JP2005056173A - Management system for sales floor information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management system for sales floor information allowing steady management of the sales floor information without spending cost in consideration of a problem of a management method for a sales floor of a supermarket, a department store, a convenience store or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A cart 1 or the like of the sales floor is installed with a tag 2 of an RFID, and a position information transmitter 4 is installed to a prescribed position 3 of the sales floor. When the tag 2 receives position information transmitted from the position information transmitter 4, the tag 2 transmits the received position information and a self ID of the tag 2 to a management computer 7, and the position information and the self ID of the tag 2 transmitted to the management computer 7 are recorded in a recording means of the management computer 7 together with transmitted time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for managing sales floor information such as supermarkets, department stores, and convenience stores, and more particularly to an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) (hereinafter referred to as “RFID”) tag. The present invention relates to a management system for sales floor information.

  Conventionally, the management of sales floors such as supermarkets, department stores, convenience stores, etc. is based on the cash register information of the POS cash register system, and the number of shoppers is displayed by regularly displaying the number of shoppers. In addition, the management of regular sales floor information has not been performed because there is no appropriate method for doing so.

  For this reason, there are problems such as the inability to efficiently use the sales floor and the loss of sales opportunities due to the concentration of shoppers at a specific sales floor.

  In view of the problems of the above-described conventional management methods for sales floors such as supermarkets, department stores, convenience stores, etc., the sales floor information can be managed regularly and without cost. The object is to provide an information management system.

  In order to achieve the above object, a sales floor information management system according to the present invention has an RFID tag attached to a cart and / or shopping basket provided in a sales floor, and a position information transmitter is installed at a predetermined position of the sales floor. When the location information transmitted from the location information transmitter is received, the received location information and the self ID of the tag are transmitted to the management computer, and the location information and the tag self ID transmitted to the management computer are transmitted. It records in the recording means with which the management computer was equipped with the last time.

  In order to achieve the same object, the sales floor information management system of the present invention attaches an RFID tag to a shopper and installs a positional information transmitter at a predetermined position of the sales floor, and the tag transmits the positional information. When the location information transmitted from the device is received, the received location information and the self ID of the tag are transmitted to the management computer, and the location information and the tag self ID transmitted to the management computer are managed together with the transmitted time. It records on the recording means with which the computer was equipped.

  In this case, the registration information of the POS register system and the self ID of the tag can be recorded in correspondence with the recording means provided in the management computer.

According to the sales floor information management system of the present invention, analysis of sales floor information based on the position information recorded in the recording means provided in the management computer, the self ID of the tag, and the transmitted time information, for example,
(A) Residence time by sales area (b) Density of shoppers by sales area (trend detection)
This makes it possible to manage the sales floor information on a regular basis without cost.

Also, by registering the registration information of the POS cash register system and the self ID of the tag in the recording means provided in the management computer, it is possible to analyze the sales floor information including the cash register information of the POS cash register system, This allows, for example,
(C) It is possible to manage more advanced sales floor information such as the purchase amount for each sales floor area / the residence time for each sales floor area.

  Embodiments of a sales floor information management system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 6 show an embodiment of a sales floor information management system according to the present invention.
This sales floor information management system is obtained by applying the sales floor information management system of the present invention to a supermarket. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, an RFID is attached to a cart 1 or a shopping basket (not shown) provided in the sales floor of the supermarket. The tag 2 is attached, and a predetermined position of the sales floor, which is not particularly limited, for example, an infrared light emitter, a sound wave transmitter, a radio wave transmission at an appropriate position such as a display shelf 3 that divides the sales floor into a predetermined area. When the position information transmitter 4 (infrared light emitter in this embodiment) such as a device is installed and the tag 2 receives the position information transmitted from the position information transmitter 4, the received position information transmitter 4 and the self ID of the tag 2 are transmitted to the management computer 7 via the antenna 5 and the receiver 6 installed in the vicinity, and the management computer 7 The self-ID of the location information and the tag 2 of the position information transmitter 4 transmits to 7, and to record on the recording means provided in the control computer 7 together with the transmission time.

In this embodiment, the infrared light emitter as the position information transmitter 4 is provided with a signal generator and an infrared light emitter.
The RFID tag 2 includes a position information receiver (in this embodiment, an infrared light receiver (infrared light receiver)), an amplifier, a self (unique) ID generator, and an RFID transmitter corresponding to the position information transmitter 4. (RFID transmitter).
The receiver 6 connected to the antenna 5 serving as an RFID receiver includes an amplifier and a signal analyzer, and an infrared signal that is position information from an infrared light emitter serving as the position information transmitter 4 and the tag 2 The self (unique) ID is separated and transmitted to the management computer 7. Note that the management computer 7 can separate the infrared signal, which is positional information from the infrared light emitter serving as the positional information transmitter 4, and the self (unique) ID of the tag 2.
In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the sales floor is divided into n areas.

  In this case, instead of attaching the RFID tag 2 to the cart 1 or the shopping basket, the shopper who does not use the cart 1 or the shopping basket may directly attach the tag 2 to the shopper. it can.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the registration information of the POS registration system 8 and the self ID of the tag 2 are associated with each other and recorded in the recording means provided in the management computer 7.

According to this sales floor information management system, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, based on the position information recorded in the recording means provided in the management computer 7, the tag's own ID, and the transmitted time information. , Analysis of sales floor information, eg
(A) Residence time by sales area (b) Density of shoppers by sales area (trend detection)
This makes it possible to manage the sales floor information on a regular basis without cost.
More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, by installing the position information transmitter 4 at an appropriate position on the display shelf 3 that divides the sales floor into predetermined areas, the position where the position information transmitter 4 is installed can be determined. It becomes a tracking point.
Then, based on the position information recorded in the recording means provided in the management computer 7, the tag's own ID, and the transmitted time information, as shown in FIG. The density of shoppers for each area of the sales floor is displayed on the monitoring terminal of the management computer 7 in real time, or as shown in FIG. It can be displayed on the monitoring terminal of the management computer 7.

Also, by registering the register information of the POS register system 8 and the self ID of the tag in the recording means provided in the management computer 7, the sales floor information including the register information of the POS register system can be analyzed. This allows you to
(C) It is possible to manage more advanced sales floor information such as the purchase amount for each sales floor area / the residence time for each sales floor area.
More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, each area of the sales floor and various data such as the shopper's residence time, shopper density, and purchase price can be output in association with each other. .

  The sales floor information management system of the present invention has been described based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration described in the above embodiments, and an analysis method for the obtained results is also available. The present invention is not limited to the method described in the above embodiment, and the configuration and the like can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the method.

  As described above, the sales floor information management system according to the present invention can manage sales floor information on a regular basis and without any cost, so that the management of sales floor information in supermarkets, department stores, convenience stores, etc. is performed at a high level. be able to.

1 shows an embodiment of a sales floor information management system according to the present invention, where (a) is a configuration external view of the sales floor information management system, and (b) is a configuration explanatory diagram of the management system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the management system of the sales floor information. It is a block diagram which shows the operation | movement order of the management system of the sales floor information. It is a block diagram which shows the analysis procedure of the management system of the sales floor information. FIG. 2 is a configuration plan view of the management system and an explanatory diagram of an output screen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of analysis of sales floor information.

Explanation of symbols

1 Cart 2 Tag 3 Display shelf 4 Location information transmitter (Infrared light emitter)
5 Antenna 6 Receiver 7 Management computer 8 POS cash register system

Claims (3)

  When an RFID tag is attached to a cart and / or shopping basket provided for a sales floor, a position information transmitter is installed at a predetermined position of the sales floor, and when the tag receives position information transmitted from the position information transmitter, The received position information and the self ID of the tag are transmitted to the management computer, and the position information and the self ID of the tag transmitted to the management computer are recorded together with the transmitted time in a recording means provided in the management computer. Management system for sales floor information.   When a RFID tag is attached to a shopper and a location information transmitter is installed at a predetermined position in the sales floor, and the location information transmitted from the location information transmitter is received by the tag, the received location information and tag The self-ID is sent to the management computer, and the position information sent to the management computer and the self-ID of the tag are recorded in the recording means provided in the management computer together with the sent time. .   3. The store information management system according to claim 1, wherein the register information of the POS register system and the self ID of the tag are associated with each other and recorded in a recording means provided in the management computer.

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