JP2020130191A - Commodity display system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a commodity display system capable of reducing labor of a worker relating to display replenishment work due to a relatively small scale and inexpensive constitution.SOLUTION: A commodity display system is provided in a shop (1) which includes a storage warehouse (11) arranged facing the inside (2) of the shop, and storing commodities (100), and a display shelf (24) provided in the storage warehouse, and facing the inside of the shop to display the commodities toward the inside of the shop. There is provided a display device (40) arranged in the storage warehouse to display the commodities on the display shelf. The display device has a holding part (45) for holding supplied commodities, and a sending part (62) for sending the commodities held by the holding part to the display shelf.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a product display system, and particularly relates to a technique for reducing a burden on a worker for displaying and replenishing a product.

Conventionally, in a convenience store, the work of replenishing the display of products is performed manually by an employee (worker) of the convenience store. The work of replenishing the display of such products has become a heavy labor for employees. In particular, the display replenishment work of products displayed at a low temperature such as drinking water is not preferable because the employee will work for a long time in the storage where the products are stored at the low temperature.

Therefore, a product transportation system has been developed that automatically replenishes the display of products on behalf of employees (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2018-158836

By the way, in the retail industry including convenience stores, there are sparse times when there are relatively many customers and times when there are relatively few customers, and it is managed to increase the number of employees only during times when there are relatively many customers. It is not easy for people. Therefore, in such a retail store, employees who have surplus hands during a time when there are relatively few customers can replenish the display of products, which causes problems such as time required for replenishing the display of products and labor costs. It is common to mitigate.

Here, in view of the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, installing a large-scale device such as that used for a product transportation system in a small-scale store such as a convenience store is a space for installing the device. There is a problem that it is difficult to secure the cost and recover the cost of installation.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the labor of workers involved in the display replenishment work of products by making the structure relatively small and inexpensive. The purpose is to provide a product display system that can be used.

In order to achieve the above object, the product display system of the present invention is arranged facing the inside of a store, and is provided in a storage cabinet for storing products, and the storage cabinet is provided, faces the store interior, and faces the store interior. In a product display system provided in a store equipped with a display shelf for displaying products, the product display device is arranged in the storage and has a display device for displaying the product on the display shelf, and the display device is supplied. It is characterized by including a holding unit for holding the product and a sending unit for sending the product held by the holding unit to the display shelf.

Preferably, the display device includes a receiving unit that receives the product held in the holding unit, and the holding unit can prevent the product held in the holding unit from moving to the receiving unit. It is preferable that the sending unit sends the product held by the holding unit to the display shelf via the receiving unit.

Preferably, the holding portion is disposed in the storage, and a supply portion that opens toward the outside of the storage and connects to the holding portion is formed on the wall of the storage. Good.
Preferably, the receiving unit is a transfer machine for moving the placed goods, and may be arranged along the end of the display shelf on the opposite side of the store.

Preferably, the sending unit is provided with a guide for changing the moving direction of the product moved by the receiving unit.
Preferably, the display device may further include an elevating portion capable of elevating and lowering the receiving portion and the transmitting portion in the vertical direction.

Preferably, it has a storage shelf provided in the storage and stores the goods, and a door provided on the wall of the storage, and the storage shelf is arranged along the wall and the door is provided. May be provided at a position corresponding to the storage shelf.

According to the product display system of the present invention, the display device for displaying products on the display shelves is arranged in the storage provided in the store, so that the space required for installing the products in the store can be reduced. Can be done. Further, for example, after the product supplied by the employee is held by the holding unit, the product is sent to the display shelf by the sending unit, so that the employee can perform the display replenishment work on the product display shelf by the display device.

As a result, it is possible to reduce the labor of employees involved in the display replenishment work by making the configuration relatively small and inexpensive.

It is a floor plan of the store where the automatic display shelf which concerns on this invention is arranged. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the I-I cross section in FIG. It is a side view of a product display unit. It is a front view of the product display unit. It is a perspective view around the transport device in the product display unit seen from the left front. It is a perspective view around the transport device in the product display unit seen from the left rear. It is a block diagram which shows the connection relation of a controller. This is an image taken by the camera. It is a front view of the product storage shelf and its surroundings as seen by arrow A in FIG. It is a front view of the product supply part and its surroundings as seen by arrow B in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the mode in which the product is displayed in each lane of a shelf board by the transport control executed by the transport control unit. It is explanatory drawing explaining the mode in which the product is displayed in each lane of a shelf board by the transport control executed by the transport control unit. It is explanatory drawing explaining the mode in which the product is displayed in each lane of a shelf board by the transport control executed by the transport control unit. It is explanatory drawing explaining the mode in which the product is displayed in each lane of a shelf board by the transport control executed by the transport control unit. It is a perspective view of the 1st direction converter which concerns on another Example. It is a perspective view of the 1st direction converter which concerns on further another Example. It is a perspective view of the 1st direction converter which concerns on the modification of further another Example.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
With reference to FIG. 1, a floor plan of the store 1 in which the automatic display shelf 9 according to the present invention is arranged is shown. The store 1 is, for example, a convenience store that retails products. In this store 1, a counter 3, a normal temperature shelf 5, a refrigerating shelf 7, and an automatic display shelf 9 according to the present invention are arranged.

The counter 3 is a cashier counter that makes payments when a visitor purchases a product selected in the store 2. The room temperature shelf 5 is a product display shelf for displaying products that can be stored and displayed at room temperature. The refrigerating shelf 7 is a product display shelf for displaying products that need to be stored and displayed at a low temperature (for example, 5 ° C.) lower than normal temperature.

The automatic display shelf 9 is a product display shelf provided with a refrigerating room 11 (storage) and an aisle 13 (outside). The refrigerating room 11 is arranged so as to face the inside of the store 2, and the inside of the refrigerating room 11 is different from the inside of the store 2. A passage 13 is arranged on the opposite side. The automatic display shelf 9 allows a visitor to take out the product 100 by opening the glass door 9a (see FIG. 2) to the second side of the store.

In addition, the automatic display shelf 9 can automatically perform a display replenishment operation for displaying the product 100 on the product display shelf 24, which will be described later. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the direction facing the inside of the store 2 when viewed from the refrigerator compartment 11 is referred to as the front, and the direction facing the aisle 13 is referred to as the rear.

The refrigerating room 11 is a room in which the temperature inside the room is kept at a low temperature (constant temperature), and is a so-called walk-in in which an employee (worker) can enter by opening the door 21. A product storage shelf 23 (storage shelf), a product display shelf 24 (display shelf), and a product display unit 40 (display device) are arranged in the refrigerating room 11.

With reference to FIG. 2, a cross-sectional view of the I-I cross section in FIG. 1 is shown. The product storage shelf 23 is, for example, a shelf for storing the product 100 displayed on the refrigerating shelf 7 or the display shelf, and is arranged along the heat insulating wall 31 described later. That is, since the inside of the refrigerating chamber 11 is kept at a low temperature, the product 100 stored in the product storage shelf 23 is also kept at a low temperature.

The product display shelf 24 includes a main body 25 and a shelf board 27. The main body 25 is a frame forming the main body of the product display shelf 24. The shelf board 27 is substantially horizontal, and is supported on the main body 25 side by side in the vertical direction so that the front end 27a is inclined downward. For example, a plurality of rollers (not shown) are provided on the upper surface of the shelf board 27. As a result, when the product 100 is placed on the rear end 27b (end) on the aisle 13 side of the shelf board 27, the product 100 can move smoothly toward the front.

Further, on the upper surface of the shelf board 27, a plurality of lanes extending in the front-rear direction are provided in the left-right direction (see FIG. 5 described later). Therefore, the shelf board 27 can display the product 100 in each lane separately for each type. The product display unit 40 is a device for displaying the product 100 on the shelf board 27. Details will be described later.
The passage 13 is a section where employees and the like can enter. The passage 13 is separated from the refrigerating chamber 11 by, for example, a heat insulating wall 31 (wall) having low heat transfer.

The heat insulating wall 31 is provided with a product take-out door 33 (door) and a product supply unit 35 (supply unit). The product take-out door 33 is provided at a position corresponding to the product storage shelf 23, and when opened, the product 100 can be displayed and stored on the product storage shelf 23, or the stored product 100 can be taken out from the rear. Is a possible door. The product supply unit 35 is an opening provided in the heat insulating wall 31 for supplying the product 100 to the product display unit 40.

By providing the product take-out door 33 on the heat insulating wall 31 in this way, the employee can take out the product 100 without entering the refrigerating room 11, so that the length of the refrigerating room 11 in the front-rear direction can be narrowed. Therefore, the space required for installing the automatic display shelf 9 in the store 1 can be reduced. Therefore, the refrigerating apparatus (not shown) required to make the temperature in the refrigerating chamber 11 uniform can be miniaturized, and the energy required for cooling can be reduced.

The product display unit 40 is a device provided on the rear side of the product display shelf 24, and the product 100 supplied from the product supply unit 35 can be placed on the rear end 27b of the shelf board 27.
With reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, a side view and a front view of the product display unit 40 are shown. Further, with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, perspective views of the periphery of the transport device 47 in the product display unit 40 as viewed from the front left and the rear left are shown. The product display unit 40 includes a frame 41, an elevating device 43 (elevating portion), a transport device 47, and a bucket 45 (holding portion).

The frame 41 is a skeleton that supports the elevating device 43 and the transport device 47. The elevating device 43 includes a support base 51 and a drive device 53. The support base 51 is arranged so as to be movable in the vertical direction over the left and right pillar members 41a of the frame 41. The support base 51 has a rail 51a and a support leg 51b.

The rail 51a is a pillar member that movably supports the second direction converter 62 described later of the transport device 47 in the left-right direction. The support legs 51b are flat plate members having a pillar portion 51c and a mounting portion 51d and formed in a substantially U shape downward, and are attached to the left and right ends of the rail 51a, respectively. The column portion 51c is a pair of front and rear support columns formed so as to extend upward from the front end and the rear end of the rail 51a. The mounting portion 51d is formed so as to extend in the front-rear direction over the upper ends of the pair of front and rear pillar portions 51c.

The drive unit 53 includes an elevating rail 53a, an elevating belt 53b, an elevating motor 53c, and a counterweight 53d. The elevating rail 53a is a rail formed on the pillar member 41a on the right side of the frame 41 and extending in the vertical direction. The elevating rail 53a supports the support base 51 so that it can move in the vertical direction while restricting the movement of the support base 51 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction.

The elevating belt 53b is a timing belt having gear teeth formed inside in the front-rear direction, and extends downward while being locked to the elevating motor 53c at the upper part. The elevating belt 53b has a front end attached to a support base 51 and a rear end attached to a counterweight 53d. The elevating motor 53c is provided at the upper end of the elevating rail 53a, and can pull the elevating belt 53b by driving the elevating motor 53c.

Further, the elevating motor 53c can drive the elevating belt 53b by driving the elevating motor 53c. The counterweight 53d is, for example, a weight having substantially the same mass as the mass of the support 51.

As a result, the drive machine 53 pulls the elevating belt 53b to move the support base 51 in the vertical direction along the elevating rail 53a by driving the elevating motor 53c, and the support base 51 and the counterweight 53d. The support 51 can be stopped at a predetermined position by suspending the masses of the and.

The bucket 45 is a base formed by fixing one end to the heat insulating wall 31 and extending the other end toward the front. The bucket 45 has a stock portion 45a, a gate 45b (stop portion), and a gate motor 45c.

The stock portion 45a is formed on the upper side of the bucket 45 and has a concave shape extending in the front-rear direction, and when the product 100 is supplied from the product supply unit 35 provided on the heat insulating wall 31, the product 100 can be held. Is. The stock portion 45a is substantially horizontal and is inclined so that the front side is slightly inclined downward. For example, a plurality of rollers (not shown) are provided on the upper surface of the stock portion 45a.

The gate 45b is rotatably attached to the front end of the bucket 45 in the vertical direction, and when it is positioned so as to extend upward, the product 100 placed on the stock portion 45a is stationary (gate OFF state). ). On the other hand, when the gate 45b is positioned so as to extend forward, it forms a surface substantially parallel to the upper surface of the stock portion 45a (gate ON state). The gate motor 45c is an electric motor attached to the gate 45b, and the gate 45b can be rotated.

Therefore, the bucket 45 can stop the product 100 supplied from the product supply unit 35 when the gate 45b is in the gate OFF state. Further, when the gate 45b is turned on, the stationary product 100 can be sent forward.

The transport device 47 is a device that transports the product 100 sent from the bucket 45 to the lane corresponding to the product 100 on the shelf board 27. The transfer device 47 has a conveyor 60 (receiving unit), a first direction converter 61, and a second direction converter 62 (transmitting unit).

The conveyor 60 is a so-called belt conveyor device having a belt 60a (delivery portion) and a support frame 60b for supporting the belt 60a, and moves the product 100 mounted on the belt 60a in the direction in which the belt 60a rotates. be able to. Here, the direction in which the belt 60a rotates means a direction in which the upper surface rotates so as to move in the left-right direction, and the rotation direction of the belt 60a can be changed by controlling the operation of the conveyor 60. it can. Further, in the conveyor 60, the support frame 60b is fixed to the mounting portion 51d of the support base 51.

The first direction converter 61 has a first support skeleton 61a and a first guide 61b, and is arranged on the right side of the conveyor 60. The first support skeleton 61a is a skeleton member whose lower end is attached to the support frame 60b and extends upward. The first guide 61b is a member on which an arc-shaped first curved portion 61c is formed, and is rotatably attached to the first support skeleton 61a about the vertical direction. The center of the rotation axis of the first guide 61b is located substantially in the center of the belt 60a in the front-rear direction.

Here, the first direction converter 61 rotates the first guide 61b so that the front end of the first curve portion 61c is located on the left side and the rear end of the first curve portion 61c. It is possible to switch to the carry-out mode in which the portion is located on the left side.

The second direction converter 62 is arranged on the rail 51a so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The second direction converter 62 has a left / right drive unit 62a, a second support skeleton 62b, and a second guide 62c (guide). The left-right drive unit 62a can move the second direction converter 62 in the left-right direction by driving, for example, a motor 62e arranged on the rail 51a.

The second support skeleton 62b is a skeleton portion formed so as to extend upward from the rear portion of the left and right drive portions 62a. The second guide 62c is fixedly attached to the second support skeleton 62b, and is arranged at a position corresponding to the belt 60a of the conveyor 60. Further, the second guide 62c has a second curved portion 62d formed similarly to the first guide 61b, and can send the moving product 100 mounted on the belt 60a to the shelf board 27.

Further, the transport device 47 has a camera 71 above the first support skeleton 61a, a take-out monitor 73 above the product take-out door 33 of the heat insulating wall 31, and a supply monitor 75 to the left of the product supply unit 35. Each is arranged. Further, a camera 71, an extraction monitor 73, a supply monitor 75, and a controller 77 electrically connected to the above-mentioned various motors are arranged on, for example, a heat insulating wall 31.

The camera 71 is an imaging device that is arranged behind the product 100 and images an image in the diagonally forward and downward direction, and is displayed on a shelf board 27 located at the same height as the upper surface of the belt 60a of the conveyor 60 in the vertical direction. 100 is imaged.

The take-out monitor 73 is a liquid crystal monitor that displays the product 100 from the product take-out door 33 toward the employee, and can notify the employee of the display status of the product 100 and the product that needs to be replenished (FIG. 9). The supply monitor 75 is a liquid crystal monitor that displays the supply procedure of the product 100 to be supplied among the products 100, and tells the employee which product among the plurality of types of products should be supplied and in what order. It can be notified (see FIG. 10 described later).

The controller 77 is a control device for performing comprehensive control, and includes an input / output device, a storage device (ROM, RAM, non-volatile RAM, etc.), a central processing unit (CPU), and the like.

With reference to FIG. 7, a block diagram showing the connection relationship of the controller 77 is shown. A camera 71 is electrically connected to the input side of the controller 77, and imaging information captured by the camera 71 is input. The controller 77 has a display status determination unit 81, a supply order determination unit 83, a monitor control unit 85, and a transport control unit 87.

With reference to FIG. 8, the imaging information captured by the camera 71 is shown. Hereinafter, the display status determination by the display status determination unit 81 will be described with reference to FIG. For convenience of explanation, the shelf board 27 located at the same height as the upper surface of the belt 60a of the conveyor 60 in the vertical direction is referred to as the shelf board 27d, and the upper shelf board 27 is referred to as the upper shelf board 27u.

As an example, the camera 71 images three lanes of the rightmost lane La, the lane Lb to the left of the lane, and the lane Lc to the left of each of the lanes of the shelf board 27d. Here, the product 100A is placed in the lane La, the product 100B is placed in the lane Lb, and the product 100C is placed in the lane Lc. The products 100A, 100B, and 100C are beverage products using, for example, a container made of a colorless and transparent PET bottle, and only the cap 101 is made of colored resin.

By the way, considering the use of an infrared sensor that measures the distance by receiving the irradiated infrared rays, for example, the colorless and transparent container may cause erroneous detection because the irradiated infrared rays are diffusely reflected.

Therefore, the display status determination unit 81 mounts on each lane La, Lb, Lc by measuring the distance from the upper end of the cap 101 to the lower rear end 27b directly above the upper shelf plate 27u based on the image captured by the camera 71. The number of each of the placed products 100A, 100B, and 100C is determined.

Specifically, the display status determination unit 81 contains product information such as the height and diameter of the products 100A, 100B, and 100C, the front-rear length of the shelf board 27d, and the upper surface of the shelf board 27d directly above the upper shelf board 27u. Shelf information such as the distance to the rear end 27b of the lower surface is registered in advance by an employee or the like. Based on these product information and shelf information, the products 100A, 100B, 100C displayed in each lane La, Lb, Lc by the distances ha, hb, hc from the upper end of the cap 101 to the lower rear end 27b directly above the upper shelf plate 27u. An index 102 indicating the number of the above can be created.

Therefore, the display status determination unit 81 stores in advance the index 102 based on the relationship between the distances ha, hb, hc and the number of products 100 from the upper end of the cap 101 to the lower rear end 27b directly above the upper shelf plate 27u. Can be done.

Assuming that the distance from the upper end of the cap 101 to the rear end 27b of the lower surface directly above the upper shelf plate 27u is the distance ha in the lane La, the display status determination unit 81 displays the products based on the index 102 indicating the number of products. By determining the situation, for example, since the distance ha is the length closest to the "three" lines, it is determined that the number of products 100A is three. Similarly, assuming that the lane Lb is the distance hb and the lane Lc is the distance hc, the display status determination unit 81 determines that the number of the product 100B is one and the number of the product 100C is five.

In this way, by determining the number of products 100A, 100B, 100C displayed in the lanes La, Lb, and Lc based on the image pickup information captured by the camera 71, the product 100 is displayed without causing false detection or the like. The situation can be determined.

The display status determination unit 81 has been described so as to measure the distance from the upper end of the cap 101 to the lower surface rear end 27b directly above the upper shelf board 27u, but the distance to the lower surface rear end 27b of the shelf board 27 two steps above. May be measured, or the distance from the upper end of the cap 101 to the rear end 27b directly below the shelf board 27d may be measured. A mark is provided on the upper shelf board 27u and the shelf board 27d, and the mark is used from the mark. You may try to measure the distance of.

In measuring the distance from the upper end of the cap 101 to the reference portion in this way, by setting the reference portion to the rear end 27b directly below the shelf board 27d, the number of products 100 can be counted even in the uppermost shelf board 27. be able to. Further, by providing a mark on the upper shelf board 27u or the current shelf board 27d and measuring the distance from the mark, for example, even if the rear end 27b of the shelf board 27 has a color or shape that is difficult to be imaged by the camera 71, it is good. The display status can be judged.

Returning to FIG. 7, the supply order determination unit 83 is a determination unit that determines which product is optimally supplied in what order from the display status determined by the display status determination unit 81. Specifically, assuming that six products 100A, 100B, and 100C are placed in a necessary and sufficient display replenishment state (good display replenishment state), all lanes La, Lb, and Lc are in good display replenishment state. In order to be in the state, it is necessary to display and replenish one product 100C, five products 100B, and three products 100A.

Here, the good display replenishment state indicates, for example, two-thirds of the number of products 100A, 100B, and 100C that can be placed in one lane. As a result, for example, even if the customer picks up the product 100 once, then displays and replenishes the product 100, and then the customer returns the product 100 to the shelf board 27, the product 100 is the shelf board 27. It is possible to suppress overflow from the rear end 27b.

Therefore, when the products 100C, 100B, and 100A are displayed in order from the left lane, such as lane Lc, lane Lb, and lane La, one product 100C and the product 100B are placed in the stock portion 45a of the bucket 45. If five products and three products 100A are placed side by side in this order from the front side, each product 100 can be displayed efficiently.

That is, the supply order determination unit 83 is placed in the stock unit 45a of the bucket 45 with one product 100C, five products 100B, three products 100A, arranged in this order from the front side, and the lane Lc. It can be determined that displaying the product 100 in the order of lane Lb and lane La is the most efficient display order.

The monitor control unit 85 takes out the type and number of products 100 to be taken out from the product storage shelf 23 and the supply order of the products 100A, 100B, 100C based on the optimum display order determined by the supply order determination unit 83, and the monitor 73 and the supply. Display on the monitor 75. Here, according to the above specific example, it is necessary to take out three products 100A, five products 100B, one product 100C, and the product storage shelf 23.

With reference to FIG. 9, a front view of the product storage shelf 23 and its surroundings as viewed by arrow A in FIG. 1 is shown. An take-out monitor 73 is arranged above the product storage shelf 23. On the take-out monitor 73, the positions of the shelves of the products 100A, 100B, and 100C and the number of the products to be taken out are displayed.

Specifically, first, for example, in a management PC (computer) (not shown) or the like, the position (storage position information) in which each product 100 is stored in the product storage shelf 23 is registered in advance. Based on the storage position information registered in advance in this way, C (product 100C): 2 (from the top) indicating that the product 100C is stored second from the top in the left column of the product storage shelves 23. The second) -1 (1) display is displayed above the left column. Similarly, for products 100A and 100B, "corresponding product name: shelf position-number of products to be taken out" is displayed.

As a result, the employee can efficiently take out the number of products 100A, 100B, 100C displayed on the take-out monitor 73. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the trouble of the employee searching for the products 100A, 100B, 100C from the product storage shelf 23 and the temperature rise of the refrigerating room 11 due to the opening of the product take-out door 33 for a long time.

With reference to FIG. 10, a front view of the product supply unit 35 and its surroundings as viewed by arrow B in FIG. 1 is shown. A supply monitor 75 is arranged in the vicinity of the product supply unit 35. The supply monitor 75 shows the supply order of the products 100A, 100B, and 100C and the number thereof based on the optimum display replenishment order determined by the supply order determination unit 83.

According to the above specific example, one product 100C, five product 100B, three product 100A, and the product 100 are supplied so as to be placed on the stock portion 45a of the bucket 45 in this order from the front side. Is desirable. Therefore, it is notified that one product 100C is supplied, then five products 100B are supplied, and finally three products 100A are supplied.

As a result, the employee can purchase one product 100C, five products 100B, and three products 100A in the order displayed on the supply monitor 75, and in this order, the product supply unit 35 to the stock unit 45a of the bucket 45. The product 100 can be supplied so that the products 100A, 100B, and 100C are placed on the stock portion 45a of the bucket 45 in the optimum order from the front side.

With reference to FIGS. 11 to 14, explanatory views illustrating an embodiment in which the products 100A, 100B, and 100C are displayed and replenished in the lanes La, Lb, and Lc of the shelf board 27 by the transfer control executed by the transfer control unit 87 are shown. ing. Hereinafter, an example of transport control executed by the transport control unit 87 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 14.

First, in order to transport the product 100C to the lane Lc, in the transport control in this embodiment, the gate 45b is switched from the gate OFF state to the gate ON state. As a result, the product 100C moves from the stock portion 45a toward the belt 60a. Then, when the product 100C exceeds one gate 45b, the gate 45b is switched from the gate ON state to the gate OFF state again. Here, in order to determine whether or not the product 100C has exceeded one gate 45b, for example, an infrared sensor (not shown) is used to detect that the cap 101 has passed through the gate 45b, and the product 100C passes through the gate 45b from the stock portion 45a. The number of products 100 may be counted.

Further, according to FIG. 11, the first direction converter 61 has a saving mode in which the first guide 61b is rotated so that the rear end of the first curve portion 61c faces the rear. Therefore, when the product 100C is placed on the belt 60a from the stock portion 45a through the gate 45b, the moving direction can be smoothly changed to the left by the first curve portion 61c.

Further, when the product 100C is placed on the belt 60a, in the transport control, the belt 60a is rotated so that the upper surface of the belt 60a moves to the left. As a result, the product 100C placed on the belt 60a can be placed on the belt 60a more smoothly and then can move to the left.

Further, in the transfer control, the second direction converter 62 is moved so that the front end of the second guide 62c is located at the left end of the lane Lc. The second direction converter 62 may be positioned at the position in advance before the gate 45b is changed from the gate OFF state to the gate ON state.

Therefore, the product 100C comes into contact with the second guide 62c while being moved to the left by the belt 60a, and moves toward the lane Lc by the second curved portion 62d. As a result, in the transport control, the moving direction of the product 100C mounted on the belt 60a can be changed to the direction toward the lane Lc and supplied to the lane Lc.

Next, according to FIG. 12, in order to transport the product 100B to the lane Lb, in the transport control, the gate 45b is switched from the gate OFF state to the gate ON state, and the front end of the second guide 62c is located at the left end of the lane Lb. The second direction converter 62 is moved to. At this time, since there are five products 100B to be conveyed to the lane Lb, when the product 100C exceeds five gates 45b, the gate 45b is switched from the gate ON state to the gate OFF state again.

In this way, when a plurality of products 100 are transported to the lane, the gate 45b is turned on until the required number of products 100 pass through the gate 45b, so that the plurality of products 100 can be delivered in a short time. Can be transported at once. Since the process in which the product 100B is placed on the belt 60a and transported to the lane Lb is the same as when the product 100C is transported to the lane Lc, the description thereof is omitted here.

Next, according to FIG. 13, in order to transport the product 100A to the lane La, in the transport control, the gate 45b is switched from the gate OFF state to the gate ON state, and the front end of the second guide 62c is located on the left side of the left end of the lane Lc. The second direction converter 62 is moved so as to do so.

Then, as in the case of transporting the product 100C to the lane Lc, the product 100A mounted on the belt 60a is mounted on the belt 60a after all three of the products 100A mounted on the stock portion 45a pass through the gate 45b. To. Here, when all three products 100A are placed on the belt 60a, the transport control unit 87 stops the rotation of the belt 60a. In this way, the transport control unit 87 can place and hold the product 100 on the belt 60a of the conveyor 60.

Here, according to FIG. 14, the transport control unit 87 controls the first direction converter 61 to rotate the first guide 61b so that the front end of the first curve unit 61c faces forward. After that, the transport control unit 87 rotates the belt 60a so that the upper surface of the belt 60a moves to the right, and moves the product 100A to the right. As a result, in the transport control, the product 100A can be transported from the belt 60a to the lane La by smoothly changing the moving direction of the product 100A from the right direction to the front direction by the first curve portion 61c.

By the way, as described above, a plurality of shelf boards 27 are supported by the main body 25 side by side in the vertical direction. Therefore, for example, when the product 100 is displayed and replenished on the shelf board 27 located at the lowermost position, the product 100 is placed and held on the belt 60a of the conveyor 60 as shown in FIG. 13, and corresponds to the shelf board 27. The conveyor 47 is lowered to the position to display and replenish the product 100 (see FIG. 2). As a result, the product 100 can be displayed and replenished on the plurality of shelf boards 27 with one transport device 47.

With reference to FIG. 15, a perspective view of the first direction transducer 161 according to another embodiment is shown. As another embodiment according to the present embodiment, the first direction converter 161 is provided instead of the first direction converter 61. The first direction converter 161 in another embodiment is provided with a first guide 161b. In the first guide 161b, instead of the first curve portion 61c, a first curve portion 161c obtained by bending a plurality of flat plates is formed.

As a result, the product 100 can be placed on the belt 60a after the momentum of moving forward is reduced by hitting the product 100 on the front surface 161d.

With reference to FIG. 16, a perspective view of the first direction transducer 261 according to still another embodiment is shown. As yet another embodiment according to the present embodiment, the first direction converter 261 is provided instead of the first direction converter 61. The first direction converter 261 in yet another embodiment is provided with a first rotation guide 261b. The first rotation guide 261b is formed in a cross shape when viewed from above, and can rotate about a central axis 261c extending in the vertical direction.

Further, the first rotation guide 261b can be repeated by controlling rotation and stationary by a motor (not shown). Thereby, by adjusting the rotation timing of the first rotation guide 261b, it is possible to control the timing at which the product 100 moving from the bucket 45 to the transfer device 47 is placed on the belt 60a.

With reference to FIG. 17, a perspective view of the first direction converter 361 according to a modified example of another embodiment is shown. As a modification of still another embodiment according to the present embodiment, the first direction converter 361 is provided instead of the first direction converter 61. The first direction converter 361 in the modified example of still another embodiment is provided with a first rotation guide 361b (first moving direction changing portion, third moving direction changing portion, composite changing member, plate-shaped guide). ing.

The first rotation guide 361b is a flat plate member capable of rotating around the central axis 361c by a motor (not shown), and moves the product 100 in the same manner as the first direction converter 61 in the present embodiment. You can change the direction. That is, the direction of the first rotation guide 361b is viewed from above with respect to the moving direction of the product 100 to be moved from the bucket 45 to the conveyor 60, and the product 100 is brought into contact with the product 100 at, for example, 45 °. With respect to the moving direction of the product 100 to be moved from the 60 to the shelf board 27, the first rotation guide 361b is brought into contact with the product 100 at, for example, 45 ° when viewed from above.

As a result, the first rotation guide 361b can change the moving direction of the product 100 with a simple configuration. Although the first rotation guide 361b is configured to be able to rotate around the central shaft 361c, it may be configured such that the central shaft 361c is located at one end of the first rotation guide 361b. ..

As described above, in the product display system according to the present invention, the product display system is arranged facing the store 2 and is provided in the refrigerating room 11 for storing the product 100 and the refrigerating room 11 facing the store 2 and in the store 2. In the product display system provided in the store 1 provided with the product display shelf 24 for displaying the product 100 toward the product, the product display unit 40 is provided in the refrigerating room 11 and displays the product 100 on the product display shelf 24. Then, the product display unit 40 includes a bucket 45 that holds the supplied product 100, a belt 60a of the conveyor 60 that sends the product 100 held in the bucket 45 to the product display shelf 24, and a second direction converter 62. Including.

Therefore, since the product display unit 40 for displaying and replenishing the product 100 on the product display shelf 24 is arranged in the refrigerating room 11 provided in the store 1, the space required for installing the product in the store 1 is reduced. be able to. Further, after the product 100 supplied by the employee is held by the bucket 45, the product 100 is sent out to the product display shelf 24 by the second direction converter 62, for example, in the display replenishment work by the employee, the product display shelf. The work of displaying and replenishing the product 100 to 24 can be performed by the product display unit 40.

Further, the product display unit 40 includes a conveyor 60 that receives the product 100 held in the bucket 45, and the bucket 45 has a gate 45b that can prevent the product 100 held in the bucket 45 from moving to the conveyor 60. Is provided, and the second direction converter 62 sends the product 100 held in the bucket 45 to the product display shelf 24 via the conveyor 60.

Therefore, the movement of the product 100 held in the bucket 45 to the conveyor 60 is stopped by the gate 45b, and the product 100 held in the bucket 45 is moved to the product display shelf by the second direction converter 62 via the conveyor 60. Since it is sent to 24, after a part of the product 100 held in the bucket 45 is moved to the conveyor 60, the product 100 held in the bucket 45 is stopped from moving to the conveyor 60 by the gate 45b. The product 100 that has moved to the conveyor 60 during the restraint can be sent out to the product display shelf 24 by the second direction converter 62. Therefore, for example, the product 100 can be sent to the product display shelf 24 by the second direction converter 62 without preventing the employee from supplying the product 100 to the bucket 45.

Further, the bucket 45 is fixed to the refrigerating chamber 11, and the heat insulating wall 31 of the refrigerating chamber 11 is opened toward the passage 13 to form a product supply unit 35 connected to the bucket 45. Therefore, for example, an employee. Can perform the supply operation from a fixed position when the product 100 is supplied to the bucket 45.

Further, since the conveyor 60 is a transfer machine for moving the placed products 100 and is arranged along the rear end 27b of the product display shelf 24 on the refrigerating chamber 11 side, the conveyor 60 is installed in the refrigerating chamber 11. The space required to do this can be reduced.

Further, the second direction converter 62 is provided with an arc-shaped second guide 62c that changes the moving direction of the product 100 moved by the conveyor 60.
Therefore, the moving direction of the product 100 placed on the conveyor 60 and moving is changed by the arc-shaped second guide 62c so that the product 100 is sent out to the product display shelf 24. Therefore, the product 100 has a simple configuration. Can be sent to the product display shelf 24.

Further, the product display unit 40 further includes a lifting device 43 capable of raising and lowering the conveyor 60 and the second direction converter 62 in the vertical direction.
Therefore, since the conveyor 60 and the second direction converter 62 can be raised and lowered in the vertical direction by the lifting device 43, for example, the product display shelf 24 is a shelf configured by arranging a plurality of shelf boards 27 in the vertical direction. However, the conveyor 60 and the second direction converter 62 can be moved up and down to display and replenish the product 100 on each shelf board 27.

A product storage shelf 23 provided in the refrigerating chamber 11 for storing the product 100 and a product outlet door 33 provided in the heat insulating wall 31 of the refrigerating room 11 are provided, and the product storage shelf 23 is provided on the heat insulating wall 31. Since the product take-out door 33 is arranged along the line and is provided at a position corresponding to the product storage shelf 23, for example, the employee can open the product take-out door 33 from the product storage shelf 23 without entering the refrigerating room 11. The product 100 can be taken out.

In particular, by providing the product storage shelf 23 and the product take-out door 33 in the refrigerating room 11 in this way, when the product 100 is displayed and replenished in the product storage shelf 23, the employee works without entering the refrigerating room 11. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor of employees involved in the display replenishment work.

Further, since the employee can work without entering the refrigerating room 11, the length of the refrigerating room 11 in the front-rear direction can be narrowed, so that the product display system according to the present invention is installed in the store 1. The space required for this can be further reduced.

Therefore, the refrigerating apparatus (not shown) required to make the temperature in the refrigerating chamber 11 uniform can be miniaturized, and the energy required for cooling can be reduced.

The description of the product display system according to the present invention is completed above, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be changed without departing from the gist of the invention.
For example, in the present embodiment, the display replenishment order determined by the supply order determination unit 83 has been described, but the display replenishment order is an example and may be changed as appropriate.

Further, in the present embodiment, the take-out monitor 73 is used to guide the product take-out door 33 in which the products 100A, 100B, and 100C are stored, but the product take-out door 33 may be provided with a lamp.

Further, in the present embodiment, the product 100 is transferred from the bucket 45 to the shelf board 27 by using the conveyor 60, but the product 100 may be directly transferred from the bucket 45 to the shelf board 27. In this case, since the stock portion 45a is substantially horizontal and is inclined so that the front side is slightly inclined downward, it also functions as a delivery portion that sends the product 100 held in the bucket 45 to the shelf board 27.

Further, in the present embodiment, in order to reduce the installation cost of the product display unit 40, the employee takes out the product 100 from the product storage shelf 23 and supplies the product 100 from the product supply unit 35 to the product display unit 40. The product 100 stored in the product storage shelf 23 may be supplied from the product supply unit 35 to the product display unit 40 without relying on the hands of employees.

Further, in the present embodiment, the refrigerating chamber 11 in which the indoor temperature is kept at a low temperature has been described, but it may be a storage for handling hot beverages or a normal temperature.

Further, in another embodiment and further another embodiment according to the present embodiment, the first direction converters 161 and 261 are provided in place of the first direction converter 61, but the second direction converter 62 is used instead. A second direction converter having a similar configuration may be provided.

Further, in the present embodiment, the camera 71 is provided behind the product 100, but the camera 71 may be provided in front of the product 100.
Further, in the present embodiment, the lane La (predetermined lane) is set to the rightmost lane, but the lane may be the leftmost lane or the center in the left-right direction.

Further, in the present embodiment, the camera 71 has three lanes, that is, the rightmost lane La, the lane Lb on the left side thereof, and the lane Lc on the left side thereof, that is, a plurality of lanes L arranged side by side in the left-right direction. Although it has been described that the tail end of the lane is imaged, the tail end of a plurality of lanes configured side by side in the vertical direction may be imaged.

Alternatively, although the camera 71 is arranged on the transport device 47 that can be moved in the vertical direction by the support base 51, the camera 71 can be moved in the vertical direction, but the transport device 47 may also be movable in the horizontal direction. ..

Further, in the present embodiment, the display status determination unit 81 has been described so as to measure the distance from the upper end of the cap 101 to the lower surface rear end 27b directly above the upper shelf plate 27u, but it is arbitrary at the lower surface rear end 27b of the upper shelf plate 27u. The distance may be measured with reference to the position of.

Further, in the present embodiment, the camera 71 is attached to the first direction converter 61 of the transport device 47, but it may be attached to the conveyor 60 and the second direction converter 62.

In addition, the description simply referred to as "display" in the present embodiment may include display and replenishment.

1 store 2 store 11 Refrigerator room (storage)
13 passage (outside)
23 Product storage shelves (storage shelves)
24 Product display shelves (display shelves)
27 Shelf board 27b Rear end (end)
31 Insulated wall (wall)
33 Product take-out door (door)
35 Product Supply Department (Supply Department)
40 Product display unit (display device)
43 Lifting device (lifting part)
45 bucket (holding part)
45b gate (stop)
60 conveyor (receiver)
60a belt (sending part)
62 Second direction converter (transmitter)
62c 2nd guide (guide)
100 products

Claims (7)

A storage room that is placed facing the store and stores products,
In a product display system provided in a store provided with a display shelf provided in the storage, facing the store, and displaying the product toward the store.
It has a display device arranged in the storage and displays the product on the display shelf.
The display device is
A holding unit that holds the supplied product and
A product display system including a delivery unit that sends the product held by the holding unit to the display shelf. The display device includes a receiving unit that receives the goods held in the holding unit.
The holding portion is provided with a stopping portion that can prevent the product held by the holding portion from moving to the receiving portion.
The product display system according to claim 1, wherein the sending unit sends the product held by the holding unit to the display shelf via the receiving unit. The holding portion is arranged in the storage.
The product display system according to claim 2, wherein a supply unit that opens toward the outside of the storage and connects to the holding unit is formed on the wall of the storage. The product display according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the receiving unit is a transfer machine for moving the placed products, and is arranged along the end of the display shelf on the side opposite to the inside of the store. system. The product display system according to claim 4, wherein the sending unit is provided with a guide for changing the moving direction of the product moved by the receiving unit. The product display system according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the display device further includes an elevating unit capable of elevating the receiving unit and the transmitting unit in the vertical direction. A storage shelf provided in the storage and for storing the product,
It has a door provided on the wall of the storage and
The storage shelves are arranged along the walls and
The product display system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the door is provided at a position corresponding to the storage shelf.