JPH1139546A - Unmanned store system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To purchase articles at any time without cash and to construct a commissary store advantageous in terms of cost by reading a first storage medium attached to the article to be purchased by an article information read mean and reading a second storage medium owned by himself/herself by a money amount informant read means. SOLUTION: A purchaser makes the bar code of the desired article of an article display stand 1 be read by a bar code reader and makes an IC card owned by himself/herself storing prepaid information be read by an IC card reader-writer. Article price is read from the bar code and displayed on a touch panel. When a purchasing request is inputted by the touch panel, whether or not the amount of money is equivalent to the price of the article is judged from the read prepaid information. When it is equivalent, the fact that the article is purchased, a reduction value and the balance of the prepaid informant, etc., are displayed on the touch panel and the price obtained by subtracting the prepaid information corresponding to the price from the read prepaid information is written to the IC card.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an unmanned stand system for selling goods displayed on a goods display stand, and more particularly to an unmanned stand system installed in a station or a building, such as a prepaid card. The present invention relates to an unmanned store system that sells products by using a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in order to sell merchandise in a station yard, in addition to installing a vending machine, it has been carried out by installing a manned shop.

[0003]

However, a product that is not presented to a vending machine and that is only available at a store can be purchased at night or early morning after the store's business hours. could not. In addition, even a product presented to a vending machine cannot be purchased without cash.

[0004] However, if the business hours of the stalls are extended to cope with such a situation, it is necessary to reduce the number of sales people during the night and early morning hours. Expenses will not be paid for.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and it is possible to purchase goods handled at a stand in a cashless manner at any time, and to reduce costs. It is an object of the present invention to provide an unmanned store system that can construct an advantageous store.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, an unmanned store system according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises:
An unmanned store system for selling products displayed on a product display stand, a product information reading means for reading the product information from a first storage medium storing product information for identifying the product, and a buyer An amount information reading means for reading the amount information from the second storage medium storing the amount information relating to the amount of money, and the product information read by the article information reading means and the amount information read by the amount information reading means. And a control camera for managing the price information, and a monitoring camera, and the commodity information reading means and the price information reading means are arranged so as to be used by the purchaser.

When a purchaser wishes to purchase a product displayed on a product display stand, the first storage medium attached to the desired product is read by the product information reading means, and the second storage medium owned by the user is read. Is read by the price information reading means.

Then, the merchandise information reading means reads merchandise information for identifying the merchandise from the first storage medium, and the amount information reading means reads the amount of money held by the purchaser from the second storage medium. Is read. Then, the control unit manages the read product information and the amount information.

That is, in the control means, for example, assuming that the amount of money held by the purchaser is stored in advance, the price of the product is acquired based on the read product information, The amount of money held by the buyer is acquired based on the obtained amount information, the price of the product is subtracted from the amount of money held by the buyer, and the amount information relating to the new amount of money subtracted is stored.

On the other hand, in order to prevent a person other than the purchaser from illegally acquiring the goods displayed on the goods display stand,
The monitoring camera monitors a person, a product, a product information reading unit, a price information reading unit, and the like.

On the other hand, for example, when a storage medium such as a prepaid card is used as the second storage medium, an amount information writing means for writing the amount information to the second storage medium in the unmanned store system. And the control means includes:
Acquiring the price of the product based on the read product information, obtaining the amount of money held by the buyer based on the read amount information, subtracting the price of the product from the amount of money held by the buyer, The amount information regarding the new amount of money subtracted may be written by the amount information writing unit.

Also, for example, the amount of money obtained from the amount information stored in the second storage medium owned by the purchaser, the price of a desired product to be purchased, and the like are visually displayed to the purchaser. The unmanned store system may be provided with a display means for displaying the information so that the information can be understood.

For example, it is assumed that a magnetic card is usually used for the second storage medium because it can be manufactured at low cost. However, there is a possibility that the stored information of the magnetic card is relatively easily copied and falsified. Therefore, in order to make it difficult to copy and falsify the stored amount information, the second storage medium includes an IC (Integrated Circuit).
It is preferable to use a card.

In the invention according to claim 1,
The product information is information for identifying a product, and includes a product management number such as a bar code, a product price, or a product name.

Further, in the invention according to claim 1,
The amount information is information necessary to specify the amount of money owned by the buyer, and is an ID unique to the buyer for extracting the amount of money of the buyer stored as described above, or a prepaid amount. It includes prepaid information stored in a card or the like.

Further, in the first aspect of the present invention, the first and second storage media are RAM, ROM,
Any storage medium such as an FD, a compact disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, and paper, which can be read by a computer, regardless of an electronic, magnetic, optical, or other reading method. It includes a storage medium.

Further, the unmanned store system according to claim 2 of the present invention is applied to a store installed in a building in the unmanned store system according to claim 1. This claim 2
In the described invention, a stand installed in a building refers to a stand installed in a company, a city hall, or a school, for example.

Further, the unmanned shop system according to claim 3 of the present invention is applied to a shop installed in a station premises in the unmanned shop system according to claim 1. Furthermore, in the unmanned shop system according to claim 4 of the present invention, in the unmanned shop system according to claim 3, the second storage medium is a storage medium that can be used also as a prepaid ticket. .

With such a configuration, the second storage medium storing the prepaid information is used in the unmanned store system according to the present invention installed in the station premises, and is also used as a ticket. .

Further, the unmanned store system according to claim 5 according to the present invention is the unmanned store system according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the second system is operated in response to payment of money by the buyer. An amount information adding unit is provided for adding the amount information relating to the amount of money paid by the buyer to the amount information stored in a storage medium.

With this configuration, when the purchaser purchases a desired product, if the amount of money obtained from the amount information stored in the second storage medium is insufficient, the purchase Shall pay the prescribed money,
The amount of money paid is read by the amount information adding means, and the amount information is read from the second storage medium. Then, the amount of money held by the buyer is obtained based on the read amount information, the amount of money paid is added to the amount of money held by the buyer, and the amount information on the added new amount of money is obtained. The data is written to the second storage medium.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an unmanned store system according to the present invention.

In this embodiment, an unmanned store system according to the present invention is applied to a store installed on a platform in a station as shown in FIG. This unmanned store system reads a prepaid information from a commodity display stand 1 which is a stand for displaying commodities and an IC card in which a barcode and prepaid information of the commodity displayed on the commodity display stand 1 are stored. And a vending machine 3 for purchasing goods with an IC card, and a security monitoring camera 4. The price reading and payment apparatus 2 and the vending machine 3 Are connected by a data transmission line 5 for transmitting data.

As shown in FIG. 2, the price reading and paying device 2 includes a bar code reading device 2a for reading a bar code of a product displayed on the product display stand 1, and an IC card in which prepaid information is stored in an IC. IC card reading / writing device 2b for reading and writing prepaid information, and touch panel 2 as a human interface capable of inputting and displaying data
c, an interface unit 2d for inputting / outputting data to / from a barcode reader 2a, an IC card reader / writer 2b, and a touch panel 2c; a main storage device 2e capable of reading and writing data; An interface 2d, a main memory 2e, and an arithmetic processing unit 2f are mutually connected by a bus, which is a signal line for transmitting data. The IC card used here can also be used as a prepaid ticket.

As shown in FIG. 3, the vending machine 3 stores a product and provides a product providing device 3a for providing the product when it is determined that the purchaser has paid a predetermined amount of money.
IC card reading / writing device 3b having the same function as C card reading / writing device 2b, touch panel 3c having the same function as touch panel 2c, and interface unit 2
an interface unit 3d having the same function as that of the main storage device 2e, a main storage device 3e having the same function as the main storage device 2e, an arithmetic processing device 3f having the same function as the arithmetic processing device 2f,
The interface unit 3d, the main storage device 3e, and the arithmetic processing unit 3f are mutually connected by a bus which is a signal line for transmitting data.

The main storage devices 2e and 3e are provided with a ROM in which control programs for the arithmetic processing devices 2f and 3f are stored in a predetermined area in advance, and data read from the ROM and arithmetic processes of the arithmetic processing devices 2f and 3f. And a RAM for storing various calculation results.

The arithmetic processing unit 2f comprises a micro process unit MPU or the like, and activates a predetermined program stored in a predetermined area of the ROM of the main storage device 2e,
The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 is executed.

That is, the processing unit 2f executes the processing as follows. First, as shown in FIG. 4, the process proceeds to step S1, in which a barcode attached to the product is read by the barcode reading device 2a, and the process proceeds to step S2.
Then, the price of the commodity stored in the ROM of the main storage device 2e is read into the RAM of the main storage device 2e based on the read barcode, and the process proceeds to step S3.
The prepaid information is read from the IC card in which the prepaid information is stored by the IC card reading / writing device 2b.

Then, the process proceeds to step S4 to display the name of the read product, its price, and the read prepaid information on the touch panel 2c. Then, the process proceeds to step S5 to determine whether or not the purchaser should purchase the product. The process proceeds to step S6 when there is a request to make a purchase through the touch panel 2, and when there is a request not to make a purchase, a series of processes is terminated. At this time, if the amount of money obtained from the read prepaid information does not correspond to the price of the product, a message that the product cannot be purchased is displayed on the touch panel 2c for this reason, and a series of processing ends.

In step S6, the prepaid information corresponding to the price is subtracted from the read prepaid information, and the process proceeds to step S7, where the subtracted value and the balance of the prepaid information are displayed on the touch panel 2c, and the process proceeds to step S8. The prepaid information subtracted by the IC card reading / writing device 2b is written in the IC card, and the process proceeds to step S9, where the sales of the products are totaled, and a series of processes is ended.

On the other hand, the arithmetic processing unit 3f is composed of a micro process unit MPU and the like,
A predetermined program stored in a predetermined area of M is activated, and the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5 is executed.

That is, the arithmetic processing unit 3f executes the processing as follows. First, as shown in FIG. 5, the process proceeds to step S11 where the IC card reading / writing device 3b
Reads the prepaid information from the IC card, and moves to step S12, and among the products presented to the product providing device 3a, the product whose monetary amount obtained by the read prepaid information corresponds to the price In other words, it displays the items that can be purchased, their prices, names, and the read prepaid information on the touch panel 3c. At this time, if there is no product for which the amount of money obtained from the read prepaid information is equivalent to the price, the fact is displayed on the touch panel 3c, and the series of processing is terminated.

Next, the process proceeds to step S13, in which the buyer reads the product specified through the touch panel 3c, and proceeds to step S14, in which the purchaser determines whether or not to purchase the product via the touch panel 3c. When there is a request to purchase and purchase, the process proceeds to step S15.
When there is a request not to purchase, a series of processing ends.

In step S15, the designated product is provided to the purchaser by the product providing device 3a, and the process proceeds to step S16, where the prepaid information corresponding to the price is subtracted from the read prepaid information, and the process proceeds to step S17. The process proceeds to display the subtraction value and the balance of the prepaid information on the touch panel 3c.

Next, the process proceeds to step S18, where IC
The prepaid information subtracted by the card reading / writing device 3b is written in the IC card, and the process proceeds to step S19, where the sales of the products are totaled and transmitted to the price reading / paying device 2 via the data transmission path 5. , A series of processing ends.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
First, a case will be described in which a purchaser intends to purchase one of the products displayed on the product display stand 1.

First, a buyer who wants to purchase a product,
The barcode attached to a desired product is read using the barcode reader 2a. With this, IC
Using the card reading / writing device 2b, the user reads a self-owned IC card in which prepaid information is stored.

Then, through steps S1 to S4, the bar code of the product and the prepaid information of the IC card are read, the price of the product is read from the read bar code, and these are displayed on the touch panel 2c. At this time, assuming that the buyer inputs a request to purchase a desired product through the touch panel 2c, it is determined whether or not the amount of money obtained from the read prepaid information corresponds to the price of the product. When it is determined that the product has been purchased, the subtraction value, the balance of the prepaid information, and the like are displayed on the touch panel 2c, and the prepaid information corresponding to the price is subtracted from the read prepaid information. Is written to.

On the other hand, after the purchaser has read the bar code and the IC card, and looks at the price displayed on the touch panel 2c and wants to stop purchasing the product, in step S5, the user operates the touch panel 2c via the touch panel 2c. When it is requested whether or not to purchase a product, a request not to purchase may be input through the touch panel 2c. Then, IC
The card is returned to the buyer without rewriting the prepaid information. However, in this case, the purchaser needs to return the merchandise to the original merchandise display stand 1.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the amount of money obtained from the read prepaid information does not correspond to the price of the product, the fact that the product cannot be purchased is displayed on the touch panel 2c, and the IC card displays the prepaid information. The information is returned to the buyer without being rewritten. However, even in this case, the purchaser needs to return the product to the original product display stand 1.

On the other hand, a person other than the purchaser has the product display stand 1
In order to prevent fraudulent acquisition of the products displayed on the display, the security monitoring camera 4 constantly photographs the person, the products, the barcode reader 2a, and the IC card reader / writer 2b. Then, the photographing status is displayed on a monitor installed in an office of a station or the like, and is recorded on a video tape with time.

Next, a case will be described in which the purchaser intends to purchase any product presented on the product providing device 3a of the vending machine 3. First of all, the buyer
Using the card reading / writing device 3b, the user reads a self-owned IC card in which prepaid information is stored.

Then, through steps S11 to S13, the prepaid information of the IC card is read, and among the presented commodities, the commodity whose monetary amount obtained by the read prepaid information corresponds to the price, its price, The name and the read prepaid information are displayed on the touch panel 3c, and when there is a product whose price is equivalent to the price obtained by the read prepaid information, it is determined which of the products to purchase. Desired. At this time, assuming that the purchaser inputs the specification of a desired product via the touch panel 3c, the fact that the product has been purchased, the subtraction value, the balance of the prepaid information, and the like are displayed on the touch panel 3c and read. The value obtained by subtracting the prepaid information corresponding to the price from the prepaid information is written in the IC card.

On the other hand, after the purchaser has read the IC card and looks at the price displayed on the touch panel 3c to stop the purchase of the product, in step S14, the purchaser selects the product via the touch panel 3c. When it is requested whether or not to purchase, a request not to purchase is sent to the touch panel 3c.
What is necessary is just to input via. Then, the IC card
The prepaid information is returned to the buyer without being rewritten.

On the other hand, when there is no product whose price corresponding to the price obtained by the read prepaid information is equivalent to the price, the fact that none of the products can be purchased is displayed on the touch panel 3c and the IC is displayed. The card is returned to the buyer without rewriting the prepaid information.

In this way, products which are usually sold at the store are displayed on the product display stand 1, and when the purchaser intends to purchase those products, the bar code reading device 2a
And the use of the IC card reading / writing device 2b to enable the purchase of those products with the IC card in which the prepaid information is stored. It is possible to make purchases even during the above-mentioned time zone, and it is possible to construct a stand that is advantageous in terms of cost.

In particular, since the above-mentioned unmanned store is set up in the station premises, the product which could be sold at the store only during business hours in the past can be used by the station user during the time period from the first train to the last train. Can be provided.

Further, the medium for storing the prepaid information is
Since the C card is used, the prepaid information is less likely to be duplicated or falsified than the magnetic card, and can be operated safely by the manager.

Further, since the IC card used in the unmanned store can be used also as a prepaid ticket, the convenience of the IC card can be further improved.

Further, since the touch panels 2c and 3c for displaying the price of the product and the prepaid information are provided, it is possible to determine whether or not the purchaser purchases the product based on the displayed information. Is good.

Further, since an IC card in which prepaid information is stored instead of cash is used for purchasing a product, the purchase of the product does not result in a change, so that a large number of buyers can be requested in a short time. Can be processed.

Further, since the vending machine 3 can be used with the same IC card used in the unmanned store, if there is no IC card, the vending machine 3 can be used.
The merchandise presented to the vending machine 3 can be purchased.

Further, the price reading and payment device 2 and the vending machine 3 are connected by the data transmission line 5, and the sales information compiled by the vending machine 3 is compiled by the price reading and payment device 2, so that the goods can be collected. Centrally manage sales in one place. For example, if the sales information collected by the price reading / paying device 2 provided at each station is further transmitted to the information management center, it is possible to immediately grasp which station is lacking which product. , Can respond quickly to the demands of buyers.

In the above-described embodiment, the structure is not such that the amount of money obtained by the prepaid information stored in the IC card is increased. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The amount of money to be paid may be increased.

In such a case, the price reading and paying device 2 or the vending machine 3 further collects money such as banknotes as money amount information adding means according to claim 5, and reads the money amount. A reading device is provided, and the amount of money read by the amount reading device is read by one IC card reading / writing device.
The prepaid information corresponding to the new amount of money added to the amount of money obtained by the prepaid information read by the writing devices 2b and 3b is added to the IC card by the IC card reading / writing devices 2b and 3b. What is necessary is just to write in.

With such a configuration, even if the prepaid information is lost as in the conventional case, the prepaid information can be added by newly adding money, so that the card can be used effectively. Yes, it is easy to use.

Further, in the above embodiment, the unmanned store is configured to be installed in the station premises. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the unmanned store is installed in a building such as a company, a city hall or a school. It may be configured as follows.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration is such that the purchase of a product is made possible by using a prepaid card. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a credit card or a cash card may be used. To
An amount management center that manages the amount of money owned by the buyer and an unmanned store are connected via a network, and when a product is purchased, the amount of money according to the price of the product is subtracted from the account of the buyer. In this way, a configuration that enables purchase of a product may be adopted.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the unmanned store is constituted by the price reading and payment device 2 and the vending machine 3, but is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. You may comprise so that it may connect with the network which has a server.

In this case, in addition to the unmanned store, an amount management device 6 for managing the amount of money owned by the buyer,
An electronic mall server 7 for managing merchandise and a unique I
The electronic mall server 7 includes an IC card reader for reading an ID from an IC card storing D, and is connected to clients 8a and 8b that can access the product management server via a network. When a purchase request for a managed product is made, the product is calculated from the amount of money owned by the purchaser managed by the amount management device 6 based on the purchaser's unique ID read by the IC card reader. May be configured to subtract the amount of money corresponding to the price.

With such a configuration, the same IC card can be used to purchase goods managed by the electronic mall server, and can be used to buy goods displayed on the goods display stand 1 and vending machines 3. You can purchase even the presented product.

Further, in the above embodiment, when executing the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 by the arithmetic processing units 2f and 3f, both are stored in advance in the ROM of the main storage units 2e and 3e. The description has been given of the case where the program is executed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the program is stored in the main storage devices 2e and 3e from the storage medium storing the program indicating these procedures.
The program may be read into the AM and executed.

Here, the storage medium is RAM, ROM,
Any storage medium such as an FD, a compact disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, or paper, which can be read by a computer regardless of an electronic, magnetic, optical, or other reading method. It includes a storage medium.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 executed by the arithmetic processing units 2f and 3f has been described in the case where the processing is implemented by software. Electronic circuits such as circuits, arithmetic circuits, and logic circuits may be combined.

In the above embodiment, the bar code reader 2a corresponds to the commodity information reader of the first aspect, and the IC card readers / writers 2b and 3b correspond to the price information of the first aspect. Arithmetic processing unit 2 corresponding to the reading means
f, 3f and the main storage devices 2e, 3e correspond to the control device of the first aspect.

[0066]

As described above, according to the unmanned store system according to the present invention, those goods displayed on the goods display stand can be purchased cashlessly at any time, and the cost can be increased. In this way, it is possible to construct a stand that is advantageous in terms of the above.

Further, according to the unmanned store system according to the third aspect of the present invention, a product which could only be sold at a store within business hours in the past can be used in the time zone from the first train to the last train. The effect of being able to provide to station users is also obtained.

Further, according to the unmanned store system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the second storage medium can be used as both a ticket and a purchase ticket, and the convenience is further improved. The effect that can be obtained is also obtained.

Furthermore, according to the unmanned store system according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, even if the prepaid information stored in the second storage medium is lost as in the prior art, money can be newly added. As a result, the prepaid information can be added, so that the second storage medium can be effectively used and the convenience can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a price reading and paying device 2.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the vending machine 3;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process executed by an arithmetic processing unit 2f of the price reading and paying apparatus 2.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process executed by an arithmetic processing unit 3f of the vending machine 3;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment when an electronic mall server is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Merchandise display stand 2 Price reading and payment device 3 Vending machine 4 Security monitoring camera 5 Data transmission path 2a Barcode reading device 3a Product providing device 2b, 3b IC card reading / writing device 2c, 3c Touch panel 2d, 3d Interface unit 2e, 3e Main storage device 2f, 3f Arithmetic processing device 6 Money management device 7 Electronic mall server 8a, 8b Client

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An unmanned store system for selling a product displayed on a product display stand, wherein the product information is read from a first storage medium storing product information for identifying the product. Means, amount information reading means for reading the amount information from a second storage medium storing the amount information relating to the amount of money of the purchaser, and the product information and the amount information read by the product information reading means A control unit for managing the price information read by the reading unit; and a monitoring camera, wherein the merchandise information reading unit and the price information reading unit are arranged so as to be used by the purchaser. And unmanned store system. 2. The unmanned store system according to claim 1, wherein the system is applied to a store installed in a building. 3. The unmanned store system according to claim 1, wherein the system is applied to a store installed in a station yard. 4. The unmanned store system according to claim 3, wherein the second storage medium is a storage medium that can be used also as a prepaid ticket. 5. An amount for adding the amount information relating to the amount of money paid by the buyer to the amount information stored in the second storage medium in response to payment of money by the buyer. 5. The unmanned store system according to claim 1, further comprising information adding means.