JPH02287591A - Rack tag display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and accurately gather various data of a display rack by providing each display device with a data input means, sending article data to a data processing means, and decreasing input misses. CONSTITUTION:A control part 12 is equipped with plural display devices 10, which have the input means individually. Here, various data are inputted through the input means, specified on the display devices 10, and sent to the data processing means. The display devices 10 are arranged corresponding to respective articles and the processing means 17 stores the data in an auxiliary storage device 19 in correspondence relation with the display devices 10 and articles. The input data are properly processed by the individual articles and the processing means 17 sends price data on the articles to the display devices, which display rack tags. Further, sale data are sent from a cash register 14 as an in-selling control means to the processing means 17 and the various data are corrected and stored in the storage device 19. Here, input misses are reduced as much as possible by using the article data on the display rack and the data can accurately and easily be gathered.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application] This invention relates to a shelf label display system, and in particular, to a POS
Concerning things that work in conjunction with the system.

[Prior Art] Normally, 1) In stores that have introduced an OS system, the sales volume of each product is managed using Real Tights, so in principle, inventory quantities can also be tracked.

However, due to processing errors or theft during product sales,
! Due to such factors, it is unavoidable that there will be a discrepancy between the inventory quantity managed by the POS system and the actual number of each product on the display shelf, and it is necessary to periodically perform an "inventory count" of all products and correct the inventory quantity. There is.

Conventionally, such "wholeshering" has been carried out by printing out the inventory quantity managed by a POS system and sequentially comparing the numerical value in a numerical table with the number of products on display shelves, or by displaying them using a handheld terminal. A common method is to collect the number of products on the shelf and then compare them all at once using a computer.

[Problem that yA Ming is trying to solve] However, the method of comparing the numbers in the numerical table and the number of products requires time and effort to convert into numerical tables, and the handling of the numerical tables is also troublesome. There are many mistakes made when identifying the appropriate number from among the many numbers inside.

On the other hand, when using a handheld terminal, it is necessary to input data that specifies the type of product in addition to the quantity of the product, so data entry errors are inevitable, and it is even more difficult to detect such mistakes. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned disadvantages, and an object of the present invention is to provide a shelf label display system that can easily and accurately collect various data on display shelves for each product.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a shelf label display system suitable for use in inventorying products.

[Means for Solving the Problems] As shown in the schematic configuration of FIG. 1, the shelf label display system according to the present invention stores at least price data and quantity data regarding sold products, and is capable of predetermined data processing. data processing means and product sales i,! point-of-sale management means for sending the data collected by the data processing means to the data processing means; and a plurality of display devices disposed close to each product to be sold and displaying the price data of the products sent from the data processing means. We are prepared.

The display device described above is characterized in that it further includes a data input means, so that data specified by each display device can be sent to the data processing means.

The data input from the data input means provided in the display to the data processing means is data related to the inventory quantity of the products specified by each display, and the data processing means records the sales distribution of the products sent from the point-of-sale management means. It is preferable to perform a comparison process between the number data corrected by the scatter data and the data sent from each display.

Further, in the data processing means described above, the number data for each product can be corrected using the sales quantity data of the product sent from the sales management means, and the data related to the product stored in the data processing means can be corrected by the data specified by the product. It can be displayed on a display.

[Operation] According to the configuration described in the following, the data processing means normally sends the price data of the product specified by each display to the display, and a predetermined no-shelf display is performed. In addition, the sales management means such as a cash register sends product sales data to the data processing means, and the data processing means stores various data such as the stock status of the product while being constantly corrected. There is.

Here, data input through the data input means during inventory, etc., is specified on the display and sent to the data processing means.0 The display is placed corresponding to each product, and the data processing means Since the display unit and the product are stored in correspondence with each other, the data input from the input means is sent to the data processing means without the need to specify the product, and appropriate data processing is performed for each individual product. It is.

[Example] An example in which the present invention was implemented in a relatively small store with around 100 types of products will be shown below, but it is not limited to this, but the same applies to stores 3111 with thousands of products or more. Of course, it can be implemented.

As shown in FIG. 2, the shelf label display system embodying the present invention has a control unit 2 equipped with a plurality of shelf label displays 10, and an electronic cash register 14 equipped with a barcode reader 13. are connected to a data processing section 17 via data transmission lines 15 and 16, respectively, and the data processing section 17 performs data processing and various controls for the entire store.

The data processing unit 17 includes input devices such as a keyboard and a barcode reader in addition to a computer device of a predetermined scale.
18. Auxiliary storage devices such as hard disks and optical disks +
Fits display devices such as z19, display, printer, etc.
20, which enables instant data processing of point-of-sale data sent from the cash register 14 via the transmission line 16, input of various data by the input device 18, and control of rewriting shelf labels to be described later. , or perform various data processing operations with the head office etc. via the external data line 21.

When the operator reads the barcode pre-printed on the product with the barcode reader 13, the code data of the product is sent to the data processing section 17 and is set in the storage device 19 in advance. The corresponding product code is searched from a correspondence table of various data such as "product code", "product name", "sales price", and "inventory quantity", and the search results are returned to the register 14 side as display data.

Based on this returned data, the register 14 performs predetermined input processing, but once this series of operations is completed and the sales data is finalized, the finalized data is sent to the data processing section 17, where predetermined accounting data processing is performed. Alternatively, various data processing related to the time of sale, including subtraction processing from the stock quantity for each product, is performed immediately.

The control unit 12 includes a central processing unit (CPU), RAM, rt
Equipped with OM, the operation is controlled by the program, and
One main terminal 22 and eight sub terminals 23.
A transmission path is provided between the data processing section 17 and the shelf label display 10, and a transfer operation is performed to receive and receive data between the two. 15, and by connecting a plurality of shelf label displays 10 to each sub-terminal 23 via a pass line 25, the display data serially sent from the data processing section 17 can be transmitted to a plurality of screens. Terminal 2
Bi-directional data transmission is possible by distributing display data to all shelf label display units 10 and returning various data such as error codes returned from the shelf label display unit 10 side to the data processing unit 17 side. It is said that

In the sales floor, as shown in FIG. 3, a set of eight or less product display stands 24 is arranged, for example, in two rows, with each display stand 24 being combined back to back. Each display stand 24 has, for example, 6
By providing approximately 2 to 6 shelf label displays 10 for each display shelf 27, a maximum of 32 displays 10 can be attached to one display stand 24. There is.

The 32 shelf label display devices 10 are further formed into one set, and by connecting each sub-terminal 23 in the control unit 12 separately, eight products can be displayed using the eight sub-terminals 23, 23, . . . Up to 256 shelf label displays F on stand 24
It is possible to control Fl0 at the same time.

All the shelf label displays 10 have approximately the same configuration except for the addresses that specify each display 1010, and as shown in FIG. The case 29 is fitted to the lines 25, 25a and attached so that it can be moved freely in the left and right direction, and the pass line 25, 25a is attached.
Case 2
Two-way data transmission is possible between the electric circuit inside the rr and the control unit 12 according to a predetermined protocol.

As shown in Figure 5, the electric circuit is connected to a central processing unit (CPU).
) for performing predetermined data processing according to a program; a display element 41 that is partially exposed in the price display column 34; /Jfff, flow display element 41
and an interface (1/F) circuit 1843 that takes in data from the data bus line 25 and supplies it to the control section 40.

The control section 40 checks the address of the data received via the I/F circuit 43, and if it determines that it is its own address, sends the display data to the drive section 42. The display element 41 provided in the price display column 34 on the front surface of the case 29 is, for example, an electrochromic display element (hereinafter abbreviated as rECD element) configured in a three-digit date shape. The display element 41 has a memory characteristic of display contents, and therefore normally cuts off power from the drive unit 42 to maintain the current display, but when display data is input from the control unit 40, the E
A current is applied to the corresponding display section of the CD element to perform a display rewriting operation.

The present invention provides such a shelf label display! 510 is a data input section 50
is provided so that data can be sent to the data processing section 17 via the display 10, while the data processing section 17 also displays various data regarding the product specified on the display 10 in addition to price data. It is characterized in that it can be delivered to the mouth 10 side.

The data input section 50 includes four pushbutton switches 52 with switch knobs 51 protruding from the case 29 of the display unit 10.
three numerical input switches 52a and 52a to 52d, one each corresponding to each digit of the display element 41;
2b and 52c, and one control switch 52d. J! ! When the display 10 is put into data input mode by operating the control switch 52d, the numerical input switches 52a to 52. ] is configured so that the displayed number for each digit can be individually changed by 1 by pressing the button once.

Such input data is sent to the data processing section 17 via the control section 12 together with the address of the display 1510 in conjunction with the operation of the control switch 52d, where data processing to be described later is performed.

Next, a method for inventorying products by using the shelf label display system configured as described above will be explained.

The storage device 19 of the data processing unit 17 stores "product code", "product name",
A correspondence table regarding various data such as "price" or "inventory quantity j" is set and stored in advance. An address that uniquely identifies all the shelf label display devices 10 is set in yJ!, and the display device At the same time, the address is stored in the control unit 40 of 10, the product whose price is to be displayed on the shelf label display 10 is specified, and the address is made to correspond to the above-mentioned "product code",
It is stored in the storage device 19 of the data processing section 17.

Here, each store checks the number of each product actually present on the display shelves 27 when the store opens, and stores it in the storage device 19 of the data processing unit 17 as a "number in stock." 1j! In the cash register 14, when a product is sold, the data processing unit 17 is informed of the number of each product sold, and the data processing unit 17 subtracts the “inventory quantity” by the number of items sold. Therefore, the number of products expected to be present in the display @27 is always stored in the storage device WtL 9.

When inventorying products at the end of the month, etc., the data input section 50 provided individually for each display 10 sends information to the data processing section 17 about the "inventory quantity" currently stored in the data processing section 17. When an output request is issued, data processing unit 1
7, the data of "inventory quantity" stored in the storage device 19 and the address data of the display device IO are set as a set, and the display 5
510, the inventory data stored in the data processing unit 17 is displayed on the corresponding display 10.

In this state, the number of products actually existing on the display shelf 27 is determined, and if it is the same as the displayed number, the control switch 52d provided in the display r110 is operated and the data processing unit 17 displays the number as is. send it back to

If the actual number is different from the displayed number, press the input switches 52a to 52c of the different digit to change the displayed number, and then operate the control switch 52d to return the number to the data processing section 17. , in the data processing section J7, the display "J
A comparison process is performed with the "inventory quantity" of the product specified by the address of :110.

Figure 6 shows! 310 is another embodiment of the data input section 50, which includes a keyboard 54 having a numeric keypad 53.
is detachably connected to the display 10 via the connector 55. Therefore, by connecting the keyboard 54 to the display 'a[0' that requires data input and then operating the numeric keypad 53 and the function keys 55, the data will be transmitted via the display 10 in substantially the same way as in the case described above. It is sent to the processing section 17.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a case is illustrated in which the sending of inventory data from the data processing section 17 to the display device 10 and the sending of data from the display C1O side to the data processing section 17 are carried out consecutively in a series of processing. However, the implementation may be limited to one-way data transmission only.

In addition, the configuration of the data input section 50 provided in the display IO can be changed as appropriate, and the display IO and the data input section 50 can be
If the device is installed on the body, the switch for setting the data input mode may be provided separately in an inconspicuous location, or the switch knob 51 may not be provided, and the switch may be operated by inserting a pin. Or data processing section 1
By regulating the data input timing on the 7 side, it is possible to prevent data from being changed unnecessarily due to an erroneous operation. Furthermore, in the case where the data input section 50 is provided separately from the display D 10, it is possible to connect them wirelessly using light or radio waves instead of connecting them by wire.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the data transferred between the data processing unit 17 and the display 4510 is not limited to data regarding the number of products, and can be modified as appropriate.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention is configured such that each display is equipped with a data manual means and the product data specified by the display is sent to the data processing means. Product data can be easily collected with as few input errors as possible.

Furthermore, by sending product data from the data processing means to the display device for display, the effort of outputting lists such as numerical tables is saved, and the work required when comparing lists and actual products is eliminated. However, it has many advantages, such as being easy and efficient.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention. 2 and 3 show an example of implementing the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing how the shelf label display device is installed. Figures 1I and 5 show the configuration of the shelf label indicator;
The figure is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the outer coin shape, and the fjs5 figure is a brick diagram of the electric circuit. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the data input section. 10... Shelf label display, 12... Control unit, 14... Cash register, 17... Data processing unit, 25... Pass line, 27... Chen Yu 1st scrap, 41... ...Display element, 50...Data input section. Inventor Satoshi Oshima Daido
Tsunemi Oiwa Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Data processing means that stores at least price data and quantity data regarding sold products and enables predetermined data processing, and sends data collected at the time of product sales to the data processing means. A shelf label display system comprising a point-of-sale management means and a plurality of displays disposed close to each product to be sold and displaying price data of the product sent from the data processing means, the system comprising: A shelf label display system characterized in that the display devices are equipped with data input means, and data specified by each display device can be sent to data processing means. 2. The data input from the data input means provided in the display to the data processing means is data regarding the inventory quantity of the product specified by each display, and the data processing means sends the data from the point-of-sale management means. 2. The shelf label display system according to claim 1, wherein a comparison process is performed between the number data corrected by the product sales quantity data and the data sent from each display device. 3. a data processing means that stores at least price data and quantity data regarding sold products and enables predetermined data processing; and a sales management means that sends data collected at the time of product sales to the data processing means; A shelf label display system comprising a plurality of displays disposed close to each product to be sold and displaying price data of the product sent from data processing means, wherein the data processing means The number data for each product can be corrected using the sales quantity data of the product sent from the management means, and the data related to the product stored in the data processing means can be displayed on the display device specified by the product. A unique shelf label display system.