JP2019113910A - Processor, processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To assist in the storage of purchased commodities.SOLUTION: A processor 10 according to the present invention includes: a determination part 11 for determining the type of a container for storing a purchased commodity; and an output part 12 for outputting a method of storing the commodity according to the type of the container determined by the determination part 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a processing device, a processing method, and a program.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a display unit for displaying an image, an input unit for inputting information related to a product, and an image for guiding how to pack the product corresponding to the information input by the input unit to the storage unit. Disclosed is an accounting apparatus having guidance means for displaying.

JP, 2013-149009, A

  There are various containers for goods, such as baskets and bags. In order to maintain the quality of the product, it is desirable that the container be appropriately contained according to the attributes of the container. However, as the number of variations in containers increases and the number of variations in accommodation also increases, it becomes difficult to grasp and appropriately accommodate them. An object of the present invention is to assist the storage of goods.

According to the invention
Determining means for determining the type of container for storing the purchased product;
An output unit that outputs a method of containing a product according to the type of the container determined by the determination unit;
A processing device is provided.

Moreover, according to the present invention,
The computer is
A determination step of determining the type of container for storing the purchased product;
An output step of outputting a method of containing a product according to the type of the container determined in the determination step;
There is provided a processing method for performing

Moreover, according to the present invention,
Computer,
Discrimination means for discriminating the type of container for containing the purchased goods;
Output means for outputting a method of containing goods according to the type of the container determined by the determination means;
A program to function as is provided.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, accommodation of goods can be assisted.

It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the information output by the processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a process of the processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block diagram of the processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the information which the processing apparatus of this embodiment processes. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the information which the processing apparatus of this embodiment processes. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the information output by the processing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of a process of the processing apparatus of this embodiment.

First Embodiment
First, an outline of the processing apparatus of the present embodiment will be described. The processing apparatus determines the type of a container (hereinafter, "product storage container") that stores the purchased product, and outputs the method of storing the product according to the type of the determined product storage container.

  Such a processing apparatus is installed, for example, at a cash register. Then, the product identification information for identifying the product to be purchased is registered, and the method of containing the product is directed to a worker (hereinafter, “worker”) who performs an operation of storing the registered product in the product container. Output. The processing device is, for example, a POS (point of sales) register, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, or another dedicated terminal. The workers are, for example, store clerks and customers. By referring to the information output by the processing apparatus, the worker can store the goods by an appropriate storage method according to the type of the product storage container.

  Next, the configuration of the processing apparatus of the present embodiment will be described in detail. First, an example of the hardware configuration of the processing apparatus will be described. The functions included in the processing device are a central processing unit (CPU) of any computer, a memory, a program loaded to the memory, a storage unit such as a hard disk storing the program (a program stored from the stage of shipping the device in advance) In addition to the above, storage media such as CDs (Compact Disc) and programs downloaded from servers on the Internet can also be stored), and an interface for network connection is realized by an arbitrary combination of hardware and software. And it is understood by those skilled in the art that there are various modifications in the implementation method and apparatus.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of the processing apparatus. As shown in FIG. 1, the processing device includes a processor 1A, a memory 2A, an input / output interface 3A, a peripheral circuit 4A, and a bus 5A. Peripheral circuit 4A includes various modules. The peripheral circuit 4A may not be provided.

  The bus 5A is a data transmission path for the processor 1A, the memory 2A, the peripheral circuit 4A, and the input / output interface 3A to mutually transmit and receive data. The processor 1A is, for example, an arithmetic processing unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a graphics processing unit (GPU). The memory 2A is, for example, a memory such as a random access memory (RAM) or a read only memory (ROM). The input / output interface 3A is an interface for acquiring information from an input device (eg, keyboard, mouse, microphone, etc.), an external device, an external server, an external sensor, etc., an output device (eg, display, speaker, printer, mailer) Etc.), an interface for outputting information to an external device, an external server, etc. The processor 1A can issue an instruction to each module and perform an operation based on the result of the operation.

  An example of a functional block diagram of the processing device 10 is shown in FIG. As illustrated, the processing device 10 includes a determination unit 11 and an output unit 12.

  The determination unit 11 determines the type of product container. For example, a worker may input the type of product container into the processing apparatus 10. And the discrimination | determination part 11 may discriminate | determine the kind of goods storage container based on the input content of the worker. In addition, a camera may be provided to capture the position at which the product container is placed. And the discrimination | determination part 11 may discriminate | determine the kind of goods storage container by analyzing the image file produced | generated by the said camera.

  As a type of container, a basket and a bag are exemplified. The basket and the bag may be classified into a plurality of types according to their shapes and sizes.

  The output unit 12 outputs the method of storing the product according to the type of the product container determined by the determination unit 11. Information indicating the storage method of the product may be stored in the storage unit in advance for each type of the product storage container. And the output part 12 may take out the storage method corresponding to the kind of goods storage container discriminate | determined by the discrimination | determination part 11 from a memory means, and may output it.

  Examples of the output method include, but are not limited to, display on a display, projection to an arbitrary position using a projection device, and the like. The processing apparatus 10 may have the storage means, or an external device configured to be communicable with the processing apparatus 10 may have the storage means.

  An example of the information output by the output part 12 is shown in FIG. In the example shown in the figure, the screen for displaying the information on the operation of registering the product identification information for identifying the product to be purchased (hereinafter referred to as “registration operation”) corresponds to the type of the product container determined by the determination unit 11 How to store is displayed.

  In the screen, a list of items (item name, unit price, quantity, full amount) of the items registered as objects to be purchased, information on various operation buttons (cancel button, account button), various calculation results , Change, tax amount, total) is shown. And the information which shows the kind of goods storage container discriminate | determined by the discrimination | determination part 11 and the accommodation method corresponding to it are displayed above the said screen.

  In addition, you may display an accommodation method on the screen different from the screen which displays the information regarding registration work.

  Next, an example of the process flow of the processing apparatus 10 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 4.

  First, the determination unit 11 determines the type of a product storage container that stores the purchased product (S10). Thereafter, the output unit 12 outputs the method of containing the product according to the type of the product storage container determined in S10 (S11).

  According to the processing apparatus 10 described above, it is possible to output, to the worker, the method of storing the product according to the type of the product storage container. By referring to the information output by the processing apparatus 10, the worker can store the goods by an appropriate storage method according to the type of the product storage container.

Second Embodiment
The processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment determines a product storage container, specifies a product for which product identification information is registered, and outputs a method for storing the product in the product storage container to a worker. According to the processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, it is possible to narrow down the information to be output to those necessary.

  The hardware configuration of the processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a functional block diagram of the processing device 10 of the present embodiment. As illustrated, the processing apparatus 10 includes a determination unit 11, an output unit 12, a product identification information acquisition unit 13, and a recommendation information acquisition unit 14. The functional configuration of the determination unit 11 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  The commodity identification information acquisition unit 13 acquires commodity identification information that identifies a commodity to be purchased. The worker uses the reader to read a code (for example, a bar code) including product identification information attached to the product with a reader, or input operation on a physical button or touch panel display to identify the product identification information for identifying the product to be purchased. Register in the POS register. The commodity identification information acquisition unit 13 acquires commodity identification information registered in the POS register. The commodity identification information acquisition unit 13 can acquire the commodity identification information registered each time the commodity identification information is registered in the POS register.

  The recommended information acquisition unit 14 displays recommended information indicating a recommended accommodation method in the case of accommodating the commodity whose commodity identification information is acquired (hereinafter, “registered commodity”) in the commodity container of the type determined by the determination unit 11 get.

  For example, products for which the same storage method is recommended may be grouped, and a recommended storage method for various product storage containers may be stored in advance in the storage unit for each group. Then, the recommended information acquisition unit 14 acquires, from the storage unit, the type of the product storage container determined by the determination unit 11 and the recommended accommodation method corresponding to the product identification information acquired by the product identification information acquisition unit 13. It is also good. The processing device 10 may have the storage means, or an external device configured to be able to communicate with the processing device 10 may have the storage means.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the storage unit may store information in which product identification information and a group number are associated with each other. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the storage unit may store recommendation information indicating a recommended accommodation method for each group and type of product container. The recommended information acquisition unit 14 can determine which group each product belongs to by referring to the information illustrated in FIG. 6. And the recommendation information acquisition part 14 can acquire the recommendation information corresponding to the kind of predetermined | prescribed group and predetermined | prescribed goods storage container by referring the information shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the recommendation information may indicate the order in which the products are stored. And, the order of storing the first group of goods in the first container may be different from the order of storing the first group of goods in the second container. Also, the recommendation information may indicate how to stack the products.

  For example, the products in the first group may be products in which “tilting” and “crushing” are not preferable (eg, lunch box, side dish, cake, etc.). And, as shown in the drawing, the recommendation information for storing such goods in a bag may be “put in first, put lighter on”. On the other hand, the recommendation information for housing such goods in a basket may be “place on last thing, non-deformable object” as illustrated.

  In the case of bags, piles of stacked products may collapse. Products placed on the top of the mountain may tilt in response to the collapse of the product mountain. For this reason, in the case of a bag, goods which are not desirable to be inclined are put in first and positioned at the bottom of the mountain. This avoids the inconvenience of tilting the product. And by putting a light thing on it, the inconvenience that the commodity collapses is avoided.

  On the other hand, since the form of the basket is solidified, the basket is held by the basket and the pile of stacked products is less likely to collapse. For this reason, in the case of a basket, the product which is not preferable to be inclined is put at the end and positioned on the mountain. This avoids the inconvenience of crushing the product. And by placing the product on a non-deformable thing, the inconvenience that the product is inclined is avoided. Among the non-deformable items are relatively heavy items such as a six-piece set of beverage cans. According to the said recommendation information, such comparatively heavy goods can be accommodated in a basket.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper limit of the number of articles to be accommodated may be indicated in the recommendation information. Then, the upper limit of the number of products in the second group to be stored in the first container may be different from the upper limit of the number of products in the second group in the second container. In general, baskets are stronger than bags. For this reason, the cage can have a larger total weight to be accommodated than the bag. A group of goods may be provided for each kind of goods having different weights, such as 350 ml can, 500 ml can, 350 ml can × 6 sets, 500 ml can × 6 sets, etc.

  In addition, although not illustrated, as recommendation information of a group of warm products, it may be indicated that they are housed separately from cold ones, and that they are together housed together as warm ones. Moreover, as recommendation information of a group of cold goods, storing away from warm things and putting together cold things may be shown. It may also be indicated as a last-minute recommendation for a group of fragile products. Also, it may be indicated that it will be put at the end as recommendation information of the soft goods group. Also, it may be indicated that it will be put at the end as recommendation information of the soft goods group.

  A plurality of group numbers may be registered corresponding to one item of item identification information. That is, there may be goods belonging to a plurality of groups.

  Also, all the products may belong to any group, or there may be products not belonging to any group. For example, a product having no particular point in the way of containing will not belong to any group.

  Returning to FIG. 5, the output unit 12 outputs the recommendation information acquired by the recommendation information acquisition unit 14. Examples of the output method include, but are not limited to, display on a display, projection to an arbitrary position using a projection device, and the like.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the information output by the output unit 12. In the example shown in the figure, the screen for displaying the information on the registration operation for registering the product identification information for identifying the product to be purchased, the type of the product storage container determined by the determination unit 11 and the product identification information acquisition unit 13 An accommodation method corresponding to the acquired item identification information is displayed.

  Two recommendation information (recommendation information A and B) is shown by the figure. Each recommendation information is displayed corresponding to each registered product. In the case of the illustrated example, the number at the upper left of the recommendation information corresponds to the number of the item description. That is, the recommendation information A is the recommendation information corresponding to the banana, and the recommendation information B is the recommendation information corresponding to the hamburger lunch.

  As illustrated, a plurality of recommendation information may be displayed simultaneously. Then, the plurality of pieces of recommendation information may be individually deleted from the screen according to the user operation. For example, the recommendation information may be deleted from the screen according to a predetermined operation on one piece of recommendation information (eg, an operation of touching one recommendation information). In such a case, each piece of recommendation information is displayed on the screen until the timing desired by the worker. For example, product recommendation information recommended to be put at the end can be left until the end.

  Although not illustrated, recommendation information corresponding to each product may be sequentially displayed on the screen in the order of registration of the products. Then, the displayed recommendation information may be deleted from the screen after a predetermined time has elapsed.

  Next, an example of the process flow of the processing apparatus 10 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 9.

  First, the determination unit 11 determines the type of the product storage container that stores the purchased product (S20). After that, when the product identification information is acquired by the product identification information acquiring unit 13 (S21), the recommendation information acquiring unit 14 adds the type of the product container determined in S22 and the product identification information acquired in S21. Recommendation information indicating the corresponding recommended accommodation method is acquired (S22). Then, the output unit 12 outputs the recommendation information acquired in S22 (S23).

  When the product identification information is registered in the POS register, the product identification information acquisition unit 13 can acquire the product identification information, and the output unit 12 can output the recommendation information corresponding to the product identification information. That is, when one item of item identification information is registered, the recommendation information corresponding to the item of item identification information may be output at that timing.

  Thereafter, while there is no input to end the process of outputting the recommendation information (No in S24), the process is repeated.

  The input to end the process of outputting the recommendation information is, for example, an input to cancel, an input to proceed to the settlement process, or the like. If there is an input to cancel, the product identification information registered so far is cleared. If there is an input to proceed to the settlement process, the total of the payment amount is calculated and output.

  According to the processing apparatus 10 described above, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be realized. Further, according to the processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, information can be output by narrowing down the registered products into a storage method for storing the determined types of product storage containers. If there is a large amount of information to be output at one time, the worker may leak it without confirming it. By narrowing the information to be output to the information necessary at that time as in the present embodiment, the possibility of the worker confirming the information can be enhanced.

Third Embodiment
There is a semi-self type POS system in which a registration device for registering product identification information and a settlement device for performing settlement are separately provided. Generally, a store clerk operates a registration device to perform registration work. Then, when the registration operation is completed, payment information (total payment amount, registered commodity identification information, etc.) is transmitted from the registration device to the settlement device. Thereafter, the customer operates the settlement apparatus to perform payment work.

  The processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment is a settlement apparatus in the semi-self type POS system. That is, the settlement apparatus outputs the recommendation information described in the first and second embodiments.

  The hardware configuration of the processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first and second embodiments.

  An example of a functional block diagram of the processing device 10 of the present embodiment is shown in FIG. 2 or 5. That is, the processing device 10 includes the determination unit 11 and the output unit 12. The processing device 10 may further include a product identification information acquisition unit 13 and a recommendation information acquisition unit 14.

  The determination unit 11 may determine the type of container based on the user input. For example, the customer may input the type of container in the settlement apparatus (processing apparatus 10). In addition, the store clerk may input the type of container into the registration device. Then, the registration device may transmit information indicating the type of the input container to the processing device 10. The other configuration of the determination unit 11 is the same as that of the first and second embodiments.

  The commodity identification information acquisition unit 13 may acquire commodity identification information for identifying the commodity to be purchased from the payment information received from the registration device. The other configuration of the product identification information acquisition unit 13 is the same as that of the second embodiment.

  The recommendation information acquisition unit 14 acquires recommendation information as in the second embodiment. The recommendation information acquisition unit 14 may determine the storage order of each product based on the product to be purchased and the recommendation information of each product. Then, information indicating the accommodation order may be included in the recommendation information. For example, items that are desired to be put in first will be placed in a storage order earlier than items that are desired to be put in last. The recommendation information acquisition unit 14 may generate recommendation information such as, for example, “insert products C, D, and E after inserting products A, B, and C”.

  In addition, the recommendation information acquisition unit 14 may determine the stacking order of the products based on the products to be purchased and the recommendation information of the products. Then, information indicating the stacking order may be included in the recommendation information. For example, if there is "a product for which it is desired to place a light thing on top" in the product to be purchased, "a product whose weight is below the standard value" in the product to be purchased is placed on the product. It may decide to stack. The recommendation information acquisition unit 14 may generate, for example, recommendation information such as “put product B on product A”. In this case, information indicating the weight of each product is registered in advance in the server, and the processing apparatus 10 may use the information to determine the stacking order.

  In addition, when there is "a product that is desired to be placed on non-deformable" among the products to be purchased, it is decided to stack the product on "non-deformable products" in the products to be purchased. You may The recommendation information acquisition unit 14 may generate, for example, recommendation information such as “put product C on product D”. In this case, information indicating which product corresponds to the “non-deformable product” is registered in the server in advance, and the processing apparatus 10 may use the information to determine the stacking order.

  The output unit 12 outputs the recommendation information generated by the recommendation information acquisition unit 14 as described above. The output unit 12 may output the same recommendation information as in the first and second embodiments.

  According to the processing apparatus 10 described above, the same effects as those of the first and second embodiments can be realized. Moreover, the processing apparatus 10 of this embodiment can be applied to a semi-self type POS system.

  Further, in the case of the present embodiment, since the recommendation information is output after the registration of the product to be purchased is finished, the recommendation information different from the first and second embodiments can be further output. For example, since all commodities to be accommodated are determined before outputting the recommendation information, the accommodation order and the stacking order can be determined and output. As a result, a more specific storage method can be provided.

Hereinafter, an example of a reference form is added.
1. Determining means for determining the type of container for storing the purchased product;
An output unit that outputs a method of containing a product according to the type of the container determined by the determination unit;
Processing apparatus having:
2. In the processing device described in 1,
Product identification information acquisition means for acquiring product identification information for identifying a product to be purchased;
Recommendation information acquisition means for acquiring recommendation information indicating a recommended accommodation method in the case of accommodating the goods for which the goods identification information has been acquired in the container of the type determined by the determination means;
And have
A processing unit that outputs the recommendation information;
3. In the processing device described in 1 or 2,
A processing device which differs in the order of storing the first goods in the first container and the order of containing the first goods in the second container.
4. In the processing device according to any one of 1 to 3,
A processing apparatus in which the upper limit of the number of the second products stored in the first container and the upper limit of the number of the second products stored in the second container are different.
5. In the processing apparatus according to any one of 1 to 4,
The processing unit determines the basket and the bag as the type of the container.
6. The computer is
A determination step of determining the type of container for storing the purchased product;
An output step of outputting a method of containing a product according to the type of the container determined in the determination step;
How to perform processing.
7. Computer,
Discrimination means for discriminating the type of container for containing the purchased goods;
Output means for outputting a method of containing goods according to the type of the container determined by the determination means;
A program to function as

1A processor 2A memory 3A input / output I / F
4A Peripheral Circuit 5A Bus 10 Processor 11 Discrimination Unit 12 Output Unit 13 Product Identification Information Acquisition Unit 14 Recommended Information Acquisition Unit

Claims (7)

Determining means for determining the type of container for storing the purchased product;
An output unit that outputs a method of containing a product according to the type of the container determined by the determination unit;
Processing apparatus having: In the processing device according to claim 1,
Product identification information acquisition means for acquiring product identification information for identifying a product to be purchased;
Recommendation information acquisition means for acquiring recommendation information indicating a recommended accommodation method in the case of accommodating the goods for which the goods identification information has been acquired in the container of the type determined by the determination means;
And have
A processing unit that outputs the recommendation information; In the processing device according to claim 1 or 2,
A processing device which differs in the order of storing the first goods in the first container and the order of containing the first goods in the second container. The processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
A processing apparatus in which the upper limit of the number of the second products stored in the first container and the upper limit of the number of the second products stored in the second container are different. The processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The processing unit determines the basket and the bag as the type of the container. The computer is
A determination step of determining the type of container for storing the purchased product;
An output step of outputting a method of containing a product according to the type of the container determined in the determination step;
How to perform processing. Computer,
Discrimination means for discriminating the type of container for containing the purchased goods;
Output means for outputting a method of containing goods according to the type of the container determined by the determination means;
A program to function as

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