JP2002114339A - Merchandise collecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently collect the merchandise to be collected from a merchandise storage space where various kinds of merchandises are placed by every unit of merchandise on each of defined areas. SOLUTION: A merchandise collecting cart 10 movable in the merchandise storage space is prepared. A means for detecting the present position of the cart 10 in the merchandise storage place is provided. A list of the merchandise to be collected in an area of the cart present position detected by the means is displayed by a display unit 14. The merchandise collected in the cart 10 is specified by being scanned by a scanner 13. When all of the merchandise to be collected in the area of the cart present position are specified, the completion of collection is informed by a buzzer 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a store for a system in which a customer places an order for a product via a communication means such as a telephone, a facsimile, the Internet, or the like, and the ordered product is arranged at the store and sold to the customer. The present invention relates to a product collection device used to collect ordered products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a store which has introduced this kind of sales system, when an order is received from a customer through a communication means such as telephone, facsimile, Internet or the like, a list of ordered products is created for each customer. And print out,
A method has been adopted in which a store clerk goes to a store with the printed list one by one and collects ordered products of one customer according to the list.

[0003]

Generally, various commodities are put together in commodities at merchandise yards. The clerk who received the list of ordered products would then repeat the task of estimating the area in which the ordered products were placed in the product storage one by one and moving to that area to collect the ordered products. Become. For this reason, a sales clerk who is familiar with which area of each product is placed in each of the product yards can efficiently move to the product yard and collect ordered products. In the case of, there is a case where it is difficult to collect the products efficiently because it is necessary to return to the area once passed and collect the products again or to find out in which area the products are placed.

[0004] Further, the number of products that can be collected by one store clerk in one collection operation is limited to one customer. Therefore, when an order for the same product is received from a plurality of customers, the store clerk is placed in the same area of the store. Had to go to the site many times to collect the relevant products.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a merchandise storage area in which a plurality of areas are divided into a plurality of areas, and various kinds of merchandise are grouped in each unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product collection device capable of efficiently collecting products to be collected from a company.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a collection of goods which can be run in a goods storage area in which a plurality of areas are partitioned and various kinds of goods are arranged in units of goods in each area. Cart, cart position detecting means for detecting the current position of the merchandise collection cart in the merchandise yard, and a current area for displaying a list of commodities to be collected in the area of the cart current position detected by the cart position detecting means Collection product list display means, collection product specification means for specifying the products collected in the product collection cart, and notification of collection completion when all the products to be collected in the cart current location area are specified by the collection product specification means. And a collection completion notifying unit.

[0007] The invention according to claim 2 of the present application is a product having a plurality of product storage sections which are divided into a plurality of areas and each of which is capable of traveling in a product yard in which various products are put together in a product unit. Collection cart, cart position detection means for detecting the current location of the product collection cart in the product storage area, products to be collected in the area of the cart current location detected by the cart position detection means, and a storage location of the product Current area collection product list display means for displaying a list with the product storage unit, collection product specification means for specifying the products collected in the product collection cart, and the product specified by the collection product specification means Storage determination means for determining whether or not the product is stored in the product storage unit, which is the storage destination of the cart, and a product to be collected in the current cart area by the collection product specifying means. There is a trade collecting apparatus having a collection completion informing means for informing a collection completion and determines that the collected goods are stored in the product storage portion of their respective storage location by all collected and storage determination means.

[0008] The invention described in claim 3 of the present application is the above-described claim 1.
Or, the product collection device according to 2 above, further comprising a collection omission warning means for issuing a warning when the product collection cart moves to another area before all the products to be collected in the current cart area are specified by the collection product specifying means. It is provided.

The invention described in claim 4 of the present application is the above-described claim 2.
The product collection device described above is provided with a storage error warning unit that issues a warning when it is determined that the product collected by the storage determination unit is not stored in the product storage unit of the storage destination.

[0010] The invention described in claim 5 of the present application is the above-described claim 1.
Alternatively, the merchandise collecting apparatus according to the item 2 is provided with area guiding means for displaying a traveling route from the current cart position detected by the cart position detecting means to an area where the merchandise to be collected is placed.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is divided into six storage areas A to F as shown in FIG. 2, and each of the product storage shelves A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C in each area.
2, D1, D2, E1, E2, F1, and F2, from the product storage 20 where various products are put together in product units,
As shown in FIG. 1, this is a case where ordered products are collected by a product collection cart 10 that can travel in the product storage space 20.

The merchandise collection cart 10 has a merchandise storage unit 11 (11-1, 11-1) divided into four sections by a partition plate.
-2, 11-3, 11-4), the clerk pushes the cart 10 to move in the goods storage area 20, and sequentially collects the ordered goods for up to four persons from each of the goods storage shelves, Each of the merchandise storage units 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 is stored for each customer. Weight sensors 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, and 1 are respectively provided on the bottom surfaces of the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4.
2-4 (12-1, 12-3 not shown) are attached, and the corresponding merchandise storage units 11-1, 11-2, 1
The total weight of the commodities stored in 1-3 and 11-4 is measured.

A scanner 13 for optically reading a bar code attached to each product is provided in front of the product collection cart 10.
And a display 14 capable of displaying various screens, and a buzzer 15 that emits a warning sound and the like. A radio antenna 16 and a radio tag 17 having an L / C resonator that resonates with a specific frequency are attached to the cart body.

On the other hand, a radio base station 21 is mounted on the ceiling of the product storage 20, and radio waves transmitted from the radio base station 21 are mounted on the product collection cart 10 in the product storage 20. It can be received by the wireless antenna 16. Also, in each of the storage areas A to F of the product storage 20, a transmitter 22 for transmitting a natural frequency energy to which the wireless tag 17 attached to the product collection cart 10 reacts, and a natural frequency from the transmitter 22 are transmitted. Wireless tag 1 by receiving energy
A plurality of sets (three sets in FIG. 2) are provided with receivers 23 for receiving the echo wave energy generated in step S7.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the present embodiment. In the figure, the order receiving device 31
Is to create order data of products ordered by customers via communication means such as telephone, facsimile, the Internet, etc., for each customer, and transfer it to the collection management device 32.

The collection management device 32 is constituted by, for example, a host computer and has its HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
e) A product master file 33 and an order receiving file 34 are stored in a storage device such as a device. As shown in FIG. 4, the product master file 33 stores product information such as a product name and a price, as well as product information such as a product name and a price, in a product yard where the product is stored. The storage shelf code for identifying the product storage shelf is set. In addition, each product is provided with a barcode of the product code. The order file 34 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the customer-specific product order data (customer name, date and time of receiving the ordered product, ordered product code and the number of ordered items) sent from the order receiving device 31 is converted into a unique order number automatically generated in the order of receipt. Is stored and stored in correspondence with the above.

The collection management device 32 refers to a product master file 33 based on product order data for each customer stored and stored in an order file 34 and collects a product list 35.
And a customer storage list 36, and a function of transmitting these list data as wireless data from the wireless base station 21. In addition, the transmitter 22 and the receiver 23 disposed in each of the areas A to F of the commodity storage area 20 are connected, and the transmission of each transmitter 22 is controlled and the reception state of each receiver 23 is monitored. Then, the position where the receiver 23 receiving the echo wave energy from the wireless tag 17 is located is grasped as the current location of the merchandise collection cart 10, and the current location information is used as wireless data as the wireless base station 21. It also has the function of sending from.

As shown in FIG. 6, the collected product list 35 includes a product code, a product name, a storage shelf code, and a product name of a product to be collected in each of the areas A to F of the product yard 20.
This is data that summarizes points (order points) and storage numbers. The storage number is a number for identifying each of the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 of the product collection cart 10, and in this embodiment, the product storage unit 1
The storage number of 1-1, the storage number of the product storage unit 11-2, the storage number of the product storage unit 11-3, and the storage number of the product storage unit 11-4 are used.

As shown in FIG. 7, the customer storage list 36 stores the order numbers and customer names of up to four customers with the same scheduled reception date and time as the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, and 11 respectively.
-3 and 11-4 are data associated with storage numbers in order.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a control circuit configuration of the merchandise collection cart 10, in which a CPU (Ce
ntral Processing Unit) 81. Also, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 82 in which fixed data such as a program executed by the CPU 81 is stored in advance, and a collected product list 3 wirelessly transmitted from the collection management device 32
5, RAM (Random Access) which forms a memory area for storing various data such as a customer storage list 36;
Memory) 83, a radio circuit 84 for amplifying and demodulating radio waves received by the radio antenna 16, a scanner controller 85 for controlling the driving of the scanner 13 and taking in the read barcode data, and driving the display 14. A display controller 86 for controlling and displaying screen data, an output port 87 for outputting a drive signal to the buzzer 15, and inputting measurement signals from the weight sensors 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, and 12-4. An input port 88 and the like are provided. The CPU 81 is connected to the ROM 82, the RAM 83, the wireless circuit 84, the scanner controller 85, the display controller 86, the output port 87, and the input port 88 by bus lines 89 such as an address bus and a data bus to form a control circuit. are doing.

The merchandise collection cart 10 having the above configuration includes
The program of the ROM 82 is configured so that the CPU 81 particularly executes the control processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, each data of the collected product list 35 and the customer storage list 36 created by the collection management device 32 as ST (step) 1 and transmitted from the wireless base station 21 in the product storage 20 is received via the wireless antenna 16. Then, the received data of the collected product list 35 and the customer storage list 36 are stored in the RAM 82.
Next, when receiving the current location information of the cart 10 transmitted from the radio base station 21 which is also managed by the collection management device 32 as ST2, the commodity storage 20 is received from the current location information.
Get cart current location in

Next, in step ST3, it is determined whether or not there is a product to be collected in the current cart area with reference to the collected product list 35 stored in the RAM 82. When the product data having a score of 1 or more is set in the collected product list 35 for each area, there is a product to be collected in the area of the current cart location, and that area is set as the destination area. If there is no product to be collected, the area closest to the current cart location in the area where there is a product to be collected is set as the destination area. Then, a guide screen (in-store map) showing the traveling route from the current location of the cart to the destination area is created,
This guide screen is displayed on the display unit 14. In this state,
In step ST4, the current location information of the cart 10 transmitted from the wireless base station 21 is received, the current location of the cart in the product storage 20 is acquired from the current location information, and it is determined whether or not the current location is within the destination area. If it is not within the destination area (NO in ST5), the process of obtaining the cart current location information is repeated until the destination area is entered.

If it is confirmed that the current location of the cart is within the destination area (YES in ST5), a predetermined drive signal is output to the buzzer 15 in ST6, and
After sounding a notification sound (single sound) notifying the clerk pressing the button of entering the target area, a product collection process specifically shown in FIG. 10 is started as ST7. First, ST71
From the data of the collected product list 35, the product name of the product to be collected in the target area, the storage shelf code in which the product is stored, the number of collection points, and the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, and 11 for storing the product. A list screen of storage numbers -3 and 11-4 is created and displayed on the display 14 (current area collection product list display means).

Next, the process waits for the scanner 13 to read the product code (bar code) of the product collected in ST72. Then, if the product code is read, the product collected from the product storage shelf has been identified,
In ST73, it is determined whether or not the product is a product to be collected in the destination area and has not been collected yet, that is, whether the product is an uncollected product. Here, the product code read by the scanner 13 is the collected product list 3 of the destination area.
In the case of a code that does not exist in 5 or a code that exists but has a corresponding score of 0, it is determined that the product is not an uncollected product, and the collected product list 3 of the destination area is determined.
In the case of a product code which is present in No. 5 and has a score of 1 or more, it is determined to be a non-collected product (collected product specifying means).

If it is determined in ST73 that the merchandise is not an uncollected product, the buzzer 15 generates a warning sound (single sound) notifying the store clerk of a warning of a collection error. Then, it waits for the product code of the next collected product to be read by the scanner 13.

If it is determined in ST73 that the product is not collected, the product storage unit 1 in which the collected product is to be stored from the collected product list 35 in the destination area is determined as ST74.
The storage numbers specifying 1-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 are acquired. At this time, if there are two or more identical product codes in the collected product list 35, the respective storage numbers are acquired.

Next, as ST75, each product storage unit 11-
1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4 weight sensor 12-
1, 12-2, 12-3, and 12-4 are monitored, and the collected product is stored in one of the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 1
Wait for storing in 1-3 and 11-4. And
When it is detected that any of the weight sensors 12-n (1 ≦ n ≦ 4) has changed in the increasing direction, the weight sensor 12-n
It recognizes that the collected product is stored in the product storage unit 11-n to which n is attached, and determines whether or not the product storage unit 11-n is a storage destination of the collected product in ST76. Here, if the storage number of the product storage unit 11-n in which the collected product is stored does not match the storage number obtained in the process of ST74, it is determined that the storage location is not the storage location of the uncollected product. Is determined to be the storage destination of the collected product (storage determination means).

If it is determined in ST76 that the collected product is not stored, the buzzer 15 generates a warning sound (continuous sound) for notifying the store clerk of a collection error warning (storage error warning means). In this state, the weight sensor 12-n of the product storage unit 11-n in which the collected product is stored is monitored.
n, it recognizes that the collected product has been taken out and stops the warning sound. Then, it waits for the collected product to be stored in any of the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 again.

If it is determined in ST76 that the collected product is stored, the point data corresponding to the product code of the collected product is subtracted from the collected product list 35 in the target area by "1" in ST77. . At this time, if there are two or more identical product codes in the collected product list 35, the product storage unit 11-
The score data corresponding to the storage number of n is subtracted by “1”. Then, in ST78, it is determined whether or not the subtracted score data has become “0”. Here, when the score data is “1” or more, since there are still products to be collected in the destination area, the process returns to ST72 and waits for the product code of the next collected product to be read by the scanner 13. .

If it is confirmed in ST78 that the score data has become "0", then in step ST79, from the collected product list screen displayed on the display unit 14, the item whose score data becomes "0" is displayed. Delete the product name. ST
As 80, it is determined whether or not all the score data of the commodities to be collected set in the collected commodity list 35 of the target area have become “0”. If the score data of any one of the products is “1” or more, the process returns to ST 72 because there are still products to be collected in the destination area, and the product code of the next collected product is read by the scanner 13. Wait for it to be done.

In ST80, the score data of all products is "0"
When it is confirmed that the item collection has been completed, the collection item list screen of the display 14 is erased as ST81, and the item collection processing is terminated.

Returning to FIG. The CPU 81 determines in ST7
In step ST8, when the product collection process is completed, the product collection process is terminated, and in step ST10, a buzzer sound is sounded to inform the clerk that the product collection work in the destination area is completed (collection completion notification means).

Next, in ST11, it is determined whether or not there is a product to be collected in another area by referring to the collected product list 35 stored in the RAM 82. Then, if there is a product to be collected in another area, the process returns to ST2, the cart current position is acquired, and the area closest to the cart current position in the area where the product to be collected is located is set as the destination area. Then, a guidance screen indicating a traveling route from the current cart position to the destination area is created, and this guidance screen is displayed on the display device 14. Thereafter, as described above, it is confirmed that the cart 10 has entered the destination area, and when the notification sound is emitted, the commodity collection processing is started again.

If it is determined in ST11 that the collection of the products has been completed in all the areas, each of the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 11 based on the data of the customer storage list 36 stored in the RAM 82 in ST12. A customer storage list screen is created by associating the storage numbers -3 and 11-4 with the order number and customer name of the customer who ordered the product stored in the storage, and causes the display unit 14 to display the screen. Thus, the control process for one collection operation is completed.

The CPU 81 receives the current location information of the cart 10 periodically transmitted from the wireless base station 21 during the activation of the merchandise collection processing, and
It monitors whether 0 has moved out of the destination area. Then, when it is detected that the user has gone out of the destination area before the commodity collection processing is completed (YES in FIG. 9, ST13), ST1 is detected.
As 4, a buzzer 15 generates a warning sound (continuous sound) that informs the clerk that there is a collection omission. Then, the warning sound is continuously generated until the cart 10 returns to the target area, and when it is detected that the cart 10 has returned to the target area from the current location information from the wireless base station 21 (ST15).
YES), the warning sound is stopped in ST16 (collection leakage warning means).

In the present embodiment configured as described above, each time an order is received from a customer via the communication means such as telephone, facsimile, Internet, or the like, the order receiving device 31 receives the customer name and the order product. Merchandise order data including the date and time of receipt, the ordered merchandise code, and the number of ordered items is created and transferred to the collection management device 32. Then, in the collection management device 32, a unique order number is assigned to the product order data, and the product order data is stored in the order receiving file 34.

In the collection management device 32, when the start of the product collection business is instructed by the operation input of the operation unit,
Commodity order data with the date of receipt after the current time on the day are selected for four customers. Then, based on the selected product order data for the four customers, a collection product list 35 for each storage area and a customer storage list (the scheduled reception time is the time closest to the current time) 36 are created. Is transmitted from the wireless base station 21 as wireless data. These list data are received by the merchandise collection cart 10 located in the merchandise yard 20, and stored in the RAM 8
3 is taken.

The product collection cart 10 includes a wireless tag 1
7 is attached, and in the collection management device 32,
From the positions of the transceivers 22 and 23 responding to the wireless tag 17, the current location of the product collection cart 10 in the product storage 20 is known. After transmitting the list data, the cart current location information is periodically transmitted from the wireless base station 21 as wireless data. The cart current location information is also received by the merchandise collection cart 10.

Collection product list 35 and customer storage list 3
In the merchandise collection cart 10 that has received 6, the first destination area in which merchandise is to be collected is determined from the cart current location information that is continuously received. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, a guide screen indicating a traveling route from the current cart position to the destination area is displayed on the display unit 14. Therefore, the clerk performing the product collection work using the product collection cart 10 pushes and moves the product collection cart 10 to the target area (storage area D in FIG. 11) according to the displayed guidance screen.

When it is recognized from the collection management device 32 from the current location information of the cart that is periodically transmitted from the collection management device 32 via the wireless base station 21 that the product collection cart 10 has entered the destination area, the product entry cart enters the destination area. A buzzer sounds to inform the clerk of the fact that the clerk
To stop.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, the name of the product to be collected in the target area and the storage shelf of the product storage shelf where the product is placed are displayed on the display 14 of the product collection card 10 as shown in FIG. Code, the number of collection points of the product, and product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 11- for storing the collected products.
A list screen with the storage numbers 3, 11-4 is displayed.
Therefore, the clerk collects products one by one according to the list screen. Each time one product is collected, the barcode (product code) attached to the product is scanned by the scanner 13 while the product storage unit 11- having the specified storage number.
1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4.

At this time, if the merchandise of the merchandise code scanned by the scanner 13 is not an uncollected merchandise in the destination area, a beeping sound is emitted by the buzzer 15 at the time of scanning, so that the clerk has made a mistake in collecting. Can be easily recognized. Also, although the scanned product is an uncollected product, the product storage unit 11-
When the merchandise is stored in 1, 11-2, 11-3, or 11-4, the buzzer 15 emits a warning sound when the merchandise is stored, so that the clerk can easily recognize that the storage error has occurred. Note that, in this case, the warning sound indicates that the product that caused the storage error is stored in the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-.
4 is continuously output until the product is taken out from the store, so that the clerk can store the uncollected products in the specified product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 1
1-3 and 11-4 can be securely stored.

Commodity storage unit 1 in which commodities to be collected are specified
Each time it is stored in 1-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, the score of the product is decremented by one. Then, when the score becomes 0, the name of the product or the like is deleted from the list screen. Therefore, the clerk can easily grasp the items that are not collected from the list screen.

In this way, all the commodities to be collected in the destination area are collected, and the designated commodities storage units 11-1 and 11-1
When stored in 1-2, 11-3, and 11-4, a buzzer sounds to notify the clerk that the product collection work in the destination area has been completed, so the clerk performs the product collection work in the area. Finish.

Here, if there is a product to be collected in another area, the next destination area where the product should be collected is determined from the cart current location information. Then, a guide screen indicating the traveling route from the current cart position to the destination area is displayed on the display device 14. The clerk pushes and moves the merchandise collection cart 10 to the destination area according to the displayed guidance screen, and performs the merchandise collection work in the same manner as described above.

By the way, despite the fact that commodities to be collected remain in the destination area, the clerk operates the merchandise collection cart 1.
When 0 is moved out of the destination area, a buzzer 15 emits a warning sound to inform the clerk that there is a collection omission. Then, the warning sound is continuously emitted until the cart returns to the target area. Therefore, collection omission can be reliably prevented.

As described above, the clerk moves through the storage areas A to F according to the guidance screen, collects and scans the products to be collected in the area according to the collected product list screen, and then scans the corresponding product storage unit 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 1
The work of storing in 1-4 is repeated. When the collection of all the products set in the collection product list 35 for each storage area is completed, the display 14 of the product collection cart 10 displays each product storage unit 11- as shown in FIG.
1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4 in the order of storage numbers for identifying the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 11-3,
The customer clerk displays a customer storage list screen in which the order number of the customer who ordered the product stored in 11-4 and the customer name are displayed. , 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4 are transferred to bags or the like to which respective order numbers are assigned.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the merchandise collection cart 10 can be moved in accordance with the screen displayed on the display 14 of the merchandise collection cart 10 to collect the merchandise. It can be done well in a short time. Moreover, since the ordered products for four customers can be collected at a time, the effect is great.

Although the merchandise storage section of the merchandise collection cart 10 is divided into four sections in the above embodiment, the number of divisions is not particularly limited. Also, the present invention includes a product that does not divide the product storage unit (collects only ordered products for one customer for one operation). The weight sensors 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, and 12- as means for detecting whether or not a product is stored in each of the product storage units 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, and 11-4. 4 was used,
Another sensor, for example, an optical sensor may be used to detect whether the product is stored.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the description has been made assuming that one product collection cart 10 is used. However, the present invention can be applied to a system for collecting products using a plurality of product collection carts 10. In this case, each product collection cart 1
By attaching the wireless tag 17 having a different combination of the presence / absence of the L / C resonator to 0 and making the echo wave energy received by the receiver 23 different for each product collection cart 10, the collection management device 32 The current location of the cart 10 can be ascertained.

[0051]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, various products are collected from a product storage area in which each product is divided into a plurality of areas and each of the various products is put together in a product unit. It is possible to provide a merchandise collection device that allows anyone to efficiently and quickly collect merchandise to be collected. Further, claim 2 of the present application
According to the described invention, ordered products of a plurality of customers can be collectively collected without omission in one operation, and a more efficient product collection device can be provided. Further, according to the invention described in claim 3 of the present application, since a collection omission in one area can be immediately grasped, a more efficient product collection device can be provided. Further, according to the invention described in claim 4 of the present application, it is possible to provide a product collection device that can reliably prevent mistakes when collectively collecting ordered products of a plurality of customers in one operation and improve reliability. Further, according to the invention described in claim 5 of the present application, it is possible to provide a product collection device that enables a clerk who is unfamiliar with the product yard to quickly move to the product yard and collect products without omission.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cart for collecting goods according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a layout view of a main part of a product storage space in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system configuration according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure of a product master file.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a data structure of an order file.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data structure of a collected product list.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data structure of a customer storage list.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a control circuit configuration of a merchandise collection cart.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a main part of a process executed by the CPU of the product collection cart.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart specifically showing a product collection process in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an example of a guide screen displayed on a display of a cart for collecting goods.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a collected product list screen displayed on a display of a product collection cart.

FIG. 13 is a view showing an example of a customer storage list screen displayed on the display of the product collection cart.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Cart for goods collection 11-1, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4 ... Product storage part 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4 ... Weight sensor 13 ... Scanner 14 ... Display 15 ... Buzzer 16 ... Wireless antenna 17 ... Wireless tag 20 ... Product storage 21 ... Wireless base station 22 ... Transmitter 23 ... Receiver 31 ... Order receiving device 32 ... Collection management device 33 ... Product master file 34 ... Order file 35 ... Collection Product list 36… Customer storage list

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A merchandise collection cart that is divided into a plurality of areas and is capable of traveling in a merchandise yard in which various merchandises are grouped in merchandise units in each area, and the merchandise yard of the merchandise collection cart is provided. Cart position detecting means for detecting the current location in the cart, current area collection product list display means for displaying a list of products to be collected in the area of the cart current location detected by the cart position detecting means,
Collection product specifying means for specifying products collected in the product collection cart, and collection completion notifying means for notifying collection completion when all the products to be collected in the area of the cart current location are specified by the collection product specification means. A product collection device comprising: 2. A merchandise collection cart having a plurality of merchandise storage sections that can be moved in a merchandise storage area where a plurality of merchandise is divided into a plurality of areas and various merchandises are grouped in merchandise units in each area. Cart position detecting means for detecting the current position of the collection cart in the commodity storage area, and the goods to be collected in the area of the cart current position detected by the cart position detecting means and the goods storage section as a storage destination of the goods Current area collection product list display means for displaying a list of products, a collection product specification means for specifying products collected in the product collection cart, and a product specified by the collection product specification means in a storage location of the product. A storage determining unit for determining whether or not the product is stored in a certain product storage unit; A collection completion notifying unit for notifying the completion of collection when the storage determination unit determines that the collected products are stored in the product storage unit of the corresponding storage destination, respectively. . 3. A collection omission warning unit for issuing a warning when the product collection cart moves to another area before all the products to be collected in the cart current location area are specified by the collection product specifying unit. The merchandise collection device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 4. The product collection according to claim 2, further comprising a storage error warning unit that issues a warning when it is determined that the product collected by the storage determination unit is not stored in the product storage unit of the corresponding storage destination. apparatus. 5. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an area guiding means for displaying a traveling route from the current position of the cart detected by the cart position detecting means to an area where goods to be collected are placed. Product collection device.