KR20080040807A - Real-time remote shopping method using RFID and remote shopping system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a real-time remote shopping method using RFID and a remote shopping system using the same, Communication network; A consumer terminal connected to the communication network for shopping by a consumer; And a host server that provides an image of an offline shopping mall to the consumer terminal through the communication network, and reads information of a product ordered by a consumer through the image provided to the consumer terminal and delivers the read information to the offline shopping mall. Therefore, while watching the products of the actual offline shopping mall through webcam and RFID, it has the same effect as the actual offline shopping, thereby increasing the consumer's purchase demand and constructing an environment similar to the offline shopping, so that consumers can enjoy comfortable shopping. .

Description

Method for real time shopping using RFID and system for real time shopping using the same}

1 is a block diagram showing a remote shopping system according to the present invention.

2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a remote shopping system according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram showing a shopping mall server in a remote shopping system according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a remote shopping system according to the present invention.

5A to 5D are exemplary views showing a display state of a consumer terminal in a remote shopping system according to the present invention.

** Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings **

100: offline shopping mall

200: remote shopping system

210: communication network

220: consumer terminal

230: host server

The present invention relates to a real-time remote shopping system, and more particularly, a real-time remote shopping method using RFID that allows a user to shop online at a remote offline shopping mall using a radio frequency identification (RFID) and the same. It relates to a remote shopping system used.

Currently, retail distribution is on a large scale from small stores such as small shops and supermarkets to large offline malls and shopping centers. Consumers can conveniently purchase all the products they need at one large shopping mall (hereinafter referred to as 'offline shopping mall'), as well as various additional facilities (theatres, restaurants, health clubs and public offices) located in or near the offline shopping mall. ) Want to enjoy and use. Operators try to generate greater profits by selling high quality products at low prices to consumers and enjoying convenient and comfortable shopping.

Until now, shopping in offline shopping malls has long maintained the way that customers enter a store with a shopping cart or basket, collect necessary items, and then enter a barcode of a product at a cash register to calculate the amount and pay the price.

This conventional shopping method has the following problems. In other words, from the customer's point of view, it is hard and tired because they have to travel around the shopping mall to push carts or pick up carts to collect goods, and when the stores are complicated, there is a risk of injury due to the collision of the carts. The noise is less comfortable in the store, and it is cumbersome to take out all the purchased products from the cash register, scan the product information, and pay the price, which causes a lot of time such as waiting for a large number of customers.

This way of shopping makes customers tired and unpleasant, and sometimes they want to rest while shopping, but they are often limited by their shopping carts and baskets. From the store manager's point of view, it is cumbersome and inefficient to manage the shelves on the shelves that the customers constantly encounter without compromising the atmosphere of the store.

On the other hand, in recent years, as the Internet has become widespread, merchandise sellers have established an online virtual market called an online shopping mall, and Internet users also have to visit the virtual market without visiting a dealer who sells a specific product or goods they want to purchase. It can be purchased through. With the emergence of such online shopping malls, time and money can be saved due to the form of direct purchase such as direct visits or reservation purchases of users.

Also, due to the advantages of the online shopping mall, many users have used the online shopping mall, and various online shopping malls have appeared.

Such an online shopping mall requires a consumer to access an online shopping mall using a terminal (for example, a computer, an internet mobile terminal, or an Internet set-top) in order to purchase a product in the online shopping mall. I use a lot of methods to access the web-site.

At this time, when the consumer accesses the online shopping mall through the terminal, the online shopping mall shows the products that the online shopping mall has on the terminal of the consumer, and the consumer displays the function, price, It checks the details such as the sales conditions and searches for and selects the required product to purchase the product.

However, these online shopping malls only show images of products that are actually sold, and there is a problem that actual consumers cannot see the products directly. As such, when the consumer cannot see the product directly, there is a problem that the consumer's desire to consume is reduced.

In other words, in the case of an online shopping mall, when providing an image of a product, only an image in which the image of the product may appear best is provided so that the consumer cannot know the actual state of the product, the packaging state of the product, the size of the product, or the like. There is a problem that can be known by the expression to further reduce the consumer's desire to buy.

Moreover, these online shopping malls are very similar in composition and design except for some specialty shopping malls, and are inconvenient to real consumers and familiar consumers based on offline shopping malls due to the unique characteristics of online exhibitions. There is a problem that gives a considerable sense of distance to the consumer.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, while increasing the consumer's purchase demands through the same effect as the actual offline shopping while watching the products of the actual offline shopping mall via a webcam to build an environment similar to offline shopping It is an object of the present invention to provide a real-time remote shopping method using a RFID and a remote shopping system using the same so that consumers can enjoy a comfortable shopping.

In addition, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, by using the RFID to manage the products of the offline shopping mall and at the same time provide the product information to the consumer by using the RFID through the online shopping mall It is an object of the present invention to provide a real-time remote shopping method using RFID to enjoy offline shopping and a remote shopping system using the same.

Real-time remote shopping system using RFID according to the present invention for achieving the above object, a communication network; A consumer terminal connected to the communication network for shopping by a consumer; And a host server that provides an image of an offline shopping mall to the consumer terminal through the communication network, and reads information of a product ordered by the consumer through the image provided to the consumer terminal and delivers the read information to the offline shopping mall.

The host server includes an interface for connecting to the communication network; An image acquisition unit for photographing the inside of the offline shopping mall; And an image reading unit for dividing the display area of the product in the image according to the display state of the product of the image acquired by the image acquisition unit.

An RFID tag including information of the product or a code corresponding to the product is attached to the product, and the host server includes an RFID reader configured to detect the RFID tag attached to the product.

The RFID reader is provided to detect an RFID tag of the product located in each display area, and detects a product located in the display area selected by the consumer.

The display area is set to correspond to the position of the RFID reader.

The host server further includes an image modulator for mosaicing offline consumers who perform offline shopping on the images acquired by the image acquisition unit to protect the portrait rights of the offline consumers.

The image acquisition unit is a video camera for capturing the inside of the offline shopping mall in real time.

The camera is installed to enable pan & tilt, zoom in & zoom out by remote control of the consumer.

The host server includes a member manager for managing a consumer using the host server; A product management unit managing information of the goods sold through the consumer terminal or offline and the RFID tag attached to the goods; It further comprises an order management unit for managing the order information of the goods sold through the consumer terminal or offline.

Real-time remote shopping method using RFID according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of displaying the actual image of the offline shopping mall on the consumer terminal; Selecting a product to be purchased by the consumer from the image displayed on the consumer terminal; And selling the selected product through the offline shopping mall as the consumer selects the product.

The displaying of the actual image may include displaying a layout image of the offline shopping mall; Selecting, by the consumer, a product region from the batch image; Displaying the image corresponding to the product area on the consumer terminal.

The selecting the product may include: selecting, by the consumer, the display area in which the product is located in the image displayed on the consumer terminal; Detecting the goods located in the selected display area; And selecting a product desired by the consumer from among the detected products.

In the detecting of the goods, the RFID reader corresponding to the goods area detects an RFID tag attached to the goods located in the goods area as the consumer selects the goods area.

The displaying of the actual image may further include mosaicing the offline consumer to protect the portrait rights of the offline consumer who performs the offline shopping in the offline shopping mall.

Hereinafter, a real-time remote shopping method using a RFID and a remote shopping system using the same according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description of the present invention, the terms defined are defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and should not be understood as a meaning of limiting the technical components of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a remote shopping system according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a remote shopping system according to the present invention.

As illustrated, the remote shopping system 200 according to the present invention includes a communication network 210, a consumer terminal 220 connected to the communication network 210, and a consumer shopping, and an offline shopping mall through the communication network 210. The image Pc of FIG. 100 (see FIG. 5C) is provided to the consumer terminal 220, and the order of the product 120 is transmitted to the offline shopping mall 100 through the image Pc provided to the consumer terminal 220. The host server 230 is provided.

The offline shopping mall 100 is an offline shopping mall in which a consumer can directly shop offline. The display state of the goods 120 inside the shopping mall is displayed by the camera 236a of the host server 230 to be described later (the goods 120). And a display state including the display rack 110 on which the product 120 is displayed, see FIG. 5A).

In addition, an RFID tag 122 for identifying each product 120 is attached to the product 120 displayed in the offline shopping mall 100. The product 120 having the RFID tag 122 attached thereto is detected by the RFID antenna 242a of the RFID reader 242 provided at a position adjacent to each display stand 110 or the product 120 having the RFID tag 122 attached thereto. It is prepared to be.

The communication network 210 is a wide area network composed of the Internet, a public line network, a wired / wireless communication network, a CATV (Cable Television) network, or the like, and is provided to satisfy a predetermined communication protocol. Through such a protocol, various servers (for example, the host server 230) and the consumer terminals 220 remotely connected to the communication network are provided to interconnect each other.

Such a communication network 210 as described above is used as a name encompassing a 'wired communication network' or a 'wireless communication network', and the description thereof will be omitted since it is a known technology.

The consumer terminal 220 is for a consumer to access the host server 230 through the communication network 210 to perform shopping through the image (Pc) of the offline shopping mall 100 provided by the host server 230. .

The consumer terminal 220 includes an output device 222 such as a monitor for displaying an image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100 transmitted from the host server 230, and a keyboard for the consumer to operate the consumer terminal 220. An input device (not shown) such as a mouse is provided. The output device and the input device may be integrally formed, such as a monitor having a touch pad.

The consumer terminal 220 as described above has been described as an example of a conventional personal computer having a communication device (not shown) that can be connected to the communication network 210, such as a portable computer including a communication device and a portable telephone PDA, etc. A mobile communication terminal or the like can be used. Since the configuration and functions of the illustrated consumer terminals 220 as described above are well known techniques, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The host server 230 is to provide an image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100 to the consumer terminal 220 through the communication network 210, and will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram showing a shopping mall server in a remote shopping system according to the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the host server 230 includes an image acquisition unit including an interface 234 for connecting to the communication network 210 and a camera 236a for acquiring an image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100. 236 and an image Pc obtained by the image acquisition unit 236 for dividing the display area Pd (see FIG. 5B) of the product 120 in the image Pc according to the display state of the product 120. An image reader 238 and an RFID reader 242 that senses an RFID tag 122 attached to a product selected according to a consumer's choice in an image Pc read by the image reader 238.

In addition, the host server 230 is further provided with an image modulator 240 for protecting the portrait rights of the offline consumer to perform an online shopping by modulating the image (Pc) obtained from the image acquisition unit 236, the host An output unit 250 for checking the setting state of the server 230 and an input unit 252 for changing the setting state are further provided.

In addition, the host server 230, a member management unit 244 for managing a consumer using (or connected to) the host server, the product 120 and RFID attached to the product 120 and sold through the online and offline The product manager 246 for managing the information of the tag 122 and the order manager 248 for managing the order information of the product 120 sold online and offline are provided.

Here, the member management unit 244 is further provided with a member database (244a) that stores personal information, gradient information, etc. of members (for example, consumers), and the product management unit 246 is a detailed description of the product 120 is sold , A distribution period, a stock status, and the like, a product database 246a for storing information of the RFID tag 122 attached corresponding to each product 120 is further provided, and the order management unit 248 orders the product 120. The order database 248a is further provided to store the order information and delivery information of the consumer.

In addition, the image acquisition unit 236 is to provide the consumer terminal 220 by photographing the product of the offline shopping mall 100, photographing the display rack 110 on which the product 120 and the product 120 is displayed. A camera (or camcorder) 236a is provided, and the RFID reader 242 is provided with an RFID antenna 242a for detecting the RFID tag 122 of the goods 120 displayed on the shelf.

Here, the installation position of the camera 236a and the RFID antenna 242a may be variably installed according to the display state of the merchandise 120 and / or the installation position of the display rack 110, and the remote control of the consumer of the camera 236a. In this case, it may be installed to enable pan & tilt, zoom in & zoom out.

Meanwhile, the image reading unit 238 displays the image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100 acquired by the camera 236a of the image acquisition unit 236 according to the display state of the product 120. In this case, the RFID tag 122 of the goods corresponding to the display area (Pd) selected when the consumer selects the display area (Pd) where the product 120 to be purchased through the consumer terminal 220 is located. To detect them.

The display area Pd partitioned by the image reading unit 238 is an RFID reader 242 or an RFID antenna 242a of the RFID reader 242 that detects the goods 120 displayed on each display area Pd. It is set to correspond to. Therefore, as the consumer selects the display area Pd, the RFID of the goods 120 located in the display area Pd selected by the consumer by the RFID antenna 242a on the RFID reader 242 located in the selected display area Pd. Tag 122 is detected.

In addition, the image modulator 240 is an offline consumer who is shopping on-line when the product 120 and the display stand 110 of the offline shopping mall 100 are photographed by the camera 236a of the image acquisition unit 236. This is to prevent the camera 236a from being photographed and exposed to the consumer terminal 220.

The image modulator 240 mosaics the face of the offline consumer when the offline consumer who does not want to be photographed is photographed when the image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100 is photographed. This process can protect the offline consumer's portrait right through the normal motion capture and facial recognition process. Since this process is a known technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Accordingly, the operation of the real-time remote shopping system using the RFID according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiment. Each of the elements mentioned below should be understood with reference to the above description and FIGS. 1 to 3.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the remote shopping system according to the present invention, Figures 5a to 5d is an exemplary view showing the display state of the consumer terminal in the remote shopping system according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the remote shopping system 200 according to the present invention uses a consumer terminal 220 to access the communication network 210 and the host server 230 according to the member management unit of the host server 230. 244 compares the access information (for example, ID, password, etc.) input by the consumer with the information stored in the member database 244a and performs member authentication (step S110).

Thereafter, the control unit 232 of the host server 230 transmits the batch image (Pp, FIG. 5A) of the offline shopping mall 100 to the consumer terminal 220 used by the consumer as the authentication of the consumer is completed, and the consumer terminal. 220 displays this via the output device 222 (step S120).

The arrangement image Pp schematically represents a planar arrangement state of the off-line shopping mall 100 rather than real-time photographing by the camera 236a, and may be arbitrarily divided according to the type of goods.

Meanwhile, the consumer selects a product region Pt (see FIG. 5A) in which the product to be purchased is located in the batch image Pp of the offline shopping mall 100 displayed on the output device 222 of the consumer terminal 220. The consumer terminal 220 transmits the information corresponding to the product area Pt selected by the consumer to the host server 230 (step S130).

The host server 230 transmits the image captured by the camera 236a corresponding to the product region Pt selected by the consumer to the consumer terminal 220. At this time, the display rack 110 and the goods 120 of the offline shopping mall 100 taken by the camera 236a are taken in real time, the manager (for example, employees) and offline shopping mall (for example, managing the offline shopping mall 100) Offline consumers who visit 100 are also sent to the consumer terminal in the state of being photographed.

Here, the image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100 photographed by the camera 236a may be partially changed by the image modulator 240. That is, when the image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100 is photographed, an offline consumer who does not want to be photographed may be photographed, thereby mosaicing the face of the offline consumer.

Thereafter, the consumer terminal 220 displays the image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100 transmitted through the output device 222 (see FIG. 5B). The image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100 displayed at this time is divided into a predetermined display area according to the type of the product 120 displayed on the display rack by the image reading unit 238 of the host server 230 and the consumer. Provided to the terminal (step S140).

Accordingly, the consumer selects a display area in which the product 120 to be purchased is located in the image Pc of the offline shopping mall 100 displayed on the consumer terminal 220 (step S150).

Accordingly, the consumer terminal 220 transmits the information about the display area Pd selected by the consumer to the host server 230, and the host server 230 transmits the RFID tag of the goods located adjacent to the display area Pd selected by the user. Sense 122. That is, the RFID tag 122 of the goods 120 sensed by the RFID antenna 242a of the RFID reader 242 located at the position adjacent to the display area Pd selected by the user is detected (step S160).

The host server 230 compares the detected information of the RFID tag 122 with the product information stored in the product database 246a of the product management unit 246, and extracts and extracts the information of the detected products 120. The product information is transmitted to the consumer terminal 220.

Accordingly, the consumer terminal 220 lists up the product list P1 (see FIG. 5C) through the output device of the consumer terminal 220 with the information of the transmitted products (step S170). Accordingly, as the consumer selects the product 120 to purchase from the output product list Pl, the consumer terminal 220 transmits it to the host server 230, and the host server 230 transmits the purchased product information. Notified to the offline shopping mall 100 to complete the sale of goods 120 (step S180).

On the other hand, the host server 230 is the information of the product 120 selected by the consumer is obtained by the order management unit 248 and the order management unit 248 updates the product 120 information stored in the order database 248a.

Although described in detail with respect to preferred embodiments of the present invention as described above, those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims Various modifications may be made to the invention. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be able to escape the technology of the present invention.

As described above, according to the real-time remote shopping method using the RFID and the remote shopping system using the same according to the present invention, while viewing the products of the actual offline shopping mall via a webcam, the consumer's purchase request by showing the same effect as the actual offline shopping At the same time, by building an environment similar to offline shopping, consumers can enjoy comfortable shopping.

In addition, by using RFID to manage the products of the offline shopping mall and at the same time, by providing the information of the product in the online shopping mall to the consumer by using the RFID, consumers can enjoy offline shopping through the online shopping mall to provide consumers with comfort There is.

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Communication network; A consumer terminal connected to the communication network for shopping by a consumer; And a host server configured to provide an image of an offline shopping mall to the consumer terminal through the communication network, and read information of a product ordered by the consumer through the image provided to the consumer terminal and deliver the read information to the offline shopping mall. Real-time remote shopping system. The method of claim 1, wherein the host server, An interface for connecting to the communication network; An image acquisition unit for photographing the inside of the offline shopping mall; And an image reading unit for dividing the display area of the product in the image according to the display state of the product of the image acquired by the image acquisition unit. The method of claim 2, The product is attached with an RFID tag containing the information of the product or a code corresponding to the product, And a RFID reader for detecting the RFID tag attached to the product in the host server. The method of claim 3, wherein The RFID reader is provided to detect the RFID tag of the goods located in each display area, real-time remote shopping system, characterized in that for detecting the goods located in the display area selected by the consumer. The method of claim 3, wherein The display area is set to correspond to the position of the RFID reader, the real-time remote shopping system. The method of claim 2, And the host server further includes an image modulator for mosaicing offline consumers who perform offline shopping on the images acquired by the image acquisition unit to protect the portrait rights of the offline consumers. The method of claim 2, The image acquisition unit is a real-time remote shopping system, characterized in that the video camera for shooting the inside of the offline shopping mall in real time. The method of claim 7, wherein And the camera is installed to enable pan & tilt, zoom in & zoom out by remote control of the consumer. The method of claim 2, wherein the host server, Member management unit for managing the consumer using the host server, A product management unit for managing information of the product sold through the consumer terminal or offline and the RFID tag attached to the product; Real-time remote shopping system characterized in that it further comprises an order management unit for managing the order information of the goods sold through the consumer terminal or offline. Displaying an actual image of an offline shopping mall on a consumer terminal; Selecting a product to be purchased by the consumer from the image displayed on the consumer terminal; And selling the selected product through the offline shopping mall as the consumer selects the product. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the actual image comprises: Displaying a batch image of the offline shopping mall; Selecting, by the consumer, a product region from the batch image; And displaying the image corresponding to the product area on the consumer terminal. The method of claim 11, wherein the selecting of the product comprises: Selecting, by the consumer, the display area in which the product is located in the image displayed on the consumer terminal; Detecting the goods located in the selected display area; And selecting a product desired by the consumer from among the detected products. The method of claim 12, wherein detecting the goods And the RFID reader corresponding to the product region detects an RFID tag attached to the product located in the product region as the consumer selects the product region. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the actual image comprises: And mosaicing the offline consumer in order to protect the portrait rights of the offline consumer who performs the offline shopping in the offline shopping mall.

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