CN110710831A - Counter cabinet type commodity selling device and commodity selling method - Google Patents
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Abstract
To provide an unmanned counter type commodity sales apparatus and a commodity sales method capable of easily identifying commodities taken out of various commodities by a customer and easily performing automatic settlement. The counter type commodity sales device is provided with: an image pickup unit for picking up an image of a commodity of the commodity placed in the commodity placing area from a lower portion of the transparent commodity placing plate; a door opening/closing detection part for detecting the opening/closing of the upper surface door; a door locking part for locking the closing state of the upper surface door; a commodity specifying unit that specifies the taken out commodity as a purchased commodity based on the commodity image captured by the imaging unit; a door opening/closing control unit that performs control to unlock the closed state of the upper surface door when the result of the ID information authentication process is normal, and to lock the upper surface door in the closed state when the door opening/closing detection unit detects the closed state of the upper surface door; and a settlement processing unit that performs settlement processing of the purchased product specified by the product specifying unit when the door open/close detecting unit detects the closed state of the upper surface door.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to an unmanned counter type commodity selling device and a commodity selling method, which can easily identify commodities taken out of various commodities by a customer and can easily perform automatic settlement.
Background
In many stores such as convenience stores and supermarkets, products are displayed in showcases in which a plurality of product shelves are arranged in a plurality of tiers. When an article disposed on an article shelf is sold or lost, a clerk needs to replenish the article. In addition, the store clerk needs to constantly monitor whether or not the products placed on the product shelf are damaged or whether or not the placement is misaligned or erroneously placed.
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Patent document
Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2009-72391
Disclosure of Invention
Problems to be solved by the invention
In addition, the desk cabinet type commodity sales device of the unmanned shop type is a desk cabinet type commodity sales device as follows: various kinds of commodities are displayed, and a customer takes out a desired commodity from the various kinds of commodities and settles the settlement without relying on a sales organization such as commodity carrying out. Therefore, it is desired to specify a product taken out by a customer with a simple configuration and to perform settlement easily.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an unmanned counter type product sales apparatus and a product sales method capable of easily identifying products taken out of various products by a customer and easily performing automatic settlement.
Means for solving the problems
In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a counter type commodity sales device according to the present invention is a counter type commodity sales device for selling commodities placed in a commodity placement area located below an upper surface door whose upper surface is opened and closed, the counter type commodity sales device including: a commodity placing plate on which the commodity placing region is formed; a commodity detection unit for detecting the commodity placed in the commodity placement area; a door opening/closing detection unit for detecting opening/closing of the upper surface door; a door locking portion for locking a closed state of the upper surface door; a commodity specifying unit that determines a commodity type of the commodity based on the commodity information detected by the commodity detecting unit, and specifies the commodity taken out from the commodity placement area during a period from an open state of the upper surface door to a closed state of the upper surface door as a purchased commodity; an authentication processing unit that acquires ID information of a commodity purchaser and performs authentication processing; a door opening/closing control unit for performing the following control: releasing the locking of the closed state of the upper surface door when the result of the authentication process of the ID information is normal, and locking the upper surface door in the closed state when the door opening/closing detection unit detects the closed state of the upper surface door; and a settlement processing unit that performs a settlement process of the purchased product specified by the product specifying unit when the door opening/closing detecting unit detects a closed state of the upper surface door.
In the counter type commodity sales device according to the present invention, the commodity detection unit is an imaging unit that images a commodity image of the commodity placed in the commodity placement area from a lower portion of the commodity placement plate, and the commodity specifying unit determines a commodity type of the commodity based on the commodity image imaged by the imaging unit, and specifies the commodity taken out of the commodity placement area during a period from an open state of the upper surface door to a closed state of the upper surface door as a purchased commodity.
In the counter type commodity sales device according to the present invention, the commodity is attached with an IC tag that holds commodity information, and the commodity detection unit is an RFID reader that acquires the commodity information of the IC tag.
In the counter type commodity sales apparatus according to the present invention, the settlement processing unit performs settlement processing of the purchased commodity specified by the commodity specifying unit with an external settlement server using the ID information.
In the above-described commodity sales apparatus according to the present invention, the commodity sales apparatus includes a short-range wireless communication unit configured to perform short-range wireless communication with a portable terminal of the commodity purchaser, the authentication processing unit acquires the ID information from the portable terminal by the short-range wireless communication, and the commodity specifying unit notifies the portable terminal of the commodity to be purchased by the short-range wireless communication.
In the counter type merchandise sales device according to the present invention, the counter type merchandise sales device includes a door opening/closing mechanism that opens/closes the upper surface door by a drive member, and the door opening/closing control unit performs the following control: when the ID information is authenticated and an open instruction of the upper surface door is received, the drive member is driven to set the upper surface door in an open state after the lock of the closed state of the upper surface door is released, when the close instruction of the upper surface door is received, the drive member is driven to set the upper surface door in a closed state, and when the door open/close detection unit detects the closed state of the upper surface door, the upper surface door is locked in a closed state.
In the counter type merchandise sales device according to the present invention, the counter type merchandise sales device includes an interior illumination unit that illuminates the merchandise placement area, and the door opening/closing control unit illuminates the interior illumination unit while the upper surface door is in the open state.
In the counter-top type commodity sales device according to the present invention, the commodity specifying unit may determine the commodity type of the commodity based on a commodity packing state including a color, a pattern, a design, and a shape of the commodity and/or barcode information indicating commodity information of the commodity.
Further, a commodity sales method according to the present invention is a commodity sales method for a counter-type commodity sales device for selling commodities placed in a commodity placement area located below an upper surface door whose upper surface is opened and closed, the commodity sales method including: an authentication processing step of acquiring ID information of a commodity purchaser to perform authentication processing; a door lock releasing step of releasing the lock of the closed state of the upper surface door when the authentication processing result of the ID information is normal; a commodity specifying step of, while the upper surface door is in the open state, identifying a commodity type of the commodity placed on a commodity placement plate on which the commodity placement region is formed at the upper portion, and specifying the commodity taken out from the commodity placement region as a purchased commodity; a door locking step of locking the upper surface door in a closed state when the upper surface door is changed from an open state to a closed state; and a settlement processing step of performing settlement processing of the purchased product specified by the product specifying step when the upper surface door is changed from the open state to the closed state.
ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION
According to the present invention, it is possible to easily identify the product that the customer has taken out from various products and to easily perform automatic settlement.
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Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of a counter type merchandise sales device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of the main body after the top plate is removed from the counter type merchandise sales device shown in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the structure and operation of the door opening and closing mechanism and the door lock unit.
Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the counter type merchandise sales device.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the mobile terminal.
Fig. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a commodity sales process including settlement processing performed by the counter type commodity sales apparatus.
Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of a specific product purchase procedure using the mobile terminal.
Fig. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which two-dimensional barcode information is attached to the bottom surface of a commodity.
Fig. 9 is a sequence diagram showing a commodity sales process according to modification 1.
Fig. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a counter type merchandise sales device according to modification 2.
Fig. 11 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a counter type merchandise sales device according to modification 3.
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1: a cabinet type merchandise sales device; 10: a main body portion; 11: an upper surface door; 11 a: a shaft; 12: an internal gear; 12 a: a locking protrusion; 13: a pinion gear; 14: a drive motor; 20: a top plate; 21: an aperture; 22: a commodity carrying plate; 31: an image pickup unit; 32. 120: a short-range wireless communication unit; 33. 130, 130: an external communication unit; 34: an information reading unit; 41: a door locking portion; 41 a: a locking hook; 42: a door opening/closing mechanism; 43: a door opening/closing detection unit; 44: an internal illumination unit; 45. 110: a display operation unit; 50. 140: a control unit; 51: an authentication processing unit; 52: a door opening/closing control section; 53: a commodity specifying unit; 54: a settlement processing unit; 60. 160: a storage unit; 61: sales commodity information; 62: a commodity database; 100: a portable terminal; 131: an RFID reader; 141: a commodity purchase control unit; 200: a settlement server; 300: an ID card; a1, a2, B1, B2: direction; b: an open-close button; c: a control unit; d: ID information; DP: barcode information; e1: a commodity placement area; e2: an image pickup unit mounting area; i1, I2, I3: a merchandise purchase application screen; n: a network; p: a commercial product.
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Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
< integral Structure >
Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of a counter type merchandise sales device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the main body 10 after the top plate 20 is removed from the counter type merchandise sales device 1 shown in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 1, the counter type merchandise sales device 1 is obtained by attaching a top plate 20 to a main body 10. An upper surface door 11 for opening and closing the upper surface is provided on the upper surface of the main body 10, and a hole 21 is formed in the top plate 20 at a central portion where the upper surface door 11 is disposed.
As shown in fig. 2, the counter type merchandise sales device 1 is assembled by providing the upper surface door 11 on the upper surface of the main body 10, forming a flange around the upper surface door 11, and joining the hole 21 to the flange.
The main body 10 has a columnar space formed therein, and a transparent or translucent commodity mounting plate 22 that transmits light is provided in the middle. Various products P are placed on the upper surface of the product placement plate 22. The space from the commodity mounting plate 22 to the upper surface door 11 is a commodity mounting area E1 where commodities are mounted. On the other hand, a space from the commodity mounting plate 22 to the lower floor is an imaging unit mounting area E2. The imaging unit 31 is provided in the imaging unit placement area E2, and the imaging unit 31 captures a commodity image of the commodity placed in the commodity placement area E1 from the lower portion of the commodity placement plate 22. The imaging unit 31 functions as a product detection unit for detecting the product placed in the product placement area E1.
An interior illumination portion that is lit when the upper door 11 is in the open state is provided on the side surface of the commodity placement area E1. Around the upper surface door 11, a door lock unit 41 for locking the closed state of the upper surface door, a door opening/closing mechanism 42 for opening/closing the upper surface door 11 using a driving member such as a driving motor, a door opening/closing detection unit 43 for detecting the opening/closing of the upper surface door 11, a short-range wireless communication unit 32, and an external communication unit 33 are provided.
The control unit C is provided in a lower side of the imaging unit placement area E2. Further, a display operation unit 45 connected to the control unit C may be provided on the top surface of the top plate 20.
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Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the structure and operation of the door opening and closing mechanism 42 and the door lock unit 41. As shown in fig. 3, the upper surface door 11 is opened in the upper direction around the shaft 11 a. An internal gear 12 is provided at one end of a base end portion of the upper surface door 11 on the shaft 11a side. A pinion gear 13 inscribed from the outside into the internal gear 12 is connected to a drive shaft of a drive motor 14 to rotate.
As shown in fig. 3 (a), a locking protrusion 12a is provided on the outer periphery of the internal gear 12, and when the door is closed, the locking hook 41a of the door locking portion 41 engages with the locking protrusion 12a, thereby locking the rotation of the internal gear 12. The locking projection 12a is disposed at a position where it can be engaged with the locking hook 41a to lock the upper door 11 in the closed state.
As shown in fig. 3 (b), when the upper door 11 is set from the door closed state to the door open state, first, the door lock portion 41 slides the locking hook 41a in the direction a1 to release the locked state of the ring gear. Thereafter, the drive motor 14 is rotationally driven to rotate the ring gear 12 in the direction a2, thereby bringing the upper surface door 11 into the door open state.
In order to change the upper surface door 11 from the door open state to the door closed state, first, the drive motor is rotationally driven to rotate the ring gear 12 in the direction opposite to the direction a 2. Thereafter, when the door opening/closing detector 43 detects the closing of the door, the locking hook 41a is slid in the direction opposite to the direction a1 to engage with the locking projection 12a, thereby locking the internal gear 12.
Further, the pinion gear 13 is made of a damping material, which smoothes the opening and closing operation of the upper surface door 11. Further, when the upper door 11 is shifted to the door open state, the rotation speed of the drive motor 14 is gradually increased, and when the upper door 11 is shifted to the door closed state, the rotation speed of the drive motor 14 is gradually decreased.
< functional Structure of counter type Commodity sales device 1>
Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the counter type merchandise sales device 1. As shown in fig. 4, in the counter type merchandise sales device 1, the imaging unit 31, the short-range wireless communication unit 32, the external communication unit 33, the door lock unit 41, the door opening/closing mechanism 42, the door opening/closing detection unit 43, the internal illumination unit 44, and the display operation unit 45 are connected to the control unit C. The imaging unit 31, the door lock unit 41, the door opening/closing mechanism 42, the door opening/closing detection unit 43, and the interior illumination unit 44 are as described above.
The short-range wireless communication unit 32 is a communication interface for performing short-range wireless communication such as WiFi (registered trademark) or bluetooth (registered trademark), and is used for performing short-range wireless communication with the portable terminal 100 of the customer.
The external communication unit 33 is a communication interface that is connected to a network N such as the internet and accesses an external settlement server 200 and the like.
The display operation unit 45 is an input/output interface such as a touch panel, for example, and can input and output various information related to commodity sales and commodity settlement.
The control unit C has a control section 50 and a storage section 60. The control unit 50 is a control unit that performs overall control of the counter type commodity sales device 1, and includes an authentication processing unit 51, a door opening/closing control unit 52, a commodity specifying unit 53, and a settlement processing unit 54. In practice, the programs corresponding to the authentication Processing Unit 51, the door opening/closing control Unit 52, the commodity specifying Unit 53, and the settlement Processing Unit 54 are stored in advance in a storage device such as a nonvolatile memory or a magnetic disk device, loaded into a memory, and executed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
The storage unit 60 is a storage device including a hard disk device, a nonvolatile memory, and the like, and stores sales product information 61 and a product database 62.
The authentication processing unit 51 performs authentication processing on the ID information of the customer acquired by the short-range wireless communication unit 32. The authentication processing unit 51 inquires of the settlement server 200 through the external communication unit 33 whether the ID information is the ID information registered in advance, and determines whether the authentication processing result of the ID information is normal.
The door opening/closing control unit 52 performs the following control: when the authentication processing result of the acquired ID information is normal, the lock of the door lock unit 41 on the closed state of the upper surface door 11 is released, and when the door opening/closing detection unit 43 detects the closed state of the upper surface door 11, the upper surface door 11 is locked in the closed state via the door lock unit 41.
Further, since the door opening/closing mechanism 42 is an automatic door opening/closing mechanism using the drive motor 14, the door opening/closing control unit 52 performs the following control: when the authentication processing result of the acquired ID information is normal and an open instruction of the upper surface door 11 is received, the door lock unit 41 unlocks the closed state of the upper surface door 11, then drives the drive motor 14 to set the upper surface door 11 in the open state, when the close instruction of the upper surface door 11 is received, drives the drive motor 14 to set the upper surface door 11 in the closed state, and when the door open/close detection unit 43 detects the closed state of the upper surface door 11, the door lock unit 41 locks the upper surface door 11 in the closed state. Further, the opening instruction and the closing instruction of the upper surface door 11 may be received from the portable terminal 100 side through the short-range wireless communication unit 32, or the opening instruction and the closing instruction of the upper surface door 11 may be received through the display operation unit 45.
The door opening/closing control unit 52 controls the interior illumination unit 44 to illuminate while the upper surface door 11 is in the open state.
The product specifying unit 53 determines the product type of the product P in the product image captured by the imaging unit 31 with reference to the product database 62, and specifies the product P taken out from the product placement area E1 during a period from the open state of the upper surface door 11 to the closed state of the upper surface door 11 as a purchased product.
When the door opening/closing detector 43 detects the closed state of the upper surface door 11, the settlement processor 54 performs a settlement process of the purchased product specified by the product specification unit 53. The settlement processing is performed between the settlement processing unit 54 and the settlement server 200, and the settlement server 200 is connected to the settlement processing unit 54 via the external communication unit 33 and the network.
< functional Structure of Mobile terminal 100 >
Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the mobile terminal 100. As shown in fig. 5, the display operation unit 110, the storage unit 160, the short-range wireless communication unit 120, and the external communication unit 130 are provided in addition to the control unit 140. The control unit 140 is a control unit that performs overall control of the mobile terminal 100, and includes a product purchase control unit 141. In practice, a program corresponding to the product purchase control unit 141 is stored in advance in a storage device such as a nonvolatile memory or a magnetic disk device, and is an application program that is downloaded in advance and set, and the program is loaded into a memory and executed by a CPU (Central processing unit) to execute the program.
The display operation unit 110 is an input/output interface such as a touch panel, for example, and is used for inputting and outputting various information related to product purchase and product settlement on an application screen related to product purchase.
When the program corresponding to the product purchase control unit 141 is downloaded, the storage unit 160 stores the set ID information D.
< sales of goods and settlement processing >
Next, a description will be given of a commodity sales process including a settlement process performed by the counter commodity sales apparatus 1 with reference to a time chart shown in fig. 6.
As shown in fig. 6, when the mobile terminal 100 approaches the counter type commodity sales device 1, the mobile terminal 100 establishes short-range wireless communication with the counter type commodity sales device 1 through the short-range wireless communication unit 32 and the short-range wireless communication unit 120 (step S101). Thereafter, the mobile terminal 100 notifies the counter type commodity sales device 1 of the ID information D (step S102)
Upon receiving the ID information D, the authentication processing unit 51 of the counter type commodity sales device 1 accesses the calculation server 200 to perform authentication processing (step S103). If the authentication is authorized (yes in step S104), the authentication processing unit 51 sends an authentication confirmation notification to the mobile terminal 100 (step S105). When the mobile terminal 100 receives the authentication confirmation notification, an instruction to open the top door 11 is transmitted from the mobile terminal 100 to the counter commodity sales device 1 (step S106).
Thereafter, in the counter type merchandise sales device 1, the door opening/closing control unit 52 releases the lock of the door closed state by the door lock unit 41 (step S107). The door opening/closing control unit 52 drives the drive motor 14 of the door opening/closing mechanism 42 to open the upper surface door 11. Then, the door opening/closing control unit 52 turns on the illumination of the interior illumination unit 44 (step S109).
When the upper door 11 is opened, a product specifying process for purchasing a product is performed between the mobile terminal 100 and the counter type product vending apparatus 1 (step S110). When the upper door 11 is opened, the customer can take out any product P from the product placement area E1. The product specifying unit 53 refers to the product database 62 to specify the product to be taken out, based on the product image captured by the imaging unit 31. The product database 62 associates the product type, the product price, and the product feature information, and the product specifying unit 53 specifies the product type and the product price of the extracted product by comparing the product image with the product feature information. The product characteristic information is, for example, a product packing state including a color, a pattern, a design, and a shape of the product. Then, the product specifying unit 53 notifies the portable terminal 100 of the product type and the product price of the product, with the specified product as a purchased product. On the portable terminal 100 side, the product purchase application is started, the product type and the product price of the purchased product are displayed, and the total amount is displayed.
When the upper door 11 is opened, the commodity once taken out can be returned to the commodity placement area E1. In this case, the product specifying unit 53 specifies the returned product based on the product image, and notifies the portable terminal 100 of a notification of removing the returned product from the purchased product. The mobile terminal 100 that has received the notification deletes the product information of the returned product, that is, the product type and the product price of the product, from the product purchase application screen.
When the product specifying process is performed, the product specifying unit 53 updates the information of the product existing in the product placement area E1 as the sales product information 61 at any time.
When a predetermined time, for example, 1 minute has elapsed since the upper surface door 11 was opened, the door opening/closing control unit 52 notifies the mobile terminal 100 that the short-range wireless communication has been established that the upper surface door 11 is still opened, and guides the upper surface door 11 to be closed.
Then, the customer transmits an instruction to close the upper surface door 11 from the mobile terminal 100 to the counter type commodity sales apparatus 1 in order to settle the purchase of the commodity (step S111). On the counter type merchandise sales device 1 side that has received the closing instruction, the door opening/closing control unit 52 closes the upper surface door 11 and locks the upper surface door 11 in the closed state by the door lock unit 41 (step S112). After that, the door opening/closing control unit 52 turns off the illumination of the interior illumination unit 44 (step S113).
Thereafter, the closing of the upper surface door 11 is triggered to perform a settlement process for the purchased product between the mobile terminal 100 and the counter type product vending apparatus 1 (step S114). The settlement processing unit 54 notifies the settlement server 200 of the ID information D, the purchased product, and the purchase amount to perform settlement processing. The counter commodity sales apparatus 1 and the mobile terminal 100 are notified of the settlement result. The settlement result may be notified directly from the settlement server 200 to the mobile terminal 100 via the network N.
Thereafter, the short-range wireless communication is disconnected between the mobile terminal 100 and the counter type product vending apparatus 1 (step S115), and the series of product vending processes is completed. If the authentication is not compliant in step S104 (no in step S104), the process proceeds to step S115 to disconnect the short-range wireless communication (step S115), and the product sales process is ended.
< specific example of commercial product purchasing Process >
Next, an example of a specific product purchase procedure using the mobile terminal 100 will be described with reference to fig. 7. First, as shown in fig. 7 (a), when the mobile terminal 100 is brought close to the counter type merchandise sales device 1, the short-range wireless communication is established, and after the authentication process is performed, the merchandise purchase application screen I1 is displayed. The product purchase application screen I1 displays a GUI of an open/close button B for instructing opening and closing of the upper surface door 11. The customer slides the open/close button B in the direction of pointing B1 to send an instruction to open the top door 11 to the counter type merchandise sales device 1.
Thereafter, as shown in fig. 7 (b), the counter type merchandise sales device 1 receives an instruction to open the upper surface door 11, and sets the upper surface door 11 in an open state. Thereafter, the product taken out from the product placement area E1 by the customer is updated as needed as a purchased product on the displayed product purchase application screen I2. In fig. 7 (b), two "chocolate" items having a product price of 200 yen, 1 "payroll" item having a product price of 120 yen, and a total amount of "520 yen" are displayed as purchased products.
Thereafter, when the settlement processing for the purchased commodity is performed, the customer slides the open/close button B in the commodity purchase application screen I2 in the pointing direction B2 to output the closing instruction of the upper surface door 11 to the counter type commodity sales apparatus 1 side. The close instruction is also an instruction of the settlement processing.
As shown in fig. 7 (c), the counter type commodity sales device 1 which has received the closing instruction closes the upper surface door 11, and performs settlement processing. When the completion of the settlement processing is notified to the mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal 100 displays a message indicating that the settlement is completed as in the product purchase application screen I3 based on the completion notification of the settlement, and the product sale processing is ended.
Further, the product specification unit 53 specifies the product based on the product package state including the color, pattern, design, and shape of the product, but as shown in fig. 8, may be: barcode information DP such as two-dimensional barcode information representing the product information of the product is added to the bottom of the product P in advance, and the imaging unit 31 acquires the barcode information DP to specify the product.
< modification 1>
In the above embodiment, the upper surface door 11 is a door that is automatically opened and closed, but the upper surface door 11 may be a door that is manually opened and closed. In the product sales processing procedure in this case, as shown in fig. 9, the processing of the opening instruction of the upper door 11 in step S106 and the processing of the closing instruction of the upper door 11 in step S111 shown in fig. 6 are deleted, and at a stage corresponding to step S108, the door opening/closing control unit 52 determines whether or not the upper door 11 is in the open state based on the detection result of the door opening/closing detection unit 43 (step S108 a). When the upper door 11 is opened (yes in step S108a), the interior lighting is turned on (step S109), and the product specification process is performed (step S110).
Similarly, at a stage corresponding to step S112, the door opening/closing control unit 52 determines whether or not the upper surface door 11 is in the closed state based on the detection result of the door opening/closing detection unit 43 (step S112 a). When the upper door 11 is closed (yes in step S112a), the interior lighting is turned off (step S113) and the settlement process is performed (step S114). The other processing is the same as that shown in fig. 6.
In modification 1, the drive motor 14 is not required, and the structure of the counter type merchandise sales device 1 is simple.
< modification 2>
Fig. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the counter type commodity sales device 1 according to modification 2. As shown in fig. 10, in modification 2, an information reading unit 34 that reads ID information from an ID card 300 of a customer is provided instead of the short-range wireless communication unit 32.
The counter type commodity sales device 1 of modification 2 is disposed in an interior space other than an exterior space such as a company, and the ID card 300 records the ID information of the company.
If the ID information is read by placing the ID card 300 on the information reading section 34, the subsequent processing is the same as that of the embodiment. Further, the settlement server 200 in this case is a settlement server cooperating with a company.
< modification 3>
Fig. 11 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the counter type commodity sales device 1 according to modification 3. As shown in fig. 11, in modification 3, the imaging unit 31, which is an example of a product detection unit, is replaced with an RFID reader 131. Further, an RFID tag (IC tag) for holding product information of each product is attached to the product mounted on the product mounting plate 22. The IC tag is a passive IC tag. The other structure is the same as that of the embodiment shown in fig. 4.
The RFID reader 131 accesses each IC tag at predetermined time intervals to acquire product information of each product. Since the RFID reader 131 uses electromagnetic waves, the product mounting plate 22 is formed of a dielectric material that transmits electromagnetic waves. Since the RFID reader 131 uses electromagnetic waves, it is not necessary to provide it at the lower portion of the commodity-placing plate 22, and it may be disposed at a position where it can detect commodities. The material of the product placement plate 22 may be any material as long as the RFID reader is not provided below the product placement plate 22.
In the above embodiment, the opening instruction and the closing instruction are transmitted from the portable terminal 100 side, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the opening instruction and the closing instruction of the upper surface door 11 may be performed by the display operation unit 45 provided in the counter type commodity sales apparatus 1.
In addition, since the imaging unit placement area E2 has a large storage space in which only the imaging unit 31 and the control unit C are disposed, it is also possible to store stock commodities in this area. In order to grasp inventory items, another imaging unit for imaging items in the imaging unit placement area E2 may be provided on the side of the imaging unit placement area E2 to grasp inventory items.
Note that each configuration illustrated in the above-described embodiment and modification is a schematic functional configuration, and it is not necessarily required to physically have a configuration as illustrated in the drawings. That is, the form of distribution and integration of the respective devices and components is not limited to the form shown in the drawings, and all or a part of them may be configured to be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in arbitrary units according to various usage situations and the like.
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1. A counter type commodity sales device for selling commodities placed in a commodity placement area located below an upper surface door whose upper surface is opened and closed, the counter type commodity sales device comprising:
a commodity placing plate on which the commodity placing region is formed;
a commodity detection unit for detecting the commodity placed in the commodity placement area;
a door opening/closing detection unit for detecting opening/closing of the upper surface door;
a door locking portion for locking a closed state of the upper surface door;
a commodity specifying unit that determines a commodity type of the commodity based on the commodity information detected by the commodity detecting unit, and specifies the commodity taken out from the commodity placement area during a period from an open state of the upper surface door to a closed state of the upper surface door as a purchased commodity;
an authentication processing unit that acquires ID information of a commodity purchaser and performs authentication processing;
a door opening/closing control unit for performing the following control: releasing the locking of the closed state of the upper surface door when the result of the authentication process of the ID information is normal, and locking the upper surface door in the closed state when the door opening/closing detection unit detects the closed state of the upper surface door; and
and a settlement processing unit configured to perform a settlement process of the purchased product specified by the product specifying unit when the door opening/closing detecting unit detects a closed state of the upper surface door.
2. The counter cabinet type merchandise sales device of claim 1,
the commodity detection unit is an image pickup unit that picks up a commodity image of the commodity placed in the commodity placement area from a lower portion of the commodity placement plate,
the article identifying unit identifies an article type of the article based on the article image captured by the imaging unit, and identifies the article taken out from the article placement area during a period from an open state of the upper surface door to a closed state of the upper surface door as a purchased article.
3. The counter cabinet type merchandise sales device of claim 1,
the article is attached with an IC tag holding article information,
the article detection unit is an RFID reader for acquiring article information of the IC tag.
4. A counter cabinet type merchandise sales device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
the settlement processing unit performs settlement processing of the purchased product specified by the product specifying unit with an external settlement server using the ID information.
5. A counter cabinet type merchandise selling device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
the counter type commodity sales device is provided with a short-range wireless communication unit for performing short-range wireless communication with the portable terminal of the commodity purchaser,
the authentication processing unit acquires the ID information from the portable terminal by the short-range wireless communication,
the product specifying unit notifies the portable terminal of product information of the purchased product by the short-range wireless communication.
6. A counter cabinet type merchandise selling device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
the counter cabinet type commodity sales device is provided with a door opening and closing mechanism which opens and closes the upper surface door through a driving part,
the door opening/closing control unit performs the following control: when the ID information is authenticated and an open instruction of the upper surface door is received, the drive member is driven to set the upper surface door in an open state after the lock of the closed state of the upper surface door is released, when the close instruction of the upper surface door is received, the drive member is driven to set the upper surface door in a closed state, and when the door open/close detection unit detects the closed state of the upper surface door, the upper surface door is locked in a closed state.
7. A counter cabinet type merchandise selling device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein,
the counter type commodity sales device is provided with an internal illumination part which illuminates the commodity carrying area,
the door opening/closing control unit causes the interior illumination unit to illuminate while the upper surface door is in the open state.
8. A counter cabinet type commodity sales device according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 4 to 7,
the commodity specifying unit determines a commodity type of the commodity based on a commodity packing state including a color, a pattern, a design, and a shape of the commodity and/or barcode information indicating commodity information of the commodity.
9. A commodity sales method for a counter-type commodity sales device for selling commodities placed in a commodity placement area located below an upper surface door whose upper surface is opened and closed, the commodity sales method comprising:
an authentication processing step of acquiring ID information of a commodity purchaser to perform authentication processing;
a door lock releasing step of releasing the lock of the closed state of the upper surface door when the authentication processing result of the ID information is normal;
a commodity specifying step of, while the upper surface door is in the open state, identifying a commodity type of the commodity placed on a commodity placement plate on which the commodity placement region is formed at the upper portion, and specifying the commodity taken out from the commodity placement region as a purchased commodity;
a door locking step of locking the upper surface door in a closed state when the upper surface door is changed from an open state to a closed state; and
a settlement processing step of performing settlement processing of the purchased product identified by the product identifying step when the upper surface door is changed from an open state to a closed state.
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