EP0764417A1 - Anlage zum Kontrollieren und Erfassen von Anschaffungen in einer Selbstbedienung - Google Patents

Anlage zum Kontrollieren und Erfassen von Anschaffungen in einer Selbstbedienung Download PDF

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EP0764417A1
EP0764417A1 EP96400917A EP96400917A EP0764417A1 EP 0764417 A1 EP0764417 A1 EP 0764417A1 EP 96400917 A EP96400917 A EP 96400917A EP 96400917 A EP96400917 A EP 96400917A EP 0764417 A1 EP0764417 A1 EP 0764417A1
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Jean-Charles Detallante
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
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    • A47F9/04—Check-out counters, e.g. for self-service stores
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  • the present invention relates to an assembly intended for controlling and recording purchases made by a consumer in a point of sale of the self-service type, and in particular using a container and / or trolley.
  • the control and recording stations used to date include a conveyor belt on which the consumer unloads the goods contained in the cart.
  • the cashier (hereinafter the operator) takes the items one by one to register them using a cash register which stores the price and the name of the item, mentioned by a code located on the item, called barcode.
  • the operator enters the barcode information either manually or automatically using a laser reader (scanner). The operation is thus continued until the registration of all the goods chosen by the consumer, who then makes payment for the total amount of the goods purchased. Payment is made on the same post as the registration, and through the same operator. Concomitantly, and more generally after the payment transaction, the consumer must reload his cart to dispose of either the items themselves, or the latter arranged in plastic bags that the operator will have provided as and when registration .
  • Unloading, registration, payment and loading of the truck are done at the same station, and by the same operator. These operations must be carried out almost sequentially, and this results in an increase in the time necessary for each consumer to carry out all of these operations; the consumer is therefore obliged to park a relatively long time at the cash desk to carry out these operations. Also, the unloading, registration and payment operations carried out by the same person increase the complexity of the tasks to be carried out by a single operator.
  • the present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks and proposes a method and means of implementation, allowing a consumer to register the items purchased, to pay the price, and leave the store after waiting minimized.
  • the method and device of the invention also aims to optimize the management of personnel at the level of self-service store exit checks, both from a qualitative and quantitative point of view, while improving safety and reducing risks. of "carriage of convenience".
  • the assembly for controlling and recording purchases made by a consumer in a self-service point of sale of the type comprising an unloading station for said purchases, from a trolley and / or a container, a work station provided with means of recording and accounting entry of said purchases, and capable of being occupied by a person, further comprises a loading station, said respective unloading and loading stations being placed substantially in look at each other and on each side of said workstation.
  • the loading station includes a location capable of receiving a trolley.
  • the unloading station comprises a first unloading tray within the grasping range of the person occupying said work station, said first tray being of shape and size capable of allowing the support and stable maintenance of containers. .
  • the first tray comprises a part whose surface corresponds substantially to a container and is inclined, at least in one direction, towards said work station, a at least stop being provided for the corresponding container.
  • said unloading station includes a second tray, disposed on the side opposite to said first tray with respect to said work station, and comprising conveying members, such as rollers.
  • the assembly includes means for temporarily immobilizing the carriage in said location, such as an electromagnet.
  • the work station is rotatably mounted on a vertical axis, in order to turn the operational side either upstream or downstream, allowing said workstation to be used interchangeably or by the consumer (in upstream position), or by an operator at the point of sale (in downstream position).
  • said work station includes a seat for the operator, slidably mounted between an active position for use by an operator, and a retracted position for use by the consumer.
  • the loading station comprises a plate, preferably retractable, for the at least temporary support of a container, before its positioning on the trolley disposed in the location of the loading station.
  • the invention also relates to a unit for controlling and recording purchases made by a consumer in a self-service point of sale, characterized in that that it comprises at least two sets as described, and preferably three or four sets arranged side by side, around a central point and offset angularly according to a general shape either of Y, or of V, or in chevron .
  • the unit further comprises at least one separate payment station and placed at a distance from said one or more sets.
  • the invention also relates to a point of sale of the self-service type provided with at least two units as described.
  • passages 11 and 12 are respectively provided for the customers and their trolley, in a direction of advance symbolized by the arrows k and 1, parallel to the arrows i and j.
  • control units recording, unloading of merchandise. More specifically, two of its units are shown schematically and bear the respective general references 13 and 13 '.
  • the unit 13 comprises three sets of unloading, recording, control and loading, arranged in a contiguous manner, and bearing the general references A, B and C. Each set is composed of different elements bearing the indices A, B and C, associated with references of each of the elements.
  • the assembly A comprises an unloading station 14A, a work station for the control and recording of the goods, referenced 15A, and a loading station 16A.
  • the sets B and C likewise include a unloading respectively 14B and 14C, a work station 15B and 15C, and a loading station 16B and 16C.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B show views in plunging perspective, from different angles, of the unit 13, composed of three sets A, B and C, of FIG. 1.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B We find in FIGS. 2A and 2B the same elements bearing the same references, and in particular the unloading stations 14A, 14B and 14C, the work stations 15A, 15B and 15C, the loading stations 16A, 16B and 16C.
  • the assemblies are arranged with respect to each other, to form the unit 13, around a central point symbolized by the orientation and marking mast 17.
  • the assemblies A, B and C are thus arranged in an angularly offset manner to form a sort of Y whose center is represented by the mast 17.
  • Each work station 15A, 15B and 15C has a seat for the operator. Only seats 18A and 18C are shown.
  • FIG. 2C the two assemblies B and C are shown, seen from the side of the loading station 16C of the assembly C.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B show in perspective a work station, for example station 15B.
  • This comprises a base or platform 20, of generally parallelepipedal and elongated shape, and on which is rotatably mounted as explained later, a base 21 at the top of which are provided a shelf 22 and a console 23.
  • the latter is associated and includes recording and control means known in themselves and comprising a fixed barcode reader and a mobile reader 24, of the scanner type.
  • the corresponding seat which has not been shown for reasons of clarity, is fixed to the platform 20.
  • a footrest 25 is provided on the base for the comfort of the operator.
  • the fixed scanner and the mobile scanner 24 translate the bar code displayed on the articles, into information relating to the cost of the article and the identification of the latter, this information being memorized and displayed progressively, so known, by the console 23.
  • the recording and control means are associated with calculation and printing means.
  • the unloading station 14A has a main tray 27A, disposed near the workstation 15A, and an auxiliary tray 26A contiguous to the main tray 27a, on the opposite side of the latter relative to the workstation 15A.
  • the auxiliary tray 26A comprises conveying means, such as rollers, or a conveyor belt, so as to allow the containers, called to be placed on the auxiliary tray 26A, to be moved, without effort, or with the minimum of effort. , towards the main plate 27A.
  • the work station 15A, 15B and 15C, of each assembly is disposed between the unloading station and the loading station, these three stations being substantially in the general direction parallel to the general direction of advancement and movement of the consumer, as mentioned above, and corresponding to the respective arrows f, g, h.
  • Each unloading station is made up of a location of shape and size corresponding substantially to a self-service type trolley.
  • FIG. 2C the location corresponding to the loading station 16C has been shown, said location being delimited by the edges of the platform 20C, of the work station 15C, and of a credenza 28, in the form of a parallelepiped cabinet, arranged between the two loading stations 16B and 16C.
  • the credenza 28 thus comprises two vertical walls 29 and 29 ′, parallel to the direction of advance.
  • the wall 29 of the credenza 28 and the edge of the platform 20C thus conform a sort of L in top view, corresponding to the loading station 16C, capable of receiving a carriage.
  • a guide rail 30C is provided along the edge of the platform 20C.
  • the wall 29 of the credenza 28 is provided at its base with means for temporarily immobilizing the carriage, bearing the reference 31.
  • These immobilization means preferably consist of an electrical circuit comprising an electromagnet 32 able to cooperate with a corresponding plate fixed on the carriage.
  • the metal plate placed on the carriage comes into contact with the electromagnet 32, which makes it possible to immobilize the carriage.
  • This temporary immobilization is not compulsory, but allows on the one hand to avoid any untimely movement of the cart during loading, and on the other hand to block the cart to avoid any doubtful or indelicate action of a consumer.
  • the control of the electromagnet is carried out automatically by means of a contactor placed in the center of the support of the electromagnet 32.
  • the contactor as soon as the plate of the carriage comes into abutment against the electromagnet , causes the latter to feed, and therefore immobilizes the carriage.
  • the carriage is freed from the unloading station (for example 16A) by cutting the power to the electromagnet.
  • the latter is cut off automatically by the transmission by the recording and counting means, at the work station, of the total amount representing the goods placed in the carriage and counted, and the transmission of a corresponding ticket for the customer / consumer.
  • it is possible to provide for the maintenance and / or release of the carriage manually, by intervention either of the operator at the work station, or of the operator at the payment station located downstream. Keeping the trolley at the loading station also has the advantage of limiting the unwanted deflections of the latter during loading, for the convenience of the customer.
  • upstream and downstream are used to locate the elements with respect to each other in these directions.
  • FIGS. 4A to 4G show only part of the corresponding assembly, in use, and from different angles to facilitate understanding.
  • a carriage 33 is placed close to and against a corresponding unloading station 14C, consisting of a tray 34C, on which the goods are able to be arranged, either in bulk or placed in containers.
  • the containers are preferably parallelepipedic with an upper opening.
  • the tray 34C are shown two containers 35 and 36, while the carriage 33 comprises on its upper tray 37 two containers 38 and 39.
  • the arrangement of the carriage 33, the unloading tray 34C and the work station 15C, is such that the latter have a general orientation parallel to each other, and also parallel to the general direction of advancement of the consumer (arrow f).
  • the consumer unloads his cart 33 by placing the containers 35, 36, 38, 39 on the unloading tray 34C.
  • This has a shape and dimensions such that it can support four containers, in the example shown.
  • FIG. 4B shows the assembly A against which a carriage 40 is disposed, the upper plate 41 of which comprises two series of four superposed containers, and the lower plate 42 of which comprises bulky goods, represented by the block 43.
  • the carriage 40 is arranged opposite the unloading means 14A.
  • the consumer then moves the containers placed on the cart, on the unloading station.
  • a cart comprising eight containers arranged in two layers of four superimposed containers stacked two by two in height. Initially, the consumer unloads the four containers from the upper part to place them on the auxiliary unloading station 26A. In a second step, the consumer then unloads the four remaining containers placed on the cart to place them on the main unloading tray 27A. The cart is then empty and it is moved to the loading station.
  • the main tray 27A becomes free and it is then possible for the operator to move the full containers from the auxiliary tray 26A, towards the main plate 27A, and this thanks to the routing means (rollers, conveyor belt or the like), having a working direction directed towards the corresponding work station.
  • FIG. 4B shows the assembly of FIG. 4B, at a later stage where the carriage 40 is partially unloaded, of several containers placed on the first auxiliary unloading tray 26A.
  • An operator 45 is shown at workstation 15A.
  • FIGS. 4D and 4F refer to assembly C
  • FIGS. 4E and 4G refer to assembly A
  • the carriage A1 placed near the unloading station 14A, once completely unloaded, is moved by the consumer to the loading station 16A, where the carriage is represented by the reference A2.
  • the curved arrow m symbolizes the passage of the carriage from its position A1 towards its position A2.
  • Figures 4E and 4G show the corresponding carriage A2, in place in the loading station. In this position, the carriage is capable of being immobilized thanks to the means 31 and to the electromagnet 32 (FIG. 2C).
  • FIG. 1 the carriage A1 placed near the unloading station 14A, once completely unloaded, is moved by the consumer to the loading station 16A, where the carriage is represented by the reference A2.
  • the curved arrow m symbolizes the passage of the carriage from its position A1 towards its position A2.
  • Figures 4E and 4G show the corresponding carriage A2, in place in the loading station. In this position, the carriage is capable of
  • FIGS. 4D and 4F show a carriage at the loading station of the station 15C.
  • a protective hoop 47 is provided at the corner of the corresponding work stations 15A and 15C to protect the work station when the carriage is moved from the A1 position (unloading station) to the position A2 (loading station).
  • the operator enters the information relating to the bulky goods 43, using the mobile scanner 24, in the usual manner. Once all of the bulky goods (arranged on the lower tray) have been registered, the operator can then start recording and counting the articles placed in the containers on standby in the unloading station 14A. Beforehand, the customer will have placed on the waiting trolley, an empty container in his possession, unless, failing this, the operator will have a container taken from the stock at his disposal in an ad hoc cabinet.
  • the containers are of the parallelepiped type, preferably of plastic material, but which can also be made of cardboard or paper, and foldable so as to have a substantially planar shape, and therefore reduced dimensions once folded.
  • the containers are placed in ad hoc furniture near the work station.
  • the folded containers are stored in the credenza 28 accessible from one or the other of these stations.
  • the folded containers are stored in the cabinet 51 (FIG. 4E). Customers can use their own containers.
  • the operator 45 at the start of the recording operations, has on its left (or on its right) an empty container placed on the trolley (placed at the loading station), and to his right (or to his left) of a set of full containers on standby and arranged on the unloading tray 27 (27A for example).
  • the operator seizes the items one by one from a first container, registers or records them using the scanner, then places them back in the container placed on the trolley, until emptying the first container placed on the unloading tray , and fill the first container originally placed on the carriage.
  • the operator grabs the container which has just been emptied, from the unloading tray, to place it on the trolley.
  • the recording and control operations continue in the same way by emptying each container placed on standby on the unloading tray, and filling the corresponding containers placed on the carriage, placed in the loading station.
  • the operator therefore places the articles in front of him (dotted arrow n in FIG. 1) and preferably on the work tablet 22 (FIG. 3A), fitted with a fixed scanner.
  • the mobile scanner 24 ( Figures 3A and 3B) is used for bulky items or difficult to access labels.
  • the loading station 16A comprises a sliding plate 50, the surface of which corresponds substantially to the surface of the bottom of a container, so that a container can rest on the movable plate 50.
  • This is capable of sliding between an active position (FIG. 4G) supporting a container and a retracted or inactive position, where it is placed on top of the credenza 51.
  • the movable plate 50 can be slidably mounted, by one of its ends, on a vertical wall of the cabinet 51, the plate being retained by two lateral connecting rods. The tray 50 is thus movable between an active position perpendicular to the vertical wall of the cabinet 51 and a vertical folded position, against said partition.
  • folded containers may be placed.
  • the movable plate 50 serves as a temporary support for the container being filled, this in the case where the upper plate of the carriage A2 is already loaded with a first series of containers, and that a second series of containers must be placed on the first series. The second series in the upper part is therefore raised.
  • the upper opening of the containers would therefore be at a height which would make it inconvenient or even difficult, the filling of these containers by the operator who would then have to lift the articles.
  • the movable plate 50 makes it possible to temporarily place the container being filled at a height which is convenient.
  • each container, placed on the unloading tray is provided, with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, with an inclined part and bearing the reference 53.
  • the latter is inclined in direction of the operator, so that the opening of the corresponding container bearing the reference 54 ( Figure 5) is slightly tilted towards the operator, which increases accessibility to the interior of the container.
  • the edge 55 of the corresponding unloading tray forms a stop.
  • a plate or guardrail 56 is provided in order to hold the containers and prevent any untimely tipping.
  • the guardrail or full plate 56 also plays another role, namely that of support for heavy objects removed from the container by the operator, at the work station, to place them in a container placed on the trolley at the loading station.
  • the operator to handle heavy objects, such as bottles for example, lifts them from the container by making the bottle rest on the railing, then slides it on said railing, which allows thus relieving the work of the operator when removing the articles from the container being counted, and arranged on the main plate 27A of the unloading station 14A.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B show a work station provided with a base 21 / shelf 22 / console 23, mounted for rotation about a vertical axis with respect to the platform 20.
  • the console 23 can be moved horizontally in order to adapt to the operator.
  • the item control and accounting system is provided with means allowing the consumer / customer to carry out the accounting and recording of the articles that they have selected by themselves. view of their purchase, and arranged on his cart.
  • the method of accounting and recording is substantially the same as that described above, with reference to operations carried out by an operator.
  • the only difference is that the client himself stands in the workstation, facing the console, and counts the items by passing them in front of the stationary scanner, and / or uses the mobile scanner to record the bulky objects placed on the lower shelf of the cart, or the objects whose barcode is difficult to access.
  • the workstation and in particular the active part, that is to say the frame / console / tablet assembly is movable between two positions 180 ° apart from one another. In a first position, the entire work station is shown facing the operator (on the side of the seat 18).
  • FIG. 7 shows schematically and in top view, the work station 15A, for three different positions from the base 21, work table 22 and console 23. The seat 18A associated with the console is also shown.
  • the first position of the workstation shown in Figure 7a corresponds to the use of the latter by an operator.
  • the latter sits on the seat 18A and faces the console 23.
  • This position is referred to below as the "downstream position", with reference to the general direction of advancement of the consumer and represented by the arrow f similar to that shown. in figure 1.
  • the axis of rotation 60 of the base and of the console being offset relative to the center of the assembly thus formed, the rotation of said assembly causes the displacement of this assembly base / shelf / console, downstream.
  • the console and the base are shown in the so-called "upstream" position (that is to say the active face of the console facing upstream).
  • This configuration has an important advantage since it allows the consumer to carry out the registration of the goods himself in the event of unexpected crowds.
  • a unit such as unit 13 in FIG. 1, two sets each used by an operator (store staff) and the third set by the consumer, which allows the operators of the first two respective stations to control the recording operations carried out by the consumer himself at the third station.
  • FIG. 8 shows a detailed view of the base 60 of the seat 18, comprising three branches 61, 62 and 63, angularly offset in a regular manner, in order to ensure a stable base for said seat.
  • One of the legs 63 of legs is integral with a slide 64, itself capable of cooperating with a slide 65 fixed to the platform 20.
  • the consumer then moves his filled cart to one of the payment stations, and preferably the nearest.
  • the consumer coming from assembly A moves his trolley from position A2 to position A3 then A4, towards payment station 8.
  • assembly C the consumer moves his cart from position C2 to position C3.
  • assembly B the consumer moves his cart from position B2 to position B3.
  • the consumer moves his carriage from position D2 to position D3.
  • Figure 9 a plan view, similar to that of Figure 1, of an alternative embodiment comprising units, each comprising two sets of the invention, arranged to form a V.
  • the units of the embodiment shown in Figure 1 have three sets arranged to form a Y.
  • the sets arranged in V of each unit shown in Figure 9 form an open V on the side of the outlet of the store, the point being directed towards the rays or linear.
  • each unit comprising two V-shaped assemblies, the two units thus being arranged to form a double chevron.
  • FIG. 10 shows a schematic perspective view of a unit comprising two assemblies arranged in a V. Elements and means similar to those of FIGS. 1 to 8 have the same references. Note that, according to this variant, each assembly comprises a simple unloading station, that is to say similar to the assemblies B and C of FIG. 1, unlike assembly A, the unloading station 14A of which comprises two trays , for reasons of congestion, for example.
  • Each payment station is made up of a piece of furniture of generally cubic shape and closed by partitions to delimit an interior space in which a seat 66 is provided.
  • the piece of furniture constituting the payment post comprises a flat part, in the form of a tray 67 assigned operations relating to a given customer and a given cart, arranged on either side of the workstation (see Figure 1).
  • One of the sides of the cabinet 8 is capable of being temporarily closed by a door 70.
  • Panels of transparent rigid material 71, 72 and 73, are arranged on the sides and behind the interior location of the cabinet 8, in the upper part to isolate the operator.
  • the operator of the payment station has various means, known in themselves and which are not described in more detail, making it possible to collect and record the payment by the consumer of the goods which he has purchased and placed on his trolley. , and which have just been recorded using the sets described above.
  • These means include, among other things, payment card recorders 68 and 69.
  • the payment stations are provided with pneumatic type 74 distribution and routing means, in order to allow the operators of each payment station to route, under optimum security conditions, funds, checks, or any other important and precious document, from their payment station to the central cashier or any specific place in the store.
  • the payment item is also used to control registration operations. Indeed, the operator of the payment station can fully monitor and control the execution of operations taking place in each unit and each set of recording and accounting of items, especially in the case where these operations are made by the consumer himself.

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