Housing-related commodity sales support system, housing-related commodity sales support method, housing-related commodity sales support program, and computer-readable storage medium storing such program

• US 20060232605A1
• Filed: 05/24/2006
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works Ltd (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Imamura, Kayo
• Application Number:
  US11/439,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20060232605A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 345/902 Menu display
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A housing-related commodity sales support system provides information regarding a housing-related commodity to a computer of a prospective purchaser via a network system. The system includes a database which stores housing display data, including information regarding a layout of the housing. A browser provider provides the computer of the prospective purchaser with a browser that enables the prospective purchaser to see a three-dimensional image of the housing on the computer in accordance with the database. The browser includes at least a first display performing section that enables a three-dimensional display of an interior of the housing, and a second display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to move a viewpoint location from which the interior of the housing is seen, and to change a view of the interior of the housing in accordance with a movement of the viewpoint location. The second display performing section includes a viewpoint height changing section for changing the height of the viewpoint in response to a viewpoint height changing operation by the prospective purchaser. A data transmitter transmits the housing display data stored in the database to the computer of the prospective purchaser via the network system in response to a request from the browser provided on the computer of the prospective purchaser.

Claims

1. A housing-related commodity sales support system that provides information regarding a housing-related commodity to a computer of a prospective purchaser via a network system, comprising:

a database which stores housing display data for display of an image of a housing, including information regarding a layout of the housing;

a browser provider that provides the computer of the prospective purchaser with a browser that enables the prospective purchaser to see a three-dimensional image of the housing on the computer in accordance with the database,

the browser including at least a first display performing section that enables a three-dimensional display of an interior of the housing, and a second display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to move, within the displayed housing, a viewpoint location from which the interior of the housing is seen, and to change a view of the interior of the housing in accordance with a movement of the viewpoint location, thereby providing a view as if the prospective purchaser is looking around the interior of the housing, said second display performing section including a viewpoint height changing section for changing the height of the viewpoint in response to a viewpoint height changing operation by the prospective purchaser, and

a data transmitter that transmits the housing display data stored in the database to the computer of the prospective purchaser via the network system in response to a request from the browser provided on the computer of the prospective purchaser.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the database is so configured as to store the housing display data in conjunction with information regarding an object of real estate.

3. The system according to claim 2, further comprising a notice receiver that receives a notice from one of a computer of a seller of the real estate object and the computer of the prospective purchaser that sales negotiation is going on with respect to a particular real estate object and, wherein the data transmitter is configured as to bar transmission of the housing display data relating to the real estate object under negotiation to a computer of another prospective purchaser when the notice receiver receives the notice.

4. The system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a purchaser information receiver that receives purchaser identifying information which identifies the prospective purchaser from the computer of the prospective purchaser; and

a contact information transmitter which, upon receipt of the purchaser identifying information by the purchaser information receiver, transmits address information of at least one of the prospective purchaser and a seller selling the real estate object, to the computer of the other.

5. The system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a sales contract notice receiver that receives a notice from one of the computer of a seller of the real estate object and a purchaser that a sales contract regarding a real estate object has been completed;

a database which, upon receipt of the notice by the sales contract notice receiver, stores information regarding the completed sales contract in conjunction with the address information of the purchaser who purchased the real estate object, information regarding a date of completing the sales contract, and the housing display data for the purchased real estate object;

a memory that stores a reforming plan that restructures the purchased real estate object in the future, the reforming plan being created based on the housing display data;

a calculator that calculates, based on the sales contract completion date, a time that the reforming plan is to be proposed; and

a reforming plan presenter that presents the reforming plan to the purchaser when the calculated time arrives.

6. The system according to claim 2, further comprising a data registration tool provider means which, upon request from a computer of a real estate object seller, provides via the network system the database with a data registration tool with which the housing display data is registered via the network system.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the database is configured to store a plurality of interior display data including information regarding an interior equipment of the housing,

the browser includes a third display section which displays an interior manipulating menu with which the prospective purchaser selects the interior equipment to be displayed in the virtual space from the interior display data, and

the data transmitter being configured to transmit the interior display data stored in the database to the computer of the prospective purchaser via the network system upon request from the browser on the computer of the prospective purchaser.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the database is configured to store the interior display data in conjunction with information regarding a commodity of the interior of the housing.

9. The system according to claim 8, further comprising a data registration tool provider which, upon request from a terminal of the computer of an interior commodity seller, provides via the network system the database with a data registration tool with which the interior display data is registered via the network system.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said second display performing section includes a manual viewpoint moving section that moves said viewpoint location in response to a manual operation by the perspective purchaser.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said browser includes a further display performing section that displays a two-dimensional image of the housing, said second display performing section including a viewpoint location indicating section that indicates a location of said viewpoint in said displayed two-dimensional image of the housing.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising an automatic viewpoint moving section that automatically moves said viewpoint location along a predetermined course.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said second display performing section includes a viewpoint speed changing section that changes a viewpoint movement speed in response to an operation by the prospective purchaser.

10. A housing-related commodity sales support system capable of providing information regarding a housing-related commodity to a computer of a prospective purchaser via a network system, comprising:

a database which stores a plurality of interior display data for display of an image of a housing and including information regarding interior equipment of the housing;

a housing data creating tool provider which, upon request from the computer of the prospective purchaser, provides, via the network system, a housing data creating tool with which housing display data, including information regarding a layout of the housing, is created;

a browser provider that provides a browser to the computer of the prospective purchaser in response to a request from the computer, the browser enabling the prospective purchaser to view a three-dimensional display of the housing and including at least a first display performing section which displays the interior of the housing as a three-dimensional virtual space based on the housing display data, a second display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to move, within the displayed housing, a viewpoint location from which the interior of the housing is seen and to change a view of the interior of the housing in accordance with a movement of the viewpoint location, thereby providing a view as if the prospective purchaser is looking around the interior of the housing, said second display performing section including a viewpoint height changing section for changing the height of the viewpoint in response to a viewpoint height changing operation by the prospective purchaser, and a third display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to select the interior equipment of the housing to be displayed in the virtual space from the plurality of interior display data; and

a data transmitter that transmits the interior display data stored in the database to the computer of the prospective purchaser via the network system in response to a request from the browser on the computer of the prospective purchaser.

11. A housing-related commodity sales support method for providing information regarding housing-related commodity to a computer of a prospective purchaser via a network system, comprising:

storing housing display data for display of an image of a housing and including information regarding a layout of a housing in a database;

receiving a request from the computer of the prospective purchaser that a browser is to be provided to the computer of the prospective purchaser, the browser including at least a first display performing section which displays an interior of the housing as a three-dimensional virtual space based on the housing display data, and a second display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to move, within the displayed housing, a viewpoint location from which the interior of the housing is seen and to change a view of the interior of the housing in accordance with a movement of the viewpoint location, thereby providing a view as if the prospective purchaser is looking around the interior of the housing;

said second display performing section including a viewpoint height changing section for changing the height of the viewpoint in response to a viewpoint height changing operation by the prospective purchaser,

providing the browser to the computer of the prospective purchaser upon request therefrom; and

transmitting the housing display data stored in the database to the computer of the prospective purchaser via the network system upon request from the browser on the computer of the prospective purchaser.

12. A housing-related commodity sales support program activating a computer as a browser to obtain the housing display data from a predetermined database via a network system, the browser including at least a first display performing section which displays an interior of a housing as a three-dimensional virtual space based on housing display data, and a second display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to move, within the displayed housing, a viewpoint location from which the interior of the housing is seen and to change a view of the interior of the housing in accordance with a movement of the viewpoint location, thereby providing a view as if the prospective purchaser is looking around the interior of the housing, the second display performing section including a viewpoint height changing section for changing the height of the viewpoint in response to a viewpoint height changing operation by the prospective purchaser.

13. A computer readable storage medium that stores a housing-related commodity sales support program activating a computer as a browser to obtain the housing display data from a predetermined database via a network system, the browser including at least a first display performing section which displays an interior of a housing as a three-dimensional virtual space based on housing display data, and a second display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to move, within the displayed housing, a viewpoint location from which the interior of the housing is seen and to change a view of the interior of the housing in accordance with a movement of the viewpoint location, thereby providing a view as if the prospective purchaser is looking around the interior of the housing, the second display performing section including a viewpoint height changing section for changing the height of the viewpoint in response to a viewpoint height changing operation by the prospective purchaser.