662 results about "Home improvement" patented technology

A computer-implemented method for targeting marketing content to an online user, includes the steps of collecting data describing the user or the user's ownership item in a user profile, comparing the user profile with a target profile and presenting the user with content based on the comparison. The user profile includes a photographic likeness of the user or the user's ownership item, as well as information derived from the photographic likeness. Certain content may be dynamically created for the user based on the user profile and that content may include the photographic likeness, which may be altered to incorporate a portion of the content into the photographic likeness. In this manner, personalized advertisements for cosmetics, jewelry, clothing, cosmetic procedures, home improvement products, and other products or services may be created. The user profile also includes data describing the user's browsing habits and responses to context-specific survey questions. In one embodiment, metrics are assigned to the user profile data, and a data index identifying the user's preferences and purchasing habits is calculated for the user based on the assigned metrics. Each metric may also have an associated confidence factor, which causes the metric value to decay over time.

A home improvement services targeting system includes logic configured to identify and create clusters of candidate properties having similar service needs. Candidate properties are determined using a variety of rating data secured from different sources to maximize uptake of hyper-local, hyper-targeted goods and services.

The present invention relates to a safe and reliable home decoration network platform system and a use method. The safe and reliable home decoration network platform system comprises a platform service unit, a classification service unit and a user unit connected with the platform service unit by the internet; the platform service unit is used for input, output and processing of information between the user unit and the classification service unit; the user unit means a platform character relationship and comprises a home owner module, a supplier module, a designer module, a foreman module and a supervisor module; the classification service unit comprises a 3D designer module, a 3D commodity module, a house type module, a designer works module, a home owner works module, an E-commerce module and a flow processing module; online design on the home decoration platform system is implemented and a user carries out online design and previews a design effect in advance; a designer carries out online design and shows public works and the user directly enjoys and selects the works of the designer on a platform; and a total charge supervision function is provided for the integral home decoration project, the integral project can be orderly propelled to be successfully carried out and contract breakage or wrangle is avoided.

The invention discloses wallpaper with an air purifying function and a preparation method. The wallpaper comprises a wallpaper base layer, wherein the wallpaper base layer is printed with a coating and the coating comprises film-forming resin, an inorganic porous powder, a photocatalyst, an antibacterial agent, an organic aldehyde removing agent and an organic deodorant. In the wallpaper with the air purifying function, the inorganic porous powder is capable of quickly adsorbing harmful gases in air, the organic aldehyde removing agent and the organic deodorant are capable of removing formaldehyde and deodorizing quickly and efficiently, the antibacterial agent is capable of preventing mildew and sterilizing efficiently, and the photocatalyst is capable of decomposing indoor volatile organic contaminants everlastingly, and therefore, the capability of purifying the air of the wallpaper for a long time is improved. The wallpaper has the functions of removing the formaldehyde, deodorizing and sterilizing quickly and efficiently at the beginning of home decoration, and purifying the air everlastingly in daily life.

The home improvement telepresence system and method is an Internet based system in which a plurality of home-based subscribers obtain real time audio and video support from a pool of experts trained in the subscribers area of interest. The subscriber wears a headset having a camera, microphone, earpiece, and light source mounted thereon. The headset is wirelessly connected to a subscriber-supplied computer having a high-speed connection to the Internet by which means browser software installed on the computer communicates with the home improvement computer server. The server software schedules and routes incoming calls from remote subscribers to computer workstations manned by expert in the subscriber's area of concern.

A platform allows experts, for example home improvement professionals, to upload their portfolios, i.e. content such as photos, videos, text, and sound, to a publicly available resource, such as a Web browser accessible, network based commerce system. Users may then browse the content, for example by room, style, and metro area. The content is arranged in collections that are in part passively sorted, based upon user relevance. Tags are shown on objects, for example within photos, for which there is more information. In the case of a movable display device, the tags can simulate the physics of real tags, for example they can move back and forth when the device is shaken. In another embodiment, a snap point is set to impart either a scrolling transition or a step transition between display pages, based upon user scroll activity.

The present invention relates to the field of management systems and discloses an Internet home decoration ERP system which comprises client ordering module, a sale management module, an inventory management module, a financial management module and a progress tracking and feedback module. According to the Internet home decoration ERP system, through a modular design, the user experience is improved, the user training cost is reduced, the working efficiency of a home decoration project can be improved, and the customer satisfaction is improved.

The invention provides a full house decoration personalized customization method and relates to a decoration management method. At present, more and more conditions that home decoration is repeated and family resources are wasted appear. The full house decoration personalized customization method includes the following steps that 1) setting up a general database of decorating elements, 2) obtaining positions and areas of all functional areas, 3) setting up a plurality of sub-modules, 4) setting up a corresponding three-dimensional space model, and pending a database, 5) displaying the three-dimensional space model though a display, and automatically generating a new three-dimensional space model when a user selects elements of a replaceable module to replace elements of each standard module in the three-dimensional space model, 6) according to the three-dimensional model selected by the user, generating an implementation database and a price sheet, and enabling the construction side to conduct standard decoration construction according to the implementation database and the price sheet. According to the technical scheme, the full house decoration personalized customization method effectively improves design efficiency and prevents repeated labor. The design effect and the price are clear at a glance. The full house decoration personalized customization method improves decoration transparency and is convenient to supervise.

The invention provides a novel home decoration supervision process management method and system applied to a mobile terminal and a background server system. According to the novel home decoration supervision process management method and system, an owner demand management module, a design management module, a construction management module, a supervision management module and a background management module are included; the owner demand management module is used for raising a home decoration demand and feeding back home decoration process result information; the design management module is used for customizing design based on the demand of an owner and monitoring the degree of matching between the process and the design; the construction management module is used for supervising and controlling whether the construction process conforms to standard specifications; the supervision management module is used for supervising whether a construction result conforms to standard demands and assessing the construction result to decide passing or rectification; the background management module is used for performing management, statistics and analysis on data information generated in the process. By establishing the executable process management system, home decoration process management quality and construction efficiency are greatly improved, the rework rate of construction is greatly lowered, and therefore profits in the whole home decoration industry are increased.

An online home improvement document management service includes a host server having a web-based interface adapted to facilitate secure customer access to the host server. The host server is configured to receive home improvement data communicated from the customer through use of a computing device. A processing module is in operative communication with the host server and is configured to process the home improvement data communicated from the customer. A processing software application is trained to classify the processed home improvement data and selectively extract data therefrom based on the classification. The processing software application is configured to selectively present the processed home improvement data for a customer verification via the web-based interface upon at least one of an unsuccessful classification and an unsuccessful extraction of data. A storage device is in operative communication with the processing module and is configured to store the extracted data as metadata upon at least one of the customer verification and the extraction. A content management software application is configured to detect at least one of a customer request through the web-based interface and at least one triggering condition corresponding to the metadata. The content management software application generates at least one report based on the detection of at least one of the customer request and the at least one triggering condition.

Embodiments of the invention provide a home management system and method with a 360-degree virtual surface rendering application. Embodiments of the invention generate a listing of home improvement projects from the inspection report to be viewed through a user interface. Homeowners may manage, prioritize, rank, and educate themselves on each listed home improvement project. Embodiments of the invention may contain a 360-degree virtual surface rendering application allowing a homeowner to select different surface types for a room, and then view them on a re-rendered image of the room before purchasing the new surfaces.

The invention discloses a transparent regulation system for interior decoration design and construction, comprising a video monitoring system, a center business platform, a client and a WEB management background which are connected through a network. A decoration company administrator can manage all home decoration projects of the company in a unified way. A decoration owner can see the home decoration picture, know about the decoration progress and grade the decoration progress in real time. A project manager can manage the project information and construction progress of all construction sites in real time. A project supervisor can view the project information and progress and perform stage acceptance and assessment. A designer can view the basic information of a project. Thus, the whole construction process is transparent and controllable, convenience is provided for the decoration company to manage all home decoration projects as a whole, a window is provided for the decoration owner to remotely check the decoration progress and quality in real time, and a method is provided for the project manager and the project supervisor to manage the project progress and upload project supervision information in a quick and real-time way. The efficiency of work in all phases of decoration is improved greatly, and the quality of decoration work is ensured.

The invention discloses a design planning method and a system, in particular to an interior decoration design planning method and a system. The interior decoration design planning method is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: establishing database, and according to different colors, functions, styles, construction costs and the like, establishing different picture databases and project tables for being selected by users; establishing new users and recording the basic information of the users; entering the function test procedure and finishing the qualitative selection of the colors, functions, styles and construction cost and the like; carrying out the data statistics and operational treatment on the qualitative selection; storing the data and operational treatment result for being inquired by designers. The invention has the advantages of being capable of increasing the working efficiency of the communication between homer designers and clients and improving the accuracy of the client decoration requirement and customer satisfaction.

The invention relates to a 3D experiential family decoration network platform system, which particularly relates to a 3D family decoration system based on a 3D modeling technology and a virtual implementation technology. The 3D experiential family decoration network platform system comprises a 3D modeling subsystem, a virtual implementation family decoration subsystem and an intelligent commodity storage, search and collocation subsystem, wherein the 3D modeling subsystem comprises a house 3D modeling module and a commodity 3D modeling module; the 3D modeling subsystem adopts the 3D modeling technology to change a house plan, a house type graph or building material and household commodity design graphs and physical material pictures and the like to a 3D real scene graph or a physical material graph; the virtual implementation family decoration subsystem enables a customer and a designer to roam in the space of the house real scene with a first person's perspective through the virtual implementation technology, and during the roaming process, through the intelligent commodity storage, search and collocation subsystem, household commodities such as the building materials, furniture and household appliances in a room can be flexibly added, moved, replaced or deleted. The customer can select and purchase the building materials and the household commodities more conveniently, more quickly and more immersively.

The present invention relates to a system and method of marketing beauty products, and more particularly to a system and method of marketing beauty products to male customers in a male-frequented setting. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a display having advertising space for beauty products, locating the display in a male-frequented venue, and providing information about and access to the beauty products at the display. The display may be, for example, a freestanding kiosk. The male-frequented venue may be an automotive store, such as an automotive parts store or service center, or a non-automotive store or venue, such as an electronics or home improvement store or sports arena. The method provides a cost-effective, economical, convenient, comfortable, reliable, and private way to advertise and provide access to beauty products directly to target consumers without the disadvantages related to marketing through traditional advertising and retail channels.

Systems and methods for providing instant, real-time quotes for mixed product / service solutions, such as home improvement products, and allowing for equal price comparisons and a sales tool for instant budget selection and viewing.

The invention relates to indoor fresh air supplying and air purification equipment, in particular to a pipe sleeved type fresh air purification machine. The pipe sleeved type fresh air purification machine comprises an outer pipe sleeve (1) arranged in an outer wall body of a room, wherein the two ends of the outer pipe sleeve are communicated with the inside and the outside of the room respectively, an inner pipe sleeve (2) is arranged in the outer pipe sleeve, a power elastic piece (13) is installed between the outer pipe sleeve and the inner pipe sleeve, an air outlet grating (11) is installed at the outer side of the indoor end of the inner pipe sleeve, an air inlet grating (4) is installed at the outdoor end, a material feeding bin (12), a carbon dioxide sensor (14) and a controller (10) are arranged on and under the indoor end of the inner pipe sleeve respectively, and a coarse filter (5), an efficient filter (6), an active carbon layer (7), an electrostatic dust collector (8) and a small fan or draught fan (9) are arranged in a pipe body of the inner pipe sleeve. The pipe sleeved type fresh air purification machine resolves the problems that an existing fresh air system and air purification equipment are inconvenient to install, are not uniform in air ventilation, cause large damage when being installed in a finished room, and affect the decoration effect after home decoration.

A method, system, and computer program product for presenting a manipulatable customized image to a user for aiding in visualizing how home improvement ideas would appear in a user's decorating space using an image received from the user is provided. In one embodiment, the system acquires an image of a user's decorating space. Responsive to a request by the user, the system manipulates the image to add a home improvement, such as, for example, wall paint, wall paper, window treatments, etc., to the image of the user's decorating space and presents this manipulated image to the user, thereby allowing the user to visualize how a particular home improvement would appear when applied to the user's own room, landscaping, or building exterior rather than having to rely on how the home improvement looks on a stock photograph that might be dissimilar to the user's decorating space.

The invention discloses an environmental-friendly tourmaline composite home decoration material. The environmental-friendly tourmaline composite home decoration material comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 2-20 parts of tourmaline powder, 20-80 parts of slag, 2-10 parts of activated carbon, 5-40 parts of a binding agent, 1-40 parts of an accessory and 0.1-0.3 part of an air entraining agent. The invention further discloses a preparation method of the material. By mainly utilizing various excellent characteristics of tourmaline, the prepared home decoration material has functions of releasing negative oxygen ions and emitting a far infrared ray, the problem of potential threats to a human body caused by an existing home decoration material is greatly changed, a great number of negative oxygen ions can be released, formaldehyde, peculiar smells and the like can be absorbed, dust and other small molecule compounds in air can be adsorbed, and the effects of purifying indoor environment and killing and inhibiting bacteria are achieved; moreover, a main body part is prepared by using the flag and Portland cement, and the material is low in price, easy to obtain, high in mechanical strength, light in weight, reusable, wide in application prospect and suitable for popularization and application.

The invention relates to an environmental-friendly polypropylene foaming bead. Preparation of the foaming bead comprises steps of: a) subjecting a polypropylene resin and a porous material with an adsorption function to mixing, extrusion, wire drawing and granulation through an extruder to obtain polypropylene particles; and b) adding the polypropylene particles into a reactor, heating and pressuring, and releasing into the air in an instant to obtain a certain multiplying power of the environmental-friendly polypropylene foaming beads having adsorption, air purification and disinfection functions. The porous material with the adsorption function comprises active silicon, active carbon, active alumina, bamboo charcoal, graphitized carbon black, active carbon fiber, and the like. The porous material with the adsorption function accounts for 0.1%-20% by weight of the total adding amount of the polypropylene. The porous material with the adsorption function has a particle size of 700-1200 meshes, and a pore diameter of 2-500 nm. The polypropylene foaming bead has a great application potential in environment purification of automobile inner decoration, home decoration, and other industries.

A tray or basket is provided for a cart as used in home improvement stores. The tray includes means for attaching the tray to the cart and for stabilizing the tray thereon.

The invention discloses an innovative business mode, and the business mode is based on the Internet technology, and comprises a three-side trade platform for a customer, a decoration company and a construction material merchant. The three-side trade platform is provided with a customer module, a decoration company module, and a construction material merchant module. The customer module is provided with a logging-in module, a personal setting module, a personal preference module, a collection module, a shopping module, and a consultation and exchange module. The decoration company module comprises a designer introduction module, a design product exhibition module, a model house exhibition module, a quick quotation module and a question answering feedback module. The construction material merchant module is provided with a sale promotion information announcement module, a product exhibition module, a reference quotation module, a product information module, a real object effect image exhibition module, and a customer service consultation module. Based on the Internet technology, the invention provides the new business mode for house decoration. The business mode can enable the customer to efficiently use the information resources and products of the decoration company, construction material merchant and a real estate developer, facilitates the timely exchange, and improves the decoration effect.

The invention relates to a built-in air conditioner indoor unit. The air conditioner indoor unit (4) comprises an indoor unit shell (8), an indoor unit front panel (5), an indoor unit fan (9) and an indoor unit heat exchanger (10), wherein the indoor unit front panel (5) is connected with the indoor unit shell (8); the indoor unit fan (9) is arranged in the indoor unit shell (8); the indoor unit front panel (5) is provided with an air supply outlet (6) and an air return inlet (7); the air conditioner indoor unit (4) is arranged in an accommodating cavity (11) of a household appliance (1); and the indoor unit front panel (5) and the front panel (2) of the household appliance (1) are in the same plane. By the built-in air conditioner indoor unit, abrupt feeling brought by air conditioner indoor units to household decoration can be avoided, a more harmonious indoor decoration effect is achieved, and the concealment of air conditioners is improved. The air conditioners are not found when not used, and the effects of the air conditioners are ensured. The air conditioner indoor unit in a cabinet of a kitchen can save space, is convenient to assemble, and can reduce the pollution of oily fume on the air conditioners. Meanwhile, the air outlet positions of the air conditioners are close to users, so that the comfort experience of the users using the air conditioners is improved.

The invention relates to a PPR insulating composite tube for home decoration and a preparation method of the composite tube. The composite tube is of a three-layer composite structure, the inner layer of a PPR or PPR aluminum-plastic composite tube is coated with an expanded polyethylene insulating layer through equipment, the expanded polyethylene insulating intermediate layer is coated with a weather-resistant and scratch-resistant outer protection layer through an extruding machine, closed-cell expanded materials are adopted by the expanded polyethylene insulating layer, the cell sizes range from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm, and the weather-resistant and scratch-resistant layer is prepared from 60%-90% of LLDPE, 5%-15% of HDPE, 4%-20% of EVOH, 0.5%-2% of silane-modified nano-titanium dioxide and 0.5%-2% of compound additives. The expanded polyethylene insulating layer is obtained through a one-step method. The PPR insulating composite tube has the insulating and energy saving properties and the excellent weather-resistant and scratch-resistant properties, a synchronous coating molding process is adopted in the production process, the production efficiency is improved, the manufacturing cost is reduced, and the PPR insulating composite tube has a good market application prospect.

A system and method for merchandising products in a home improvement or commercial construction retail store by providing an enhanced, integrated shopping experience for customers that improves the customer's understanding of a particular home improvement or commercial construction project while introducing the seller's products adapted to perform the home improvement or commercial construction project through coordination of graphic elements such as color or number coding of the seller's products with an interactive display that conveys information regarding the project and aisle merchandising that directs the customer to the seller's products.

The invention discloses a nanocomposite Zn2TiO4 (ZnO-TiO2) functional material and a preparation method of dispersion liquid thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps, firstly, preparing high-dispersion nanocomposite Zn2TiO4, adding a zinc compound and a titanium compound in a stoichiometric ratio into a solvent, adding a hydrolysis inhibitor, stirring for slowly hydrolyzing the zinc compound and the titanium compound, adding a composite chelating agent and metal ions to generate a chelation reaction under an alkaline condition, stirring, heating, gelling, and then carryingout heat preservation at 250-300 DEG C for 6 to 36 hours, so as to obtain a sintered precursor; finally, carrying out heat preservation on the precursor at 300-500 DEG C for 5 to 15 hours, so as to obtain ZnO-TiO2 powder having primary particle size of 10 to 30 nm. On this basis, with a low-temperature centrifugal separation technology, ZnO-TiO2, a dispersant and the solvent can achieve high dispersion and high stability on the microscopic scale, and the 1%-60% high-solid-content nanocomposite Zn2TiO4 dispersion liquid can be widely used in antibacterial plastics, deodorant sprays, antibacterial fibers, formaldehyde removal of home improvement and other environmental protection fields.

The present invention is an improved business method that marries the real estate listing process with property improvement services to enable the property seller to sell an improved property without bearing the costs of the improvement. The real estate professional bears the initial financial burden of providing the home improvement service and is reimbursed by the property seller only upon sale of the home or cancellation of the listing.

The invention relates to the technical field of organic and inorganic boards and profiles for buildings and home decoration and particularly relates to a manufacturing method of an inorganic mineral board and profile. The inorganic mineral board and profile are manufactured by inorganic minerals and the like. By adoption of the manufacturing method, the difficulty in shortage of materials for the existing organic board is solved. Particularly, a product not only has the characteristics of flexibility and re-processability of the organic board as well as fireproof, flame-retardant and waterproof properties of the inorganic board, but also has the properties of heat preservation and heat insulation, and is a more-ideal material for furniture, indoor decoration and floor base materials. The performance index of the product meets the environment-friendly requirement, and can replace organic and inorganic boards and profiles applied in the existing market. By test, the product has the following parameters that the static bending strength is 14.1-14.3Mpa, the bending elastic modulus is 1849-1878Mpa, the internal bonding strength is 0.41-0.42Mpa, the thickness expansion rate in 2h water absorption is 0.1-0.8% and the formaldehyde emission is 8.5-8.7mg / 100g.

The invention discloses a high-structural-strength three-dimensional solid wood composite board which comprises a hard base layer and further comprises a first capacity layer group, a second capacity layer group and a surface layer, wherein the first capacity layer group and the second capacity layer group are arranged on the two sides of the base layer, wherein each of the first capacity layer group and the second capacity layer group is provided with at least one flexible capacity layer; the surface layer is arranged on the surface of the first capacity layer; a decoration groove is formed in the surface layer; and the bottom of the decoration groove is embedded into the first capacity layer group. The hard base layer can provide enough mechanical strength for the whole board and support the capacity layers and the surface layer in the board, so as to prevent the board from deforming in the process of making the decoration groove under high pressure. The solid wood composite board provided by the invention has a brand-new structure different from that of a conventional board, has the characteristics of stereoscopic vision, high mechanical strength and long service life, further has the advantages of low formaldehyde release amount and environment friendliness in use and can be widely applied to the fields of home decoration, artwork processing, commercial place decoration and municipal construction.

The invention discloses a home decoration roaming animation cloud rendering method and system based on a specific path. The home decoration roaming animation cloud rendering method mainly comprises the steps of scene data reading, motion path auxiliary adjustment, motion path sampling processing, coordinate conversion, frame sequence mapping, rendering and preprocessing, feature calculation, deeplearning frame supplementing and video outputting and the like. According to the method, a plurality of links needing manual intervention in the prior art can be completed in an automatic manner, so that the cost of the digital animation video in various aspects is remarkably reduced; targeted optimization is carried out on the close-up demand of an indoor home decoration scene, so that the close-up demand has higher application value; an operator only needs to provide a rendering scene on cloud software and set a path starting point and a path ending point, and the camera positions of key nodes on a path can be automatically calculated. According to the method, the key frame image sequence is automatically generated according to the frame sequence, the neural network is used for supplementing frames, and the complete video with the same duration can be obtained only by adding very little neural network processing time to half of the rendering time of the video with the same duration.