JP2005332140A - Merchandise sale system using touch panel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise sales system using a touch panel in which the touch panel connected to a computer is placed in a storefront, the information of a lot of merchandise which can not be exhibited due to space is inputted to the computer, and the information is freely displayed on the touch panel to thereby enable a customer to select merchandise from the information, and the merchandise can be sold. <P>SOLUTION: The touch panel A connected to the computer is set in the storefront, and the information of merchandise including a lot of merchandise which is not exhibited in the store is loaded on the computer, and when the touch panel A is operated by a staff or the customer, the information of the merchandise desired by the customer is displayed, and the customer can select the merchandise based on the displayed information, so that the merchandise can be sold. Also, the information of the merchandise is displayed for each brand, each pattern in the brand and for each color in the same pattern in this order, and images, patterns, raw materials, colors, prices, merchandise names, merchandise codes or any of them are displayed as the information of the merchandise. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a product sales system in which a touch panel connected to a computer is installed at a store such as a department store or a retail store so that information on many products including products not displayed at the store can be obtained. is there.

  In general retail stores as well as department stores and specialty stores, the products to be sold are arranged at the storefront, and the actual products are shown to customers for sale. This sales method has been used for a long time since the customer can check the appearance and quality of the actual product with the actual product in hand, and the customer can be satisfied with the product and purchase.

  However, as in modern times, customer needs are diversified, and even if one product is taken, a very wide variety is required. On the other hand, even if it is a product of the same brand by a department store or a specialty store, for example, A store tends to sell only the same brand for adults, and B store sells only the same brand for young people. It is impossible to put all these products on the storefront. However, neglecting to display the product will lose customer interest and affect sales.

  In this way, at retail stores, it may not be possible to meet the needs of customers with only the products on the store, and if possible, even if the product is not displayed at the store, you can get an order by showing photos etc. In addition, there is a desire to show customers the products displayed in warehouses and other stores, and to sell new products published in magazines to customers as soon as possible.

  Manufacturers also want to reduce store inventory and increase product turnover at stores. Creating a catalog every time a new product is announced takes a lot of time and effort.

  In view of this, the present invention places a touch panel connected to a computer at a storefront, inputs information on many products that cannot be displayed due to space, and allows it to be freely displayed on the touch panel. The above-mentioned problem is solved by providing a sales system that makes it possible to select and sell products.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, a touch panel connected to a computer is installed at a store, information on many products including products not displayed in the store is mounted on the computer, and a store clerk or a customer operates the touch panel. Then, a product sales system using a touch panel that displays information on the product desired by the customer and allows the customer to select the product based on this to sell the product is provided. The invention of claim 2 displays the product information by brand, by pattern within the brand, by color within the same pattern in order, and as information on the product, images, patterns, materials, colors, prices, A product sales system using the touch panel according to claim 1 that displays a product name, a product code, or any of them.

  The invention of claim 3 refers to an information recording medium such as a CF card, a PC card, a floppy (registered trademark, hereinafter the same) disk, a compact disk, a DVD, etc. The product sales system using the touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the product is replaced or replaced at any time. The invention of claim 4 is such that the store computer is connected to the manufacturer or management company computer via the Internet, and the manufacturer computer or management company computer can change or update the product information of the store computer through the Internet. A product sales system using the touch panel according to claim 1 or 2 is used.

  Further, the invention of claim 5 is such that the computer of the store is connected to each computer of the other store via the Internet, and the product information of the other store can be displayed on the touch panel of one store through the Internet. A product sales system using the touch panel described in any of the above.

  According to the inventions of claims 1 to 5, since the touch panel on which the product information is mounted is installed at the store, it is possible to provide the customer with information on many products that are not displayed at the store. Customers can select purchased products from a wide range of products, and even in limited stores, they can meet the diverse needs of customers and contribute greatly to product sales. Is. In addition, store inventory can be greatly reduced, greatly contributing to cost reduction of the entire store. Further, if a computer is built in the touch panel installed at the store, it can be easily installed at the store without any inconvenience of operating by itself and connecting to other communication devices.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 2, information on products that can be displayed on the touch panel is divided into brands, patterns within the brand, etc., and brand names, images, patterns, materials, colors, prices, etc. can be displayed. Since it was made possible, the information used as a reference | standard or reference when a customer selects goods can be obtained very easily, and selection of goods is made easy. Furthermore, according to the invention of claim 3, since the product information is replaced or replaced by a floppy disk or the like, it can be updated to new product information very easily by a salesperson at the store. According to the invention of item 4, since the information on the product is changed or updated through the Internet by the computer of the manufacturer or the management company, the latest product information can be always displayed on the touch panel of the store, It greatly contributes to sales.

  Furthermore, according to invention of Claim 5, since it was made possible to display the information of the computer installed in the other store in the touch panel installed in one store, even if it is the information of the goods which are not carried in the computer of one store, Information on products installed in computers at other stores can be displayed at all times, and a great deal of product information can be obtained from the touch panel of one store. It can respond and greatly contribute to product sales.

  A touch panel connected to a computer is installed at the storefront, and information on many products including products not displayed in the store is installed on the computer. Information is displayed, and based on this information, the customer selects a product and sells the product. Information on the above products is displayed in order by brand, by pattern in the brand, by color in the same pattern, and as information on the product, images, patterns, materials, colors, prices, product names, product codes or these Display any of them.

  The change or update of the product information in the computer is performed at any time by replacing or replacing the information recording medium. Alternatively, the computer of the store is connected to the computer of the manufacturer or management company via the Internet so that the product information of the computer of the store can be changed or updated through the Internet by the computer of the manufacturer or management company. In addition, the computer of the store is connected to each computer of the other store via the Internet so that information on products of the other store can be displayed on the touch panel of one store through the Internet.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 shows a touch panel A of a liquid crystal display, and this touch panel A has a built-in PC (Personal Computer, hereinafter the same) (not shown). In this PC, a large amount of information on products including products not displayed in the store is mounted, and by operating the touch panel A, information on these large amounts of products can be displayed as an image. Further, this PC is not connected to a communication facility or the like, and is a so-called stand-alone system, which displays product information independently.

  In this embodiment, a touch panel A that can be input with both a dedicated pen and a finger is employed. In addition, I explain using a tie as a product. Normally, about 200 ties are displayed in each store in a showcase at the store. When this touch panel A is used, information of about 3,000 ties can be viewed (calculated assuming a data capacity of 1 gigabyte). In this case, tie information is created by HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language, the same shall apply hereinafter) method, and images of products taken with a digital camera, etc. are posted on the created page. Display the color and price.

  Next, a method for operating the touch panel A will be described. Here, a tie with a character design will be described. First, when the touch panel A is turned on, the page shown in FIG. 1 is displayed. Here, character design categories applied to the tie, for example, “Character A”, “Character B”, “Character C”, “Character D”, “Character E”, and “Character F” are arranged in two rows. Displayed across. If you touch the display of “NEXT” 2 displayed in the center with your finger, you will be directed to a page where a plurality of different character designs are similarly displayed.

  In this example, when the character “1” is selected by touching the display of “character A” 1 with a finger to select the character design tie of “character A”, as shown in FIG. 3, the character design of “character A” is displayed. Go to the page showing the type, and “Matrox Character A Tie”, “Tambo Character A Tie”, “Rain Dance Character A Tie”, “Fat Character A Tie”, “Komon Character A Tie” etc. Displayed over 3 columns. If you touch the display of “NEXT” 3 in the center with your finger, you will move to the next page of the different character A series. If you touch the display of “PREV (PREVIOUS)” 4 with your finger, you will return to the previous page. Return.

  If there is something you like or are interested in among these ties, touch the display part with your finger, for example, touch the display of “Matrox Character A Tie” 5 with your finger, as shown in FIG. , Go to the more detailed tie individual page of “Matrox Character A Tie”. Here is a magnified image of "Matrox Character A Necktie" with a digital camera, and the image description when combined with a shirt. The manufacturer's product description for the pattern is "Puzzle-like Character A Necktie. Its name is" Matrox "It is a novel pattern.", "■ Material: 100% Silk", "■ Fabric; Jacquard", "■ Base (color); Wine", "■ Width: 95mm", "Product No. 003-41-005 "," Price 5,000 yen "etc. are displayed. There are also “紺” 6, “green” 7 and “gray” 8 indicating the color of the tie, and when one of these panels is touched, the tie changes to that color.

  Here, if the customer wants to purchase this “Matrox Character A Tie”, he / she tells the store clerk that fact, or prints out the currently displayed screen and shows it to the store clerk. To communicate. If the product is displayed at the store, you can purchase it on the spot. If the product displayed on the touch panel is not displayed at the store, the manufacturer will send the product directly to the customer at a later date, or the customer will come to pick up the product at a later date. The operation of the touch panel A at the store is just an operation of turning on / off the power switch and touching the touch panel A. The operation can be performed by the store clerk but can be easily operated by the customer himself, and further broken. It is difficult.

  In addition, if the customer wants to see another character design tie, touch the display of “TOP” 9 on the screen in FIG. 4 with the finger, and the first character design category screen shown in FIG. You can go back to and proceed with another character design procedure. If you touch the display of “PREV (PREVIOUS)” 10 with your finger, you will return to the previous page. In this way, product information is input in advance by dividing the tie into brands, patterns in the brand, and colors of the same pattern, etc., so there are about 3,000 ties on the PC. , You can choose the tie of the pattern, color, material and price you want.

  In addition to the touch panel system for such customers, the manufacturer's PC has a window system as a creation or management system for the product information. The page shown in FIG. 5 is a product search page, and all types of character design tie characters “Character A”, “Character B”, “Character C”, “Character D”, “Character E” and “Character F” are shown, followed by the number of tie items (number of types) for the character design, “11” for the “Character A” tie, and 11 types of ties. It shows that it can be displayed. Then, when “display” 11 places below the product list on the side are clicked, in the case of the “character A” tie, the page moves to the page shown in FIG. 6.

  This page is a page of the list of products that can be currently displayed for the tie of “Character A”. A small product image 12 is displayed at the left end, then the product name “Matrox Character A tie” is displayed, and the product code (number) is displayed. “003-41-005”, price “¥ 5,000”, details 13 and deletion 14 are displayed. If you click on the details (corresponding part) 13 of “Matrox Character A Tie”, you will be taken to the basic product information page for each individual tie, as shown in FIG. 7. From the top, “Product Code”, “Product Name” , “Product name (Kana)”, “Price”, “Product description”, “Product basic image”, and the display availability 15 etc. appear as remarks. Clicking on the side of this publication propriety 15 alternately displays “put” or “do not place”, and clicking on this location manipulates the presence or absence of the display of individual ties on touch panel A, If “not to be posted” is selected here, a “x” mark is placed in the item of deletion (corresponding part) 14 in FIG.

  Such product information systematization shall be performed by the manufacturer or management company. As shown in FIG. 8, product information software is created by the PC 21 of the manufacturer (headquarters) 20. FIG. 8 shows an HTML catalog creation system 22 as a product information system. In order to change or update the product information software, download new product information to a CF (Compact Flash) card or PC card 23, or from the PC 21 of the manufacturer (headquarters) 20 to the PC 25 of the sales office 24 via the Internet 26. Alternatively, it is transmitted through e-mail, and the new product information is downloaded to the CF card or PC card 23 by the PC 25 of the sales office 24, and this CF card or PC card 23 is replaced.

  The actual replacement work is a very simple work, and the sales person 27 of the manufacturer may go around the store 28 of each retail store, or it may be performed by a store clerk or salesperson of the retail store. Also good. Of course, at this time, it is assumed that the PC 29 installed in the touch panel A installed in the store 28 is equipped with a CF card slot or a PC card slot.

  Further, it is possible to use a floppy disk, a compact disk, a DVD or the like instead of these CF card or PC card. Moreover, instead of replacing the medium on which such information is recorded, the store PC is connected to the manufacturer's PC via the Internet, and the manufacturer's PC can change or update the product information on the store PC via the Internet. It may be. Further, the PCs of the respective stores may be connected via the Internet, and the product information of the PCs of other stores may be displayed on the touch panel of one store.

  In this embodiment, in order to systematize product information on a touch panel on a manufacturer's or management company's PC, when operating this system, login may be performed with a registered ID and password. Well, it is possible to determine the range that can be displayed by the person who uses it and set the authority. You can also see a list of products by category and information on individual products.

  In addition, after introducing this system, manufacturers and management companies can upload, add, change, and delete products at any time, and even new amateurs can easily create new product information using PCs and digital cameras. There is no need to ask a specialized supplier each time. In addition, on the PC of the manufacturer or management company, a list of stores that supply this system can be viewed, and the contents of the information about the products supplied by each store can be recorded and viewed. Furthermore, a page created by the HTML method can be created so as to be displayed statically in an offline environment.

  In the above embodiment, the product information software is displayed on the touch panel A by the HTML method. However, the display method on the touch panel A is not limited to the HTML method. Moreover, although the display method of the specific product information on this touch panel A is described, the display method of the product is not limited to this. Further, in this system, the products to be sold are not limited to ties but include all products that can be displayed by this system. Further, the presence / absence of store display products is described as information on products mounted on the touch panel A, but store display is irrelevant as information on products mounted on the touch panel A.

In the touch panel of the Example of this invention, it is explanatory drawing which shows the page which displayed the category of the character design given to a tie. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which has touched the touchscreen of the Example of this invention with the exclusive pen. It is explanatory drawing which shows the page which displayed the kind of tie in which the character design of "Character A" was given in the touchscreen of the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the further detailed tie individual page of the "Matrox character A tie" of the Example of this invention. It is a window type product management system of an embodiment of the present invention, and is an explanatory view showing a page displaying all types of character designs. It is a window type product management system of an embodiment of the present invention, and is an explanatory view showing a page displaying a product list of a character design of “Character A”. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a page displaying individual pages of “Matrox character A tie” in the window-type product management system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the goods sales system of the Example of this invention, it is explanatory drawing showing the state which systematizes goods information in a manufacturer or a management company, and supplies these to PC of each store at any time.

Explanation of symbols

A Touch panel 1 “Character A” (display location)
2 “NEXT” (displayed on the touch panel)
3 “NEXT” (displayed on the touch panel)
4 “PREV” (displayed on the touch panel)
5 “Matrox Character A Tie” (on the touch panel) (display location)
6 “紺” on the touch panel (display location)
7 “Green” (displayed on the touch panel)
8 "Gray" (on the touch panel) (display location)
9 "TOP" (on the touch panel) (display location)
10. "PREV" (on the touch panel) (display location)
11 “Display” (display location)
12 Product image (display location)
13 “Details” (corresponding display location)
14 “Delete” (on the window)
15 “On / Off” (display location)
20 Manufacturer (headquarters)
21 PC of manufacturer (headquarters)
22 HTML catalog creation system as product information system 23 PC card 24 Manufacturer's sales office 25 Manufacturer's sales office PC
26 Internet 27 Manufacturer sales representative 28 Store 29 Store PC

Claims (5)

A touch panel connected to a computer is installed at the storefront, and information on many products including products not displayed in the store is installed on the computer. A product sales system using a touch panel, which displays information and allows the customer to select products based on this information and sell the products. Information on the above products is displayed in order by brand, by pattern in the brand, by color in the same pattern, and as information on the product, images, patterns, materials, colors, prices, product names, product codes or these The product sales system using the touch panel according to claim 1, wherein any one of them is displayed. 3. The commodity sales system using the touch panel according to claim 1, wherein the information on the commodity in the computer is changed or updated as needed by replacing or replacing the information recording medium. The store computer is connected to a manufacturer or management company computer via the Internet, and the manufacturer or management company computer can change or update the product information of the store computer through the Internet. A product sales system using the touch panel according to claim 1. The computer of the said store is connected with each computer of the other store by the internet, The information of the goods of the other store can be displayed on the touch panel of one store through the said internet. Product sales system using the touch panel described in Crab.

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