JPH05346933A - Automatic auction processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To put a contract price in a proper price range as much as possible by suppressing a rise in price due to the radical tactics of a bidder. CONSTITUTION:While the price displayed on the price display part 74 of a display board D by a price raising means 50C at a specific speed set by a price raising speed setting means 50I, a bidder who intends to buy sends a bidding signal by operating a bidding machine K and a bidder who does not intend to buy quits sending the bidding signal. An auction operation device S performs specific auction processing on the basis of the bidding signal and a price stopping means 50D stops raising the price according to the detection by a bidding detecting means 50A, determining the contract price. In the process of this auction. a price slowing-down means 50K reduces the price raising speed set in the price raising speed setting means 50I when the raised price exceeds a reference price set in a reference price setting means 50J. Consequently, the price raising speed of the price raising means 50C is reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic auction processing system used in a wholesale market for fresh produce and the like, and more particularly to listing listed products in auction and buying a seller who is a seller and a buyer. The present invention relates to an automatic auction processing system for determining the number of purchases and the price of listed products with participants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, for example, in the wholesale market of fresh flowers, fresh flowers are sewn (referred to as "flower kissing"). In this auction, for example, 100 flowers of the same type are used as a trading unit, and a large number of flowers of this trading unit are prepared on the side of the auctioneer, and listed in each auctioning place for each listing number appropriately. A large number of shoppers are seated in a staircase-like shopper's seat facing the auction. Then, the auctioneer at each auction and the buyer at the shopper's seat decide the price of the listed item based on the auction.

Conventionally, as an automatic shedding processing system used in such a market, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-
The one disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 256164 is known.
As shown in FIG. 19, this automatic auction processing system is equipped with bidding buttons that are provided in the shopper's seat and output a bidding signal for bidding on the listed auction of listed products by the operation of the shopper. In addition, a large number of bidders 1 and a bidder operation device 2 provided in a bidder where listed products are listed and performing a predetermined biding process based on a bidder signal from the bidder 1 and a bidder's operation.
And an electronic display board 3 for displaying auction information relating to listed products.

When auction is carried out, the name of the item to be listed, the price price of the item to be listed, the number of items to be listed, etc. are input to the auction operation device 2 and displayed on the electronic bulletin board 3. On the other hand, the shopper inserts the shopper card into any one of the bidding machines 1 and, if the auction is started, if he / she intends to bid at the price displayed on the bulletin board 3, he / she will click the bidding button. Push the button. The auction operation device 2 reads the identification number of the bidding machine 1 that pushed the bidding button and detects the number of biddings made by the bidding button.
Every time a plurality of bids are detected, the price display on the electronic display board 3 is increased. Seeing this increase in price, the shopper continues to press the bid button while willing to bid, and releases the bid button if he / she does not want to bid.

When there is only one bidder, the auction operating device 2 stops the rising price, and after a certain period of time, the bidder makes a successful bid. By this successful bid, the code number and the purchase quantity of the successful bidder are displayed on the electronic bulletin board 3. After that, if there is a remaining number of listings, a curse about the remaining number (so-called "Mari Seri") is carried out in the same manner as above and distributed to the buyers.

[0006]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic auction processing system, in the process of price increase, due to circumstances such as the bidding tender becomes extreme In some cases, even if the bid is awarded, it may not be favorable in terms of balance with other products, and there is a demand to keep the price within the proper price range as much as possible.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to suppress the price increase due to the extreme bidding of bidders so that the winning bid price can fall within the proper price range as much as possible. It is in.

[0008]

The technical means of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a large number of bidder signals for sending bids to the auctions of listed products operated by a shopper. There is a bidding machine, a bidder operating device that is installed in the auction where listed products are listed, and performs a predetermined bid process based on the bid signal and the operation of the bidder, and a price display unit that displays the price of the listed products. In an automatic auction processing system equipped with a billboard, a bidder detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a bidder signal from a bidder and a price displayed on the price display section of the billboard are raised at a set predetermined speed. Price raising means, price raising speed setting means for setting the above-mentioned price raising speed, price stopping means for stopping the above-mentioned price rise based on the detection of the bid detection means, and setting the winning bid, Base price is set A means provided with a semi-price setting means and a price slowdown means for slowing down the price rising speed set in the price rising speed setting means when the rising price becomes the reference price set in the reference price setting means. Is.

Then, if necessary, the winning bid price storage means for storing the winning bid price for each type of listed goods, and the number of times the listed goods of the same type are listed appropriately based on the winning bid price stored in the winning bid price storage means. A structure is provided which includes an average winning bid price calculating means for calculating an average winning bid price and a reference price input means for inputting the average winning bid price calculated by the average winning bid price calculating means to the reference price setting means as the above reference price. There is.

[0010]

According to the automatic auction processing system having such a configuration, when the auction begins, the price displayed on the price display section of the bulletin board is set to the predetermined price set by the price increase means by the price increase means. Can be raised at speed. As a result, the shopper sends a bid signal by operating the bidding machine while he / she has an intention to purchase, and stops sending the bid signal when he / she has no intention to purchase. In the auction operation device, predetermined auction processing is performed based on the bid signal, and the price stop means stops the above-mentioned price increase based on the detection of the bid detection means to obtain the winning bid. In the process of this auction, the price slowdown means slows down the price increase speed set in the price increase speed setting means when the rising price becomes the reference price set in the reference price setting means. This allows
The rate of price increase by the price increase means is slowed down, and it becomes possible for the shopper to see it on the bulletin board.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An automatic edge processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The automatic auction processing system according to this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, has a plurality of auctions arranged in parallel (three in the embodiment).
Stairs-like shopkeeper seats provided facing each other (in the embodiment, 2
56 bidders, each of which has a plurality of bidders K (256 in the embodiment (K0 to Ki to Kn)) for bidding on listed auctions operated by a shopper and listed, and at each auction. A plurality of auction operation devices S (three units (Sa, Sb, Sc) in the embodiment) that are installed in the operator and perform a predetermined auction process by a person.
And an electronic display board D (three units (Da, Db, Dc) in the embodiment) provided corresponding to each of the auction operation devices S and displaying auction information related to listed products. W (Wa, W
b, Wc) is a workstation provided for each of the abutment operating devices S (Sa, Sb, Sc) and operated by an operator to support the aforesaid abutment operating devices S. Reference numeral H is a center device which has a function of transmitting and receiving auction information to and from the abutment operating device S and the workstation W, and which centrally manages the abutment operating device S and the workstation W.

As shown in FIG. 3 showing its appearance, FIG. 7 showing its circuit configuration, and FIGS. 6 and 8 showing the connection with the auction operation device S, the bidding machine K has identification information for identifying the shopper ( A shopper card insertion section 10 into which a shopper card C having a shopper code) is inserted, and a bidder signal to the auction operation device S corresponding to each auction operation device S provided by a push button. A plurality of bidding buttons B (three (B
a, Bb, Bc)) and a plurality of bidding number setting sections N (three (in the embodiment, three ( Na,
Nb, Nc)) and a usage indicator lamp 13 formed of a light emitting diode for inserting the shopper card C into the shopper card insertion section 10 to indicate that the shopper card S can be used. Is equipped with.

There are as many shopper cards C as there are bidders K. Now, one shopper card C will be explained.
a, Sb, Sc), and as shown in FIG. 7, three identification wiring circuits 14a, 14b, 14c connected to the connection terminals of the bidding machine K are provided. Each of the identification wiring circuits 14a, 14b, 14c is connected in parallel and is connected to the output terminal side of the bidding machine K and is provided with a pattern 15 (eight in the embodiment) as a plurality of switches that can be connected or disconnected. It consists of a row 16 and a common input line 17 of a plurality of patterns 15 connected to the input terminal side of the bidding machine K. The combination of connection and disconnection of this pattern 15 (2 ⁸ = 256 sets) is used as the shopper's identification code (shopper's card number). In one purchaser card C, the combination of connection and disconnection of the pattern 15 is the same in each identification wiring circuit 14a, 14b, 14c. Reference numeral 18 is a looped use indicator lamp which is connected to the connection terminal of the bidding machine K and which is used for a purpose different from that of the wiring row 16 for enabling the circuit for lighting the use indicator lamp 13 composed of the light emitting diode. It is a railroad track. Then, 255 shopper cards C having different identification codes (one from 256 (all cut cards) are excluded) are prepared.

The bidding machine K will now be described with respect to one bidding machine K. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 6, the bidding machine K is provided corresponding to each auction operation device S (Sa, Sb, Sc). The shopper's card C is connected through its connection terminal and is provided with three scanning circuits 20a, 20b, 20c for scanning the bid signal and the identification code. The scanning circuits 20a, 20b, 20c are provided with a slide operation device S described later.
A, which is connected to the CPU 50 through the I / O port 54 of FIG. 1 and is connected to the wiring line 16 composed of the plurality of patterns 15 of the shopper card C, and which is provided with the diode 27 for preventing the sneak of signals between circuits. A group of signal lines 21 (eight in the embodiment) and a switching circuit 22 connected to the auction operation device S and connected to the common input line 17 of the shopper card C are provided. The switching circuit 22 includes a transistor 23, and a scan signal line 24 (hereinafter referred to as “SC”) to which a scan signal is input at the base of the transistor 23.
Is connected via a diode 28, and a common signal line 25 (hereinafter referred to as “CM”) to which a common signal is input to the emitter of the transistor 23 is a bid button B described later.
The common input line 17 of the shopper card C is connected to the collector of the transistor 23. The diode 28 is the transistor 23
This is to prevent backflow when the is damaged.

Bidding button B (Ba, Bb, B of bidding machine K
c) is composed of a switch that turns on and off each of the common signal lines CM, and the bidding signal turns on when this switch is turned on, so that the wiring line 16 of the pattern 15 of the shopper card C and the signal line group 21 of the diode 27 are turned on. Is output corresponding to each of the slide operating devices S (Sa, Sb, Sc).

That is, 11 is a bidding signal transmission means,
The bidding signal generated by the bidding button B is transmitted individually and in parallel to each auction operation device S.
It is activated by the push button of the bid button B.
Commander's card identification wiring circuit 14a, 14
scanning circuits 20a, 20b, 20c for scanning b, 14c
The identification code to be scanned is transmitted as a bidding signal. Therefore, since the bidding button B is interposed in each common signal line CM for scanning the wiring line 16 of the pattern 15 of the shopper card C, the bidding signals are scanning circuits 20a and 20b for scanning the identification code. , 20c, the identification code of the shopper is transmitted and the operating device S
Will be read by the CPU 50.

The bid number setting section N (Na, Nb, Nc) is
Each of them is provided corresponding to each of the tilt operation devices S (Sa, Sb, Sc). Now, describing one bid number setting unit N, as shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, a pair of rotary switches 30, 31 for rotating a rotor numbered 0 to 9 from the outside. That is, the rotary switch 30 for one digit and the rotary switch 31 for tenth digit are provided. Each rotary switch 30, 31
Is a combination of connection and disconnection of four switch circuits 32 connected in parallel depending on the rotational position of the rotor (as shown in FIG. 6, b in total (4 in the embodiment × 4).
(2 digits = 8) combination), and by this combination, a numeric code representing any one of the numbers.
With the pair of rotary switches, numbers 0 to 99 (number of bids in the embodiment) can be input. The output side of each switch circuit 32 has a signal line group 36a, 36b, 36c equipped with a diode 35 for preventing signals from sneaking between circuits.
It is connected to the CPU 50 through an I / O port 54, which will be described later, of the slide operation device S, and the scanning circuit 20 is connected on the input side.
It is connected to the collectors of the corresponding transistors 23 of a, 20b, and 20c.

That is, reference numeral 12 denotes a bid number transmitting means for individually and in parallel transmitting the number of bids set by the bid number setting section N to each auction operation device S. It becomes valid, and the identification wiring circuits 14a, 14b, 14 of the shopper card are instructed by the command of the auction operation device S
The switching circuit 22 includes scanning circuits 20a, 20b, 20c for scanning c, and signal line groups 36a, 36b, 36c. Then, the scanning circuits 20a, 2
When there is an output from the collector of the corresponding transistor 23 of 0b, 20c, that is, when the corresponding bid button B is pressed, the numerical code set in each switch circuit 32 is set by the CPU 50 of the corresponding slide operation device S. Read. Since the bidding button B is interposed in the switching circuit 22, the circuit for scanning the bidding signal and the circuit for scanning the numerical code are commonly used.
The circuit configuration is simplified and efficient.

Reference numeral L is a use display circuit for turning on the use display lamp 13, and any one of the slide operation devices S is used.
If the power is turned on, the power is supplied from the power supply circuit, and when the shopper card C is inserted into the bidding machine K in this state, the use display lamp 13 is turned on. Thereby, the shopper can recognize that the bid operation device S can be bid.

The abutment operating device S (Sa, Sb, Sc) is
As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, a description will now be given of one slide operation device S.
Scanning circuits 20a, 2 of the bidder K in response to a command from U50
A common signal transmission circuit 51 for transmitting a common signal to the common signal lines CM of 0b and 20c at a predetermined timing;
Scanning circuits 20a, 2 of the bidder K in response to a command from U50
A scan signal sending circuit 52 for sending a scan signal to the 0b and 20c scan signal lines SC at a predetermined timing.
And a delivery circuit 53 that transmits the output signal of the bidding machine K to the CPU 50 via the photodiode 58.
Reference numeral 54 is an I / O port for input / output between the CPU 50 and each circuit. The common signal transmission circuit 51 has an I / O port 54
In order from the side, a decoder circuit 51a for selecting a command signal from the CPU, an inverter circuit 51b, and a driver circuit 51c for supplying a current to the transistor 23 are provided. Further, the scan signal transmitting circuit 52 is, in order from the I / O port 54 side, a decoder circuit 52a for selecting a command signal from the CPU, a switching circuit 52b described later, and a driver circuit 52 for supplying a current to the transistor 23.
It has c.

The common signal sending circuit 51 and the scan signal sending circuit 52 are connected as follows. Referring to FIG. 8 as well, the number of bidders K is 16 (16 in the embodiment).
Each of them is divided into d groups (16 in the embodiment) to form a matrix. Thereby, d common signal transmission lines 55 (16 in the embodiment) and c scan signal transmission lines 56 (16 in the embodiment) are provided.
Now, the connection state of one operation device S will be described. The common signal lines CM having the bid button B are collectively connected to different common signal transmission lines 55 for each group, and each scan signal line in each group. The SCs are connected to different scan signal transmission lines 56, respectively. As a result, when the bid button B is pressed, the scan signal is at the high level and the common signal is at the low level, and the transistor 23 is turned on.
Is turned on, whereby the bidding button B is turned on, the identification code data of the wiring line 16 of the shopper card C,
The numerical code data of the bid number setting section N is output, and the CPU
It is taken in by 50.

Here, as shown in FIG. 8, when the number of shopper seats (bids K) is i, i ≦ 2 ^a (in the embodiment, i
≦ 2 ^a = 2 ⁸ = 256), i ≦ c × d (in the embodiment, i
≦ c × d = 16 × 16 = 256).

Further, the scan signal sending circuit 52 is provided with a switching circuit 52b which sends a signal to all the scan signal sending lines 56 in response to a command signal 59 from the CPU 50 during the scanning. The CPU 50 enables the switching circuit 52b in the first stage of scanning to perform scanning for each group, and in the second stage, sends a signal to each scan signal transmitting line 56 to perform scanning individually. Then, in the first stage, if there is a group in which there is no push button of the bidding button B of the bidding machine K, in the scanning in the second stage, the individual scanning of the group is canceled. Therefore, since the canceled group is not individually scanned, the processing time is reduced and the efficiency is improved.

The abutment operating device S also includes a display section 60, as shown in FIG. The display unit 60 is provided corresponding to the bidding machine K in the shopper's seat, and is provided with a large number of bidding display lamps 60a that are turned on when the bidding button B is pressed. In addition, the display unit 60 includes a shipping number display unit 60b that displays a shipping number related to auction, a listing number display unit 60c that displays the number of listings, and an incoming number display unit 6 that displays the number of units per unit.
0d, the remaining number display section 60e, the price display section 60f for displaying the raised price, the shopper display section 60g for displaying the identification number of the shopper determined at the time of a successful bid, and the purchases purchased by the shopper. The number of bids display section 60h for displaying the number of bids (the number of bids), the seat number display section 60i for displaying the buyer's seat, the preparation lamp 60j for displaying the preparation for auction, the auction lamp 60k for displaying the auction, and the Mari auction Mari display lamp 60 that displays the inside
It has m and so on. Furthermore, a successful bid wait time adjustment key 61 for adjusting the successful bid wait time, a price increase speed adjustment key 62 for adjusting the price increase speed, a price increase unit change key 63 for changing the price increase unit, and a push button for determining a successful bid, etc. An enter key 64, a start key 65 that pushes a button when the price is raised to start a heap, and a stop key 66 that pushes a button to temporarily suspend the price rise are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the workstation W is operated by the operator, and the input result and the like are displayed on the monitor of the workstation W and the monitor 67 arranged in parallel with the operation device S. To do. Reference numeral 68 is a form issuing machine for outputting a result of auction by the workstation W.

As shown in FIG. 5, the electronic display board D includes a main display board 70 and a sub display board 80. Main bulletin board 70
Is a shipping number display section 71 for displaying a shipping number related to the auction, a listing number display section 72 for displaying the number of listings or the remaining number, and an incoming number display for displaying a quantity per unit, in accordance with a command from the auction operating device S. Part 73, price display part 74 that displays the raised price, shopper display part 75 that displays the identification number of the shopper determined at the time of a successful bid, the number of purchases that the shopper purchases (the number of bids) The purchase number display section 76 for displaying, the preparation lamp 77 for displaying the preparation for the auction, the auction lamp 7 for displaying the auction
8. A squirrel indicator lamp 79 is provided to indicate that the squirrel is in progress. The sub-board 80 has a function of displaying various information regarding listed products such as varieties and grades and the next information, and scrolls by switching to display the necessary identification number, price, and number of bids. It has a function to obtain.

Next, the function of the CPU 50 of the lift operation device S will be described in detail. As described above, the CPU 50 sends the common signal and the scan signal to the common signal line CM and the scan signal line SC of the scanning circuits 20a, 20b, and 20c of the bidding machine K at a predetermined timing and scans the common signal and the scan signal. It has a function of activating the signal transmission circuit 52. In addition, the common signal transmission circuit 51
Also, when the scan signal transmission circuit 52 is activated, it has a group detection function for detecting whether or not a bid is being made for each group. Also, as shown in FIG.
Wiring line 1 for shopper card C while bid button B is on
The bidder detection means 50A for reading the identification information of the shopper's card C by the signal output from 6 and detecting it as a bid-off signal. Also, the number of bids is read based on the function of reading the number of bids (the number of bids) by the signal output from the switch circuit 32 of the bid number setting section N while the bid button B is on, and the number of bids detected by the bid detecting means 50A. It has a function of calculating the number of bidders.

Further, the CPU 50 sets the price display section 50B for displaying the set price of the listed item on the price display section 74 of the bulletin board D and the price displayed on the price display section 74 of the bulletin board D. Price increase means 50C for increasing the price increase unit and the set predetermined speed, and the bid detection means 5
When the total number of bids calculated based on the detection of 0A becomes one, the price stop means 50D for stopping the above price increase and setting the winning bid price is provided. Seri operating device S
Also has a function of transmitting the above-mentioned bid price data to the center device H for each auction.

On the other hand, the center device H appropriately stores the winning bid price storage means 90A for storing the winning bid price according to the type of listed goods and the listed goods of the same type based on the winning bid price stored in the winning bid price storage means 90A. An average winning bid price calculating means 90B for calculating an average winning bid price for a predetermined number of times, and a standard price input means 9 for inputting the average winning bid price calculated by the average winning bid price calculating means 90B to the auction operating device S as a reference price.
And 0C.

The winning bid price storage means 90A is, for example,
As shown in FIG. 9, the product type code, the cumulative number of auctions related to the product type code on the day, and the unit price total on the auction day (cumulative successful bid unit price) are stored. Also, the average winning bid price calculation means 9
For 0B, for example, the average unit price is calculated by the following equation from the cumulative number of the current day of the auction and the cumulative total of the unit price of the auction day. Average unit price = total unit price / total number of pieces The average unit price is stored in a file.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, in the CPU 50, 50E is a rising price setting means for setting the rising price, and the rising price calculated by the rising price calculating means 50F is set. The standing price calculation means 50F is the reference price input means 90C.
Calculation is performed based on the reference price of listed products input from. 50G is a price increase unit setting means for setting the price increase unit, and the price increase unit calculated by the price increase unit calculating means 50H is set. The price increase unit set in the price increase unit setting means 50G can be changed by the price increase unit change key 63. The price increase unit calculation means 50H is the reference price input means 9 described above.
Calculation is performed based on the reference price of listed products input from 0C. 50I is a price increase rate setting means for setting the price increase rate. This price increase rate setting means 5
The rising speed set to 0I can be adjusted by the price rising speed adjustment key 62.

Further, in the CPU 50, 50J is a reference price setting means for setting the reference price of the listed products input from the reference price input means 90C, and 50K is the rising price set in the reference price setting means 50J. It is a price slowdown means for decelerating the price increase speed set in the price increase speed setting means 50I when the standard price is reached.
By the way, the price increases the unit of price increase every predetermined time (price increase time), and the speed of price increase is adjusted by changing the price increase time for increasing the unit of price increase.

The deceleration performed by the price slowdown means 50K is to change the price increase time for raising the price increase unit to the price increase time obtained by the following equation. Current price increase time (price increase time related to deceleration) = initially set price increase time × (1 + deceleration coefficient) Here, the deceleration coefficient is appropriately selected from the deceleration table values shown in FIG.

Further, the price increase unit calculating means 50H
As shown in FIG. 11, first, the basic value of the standing price is calculated by the following formula. Successful bid average unit price on the previous day x cover rate = basic value of the open price For example, the successful bid average unit price on the previous day is 1250 yen and the cover rate is 70
%, The basic value of the open price is 1250 yen × 0.7 = 875 yen. Here, as the multiplication rate, an appropriate value is selected in advance from the multiplication rate table values as shown in FIG.

Next, using the setting table as shown in FIG. 11, the price setting value corresponding to the basic value is selected, the price increase unit corresponding to the price setting value is selected, and this is set as the price increase unit. .. In the above example, 875 yen is 100 yen or more and less than 1000 yen, and therefore the price increase unit is 10 yen from the setting table.

The standing price calculation means 50F calculates the price increase unit in the same manner as described above, then divides the basic value by the price increase unit, and multiplies this value by the price increase unit again. This value is used as the open price. In the above example, 875 yen / 10 yen = 87.5 87.5 is rounded off to calculate 88, and 88 × 10 yen = 880 yen (open price) is calculated.

Furthermore, the CPU 50 uses the bid detecting means 5
A function of storing the bidders who sent the bid-off signals based on the detection result of 0A in the order of sending, and the bid-off signal detected by the bid-off detection means 50A when the price stop means 50C stops the price increase. It has a function of displaying one shopper on the shopper display section 75 of the above-mentioned bulletin board D as a successful bidder for the listed products for the number of bids set by the shopper. Further, it has various functions to be described later, such as a function of temporarily stopping the display of the price display portion by the push button of the stop key 66 and a decision of a successful bid by the push button of the decision key 64.

Next, description will be given of the auction carried out by using this automatic auction processing system, for example, the above-mentioned fresh flower abutment (referred to as "flower kissing"). In the same way as above, in the auction, for example, 100
Books are sold and sold at each of the three auctions. Now, regarding the hedging performed by one heddle operation device S,
Explaining with reference to FIGS. 13 to 15, 16 and 17, the center device H sends advance information to the auction operation device S in advance, such as shipping numbers of listed products, the number of listings, price increase rate, etc. related to the status setting. At the same time, the above-mentioned average winning bid price relating to the state setting is sent via the reference price input means 90C (201).

Prior to the sending of the average winning bid price, in the center device H, as described above, the winning bid price storage means 90A stores the winning bid price for each type of listed products for the auction carried out until the previous day. Average winning bid price calculation means 9
0B calculates and stores the average winning bid price of listed products of the same type. Whenever the auction changes, the center device H
Then, the average winning bid price is sent to the operating device S.

Next, the auctioneer confirms the shipping number of the product to be listed on the auction at the workstation W of the auction operation device S (202). If the data has changed, it will be re-entered, and if there is no change, it will be processed automatically. After that, it is confirmed whether the auction is over (203). When the auction is over, the electronic bulletin board D
The end is displayed at (204), and if the auction is continued, proceed to the next. Then, the auction information related to the corresponding shipment number is displayed on the auction operating device S and the electronic display board D (205). In the auction operation device S and the electronic display board D, the lamp 6 under preparation
0j and 77 are turned on, and the shipping number, the number of items showing the number per unit, and the number of listings are displayed.

In addition, the margin operation device S performs the margin data processing (301 in FIG. 16). First, as described above, the standing price calculation means 50F calculates the standing price of the listed item according to the type based on the average winning bid price, and the calculated standing price is set in the standing price setting means 50E (FIG. 3 out of 16
02) (206). Further, the price increase unit calculation means 50H
Calculates the price increase unit based on the average winning bid price, and the calculated price increase unit is the price increase unit setting means 50G.
Is set to. Further, the price increase rate is set in the price increase rate setting means 50I. Furthermore, the average winning bid price is set in the reference price setting means 50J. In this case, since the open price and the unit of price increase are automatically calculated and set, it is not necessary for the operator to input each time, and the efficiency is improved accordingly.

Next, if there is a change in the data, the data is input again (207).
The price display unit 60f, 7 of the operating device S and the electronic signboard D for which the upside price set in the upside price setting means 50E by 0B is set.
4 is displayed (208).

The shopper looks at the auction information displayed on the electronic bulletin board D, and if he / she intends to make a purchase, sets the number of units he / she wants to purchase in the bid number setting section N corresponding to the relevant auction ((2)
09) and press the applicable bid button B (209). In the auction operation device S, the bidders are displayed and the bidders who have submitted the bids are totaled, and the total number of bidders is displayed on the display unit of the auction operation device S (210). Further, the preparation lamp of the display section of the abutment operating device S is turned off, and the start lamp provided on the start key 65 of the abutment operating device S is turned on. In this state, the bidder monitors whether the total number of bidders is two or more (211), and if there is no bidder, the bid price may be lowered (212). When the total number of bids is two or more, the start key 65 of the auction operation device S is pushed in a timely manner (213). As a result, the preparation lamp 77 of the electronic bulletin board D is turned off, the auction operation device S and the abutment lamps 60k and 78 for indicating the auction of the electronic bulletin board D are turned on, and the auction is started (214) (FIG. 16). 303).

During the auction (215), as shown in FIG. 17, the price of the price display section 74 is sequentially increased from the open price (SC) at a predetermined price increase unit (C1) and the price increase rate. .. The buyer pushes the bid button B while watching the price increase of the electronic billboard D, and releases the bid button B when the price is not in agreement. The auction operation device S detects the presence or absence of a push button of the bidding button B during the auction and calculates the total number of bids by this, and this total bidding number is displayed on the display unit of the auction operation device S at any time. Further, the auction operation device S monitors whether or not the stop key 66 has been pressed, and monitors the calculated total number of bids. When the total number of bids reaches one (216), a predetermined time ( After the elapse of the successful bid waiting time (217), the price increase in the price display section is stopped (218) because the successful bid has been made. In this case, in the auction operation device S, the lamp of the enter key 64 is turned on, the abutment lamp 60k blinks, and the abutment lamp 78 of the electronic bulletin board D blinks.

16 and 17 during this auction.
As shown in, the price slowdown means 50K compares the reference price set in the reference price setting means 50J with the display price (306). If the display price is less than the reference price, the price increase speed setting is performed. In the means 50I, the predetermined price increase time (t1) is set in the timer (307). When the price increase time (t1) set in the timer is reached (309), the price increase means 50C adds the price increase unit (C1) to the currently displayed price (31).
0), this added price is displayed on the electronic display board D (311). When the price slowdown means 50K determines that the displayed price has exceeded the reference price, the price increase time obtained by multiplying the predetermined price increase time (t1) by the deceleration table value (Ui) in the price increase speed setting means 50I. (T2) is set in the timer (308). When the price increase time (t2) set in the timer is reached (309), the price increase means 50C adds the price increase unit (C1) to the currently displayed price (310) and displays the added price electronically. It is displayed on the panel D (311).

Therefore, when the price in the price display section 74 exceeds the average price, the rising speed slows down, so that the shopper can visually recognize the slowdown, and therefore, the auction is performed when the price exceeds the average price. You can know that. As a result, it is possible to stop the auction before the price deviates from the proper price due to the situation that the bidders are drastically driving during the auction, and the price can be maintained within the proper price range.

In this case, the circuit for transmitting the bidding signal, the identification information of the shopper's card C, and the information of the number of bidding openings is provided for each of the abutment operation devices S even if the auctions are simultaneously performed by the three abutment operation devices S. Since it is provided, by pressing the bid button B corresponding to each auction individually, it will be read by the corresponding auction operation device S. Therefore, the auction performed at the three auctions will be duplicated. Can participate. In addition, if you are participating in multiple auctions at the same time, the rate of increase will slow down if the average price is exceeded, so you can afford to visually check the price situation of the auction slowly, so you can be sure to respond to the auction. You will be able to do it.

Then, in the successful bid process (305),
The card number and the number of bids of the last one shopper are displayed on the auction operation device S and the electronic display board D (219). Next, the auctioneer confirms the displayed result and pushes the decision key 64 (220). As a result, the number of bids accepted through the bid is subtracted from the number of listings to calculate the remaining number, which is displayed on the auction operation device S and the electronic display board D (221). The center device H also calculates the remaining number and displays the result again (222). Then, the display result is erased (223).
At the same time, the successful bid result is sent to the center device H,
It is stored and provided for processing such as form processing (224).

Next, in order to carry out the rounding operation, if there is a remaining number (YES in 225), the remaining number is again set to the operating device S.
And display on the electronic signboard D (226). In this case, the abutment lamp 60k of the abutment operation device S is turned off, and the mari abutment display lamp 60m is turned on. The auction lamp 78 of the electronic display board D is also turned off. In this state, the start key 65 of the lever operation device S is pressed at the appropriate time (227). As a result, the flashing indicator lamp 79 of the electronic display board D is turned on and the flashing is started.

The bidder monitors whether there is a bidder (228), and if there is no bidder (228YE
S), the open price is lowered (229), and the price is displayed on the price display section of the electronic bulletin board D (230). Then, the Mari line is restarted (231). If there are bidders (228 NO), the bidder B is pushed the earliest to display the bidder who bids on the main bulletin board 70 of the electronic bulletin board D, and the second and subsequent bidder buttons B are pressed in that order. It is displayed on the sub-board 80 of the electronic board D. It is also displayed on the abutment operating device S (232).

Next, the auctioneer confirms the displayed result and presses the decision key 64 (233). As a result, the number of bids accepted through this bid is subtracted from the number of listings to calculate the remaining number, which is displayed on the auction operation device S and the electronic display board D (234). Then, this result is sent to the center apparatus H, stored and provided for processing such as form processing (23).
5). After that, if there is a remaining number (YES at 236),
The second and subsequent buyers displayed on the sub-board 80 of the electronic bulletin board D are scrolled up and displayed on the main bulletin board 70 of the electronic bulletin board D, and the enter key 64 is pressed by the confirmation of the auctioneer. It will be decided sequentially. If there are no bidders, the bid is repeated.

FIG. 18 shows a specific example of distribution.
This is an example of the case where the buyer, the buyer, the buyer, the buyer, and the buyer bid in order. At the time when the buyer bids, the price started to increase due to the judgment of the auctioneer.
Release the bidding button B in sequence with the buyer, and the bidder becomes one buyer when is released, so make a bid for. Also, the remaining number can be multiplied by Mari.

In the above embodiment, the case where 256 bidders K and three auction operation devices S are used has been described, but the number of bidders K is not limited to this, and an appropriate number may be used. Of course.

[0054]

As described above, according to the automatic auction processing system of the present invention, when the price of the price display section exceeds the reference price, the rising speed is slowed down, so that the shopper exceeds the reference price. By the way, it can be visually informed that the auction is being performed. Therefore, due to the circumstances such as the bidding tender becomes extreme during the auction, you can take measures such as stopping the auction before the price deviates from the appropriate price, and as a result, keep the price within the appropriate price range. There is an effect that you can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an automatic edge processing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an automatic edge processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a bidder of the automatic auction processing system.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a curb operating device of the automatic curb handling system.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an electronic bulletin board of the automatic border processing system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of an automatic edge processing system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of a shopper card and a bidder of the automatic auction processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a connection state between one bidder operating device of the automatic bidder handling system and a bidder.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing stored items in a center device of the automatic margin processing system.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing deceleration table values related to processing of the curb operating device of the automatic curb processing system.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a specific example of a procedure of calculating a price increase unit and an upside price of the automatic auction processing system.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a multiplication rate table related to processing of the curb operating device of the automatic curb processing system.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the auction processing performed in the automatic auction processing system.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the auction processing performed in the automatic auction processing system.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the auction processing performed in the automatic auction processing system.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining a main part of the auction processing performed in the automatic auction processing system.

FIG. 17 is a graph showing changes in the margin price of the margin processing performed in the automatic margin processing system.

FIG. 18 is a graph showing a specific example of distribution of auction processing performed in an automatic auction processing system.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an example of a conventional automatic edge processing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 K (K0-Ki-Kn) Bidding machine S (Sa, Sb, Sc) Slip operation device D (Da, Db, Dc) Electronic signboard W (Wa, Wb, Wc) Workstation H Center device C Buyer card 11 Bidding Signal Transmission Means 12 Bidding Number Transmission Means 13 Usage Indicator Lamp B (Ba, Bb, Bc) Bidding Button N (Na, Nb, Nc) Bidding Number Setting Section 14a, 14b, 14c Identification Wiring Circuit 15 Pattern (Switch) 16 Wiring row 20a, 20b, 20c Scanning circuit 21 Signal line group 22 Switching circuit 23 Transistor 24 (SC) Scan signal line 25 (CM) Common signal line 30, 31 Rotary switch 32 Switch circuit 50 CPU 50A Bidding detection means 50B Standing price display Means 50C Price raising means 50D Price stopping means 50E Stand price setting means 50F Stand prices Output means 50G Price increase unit setting means 50H Price increase unit calculation means 50I Price increase speed setting means 50J Reference price setting means 50K Price slowdown means 51 Common signal sending circuit 52 Scan signal sending circuit 53 Delivery circuit 55 Common signal sending line 56 Scan Signal transmission line 60 Display 64 Decision key 65 Start key 66 Stop key 70 Main board 80 Sub board 90A Successful bid price storage means 90B Average successful bid price calculation means 90C Reference price input means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kazuko Yanagida No. 4-3 Shirouchi, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate Co., Ltd. Shinko Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (72) Kenji Honkan Inc. No. 4-3 castle, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate Shinko Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shinya Sasaki No. 4-3 Jonai, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture Shinko Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A large number of bidders, which are operated by a shopper to send a bid signal for bidding for listed auctions of listed products,
A trading board, which is provided in a trading room where listed products are listed, and which performs a predetermined biding process based on the bid signal and the operation of a bidder, and a billboard having a price display section for displaying the price of listed products. In the equipped automatic auction processing system, a bidding detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a bidding signal from a bidding machine, and a price raising means for raising the price displayed on the price display section of the bulletin board at a set predetermined speed, The price rising speed setting means for setting the above-mentioned price rising speed, the price stopping means for stopping the above-mentioned price increase based on the detection of the bid detecting means to make the winning bid, and the reference price of the listed item are set. And a price slowdown means for slowing down the price increase rate set in the price increase rate setting means when the rising price reaches the reference price set in the reference price setting means. Automatic bidding processing system, characterized in that the. 2. A winning bid price storage means for storing a winning bid price for each type of listed goods, and an average of the auctions of listed goods of the same kind based on the winning bid price stored in the winning bid price storage means. An average winning bid price calculating means for calculating a winning bid price, and a reference price inputting means for inputting the average winning bid price calculated by the average winning bid price calculating means to the reference price setting means as the reference price. 1. The automatic auction processing system according to 1.