JP2009050591A - Display cabinet illumination system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve both illumination for presentation and illumination for confirmation of display objects with saved energy by automatically changing the illumination for presentation and the illumination for confirmation of display objects to be lighted according to the mode of behavior of a person. <P>SOLUTION: The display cabinet illumination system 1 includes a display cabinet 3 in which displayed objects 2 are stored and which faces an aisle in the front/rear direction; a lighting fixture for presentation 4 for illuminating the periphery of the display cabinet 3; a lighting fixture 5 for confirmation for illuminating the displayed objects 2 in such a way that the color tone of the displayed objects 2 stored in the display cabinet 3 can be easily recognized by the person; a first human sensor 6 with the detection area on the aisle side of the display cabinet 3; a second human sensor 7 with the detection area in the vicinity of an opening of the display cabinet 3; and a control part 8 for controlling the lighting of the lighting fixture 4 for presentation and the lighting fixture 5 for confirmation based on human sensing detection signals of the first human sensor 6 and the second human sensor 7. The control part 8 lights the lighting fixture 4 for presentation when it determines that the person is passing on the aisle side of the display cabinet 3, and lights the lighting fixture 5 for confirmation when it determines that the person is taking a displayed object 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting system that illuminates the periphery of a display shelf and exhibits displayed in the display shelf.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a lighting system that controls a lighting state of a lighting fixture based on a human detection signal of a human sensor is known. In this type of lighting system, for example, a lighting device that illuminates an exhibit and a human sensor that detects that a customer has approached the display shelf, and when the human sensor is not in the detection state, the brightness of the lighting device is provided. When the human sensor is in the detection state, there is an illumination system for an exhibition shelf that increases the brightness of the lighting fixture (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
JP 2006-266645 A JP 2003-310400 A

  However, in the lighting system as described above, whether the person in the detection area is passing through the passage facing the display shelf by the detection signal of the human sensor, puts the hand in the display shelf and displays the exhibit. It is not possible to automatically determine whether the state is being taken. Therefore, when the lighting fixture for illuminating the periphery of the display shelf as the lighting fixture and the lighting fixture for confirmation for illuminating the exhibit so that a person can easily recognize the color tone of the exhibit are provided, these lighting fixtures Could not be switched on and turned on accurately according to the behavioral manner described above.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and can automatically switch between the lighting for presentation and the illumination for checking the exhibition according to the behavior of the person, and the lighting for presentation and the exhibition. An object of the present invention is to provide an exhibition shelf lighting system that can achieve both energy saving and object confirmation lighting.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 illuminates the exhibit so as to make it easy for a person to recognize the color tone of the exhibition lighting device that illuminates the periphery of the display shelf and the display housed in the display shelf. An illumination device for a display shelf comprising a lighting device for confirmation, a human sensor having a detection area on a passage side of the display shelf and in or near the opening of the display shelf, and the human sensor of the human sensor Based on the detection signal, it is determined what kind of behavior the person in the detection area is, and when it is determined that the person is passing the passage side of the display shelf, the lighting device for lighting is turned on And a controller that turns on the lighting device for confirmation when it is determined that a person is going to take an exhibit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the confirmation lighting device is installed at a height of about 120 cm or less from the passage floor surface.

  The invention of claim 3 is the invention of claim 1 or 2, wherein the human detection signal is transmitted to a management server for managing exhibits through a communication interface. .

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a person is detected on the passage side of the display shelf by the human sensor, it becomes lighting for production, and when a person is detected in the shelf of the display rack or in the vicinity of the opening by the human sensor. It becomes lighting for production, and lighting production with high energy saving effect is possible. In addition, customers and the like can quickly and accurately recognize the color tone and texture of the exhibits that are picked up by placing their hands on the display shelves.

  According to the invention of claim 2, it becomes difficult for light from the lighting device for confirmation to directly enter the human eye, and glare can be prevented. In addition, since an exhibit taken by a person can be illuminated from the vicinity thereof, it is possible to use an apparatus with reduced output power as a confirmation illumination apparatus, and energy saving can be achieved.

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the human detection signal is correlated with the access information to the exhibit, it can be easily managed by the management server.

(First embodiment)
The display shelf lighting system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows an external configuration of an exhibition shelf lighting system according to this embodiment. An exhibition shelf lighting system (hereinafter referred to as the present system) 1 includes an exhibition shelf 3 that houses an exhibit 2, an effect lighting fixture 4 that illuminates the periphery of the exhibition shelf 3, and a confirmation lighting fixture that illuminates the exhibit 2. 5, a first human sensor 6 provided on the display shelf 3, a second human sensor 7 provided on the display shelf 3 and having a detection area different from that of the first human sensor 6, and production The lighting unit 4 includes a control unit 8 that controls lighting of the lighting fixture 4 and the confirmation lighting fixture 5, and a lighting circuit 9 that supplies power from the power source to the production lighting fixture 4 and the checking lighting fixture 5.

(Exhibition shelf)
The display shelf 3 is provided, for example, in a store such as an apparel shop. When the arrow A in the figure is the front of the display shelf 3, the front and the rear face the passage. In a store or the like, it is considered that a plurality of display shelves are arranged in a line in the longitudinal direction. The display shelf 3 accommodates exhibits 2 such as clothing items (suits, coats, sweaters, shirts, socks, underwear, etc.) and clothing miscellaneous goods (shoes, wallets, bags, hats, etc.) in the shelf. The display shelf 3 includes a column member 31, a girder member 32 connected to the column member 31 at a substantially right angle, and a shelf plate 33 that is fixed to the girder member 32 and on which the exhibit 2 is placed. The display shelf 3 is not limited to the presence / absence of components, material, color tone, size, and the like. For example, the shelf plate 33 may be configured by a transparent plate, a light guide plate, or the like.

(Lighting equipment for production)
The effect lighting device 4 is installed on a girder member 32 at the top of the display shelf 3 via a fixing frame 34. The installation location of the lighting fixture 4 for production is not limited to the above location, and may be, for example, the upper portion of the column member 31 or the ceiling portion of the store where the display shelf 3 is arranged. Further, a plurality of lighting fixtures 4 for production may be arranged on the display shelf 3 or the ceiling. The effect lighting device 4 is turned on in a preset lighting state for effect lighting, and performs the effect lighting that attracts attention to the display shelf 3 and the exhibit 2. As such a lighting mode, for example, the luminescent color of the production lighting device 4 is set to a low color temperature (2800 to 4500 K) that can calm the atmosphere around the display shelf 3 and create a warm space. Can be mentioned. Further, the luminescent color may be changed according to spring, summer, autumn and winter so that a sense of the season can be produced, or may be changed according to the time zone so as to be different between afternoon and morning. The lighting fixture 4 for production includes a fluorescent lamp, a cold cathode lamp, an LED, an organic EL, and the like, and may be configured by combining a plurality of these.

(Lighting fixture for confirmation)
The lighting device 5 for confirmation illuminates the exhibit 2 so that the person can easily recognize the color tone of the exhibit 2 when the person picks up the exhibit 2 accommodated in the display shelf 3. It is desirable to use a lighting device 5 for confirmation that emits light with high color rendering at a high color temperature. In this embodiment, the lighting fixture 5 for confirmation is line illumination, Comprising: One is arrange | positioned at the front and back both sides of the display shelf 3 along the girder member 32 of the display shelf 3 upper part. Thus, by integrating with the display shelf 3, the design of the display shelf 3 and the store space can be maintained. Further, by using line illumination, the front and rear of the display shelf 3 can be illuminated uniformly, so that a person can recognize the color tone of the exhibit 2 in a wide range in front and rear of the display shelf 3. Examples of the line illumination include a light guide method in which a light source is provided at both ends or one side of a light guide member, a plurality of LEDs arranged on a straight line, an organic EL, a fluorescent lamp, and the like.

(First human sensor)
One first human sensor 6 is provided on each of the front and rear sides of the display shelf 3. A range on the passage side where the display shelf 3 faces in the longitudinal direction is set as a detection area 61. Is detected. In the present embodiment, the first human sensor 6 is installed on the girder member 32 at the bottom of the display shelf 3. Examples of the first human sensor 6 include infrared sensors from the viewpoints of availability, simplicity, and the like. Further, an ultrasonic type, a microwave type, or an acoustic type may be used. The infrared human sensor responds to infrared rays emitted from the human body, and when a person approaches, the sensing unit in the human sensor operates to output a human detection signal.

(Second human sensor)
One second human sensor 7 is provided on each of the front and rear sides of the display shelf 3, and detects the range on the side of the passage where the display shelf 3 faces in the longitudinal direction in the vicinity of the opening of the display shelf 3. An area 71 is used to detect whether or not a person is present in the detection area 71. In the present embodiment, the second human sensor 7 is installed on the girder member 32 at the top of the display shelf 3. As the second human sensor 7, it is desirable to use an infrared sensor similar to the first human sensor 6.

(Control part)
FIG. 2 shows an electrical block configuration of the display shelf lighting system according to the present embodiment. Based on the human detection signals of the first human sensor 6 and the second human sensor 7, the control unit 8 determines what behavior mode the person in the detection area is, and the determination result Based on the above, lighting control for lighting equipment 4 for confirmation and lighting equipment 5 for confirmation are controlled. The control unit 8 is provided with a communication unit 12 that transmits the human detection signal to various terminal devices (management server) for managing the exhibit 2. The communication unit 12 is connected to a display terminal 13 installed in the store via an intranet, and the display terminal 13 displays a human detection signal from the communication unit 12 as access information to the exhibit 2. Thereby, the store staff can monitor the situation in the store, can grasp the attention degree of the exhibit 2, and can analyze the behavior of the customer. The access information history is recorded in the recording unit 14 connected to the communication unit 12. The communication unit 12 is connected to the display terminal 15 installed in the head office, a franchise store, or the like via the Internet, and the access information is displayed on the display terminal 15. As a result, the access information can be used more effectively for marketing. Note that communication protocols for intranet connection and internet connection include LAN, Bluetooth, power line communication, and the like.

  FIG. 3 shows the positional relationship between the lighting device 5 for confirmation and the person who picked up the exhibit 2 in the present system 1. In the figure, the illustration except for the lighting fixture 5 is omitted, but is equivalent to the above. The lighting fixture 5 for confirmation is installed at a height of about 120 cm or less from the floor of the passage in consideration of the height of an adult so that the exhibit 2 taken by a person can be illuminated from the vicinity. . The installation location of the lighting fixture 5 for confirmation is not limited to the above-mentioned girder member 32. For example, when the display shelf 3 is tall, the shelf board is about 120 cm or less in height from the passage floor. You may install in front of 33. When the confirmation lighting fixture 5 is installed, the light emitting portion of the confirmation lighting fixture 5 is set downward so that the illumination light is not emitted upward. Thus, by supplying the illumination light of the confirmation lighting fixture 5 only downward, the illumination light is less likely to enter the human eye directly, and glare can be prevented. Moreover, it becomes difficult to destroy the atmosphere of the store space.

  FIG. 4 shows the positional relationship between the detection area of the second human sensor 7 and the passage side of the display shelf 3 in the present system 1. The detection area 71 is a range as close as possible to the display shelf 3, for example, a passage sandwiched between the wall 10 and the display shelf 3, or a passage sandwiched between the display shelf 4 and another display shelf 11. The width is set to be as small as possible with respect to the width 72. This prevents the second human sensor 7 from detecting the presence of a person passing through the passage side of the display shelf 3.

  Next, operation | movement of this illumination system 1 comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated. When a person is present in the detection area 61 of the first human sensor 6, the first human sensor 6 detects its presence and transmits a human detection signal to the control unit 8. When the control unit 8 receives the human detection signal of the first human sensor 6, the control unit 8 determines that a person is passing the passage side of the display shelf 3, and controls lighting of the effect lighting device 4. A control signal is transmitted to the lighting circuit 9. The lighting circuit 9 receives the control signal, supplies power to the lighting fixture 4 for lighting, and turns on the lighting fixture 4 for lighting. Here, when the human detection signal is no longer transmitted from the first human sensor 6 to the control unit 8, the control unit 8 does not receive the human detection signal and after a predetermined time has elapsed. The production lighting device 4 is turned off.

  When there is a person in the detection area 71 of the second human sensor 7, the second human sensor 7 detects its presence and transmits a human detection signal to the control unit 8. When the control unit 8 receives the human detection signal from the second human sensor 7, the control unit 8 determines that a person is trying to take the exhibit 2 by putting his hand in the display shelf 3, and the detection is detected in the display shelf 3. A control signal for controlling lighting of the lighting fixture 5 for confirmation (on the detection side) provided on the second human sensor 7 side is transmitted to the lighting circuit 9. Upon receiving the control signal, the lighting circuit 9 supplies power to the detection-side confirmation lighting fixture 5 to light the detection-side confirmation lighting fixture 5. Here, the control unit 8 turns off the confirmation lighting device 5 after a predetermined time has elapsed after receiving the human detection signal of the second human sensor 7. When the confirmation lighting device 5 is turned on or turned off, a high-quality feeling of the exhibit 2 can be produced by gently fading.

  According to the display shelf lighting system 1 according to this embodiment, when a person is detected on the passage side of the display shelf 3 by the first human sensor 6, the lighting is provided for production, and the second human sensor 7 displays the display. When a person is detected in the shelf of the shelf 3 or in the vicinity of the opening, it becomes lighting for production, and lighting production with high energy saving effect is possible. In addition, the customer or the like can quickly and accurately recognize the color tone and texture of the exhibit 2 that is put in the display shelf 3 and picked up.

(Second Embodiment)
An exhibition shelf lighting system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 shows an external configuration of the display shelf lighting system according to the present embodiment. In the same figure, except for the second human sensor 7 is omitted, it is equivalent to the above. In the present system 1, the second human sensor 7 is provided for each shelf board 33 at a substantially central portion on the back surface thereof, and the space in the shelf partitioned by the shelf board 33 is used as each detection area 71. This is different from the embodiment. By comprising in this way, when a person passes the passage side of the display shelf 3, since the presence is not detected by the 2nd human sensor 7, the lighting fixture 5 for confirmation lights up Is reliably prevented and the energy saving effect is further enhanced.

(Third embodiment)
An exhibition shelf lighting system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 shows an external configuration of the display shelf lighting system according to the present embodiment. In the present system 1, when the arrow A in the figure is the front of the display shelf 3, the display shelf 3 is positioned in front of the display shelf 3 as the wall 16 is disposed behind the display shelf 3. The first human sensor 6, the second human sensor 7, and the confirmation lighting device 5 are provided only on the passage side. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment. With this configuration, the manufacturing cost of the system can be reduced.

  In addition, this invention is not restricted to the structure of the said various embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not change the meaning of invention. For example, an audio output device may be provided on the display shelf 3 so that when the lighting device 4 for lighting is turned on, music may be played so as to enhance the atmosphere in the store. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although what provided the 1st human sensor 6 and the 2nd human sensor 7 separately was shown, it has the detection area 61 and the detection area 71 with one human sensor. You may comprise.

1 is a perspective view showing an exhibition shelf lighting system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The block diagram which shows the display shelf lighting system. The positional relationship between the lighting fixture for confirmation of the display shelf lighting system and a person is shown. The figure which shows the positional relationship of the detection area of the 2nd human sensor of the same display shelf illumination system, and the passage side of a display shelf. The perspective view which shows the display shelf illumination system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows the display shelf illumination system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display shelf lighting system 2 Exhibit 3 Display shelf 4 Illumination fixture for production 5 Lighting fixture for confirmation 6 1st human sensor 7 2nd human sensor 8 Control part

Claims (3)

An exhibition shelf lighting system comprising a lighting device for lighting that illuminates the periphery of an exhibition shelf, and a lighting device for confirmation that illuminates the exhibit so that a person can easily recognize the color tone of the exhibits contained in the exhibition shelf. There,
A human sensor having a detection area on the passage side of the display shelf and in the shelf of the display shelf or in the vicinity of the opening;
Based on the human detection signal of the human sensor, it is determined what kind of behavior the person in the detection area is, when it is determined that the person is passing the passage side of the display shelf, A display shelf lighting system, comprising: a controller that turns on the lighting device for presentation and turns on the lighting device for confirmation when it is determined that a person is taking an exhibit.   The display shelf lighting system according to claim 1, wherein the confirmation lighting device is installed at a height of about 120 cm or less from the passage floor.   The exhibition shelf lighting system according to claim 1, wherein the human detection signal is transmitted to a management server for managing exhibits through a communication interface.

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