Glasses selling system, lens company terminal, frame company terminal, glasses selling method, and glasses selling program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11017453-B2
Application number	US-201816025477-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2018
Priority date	Mar 16, 2010
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

A selling server stores prescription data of a customer transmitted from an optometrist terminal of an optometrist who performs optometry for a glasses prescription through a communication line in association with customer identification information, transmits image data of a frame candidate group of glasses to a customer terminal, transmits image data of a lens candidate group of the glasses to the customer terminal, receives information relating to a frame and a lens purchased by the customer and determined on the basis of a combined image of a frame image selected by the customer, a lens image selected by the customer, and a face image of the customer, and transmits prescription data of the customer to a lens company terminal of a lens company which processes the lens purchased by the customer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A glasses selling system comprising:
a selling server which is connected to a customer terminal of a customer who purchases glasses through a communication line,
wherein the selling server is connected to an optometrist terminal of an optometrist who performs optometry for a glasses prescription through the communication line, and
the selling server includes
a prescription data storage unit which stores prescription data of the customer transmitted from the optometrist terminal in association with customer identification information for identifying the customer,
a frame image transmission unit which transmits image data of a frame candidate group of the glasses to the customer terminal,
a lens image transmission unit which transmits image data of a lens candidate group of the glasses to the customer terminal,
a recommendation information transmission unit which transmits information of glasses representing a frame and a lens recommended for the customer in accordance with a shape of a face of the customer and information representing a lifestyle of the customer,
a purchase request receiving unit which receives information relating to a frame and a lens purchased by the customer, and
a prescription data transmission unit which transmits the prescription data of the customer to a lens company terminal of a lens company manufacturing the lens purchased by the customer,

wherein the selling server or the optometrist terminal includes a combined image generation unit which generates a combined image of a frame image which is an image of the recommended frame, a lens image which is an image of the recommended lens, and a face image of the customer.

2. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the prescription data includes information of an inter-pupil distance, and
the glasses selling system includes a face shape information calculation unit which calculates face shape information of the customer from the face image on the basis of the inter-pupil distance.

3. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the optometrist terminal is a movable radio station, and transmits the prescription data to the selling server using wireless communication.

4. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the customer terminal includes an imaging unit which captures the face image of the customer, and
the combined image generation unit generates the combined image so as to follow a motion of the face image captured by the imaging unit.

5. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the selling server includes a frame information storage unit which stores image data of each of a plurality of modules of the frame, and
the frame image transmission unit transmits image data of each of the modules to the customer terminal.

6. The glasses selling system according to claim 5 ,
wherein the selling server includes
a module selection information receiving unit which receives module selection information relating to a combination of the modules selected by the customer, and
a module selection information transmission unit which transmits the module selection information to a frame company terminal of a frame company manufacturing the frame purchased by the customer.

7. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the selling server includes
a purchase condition receiving unit which receives purchase condition information including a time limit up to a delivery of the glasses or price, and
a lens/frame extraction unit which extracts a frame or a lens satisfying the purchase condition.

8. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the selling server includes
a customer information storage unit which stores personal data including information representing a designated date of the customer, and
an advertisement information transmission unit which transmits predetermined advertisement information to the customer terminal of the customer corresponding to the designated date on the designated date or before the designated date.

9. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the selling server includes
a service fee information transmission unit which transmits predetermined service fee information to the optometrist terminal in accordance with the prescription data transmitted from the optometrist terminal.

10. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the selling server includes
a design data storage unit which stores design data of the lens based on the prescription data in advance, and
a design data transmission unit which transmits design data of the lens based on prescription data of the customer to the lens company terminal in accordance with information relating to the lens received by the purchase request receiving unit.

11. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the combined image generation unit generates the combined image in which a colored lens selected by the customer terminal is combined.

12. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the combined image generation unit generates an image representing the thickness of a lens side surface in a state where a lens is fitted into a glasses frame selected by the customer terminal.

13. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the prescription data includes at least one information of myopic power, hyperopic power, astigmatic power, an astigmatic axis angle, and an inter-pupil distance.

14. The glasses selling system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the selling server includes
a customer information storage unit which stores personal data including information representing a delivery destination of the glasses to the customer, and
a delivery destination transmission unit which transmits the delivery destination corresponding to the customer to an assembly company terminal of an assembly company performing processing for fitting the frame and the lens purchased by the customer.

Assignees

• Nikon Corp

Inventors

• Inoue Hideya
• Fukawa Yasuteru
• Yamagaki Koji

Classifications

• G06Q30/0633 Primary

  Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087) · CPC title

• G16H20/40

  relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture · CPC title

• G06Q30/0643

  graphically representing goods, e.g. 3D product representation · CPC title

• G02C13/003

  Measuring during assembly or fitting of spectacles · CPC title

• A61B3/111

  for measuring interpupillary distance · CPC title