JP2012113661A - Information processor and pricing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow the differences of quality between the same kind of commodities to be easily reflected on their prices.SOLUTION: A monitoring section 1b monitors commodities 5a, 5b, 5c placed on a shelf 4 and, when detecting a commodity taken out of the shelf 4 and put back to the shelf 4 again, counts up the number of times when the commodity is avoided, to store it in storage sections 6a, 6b, 6c. A price change section 1c refers to the storage sections 6a, 6b, 6c and, if there is a commodity whose number of times of avoidance has reached a prescribed threshold, changes the price of the commodity.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a price setting method for setting the price of a product.

  With the development of information communication technology, it is possible to collect information indicating customer behavior and the like at a merchandise retailer and use it for sales promotion of merchandise. For example, there is a technique for changing the price of a product based on information about the product.

  For example, a technique for updating the current price corresponding to the product information when the number of laps in the store of the product becomes a threshold number of laps is considered. In addition, when a state indicating a purchase failure of a purchase consideration product that may be purchased by a customer is detected, if discount of the purchase consideration product is possible, discount information of the purchase consideration product is displayed on the display device. Technology is also considered. In addition, as a technique related to the display of the changed price of the product, for example, the information displayed on the image display device attached to the display stand for displaying the product or the product and transmitted by wireless communication is displayed as an image. There is a price tag that has the function of displaying on the device.

JP 2008-198024 A JP 2003-256705 A JP 2005-352830 A

  However, the conventional technology does not consider the difference in quality among the same type of products. Therefore, when quality differs between the same kind of goods, possibility that unsatisfactory goods will be unsold becomes high.

  In one aspect, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and a price setting method that can easily reflect the difference in quality between the same type of products in the price.

  In one proposal, an information processing apparatus having a monitoring unit and a price changing unit is provided. The monitoring unit monitors the product placed on the shelf, and when the product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf is detected, counts the number of times the product is shone and stores the number of times the product is shuffled in the storage unit. Store. The price changing unit refers to the storage unit and changes the price of the product when there is a product for which the number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold.

  Also, the product placed on the shelf is monitored, and when the product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf is detected, the number of times the product is shone is counted up and the number of times the product is placed back on the shelf is stored. The price setting method is characterized by changing the price of the product when there is a product stored in the storage unit and referring to the storage unit and the number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold.

  Differences in quality between similar products can be easily reflected in the price.

It is a figure which shows the function structural example of the apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the system configuration example of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of an electronic price tag. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in the IC tag in 2nd Embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of hardware of an information processing device. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the function of the information processing apparatus in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the information stored in the memory | storage part in 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a number of times of being shone. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of a price change process. It is a figure which shows the example of a transition of the price according to the number of times of being shone. It is a figure which shows the example of a price transition when it is avoided from many customers in a short time. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in the IC tag in 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the information stored in the memory | storage part in 3rd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Each embodiment can be implemented by combining a plurality of embodiments within a consistent range.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of an apparatus according to the first embodiment. The information processing apparatus 1 includes a human detection unit 1a, a monitoring unit 1b, and a price change unit 1c.

  The person detection unit 1 a detects whether or not there is a person 8 in front of the shelf 4. For example, the human detection unit 1a is connected to a human detection sensor 2 whose detection range is the space in front of the shelf 4. When the person detection sensor 2 detects that the person 8 is within the detection range, the person detection sensor 2 outputs a signal indicating that the person 8 has been detected. The human detection unit 1a determines that the person 8 is present in front of the shelf 4 while the signal indicating that the person 8 is detected is output from the human detection sensor 2.

  The monitoring unit 1b monitors the products 5a, 5b, and 5c placed on the shelf 4. And if the monitoring part 1b detects the goods taken out from the shelf 4 and returned to the shelf 4, it counts up the frequency | count of aspiration of the detected goods, and stores the frequency | count of aspiration of the detected goods in a memory | storage device. . In the example of FIG. 1, storage units 6a, 6b, and 6c are provided for each of the products 5a, 5b, and 5c. The storage units 6a, 6b, and 6c are, for example, IC (Integrated Circuit) tags. As shown in FIG. 1, when the storage units 6a, 6b, and 6c are provided for each of the products 5a, 5b, and 5c, for example, the monitoring unit 1b stores the product stored in the storage device returned to the shelf 4 Stores the number of times.

  In addition, the monitoring unit 1b detects a product taken out from the shelf 4 and returned to the shelf 4, and returns to the shelf 4 when another product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf 4 is taken out from the shelf 4. It is also possible to count up the number of times the product is shunned.

  Furthermore, the monitoring part 1b can also count up the number of times of being shone using the detection result of the person 8 by the person detection part 1a. For example, the monitoring unit 1b detects the person 8 in front of the shelf 4, detects the product taken out from the shelf 4, and returned to the shelf 4, and another product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf 4 is displayed on the shelf 4. Judge that it was taken out from. Then, when the person 8 leaves the front of the shelf 4, the monitoring unit 1 b then counts up the number of times the product is returned to the shelf 4.

  In addition, the monitoring unit 1b determines whether the storage units 6a, 6b, and 6c attached to the products 5a, 5b, and 5c arranged on the shelf 4 can be accessed via the reader / writer 3 installed on the shelf 4, for example. The goods 5a, 5b, and 5c can be monitored by detecting periodically. In this case, the monitoring unit 1b detects a product that has been taken out from the shelf 4 and returned to the shelf 4 in accordance with the detection result indicating whether the storage units 6a, 6b, and 6c are accessible. For example, the monitoring unit 1b determines that the product has been taken out of the shelf 4 when the storage device cannot be accessed after that, regarding the product that has been able to access the storage device. Moreover, the monitoring part 1b judges that the goods were returned to the shelf, when access to the storage device of the goods taken out from the shelf 4 becomes possible again.

  The price changing unit 1c refers to the storage units 6a, 6b, and 6c, and changes the price of the product when there is a product for which the number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold. For example, the price changing unit 1c reduces the price of a product whose number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold.

  In addition, the price changing unit 1c has a predetermined threshold value set in multiple stages, and the price of the product can be lowered step by step whenever the number of times the product is shunned reaches the threshold value. For example, the price changing unit 1c reduces the price of the product by one discount when the number of times the product is shunned reaches the first threshold, and reduces the price of the product by three when the second threshold is reached.

  The price changing unit 1c can also lower the price of the product after a predetermined time has elapsed from the date and time when the number of times the product is shunned reaches the threshold value. Moreover, the price change part 1c can also display the price after a change on the display parts 7a, 7b, and 7c affixed to the goods in which the number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold value. For example, the price changing unit 1c writes a new price to the storage medium in the display units 7a, 7b, and 7c via the reader / writer 3. The display units 7a, 7b, and 7c display the written price on the screen.

  According to such an information processing apparatus 1, for example, when a person 8 stands in front of the shelf 4, the person detection sensor 2 outputs a signal indicating that a person has been detected. The output signal is input to the human detection unit 1a. Then, the person detection unit 1a determines that the person 8 is standing in front of the shelf 4, and notifies the monitoring unit 1b that there is a person in front of the shelf 4.

  The monitoring unit 1b monitors the products 5a, 5b, and 5c arranged on the shelf 4. For example, the monitoring unit 1b performs monitoring while the person 8 is in front of the shelf 4. The monitoring unit 1b detects by monitoring that one of the products has been taken out from the shelf 4 and that the taken out product has been returned to the shelf 4. For example, it is assumed that the person 8 takes out the product 5a from the shelf 4, returns the product 5a to the shelf 4, and further takes out another product 5b of the same type as the product 5a from the shelf 4. Such movement of the products 5a and 5b is detected by the monitoring unit 1b.

  Thereafter, when the person 8 leaves the front of the shelf 4, the output of the signal indicating that the person is detected from the person detection sensor 2 stops. Thereby, the person detection part 1a detects that the person left and notifies the monitoring part 1b that the person 8 left. Then, when the person 8 leaves, the monitoring unit 1b returns to the shelf 4 after the product 5a is taken out from the shelf 4, and the product 5b of the same type as the product 5a remains taken out from the shelf 4. Make sure. In this case, the monitoring unit 1b counts up the number of times the product 5a is shunned. For example, the monitoring unit 1b reads the current number of times of being shone from the storage unit 6a attached to the product 5a via the reader / writer 3. Next, the monitoring unit 1b counts up the read value of the number of times of telemetry and writes the number of times of telemetry after the count-up to the storage unit 6a of the product 5a via the reader / writer 3. In the example of FIG. 1, it is assumed that the number of times the product 5a is shone is counted up to 10.

  On the other hand, the price change unit 1c periodically reads the number of times of being stored in the storage units 6a, 6b, and 6c of the products 5a, 5b, and 5c via the reader / writer 3. Then, when there is a product for which the read number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold, the price of the product is lowered by the price changing unit 1c. For example, when the threshold of the number of times of being shone is “10 times”, it is determined that the number of times of shunting of the product 5a has reached the threshold. In this case, the price changing unit 1c reduces the price of the product 5a from, for example, 100 yen to 90 yen. The changed price is displayed on the display unit 7a attached to the product 5a by the price changing unit 1c, for example.

  In this way, it is possible to set a price that reflects the difference in quality among the same type of products 5a, 5b, 5c. For example, even if the products 5a, 5b, and 5c are the same type of products, only the product 5a has a dark appearance and may have poor quality. In such a case, the customer finds darkening and returns it to the shelf 4 when the product 5a is visually confirmed with the hand. The customer then picks up another product 5b of the same type as the product 5a and leaves with the product 5b. Such customer behavior can be recognized by monitoring the products 5a, 5b, and 5c by the monitoring unit 1b. And the difference in the quality between goods 5a, 5b, and 5c can be discriminated based on the customer's action to goods 5a, 5b, and 5c. If the difference in quality can be discriminated, it is possible to lower the price of a product for which the quality is judged to be degraded compared to other products of the same type. As a result, it is possible to prevent products with poor quality from remaining unsold.

  In addition, only when a product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf 4 is removed from the shelf, the number of times the product is returned to the shelf 4 is counted up, so that a customer who is willing to purchase the product carefully As a result, it is possible to reduce the price only for products that are avoided. That is, in the case of a customer with a low willingness to purchase a product, the reason why the product taken back to the shelf 4 is likely to be irrelevant to the quality of the product picked up. For example, there are cases where the customer cancels the purchase of the product taken and the same type of product as the product, and returns the product taken to the shelf 4 to the shelf 4. On the other hand, if a product taken by a customer who is willing to purchase the product is returned to the shelf 4, it can be considered that there is a problem in the quality of the product. That is, if a customer has a willingness to purchase a product, if he / she notices that there is a problem with the quality of the product he / she has picked up, the product of the same kind is taken out after returning the product to the shelf 4. Therefore, only when a product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf 4 is taken out of the shelf, the number of times the product is returned to the shelf 4 is counted up, so that a customer who has a willingness to purchase is carefully judged. You can count up the number of times you are shunned. As a result, it is possible to accurately determine the quality between the same type of products. Then, an appropriate price can be set based on accurate quality judgment.

  Further, by detecting that there is a person in front of the shelf 4 by the person detection unit 1a, it is specified that the products 5a, 5b, 5c arranged on the shelf 4 are taken out by the same person. it can. As a result, when the person leaves from the front of the shelf 4, it can be determined that the product not returned to the shelf 4 is a product purchased by the customer. That is, it is possible to accurately determine the product that the customer has taken away. As a result, it can be inferred that, among the products of the same type as the product purchased by the customer, the product taken out from the shelf 4 by the customer and returned to the shelf 4 is inferior in quality to the product purchased by the customer. That is, it is possible to improve the quality judgment accuracy of the remaining products by accurately determining the products that the customer has taken away for purchase.

  In addition, the person detection part 1a, the monitoring part 1b, and the price change part 1c are realizable by CPU (Central Processing Unit) which the information processing apparatus 1 has, for example. The storage units 6a, 6b, and 6c can be realized by a storage medium that can store information magnetically or electrically.

[Second Embodiment]
The second embodiment is an example in which an electronic price tag is used as a storage unit or a display unit attached to a product. The electronic price tag has, for example, an IC tag as a storage unit and electronic paper as a display unit.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration example according to the second embodiment. A plurality of human detection sensors 11 to 14 and a plurality of IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30 are connected to the information processing apparatus 100.

  The human detection sensors 11 to 14 are arranged on the front surface of the display shelf 10 at a predetermined interval. The human detection sensors 11 to 14 detect the presence of a person when the person stands within a predetermined range in front. For example, the human detection sensors 11 to 14 emit light toward the front, and measure the distance to the human body by the reflected light of the emitted light. And the human detection sensors 11-14 will output the signal which shows having detected the person, if the distance to a human body is below a predetermined distance. For example, when detecting the person, the person detection sensors 11 to 14 assert the signal of the signal line connected to the information processing apparatus 100. The human detection sensors 11 to 14 negate the signal of the signal line connected to the information processing apparatus 100 when the detected person cannot be detected.

  The plurality of IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30 are arranged on the upper surface of the display shelf 10 at a predetermined interval. The IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30 can, for example, read data of an IC tag at a distance of several tens of centimeters wirelessly and write data to an IC tag at a distance of several tens of centimeters wirelessly. it can. For example, the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30 are reader / writers that access passive IC tags.

Products 41 to 43 and 51 to 55 are displayed on the display shelf 10. For example, the products 41 to 43 are fish, and the products 51 to 55 are cabbage.
An electronic price tag 60 is attached to the product 41. For example, the product 41 is packaged with a food wrap film, and an electronic price tag 60 is attached to the outside of the package. Similarly, an electronic price tag 70 is attached to the product 51. Electronic price tags are also attached to the other products 42, 43, 52 to 55. The electronic price tags 60 and 70 have a built-in IC tag and a display device. The price recorded on the IC tag is displayed on the display device of the electronic price tags 60 and 70.

  The information processing apparatus 100 determines a product that is avoided by the customer 80 based on signals input from the human detection sensors 11 to 14 and the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30. Then, the information processing apparatus 100 changes the price displayed on the electronic price tag of the shunned product via the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30.

Next, the electronic price tags 60 and 70 will be described in detail.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the electronic price tag. The electronic price tag 60 includes an IC tag 61, electronic paper 62, and a driver 63.

  The IC tag 61 is an electronic circuit that operates by receiving radio waves from the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30. The IC tag 61 is also called RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification), and can store data electronically. Data recording to the IC tag 61 is performed by wireless communication from the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30. The data recorded in the IC tag 61 can be read out by the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30 by wireless communication.

  The electronic paper 62 is a display device that can display an arbitrary image without power. However, a small amount of power is consumed only when the image displayed on the electronic paper 62 is rewritten. Some electronic paper 62 uses a cholesteric liquid crystal material, for example.

The driver 63 rewrites the image of the electronic paper 62. For example, the driver 63 reads price information stored in the IC tag 61 and displays it on the electronic paper 62.
FIG. 3 shows the hardware configuration of the electronic price tag 60 attached to the product 41, but the hardware configuration of the electronic price tag 70 attached to the product 51 is the same as that of the electronic price tag 60.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the IC tag according to the second embodiment. The IC tag 61 has fields for IC tag ID, product code, initial price, number of times of being shunned, current price, and arrival date and time for data storage.

  In the IC tag ID field, an identifier (IC tag ID) uniquely indicating the IC tag 61 is stored. The IC tag ID uniquely indicates the electronic price tag 60 and also uniquely indicates the product to which the electronic price tag 60 is attached. The product code field stores the product type identifier (product code) of the product 41 to which the electronic price tag 60 is attached. The initial price field stores the price (original price) of the product 41 when the product 41 is displayed at the store. The number of times of being shunned stores the number of times that the product 41 is shunned by the customer. The initial value of the number of times of being shone is “0”. In the current price field, the current price of the product 41 is stored. The initial value of the current price field is the same value as the initial price. In the arrival date and time field, the date and time when the number of times of being shone reaches the specified number of times set in advance in the information processing apparatus 100 is set.

Next, the information processing apparatus 100 will be described in detail.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of hardware of the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus 100 is entirely controlled by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 102 and a plurality of peripheral devices are connected to the CPU 101 via a bus 108.

  The RAM 102 is used as a main storage device of the information processing apparatus 100. The RAM 102 temporarily stores at least part of an OS (Operating System) program and application programs to be executed by the CPU 101. The RAM 102 stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 101.

  Peripheral devices connected to the bus 108 include a hard disk drive (HDD) 103, a graphic processing device 104, an input interface 105, an optical drive device 106, and a communication interface 107.

  The HDD 103 magnetically writes and reads data to and from the built-in disk. The HDD 103 is used as a secondary storage device of the information processing apparatus 100. The HDD 103 stores an OS program, application programs, and various data. Note that a semiconductor storage device such as a flash memory can also be used as the secondary storage device.

  A monitor 91 is connected to the graphic processing device 104. The graphic processing device 104 displays an image on the screen of the monitor 91 in accordance with a command from the CPU 101. Examples of the monitor 91 include a display device using a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) and a liquid crystal display device.

  A keyboard 92 and a mouse 93 are connected to the input interface 105. The input interface 105 transmits signals sent from the keyboard 92 and the mouse 93 to the CPU 101. The mouse 93 is an example of a pointing device, and other pointing devices can be used. Examples of other pointing devices include a touch panel, a tablet, a touch pad, and a trackball.

  The optical drive device 106 reads data recorded on the optical disc 94 using laser light or the like. The optical disc 94 is a portable recording medium on which data is recorded so that it can be read by reflection of light. The optical disc 94 includes a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a DVD-RAM, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a CD-R (Recordable) / RW (ReWritable), and the like.

  The communication interface 107 is connected to the network 90. The communication interface 107 transmits / receives data to / from other information processing apparatuses or communication devices via the network 90.

  With the hardware configuration as described above, the processing functions of the present embodiment can be realized. The information processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 can also be realized by the same hardware as the information processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of functions of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. The information processing apparatus 100 includes a storage unit 110, a person detection unit 120, a product monitoring unit 130, and a price change unit 140.

  The storage unit 110 stores a correspondence relationship between a product master table in which a discount condition is defined when a product is avoided by a customer, a display shelf on which each product is arranged, and a human detection sensor installed on the display shelf. The arrangement management table shown is stored. For example, a part of the storage area of the RAM 102 or the HDD 103 is used as the storage unit 110.

  The human detection unit 120 is connected to the human detection sensors 11 to 14. When the human detection unit 120 receives a signal indicating the presence of a person from the human detection sensors 11 to 14, the human detection information including the sensor ID of the detected human detection sensor and indicating that a person has been detected is displayed on the commodity monitoring unit. 130 is notified. When the person detection unit 120 receives a signal indicating that the person cannot be detected from the person detection sensor that has detected the person, the person detection unit 120 includes a sensor ID of the person detection sensor and indicates that the person has left. The product information monitoring unit 130 is notified of the detection information.

  The product monitoring unit 130 monitors the movement status of the products arranged on the display shelf corresponding to the human detection sensor that detects the presence of a person. For example, the product monitoring unit 130 determines that a product has been taken out from a display shelf standing by a person based on the IC tag IDs detected by the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30, or the taken out product is displayed on the display shelf. Determine that it has been returned to. The product monitoring unit 130 displays a product that has been taken out of the display shelf and then returned to the display shelf. If a product leaves the display shelf with another product code having the same product code as the product left, The product returned to the shelf is judged to have been avoided by the customer. In that case, the merchandise monitoring unit 130 counts up the value of the number of shudder set in the IC tag in the electronic price tag attached to the shunned merchandise. Counting up the number of times of being shone is performed via an IC tag reader / writer that detects an IC tag in an electronic price tag attached to a shredded product.

  In addition, the product monitoring unit 130 detects a product for which the number of times of saved distance reaches a specified value by counting up the number of times of saved distance. Then, the merchandise monitoring unit 130 sets the current time in the arrival date / time field of the IC tag in the electronic price tag attached to the detected merchandise. The current time is set to the arrival date and time via an IC tag reader / writer that detects an IC tag in an electronic price tag attached to a product whose number of times of being shone reaches a prescribed threshold value (threshold number of times of shredding). .

In addition, the number of times of being shunned for each product can be determined with reference to a product master table stored in the storage unit 110, for example.
The price changing unit 140 changes the price of a product whose elapsed time has reached a predetermined waiting time after the number of times of being shone reaches a specified value. For example, the price changing unit 140 reads the arrival date and time from the IC tag in the electronic price tag attached to each product via the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30. Then, if there is a product whose elapsed time from the read arrival date and time is equal to or longer than a predetermined waiting time, the price changing unit 140 reduces the price of the product. When the price of the product is lowered, the price changing unit 140 sets the price after the discount in the field of the current price of the IC tag in the electronic price tag attached to each product via the IC tag reader / writer that detects the product. .

  The price after the discount set by the price changing unit 140 is determined according to, for example, the number of times of respect. For example, it is possible to set the number of times of saved distance for discounting in multiple stages, and the price changing unit 140 can sequentially reduce the price when the number of times of saved distance at each stage is reached. In the first price reduction opportunity (for example, when the number of times of shunting reaches 10), the price changing unit 140 sets a price of 1 discount of the initial price. In the second price reduction opportunity (for example, when the number of times of being shone reaches 20), the price changing unit 140 sets a price of 3 discounts of the initial price.

The waiting time and the discount rate for each product can be determined with reference to a product master table stored in the storage unit 110, for example.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of information stored in the storage unit according to the second embodiment. The storage unit 110 stores a product master table 111, an arrangement management table 112, a pre-movement product list 113, and a movement product list 114. The product master table 111 and the arrangement management table 112 are data stored in the storage unit 110 in advance. The pre-movement product list 113 and the movement product list 114 are data temporarily stored by the product monitoring unit 130.

  The merchandise master table 111 is a data table in which a discount rate corresponding to the number of times of being shunned and a waiting time after reaching the distance are defined for each product type. The merchandise master table 111 includes columns for a merchandise code, a price reduction opportunity, a shudder count threshold, a discount rate, and a waiting time.

  An identifier (product code) for each product type is set in the product code column. For example, when one product code is set for the product “cabbage” and the price of the cabbage is changed according to the number of times the customer is shunned, the product code of the cabbage is set in the product code column. Even if the product has the same general name (for example, “cabbage”), different product codes can be set if the product type, production area, and size are different.

  In the price reduction opportunity column, a numerical value indicating the number of price reduction opportunities is set. If the information is related to the first price reduction opportunity, “1” is set. If the information is related to the second price reduction opportunity, “2” is set.

  In the column of the number of times of being shunned, a threshold of number of times of shrunken, which is a condition for an opportunity for price reduction, is set. The greater the number of price reduction opportunities, the greater the number of shunned times threshold. In the example of FIG. 7, the distance count threshold for the first price reduction opportunity is “10 times”, and the distance count threshold for the second price reduction opportunity is “20 times”.

  In the column of discount rate, the discount rate from the initial price when it becomes a price reduction opportunity is set. In the example of FIG. 7, the discount rate is set as a percentage. The discount rate increases as the number of discount opportunities increases. In the example of FIG. 7, the discount rate at the first price reduction opportunity is “10%”, and the discount rate at the second price reduction opportunity is “30%”.

  In the waiting time column, a waiting time until the price reduction is executed after the number of times the product is shunned by the customer reaches the number of times of being shunned, which is a condition for an opportunity for price reduction, is set. In the example of FIG. 7, the waiting time is set in units of minutes. In the example of FIG. 7, the waiting time is 45 minutes when the number of price reduction opportunities is the first time, the second time, and the third time, but a different waiting time can be set for each number of price reduction opportunities.

  The arrangement management table 112 is a data table that defines a correspondence relationship between a human detection sensor and a product arranged on a display shelf in which the human detection sensor is installed. The arrangement management table 112 has columns for product code, shelf number, and sensor ID.

  In the item code column, the item code of the item arranged on the display shelf is set. In the shelf number column, the identification number (shelf number) of the display shelf on which the product indicated by the product code is arranged is set. In the column of sensor ID, an identification number (sensor ID) of a human detection sensor installed on the corresponding display shelf is set.

  The pre-movement product list 113 is a list of products arranged on a display shelf when a person stands in front of the display shelf. In the pre-movement product list 113, columns of product code and IC tag ID are provided. In the item code column, the item code of the item arranged on the display shelf is set. In the IC tag ID field, when a person stands in front of a display shelf, the IC tag ID of an electronic price tag attached to a product placed on the display shelf is set.

  The moving product list 114 is a list of products taken out from the display shelf in a state where a person stands in front of the display shelf. The mobile product list 114 has columns for product codes and IC tag IDs. In the product code column, the product code of the product taken out from the display shelf while standing in front of the display shelf is set. In the IC tag ID column, an IC tag ID of an electronic price tag attached to a product taken out from the display shelf in a state where a person stands in front of the display shelf is set.

Next, processing executed by the information processing apparatus 100 will be described in detail. The processes executed by the information processing apparatus 100 include a distance counting process and a price change process.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the number of times of telemetry. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 8 will be described in order of step number.

  [Step S11] The person detection unit 120 determines whether a person has been detected in front of any of the display shelves. For example, when a signal indicating human detection is input from any one of the human detection sensors, the human detection unit 120 determines that a person has been detected before the display shelf.

  When a person is detected in front of the display shelf, the person detection unit 120 notifies the product monitoring unit 130 of the person detection information together with the sensor ID of the person detection sensor that has detected the presence of the person. The human detection sensor can be identified by a signal line that connects the information processing apparatus 100 and the human detection sensors 11 to 14, for example. In this case, a number for identifying the signal line connected to each of the human detection sensors 11 to 14 by the information processing apparatus 100 can be used as the sensor ID.

  If the person detection unit 120 detects a person in front of the display shelf, the process proceeds to step S12. If the person detection unit 120 does not detect a person in front of the display shelf, the process of step S11 is repeated.

  [Step S12] When a person is detected in front of the display shelf by the person detection unit 120, the product monitoring unit 130 sets the product placed on the display shelf in front of the detected person as a monitoring target, and monitors the product to be monitored. A pre-movement product list 113 is created. For example, the product monitoring unit 130 refers to the arrangement management table 112 and acquires the product code of the monitored product. If a plurality of types of products are arranged on the display shelf in front of the detected person, a plurality of product codes are acquired.

  Next, the product monitoring unit 130 reads information stored in the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to each product via the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30. Then, the product monitoring unit 130 extracts information in which the product code of the monitored product is set from the information read from the electronic price tag, lists the product code and IC tag ID of the information, The product list 113 is assumed. The product monitoring unit 130 stores the created pre-movement product list 113 in the storage unit 110.

  [Step S13] The product monitoring unit 130 determines whether or not the monitored product on the display shelf in front of the detected person has moved. For example, the product monitoring unit 130 reads information stored in the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to each product via the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30. Next, the product monitoring unit 130 extracts information in which the product code of the monitored product is set, and compares it with the pre-movement product list 113. The product monitoring unit 130 determines that the monitored product has moved when there is at least one IC tag ID that is included in the pre-movement product list 113 but not included in the information extracted this time. If the monitoring target product moves, the product monitoring unit 130 advances the process to step S14. Further, if there is no movement of the monitoring target product, the product monitoring unit 130 advances the process to step S15.

  [Step S14] The product monitoring unit 130 stores the IC tag ID of the moved monitoring target product. For example, the merchandise monitoring unit 130 moves a set of the IC tag ID and the merchandise code of the monitored product in the storage unit 110 that are included in the pre-movement merchandise list 113 but not included in the information extracted in step S13. Register in the product list 114.

  [Step S15] The person detection unit 120 determines whether or not a person has left the front of the display shelf on which the product to be monitored is placed. For example, when the human detection sensor that has output the signal indicating human detection stops the output of the signal indicating human detection in step S11, the human detection unit 120 detects the person from the front of the display shelf where the monitoring target product is arranged. Judges have left.

  The person detection unit 120 includes a sensor ID of a person detection sensor that detects a person when the person leaves from the front of the display shelf on which the monitoring target product is arranged. Is notified to the product monitoring unit 130, and the process proceeds to step S16. If the person has not left the front of the display shelf on which the monitoring target product is arranged, the person detection unit 120 proceeds with the process to step S13.

  [Step S16] The product monitoring unit 130 determines whether there is a product to be monitored that has been removed from the display shelf. For example, the product monitoring unit 130 reads information stored in the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to each product via the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30. Next, the product monitoring unit 130 extracts information in which the product code of the monitored product is set, and compares it with the pre-movement product list 113. If there is at least one IC tag ID that is included in the pre-movement product list 113 but is not included in the information extracted this time, the product monitoring unit 130 determines that there is a monitored product that has been removed.

  If there is a removed monitoring target product, the product monitoring unit 130 advances the process to step S17. If there is no monitored product that has been removed, the product monitoring unit 130 advances the process to step S11.

  [Step S17] The product monitoring unit 130 determines whether or not there is a monitoring target product that has been removed from the display shelf and then returned to the display shelf. For example, the product monitoring unit 130 compares the IC tag ID of the information read from the electronic price tag in step S <b> 16 with the IC tag ID registered in the moving product list 114. If at least one of the IC tag IDs registered in the moving product list 114 is included in the IC tag ID of the information read from the electronic price tag, the product monitoring unit 130 is returned to the display shelf. Judge that there is a product to be monitored.

  If there is a monitoring target product returned to the display shelf, the product monitoring unit 130 advances the process to step S18. Moreover, the merchandise monitoring part 130 advances a process to step S11, when there is no monitoring object merchandise returned to the display shelf.

  [Step S18] The product monitoring unit 130 determines whether or not the product code of the monitored product removed from the display shelf and the monitored product returned to the display shelf are the same. If the product code is the same, the product monitoring unit 130 proceeds with the process to step S19. If the product code is not the same, the product monitoring unit 130 advances the process to step S11.

  [Step S19] The product monitoring unit 130 counts up the number of times the monitored product returned to the display shelf is shunned. For example, the product monitoring unit 130 reads the information of the IC tag in which the IC tag ID is recorded via the IC tag reader / writer that has read the IC tag ID of the monitored product returned to the display shelf. Next, the merchandise monitoring unit 130 increments the value of the number of times of being shone in the read information by one. Then, the merchandise monitoring unit 130 uses the IC tag reader / writer that has read the IC tag ID of the monitored product returned to the display shelf as the monitored product returned to the display shelf. Write back to the IC tag of the attached electronic price tag.

  [Step S20] The product monitoring unit 130 determines whether or not the number of times of being shone reaches a specified number. For example, the merchandise monitoring unit 130 compares the value of the number of times of esteem counted up in step S19 with the number of times of esteem of the monitored products returned to the display shelf. The threshold value for the monitored product can be acquired from the product master table 111. The merchandise monitoring unit 130 determines that the far-reaching frequency threshold has been reached when the value of the far-reaching frequency counted up in step S19 matches any one of the telemetry frequency thresholds set to 1 or more.

  The product monitoring unit 130 proceeds with the process to step S <b> 21 when the number of times of being shunted reaches the number of times of shallowing. Moreover, the merchandise monitoring part 130 advances a process to step S11, when the number of times of being shone does not reach the number of times of being shunned.

  [Step S21] The product monitoring unit 130 determines whether or not the arrival date and time is set in the IC tag in the electronic price tag of the monitored product returned to the display shelf. For example, the product monitoring unit 130 reads the information of the IC tag in which the IC tag ID is recorded via the IC tag reader / writer that has read the IC tag ID of the monitored product returned to the display shelf. . Next, the product monitoring unit 130 checks the value of the arrival date field in the read information. If a valid date and time is set in the corresponding field, the product monitoring unit 130 determines that an arrival date and time is set. On the other hand, if a valid time is not set in the corresponding field, the product monitoring unit 130 determines that the arrival date is not set.

  If the arrival date is not set, the product monitoring unit 130 proceeds with the process to step S22. Moreover, if the arrival date has already been set, the product monitoring unit 130 advances the process to step S11.

  [Step S22] The product monitoring unit 130 writes the arrival date and time on the IC tag in the electronic price tag of the monitored product returned to the display shelf. For example, the product monitoring unit 130 sets the current date / time in the arrival date / time field in the IC tag information of the monitored product returned to the display shelf read out in step S21. Then, the product monitoring unit 130 pastes the information after the arrival date and time is set on the monitored product returned to the display shelf via the IC tag reader / writer that has read the IC tag ID of the monitored product returned to the display shelf. Write back to the IC tag of the electronic price tag.

Thereafter, the merchandise monitoring unit 130 proceeds with the process to step S11.
In this way, the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to the product that is shunned by the customer is set with the number of times of being shunned, and when the predetermined number of times of shudder has been reached, the number of times of shunting has been reached. The date and time are set. Based on the information in the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to each product, the price of the product is appropriately changed by the price changing unit 140.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the procedure of price change processing. In the following, the process illustrated in FIG. 9 will be described in order of step number.
[Step S31] The price changing unit 140 detects a product placed on the display shelf. For example, the price changing unit 140 reads information stored in the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to each product via the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30. The price changing unit 140 uses the IC tag ID in the read information as an identifier for identifying each product.

[Step S32] The price changing unit 140 selects one unselected product from the products detected in Step S31.
[Step S33] The price changing unit 140 determines whether or not the arrival date is set in the information read from the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to the selected product. If the arrival date and time is set, the price changing unit 140 proceeds with the process to step S34. Moreover, the price change part 140 advances a process to step S32, when the arrival date is not set.

  [Step S34] The price changing unit 140 determines whether or not the elapsed time from the arrival date and time set in the information read from the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to the selected product exceeds a predetermined waiting time. Determine whether. For example, the price changing unit 140 refers to the product master table 111 and determines the waiting time corresponding to the product code of the selected product. Then, the price changing unit 140 compares the waiting time of the selected product with the elapsed time from the arrival date and time of the selected product, and determines whether or not the elapsed time is equal to or longer than the waiting time.

  If the elapsed time is equal to or longer than the waiting time, the price changing unit 140 proceeds with the process to step S35. If the elapsed time is less than the waiting time, the price changing unit 140 proceeds with the process to step S32.

  [Step S35] The price changing unit 140 updates the price of the product. For example, the price changing unit 140 reads the information stored in the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to the selected product via the IC tag reader / writers 21 to 30. Next, the price changing unit 140 sets a price when a discount is performed at a predetermined discount rate from the initial price in the field of the current price in the read information. Further, the price changing unit 140 deletes (or writes invalid data) the data in the arrival date / time field in the read information. Then, the price changing unit 140 sets the new current price and deletes the arrival date and time through the IC tag reader / writer that has read the IC tag ID of the selected product, and the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to the product. Write back to

  The updated price is determined by the discount price corresponding to the initial price of the selected product and the number of price reduction opportunities for the product. For example, the price changing unit 140 determines the product code of the product and the number of times of refuge based on information read from the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to the selected product. Next, the price changing unit 140 refers to the merchandise master table 111 and determines whether the number of times of saved distance of the selected merchandise is equal to or greater than the number of times of shattering of the price reduction opportunity corresponding to the product code. At this time, if the price change unit 140 is equal to or greater than the threshold number of times of respect for a plurality of selected price reduction opportunities, the price changing unit 140 recognizes that the price reduction opportunity has a larger value. For example, if the number of times of shunning of the selected product is equal to or greater than the number of times of shallowing of both the first price reduction opportunity and the second price reduction opportunity, the price change unit 140 currently reduces the price of the product for the second time. Judge that it is an opportunity. The price changing unit 140 refers to the product master table 111 and determines the discount rate of the current price reduction opportunity. Then, the price changing unit 140 obtains the price after the price reduction corresponding to the discount rate from the field set to the initial price of the information read from the IC tag of the electronic price tag attached to the selected product, The current price after the update. For example, if the discount rate is 30%, a price that is 0.7 times the initial price becomes the updated current price.

  [Step S36] The price changing unit 140 selects all the products detected in Step S31, and determines whether or not the processing in Steps S33 to S35 has been executed. Price change part 140 advances processing to Step S31, when all goods are selected. If there is an unselected product, the price changing unit 140 proceeds with the process to step S32.

In this way, a product that has become an opportunity for price reduction in a regular period is detected, and price reduction is performed on the detected product after a predetermined waiting time has elapsed.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a price transition example according to the number of times of being shunned. FIG. 10 shows a transition example of the price of the product 41 whose initial price is 360 yen. The product code of the product 41 is “12345678”, and the discount is performed according to the product master table 111 shown in FIG.

  Immediately after the product 41 is placed on the display shelf, the initial price of 360 yen is displayed on the electronic price tag 60 attached to the product 41. Here, it is assumed that the product 41 is avoided from 10 customers. That is, assume that there are 10 customers who have picked up the product 41, returned the product 41 to the display shelf, and purchased another product of the same product code.

  In this case, when the tenth customer who has shunned the product 41 evacuates from the front of the display shelf on which the product 41 is placed, it becomes the first price reduction opportunity, and the date and time is recorded on the IC tag in the electronic price tag 60 as the arrival date and time. Is done. When 45 minutes have elapsed from the arrival date and time recorded on the IC tag, a price of 1 discount from the initial price (a price that is 0.9 times the initial price) is displayed on the electronic price tag 60.

  After that, it is assumed that the product 41 has been avoided by 10 customers. Then, the merchandise 41 has been avoided 20 times in total. In this case, if the 20th customer who has shunned the product 41 evacuates from the front of the display shelf on which the product 41 is placed, it will be the second price reduction opportunity, and that date / time will be recorded on the IC tag in the electronic price tag 60 as the arrival date / time. Is done. When 45 minutes have elapsed from the arrival date and time recorded on the IC tag, a price of 3 discounts from the original price (a price that is 0.7 times the original price) is displayed on the electronic price tag 60.

  Assume that after the price reduction at the second price reduction opportunity, the product 41 is further avoided by 10 customers. Then, the merchandise 41 has been shunned 30 times in total. In this case, if the 30th customer who has shunned the product 41 evacuates from the front of the display shelf on which the product 41 is placed, it will be the third price reduction opportunity, and that date / time will be recorded on the IC tag in the electronic price tag 60 as the arrival date / time. Is done. When 45 minutes have elapsed from the arrival date and time recorded on the IC tag, a price of 5 discounts from the initial price (0.5 times the initial price) is displayed on the electronic price tag 60.

  In this way, the price of the product 41 that is avoided by many customers can be gradually lowered. In addition, by reducing the price based on the customer's avoidance action, if there is a variation in quality among the same type of products, it is possible to accurately reduce the price of a poor quality product and prevent the poor quality product from remaining unsold.

  When each product is brought before the cash register, the price stored in the IC tag in the electronic price tag attached to the product is read by the IC tag reader / writer attached to the cash register. Then, the customer can purchase a product at the price stored in the IC tag in the electronic price tag.

  Furthermore, in the second embodiment, a predetermined waiting time is provided from when the price reduction opportunity is reached until the price reduction is actually executed. By providing a waiting time, even if a specific customer repeats the operation of avoiding the product 41 for the purpose of reducing the price, the customer can be prevented from purchasing the product 41 at the price after the price reduction. That is, even if the customer intentionally repeats the telemotion operation to lower the price of the product 41, the price of the product 41 is not reduced unless waiting for a predetermined waiting time. The burden of spending money. For example, spending 45 minutes wastefully in order to buy a product 41 of 360 yen at a low price of 36 yen, which is 10%, often does not pay for the customer. As a result, it is possible to reduce the customer's willingness to purchase the product 41 at a low price by intentional avoidance operation.

  By the way, there may be a case where the number of times of being shunned of the product 41 reaches the threshold number of times of shunting of the second price reduction opportunity before the waiting time elapses after reaching the threshold of number of times of shunting of the first price reduction opportunity. In such a case, the quality of the product 41 is considered to be considerably inferior to other products of the same type. In the second embodiment, in such a case, when the elapsed time calculated from the time when the number of times of being shunted reaches the target number of times of being shunned for the first price reduction opportunity becomes the waiting time for the second price reduction opportunity, 2 The discount rate for the second reduction opportunity is applied.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of price transition when a large number of customers are avoided in a short time. Immediately after the product 41 is placed on the display shelf, the initial price of 360 yen is displayed on the electronic price tag 60 attached to the product 41. Here, it is assumed that the product 41 is avoided from 10 customers. In this case, when the tenth customer who has shunned the product 41 evacuates from the front of the display shelf on which the product 41 is placed, it becomes the first price reduction opportunity, and the date and time is recorded on the IC tag in the electronic price tag 60 as the arrival date and time. Is done.

  Thereafter, before the waiting time of 45 minutes elapses from the arrival date and time, the products 41 by ten customers are further avoided. As a result, the merchandise 41 has been shunned 20 times, and has reached the number of shouted times threshold of the second price cut opening before the price cut by the first price cut opportunity. Then, after 45 minutes have elapsed since the number of times of being shunned of the product 41 has reached the value of the number of times of being shunned of the first price reduction opportunity, the discount is performed at the discount rate of the second price reduction opportunity. As a result, a price 30% discounted from the initial price is displayed on the electronic price tag 60.

In this way, for products that are frequently shunned from customers, it is possible to prevent unsold items from being left unsold by reducing prices at once.
[Third Embodiment]
The third embodiment is an example when the information processing device manages the number of times of being shunned and the arrival date and time. In the second embodiment, the number of times of being shunned and the arrival date and time are written on an IC tag in an electronic price tag attached to a product. For this reason, information is read from the IC tag at the time of counting up the number of times the product is shunned or checking the elapsed time from the arrival date and time. In the third embodiment, by managing the number of times of being shunned and the arrival date and time of each product by the information processing device, the number of times of data input / output to / from the IC tag is reduced, and the processing efficiency is improved.

The hardware configuration and functional configuration of the third embodiment are the same as the configurations of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 5, and 6.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the IC tag according to the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, the IC tag 61 is provided with, for example, IC tag ID, product code, and current price fields.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of information stored in the storage unit according to the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, the product master table 111, the arrangement management table 112, the pre-movement product list 113, the moved product list 114, and the product information table 115 are stored in the storage unit 110. Among these, the data structure of the product master table 111, the arrangement management table 112, the pre-movement product list 113, and the movement product list 114 is the same as the data structure of the elements having the same names in the second embodiment shown in FIG. .

  The merchandise information table 115 has columns of IC tag ID, merchandise code, initial price, number of times of being shunned, and arrival date and time. In the IC tag ID column, an identifier (IC tag ID) of an IC tag in an electronic price tag attached to a product arranged on the display shelf is set. In the item code column, the item code of the item arranged on the display shelf is set. In the initial price column, the price before the discount of the products arranged on the display shelf is set. In the column of the number of times of being shunned, the number of times the customer performed a shy action on the products arranged on the display shelf is set. In the arrival date and time column, the date and time when the number of times of shunning of the products arranged on the display shelf has reached the number of times of shallowing is set.

  In this way, by keeping the number of times of being shunned and the arrival date / time in the information processing apparatus 100, it is possible to count up the number of times of being shunned and write the arrival date / time in the information processing apparatus 100.

[Other Embodiments]
In the second embodiment, the price difference reflects the quality difference between the same type of products in the fresh food, but the same price change process can be applied to products other than the fresh food. For example, in clothing, fraying of yarn may be found in some of a plurality of products of the same type. A customer who finds a fray of a product thread is likely to return the product to the shelf and purchase another product of the same type. Therefore, even when the sale target product in the second embodiment is a clothing product, it is possible to accurately reflect the difference in quality between the products in the price.

  The processing functions shown in the above embodiments can be realized by causing an information processing apparatus (computer) to execute a program. In that case, a program describing the processing contents of the functions of the information processing apparatus is provided. The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic storage device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, and a semiconductor memory. Examples of the magnetic storage device include a hard disk device (HDD), a flexible disk (FD), and a magnetic tape. Optical discs include DVD, DVD-RAM, CD-ROM / RW, and the like. Magneto-optical recording media include MO (Magneto-Optical disc).

  When distributing the program, for example, a portable recording medium such as a DVD or a CD-ROM in which the program is recorded is sold. It is also possible to store the program in a storage device of a server computer and transfer the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

  The computer that executes the program stores, for example, the program recorded on the portable recording medium or the program transferred from the server computer in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. Further, each time the program is transferred from the server computer, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

  In addition, at least a part of the above processing functions can be realized by an electronic circuit such as a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or a PLD (Programmable Logic Device).

  As mentioned above, although embodiment was illustrated, the structure of each part shown by embodiment can be substituted by the other thing which has the same function. Moreover, other arbitrary structures and processes may be added. Further, any two or more configurations (features) of the above-described embodiments may be combined.

The techniques disclosed in the above embodiments include the techniques shown in the following supplementary notes.
(Supplementary note 1) The product placed on the shelf is monitored, and when the product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf is detected, the number of times the product is shone is counted up, and the number of times the product is shunned is stored in the storage unit. A monitoring unit for storing;
With reference to the storage unit, if there is a product for which the number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold, a price change unit that changes the price of the product;
An information processing apparatus.

  (Appendix 2) The monitoring unit detects a product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf, and when another product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf is taken out from the shelf, the monitoring unit The information processing apparatus according to appendix 1, which counts up the number of times the product is returned.

(Additional remark 3) It further has a person detection part which detects whether there is a person in front of a shelf,
The monitoring unit detects a person in front of the shelf, detects a product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf, and another product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf is taken out from the shelf. Then, when a person leaves from the front of the shelf, the information processing device according to appendix 1, which counts up the number of times the product is returned to the shelf.

  (Additional remark 4) The said monitoring part detects from a shelf by regularly detecting whether the said memory | storage part stuck to the goods arrange | positioned on this shelf can be accessed via the reader / writer installed in the shelf. 4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the commodity taken out and returned to the shelf is detected.

  (Additional remark 5) The said monitoring part judges that the said goods were taken out from the shelf, when the access to the said memory | storage part became impossible about the goods which were able to access the said memory | storage part, and the said memory | storage of the said goods The information processing apparatus according to appendix 4, wherein when the product can be accessed again, the product is determined to be returned to the shelf.

(Supplementary note 6) The information processing apparatus according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 5, wherein the price changing unit lowers a price of a product whose number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold value.
(Additional remark 7) The said price change part has the predetermined threshold value set in multiple steps, and whenever the frequency | count of awesomeness of goods reaches a threshold value, the price of the said goods is reduced in steps. The information processing apparatus described.

  (Supplementary note 8) The information according to any one of supplementary notes 6 or 7, wherein the price changing unit lowers the price of the product after a predetermined time has elapsed from the date and time when the number of times the product is shunned reaches a threshold value. Processing equipment.

  (Additional remark 9) The said price change part displays the price after a change on the display part affixed on the goods in which the frequency | count of shunning reached the predetermined threshold value. Information processing device.

(Supplementary Note 10) When a product placed on a shelf is monitored and a product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf is detected, the number of times the product is shunned is counted,
Store the number of shunned items returned to the shelf in the storage unit,
Refer to the storage unit, if there is a product for which the number of times shone reaches a predetermined threshold, change the price of the product,
A pricing method characterized by that.

  (Supplementary Note 11) When a product taken out from a shelf and returned to the shelf is detected, and another product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf is taken out from the shelf, the product returned to the shelf The price setting method according to appendix 10, wherein the number of times of being shone is counted up.

(Appendix 12) Detecting whether there is a person in front of the shelf,
A person is detected in front of the shelf, a product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf is detected, and another product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf is taken out from the shelf. Item 11. The price setting method according to appendix 10, wherein when a person leaves from before the item, the number of times the product is returned to the shelf is counted up.

  (Additional remark 13) By reading the information of the said memory | storage part affixed on the goods arrange | positioned to this shelf via the reader / writer installed in the shelf, the goods taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf are detected. The price setting method according to any one of appendices 10 to 12, characterized in that:

  (Additional remark 14) When the information of the said memory | storage part cannot be read from the goods which were able to read the information of the said memory | storage part, it judges that the said product was taken out from the shelf, and the information of the said memory | storage part of the said product 14. The price setting method according to appendix 13, wherein when the product can be read, it is determined that the product has been returned to the shelf.

(Additional remark 15) The price setting method in any one of additional remark 10 thru | or 14 characterized by lowering the price of the goods in which the number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold value.
(Supplementary note 16) The price setting method according to supplementary note 15, wherein the predetermined threshold is set in multiple stages, and the price of the product is lowered step by step each time the number of times the product is shunned reaches the threshold.

(Supplementary note 17) The price setting method according to any one of supplementary notes 15 and 16, wherein a price of the product is lowered after a predetermined time has elapsed from a date and time when the number of times the product is shunned reaches a threshold value.
(Additional remark 18) The price setting method in any one of additional remark 10 thru | or 17 which displays the price after a change on the display part affixed on the goods in which the frequency | count of shone reached the predetermined threshold value.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus 1a Person detection part 1b Monitoring part 1c Price change part 2 Person detection sensor 3 Reader / writer 4 Shelf 5a, 5b, 5c Goods 6a, 6b, 6c Storage part 7a, 7b, 7c Display part 8 persons

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A monitoring unit that monitors products placed on a shelf, counts the number of times the product is shunned when the product is removed from the shelf and returned to the shelf, and the number of times the product is shunned is stored in the storage unit When,
With reference to the storage unit, if there is a product for which the number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold, a price change unit that changes the price of the product;
An information processing apparatus.   The monitoring unit detects a product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf, and when another product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf is taken out from the shelf, the product returned to the shelf The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of times of being shunned is counted up. A human detection unit that detects whether there is a person in front of the shelf;
The monitoring unit detects a person in front of the shelf, detects a product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf, and another product of the same type as the product returned to the shelf is taken out from the shelf. Then, when a person leaves from the front of the shelf, the number of times the product is returned to the shelf is counted up.   The monitoring unit periodically detects whether the storage unit attached to the product arranged on the shelf can be accessed via a reader / writer installed on the shelf, and is taken out from the shelf. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the commodity returned to the product is detected.   The monitoring unit determines that the product has been removed from the shelf when access to the storage unit is no longer possible for the product that has been accessible to the storage unit, and accesses the storage unit of the product. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when the product becomes available again, it is determined that the product has been returned to the shelf.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the price changing unit lowers the price of a product whose number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold.   7. The information according to claim 6, wherein the price changing unit has a predetermined threshold set in multiple stages, and reduces the price of the product in stages each time the number of times the product is shunned reaches the threshold. Processing equipment.   8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the price changing unit lowers the price of the product after a predetermined time has elapsed from a date and time when the number of times the product is shunned reaches a threshold value.   9. The information processing according to claim 1, wherein the price changing unit displays the changed price on a display unit affixed to a product whose number of times of being shone reaches a predetermined threshold. apparatus. When the product placed on the shelf is monitored and the product taken out from the shelf and returned to the shelf is detected, the number of times the product is shunned is counted,
Store the number of shunned items returned to the shelf in the storage unit,
Refer to the storage unit, if there is a product for which the number of times shone reaches a predetermined threshold, change the price of the product,
A pricing method characterized by that.

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