KR20020031252A - Flower cultivation and garden layout simulation system and service method therof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a flower gardening and garden composition simulation system and a service method thereof, and many sites that provide a simulation service using a variety of animals and plants in the related art are simple interest-oriented sites. Since there is no educational function that can be applied, there is a problem that these services cannot be used as a learning tool, and since it does not provide continuous information to utilize the cultivated plants, it is possible to use the contents acquired in cyberspace in the real life. There was no problem. Therefore, the present invention allows the cultivation of flowers in the virtual environment in the same growth environment as the game type, and also to create a virtual garden by using the flowers, so as not to be bored between gardening flowers and gardens Naturally, the learning effect can be obtained, and various supplementary services allow users to access various information to correct the personality of users who are accustomed to wild games and to stabilize their emotions. By providing related services and creating a personal gardening product offline, discovering niche markets, and reviving related industries indirectly. To make you feel There is an effect.

Description

FLOWER CULTIVATION AND GARDEN LAYOUT SIMULATION SYSTEM AND SERVICE METHOD THEROF}

The present invention relates to a flower cultivation system and a service method for learning the growth characteristics of a flower and a garden design method through a simulation game, and in particular, sets the most suitable condition as an initial value for an environment for cultivating a flower (plant). To learn how to purchase and manage the materials needed to grow the actual flowers, and to simulate the design of the user's garden by using the flowers. And a method of planting and gardening simulation system and its service method to learn how to grow flowers and create gardens.

Recently, with the explosive popularity and proliferation of the Internet, internet sites have been created that have a lot of multimedia and use various contents.

In particular, in the field of education, there are many sites that provide education and information in a variety of learning methods with game characteristics.

For example, there is a simulation site for growing flowers, raising animals, and cultivating orchards for those who cannot easily encounter nature in space and time.

However, many sites that provide simulation services using various animals and plants are simple interest-oriented sites, and since there is no educational function that can be applied to the actual user's environment after planting in cyberspace, these services are used as learning tools. There is a problem that cannot be used.

In addition, there is a problem that can not actively utilize the content acquired in cyberspace because it does not provide continuous information to utilize the cultivated plants.

In addition, it is difficult to provide a variety of cultivation environment according to the user's preference.

Therefore, an object of the present invention for solving the problems as described above is to set the type of flowers according to the difficulty of cultivation in the order of flowers from the flowers (plants) easy to cultivate directly by the user, gradually increasing the difficulty of cultivation according to skill The present invention provides a flower gardening and gardening simulation system and a service method for allowing a user to select a flower so that a user can grow a flower according to his or her own level.

Another object of the present invention is to convert the value of the flowers he has grown into cyber gold (cyber money) to further grow other flowers or to purchase the materials necessary for the flowers, flowers to maintain interest and fun To provide a gardening and gardening simulation system and its service method.

Still another object of the present invention is to purchase a veranda garden with cyber gold (cyber money) owned by the user to arrange the flowers by cultivating or purchasing in cyberspace, so that the landscaping according to the structure of his veranda The present invention provides a flower gardening and gardening simulation system and a service method thereof, which can simulate a state in advance.

1 is a flow chart showing a flower arrangement process according to the present invention.

2 is a flow chart showing a gardening process according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a flower gardening and garden composition simulation system according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary view showing a main screen configuration at the time of service using the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing in detail the garden creation process according to the present invention.

***** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing *****

310: user database 320: cyber gold database

330: shopping mall database 340: town database

350: material warehouse database 360: growth simulation processing device

361: Weather / Growth Environment Database 362: Plant Optimum Environment Database

363: real plant database 370: garden composition control device

371: Gardening Database 372: Garden Assessment Database

373: garden type database 380: administrator server

The present invention for achieving the above object comprises the first step of purchasing a flower seed for acquiring knowledge about cultivation (cultivation); A second step of setting a cultivation environment most suitable for the purchased flower seeds; A third step of appropriately coping with environmental changes occurring during the web period and managing the flower seeds to grow well; After the successful cultivation, the cultivated flowers are stored in a material warehouse or continue to grow, characterized in that the fourth step of cultivating other flowers.

In the above, the commercially available flower seeds are characterized in that the difficulty is set in the order of flowers from the flowers that are easy to be cultivated according to the user's flower proficiency.

In the above, the first user to start flower arrangement is characterized in that it is set to purchase the lowest (1 step) flower seeds.

In the above, if the user succeeds in cultivating the flower, his level (skill) is characterized in that it is made to increase by one step.

In the above, the web period is characterized in that the time required to grow the actual plant is a compressed time applied in cyberspace for the interest and game elements on the web.

Next, the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the first step of purchasing a veranda garden set to acquire knowledge about garden design and composition; A second step of purchasing subsidiary materials for gardening such as ornaments and pets; Characterized in that the third step to complete the garden by arranging the purchased garden set and auxiliary materials, planting flowers stored in the material warehouse.

In the above, the cyber gold (cyber money) for the veranda garden and subsidiary material purchase is obtained in the form of mileage by the purchase and sale activity on the web such as flower cultivation or sale of cultivated flowers.

Hereinafter, the service method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The service method according to the present invention can be largely divided into two parts, a part for planting flowers and a part for planting a garden.

1 is a flowchart showing a process for planting flowers, the first step (S101) of paying cyber gold and purchasing flower seeds; A second step (S102) of setting a cultivation environment most suitable for the purchased flower seeds; A third step (S103) of appropriately coping with environmental changes occurring during the web period and managing the flower seeds to grow well; After the successful cultivation, the cultivated flowers are stored in a material warehouse or continue with the fourth step (S104) of cultivating other flowers.

The flowers that have been successfully cultivated in the above are sold in a flower related shopping mall, so that cyber gold can be obtained to buy and grow other flower seeds or to be stored for future garden creation.

2 is a flowchart showing a process for gardening, the first step (S201) of purchasing a veranda garden set by the acquired cyber gold; A second step (S202) of purchasing subsidiary materials for gardening such as ornaments and pets; A third step (S203) of arranging the purchased garden set and subsidiary materials, and planting the flowers stored in the material warehouse is completed.

In the above, the veranda garden set lists samples composed of various themes, and the user can view the samples and select a desired set so that various subsidiary materials and flowers can be rearranged to suit their tastes.

At this time, the garden set sample may be configured to display a perspective view, a plan view and a real picture to help the user's judgment, and click the planter provided in each position to place the flowers of the most appropriate color and size So that the help description is printed.

Accordingly, it is possible to acquire basic knowledge for garden creation.

As described above, the configuration of the present invention for planting and gardening simulation system for applying the method consisting of each step is as shown in FIG.

As shown therein, a user database 310 for membership registration and user login; A cyber gold database 320 that manages payment / collection of cyber gold by activities on the web such as purchase and sale of goods for cultivating flowers of a user; A shopping mall database 330 for purchasing / selling materials and cultivated flowers or gardens necessary for flower cultivation and gardening; A village database 340 having a plurality of villages and collecting users who share the same interests and goals as one villager; A material warehouse database 350 that allows for retrieval and storage of materials necessary for planting flowers and gardening or cultivated flowers and gardens in association with various spaces of the system; A growth simulation processing apparatus 360 for changing a growth environment and growth conditions for inducing interest and interest of a user when growing flowers; A garden composition control device 370 for simulating the garden and evaluating and managing the garden; It comprises an administrator server 380 for managing each component and allowing the site to operate normally.

Here, the growth simulation processing apparatus 360 includes a real plant database 363 that stores information on various flowers (plants) that can be selected by the user; A weather / growth environment database 361 that stores various environments that may occur during plant growth for game elements; Game effects and learning according to the growth period (web period) by controlling the plant appropriate environment database 362 which is linked to the flower list in the real plant database 363 and stores the optimal weather and growth environment for the flower. Ensure that the effects are properly arranged.

At this time, the environmental change that may occur during the growth of the flower, for example, the occurrence of pests, the amount of sunshine, changes in the image state.

In addition, the garden composition control device 370 includes a garden type database 373 that stores various types of garden samples produced on various themes; A garden composition database 371 that stores control elements necessary for gardening, such as placing or changing new material within any garden sample; It controls the garden evaluation database 372 for evaluating the state of the garden composition according to the position of the flowers or materials disposed in the garden sample, so as to guide the management and the optimal composition of the garden.

As described above, the flower and gardening system equipped with various database servers 310 to 380 is configured to be connected to the computer 400 of individual users (clients) accessing the site through the Internet network 390.

Then, the operation and the effect of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail.

First, a user accesses a flower and gardening site through an internet network 390 using a personal computer 400.

Then, the flower arranging system transmits the frame information of the flower arranging site to the personal computer 400 and displays it through a web browser.

Thus, the user sees the information and enters the information for logging in to the flower and gardening system (user authentication).

Of course, in order to login (user authentication), you must first register as a member.

When a user joins as a member, the administrator server 380 stores the information about the member in the user database 310, and then the member information cannot be modified or opened without user authentication.

That is, when any user accesses this site, it is determined whether or not the member is registered in the user database 310, and the current date data of the server connected to the user for the registered member and the user database 310 are determined. User database by checking the current plant condition and a series of processes by combining the last visitor, the climate environment optimum value in the weather / growth environment database 361, and the plant growth optimum value in the plant optimal environment database 362. Update 310.

Next, in the case of a user who manages a garden, when connected to a server, basic information is obtained from the user database 310, and values such as the garden composition database 371, the garden evaluation database 372, the garden type database 373, and the like. After checking the current value of the garden and the state of the composition and the like to update the user database 310, and transmits the state to the user's personal computer 400 in the preset display format.

Next, the service process of the flower and gardening simulation system operating in such a configuration will be described in detail with reference to the example of the flower gardening main screen of FIG. 4.

Once the user has logged in, five villages with different interest topics and goals appear in the background of the beautiful garden, and the space can be shared by the villages.

The village is a virtual star composed in a cartoon form to develop friendliness and imagination. The village name is displayed according to the movement of the mouse, and the user can belong to one village to participate in flower and gardening games. Will be.

Of course, in order to move into a village, the user must register as a member of the site, and when he purchases a garden set, he becomes a resident of the village, and as a village resident must acquire cyber gold to plant flowers and gardens.

At the time of registration, basic cyber gold is given, and more cyber gold is obtained by activities on the web.

Accordingly, the user can carry out flower arrangements based on the cyber gold, and continue to accumulate the cyber gold through activities on the web (participate in various service spaces, register writing or e-mail, or purchase actual goods). As the year progresses, the more you cultivate more flowers, the higher your cyber gold and skill level will be.

Here, cultivating many flowers means that they have accumulated a lot of knowledge about flowers, and one display form thereof is cyber gold and level.

Therefore, the system is utilized as a judgment data for limiting the types of flowers that can be cultivated by the user by cyber gold and level, and the user cultivates flowers to increase cyber gold and level.

As a member, a user can grow five kinds of flowers at the same time. First, select and click the flower pot (420) to grow flowers, view the list of flower seeds listed accordingly, and purchase the flower seeds to be grown in the flower pot. do.

At this time, the user who grows the flower for the first time can select only the flower list of the lowest level of difficulty (step 1), and if the corresponding flower seed is selected, the environment most suitable for growing the flower is initially displayed on the environment display window 440. The value is set and output.

Of course, if you buy a flower seed as described above, you have to pay as much cyber gold as the flower seed.

For example, if you currently own cyber gold of 2000 gold and the value of flower seeds is 300 gold, you will have 1700 gold.

In addition, when the user wants to grow the selected flower directly at home, the user may adjust the condition outputted to the initial value.

In this case, since the difficulty is set in the order of flowers that are relatively easy to cultivate, it is easy to grow even when the novice cultivates directly.

On the other hand, the flower pot planted with the selected flower seeds grows gradually over the web period, and is displayed on the growth state display window 410.

In addition, the growth environment (temperature, humidity, moisture, etc.) changes at the same time as the growth, thereby inducing the user to always be interested.

Therefore, the user can always maintain the optimum growth environment, which is initially outputted, such as ventilation or replenish moisture by referring to the environment display window 440 as the growth environment of the flower changes, so that the Even if you don't try to memorize the optimal growth environment, you can automatically learn.

As the flower grows, the value of the flower increases.

In other words, the user's interest in the flower and learning effect is increased.

However, even when the growth environment changes, if the user is not interested and does not care about maintaining the optimal growth environment, the flowers wither or die and are penalized.

Of course, it's no wonder that flowers depreciate.

In other words, if the user does not learn how to grow flowers, he cannot have good grades (cyber gold).

If the flower cannot be managed continuously due to the user's personal circumstances, the protection mode is set so that the growth environment does not change during the period.

And if you run out of water while growing flowers, you can also pay for cyber gold and buy water.

At this time, after watering, the remaining water can be stored in the material warehouse and then used again when watering is needed later.

Here, the material warehouse serves to put not only water but also various materials or cultivated flowers purchased through a shopping mall.

The various menus (protection mode, material storage, watering, etc.) necessary for planting flowers, such as the material warehouse, are concentrated in the menu window 430, and when a menu is clicked, a sub-menu related thereto is popped up. Make it easy to carry out flower care.

When one flower is successfully grown in this way, another flower seed may be selected and grown again, stored in a material warehouse, or sold in a flower shop.

When the user logs out, the administrator server 360 of the system stores the cyber gold and various information acquired through the web activity so far in the database, and the next time the user logs in, the user immediately logs in. Load the data to get started.

Next, look at the gardening to acquire the basic sense for the interior sense and material layout of the garden composition as follows.

First, this gardening service induces the user's desire to grow the flowers to be placed in the garden to grow various flowers, thereby naturally learning about various flowers and using various subsidiary materials as well as flowers. By placing them in various positions, students can acquire a sense of interior and basic knowledge.

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing in detail the gardening process according to the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, in order to garden, first, a predetermined cyber gold is paid and a favorite floor plan, a planter (box-type pot), a background, and a soil drainage layer are purchased.

Each of the above components is set as one garden set, and is provided with garden samples of various themes in advance so that the user can select them (S520).

In this way, when a garden set is purchased, a privately owned garden is created in the village, and the user sets the name of the garden and introduces it (S570).

Once you purchase a garden, you become a member of that village and cannot move to another village.

This garden can be viewed by other members by selecting 'Public', and by selecting 'Private' by other members.

Other members who have visited the garden can make recommendations for the pretty garden, which will increase its popularity.

As the popularity increases, the user's satisfaction increases, and the user feels the reward for the devotion to the garden.

Next, to plant a flower (plant) in the garden set purchased above, click the circle (pot) of the floor plan included in the garden set purchase.

Then, the flowers that can be planted in the pot are listed in predetermined units (usually 10), and when the user selects a desired flower, the flower is automatically planted in the pot (S530).

At this time, the flowers listed above are weighted according to how appropriate to the pot, and the best value will increase the value of the garden.

However, at this time, the flowers that can be planted in the pot can be selected only flowers of the lower level than the user's current level. For example, if the current user level is 2 levels, the plants that can be purchased in the mall can only buy flowers of the lower level 1.

In other words, if the user does not raise the level by cultivating the flower himself, the user cannot purchase more than the level of the flower, and thus serves as a safety device for learning about flower cultivation.

In addition, even if the same flowers are used, the overall garden atmosphere varies depending on which flowers are planted at which positions (ports), and objective evaluation is made based on the weights described above.

Therefore, the user can naturally learn which flower should be placed at which position with reference to the weight.

Next, when a certain amount of garden appearance is provided by the planting of plants, by purchasing and arranging various decorative items (subsidiary materials), the garden is utilized to maximize the personality of the user.

To purchase a decorative item, a list of items that can be placed by clicking on the decorative port is listed as in the method used for planting flowers.

If there is a decorative item that has already been purchased in the warehouse in the above-listed list, it can be arranged immediately, and if it is on the list but cannot be selected, the necessary decorative items can be purchased and arranged in a shopping mall.

Here, the shopping mall is a space for buying / selling various materials necessary to decorate a veranda garden, a corner for selling pets, and a veranda garden for other members to buy or sell a veranda garden for their own. Corners, corners for buying and selling flowers grown by the user or other members, and corners for purchasing various decorative items necessary to decorate the garden.

In other words, the shopping mall is also a part of the game element of the service, by motivating the user to cultivate and sell more fashionable and many flowers with gardening, thereby inducing natural flower cultivation learning.

The garden is completed by the above process, the value is further increased by continuing to manage (S550).

In addition, by utilizing subsidiary materials such as pets (dogs, butterflies, etc.) purchased above, a more wonderful garden can be created.

In this way, the created garden can be exhibited in the gallery of the village, and if it wins the contest, the cyber gold is obtained.

However, this service aims to allow students to naturally learn about flowers while playing games, but it takes a long time to grow or purchase various flowers to decorate the garden as described above. I can feel it.

Therefore, for users who want to quickly explore or use the overall functions including services that cannot be used without acquiring a predetermined amount of gold, such as gardening, or users who have difficulty in using normal services by consuming gold inevitably, predetermined cyber gold If it is deposited in a bank, it operates a service that loans a certain amount of cyber gold.

Of course, the cyber bank, like a general bank, can deposit and interest is generated.

However, the object here is to use cyber gold instead of using real cash.

Therefore, users who constantly and calmly cultivate flowers can accumulate a lot of cyber gold, and indirectly correct the personality of children who are used to more violent games recently.

As described above, the flower and gardening service according to the present invention allows the user to help the emotion with a sound game and at the same time accumulate knowledge of the flower and garden landscaping.

In addition, as a common space for residents (different users) in each village, it operates a meeting garden where information on flower and gardening, news, good stories, or other opinions are exchanged.

Here you will share your veranda garden and other questions or your own know-how.

In addition, the user operates a flower card service that can send a card using the flowers grown by the user himself. The flower card service allows the user to send flowers, which are directly grown by the user, to the card, so that the user's heart can be delivered to the person he cares for as much as he has carefully elaborated for several days.

Of course, the number of flowers stored in the material warehouse will be reduced as much as sending the flower card.

In addition, there is a playground space where you can have fun and have fun. You can upload useful play and information to increase your concentration, such as origami. Operate a letter space with a story to share your story.

In addition, the gallery will display the articles posted in the above spaces and the gardens carefully cared for in the galleries, conducting contests, and operating chat rooms where members can talk about their flowers.

In addition, each of the spaces are configured in a cartoon (cartoon) form to give a user a familiarity, and services provided with a space that users can continue to feel the interest.

As described in detail above, the flower gardening and garden composition simulation system and its service method enable the cultivation of flowers in the virtual growth environment in the virtual environment by game type, and the creation of a virtual garden using the flowers. By doing so, you can get the learning effect naturally between gardening flowers and flowers.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of allowing the user to contact a variety of information through a number of additional services to correct the character of the user familiar with the wild game and stabilize the emotion.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of indirectly contributing to industrial development, such as the creation of personal horticultural products, the discovery of niches, and the revival of related industries by providing horticulture-related services online.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of making the service screen in a cartoon format, even if you use the service for a long time to feel familiar without any reluctance.

Claims (11)

A user database for membership registration and user login; A cyber gold database that manages payment / collection of cyber gold by activities on the web such as purchase and sale of goods for cultivating flowers of a user; A shopping mall database for buying / selling materials for growing and gardening flowers and cultivated flowers or gardens; A village database for providing a plurality of villages and collecting users who share the same interests and goals as one villager; A material warehouse database for retrieving and storing materials necessary for planting flowers and creating gardens or cultivated flowers and gardens in association with various spaces of the system; A growth simulation processing device for changing a growth environment and growth conditions for inducing interest and interest of a user when growing flowers; A garden composition control device for simulating the garden and for evaluating and managing the garden; Flowering and gardening simulation system, characterized in that it comprises a manager server for managing each component and allowing the site to operate normally. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the growth simulation processing apparatus comprises: a real plant database storing information on various flowers (plants) selectable by a user; A weather / growth environment database that stores various environments that may occur during plant growth for game elements; Flowering and gardening simulation system, characterized in that configured with a plant suitable environment database that stores the optimal weather and growth environment for the flower linked to the list of flowers in the real plant database. According to claim 1, The garden management control device and a garden type database for storing a variety of garden samples produced on the theme of various themes; A gardening database for storing control elements necessary for gardening, such as placing or changing new material in any garden sample; Flowering and gardening simulation system, characterized in that it comprises a garden evaluation database for evaluating the state of the composition of the garden according to the position of the flowers or materials disposed in the garden sample. A first step of purchasing flower seeds for acquiring knowledge about cultivating flowers; A second step of setting a cultivation environment most suitable for the purchased flower seeds; A third step of appropriately coping with environmental changes occurring during the web period and managing the flower seeds to grow well; 4. A method for servicing a flower gardening and gardening simulation system, comprising the fourth step of storing a cultivated flower in a material warehouse after a successful cultivation or continuing to grow another flower. According to claim 4, The flower seeds available for purchase according to the user's flower proficiency to set the difficulty from the flowers that are easy to cultivate, so that the user who first starts to plant flowers can only purchase the lowest level seed, If a successful cultivation of flowers, the level (skill) is a service method for the simulation and gardening simulation system, characterized in that it is made to increase by one step. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the web period is a compressed time in which the time required to grow a real plant is applied in cyber space for interest and game elements on the web. . 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the flowers cultivated by the user can be shipped in a card-type mail. A first step of purchasing a veranda garden set to acquire knowledge about garden design and composition; A second step of purchasing subsidiary materials for creating a garden such as various ornaments and pets; And arranging the purchased garden set and subsidiary materials, and planting flowers stored in the material warehouse to complete the garden. The method of claim 8, wherein the garden may be open to other users to view, privately closed to other users, and the popularity of the garden may be increased by recommendation of other users who have visited the garden. How to service a simulation and gardening simulation system. The flower arrangement of claim 8, wherein the flowers that can be purchased for planting in the garden are selected only from flowers of a lower level than the user's level, and the flowers are weighted according to how appropriate the planting position is. And service method of a garden composition simulation system. 9. The cyber gold according to claim 4 or 8, which is necessary for flower gardening and gardening, can be obtained through sale of various flowers and gardens through shopping malls and various web activities, and its value increases according to popularity. However, the acquired cyber gold can be deposited in the cyber bank or withdrawn if necessary, and the provision of interest and loans can be made within a predetermined range from the cyber bank according to the deposited period. Service method of the simulation system.