of lighting fixtures has been increasing recently, and it is not possible to grasp all types of lighting planners, and it is difficult to select the optimum lighting fixture for each room. It was Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, the present applicant has filed a patent application No. 2000-3
In the specification of No. 05286, a method is proposed in which a mark indicating a position where a product is installed is provided on a floor plan, and a product is selected for each mark.

[0004]

In the above method, the efficiency of product selection on the floor plan can be improved. However, in the above method, the mark is set, the product is selected, etc. for each house, so that it takes time for the number of houses. Consider, for example, the case of selecting a product in an apartment house such as an apartment. Generally, in an apartment house such as a condominium, a plurality of types of rooms are often prepared, but basically, the floor plan of any type of room does not differ greatly. However, since the installation position of the luminaire differs depending on the type of room, the marking and the selection of the product for each marking are performed each time.

In view of the above points, the present invention provides a product selection method and system in which, when a product is set for a certain house, it is easy to use the information set for another house. The challenge is to provide.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a floor plan of a building is read, and a mark indicating an arrangement position where a product is installed is added on the read floor plan. Correspondence between the position of the mark and the mark, select the product to be installed for each given mark, and read another floor plan and superimpose it on the mark while holding the position of the mark and the product information selected for each mark. It is characterized in that the mark is displayed and the position of the mark is moved on the floor plan. According to the present invention, a mark is given by designating an arrangement position on a floor plan of a building, product information is selected for each mark, and the position of the mark and the information associated with the mark are Since it is also used for the floor plan of the building, it is not necessary to add a mark or the like to a building having a similar floor plan each time.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a product selection system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a server, 2 is a client, 3 is a drawing input means, and 4 is a printer.

The server 1 stores a product information storage unit 1a in which information about all products is recorded, a condition weight storage unit 1b in which “weight” is recorded according to the order of selection support conditions (described later), product selection results and proposals. It has a function of managing the proposed plan storage unit 1c in which plan information is recorded and a function of exchanging data with the client 2 via the network.

The merchandise information storage unit 1a stores information on all merchandise (in this example, lighting equipment),
It is realized by a storage device such as a large-capacity hard disk connected to the server 1. When a new luminaire is released, its product information is registered in the product information storage unit 1a via the server 1, and the discontinued luminaire is deleted from the product information storage unit 1a. The product information in the product information storage unit 1a is updated to the latest information at any time. FIG. 2 shows an example of product information in the product information storage unit 1a. In FIG. 2, “product number” is a number unique to the product, and the product number can be specified by this “product number”. The “space name” indicates a place in the house where the product is attached, that is, space information. "Area" indicates how many tatami mats the product is suitable for. The "ceiling shape" indicates what shape the ceiling of the product can be attached to. "Light color species"
Is a conceptual classification of the light color of the product.
"Product shape" indicates the shape of the product.
“Recommended”, “recruitment record”, and “regionality” are items used as selection condition items at the time of search. The “recommendation” indicates the degree to which the manufacturer or the seller wants to strengthen sales, that is, strongly recommends to the customer, and the higher the sales, the higher the numerical value is given. The “recruitment record” indicates the record of adoption by the lighting planner. The more the product has been adopted,
High numbers are given. The value of the “hiring record” is set to increase at a predetermined timing according to the number of times the product is selected. The "regionality" is given a higher number as it is preferred in the region. In the example of FIG. 2, there are only three selection condition items, but any number can be added. The product information also includes a photographic image of the product corresponding to each product number.

The condition weight storage unit 1b stores a "weight" by which the value of the selection condition item designated as the selection support condition is multiplied according to the order of the designated selection support condition. FIG. 3 shows an example of weight information in the condition weight storage unit 1b. In FIG. 3, vertically-arranged columns “recommended”, “hiring record”, and “regional” are selection condition items, and selection condition items included in the product information in the product information storage unit 1a shown in FIG. It corresponds. The columns "first condition", "second condition", and "third condition" arranged side by side indicate the order of selection support conditions. In the example of FIG. 3, when “recommended” is designated as the “first condition”, the value of “recommended” which is the selection condition item of the product information is multiplied by “20” and the “second condition” is obtained. When specified as, the value of "recommended" in the product information is multiplied by "10", and when specified as "third condition", the value of "recommended" in the product information is "5". It indicates that they are multiplied.

The proposed plan storage unit 1c is used by the client 2
The product selection result created by the above and the proposal plan information created by using the selected product are recorded. Like the product information storage unit 1a and the condition weight storage unit 1b, a large product connected to the server 1 is recorded. It is realized by a storage device such as a hard disk having a large capacity. When a registration instruction is issued for the product selection result created by the client 2,
Each time, the product selection result of the proposal plan storage unit 1c is added via the server 1.

By combining a plurality of selection support conditions and performing a search, the client 2 selects the optimum lighting fixture that matches the conditions from among the lighting fixtures recorded in the product information storage unit 1a and selects the lighting fixture. It has a function to create layout information for each room, and a function to create a proposal plan in which a floor plan of a house and a photographic image of a lighting fixture to be installed in each room are arranged based on the created layout information. , A display, a keyboard, a mouse, a hard disk, and the like are realized by installing a dedicated program in a computer terminal. The created proposal plan information is stored in the proposal plan storage unit 1c.

(Initial screen) Next, the processing operation of the product proposal making system shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the screen transition diagram shown in FIG. First, when this system is started on the client 2, an initial screen D1 (details not shown)
Is displayed. The client 2 logs in on the initial screen D1. Specifically, the user who creates the proposal plan inputs a user code, a password, etc. for identifying himself / herself. When the start button is clicked with the mouse, the client 2 verifies the user code and password with the server 1. When the user code and password registered in advance are matched, the basic information screen D2 is displayed on the display of the client 2. Details of the basic information screen D2 are shown in FIG.
Shown in. As shown in FIG. 4, the basic information screen D2 is roughly divided into four areas: a main menu display area 10, a property information editing area 41, a plan processing status display area 42, and a plan search area 43. .

(Main Menu) As shown in FIG. 4, the main menu display area 10 includes plan selection buttons of "free plan" and "simple plan" and "basic", "drawing", "selection" and "layout". , And "board" processing selection buttons. This main menu display area 10
Is always displayed at the upper left on not only the basic information screen D2 but also other processing screens, and a different processing screen can be displayed by clicking the processing selection button. For example, when the "basic" button of the process selection buttons is clicked, the basic information screen D2 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. The process selection buttons in the main menu display area 10 are arranged from left to right according to the flow of the process, and if there is an item that is required to be input and has not been input in the left side process, it is selected by clicking the process selection button on the right side. The screen corresponding to the process is not displayed. For example, if there is an uninput item on the basic information screen D2,
Click the "Drawing" button to display the drawing / arrangement screen D3
Does not move to. In addition, the plan selection button selects either "free plan" which is performed while setting the layout when creating a proposal plan, or "simple plan" which selects a desired one from a plurality of predetermined templates. It is supposed to do. When the "free plan" is selected, the "layout" and "board" process selection buttons are available, and when the "simple plan" is selected, the "layout" button is unavailable.

(Basic Information Screen) The basic information screen D2 shown in FIG. 4 is used for inputting / correcting / searching property information and checking the plan processing status. In the property information editing area 41, property information can be input and selection support conditions can be set. Property information includes the owner name, property name,
Phone number, district code, budget, reception department, sales department, board template can be entered. The "budget" here is the total budget for the lighting equipment installed in this house. The selection support condition can be input up to the third condition. It is possible to directly enter in each condition input field, but since a list of selection condition items for product information is displayed by clicking with the mouse,
Selection condition items can be entered by selecting one of them. FIG. 4 shows a state in which “recommended” is input as the first condition and “employment record” is input as the second condition.

The plan processing status display area 42 displays the current processing status of the selected plan. This corresponds to each process item that can be selected in the main menu display area 10, and indicates the progress status of each process of basic, drawing, selection, layout, and board as “○”, “△”, and “x”. Shown in three stages. As the progress status, “○” indicates that the work has been completed, “△” indicates that the work has started but is not completed, “×”
Indicates an unprocessed state, that is, a state in which work is not started.

In the plan search area 43, it is possible to input a condition for calling a proposal plan created in the past and registered in the proposal plan storage unit 1c. There are five search items: the owner name, property name, telephone number, basic information registration date, and planner. In the present embodiment, although there are only five search items, it is of course possible to search for all items registered in the proposal plan storage unit 1c by design. When you enter the conditions in the search items and click the search button, a list of search results will be displayed in the form of one line per case below. For each searched plan, the owner name, property name, and planner are displayed, as well as the basic, drawing, selection, layout, and board processing status.

[0018] From the list displayed, click the row of the plan to be confirmed to select it, and click the reference button at the bottom to display the plan detail screen. The plan details screen (not shown) displays the contents of each item shown in the property information editing area 41.
On the plan detail screen, there is a recruit button similar to that displayed at the bottom of the plan search area 43.
By clicking this adoption button, the retrieved plan information is poured into the property information editing area 41. The contents input to the basic information screen D2 can be saved as a modified plan or a new plan. When a save instruction is given, the proposal plan is registered in the proposal plan storage unit 1c.

(Drawing / Arrangement Screen) When a drawing button is clicked in the main menu display area 10 after the required items are input on the basic information screen D2, FIG.
From the basic information screen D2 to the drawing / arrangement screen D3 as shown in
Move to. Details of the drawing / arrangement screen D3 are shown in FIG.
The main menu display area 10 is provided on the drawing / arrangement screen D3.
Besides, plan summary display area 50 and floor selection area 5
1, a drawing / arrangement button group 52, and a drawing display area 53 are displayed. In the floor selection area 51, the number of floors (floor)
Can be set. When the floor name is set in the floor selection area 51, all the buttons in the drawing / placement button group 52 (details not shown) can be used. For example, if a floor name is set as "1st floor" or the like, a drawing (floor plan) can be input for the floor name. Here, by selecting the "plan view scanner input" and "plan view file read button" prepared in the drawing / arrangement button group 52 according to the format of the prepared drawing, the drawing can be input. Be seen.
The drawing input means 3 shown in FIG. 1 is used to input a drawing. As the drawing input means 3, a scanner can be used when the drawing to be input is a paper medium, and a drawing to be input is an electronic medium. Can utilize reading means adapted to the format.

The input drawing is displayed in the drawing display area 53, and the layout work can be performed on this drawing. Specifically, when you click on the part where you want to place the lighting fixture on the floor plan displayed in the drawing display area 53, a mark of ○ is displayed at the clicked position and the layout editing window as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. W3 is displayed. In the layout edit window W3, it is possible to input a numerical value of a space code, select a space from a space list, input a display space name, and set a mark color for the set mark. In FIG. 6C, “20” at the left end is a space code, which indicates “living room” here. The right side of the space code has three rows, but from the top, the major and minor categories of space and the display space name are displayed. The large classification and the small classification of the space are automatically determined by designating the space code, but as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, they can be selected from the pull-down list. The display space name is for displaying the space name on the floor plan, and if it is not set, the space name is displayed as it is. The information set here is associated with the mark as attribute information of the mark and registered in the proposal plan storage unit 1c.

The position of the displayed mark can be moved by dragging it on the floor plan in the drawing display area 53. This mark can be duplicated. Specifically, click the mark you want to duplicate, and press the right mouse button, "Duplicate", "Delete",
Since each process of "edit" is displayed in a menu format, it is performed by selecting "copy" from among them. The duplicated mark is connected to the original mark by a dotted line. The line type of the connecting line can be changed to another line such as a solid line or a one-dot chain line. In addition, a line shape can be specified for the connecting line. As the line shape, a key line, a straight line or the like can be designated. When the mark is duplicated, its attribute information is also duplicated at the same time. To delete the mark, select "Delete" in the above menu. When a mark is deleted, its attribute information is also deleted. When "Edit" is selected in the above menu, the layout editing window W3 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, and the layout information can be corrected. Buttons can be prepared in the drawing / arrangement button group 52 for “duplicate”, “delete”, “edit”, etc. of the mark.

(Product Selection Screen) When the selection button is clicked in the main menu display area 10, the drawing / arrangement screen D3 is changed to the product selection screen D4 as shown in FIG. The details of the product selection screen D4 are shown in FIG. In the product selection screen D4, in addition to the main menu display region 10 and the plan summary display region 50, a drawing / placement region 71, a product selection region 72, a placement list display region 73, a selection support button group 74, a selected product photo display region. 75 and a related material display area 76 are displayed. The drawing / arrangement area 71 is shown in FIG.
The drawing / arrangement screen D3 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed in a reduced size, and the arrangement work on the drawing is possible like the drawing / arrangement screen D3.

In the product selection area 72, layout information is edited for product selection. FIG. 8 shows the product selection area 72. In FIG. 8, a space code, a large space classification, a small space classification, and a display space name are displayed in the space column. This is the same as that set in the layout editing window W3 shown in FIG. Further, the product selection area 72
In, the size, the ceiling (the shape thereof), and the product (the shape), which are the structural characteristics of the space, are set. The size, product, and ceiling can be directly input, but it is also possible to set them by clicking to display a pull-down list and selecting from them. The product number can be entered directly in the product number input field, or can be selected by entering a few characters from the beginning to display the product number list and clicking the product number from the list. In the example of FIG.
Since "ABC1" is entered in the product number input field, "AB
A list of product numbers starting with "C1" is displayed. When the product number is specified, the product photo is displayed on the right. In addition, the product number, price, and wattage are displayed at the bottom of the photo. Click the recruit button to see the contents of the placement list display area 7.
3 is reflected, and a photograph of the selected product is displayed in the selected product photo display area 75.

When the list button in the product selection area 72 is clicked, a product photograph list screen (details not shown) is displayed. At this time, when a character is input in the product number column on the product selection area 72, the product corresponding to that is searched and displayed. The photos displayed on the product photo list screen can be sorted by price or wattage. At the bottom of each product photo, the product number, standard price, wattage, total price when adopted, etc. are displayed. When the product to be adopted is found, the adoption button at the bottom of the product photo is clicked, the contents are reflected in the arrangement list display area 73, and the photo of the selected product is displayed in the selected product photo display area 75. Also, on the product photograph list screen, product search can be performed from the product number column.

Here, the arrangement list display area 73 is shown in FIG. Here, the arrangement information, that is, the arrangement number and its attribute information is displayed in a list. Explaining each item, the No. enclosed by a square at the left end shows the arrangement No. and corresponds to the number of the mark shown in FIG. On the right side, the space code and space name are displayed as the space. This space is set in the layout editing window W3 shown in FIG. 6 or the product selection area 72 shown in FIG. The size, product, ceiling, product number and quantity are set in the product selection area 72 shown in FIG. The price is extracted from the product information storage unit 1a according to the set product number. Subtotals are automatically calculated based on price and quantity.

From the layout list displayed in the layout list display area 73, click the layout for which you want to select a product so that it is highlighted, and select one of the selection support button groups 74.
When the favorite button, which is one of the two, is clicked, the favorite search screen 100 as shown in FIG. On this screen, first select either Private or Public. Private is a planner's own product list that is being worked on, and each planner can create it freely. Public is a product list that can be used by all planners. Select either Private or Public, and select the one you want to use from the favorite names displayed in the pull-down menu. Then,
A list of group names belonging to the selected favorite will be displayed. Select a group name further. In the example of FIG. 10, private is selected, and then Wayawaragi 8-10 tatami is selected as the group name. When a group name is selected, a photo list of products corresponding to the selected group is displayed. That is, in the example of FIG. 10, a list of product photographs corresponding to 8-10 tatami mats is displayed. At the bottom of each product photograph, the product number, standard price, wattage, tatami mat, and the total amount of money when the product is used are displayed, as in the case of the product number search result. Again, you can sort by price and wattage. Further, when the adoption button is clicked, the contents are reflected in the arrangement list display area 73 and the photograph of the selected product is displayed in the selected product photo display area 75.

On the product selection screen D4, it is possible to select a product using the selection support condition. For this,
In the basic information screen D2 shown in FIG. 4, it is necessary to set selection support conditions in advance. With the selection support conditions and the input items in the product selection area 72 set,
After clicking the placement to use the selection support from the placement list display area 73 and then clicking the selection support button of the selection support button group 74, the product information storage unit 1a is searched according to the condition and the lighting fixture is automatically selected. It A specific method of product selection using such selection support conditions will be described later.

Further, in the product selection screen D4, accessories can be added to the product. Specifically, in the placement list display area 73, after clicking to highlight the placement for which an accessory is to be added, a selection support button group 74 is displayed.
Click the accessory button of. Then, a list of photos of accessories (accessory screen) is displayed. At the bottom of each accessory photo, the product number, standard price, wattage, and total price when adopted are displayed, as in the case of the product photo. Again, you can sort by price and wattage. Further, when the adoption button is clicked, the content is reflected in the arrangement list display area 73 and the photograph of the selected accessory is displayed in the selected commodity photograph display area 75. When the accessories are added, as shown in FIG. 9, the arrangement list display area 7 is displayed.
One line is provided under the arrangement of 3, and the mark indicating the accessory, the part number, the price, the quantity, and the subtotal of the accessory are displayed. A delete button is displayed on the right side of the screen, and by clicking this delete button, only the accessory is deleted.

Further, when a product is selected for each arrangement, related materials (construction example photograph, characteristic photograph) can be added. Specifically, in the arrangement list display area 73, the arrangement for adding the related material is clicked to highlight it, and then the related material button of the selection support button group 74 is clicked. Then, a list of photographs of related materials (related material screen) related to the selected product is displayed. When the recruit button at the bottom of the photograph to be adopted is clicked, the photograph of the selected related material is displayed in the related material display area 76.

In the arrangement list display area 73, when it is desired to use the same product as another product already selected in another space, the product can be duplicated by dragging and dropping it with the mouse. In the placement list display area 73, click the placement you want to delete to highlight it, then
By clicking the layout delete button of the selection support button group 74, the layout can be deleted as in the case of the drawing / layout area 71. Here, when the arrangement is deleted, FIG.
In the drawing / arrangement screen D3 shown in FIG. 5, the corresponding numbered mark is also deleted.

(Layout screen) After the products are selected as described above, various conditions for creating the proposal are set. There are two types of proposals, a free plan that is created in a relatively free format and a simple plan that is created by selecting from patterns that have a certain format. Which format is used is determined by which of “free plan” and “simple plan” in the main menu display area 10 is selected. "Free Plan"
When is selected, the main menu display area 1
At 0, the layout button is enabled. When this layout button is clicked, the product selection screen D4 shifts to the layout screen D5 as shown in FIG. The details of the layout screen D5 are shown in FIG. On the layout screen D5, the main menu display area 10 and the plan summary display area 50 are also displayed on the upper part thereof. In the lower part, the left side is a setting field 111 and the right side is a layout display field 112. The layout conditions are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, five items such as related material arrangement, space name, leader line, mark number, and image interval are set. The related material arrangement determines how to arrange the related materials on the layout, and it is possible to select "right side of product" or "collect at bottom". The space name is for selecting whether to display the space name at the upper left of the product image.
The leader line is for selecting whether or not to display the leader line drawn between the product image and the mark. The mark number is for selecting whether to display the number in the mark. The image interval specifies the shortest margin between adjacent product images.

In the "display of the same product collectively" at the bottom of the setting field 111, it is set whether or not the product images are displayed together when the same product is selected in different spaces. In the example of FIG. 11, the product with the product number “EFG155” is arranged.
No. 3 and arrangement No. 23 are selected. The serial number mark is set when the product image is displayed only in any one space. The serial number mark set here is displayed at the upper right of the product image in the space where the product image is displayed, and is displayed at the upper right of the placement mark in the space where the product image is not displayed. If a check is made in the all display column to the right of the serial number mark, the product image will be displayed in all spaces.

When the decision button at the bottom of the setting field 111 is clicked, the floor plan and the product image are displayed in the layout display field 112 according to the set conditions. Specifically, when the decision button is clicked, the floor plan stored in the proposal plan storage unit 1c is extracted and placed in the center of the layout display field 112. A mark is also displayed on this floor plan. Further, the product information selected as a part of the proposal plan information is extracted from the product information storage unit 1a, and the product information is displayed around the floor plan in the layout display field 112. At this time, the display position of each item of product information is determined by the angle and distance of the position of each mark from the center of the floor plan. For example, in the example of FIG. 11, among the 10 marks, the product information corresponding to the five marks whose coordinate values in the floor plan are located on the upper side is displayed on the upper side, and the product information corresponding to the five marks located on the lower side is displayed. Display product information at the bottom. Upper 5
The left and right display order of each piece of product information and the bottom five pieces of product information is determined by the coordinate value in the left-right direction on the floor plan of the corresponding mark. When the vertical position and the left-right order of arranging the product information are determined, the width of the product information on the screen is considered and each product information is arranged so as to maintain the image interval set in the setting field 111. When the arrangement position of the product information is decided, a leader line is created. The lead line connects each mark with corresponding product information, and there are various ways of drawing, but in the present embodiment, it is created by connecting line segments parallel to the vertical direction or the horizontal direction. In the example of FIG. 11, according to the setting field 111, for those having related materials (in the figure), the related materials are arranged on the right side of the product image, and the space name is not displayed.
A leader line (a line connecting the mark and the product image) is displayed,
The number is displayed in the mark.

Here, an example in which the layout conditions in the setting field 111 are changed is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 12, the related material arrangement is “collected at the bottom end”, the space name is “display”,
The condition is set with the leader line as "non-display". With this setting, as shown in FIG. 12, the related material is displayed in the related material display field 113 together with the space name. Further, in the layout display field 112, it can be seen that the space name is displayed at the upper left of each product image and the leader line is deleted.

(Free Plan / Board Edit Screen) When the board button is clicked in the main menu display area 10 after the layout conditions are set, the layout screen D5 shifts to the board edit screen D6 as shown in FIG. Details of the board edit screen D6 are shown in FIG. The reason why the screen for creating the proposal is the board editing screen is that the proposal may be later attached to the board and treated as a proposal board. The only difference between the proposal and the proposal board is whether the material is paper or a plate,
There is no change in the content posted. Also on the board edit screen D6 shown in FIG. 13, a main menu display area 10 and a plan summary display area 50 are displayed in the upper part thereof. Further, in the lower part thereof, the operation button group 131 and the layout display field 11 on the right side of the layout screen D5 shown in FIG.
A layout display field 132 similar to that of No. 2 is displayed.
However, in the board edit screen D6, floor plans and product images are displayed for all floors, and the screen can be scrolled in the left-right direction. In the example shown in FIG. 13, the floor plan of the first floor is displayed on the left side, and the floor plan of the second floor is displayed on the right side. Here, although the floor plan of the second floor is only partially displayed, by scrolling to the right, the entire floor plan is displayed. Also,
The operation button group 131 includes buttons for changing display magnification, operating objects (floor plan, product image, lead line, placement mark, etc.), and printing / saving the board, but detailed illustration thereof is omitted here. . By clicking these buttons, the operator can correct the contents of the proposal, such as adjusting the position and size of the leader line and the product image.

Regarding the leader line, it is possible to change the vertical position of the leader line by designating and dragging the leader line to be corrected. In the left-right direction, when the product information itself is moved, the leader line is redrawn accordingly.

(Simple Plan) On the other hand, when the "simple plan" mode is selected, the layout button is disabled in the main menu display area 10, and when the board button is clicked, as shown in FIG. Then, the product selection screen D4 is transferred to the template selection screen D7. On the template selection screen D7, a template selection screen for creating a board is displayed. Several selectable templates are displayed on the template selection screen. An example of the template is shown in FIG. In the simple plan, as the name implies, the final board will be simple. Therefore, unlike the free plan, it is not possible to make detailed settings such as the display position of the image, and only a desired template is selected from the template templates. Figure 1
In the example of 4, there are three display columns for the floor plan and nine display columns for the products. In addition, the total price of the selected product is displayed in the upper center, and a list of the selected product and spatial information is displayed in the lower center.

(Preparation of Proposal Document) The proposal plan created as described above is used as a proposal document in the printer 4 shown in FIG.
It is output from and used when making a proposal to the customer.

(Replacement of Drawings) With the above-described processing, selection of a product and creation of a proposal are completed. In the present invention, the proposal plan information created for a certain house is used for another house, so that it is possible to improve the efficiency of product selection and proposal plan creation. Generally, the structure (floor) in a house has a fixed pattern. Therefore, the position of the mark set for one house, the attribute information for each mark, and the like do not differ greatly from those for other houses. In particular, in an apartment house such as an apartment, the floor plan of each house is almost the same, and the corner rooms are slightly different. In such a case, if the mark given to the floor plan of a certain house and its attribute information can be used, it becomes easy to select a product and make a proposal plan for a house having a similar floor plan.

Next, a method of diverting the mark and its attribute information by replacing the drawings will be specifically described. First, in the plan search area 43 of the basic information screen D2 shown in FIG. 4, search items are input to search for a plan. By selecting a desired one from the plans extracted by the search and clicking the adoption button, the plan information is displayed in the property information editing area 41.

When the plan is called, the drawing button in the main menu display area 10 is clicked to move to the drawing / arrangement screen D3 as shown in FIG. 5, and the floor plan and marks of the selected plan are displayed in the drawing display area 53. Display it.
As shown in FIG. 5, “plan view scanner input” and “plan view file read button” prepared in the drawing / arrangement button group 52 are prepared in the state where the floor plan and the mark are displayed. A new drawing is input by selecting it according to the drawing format. The state of the drawing / arrangement screen D3 at this time is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, even if a new drawing (floor plan) is input,
The mark remains unchanged. However, the newly input drawing is smaller than the original drawing size, and marks that have run off the new drawing are displayed side by side in the upper left of the drawing display area 53. Comparing the drawings of FIGS. 5 and 16, the newly input drawing is smaller than the original drawing. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 16, the marks corresponding to No. 1 and No. 2 are displayed in the upper left. The other marks are displayed in their original positions because they fit in the new drawing.

Subsequently, the mark is moved. The mark can be moved by dragging it with the mouse. The spatial structure of a house is basically the same, and most houses have an entrance, a living room, a Japanese-style room, a washroom, a bathroom, a kitchen, etc. Therefore, the spatial information defined as a part of the mark attribute information can be used as it is. Since there is no space for the counter in the new drawing, the No. 3 mark will be deleted. The other marks have corresponding spaces in the new drawing, so the marks are moved. For example, in FIG. 16, since the No. 1 and No. 2 marks displayed at the upper left have the space information of the living room, they are moved to the new living room position. Since the No. 4 and No. 5 marks have the spatial information of the kitchen, they are moved to the position of the kitchen on the new drawing.
No. 6 with space information of Japanese-style room, No. 7 with space information of entrance hall, No. 8 with space information between entrances, No. 9 with space information of washroom, No. with space information of bathroom .1
Also for 0, it is moved to the corresponding position on the drawing. The state after movement of all the marks is shown in FIG. You can save in this state and register as a new plan, or you can create a proposal. in this way,
By diverting the marks and attribute information given to other houses, it is possible to easily select products and create proposals.

When the mark and its attribute information are duplicated as described above, the product selection information constituting the attribute information is also duplicated. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform product selection work. However, unlike spatial information, the taste of the resident is reflected in the product, so it is possible to perform the product selection work again. In that case,
After moving the mark according to the new drawing, select screen D
It is sufficient to move to 4 and carry out product selection work.

(Specific Method of Product Selection) The outline of the process of creating a proposal using this system has been described above with reference to the screen transition diagram. Here, a specific method of product selection using the selection support condition is described. The processing will be described. For example, in FIG.
Consider the situation where the product has not been decided for the layout No. 1 shown in. In such a state, the selection support button group 74
When the selection support button in is clicked, the product information storage unit 1a is searched under these conditions, that is, the space is "living room", the area is "8 tatami mats", the product is "ceiling", and the ceiling is "normal". . When the product information shown in FIG. 2 is searched under this condition, “ABC001”, “A
The three products of "BC003" and "ABC005" are applicable.

In this case, further narrowing is performed according to the budget of each space. This budget is automatically calculated for each room and facility by considering the number of spaces in the house from the total budget set. Details of this budget calculation will be described later. For example, it is assumed that a budget of “80,000 yen” is allocated to the space of arrangement No. 1.
Then, "ABC005" is out of the condition, so "ABC005"
It will be narrowed down to two of "BC001" and "ABC003".

Selection support conditions are applied to the remaining two. As shown in FIG. 4, in this example, “recommended” is set as the first condition, and “employment record” is set as the second condition. Referring to the condition weight storage unit 1b, FIG.
As shown in, “Recommended” is “× 20” when set as the first condition, and “Recruitment record” is “× 3” when set as the second condition. Based on this, I calculated the points of the two remaining products and found that "ABC001"
Is 5 × 20 + 2 × 3 = 106, “ABC003” is
2 × 20 + 5 × 3 = 55. Therefore, “ABC001” with a large number of points is selected, and the product number, price, and subtotal are displayed as shown in FIG.

(Details of Budget Calculation) Here, the budget calculation of each space will be described. First, we acquire the information necessary to determine the budget allocated to each space. The necessary information is three points: "number of rooms", "equipment", and "rate of room ratio".
Living room, living room, living room, guest room,
10 bedrooms, Japanese-style room, dining room, dining room, Western-style room, children's room
It is a space for seeds. All spaces other than the living room will be equipped with facilities. The number of rooms is the ratio of the number of rooms to the total number of spaces. Then, the budget allocation of the living room is determined by the following (Formula 1).

(Equation 1) [Room Budget] = ([Total Budget] × (2 × [Ratio of Number of Rooms] − [Ratio of Number of Rooms] ² )) However, fractions of 10,000 yen or less are rounded up.

The equipment budget is the total budget minus the room budget. Once the room budget and equipment budget have been calculated,
Calculate the budget for each room and facility by space. The budget for each space of the living room is calculated by the following (Formula 2).

(Equation 2) [Budget by Space (Room)] = [Budget by Room] x [Budget by Space] / Σ [Budget by Space for All Spaces] However, fractions of 100 yen or less are rounded off.

As the space-based budget cost in (Equation 2), for example, reception room = 40, living room = 36, living room = ...
And so on. On the other hand, the facility budget for each space is calculated by the following (Formula 3).

(Equation 3) [Budget by Space (Equipment)] = [Equipment Budget] / [Number of Equipment] However, rounding up to the nearest 100 yen

Here, the method of obtaining the budget of each space from the set total budget in the state where no product is selected at all has been described, but the product has already been selected in some spaces. In this case, the total budget is obtained by subtracting the total price of the selected products from the total budget, and the above method may be performed on the remaining space.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above embodiment, the system is a server-client type system, but these functions may be realized by one computer, or the server 1 may be provided with a WWW server function. It may be configured to be accessible from the Internet.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By reading the floor plan of the building and assigning a mark indicating the position where the product is placed on the read floor plan, the predetermined position and the mark are associated with each other, and the product to be installed is selected for each given mark. Then, while keeping the position of the mark and the product information selected for each mark, another floor plan is read and displayed on top of the mark, and the position of the mark is moved on the floor plan.
With respect to a building having a similar floor plan, it is possible to divert the marks and attribute information given by another building, and it is possible to eliminate the need to carry out work such as giving a mark each time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a product proposal making system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of product information in a product information storage unit 1a.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of weight information in a condition weight storage unit 1b.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a basic information screen D2.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a drawing / arrangement screen D3.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a layout editing window W3.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a product selection screen D4.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a product selection area 72.

FIG. 9 is a layout list display area 73, selection support button group 7
FIG.

10 is a diagram showing a favorite search screen 100. FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a layout screen D5.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a state where lead lines are not displayed on the layout screen D5.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a board edit screen D6.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a template.

FIG. 15 is a screen transition diagram of the product proposal making system according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a drawing / arrangement screen D3 immediately after replacement of drawings.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a drawing / arrangement screen D3 in a state where marks are moved according to the replaced drawing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... server 1a ... Product information storage unit 1b ... Condition weight storage unit 1c ... Proposal plan storage unit 2 ... Client 3 ... Drawing input means 4 ... Printer

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Naotake Kurume             1-1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo             Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masahisa Murata             1-1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo             Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hidenori Kiso             1-1-1, Ichigaya-Kagacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo             Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5B075 ND20 PQ16 PR01 UU40

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A step of reading a floor plan of a building, and a step of associating a predetermined position with a mark by giving a mark indicating an arrangement position where a product is installed on the read floor plan. For each mark, select the product to be installed, select the product, and read the floor plan that is different from the floor plan and overlay it with the mark while maintaining the position of the mark and the product information selected for each mark. And a step of moving the position of the mark on the floor plan, the commodity selection method. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: a layout condition setting step of setting a layout condition; and a step of arranging a floor plan of a building and a product image according to the layout condition. Product selection method. 3. In the layout condition setting step, when the display / non-display of the leader line is set, and when the display line is set to be non-display, the same number as the number given to the corresponding mark for each product image is set. The item selection method according to claim 2, wherein is displayed. 4. The product selection step includes the steps of setting spatial information in a building for each of the given marks, setting structural characteristics of the set space, and setting the spatial characteristics. 4. The product selection method according to claim 1, further comprising a product search step of searching for a product to be placed based on the spatial information and the structural characteristics. 5. A product information storage unit for storing information about products, a drawing input unit for reading a floor plan of a building, a display unit for displaying the read floor plan on a screen, and a display unit for displaying the floor plan on the screen. On the floor plan, mark assigning means for assigning a mark to a predetermined position on the screen by designating the placement position where the product is placed, and the product to be placed is selected for each given mark. A commodity selection means, and a mark position moving means for moving the position of the mark with respect to the floor plan after the floor plan different from the floor plan is input by the drawing input means. Product proposal creation system. 6. A layout condition setting means for setting a layout condition, and an image layout means for arranging a floor plan of a building and a product image according to the set layout condition. Item proposal writing system according to item 5. 7. The product selection means, spatial information setting means for setting spatial information in a house for each of the given marks, and spatial structure setting means for setting structural characteristics of the set space. And a product search unit that searches the product information storage unit based on the set spatial information and structural characteristics. system.