JP2023079828A - Display information generation device, display information generation method and display information generation program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a display information generation device, a display information generation method, and a display information generation program capable of generating the display information used for displaying the inner capacity, etc. equivalent to the amount sold separately when a commodity sold on the unit of case is sold separately.SOLUTION: In this embodiment, (1) an expiration date associated with the inputted commodity code and the inner capacity per one commodity are acquired from a commodity information management table including the commodity code, the expiration date, and the inner capacity per one of commodities sold on the unit of case, (2) the inner capacity equivalent to the amount sold separately is calculated by multiplying the acquired inner capacity per one commodity by the inputted number of commodities sold separately, and (3) the display information is generated including the acquired expiration date and the calculated inner capacity equivalent to the amount sold separately.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present invention relates to a display information generation device, a display information generation method, and a display information generation program.

Patent Document 1 discloses a product search device and a product information processing device that can easily identify individual products without imposing an excessive operational burden on customers (see paragraph 0006 of Patent Document 1). ), and “apples”, “pears” and “spinach” are disclosed as bulk products (see paragraph 0039 of Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-256093 A

As described in Patent Document 1, it is common practice to sell fruits, vegetables, etc. by the number (=sell in pieces). There is a demand from consumers to sell products for business use in bulk.

Here, even when products sold in individual cases are sold in bulk, it is necessary to display information such as the quantity and expiration date corresponding to the quantity sold in bulk from the viewpoint of compliance with laws and regulations related to food labeling. There is

However, since the content volume varies depending on the number of individual products sold, the person in charge had to calculate each and every one of them, which was a heavy workload.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is used to display the contents and the like corresponding to the amount sold in individual cases when products sold in individual cases are sold in individual units. An object of the present invention is to provide a display information generation device, a display information generation method, and a display information generation program capable of generating display information.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, in the display information generating apparatus according to the present invention, when products sold in units of cases are sold individually, A display information generation device comprising a control unit and a storage unit for generating display information used to display the content amount, etc., wherein the storage unit contains information about the product sold in case units. , product identification information, expiration date information, and content amount per unit quantity are stored, and the control unit retrieves from the product information management table, expiration date information associated with the input product identification information, and Acquisition means for acquiring a content amount per unit quantity, and a content amount corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately based on the content quantity per unit quantity acquired by the acquisition means and the input number of the products to be sold separately. and generating means for generating the display information including the deadline information acquired by the acquisition means and the amount of content corresponding to the amount to be sold separately calculated by the calculation means. ,

Further, in the display information generating apparatus according to the present invention, the control unit further includes output instruction means for instructing output of an attachment to be attached to the product sold separately, and the attachment is the generated It is characterized in that the time limit information included in the display information generated by the means and the content amount corresponding to the amount to be sold separately are described.

Further, in the display information generating apparatus according to the present invention, the product information management table further includes product-related information about the product sold in units of cases, and the acquisition means obtains from the product information management table , further acquires product-related information linked to the input product identification information, the generating means generates the display information further including the product-related information acquired by the acquiring means, and the attachment is: The expiration date information, the amount of content corresponding to the amount to be sold separately, and the product-related information included in the display information generated by the generating means are similar to the product display for the product sold in units of cases. It is characterized by being described by a layout.

Further, in the display information generating apparatus according to the present invention, the attachment is a sticker that can be attached to a package that wraps the product that is sold in bulk.

In addition, in the display information generation method according to the present invention, display information used for displaying the contents and the like corresponding to the amount sold in individual cases when products sold in units of cases are sold in individual units. A display information generating method executed by an information processing apparatus comprising a control unit and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores product identification information about the product sold in units of cases, A product information management table containing deadline information and a content amount per unit quantity is stored, and the deadline information and unit quantity associated with the input product identification information are obtained from the product information management table, which is executed by the control unit. an acquisition step of acquiring the content volume per unit; and calculating the content volume corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately based on the content volume per unit quantity acquired in the acquisition step and the input number of the individual products sold separately. and a generation step of generating the display information including the expiration date information acquired in the acquisition step and the amount of content corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately calculated in the calculation step. Characterized by

In addition, in the display information generation program according to the present invention, display information used to display the content amount corresponding to the amount sold in individual cases when products sold in case units are sold in individual units. A display information generating program to be executed by an information processing apparatus comprising a control unit and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores product identification information for the product sold in units of cases , a product information management table containing deadline information and content amount per unit quantity is stored, and the deadline information linked to the input product identification information and the an obtaining step of obtaining a content amount per unit quantity, and a content quantity corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately based on the content quantity per unit quantity obtained in the obtaining step and the input quantity of the product to be sold separately. and a generation step of generating the display information including the deadline information acquired in the acquisition step and the amount of content corresponding to the amount to be sold separately calculated in the calculation step. ,

According to the present invention, it is possible to generate the display information used for displaying the content amount corresponding to the amount sold in individual cases when the product sold in individual cases is sold in individual cases. play.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a display information generating device. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a product information management table. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an output seal. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a seal that is output when the number of pieces to be sold separately is two. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an image when a seal is affixed to a package that encloses a commodity sold in bulk.

Embodiments of a display information generation device, a display information generation method, and a display information generation program will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited by this embodiment.

[1. overview]
(1) Background of the present embodiment Commercial products are usually sold in units of cases, but general consumers may wish to purchase from one unit (sold individually). However, in this case, since the amount of contents to be displayed varies depending on the number of items to be sold separately, there is a problem that it is difficult to display the amount of contents corresponding to the number of items to be sold separately. In addition, there is also a problem that the expiration date cannot be posted when sold separately. In addition, due to the problem of display space, it was not possible to describe the content that should be displayed.

(2) Overview of the present embodiment Therefore, in the present embodiment, for example, a system is constructed that automatically calculates the amount of content to be displayed according to the number of orders from the customer and outputs it as a display sticker. Further, in the present embodiment, for example, the best-before date obtained from the product information of the product in the original case unit can also be posted on the display sticker. In the present embodiment, for example, commercial products in units of cases are packaged in a bag in units of the number, and an indication sticker is affixed to the bag so that it can be sold to general consumers. In this way, the display space is secured by attaching the display seal to the packaging bag.

In other words, in the present embodiment, for example, when selling business-use products in units of units, by inputting product information and the number of orders, a system is constructed that can output a display sticker that describes the amount of content and the expiration date. bottom.

(3) Effect of the present embodiment As a result, in the present embodiment, for example, general consumers can order commercial products as much as they want (that is, separately). Specific configurations and operations will be described below.

[2. composition]
An example of the configuration of the display information generating apparatus 100 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the display information generation device 100. As shown in FIG.

The display information generation device 100 is a commercially available desktop personal computer. Note that the display information generating apparatus 100 is not limited to a stationary information processing apparatus such as a desktop personal computer, and may be a commercially available notebook personal computer, PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a smart phone, a tablet personal computer, or the like. It may be a portable information processing device.

The display information generation device 100 includes a control section 102 , a communication interface section 104 , a storage section 106 and an input/output interface section 108 . Each unit included in the display information generating apparatus 100 is communicably connected via an arbitrary communication path.

The communication interface unit 104 communicably connects the display information generating apparatus 100 to the network 300 via a communication device such as a router and a wired or wireless communication line such as a dedicated line. The communication interface unit 104 has a function of communicating data with another device via a communication line. Here, the network 300 has a function of connecting the display information generating apparatus 100 and the server 200 so that they can communicate with each other, and is, for example, the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network).

An input device 112 and an output device 114 are connected to the input/output interface section 108 . The output device 114 can be a monitor (including a home television), a speaker, or a printer. The input device 112 can be a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, or a monitor that realizes a pointing device function in cooperation with a mouse. Note that, hereinafter, the output device 114 may be referred to as the monitor 114 and the input device 112 may be referred to as the keyboard 112 or the mouse 112 .

The storage unit 106 stores various databases, tables, files, and the like. The storage unit 106 stores a computer program for performing various processes by giving commands to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) in cooperation with an OS (Operating System). As the storage unit 106, for example, memory devices such as RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory), fixed disk devices such as hard disks, flexible disks, and optical disks can be used.

The storage unit 106 has, for example, a product information management table 106a.

The product information management table 106a, as shown in FIG. 2, includes, for example, product identification information, expiration date information, contents per unit quantity, product-related information, and the like for products sold in units of cases.

The product identification information may be any information as long as it can identify the product, such as a product code and product name.

The expiry date information is, for example, expiration date, expiration date, storage expiration date, and the like. The expiry information is updated to a new date from time to time.

The content amount per unit quantity is, for example, the content amount per product.

The product-related information includes, for example, how to enjoy the product, raw materials, storage method, cooking method, seller, manufacturing site, manufacturer, nutritional ingredients, and the like.

The control unit 102 is a CPU or the like that controls the display information generating apparatus 100 in an integrated manner. The control unit 102 has an internal memory for storing a control program such as an OS, a program defining various processing procedures, required data, and the like, and performs various information processing based on these stored programs. Execute.

The control unit 102 functionally and conceptually includes, for example, (1) an acquisition unit 102a as acquisition means for acquiring the deadline information associated with the input product identification information and the content amount per unit quantity from the product information management table; and (2) calculation as a calculation means for calculating the content amount corresponding to the amount to be sold separately based on the content amount per unit quantity acquired by the acquisition means and the input number of individual products sold. and (3) a generation unit 102c as generation means for generating the display information including the deadline information acquired by the acquisition means and the amount of content corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately calculated by the calculation means. and (4) an output instruction unit 102d as output instruction means for instructing the output of attachments to be attached to the commodity sold separately.

The acquisition unit 102a acquires the expiration date associated with the input product code from the product information management table 106a (see FIG. 2) containing the product code, the expiration date, the content amount per product, and the product-related information. Acquire the expiration date and the content amount per product. The acquisition unit 102a may further acquire product-related information associated with the input product code from the product information management table 106a (see FIG. 2).

The calculation unit 102b calculates the content amount corresponding to the amount to be sold separately based on the content amount per product acquired by the acquisition unit 102a and the input number of individual products sold separately.

The generation unit 102c generates display information including the expiration date acquired by the acquisition unit 102a and the amount of content corresponding to the amount to be sold separately calculated by the calculation unit 102b. The generation unit 102c may generate the display information further including the product-related information acquired by the acquisition unit 102a.

The output instruction unit 102d instructs a printing machine or the like to output attachments to be attached to the commodity sold separately. The attachment includes at least the expiration date included in the display information generated by the generation unit 102c and the amount of content corresponding to the amount to be sold separately. The attachment includes the expiration date included in the display information generated by the generation unit 102c, the content amount corresponding to the amount to be sold separately, and the product-related information regarding the product sold in units of cases. It may be written in the same layout as the product display.

The attachment is preferably a sticker that can be attached to a package that encloses the commodity that is sold in bulk, but may be, for example, a piece of paper attached to the commodity that is sold in bulk.

An example of said seal is shown in FIG. In the sticker shown in FIG. 3, the expiry date included in the display information is written in the area indicated by MA1, and the amount of content corresponding to the bulk sale included in the display information is indicated in the area indicated by MA2. The product-related information written and included in the display information is written in areas other than the areas indicated by MA1 and MA2.

[3. Specific example of processing]
In this section, specific examples of processing according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 4, and 5. FIG. In this section, a description will be given of a case where frozen pudding, which is usually sold as a product for business use with 10 pieces in a box, is sold in bulk as an example. Note that this item will be described on the premise that the product information management table 106a is pre-registered with the contents shown in FIG.

(1) Acquisition Processing First, the operator of the display information generating apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment inputs product A (product code: Shohin_A), which is a frozen pudding, as a product to be sold separately. In this case, the acquisition unit 102a obtains from the product information management table 106a of FIG. Acquire product-related information (raw materials, etc.).

(2) Calculation Processing Next, the calculation unit 102b multiplies the content amount “60 g” per piece of the product A acquired by the acquisition unit 102a by the number of loose sales input by the operator. Calculate the amount of content equivalent to the amount to be filled. For example, when the input number of individual products is "2", the calculation unit 102b calculates the content amount corresponding to two products A as "60 g" x "2" = 120 g. Similarly, when the input number of individual items is "1", 60g, when the input number of individual items is "3", 180g, and when the input number of individual items is "4". ” can be calculated as 240 g.

(3) Generation process Next, the generation unit 102c corresponds to the expiration date “2021.12.17” and product-related information (raw materials, etc.) acquired by the acquisition unit 102a, and two products A calculated by the calculation unit 102b. The display information including the content amount "120 g" is generated.

As described above in (1) to (3), according to the display information generation device 100 according to the present embodiment, when products sold in units of cases are sold in pieces, they are sold in pieces. It is possible to generate the display information used to display the content amount corresponding to minutes. As a result, the consumer can, for example, order commercial products as much as they want (that is, in bulk).

(4) Output Instruction Processing Lastly, the output instruction unit 102d outputs a sticker to be affixed to the package that wraps the product to be sold separately. The output seal is shown in FIG. In the sticker shown in FIG. 4, the expiration date "2021.12.17" (see the area indicated by MB1) included in the display information, and the content amount "120 g" (MB2) corresponding to two products A included in the display information. ) and the product-related information (see areas other than the areas indicated by MB1 and MB2) included in the display information are related to the frozen pudding sold as commercial products in a box containing 10 pieces. It is written in the same layout as the product display. FIG. 5 shows an image of a case in which a seal is affixed to a package containing two products A. As shown in FIG.

As described above in (4), according to the display information generation device 100 according to the present embodiment, even when commercial products sold in case units are sold individually, the expiration date and the It is possible to instruct the output of a sticker in which the contents corresponding to the amount sold individually and the product-related information are described in the same layout as the product display for the product sold in units of cases. As a result, for example, the same layout as the product display for the products sold in units of cases can be used as it is even in the case of individual sales.

[4. Other embodiments]
The present invention may be implemented in various different embodiments other than the embodiments described above within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims.

For example, among the processes described in the embodiments, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be manually performed, or all of the processes described as being manually performed Alternatively, some can be done automatically by known methods.

In addition, unless otherwise specified, the processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, information including parameters such as registration data and search conditions for each process, screen examples, and database configurations shown in this specification and drawings can be changed arbitrarily.

Further, regarding the display information generating apparatus 100, each illustrated component is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated.

For example, the processing functions of the display information generating apparatus 100, particularly the processing functions performed by the control unit, are implemented in whole or in part by a CPU and a program interpreted and executed by the CPU. Alternatively, it may be implemented as hardware using wired logic. The program is recorded on a non-temporary computer-readable recording medium containing programmed instructions for causing the information processing apparatus to execute the processing described in this embodiment, and display information as necessary. It is mechanically read by the generation device 100 . That is, a storage unit such as a ROM or HDD (Hard Disk Drive) stores a computer program for giving commands to the CPU in cooperation with the OS to perform various processes. This computer program is executed by being loaded into the RAM and constitutes a control section in cooperation with the CPU.

Also, this computer program may be stored in an application program server connected to the display information generating apparatus 100 via any network, and may be downloaded in whole or in part as necessary. It is possible.

Also, the program for executing the processing described in this embodiment may be stored in a non-temporary computer-readable recording medium, or may be configured as a program product. Here, the term "recording medium" refers to memory cards, USB (Universal Serial Bus) memories, SD (Secure Digital) cards, flexible disks, magneto-optical disks, ROMs, EPROMs (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EEPROMs (registered trademark) (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), MO (Magneto-Optical disk), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc, etc. shall include any "portable physical medium".

A "program" is a data processing method written in any language or writing method, regardless of the format such as source code or binary code. In addition, the "program" is not necessarily limited to a single structure, but is distributed as a plurality of modules or libraries, or cooperates with a separate program represented by the OS to achieve its function. Including things. It should be noted that well-known configurations and procedures can be used for the specific configuration and reading procedure for reading the recording medium in each device shown in the embodiments, the installation procedure after reading, and the like.

The various databases stored in the storage unit are storage means such as memory devices such as RAM and ROM, fixed disk devices such as hard disks, flexible disks, and optical disks. It stores programs, tables, databases, files for web pages, and so on.

The display information generating apparatus 100 may be configured as an information processing apparatus such as a known personal computer or workstation, or may be configured as the information processing apparatus to which arbitrary peripheral devices are connected. The display information generating apparatus 100 may be realized by installing software (including programs, data, etc.) for realizing the processing described in the present embodiment.

Furthermore, the specific form of distribution and integration of devices is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or part of them can be functionally or physically arranged in arbitrary units according to various additions or functional loads. It can be distributed and integrated. In other words, the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined and implemented, or the embodiments may be selectively implemented.

The present invention is useful, for example, in the field of food sales.

100 display information generation device 102 control unit
102a Acquisition unit
102b calculator
102c generator
102d output instruction unit 104 communication interface unit 106 storage unit
106a product information management table 108 input/output interface unit 112 input device 114 output device 200 server 300 network

Claims (6)

Display information provided with a control unit and a storage unit for generating display information used to display the content amount corresponding to the amount sold in individual cases when products sold in case units are sold in individual units. a generator,
The storage unit contains
A product information management table containing product identification information, expiration date information, and content amount per unit quantity is stored for the products sold in case units,
The control unit
Acquisition means for acquiring, from the product information management table, deadline information associated with the input product identification information and content amount per unit quantity;
a calculation means for calculating a content amount corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately based on the content amount per unit quantity acquired by the acquisition means and the input number of the products sold separately;
generating means for generating the display information including the deadline information acquired by the acquiring means and the content amount corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately calculated by the calculating means;
to provide
A display information generating device characterized by: The control unit
further comprising an output instruction means for instructing the output of attachments attached to the commodity sold separately;
wherein the attachment contains the deadline information included in the display information generated by the generating means and a content amount corresponding to the amount to be sold separately;
The display information generation device according to claim 1, characterized by: The product information management table further includes product-related information about the product sold in units of cases,
The acquisition means further acquires product-related information associated with the input product identification information from the product information management table,
The generation means generates the display information further including the product-related information acquired by the acquisition means,
The attachment includes the deadline information included in the display information generated by the generating means, the content amount corresponding to the amount to be sold separately, and the product-related information regarding the product sold in units of cases. It must be written in the same layout as the product display,
3. The display information generating device according to claim 2, characterized by: The attachment is a sticker that can be affixed to a package that encloses the product sold in bulk;
4. The display information generation device according to claim 2 or 3, characterized by: An information processing device having a control unit and a storage unit that generates display information used to display contents corresponding to the quantity sold in individual cases when products sold in individual cases are sold in individual cases. A display information generating method executed in
The storage unit contains
A product information management table containing product identification information, expiration date information, and content amount per unit quantity is stored for the products sold in case units,
executed by the control unit;
an obtaining step of obtaining expiration information associated with the input product identification information and content amount per unit quantity from the product information management table;
a calculation step of calculating a content amount corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately based on the content amount per unit quantity obtained in the obtaining step and the input number of the products sold separately;
a generation step of generating the display information including the deadline information acquired in the acquisition step and the amount of content corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately calculated in the calculation step;
including
A display information generation method characterized by: An information processing device having a control unit and a storage unit that generates display information used to display contents corresponding to the quantity sold in individual cases when products sold in individual cases are sold in individual cases. A display information generation program to be executed by
The storage unit contains
A product information management table containing product identification information, expiration date information, and content amount per unit quantity is stored for the products sold in case units,
for causing the control unit to execute
an obtaining step of obtaining expiration information associated with the input product identification information and content amount per unit quantity from the product information management table;
a calculation step of calculating a content amount corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately based on the content amount per unit quantity obtained in the obtaining step and the input number of the products sold separately;
a generation step of generating the display information including the deadline information acquired in the acquisition step and the amount of content corresponding to the quantity to be sold separately calculated in the calculation step;
including
A display information generation program characterized by:

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