EP3977377A1 - Warenträger - Google Patents
WarenträgerInfo
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- EP3977377A1 EP3977377A1 EP20725196.8A EP20725196A EP3977377A1 EP 3977377 A1 EP3977377 A1 EP 3977377A1 EP 20725196 A EP20725196 A EP 20725196A EP 3977377 A1 EP3977377 A1 EP 3977377A1
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- sensor
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- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- G06Q10/087—Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
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- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- G06Q10/063—Operations research, analysis or management
- G06Q10/0637—Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
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- the present invention is concerned with the technical field of merchandise placement and presentation.
- the present invention relates to a monitoring unit which can be connected to a goods carrier, a goods carrier, a system comprising a monitoring unit and a goods carrier and a method for monitoring a goods carrier.
- the questions must be answered as to where, to what extent and in what form groups of goods and individual products are placed in the sales room and on the shelf.
- the manufacturer of these products has an interest in placing the products in such a way that they are perceived by as many customers as possible.
- the manufacturer often produces special product carriers, especially for new products, which are intended to attract the attention of customers and with which the as yet unknown product is to be presented and advertised.
- the analysis of the sales data can provide the manufacturer with important information about how the presentation of the (new) products was received by the customer.
- the manufacturer can use sales data to analyze which product presentation and which product placement are particularly successful.
- Another problem can be that an empty product carrier is not replenished promptly by the seller, so that the number of sales is limited by the fact that there are not enough product units in the product carrier. Even in such a case, the sales data no longer correlate with the intended product presentation and the product placement.
- the present invention addresses these problems.
- a first object of the present invention is a goods carrier for the presentation of product units comprising a goods pick-up for receiving a plurality of product units, a control unit,
- the position sensor is set up to acquire measured values for a position of the goods carrier
- the control unit being configured to receive the measured values from the position sensor and to store them in the data memory.
- the goods carrier according to the invention is used to present a product.
- presentation preferably includes the terms “introduction” and “performance”, i.e. a product is preferably presented both in terms of content and as an object (offered for sale).
- the product can be any item (material good) that can be offered and sold commercially.
- Preferred products are drugs, food supplements, cosmetics, perfumes, cleaning agents, pesticides and / or the like.
- Products are usually offered for sale in a sales room of a store.
- the store is a pharmacy.
- the product is usually offered in the form of product units.
- a product unit comprises a defined quantity of the product, usually packaged in one package or in several packages.
- Packaging can be used to make the product transportable and / or to protect it from environmental influences that can damage the product (e.g. moisture, atmospheric oxygen, light and the like).
- packaging are cardboard boxes, boxes, blisters, canisters, bottles, sacks, bags, containers and the like.
- a product unit can for example comprise one or more blister strips in which the tablets are individually encapsulated.
- a blister strip usually several blister strips are placed in a cardboard box together with an instruction leaflet.
- the goods carrier is designed so that it can accommodate several of these cardboard boxes.
- the goods carrier has a goods receiver on which or in which several product units can be placed.
- a goods pick-up can be a container or a storage surface or a shelf or a drawer or a compartment or the like.
- the goods pick-up is preferably designed such that the product units can be removed individually.
- the product units can be stored in the goods receiver, for example as a stack on top of one another and / or next to one another.
- a goods carrier comprises several goods receivers.
- the goods carrier comprises a control unit for controlling the electrical / electronic components of the goods carrier, in particular to control the acquisition of measured values, the storage of measurement data and possibly derived data and, if necessary, the sending of data to a computer system with the aid of a transmission unit.
- the control unit usually comprises a processor, a program memory and a working memory.
- the goods carrier also includes a position sensor.
- a “sensor” is generally a technical component that can detect certain physical or chemical properties and / or the material properties of its environment qualitatively or quantitatively as a measured variable. The properties are recorded by means of physical or chemical effects and converted into further processable, mostly electrical signals.
- the position sensor is set up to detect a change in position of the goods carrier.
- the position sensor is set up to recognize whether the lower end of the goods carrier is in contact with a substrate. If the lower end of the product carrier is not in contact with a surface, it is either raised or improperly set up (for example it could be tipped over).
- the position sensor can be, for example, a switch at a lower end of the goods carrier, the lower end of a goods carrier set up at one location in contact with a surface (the floor or a table or a shelf or the like on which the goods carrier is placed).
- the switch can be set up so that it can have two states; a first state when the goods carrier is properly set up (has contact with a lower end of the goods carrier to a base), and a second state when the goods carrier is lifted or no longer has contact with the lower end of the base.
- the goods carrier according to the invention has an acceleration sensor.
- An acceleration sensor is a sensor that measures its acceleration. This is mostly done by determining the inertial force acting on a test mass. Thus, for. B. determine whether a speed increase or decrease takes place.
- An example of an acceleration sensor is a piezoelectric acceleration sensor, in which a piezoceramic sensor plate converts dynamic pressure fluctuations into electrical signals. The pressure fluctuation is generated by a (seismic) mass attached to the piezoceramic and acts on the piezoceramic when the entire system is accelerated.
- MEMS micro-electro-mechanical system
- MEMS micro-electro-mechanical system
- the goods carrier is thus accelerated in a direction which is opposite (at least partially) to the inertial force acting on the test mass, this acceleration is detected by the acceleration sensor.
- the goods carrier preferably has a triaxial acceleration sensor with which accelerations can be detected in all three spatial directions.
- the goods carrier can also be equipped with a gyroscope sensor or a rotation rate sensor in order to detect rotations of the goods carrier. It is preferably a triaxial gyroscope sensor or a triaxial rotation rate sensor.
- An acceleration sensor preferably in combination with a gyroscope sensor or rotation rate sensor, can therefore be used to detect movements and rotations of the goods carrier in all (n) three spatial directions.
- the goods carrier can also be equipped with a magnetometer to measure the earth's magnetic field. Such a sensor can make a contribution to a determination of the absolute orientation or to a determination of an absolute change in orientation of the goods carrier.
- a sensor that comprises at least one acceleration sensor and / or at least one gyroscope sensor or yaw rate sensor and optionally a magnetometer is also referred to in this description as a motion sensor.
- the movement sensor comprises a triaxial acceleration sensor.
- the movement sensor comprises a triaxial acceleration sensor and a triaxial gyroscope or rate of rotation sensor.
- the goods carrier preferably comprises at least one stock sensor.
- the stock sensor is set up to record measured values from which the stock of product units in the goods carrier or in a goods receiver of the goods carrier can be determined.
- “Stock” is preferably understood to mean the number of product units in the goods carrier or goods receptacle. “Stock” can also be understood as the (binary) information as to whether the goods carrier or a goods receptacle of the goods carrier is empty or whether at least one product unit is still present. “Stock” can also be understood as the (ternary) information as to whether the goods carrier or a goods carrier of the goods carrier is empty, whether the goods carrier or a goods carrier of the goods carrier is completely filled, or whether the goods carrier or a goods carrier of the goods carrier is partially filled . Further definitions for the term “inventory” are conceivable.
- a goods carrier comprises several inventory sensors, in particular if the goods carrier includes several goods receivers; in this case, each goods recipient can have a stock sensor that detects the stock in the respective goods recipient.
- the crop sensor can be a crop sensor as described in the prior art (see e.g. EP3136320A1, WO2019014742A1, US20050168345A1).
- the stock sensor is a light sensor that is positioned so that it is covered when a product unit is in the goods carrier or in a goods receiver of the goods carrier, and is not covered when there is no product unit in the Goods carrier or in a goods receiver of the goods carrier.
- a light sensor is a sensor that directly or indirectly measures the intensity of electromagnetic radiation in a defined wavelength range. The wavelength range is preferably in the range from 300 nm to 3 ⁇ m.
- the light sensor also referred to as a photodetector, optical detector or optoelectronic sensor usually converts light into an electrical signal using the photoelectric effect, or it has an electrical resistance that is dependent on the incident radiation.
- a preferred light sensor is a photodiode.
- a photodiode is a semiconductor diode that converts light in the visible, IR or UV range at a p-n junction or pin junction into an electrical current through the internal photoelectric effect or - depending on the wiring - offers it a lighting-dependent resistance. It is used, among other things, to convert light into an electrical voltage or an electrical current or to receive information transmitted by light.
- the light sensor is covered by one or more product units that are located in the product carrier. In this state, little or no light falls on the light sensor. If all product units are removed from the product carrier, the light sensor is no longer covered; (more) light can fall on the sensor.
- the light can be sunlight, artificial light in a sales room or a light source that is part of the product carrier according to the invention and that is positioned so that one or more product units are located when a (partially) filled product carrier between the light source and the light sensor, while with an empty product carrier (without product units) the radiation emitted by the light source hits the light sensor unhindered.
- the light source can be, for example, an LED or a laser diode. Several light sources are also conceivable.
- the inventory sensor is designed as a light sensor and the light sensor receives daylight or artificial light from the sales room in which the product carrier is set up, misinterpretations can occur when night falls and / or the artificial light is switched off.
- An empty product carrier could be interpreted as a (at least partially) filled product carrier if no light falls on the light sensor due to a lack of light.
- the control unit of the goods carrier can be configured in such a way that it receives or evaluates measured values from the light sensor only during defined periods of time in which customer traffic can be expected. Defined time spans can be, for example, from the morning when the respective shop opens (e.g. at 7 a.m. or 8 a.m.
- control unit can be configured so that no sensor queries or measured value interpretations take place on Sundays and public holidays and possibly also on Saturdays.
- the goods carrier according to the invention has a timer. Time spans can be determined with the timer.
- control unit is configured in such a way that, with the aid of a timer and an inventory sensor, it measures the time span in which there are no product units in the product carrier (that is, the product carrier is empty). In a preferred embodiment, the control unit is configured in such a way that it uses a timer and a position sensor to measure the period of time in which the lower end of the goods carrier has no contact with a surface (i.e. the goods carrier is raised or is not properly set up).
- control unit is configured in such a way that, with the aid of a timer and an acceleration sensor, it measures the time span in which the goods carrier is exposed to an acceleration.
- the direction of acceleration is also preferably determined.
- the time span is determined in which the goods carrier executes a movement and this time span is then multiplied by a mean speed (for example a mean walking speed of a person of 1 meter per second) in order to determine a distance.
- a mean speed for example a mean walking speed of a person of 1 meter per second
- the goods carrier also has a data memory.
- the data memory is used to store data.
- the data memory is preferably machine-readable and machine-writable.
- the data memory is particularly preferably designed as a non-volatile data memory, so that a loss of data can be avoided if the power supply is interrupted.
- the data memory is preferably a semiconductor memory.
- the control unit can be configured to store measured values that were received from the sensors in the data memory.
- the control unit can be configured to carry out calculations on the basis of the measured values and to store the results of the calculations in the data memory.
- the control unit is configured to read out measured values and / or results of calculations that are stored in the data memory.
- the goods carrier comprises a transmission unit.
- the control unit of the goods carrier is configured to cause the transmission unit to transmit data (e.g. measured values and / or results of calculations which are stored in the data memory) to a computer system via a network.
- the data can be transmitted via cables and / or wirelessly (for example via radio).
- the goods carrier can be equipped with a mobile radio transmitter, for example. With the help of the mobile radio transmitter, the goods carrier transmits data at least partially via a mobile radio network (e.g. according to the GSM, GPRS, UMTS, 2G, 3G, LTE, 4G or 5G standard) to a computer system.
- a mobile radio network e.g. according to the GSM, GPRS, UMTS, 2G, 3G, LTE, 4G or 5G standard
- the transmitter unit transmits data via Bluetooth, WLAN, DECT, Zigbee or another short-range radio link to a base station within range of the transmitter unit, from where it is forwarded to the computer system
- a “computer system” is a system for electronic data processing that processes data using programmable arithmetic rules. Such a system usually comprises a “computer”, that unit which comprises a processor for performing logical operations, and peripherals.
- peripherals are all devices that are connected to the computer and are used to control the computer and / or as input and output devices. Examples of this are monitors (screens), printers, scanners, mice, keyboards, drives, cameras, microphones, speakers, etc. Internal connections and expansion cards are also considered peripherals in computer technology.
- Today's computer systems are often divided into desktop PCs, portable PCs, laptops, notebooks, netbooks and tablet PCs and so-called handheids (e.g. smartphones); any of these systems can be used to practice the invention.
- the inputs into the computer system are made via input means such as a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone and / or the like.
- input means such as a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone and / or the like.
- the selection of an entry from a virtual menu or a virtual list or the clicking of a selection box and the like should also be understood as input.
- Outputs from the computer system usually take place via a screen, a printer or by storage on a data memory.
- the measured values that are recorded by the sensors can be analyzed and evaluated in a variety of ways in order to determine information about the condition of the goods carrier. Processes of data processing, analysis and evaluation can already be carried out by the sensors themselves (or by microprocessors and integrated circuits that can be components of the sensors), by the control unit of the goods carrier according to the invention or by the computer system.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for monitoring a goods carrier, the method comprising the following steps: Capturing an inventory of product units in the product carrier,
- Another object of the present invention is a method for monitoring a goods carrier, the method comprising the following steps:
- Short periods of time such as 1 to 30 minutes, for example
- a predefined threshold e.g. 30 minutes or 60 minutes or the like
- further measures may be necessary.
- a person can be informed that the product carrier has been unfilled for a considerable period of time and the person can take measures, such as, for example, order a filling or carry it out himself.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for monitoring a goods carrier, the method comprising the following steps:
- the goods carrier is not set up properly, a person will be notified. The person can then look for the goods carrier (have) and set it up properly.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for monitoring a goods carrier, the method comprising the following steps:
- the periods of time in which the product carrier is not properly set up are recorded. the larger the individual time periods and / or the sum of the individual time periods, the less the goods carrier can perform its intended function.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for monitoring a goods carrier, the method comprising the following steps: Detecting a position of the goods carrier,
- the product carrier is only lifted for a short period of time (e.g. 1 second to 30 seconds), for example to clean the substrate and / or the product carrier. Such an interruption of the proper installation is not a hindrance and can be ignored. However, if a predefined threshold value of a period of time is exceeded, measures may be necessary to ensure that the goods carrier is properly set up. It is also conceivable that the goods carrier has been moved from a first location to a second location; the greater the time span in which the goods carrier is not properly set up at the first location, the greater the distance to the second location at which it is set up again.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for monitoring a goods carrier, the method comprising the following steps:
- a horizontal movement should be understood to mean a movement that is at least partially horizontal. For example, if a goods carrier is lifted from a table and then placed on the floor next to the table, the goods carrier first performs a vertical movement (lifting from the table (up)) and then a combined vertical and horizontal movement (placing it next to the table on the floor), the vertical (putting down, ie there is a component in the vertical direction (downwards)) and horizontal (sideways movement from the table to a point next to the table) components.
- the goods carrier it is first determined whether the goods carrier is properly set up. If it is raised, one end of the goods carrier no longer has contact with the ground. It is conceivable that the goods carrier is moved horizontally and thus removed from its original location. During the period in which the product carrier no longer has contact with the subsurface, measured values are recorded and / or evaluated by at least one motion sensor in order to determine a distance that the product carrier has covered in the horizontal direction. This distance is displayed to a person so that this person knows that the goods carrier is no longer at the original location and so that this person knows the distance from the original location of the goods carrier.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for monitoring a goods carrier, the method comprising the following steps: Detecting a position of the goods carrier,
- Another object of the present invention is a method for monitoring a goods carrier, the method comprising the following steps:
- the distance that it covers is determined and this distance is displayed to a person so that this person is informed where the goods carrier is.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for monitoring a goods carrier, the method comprising the following steps:
- an existing product carrier could be equipped with the functionalities of the product carrier according to the invention without converting the product carrier.
- a monitoring unit which is equipped with the functionalities of the goods carrier according to the invention (with the exception of the functionality of the goods receiver) and which can be reversibly connected to a goods carrier.
- Another object of the present invention is thus comprising a monitoring unit
- the position sensor is set up to record measured values for a position of the goods carrier when the monitoring unit is connected to the goods carrier,
- control unit is configured to receive the measured values from the position sensor and to store them in the data memory.
- the monitoring unit is preferably designed so that it can be reversibly connected to the goods carrier.
- the means for connecting the monitoring unit to a goods carrier can be an adhesive connection, screw connection, clamp connection, adhesive connection and / or the like.
- the monitoring unit comprises a transmission unit, the control unit being configured to cause the transmission unit to transmit data to a computer system via a network.
- the monitoring unit comprises at least one
- Acceleration sensor preferably a triaxial acceleration sensor.
- the monitoring unit comprises at least one gyroscope sensor or a rotation rate sensor, preferably a triaxial gyroscope sensor or a triaxial rotation rate sensor.
- the monitoring unit comprises at least one
- At least one acceleration sensor preferably a triaxial acceleration sensor, and / or
- At least one gyroscope sensor or a rotation rate sensor preferably a triaxial gyroscope sensor or a triaxial rotation rate sensor
- the monitoring unit comprises an inventory sensor with which an inventory of product units in the product carrier is detected.
- the monitoring unit comprises a housing for accommodating the control unit, the data memory, the inventory sensor, possibly the motion sensor, possibly the magnetometer and possibly the transmitter unit, the monitoring unit being set up so that it is preferably below a lower product unit in can be placed on the product carrier, a position sensor is preferably connected to the control unit via a cable and the position sensor is preferably set up so that it is placed outside the housing of the monitoring unit at one end of the goods carrier (for example with the help of an adhesive connection, screw connection, clamp connection, adhesive connection and / or like).
- the monitoring unit according to the invention can have an energy supply unit (for example an electrochemical cell (battery) or an accumulator). It is also conceivable that the monitoring unit and / or the goods carrier is / are connected to a power supply in the sales room.
- an energy supply unit for example an electrochemical cell (battery) or an accumulator. It is also conceivable that the monitoring unit and / or the goods carrier is / are connected to a power supply in the sales room.
- Another object of the present invention is a system comprising
- the computer system can be configured to receive data from the storage unit of the goods carrier or the monitoring unit, to store it in a data memory and / or to display it to a person.
- the computer system can be configured to receive data from the storage unit of the goods carrier or the monitoring unit, to calculate time periods and / or distances and to display the calculated time periods and / or distances to a person.
- the computer system can be configured to receive data from the storage unit of the product carrier or the monitoring unit, and / or to receive time periods and / or distances from the storage unit of the product carrier or the monitoring unit, and / or time periods and / or distances to be calculated and received and / or to compare the calculated time spans and / or distances with one or more predefined threshold values and, if a predefined threshold value is exceeded, to transmit a message to a person about the exceeding of the predefined threshold value.
- the position sensor is set up to record measured values for a position of the goods carrier when the monitoring unit is connected to the goods carrier,
- control unit is configured to receive the measured values from the position sensor and to store them in the data memory.
- the monitoring unit according to embodiment A further comprising a motion sensor, the motion sensor comprising at least one acceleration sensor, preferably a triaxial acceleration sensor and / or a gyroscope sensor or a rotation rate sensor, preferably a triaxial gyroscope sensor or a triaxial rotation rate sensor , where the Control unit is configured to receive the measured values from the motion sensor and to store them in the data memory.
- a motion sensor comprising at least one acceleration sensor, preferably a triaxial acceleration sensor and / or a gyroscope sensor or a rotation rate sensor, preferably a triaxial gyroscope sensor or a triaxial rotation rate sensor
- the monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A or B, further comprising an inventory sensor, wherein the inventory sensor detects an inventory of product units in the goods carrier, the control unit being configured to receive the measured values from the inventory sensor and to store them in the data memory.
- the monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A, B or C, further comprising a timer.
- the monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A, B, C or D, further comprising a transmission unit, wherein the control unit is configured to cause the transmission unit to transmit data to a computer system, the data being
- the monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A, B, D or E, further comprising a housing, wherein the control unit, the data memory, and, if available, a power supply unit, the transmission unit and the motion sensor are located in the housing, the housing is designed so that it can be placed below a lowermost product unit in the product carrier, the stock sensor recording measured values for the lowermost product unit located above the housing.
- the monitoring unit according to embodiment F wherein the position sensor is a switch and is preferably connected to the control unit via a cable and is prepared so that it can be placed at one end of the goods carrier.
- the monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A, B, D, E, F or G, wherein the stock sensor is a light sensor or comprises a light sensor.
- the monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A, B, D, E, F, G or H, wherein the control unit is configured to use a timer and an inventory sensor to measure a time span in which there are no product units in the product carrier.
- the monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A, B, D, E, F, G, H or I, wherein the control unit is configured to use a timer and a position sensor to measure a period of time in which the goods carrier with a lower end has no contact with an underground.
- the monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I or J, wherein the control unit is configured to use a timer and an acceleration sensor to measure a period of time in which the product carrier accelerates is exposed.
- L The monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J or K, wherein the control unit is configured to use a movement sensor and / or a timer to determine a distance between a first location and to determine a second location when the product carrier is / has been moved from the first location to the second location.
- a product carrier for the presentation of product units comprising
- the position sensor is set up to acquire measured values for a position of the goods carrier
- the control unit being configured to receive the measured values from the position sensor and to store them in the data memory.
- the goods carrier according to embodiment M comprising a goods receiver for receiving a plurality of product units and a monitoring unit according to one of claims 1 to 12.
- a method of monitoring a product carrier comprising the following steps:
- the monitoring unit sends a message that the threshold value has been exceeded to a person.
- o Determination of a movement of the goods carrier by the monitoring unit, o in the event that the goods carrier executes a horizontal movement: o Determination of a distance that the goods carrier covers during the horizontal movement by means of the monitoring unit,
- o Determination of a movement of the goods carrier by the monitoring unit, o in the event that the goods carrier executes a horizontal movement: o Determination of a distance that the goods carrier covers during the horizontal movement by the monitoring unit,
- the monitoring unit transmits a message that the threshold value has been exceeded to a person.
- the monitoring unit transmits a message that the threshold value has been exceeded to a person.
- the monitoring unit sends a message that the threshold value has been exceeded to a person.
- At least one monitoring unit according to one of the embodiments A to L and optionally a goods carrier with a goods receiver for receiving a plurality of product units, or at least one goods carrier according to one of the embodiments M, N or O,
- monitoring unit and the computer system are connected to one another via a network or the goods carrier and the computer system are connected to one another via a network.
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