Product Service Simulation System for User Purchase Evaluation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in evaluating and selecting products or services suitable for their current and future needs due to the inability to simulate how these products or services will perform in various situations, including changes in body shape, environmental conditions, and interactions with other products, leading to potential unsuitable purchases.
Innovation Solution
A product/service use simulation system that acquires user and product/service information, sets simulation conditions, and uses a simulator to present realistic scenarios of product or service usage, including changes in user physical characteristics, movement, external forces, decorative additions, and environmental impacts, allowing users to make informed purchasing decisions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users rely on manufacturer descriptions, photos, or videos to evaluate products, then product information is easily accessible, but users cannot comparatively evaluate products or simulate usage situations in environments close to actual use
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates virtual copies of the user (avatar) and products, allowing simulation of product usage in various scenarios without requiring physical prototypes or actual product deployment. The avatar reproduces user characteristics such as body shape, age, and gender to accurately represent how different users would interact with products
Solution Approach 2:
The simulation system acts as an intermediary between the user and the actual product evaluation process. Instead of directly testing products in real-world scenarios, the system mediates through virtual simulations that replicate various usage conditions, providing reliable evaluation data without the complexity of physical testing
2Loss of time
If users purchase products without simulating future situations, then purchasing decisions are quick and simple, but users risk purchasing products that are not suitable for their future state or situation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary simulations of future scenarios before the actual purchase decision is made. By pre-simulating how products will perform in various future situations (weight changes, weather conditions, physical activities), users can make informed decisions without time pressure, ensuring purchase suitability while maintaining reasonable decision-making speed
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive simulation data is collected and processed, then simulation accuracy is improved, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The simulation system is divided into distinct functional modules: user information acquisition, product information acquisition, simulation condition setting, simulation execution, and result presentation. Each module handles specific aspects of the simulation process, making the overall complex system manageable and maintainable while achieving high simulation accuracy through coordinated operation of these segmented components
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AI summary
Provided is a product/service use simulation system and computer program product that are able to simulate a situation in which a user is using a product, a service, or a combination thereof.The product/service use simulation system includes a user information acquisition unit that acquires user information on a user, a product/service information acquisition unit that acquires product/service information on at least one of a product and a service, a simulation condition setting unit that sets a simulation condition, a simulator that simulates a situation in which the user is using at least one of the product and service, on the basis of the user information, product/service information, and simulation condition, and a simulation result presentation unit that presents the simulation results to the user.