JP2021018716A - Commodity selling system, commodity selling method, and shopping application program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a commodity selling system that reduces a waiting time due to adjustment without imposing a communication cost on a customer.SOLUTION: Provided is a commodity selling system including a portable terminal device of a customer and a retailer terminal device. In the commodity selling system, the portable terminal device has commodity code reading means, and purchase commodity code display means for displaying, on a screen, a code image including information on a member ID of the customer, a commodity code of a purchase commodity, and the number, and the retailer terminal device has weight measuring means, screen display code reading means for reading the information included in the code image, means for receiving collation information on the customer from a member management server, and receiving commodity information including a commodity name, price, and weight of the purchase commodity from a commodity management server, and means for displaying the collation information on the customer and the commodity information, and displaying a result of comparing a total value of the weights of the purchase commodities and a total weight of purchase commodities measured by the weight measuring means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a product sales system using a mobile terminal device, a product sales method, and a shopping application program.

Conventionally, techniques such as Patent Document 1 have been proposed as a product sales system using a mobile terminal. In this type of product sales system, the customer himself / herself reads the product barcode using a mobile terminal and puts the product into the shopping cart. As a result, the conventional accounting process by the cashier can be omitted, so that the store can reduce the number of staff, and the customer can reduce the waiting time for payment and shorten the time required for shopping.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-010521

In the technology of Patent Document 1, a customer's mobile terminal device accesses a product management server through a communication line, receives the result as a two-dimensional code, and reads the two-dimensional code displayed on the mobile terminal device with a retail store terminal device for settlement. To do.

Therefore, in the technique of Patent Document 1, since the customer's mobile terminal device accesses the product management server through the communication line, there is a problem that the customer has to bear the communication cost.

In addition to that problem, there was a problem that customers could not shop if a network failure occurred for some reason when accessing the product management server after scanning the product barcode with a mobile terminal device. ..

In addition, when a large number of shoppers visit the store, the amount of communication increases, and the load on the product management server increases, there is a problem that the response time of communication for accessing the product management server through the communication line may be delayed.

In addition, while the customer is accessing the product management server, a malicious third party eavesdrops on the packet data containing the information that the customer accesses the product management server, and impersonates the customer to impersonate the product management server. There was a problem that there was a risk of being attacked such as rewriting.

In addition, the mobile terminal device retains the price information at the time when the customer reads the target product code, but if time sales are performed to reduce the price before the customer pays at the cash register, the time is reached. There was also a problem that the customer could settle the product at a high price before the price was revised in sales.

The object of the present invention is to provide a product sales system capable of providing a comfortable service to a customer by reducing the waiting time due to settlement without incurring the communication cost for accessing the product management server to the customer, excluding such a problem. The purpose is.

The present invention is a product sales system including a customer's mobile terminal device, a shopping basket, a retail store terminal device, a member management server, and a product management server in order to solve the above problems.
The mobile terminal device includes a product code reading means and
It has a purchased product code display means that displays a code image including customer member ID, product code of purchased product, and quantity information on the screen.
The retail store terminal device includes a weight measuring means and
A screen display code reading means for reading the information contained in the code image, and
A means for receiving customer verification information from the member management server and receiving product information including the product name, price, and weight of the purchased product from the product management server.
It is characterized by having a means for displaying the collation information of the customer and the product information, and displaying the result of comparing the total value of the weights of the purchased products with the total weight of the purchased products measured by the weight measuring means. It is a product sales system.

According to this configuration, the present invention provides a comfortable service to a customer by reducing the waiting time of the customer due to payment at the time of shopping without incurring the customer to bear the communication cost of accessing the product management server with the mobile terminal device. There is an effect that can be done.

Further, the present invention is a product sales method using a customer's mobile terminal device, a shopping basket, a retail store terminal device, a member management server, and a product management server.
The mobile terminal device is
The product code reading means takes a picture of the product barcode and reads the product code.
The purchased product code display means displays a code image including the member ID, the product code of the customer's purchased product, and the number of products on the screen.
The retail store terminal device is
The weight measuring means measures the weight of the shopping cart in which the customer's purchased product is stored.
The screen display code reading means reads the information contained in the code image displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal device,
The information included in the code image is transmitted to the member management server and the product management server to receive the customer verification information and the product information including the product name, product price and product weight of the purchased product.
Displaying the customer's collation information and the product information,
The total weight of the purchased products is calculated, and the total value is compared with the total weight of the purchased products in the shopping cart measured by the weight measuring means, and the result is displayed.
It is a product sales method characterized by this.

Further, the present invention relates to an application distribution site, the member management server, or the retail store terminal device in a product sales system using a customer's mobile terminal device, a shopping basket, a retail store terminal device, a member management server, and a product management server. It is a shopping application program to be installed on the mobile terminal device from
The mobile terminal device is set to the executable mode by storing the member ID issued by the member management server.
A shopping procedure display program that displays the main screen of the shopping procedure,
It has a product code reading program that reads the barcode of the product,
It has a purchased product code display program that displays a code image containing the member ID, the product code of the customer's purchased product, and the number of products on the screen.
On the main screen, a selection button for the operation of reading the barcode of the product when putting the product in the shopping cart is displayed.
It is a shopping application program characterized by displaying a selection button for an operation of reading a barcode of a product when the product for which shopping is stopped is taken out from the shopping cart.

According to the present invention, a customer's mobile terminal device captures a product barcode and reads the product code, and a code image including a member ID, a product code of the customer's purchased product, and information on the number of products. It has a purchased product code display means to be displayed on the screen. Then, the retail store terminal device reads the information included in the weight measuring means for measuring the weight of the shopping cart in which the customer's purchased product is stored and the code image displayed on the screen of the customer's mobile terminal device. It has a reading means.

The retail store terminal device transmits the information read from the code image displayed on the screen of the customer's mobile terminal device to the member management server and the product management server, receives the customer's verification information from the member management server, and receives the product. Receives purchased product detail information including product name, product price and product weight of the purchased product from the management server. In addition, the retail store terminal device calculates the total weight of the purchased products, compares it with the total weight of the purchased products in the shopping cart measured by the weight measuring means, and compares the comparison results with the customer's collation information and the products. The product information including the name, product price, and product weight is displayed on the display means of the retail store terminal device to notify the clerk.

Thereby, the present invention allows the customer to promptly settle the purchased product of the customer by the cashier without incurring the communication cost for the mobile terminal device to access the product management server, and the customer by the settlement at the time of shopping. It has the effect of reducing the waiting time and providing comfortable services to customers.

It is a system block diagram of the product sales system of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline of operation of the product sales system of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the input instruction screen of the customer information which the product sales system of embodiment of this invention displays on the mobile terminal apparatus of a customer in order to register the customer information in a database. It is a figure which shows the menu button group which the embodiment of this invention displays on the screen of a customer's mobile terminal apparatus. (A) It is a figure which shows the image of the bar code of the purchased product which the embodiment of this invention displays on the screen of the customer's mobile terminal apparatus. (B) It is a figure which shows the operation screen of the mobile terminal apparatus which makes a customer input the number of purchased products P. (A) It is a figure which shows the display example when "b) return a product" of the menu button which the embodiment of this invention displays on the screen of a customer's mobile terminal apparatus is selected. (B) It is a figure which shows the image of the bar code of the product to be returned to the shelf which took the image. (C) It is a figure which shows the operation screen of the mobile terminal apparatus which asks a customer to input the number of products to leave in a basket. (A) It is a figure which shows the display example when the "c) checkout" button of the menu button which the embodiment of this invention displays on the screen of a customer's mobile terminal apparatus is selected. (B) It is a figure which shows the example of the code image DS displayed on the screen of a mobile terminal apparatus. (C) It is a figure which shows the member ID which is the information included in the code image DS, and the information of a plurality of product codes and the number of products. An embodiment of the present invention is a flowchart showing a procedure for constructing an executable shopping application means in a customer's mobile terminal device. The embodiment of the present invention is a flowchart (No. 1) showing a procedure for selling a product to a customer. The embodiment of the present invention is a flowchart (No. 2) showing a procedure for selling a product to a customer. The embodiment of the present invention is a flowchart (No. 3) showing a procedure for selling a product to a customer. The embodiment of the present invention is a flowchart (No. 4) showing a procedure for selling a product to a customer. The embodiment of the present invention is a flowchart (No. 5) showing a procedure for selling a product to a customer. The embodiment of the present invention is a flowchart (No. 6) showing a procedure for selling a product to a customer.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, embodiments in which the product sales system of the present invention is applied to retail stores such as supermarkets, convenience stores, and drug stores will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14.

In the product sales system of the present embodiment, the system having the configuration shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1 is operated as shown in FIG. That is, it includes a customer's mobile terminal device 10, a shopping cart C, a cash register retail store terminal device 20 operated by a clerk, a member management server 30, and a product management server 40. Further, the customer's mobile terminal device 10 is made to download and install the shopping application program AP from the application distribution site 50 via the external network 100 to construct and use the shopping application means 13.

In the product sales system of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the customer uses the shopping application means 13 constructed on his / her own mobile terminal device 10 to read the barcode B of the purchased product P on the mobile terminal device 10 for shopping. The purchased product P is stored in the basket C. Then, at the time of accounting processing, the shopping application means 13 displays a code image DS such as a two-dimensional code including the code information on the display means 11 of the mobile terminal device 10. The code image DS displayed on the display means 11 of the mobile terminal device 10 is photographed by the image pickup means 21 of the retail store terminal device 20 of the cash register, and the code information is read and used for accounting processing.

The retail store terminal device 20 uses the screen display code reading means 22 to read the information included in the code image DS taken by the imaging means 21. Further, the total weight of the customer's purchased product P is measured by using the weight measuring means 23. Then, the retail store terminal device 20 performs the sales settlement process of the customer's purchased product P by using the customer's collation information and the product information received from the member management server 30 and the product management server 40 via the internal network 101. ..

(Shopping application program AP)
In the product sales system of the present embodiment, the shopping application program AP to be installed in the customer's mobile terminal device 10 is registered in the application distribution site 50 connected to the external network 100. As shown in FIG. 2, the customer's mobile terminal device 10 accesses the application distribution site 50, receives and installs the shopping application program AP.

The shopping application program AP can also be configured so that it can be installed from the member management server 30 to the customer's mobile terminal device 10 via the retail store terminal device 20.

(Member management server 30)
The member management server 30 is provided for each sales group such as a sales chain, and has a member registration means 31 and a member database 32.

(Membership registration means 31)
The member registration means 31 of the member management server 30 registers the shopping application program AP of the sales group such as the sales chain on the application distribution site 50.

The customer's mobile terminal device 10 downloads and installs a shopping application program AP of a sales group such as a sales chain from the application distribution site 50. Further, the mobile terminal device 10 can also receive and install the shopping application program AP from the member management server 30 via the retail store terminal device 20.

The shopping application program AP installed by the customer on the mobile terminal device 10 causes the customer to input the customer information and the member password from the mobile terminal device 10. Then, the customer information and the member password are transmitted to the member management server 30 to register the customer as a member.

When the member registration means 31 of the member management server 30 receives the customer information or the like from the shopping application program AP of the customer's mobile terminal device 10, the member registration means 31 issues a member ID, associates the customer information with the member password, and associates the member ID with the member password. The customer is registered as a member by storing it in the member database 32.

(Member database 32)
That is, the member registration means 31 of the member management server 30 adds and stores the newly registered customer member data in the member database 32. As shown in FIG. 1, the member database 32 stores a member ID, customer information, and a member password in association with each member.

Then, the member registration means 31 transmits the information of the registered customer's member ID to the customer's mobile terminal device 10.

The shopping application program AP of the customer's mobile terminal device 10 builds an executable shopping application means 13 by storing the member ID received from the member management server 30.

The member management server 30 receives the customer's member ID from the retail store terminal device 20, and the member management server 30 that has received the member ID information collates whether or not the customer is a member, and the resulting customer collation information. Is transmitted to the retail store terminal device 20.

(Product management server 40)
Like the member management server 30, the product management server 40 is provided for each sales group such as a sales chain, and has a product information management means 41 and a product database 42.

In the product management server 40, the product information management means 41 communicates with the retail store terminal device 20 to transmit the customer's purchased product detail information LIST to the retail store terminal device 20.

(Product information management means 41)
The product information management means 41 of the product management server 40 receives the product code and the number of products from the retail store terminal device 20.

Further, the product information management means 41 reads the product information including the product name, the product price, and the product weight from the product database 42 using the received product code as a key.

(Product database 42)
The product database 42 stores a product code, a product name, a product price, and a product weight in association with each other for each product. The product weight stored in the product database 42 is used when the retail store terminal device 20 collates with the total weight of the purchased product P measured by the weight measuring means 23 and finds a product purchase error.

Then, the product information management means 41 creates the purchased product detail information LIST of the product information read from the product database 42 and transmits it to the retail store terminal device 20.

(Mobile terminal device 10)
The mobile terminal device 10 is a smartphone or tablet terminal device owned by a customer, and includes a display means 11 having a touch panel function and an image pickup means 12 as shown in the block diagram of FIG. The mobile terminal device 10 may be any information processing terminal provided with these means, and a mobile phone, a notebook personal computer, or the like can also be used.

(Installation of shopping application program AP)
The customer's mobile terminal device 10 accesses the application distribution site 50, receives the shopping application program AP, and installs it on the mobile terminal device 10 as shown in FIG.

The shopping application program AP can also be downloaded and installed from the retail store terminal device 20 in which the customer's mobile terminal device 10 stores the shopping application program AP.

When the customer's mobile terminal device 10 downloads the shopping application program AP from the retail store terminal device 20, there is an effect that the burden of the customer's communication cost can be further reduced.

Further, the retail store terminal device 20 may mediate the communication in which the customer's mobile terminal device 10 transmits the customer information to the member management server 30. In that case, there is an effect that the burden of the customer's communication cost in the process of the customer registering in the member management server 30 can be eliminated.

The customer inputs the customer information and the member password by the shopping application program AP installed in the mobile terminal device 10 as shown in FIG. 3, and transmits the data to the member management server 30.

The member registration means 31 of the member management server 30 issues a customer member ID and registers the customer information in the member database 32 as shown in FIG. Then, the member ID is transmitted to the customer's mobile terminal device 10.

The shopping application program AP of the customer's mobile terminal device 10 receives the member ID of the customer registered as a member from the member management server 30 and stores it, thereby constructing an executable shopping application means 13 in the mobile terminal device 10. ..

(Shopping application means 13)
As shown in FIG. 1, the shopping application means 13 includes a shopping procedure display means 13a, a product code reading means 13b, and a purchased product code display means 13c. The functions of the shopping application means 13 will be described below with reference to the operation outline of FIG.

(Shopping procedure display means 13a)
The shopping procedure display means 13a displays the main screen of the shopping procedure as shown in FIG. 4 on the display means 11 of the touch panel, and causes the customer to operate the screen of the touch panel.

As shown in FIG. 4, the main screen of the shopping procedure displays four buttons: a) put in the basket, b) return the product, c) check out, and d) empty the basket. The shopping application means 13 performs processing such as operating the product code reading means 13b and the purchased product code display means 13c in response to the four buttons.

(Product code reading means 13b)
When a customer makes a purchase, as shown in FIG. 4B, tapping the "a) Add to basket" button on the main screen of the shopping procedure activates the product code reading means 13b. Then, the product code reading means 13b causes the customer to take a picture of the product barcode B of the purchased product P by the imaging means 12 as shown in FIG. 5A before the customer puts the purchased product P in the shopping cart C.

When the customer purchases the same product more than once, the product code reading means 13b displays a screen as shown in FIG. 5B and causes the customer to input the number of the purchased products P. The product code reading means 13b reads the product code by the bar code B from the image of the product bar code B taken by the customer with the imaging means 12.

(When the customer returns the item to the shelf)
When the customer stops purchasing the purchased product P in the shopping cart C and returns it from the shopping cart C to the shelf, tap the "b) Return product" button as shown in Fig. 6 (a) to read the product code. The means 13b causes the customer to take a picture of the barcode B of the purchased product P to be returned from the shopping cart C to the shelf by the image pickup means 12, and displays the taken image as shown in FIG. 6 (b).

When the customer cancels the purchase of several purchased products P and returns them to the shelf, the product code reading means 13b displays a screen as shown in FIG. 6 (c) and gives the customer a basket of the purchased products P. Enter the number to be left in. The product code reading means 13b reads the product code from the image of the product barcode B taken by the customer with the imaging means 12.

Then, the customer reads the product code of the product to be purchased by the mobile terminal device 10, inputs the number of products into the mobile terminal device 10, and puts all the purchased products P to be purchased into the shopping cart C. Store.

(Accounting for purchased product P)
When the customer carries the shopping cart C to the front of the retail store terminal device 20 and accounts for the purchased product P, it is displayed on the display means 11 of the mobile terminal device 10 as shown in FIG. 7A. Tap the "c) Make a payment" button on the main screen of your shopping procedure.

Then, the customer places the shopping cart C containing the purchased product P on the weight measuring means 23 of the retail store terminal device 20.

(Purchased product code display means 13c)
When the customer taps the "c) Accounting" button on the main screen of the shopping procedure displayed on the display means 11 of the mobile terminal device 10, the purchased product code display means 13c is as shown in FIG. 7 (b). , The code image DS including the accounting processing information is displayed on the display means 11. As shown in FIG. 7C, the information included in the code image DS includes information on the member ID, a plurality of product code CDs, and the number of products NMB.

Then, the customer installs the mobile terminal device 10 displaying the code image DS at the position of the imaging means 21 of the retail store terminal device 20.

The imaging means 21 of the retail store terminal device 20 captures the code image DS displayed on the display means 11 of the mobile terminal device 10 installed by the customer.

The purchased product code display means 13c of the shopping application means 13 does not necessarily have to include the product information of all the purchased products P in one code image and display it. The purchased product code display means 13c sequentially displays a code image DS including a part of information for each purchased product P by switching the display, and a plurality of code image DSs are displayed on the imaging means 21 of the retail store terminal device 20. You can also make it shoot.

(Retail store terminal device 20)
The retail store terminal device 20 is an information processing terminal operated by a store clerk, and is an imaging means 21, a screen display code reading means 22, a weight measuring means 23, a communication means 24, a purchased product detail creating means 25, and a display means 26. It has. The clerk uses the retail store terminal device 20 to collate the customer's purchased product P with the settlement information and perform an accounting check.

The retail store terminal device 20 may store the shopping application program AP, and the customer's mobile terminal device 10 may download and install the shopping application program AP from the retail store terminal device 20. Further, the retail store terminal device 20 may be configured such that the customer's mobile terminal device 10 mediates communication for transmitting customer information to the member management server 30.

By doing so, the retail store terminal device 20 has an effect that the customer's mobile terminal device 10 can eliminate the burden of the customer's communication cost for downloading the shopping application program AP. Further, there is an effect that the burden of the customer's communication cost in the process of the customer registering in the member management server 30 can be eliminated.

(Screen display code reading means 22)
The screen display code reading means 22 of the retail store terminal device 20 captures a code image DS including information on a member ID, a product code, and the number of products displayed on the screen of the display means 11 of the customer's mobile terminal device 10. Take a picture at 21. Then, the member ID and the product code are read from the code image DS.

The screen display code reading means 22 uses the communication means 24 to transmit the read member ID of the customer to the member management server, and transmits the product code of the purchased product P and the data of the number of purchased products P to the product management server 40. To do.

The member management server 30 that has received the member ID information collates whether or not the customer is a member, and transmits the collation information of the customer as a result to the retail store terminal device 20. The product management server 40 creates a purchased product detail information LIST including product information corresponding to the product code and transmits it to the retail store terminal device 20.

(Weight measuring means 23)
The weight measuring means 23 of the retail store terminal device 20 measures the total weight of the purchased product P housed in the shopping cart C. It is also possible to calculate the total weight of the purchased product P by subtracting the weight of the shopping cart C measured in advance from the total weight including the shopping cart C.

(Purchased product details creation means 25)
The purchased product detail creating means 25 of the retail store terminal device 20 displays the purchased product detail information LIST received from the product management server 40 on the display means 26 and asks the clerk to confirm it as follows. The clerk visually compares and collates the purchased product detail information LIST displayed on the display means 26 with the customer himself / herself and the purchased product P in the shopping cart C, and determines the appropriateness of accounting for the customer's purchased product P. ..

That is, the purchased product detail creating means 25 calculates the total weight of the purchased product P using the value of the product weight extracted from the purchased product detail information LIST received from the product management server 40, and uses the total value as the weight. It is compared with the total weight of the purchased product P measured by the measuring means 23. If the weights of the two are different, a message to that effect is displayed on the display means 26 to warn the clerk.

Further, when the customer is a minor, the purchased product detail creating means 25 provides the purchased product detail information L.
If the purchased product P described in the IST contains a product that the customer should not purchase, a purchase rule violation warning information is created to warn that fact, and the purchase rule violation warning information is displayed on the display means 26. Display and warn the clerk.

(Operation procedure)
Next, the operation procedure of the product sales system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 14.

(Construction process of shopping application means 13)
In the procedure of steps S1 to S4 of the flowchart of FIG. 8, an executable shopping application means 13 is constructed in the customer's mobile terminal device 10.

(Step S1) Installation of Shopping Application Program AP The customer's mobile terminal device 10 accesses the application distribution site 50, receives and installs the shopping application program AP. Further, the mobile terminal device 10 can also receive and install the shopping application program AP from the member management server 30 via the retail store terminal device 20.

(Step S2)
As shown in FIG. 3, the shopping application program AP installed on the customer's mobile terminal device 10 displays the customer information and the member password input instruction screen on the screen of the display means 11, and gives the customer the customer information and the member. Enter the password for.

When the customer inputs the customer information and the member password, the shopping application program AP transmits the data of the customer information and the member password to the member management server 30.

(Step S3)
When the member registration means 31 of the member management server 30 receives the customer information and the member password data from the customer's mobile terminal device 10, it issues the customer's member ID and registers the customer in the member database 32. Then, the issued member ID is transmitted to the customer's mobile terminal device 10.

(Step S4)
The shopping application program AP of the customer's mobile terminal device 10 receives the member ID of the customer registered as a member from the member management server 30 and stores it, thereby constructing an executable shopping application means 13 in the mobile terminal device 10. ..

(Product sales processing)
The purchased product P is sold to the customer according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 to 14.

(Processing to put purchased product P into shopping cart C)
By the procedure of steps S5 to S8 shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the customer puts the purchased product P in the shopping cart C while photographing the barcode B of the purchased product P with the imaging means 12 of the mobile terminal device 10. , Performs the process of returning the purchased product P for which shopping has been canceled to the shelf.

(Step S5)
The customer taps the shopping application button of the mobile terminal device 10 to activate the shopping application means 13.

(Step S6) Shopping Procedure Display Program The shopping procedure display means 13a of the shopping application means 13 puts the shopping procedure display means 13a on the screen of the display means 11 as the main screen of the shopping procedure in the a) basket as shown in FIG. 4A, b. Display a group of menu buttons including four buttons:) return the product, c) check out, and d) empty the basket.

(Step S7) Basketing Process of Purchased Product P When the shopping procedure display means 13a detects that the customer taps the "a) Put in the basket" button as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the procedure of FIG. 10 is performed. Carry out the basket processing.

(Product code reading program)
First, the product code reading means 13b activates the imaging means 12 to take a picture of the barcode B of the purchased product P. The product code reading means 13b analyzes the image of the barcode B and reads the product code CD. As shown in FIG. 5A, the product code reading means 13b displays the photographed image of the barcode B and the read product code CD on the display means 11.

Further, when the customer purchases a plurality of the same purchased products P, the product code reading means 13b causes the customer to input the number of products NMB from the operation screen as shown in FIG. 5 (b). The customer puts the purchased product P, in which the barcode B is photographed by the imaging means 12 of the mobile terminal device 10 and the product code CD is read, into the shopping cart C.

(Step S8)
When the shopping procedure display means 13a detects that the customer has tapped the "b) return the product" button as shown in FIG. 6A, the product code reading means 13b uses the image pickup means 12 to show the figure. As shown in 6 (b), the bar code B of the purchased product P, which is stopped from the purchase and returned to the shelf from the shopping cart C, is photographed and the product code CD is read.

When returning a plurality of the same purchased products P from the shopping cart C to the shelf, the customer is asked to input the number of purchased products P to be left in the basket from the operation screen as shown in FIG. 6 (c). Then, the customer takes out the purchased product P from which the barcode B is photographed by the imaging means 12 and the product code CD is read from the shopping cart C and returns it to the shelf.

(Accounting for purchased product P)
The customer has the shopping procedure display means 13a read the product code CD of the purchased product P, input the number of products NMB, store the purchased product P in the shopping basket C, and then install the retail store terminal device 20 at the cash register. The purchased product P is accounted for by the processes of steps S9 and S10 and steps S11 to S28 of FIGS. 9 and 12 to 14.

(Step S9)
As shown in FIG. 7A, the customer taps the “c) Make a payment” button on the main screen of the shopping procedure displayed on the display means 11 of the mobile terminal device 10.

(Step S10)
In the flowchart of FIG. 9, when the shopping procedure display means 13a detects that the customer has tapped the "c) checkout" button, the purchased product code display means 13c steps from step S11 of the flowchart of FIGS. 12 to 14. The accounting process of S28 is started.

(Step S11) Purchased Product Code Display Program When the purchased product code display means 13c starts accounting processing, first, information on the member ID, product code, and quantity is acquired from the memory of the mobile terminal.

(Step S11b)
Then, based on the information, a code image DS such as a two-dimensional code including information on the member ID, the product code CD, and the number of products NMB is generated.

(Step S11c)
Next, the purchased product code display means 13c displays the generated code image DS on the display means 11 as shown in FIG. 7B. As shown in FIG. 7 (c), the information included in the code image DS includes a member ID, a plurality of product code CDs, and information on the number of products NMB.

(Step S12)
The customer places the shopping cart C containing the purchased product P on the weight measuring means 23 of the retail store terminal device 20 of the cash register.

(Step S13)
The weight measuring means 23 of the retail store terminal device 20 measures the total weight of all the purchased products P housed in the shopping cart C.

(Step S14)
The customer installs the mobile terminal device 10 at the position of the image pickup means 21 of the retail store terminal device 20, and causes the image pickup means 21 of the retail store terminal device 20 of the cash register to take a picture of the screen of the display means 11 of the mobile terminal device 10. ..

(Step S15)
The screen display code reading means 22 of the retail store terminal device 20 uses the imaging means 21 to capture the code image DS displayed on the screen of the display means 11 of the customer's mobile terminal device 10.

(Step S16)
The screen display code reading means 22 reads the customer's member ID, a plurality of product code CDs, and information on the number of products NMB from the captured code image DS.

(Step S17)
The screen display code reading means 22 uses the communication means 24 to transmit the read member ID to the member management server 30.

(Step S18)
The member management server 30 that has received the information from the retail store terminal device 20 collates whether or not the member is a registered member using the received member ID as a key. Then, the collation information of the customer as a result of collation is transmitted to the retail store terminal device 20.

(Step S19)
If the collation result is OK, the retail store terminal device 20 that has received the customer collation information from the member management server 30 manages a plurality of product code CDs and product quantity NMB information by using the communication means 24. Send to server 40.

(Step S20)
The product information management means 41 of the product management server 40 reads the product information including the product name, the product price, and the product weight from the product database 42 using the product code CD received from the retail store terminal device 20 as a key.

(Step S21)
Then, the product management server 40 creates a purchased product detail information LIST including product information corresponding to the product code and transmits it to the retail store terminal device 20.

(Step S22)
The retail store terminal device 20 processes the customer collation information received from the member management server 30 and the product information included in the purchased product detail information LIST received from the product management server 40, and performs the purchase rule determination process.

In the purchase rule determination process, information on products that minors should not purchase is extracted, and information on whether or not the customer is a minor is obtained from the collation information of the customer collated by the product management server 40 from the member database 32. It is extracted and it is determined that the customer is a minor and the purchased product P includes a product that the minor should not purchase.

If the purchased product P contains a product that a minor should not purchase, the purchased product statement creating means 25 creates purchase rule violation warning information to warn that fact and displays it on the display means 26. Warn the clerk.

(Step S23)
The purchased product detail creating means 25 of the retail store terminal device 20 displays the product information of the product name and product weight information included in the purchased product detail information LIST received from the product management server 40 and the information of the number of products NMB on the display means 26. To do. Further, the measurement result of the weight measuring means 23 and the calculation result of the total weight of the purchased product P are compared and displayed on the display means 26.

(Step S24)
The purchased product detail creating means 25 calculates the total weight of the purchased product P using the product weight information. The purchased product detail creating means 25 compares the total value with the total weight of all the purchased products P measured by the weight measuring means 23.

(Step S25)
If the difference in weight between the two is smaller than the predetermined threshold value and the total value of the weights of the purchased products P is appropriate, the clerk can check the contents of the purchased product P in the shopping cart C and the purchased product detail information LIST. Judging that they match, the sales of the customer's purchased product P are settled.

(Step S26)
When the difference between the calculated total weight of all purchased products P and the total weight of all purchased products P measured by the weight measuring means 23 is larger than a predetermined threshold value, the purchased product detail creating means 25 A message notifying the clerk of the warning is displayed on the display means 26. The clerk and the customer collate the product information and the product quantity information displayed on the display means 26 with the number of purchased products P in the customer's shopping cart C.

(Step S27)
As a result of the collation, if the number of purchased products P in the car is less than the number of purchased products P recorded, the clerk consults with the customer and subtracts according to the number of purchased products P in the car to the customer. Either the sales settlement process of the number of purchased products P agreed by the customer is performed, or the accounting process is interrupted and the customer increases the number of purchased products P in the basket again by the process of step S7, or the customer steps S8. In the process of FIG. 6C, after inputting the number of purchased products P to be left in the basket from the operation screen as shown in FIG. 6C, the accounting process of step S10 and subsequent steps is repeated again.

(Step S28)
If the number of purchased products P in the shopping cart C is larger than the number of purchased products P recorded, the clerk consults with the customer and performs processing such as excluding the extra number of purchased products P. Then, the sales settlement process of the number of purchased products P agreed by the customer is performed. Alternatively, the accounting process is interrupted and the customer again performs the process of step S7 to increase the number of purchased products P in the basket by inputting from the operation screen as shown in FIG. 5 (b), or the customer performs step S8. In the process, after inputting the number of purchased products P to be left in the basket from the operation screen as shown in FIG. 6 (c), the accounting process after step S10 is repeated again.

(Step S31) Basket emptying processing program When the customer taps the "d) Empty basket" button on the main screen of the shopping procedure displayed on the display means 11 of the mobile terminal device 10, the shopping procedure display means 13a is displayed. , Detects that the customer has tapped the "d) Empty car" button on the main screen of the shopping procedure, and starts the car emptying process in the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S32)
The car emptying process erases product code and quantity information from the memory of the mobile terminal.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and a common network is used for the external network 100 and the internal network 101 by using a communication means for limiting the communication partner between the devices connected to the internal network 101. You can also do things. In addition, the present invention can appropriately change the system configuration, processing process, etc. of the product sales system without departing from the gist of the present invention.

10 ... Mobile terminal device 11 ... Display means 12 ... Imaging means 13 ... Shopping application means 13a ... Shopping procedure display means 13b ... Product code reading means 13c ... Purchased product code display Means 20 ... Retail store terminal device 21 ... Imaging means 22 ... Screen display code reading means 23 ... Weight measuring means 24 ... Communication means 25 ... Purchased product details creating means 26 ... Display means 30 ... Member management server 31 ... Member registration means 32 ... Member database 40 ... Product management server 41 ... Product information management means 42 ... Product database 50 ... App distribution site 100 ... External network 101 ... Internal network AP ... Shopping application program B ... Bar code C ... Shopping basket CD ... Product code DS ... Code image (two-dimensional code, etc.) ID ・ ・ ・ Member ID
LIST ・ ・ ・ Purchased product details NMB ・ ・ ・ Number of products P ・ ・ ・ Purchased products

Claims (3)

It is a product sales system equipped with a customer's mobile terminal device, a shopping basket, a retail store terminal device, a member management server, and a product management server.
The mobile terminal device includes a product code reading means and
It has a purchased product code display means that displays a code image including customer member ID, product code of purchased product, and quantity information on the screen.
The retail store terminal device includes a weight measuring means and
A screen display code reading means for reading the information contained in the code image, and
A means for receiving customer verification information from the member management server and receiving product information including the product name, price, and weight of the purchased product from the product management server.
It is characterized by having a means for displaying the collation information of the customer and the product information, and displaying the result of comparing the total value of the weights of the purchased products with the total weight of the purchased products measured by the weight measuring means. Product sales system. It is a product sales method using a customer's mobile terminal device, a shopping basket, a retail store terminal device, a member management server, and a product management server.
The mobile terminal device is
The product code reading means takes a picture of the product barcode and reads the product code.
The purchased product code display means displays a code image including the member ID, the product code of the customer's purchased product, and the number of products on the screen.
The retail store terminal device is
The weight measuring means measures the weight of the shopping cart in which the customer's purchased product is stored.
The screen display code reading means reads the information contained in the code image displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal device,
The information included in the code image is transmitted to the member management server and the product management server to receive the customer verification information and the product information including the product name, product price and product weight of the purchased product.
Displaying the customer's collation information and the product information,
A product sales method characterized in that a total value of the weights of purchased products is calculated, the total value is compared with the total weight of the purchased products in the shopping cart measured by the weight measuring means, and the result is displayed. In a product sales system using a customer's mobile terminal device, shopping basket, retail store terminal device, member management server, and product management server, the application distribution site, the member management server, or the retail store terminal device is transferred to the mobile terminal device. A shopping application program to install
The mobile terminal device is set to the executable mode by storing the member ID issued by the member management server.
A shopping procedure display program that displays the main screen of the shopping procedure,
It has a product code reading program that reads the barcode of the product,
It has a purchased product code display program that displays a code image containing the member ID, the product code of the customer's purchased product, and the number of products on the screen.
On the main screen, a selection button for the operation of reading the barcode of the product when putting the product in the shopping cart is displayed.
A shopping application program characterized by displaying a selection button for reading the barcode of a product when the product is taken out of the shopping cart.

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