JP3239336B2 - Label issuing device, weighing label issuing device, and product information display system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a label issuing device,
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a weighing label issuing device and a product information display system, and more particularly to a device capable of targeting a product for which a fixed price is set without being affected by the weight or quantity of the product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, products that are often priced according to the weight of meat or the like often take the form of weighing sales (metering sales). For example, a product (meat) sold at a meat store is packed with an appropriately determined weight or a weight according to the customer's request, and a label on which the price and unit price of the product are printed is attached. You. This label is usually issued by a label issuing device connected to the weighing device or a label issuing device having a weighing function. These label issuing devices store the unit price per product weight, calculate the price of the product by multiplying the unit price by the weighing value of the product, print the price and the unit price on the label, and issue the label. By displaying the unit price on the label in addition to the price, the customer can easily determine the grade of the product.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-43126 discloses an invention in which, when a product is a bargain product and the price is a bargain price, the bargain price and bargain price are printed on a label in addition to the normal price and the bargain price. Is disclosed. In this case, the printing of the special sale unit price allows the customer to compare the normal unit price with the special sale unit price, and the customer can easily determine how cheap the product is.

[0004] On the other hand, there is also a form of fixed price sales in which a product is sold at a uniform price (fixed price) irrespective of the weight or the like, instead of setting the price according to the weight or the number of the products as described above. For example, sliced beef for shabu-shabu 1
A pack may be sold for a fixed price of 1480 yen, one steak may be sold for a fixed price of 980 yen, or one tangerine bag may be sold for a fixed price of 480 yen.

[0005] On a conventional label attached to such a fixed-price product, a fixed price, which is a uniform selling price, is first printed. If the fixed price is a special price, the normal price and the unit price for the normal price are also changed. Often printed.

[0006]

However, the unit price corresponding to the conventional selling price (fixed price) is not displayed on the label attached to the product when the fixed price sale is performed (FIG. 6).
reference). This is because the product is sold at a fixed price irrespective of the weight or the like, and the label issuing device does not have unit price data corresponding to the selling price (fixed price) of the product. Even if the regular price is calculated from the regular unit price based on the weight, if the product becomes a bargain and becomes a fixed price, there is no unit price data corresponding to the fixed price,
The unit price corresponding to the sales price (fixed amount) cannot be displayed on the label.

As described above, although the unit price corresponding to the fixed price is not displayed on the label attached to the conventional fixed-price product,
Since the customer often judges the grade of the product by the unit price, such a label in which the unit price for the selling price is not displayed is inconvenient for the customer.

[0008] Recently, some stores have adopted a system in which a product information display is arranged near a product and product information such as a price transmitted from a server or a personal computer is displayed there. Regarding the contents displayed on the product information display, if the product is a fixed-price product, the unit price for the fixed price is not displayed. This is also due to the fact that there is no unit price data for the fixed price in the case of a fixed-price product in the server, and it is not possible to send the product information of unit price to the product information display.

As described above, even in the case of a product information display associated with a product sold at a fixed price, the unit price corresponding to the sales price is not displayed conventionally, and it is difficult for the customer to judge the product grade. ing.

[0010] It is an object of the present invention to provide a label issuing device and a weighing label issuing device capable of issuing a convenient label to a customer when issuing a label attached to a product sold at a fixed price. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product information display system capable of providing a convenient display to a customer even when attached to a product.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a label issuing apparatus for issuing a label attached to a product, comprising a storage unit, a calculating unit, and a printing unit. The storage means includes the quantity of the product, the price before the discount, and the discount.
It came before the unit price, and the amount of goods and stores the straight-line sales value after discount at the time of performing the sale on a straight-line basis that are not directly related. The calculating means calculates the discount of the product from the fixed price after the discount and the amount.
Calculate the later unit price. The printing means is the price before the discount
Price, unit price before discount, fixed price after discount , and calculator
To print a single price after the discount obtained in stage on the label.

In the label issuing apparatus according to the present invention, the calculating unit calculates the unit price of the product after the discount using the fixed price and the amount of the product after the discount. And the label has a discount
Unit price corresponding to the fixed price after the sale, the fixed price after the discount,
The price before the discount and the unit price before the discount are printed. This
Therefore, customers who see the label issued by this device
Compare both prices or both unit prices to indicate the degree of product
It can be easily judged and fixed price sale after discount
Product grade can be determined at a glance based on the price based on the price
You.

A weighing label issuing device according to a second aspect is a weighing label issuing device that has a weighing function and issues a label attached to a product. This device includes a storage unit, a weighing unit, a calculation unit, and a printing unit. The storage means is the price before the discount of the product, per unit weight before the discount
The unit price of the product and the fixed sale price after the discount of the product when selling at a fixed price not directly related to the quantity of the product are stored. The weighing unit measures the weight of the product. The calculating means calculates a unit price per unit weight of the product after the discount from the fixed price and the weight of the product after the discount . The printing means is the price before the discount.
Case, print unit price per unit weight before discount, flat rate selling price after discount, and the single value per unit weight after discount obtained by calculation means on the label.

In the weighing label issuing device according to the present invention, the storage
The fixed-price selling price after the discount in the means and the measurement result of the product
Using the weight, the calculating means can calculate the discount per unit weight
Calculate the unit price. And on the label, the fixed amount after discount
Selling price, unit price per unit weight after discount, price before discount
The rating and the unit price per unit weight before the discount are printed.
For this reason, customers who see the label issued by this device
Is the price of the product by comparing both prices or unit prices
Can be easily determined, and
Product grade at a glance based on unit price per unit weight
Wear.

[0015] The product information display system according to claim 3 is
This is a system for displaying information about a product on a product information display arranged near a product at a store floor. This product information display system includes storage means, calculation means, and display means. Storage means, of goods
Amount, and stores the price before discounts, before discounts unit price, and the straight-line <br/> sales price after discount when performing sold fixed amount that is not related directly to the amount of product. Calculation means calculates the unit price after the discount items from the straight-line selling price and the amount of the commodity after discount. Display means the price before discounts, unit price before discount, constant <br/> amount selling price after discount, and the single value after discount obtained by the calculating means is displayed on the commodity information display.

The product information display of the present invention replaces the conventional paper shelf label or POP advertisement, and changes the display of information (product information) on the product by transmission from a server or the like. It is an indicator to get.

The product for which the product information is displayed on the product information display is a product sold at a fixed price after the discount. In other words, the product price is a price generally called a fixed price, and is not determined from a predetermined unit price and its weight, number, etc., but is a price determined irrespective of these (a fixed price after discount). is there. Therefore, conventionally, it has not been considered that the unit price corresponding to the fixed price after the discount is displayed on the product information display, and there is also data on the unit price corresponding to the fixed price after the discount. I haven't.

On the other hand, in the commodity information display device according to the present invention, in addition to a fixed price after the discount, a unit price corresponding to the price can be displayed. Only
Also, here, the product information display shows
Price, unit price corresponding to the fixed price after discount, price before discount
The price and the unit price before the discount are displayed. For this reason,
The customer who sees the product information display can set both prices or unit prices.
You can easily judge the cheapness of the product by comparing
And the unit price corresponding to the fixed price after the discount
Product grade can be determined at a glance.

A label issuing device or quotient according to claim 4
An article information display system according to claim 1 or 3.
Or system, the unit price is
Price, unit price per unit quantity, unit price per unit capacity, unit length
Ru Der any of the per unit price is.

The product whose unit price per unit weight is selected and
Examples include meat and coffee beans. Unit quantity
Products for which the unit price per unit is selected include vegetables and fish
Is mentioned. Products for which the unit price per unit capacity is selected
Examples include liquor sold by weight. Unit length
Products for which the unit price per hit is selected include fabrics and
And the like.

A label issuing device or a quotient according to claim 5
An article information display system according to claim 1 or 3.
Is a system where the quantity of goods is the weight, quantity,
Either capacity or length.

[0022]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS <Label> FIG. 1 shows a label obtained by an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The label L1 includes a product name display field A1, a bargain price display field A2, a bargain price display field A3, a net quantity display field A4, a normal price display field A5, a normal price display field A6,
A column for displaying a processing date, a consumption period, a barcode, and the like is provided.

Here, the special price display column A2 is a column on which a special price set in the form of a fixed amount per pack is printed, and is prominently arranged above the label L1. Here, a special price “$ 880”, which is a fixed amount, is printed.

The special sale unit price display column A3 is arranged to the right of the special sale price display column A2, and has a special sale price of "$ 88".
0 "and the approximate unit price per 100 g" 386
(Circle) "is printed. Furthermore, the approximate unit price “3
In front of “86 (yen)”, a character “about” is printed to indicate that this is a reference value.

The normal price in the normal price display column A5 has a horizontal line drawn over the number (1135) indicating the price, indicating that the number is invalid. The horizontal line on the number need not be drawn. Similarly, for the normal unit price in the normal unit price display column A6, a horizontal line may be drawn on the number (498) indicating the unit price to indicate that the number is invalid.

In the above label L1, the special price "$ 88
0 ”and the corresponding sale price“ approx. 386 ”
(Yen) ”is printed. As a result, the customer can determine at a glance the grade of a product that is difficult to determine just by looking at the special sale price “$ 880”. In addition, since the normal price and the normal unit price before the discount are also printed on the label L1, the customer compares the normal unit price “498 (yen)” and the special sale unit price “about 386 (yen)” to determine the degree of inexpensiveness of the product. It can be easily determined.

First Embodiment <Label Issuing Apparatus> FIG. 2 shows a label issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The label issuing device 1 is a device that obtains data on the weight or the number of commodities from a weighing device or another system, and prints and issues a set unit price of the commodities and an approximate unit price on the labels.

(Structure of Apparatus) FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the label issuing apparatus 1. As shown here, the label issuing device 1 includes an input unit 10,
A control unit 20 and a label issuing unit (printing unit) 30 are provided.

The input unit 10 has an operation panel 11 and a liquid crystal display unit 12. The operation panel 11 includes a call key for calling various data related to the selected product, a numeric keypad for selecting a product, and a PLU (Price Look Up) for specifying a product name by directly touching and calling data related to the product. ) Keys and the like are provided.
Various screens for prompting the operator to perform operations are displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12.

The control unit 20 has a microcomputer having a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like.
0, a label issuing unit 30, a weighing device 99 which is another device, and the like. Further, the control unit 20 includes a memory (storage unit) 21 for storing a product master 21a, which is a bundle of data on each product, and a calculation unit 22 for performing calculations using a CPU or the like. (See FIG. 2).

The label issuing section 30 includes a label storing section 31 in which a roll-shaped label mount on which a plurality of labels are continuously attached is stored, a label is taken out from the label storing section, and the label is transported to a label issuing port 34. And a printing mechanism 33 for printing on a label.

The weighing device 99 connected to the control unit 20 of the device 1 weighs the product, and transmits the weighing result of the product to the control unit 20 as weight data. Here, a system configuration in which the weighing device 99 is connected to the label issuing device 1 as shown in FIG. 2 is employed, but a weighing unit 90 having a product weighing function is incorporated in the device 1 as shown in FIG. Thus, it is also possible to adopt a form of a weighing label issuing device. Further, instead of directly connecting the weighing device 99 to the device 1 as shown in FIG. 2, the weight data of the product may be input to the device 1 via another system. If the weight does not vary, the weight of the product may be stored in advance in association with the product.

(Control of Apparatus) In the label issuing apparatus 1, a sales form in which prices are set for various commodities in the commodity master 21a on the basis of the weight and the number of pieces (the number of single articles included in the commodities), Alternatively, a label to be attached to a product can be issued in accordance with a sales form such as a fixed price sales mode in which a product is sold at a fixed price regardless of weight or the like. In the following, a procedure for issuing a label when the fixed-price sales mode is selected in the present apparatus 1 will be described.

When a fixed price sale is selected according to a menu displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 12 of the input unit 10 and a product is further selected, a screen as shown in FIG. 3 appears, for example. Here, for the product name "domestic beef roasted yakiniku" of the call number 1, selection of the special price mode and input of the selling price (fixed amount) are performed.

The input of the selling price is performed by using the ten keys on the operation panel 11 or the like. Here, 1 pack is a fixed amount of 8
"880" is input because it will be sold for 80 yen. The special price mode is selected from “none”, “M special price”, “special unit price”, and “−%”.

"None" is selected when a product is sold at a price without discount. The "M special price" is selected when the product is a bargain item and the label is not printed with the degree of discount (the degree of discount).

The "special unit price" is selected when the product is a special sale item and the special unit price is printed on the label together with the special sale price. “−%” Is selected when the product is a bargain item and the discount rate of the bargain price with respect to the normal price is printed on the label.

The sales price and the special sale mode entered on the screen shown in FIG. 3 are stored in a product-specific file in the product master 21a. This product-specific file contains the calling number,
Information about each product such as a product name and a normal unit price is stored. The call number is a code used when reading data of each product from the product master 21a, and the product information is stored for each call number.

(When “None” is Selected) When “None” is selected in the special sale mode, the label issuing unit 3
With 0, a label L2 as shown in FIG. 4 is printed and issued. This label L2 is provided with columns for displaying a processing date, expiration date, a barcode, etc., in addition to a product name display column A1, a net amount display column A4, a fixed amount display column A7, a fixed unit price display column A8. I have.

Here, the price input in the input of the selling price in FIG. 3 is printed in the fixed price display column A7. In addition, the fixed-price unit price display field A8 is arranged to the right of the fixed-price display field A7, and is calculated from the fixed-price “880 (yen)”.
The unit price “386 (yen)” per 00 g is printed. This unit price is calculated by the calculation unit 22 of the control unit 20. The calculation unit 22 calculates the fixed price “880 (yen)” of the product and the weight data “228” of the product sent from the weighing device 99.
(G) "and unit price per 100g" 386 (yen) "
Is calculated. The product weight data sent from the weighing device 99 is stored in the product master 21a.

Further, before the fixed unit price "386 (yen)", characters "about" indicating that the unit price is a standard value based on the fixed amount are printed (see FIG. 4). (When "M Special Price" is Selected) When "M Special Price" is selected in the special sale mode, the label issuing unit 30 prints and issues a conventional label L4 as shown in FIG. This label L4 has a product name display field A
1. In addition to a special sale price display column A2, a net amount display column A4, a normal price display column A5, a normal unit price display column A6, columns for displaying a processing date, a consumption period, a bar code, and the like are provided. Here, the price input in the input of the selling price in FIG. 3 is printed in the bargain price display column A2.

(When "Special Unit Price" is Selected) When "special unit price" is selected in the special sale mode, the label issuing unit 30 prints and issues a label L1 as shown in FIG. The label L1 includes a product name display section A1, a special sale price display section A2, a special sale unit price display section A3, and a net quantity display section A.
4. In addition to the normal price display column A5 and the normal unit price display column A6, columns for displaying a processing date, a consumption period, a barcode, and the like are provided.

Here, the price input in the input of the selling price in FIG. 3 is printed in the special sale price display column A2.
The bargain sale price display column A3 is arranged to the right of the bargain sale price display column A2, and the unit price “386 (yen)” per 100 g calculated from the special sale price “880 (yen)” is printed. This unit price is calculated by the calculation unit 22 of the control unit 20. The calculation unit 22 calculates the fixed sale price “880” of the product.
(Yen) "and the weight data" 228 (g) "of the product sent from the weighing device 99, the unit price" 386 (yen) "per 100g is calculated. The weight data of the product sent from the weighing device 99 is stored in the product master 21a.
Is stored.

Further, before the special sale unit price "386 (yen)", "approximately" is printed to indicate that this unit price is a standard value based on the fixed sale price (see FIG. 1). (When "-%" is selected) When "-%" is selected in the special sale mode, the label issuing unit 3
With 0, a label L3 as shown in FIG. 5 is issued.
The label L3 includes a product name display field A1, a special sale price display field A2, a net quantity display field A4, a normal price display field A5, a normal unit price display field A6, a special sale discount rate display field A9, a processing date,
Columns for displaying the expiration date, barcode, and the like are provided.

Here, the price input in the input of the sales price in FIG. 3 is printed in the special price display column A2.
The special sale discount rate display column A9 is arranged to the right of the special sale price display column A2, and the discount rate “about 22” calculated from the special sale price “880 (yen)” and the normal price “1135 (yen)”. % Discount "is printed. This discount rate is determined by the control unit 20
Is calculated by the calculation unit 22.

<Other Controls> In the above description, the unit price per unit weight (100 g) with respect to the fixed amount is printed on the label when the fixed amount is sold. May be printed on the label.

For example, in a case where three cucumbers are packaged in one pack and sold at a fixed price, if "special unit price" is selected, the label includes a fixed price (for example, 100 yen) and an approximate unit price per unit number (100 yen). (3 circles = about 33 yen / line) is printed on the label.

In the case of a cucumber with three packs of 100 yen, an approximate unit price such as "about 33 yen per pack" is displayed. This unit "book" is associated with the product name in the product master 21a. In the case of fish, the printing mode is changed to "animal", for citrus fruits "individual", and for spinach or the like, "bundle".

<Modified Example of the Present Apparatus> (1) In the above-described first embodiment, “None”, “M Special”, “Special Unit Price”, and “−%” are available as special price modes that can be selected in the case of fixed price sales. Although the above four types are shown, it is also possible to select "-yen" or the like as another special price mode. If "-yen" is selected, the discount amount with respect to the normal price of the product is displayed on the label, and the discount amount can be appealed to the customer.

(2) The unit weight (per 100 g in the above description) can be switched for each product or as a whole.

For example, when the apparatus 1 is used in Japan, the unit weight may be changed to “100 g”, and when used in the United States, the unit weight may be changed to “1b (pound)”. It is.

For the meat, the unit weight is set to “100
g ", and the unit weight may be changed to" 1 kg "for milled rice. In order to switch over for each product, the product master 21a
The data relating to the unit weight may be stored therein.

(3) In the first embodiment, the characters "about" indicating that the approximate unit price is a reference value based on a fixed amount are printed before the approximate unit price, but "about" is an example. Alternatively, other words such as "approximately" or "approximately" may be printed to indicate the approximate value.

(4) In the first embodiment, the measuring device 9 connected to the device 1
9 mainly transmits the weight data of the product to the control unit 20. However, if the product has no variation in weight, the weight value is stored in the memory 21 in the control unit 20 in advance. You can also. For example, in the case of a product in which a plurality of single products are bagged or packaged and are weighed and distributed by a combination weighing device, there is almost no variation in the weight of each product. In such a case, the weight of the set product may be stored in the memory 21 in advance. In this case, the unit price for the fixed price of the product can be calculated by dividing the fixed price of the product by the weight of the stored product.

<Other Devices Having a Label Issuing Function> The present invention is not limited to the label issuing device 1 as described above, but can be applied to any device that can issue labels for products sold at a fixed price. . For example, an automatic weighing and labeling device (automatic weighing label issuing device) that has a weighing function and continuously weighs products, issues labels, and attaches labels to products, a weighing and valuation device used in face-to-face sales, Even in an automatic weighing and packaging pricing apparatus that consistently performs from weighing to packaging and labeling, the present invention can be applied to print the approximate unit price for a fixed price on a label.

The present invention can also be applied to a POP creation system that creates a POP label for advertising a product using a personal computer or the like. Second Embodiment <Product Information Display and Product Information Display System> A product information display system (electronic shelf label system; hereinafter, referred to as an ESL system) 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 shows a part of a store management system including the same.
This store management system is a system that performs a series of data processing such as management of merchandise employed in stores such as supermarkets and totalization of sales.

FIG. 8 shows a merchandise information display (electronic shelf label display; hereinafter, referred to as ESL) for displaying the actual actual selling price (sales price) at the cash register and the price at each merchandise counter in the store management system. Shows the part of the system that automatically matches the displayed selling price displayed on the display. This store management system is based on a backbone LAN deployed in the store.
POS connected to the store controller 103 connected to the
System 104, an ESL system 110, and the like.

(Store Controller) The store controller 103 is also called a store automation server, and is connected to the backbone LAN as a central control device of the entire store management system. In the store controller 103, a product master file 10 including product information such as a product name and a product price of each product and a company code (product code) given to each product.
3a is present. On the basis of the product master file 103a, the store controller 103 manages each business in the store, such as product price management, inventory management, delivery / injection warehouse management, and sales management. When the store is one of the supermarket chains, the merchandise master file 103a is usually sent from the headquarters of the chain to the store controller 103 of each store by communication.

(POS System) The POS system 104 mainly includes the POS server 1
05 and a plurality of electronic cash registers (hereinafter referred to as ECR (Electric Cash)
Register). ) 106. However, depending on the system configuration, the function of the POS server 105 may be provided to the store controller 103 and the installation of the POS server 105 may be omitted.

The POS server 105 stores each E described later.
A totalizing file for totalizing the registration information of the CR 106 is provided, and based on these files, the sales information of the product is managed and transmitted to the store controller 103.

A plurality of ECRs 106 provided at a cash register where a shopper actually pays for a product are provided by the POS.
It is connected to the server 105. The ECR 106 includes a scanner that reads a company code (bar code), reads the company code attached to the product with the scanner, and displays information about the company code. ECR1
06 performs registration by department, display on a display unit, printout by a printer, and further registers the registered data in a POS.
Send it to server 105. And POS server 1
A step 05 accumulates the registration data from the ECR 106 in the total file.

(Configuration of ESL System) As shown in FIG. 8, the ESL system 110 mainly includes an ESL server 111, a base station 112 which is a repeater, and a transceiver 1 which is a wireless communication device.
13 and an ESL 114 as a product information display.

(ESL Server) The ESL server 111 is a computer such as a work station or a personal computer.
10 is installed with software for controlling the CPU 141 and the CPU 141, as shown in FIG.
ROM 142, RAM 143, HDD connected to the PC 41
(Hard disk; storage unit) 144, display screen 145,
It is composed of an operation input unit (keyboard) 146 and the like.

When the ESL system 110 is started, E
A product information file 148 is created in the HDD 144 of the SL server 111. The product information file 148 is
This is a file for storing information of each product having a configuration as shown in FIG. 10, and includes a company code unique to the product, an ESL code unique to the ESL 114 described later, a product name, a net weight of the product, and a normal product. The sale price, the fixed price of the product when selling at a fixed price, the period of the sale of the product, the unit price for the normal sale price of the product, the approximate unit price for the fixed price of the product, and the like are stored for each product. This product information file 148 is created based on information obtained from the product master file 103a of the store controller 103 and information obtained from the actual selling price data file 105a of the POS server 105. The product information file 148 is updated based on the updated information each time the product master file 103a of the store controller 103 is updated. That is, for example, when the product information is updated in the product master file 103a after the bargain period or after the bargain period ends, the product information file 148 of the ESL server 111 is automatically updated accordingly. Then, the product information file 148
Is updated, the ESL server 111 transmits the change of the product information to the corresponding ESL 114 via the base station 112 and the transceiver 113.

The "approximate unit price for a fixed price for sale", which is one of the product information shown in FIG. 10, is calculated from the set fixed price and the net weight of the product when a sale is performed in a fixed price sale mode. The value, rounded up to the nearest decimal point. The approximate unit price does not affect the price determination, but is calculated for the convenience of the customer who views the display of the ESL 114.

(Transceiver) The transceiver 113 is a wireless communication device having both a function of transmitting to the ESL 114 and a function of receiving a feedback signal from the ESL 114, and wirelessly transmits product information held by the ESL server 111 using infrared rays. ES
The ESL server 111 receives the feedback signal from each ESL 114 and transmits it to the ESL server 111.
A plurality of transceivers 113 are mounted on the ceiling of the store so as to ensure transmission to each ESL, taking into consideration that the reach of infrared rays is limited.

(ESL) The ESL 114 is arranged in the vicinity of each commodity displayed at the sales floor in the store and replaces the conventional paper price tag. As shown in FIG. 11, the ESL 114 is externally provided with liquid crystal first to seventh display units 131 to 13.
7, a solar cell 121, a wireless receiving unit 122, a wireless transmitting unit 123, and labels 125 to 128.

The first display section 131 can display a 4-digit 7-segment display and displays an actual selling price. The second display unit 132 is capable of displaying a 4-digit 7-segment display.
The unit price for the actual selling price displayed on the display unit 131 is displayed.

The third display unit 133 can display a 4-digit, 7-segment display, and displays a normal selling price when a product is a bargain product. The fourth display unit 134 can display a four-digit seven-segment display.
The normal unit price which is the basis of the normal price displayed in 33 is displayed.

The fifth display section 135 displays the characters "sale item" when the item is for sale (see FIG. 12).
The sixth display unit 136 displays the characters “normal price” indicating that the display in the column of the third display unit 133 is the normal selling price (see FIG. 12). The seventh display unit 137 includes the second display unit 13
When displaying the approximate unit price for the bargain sale price in FIG. 2, "approximately" is displayed to indicate that it is a reference value (see FIG. 12).

The label 125 has a product name printed thereon, and is attached to the lower left side of the front surface of the ESL 114 as shown in FIG. The label 126 is printed with a bar code (first bar code) including a company code.
Affixed to the lower right side of the surface of SL114. Label 127,
128 indicates that the display content of the second display unit 132 and the fourth display unit 134 is a unit price per 100 g,
Affixed to the surface of ESL114. Note that these labels 125 to 128 may be integrated labels. Although not shown, the back of the ESL 114
A barcode (second code) representing an ESL code unique to L114
Barcode) is printed.

The ESL 114 has a small CP inside.
U, and has a reception function, a comparison function, and a transmission function in addition to the display function described above. The internal memory of the ESL 114 stores an ESL code unique to the ESL 114. The ESL code included in the product information from the transceiver 113 received by the wireless receiving unit 122 is compared with the ESL code set in the self, and a match is found. The display unit 131 updates the selling price, unit price, etc.
7 and so on. In this case, the previously displayed product information is cleared, and new product information is stored in the internal memory. After receiving the product information from the transceiver 113 and updating the display, the ESL 114 transmits a feedback signal from the wireless transmission unit 123 to the transceiver 113 indicating that the processing has been normally completed.

<Overview of Operation of ESL System> In the ESL system 110 having such a configuration, the ES
The L server 111 adds the ESL 114 to the information from the product master file 103a held by the store controller 103.
Is stored in the HDD 144 as the product information file 148 (see FIG. 9). The product information file 148 is immediately updated according to the update of the product master file 103a as described above.

Depending on the change instruction of the merchandise master file 103a from the headquarters of the chain and the sales strategy at each store, a predetermined merchandise is sold as a bargain and the actual selling price is reduced. When the actual selling price rises, the product information in the product master file 103a is changed, and the ESL server 111 is accordingly changed.
Of the merchandise information file 148 is also changed.

Then, the ESL server 111 transmits the product information to the ESL 114 to change the display. Each ESL 114 compares the ESL code included in the product information received from the transceiver 113 with the ESL code set for itself, and if they match, fetches the product information and updates the actual selling price, unit price, etc. Is displayed on the display units 131 to 137 and the like. For example, when the product information of the company code 54321 shown in FIG. 10 is transmitted to the ESL 114, the ESL 114 performs display (partially blinking display) as shown in FIG.

As described above, on each of the ESLs 114, information on the selling price and the bargain sale of the displayed product is displayed. <Characteristics of ESL Display> As shown in FIG. 11, the ESL 114 has a first display section 1 below the first display section 131 showing the actual selling price.
A second display unit 132 for displaying a unit price for the selling price displayed at 31 is provided.

When the product is sold at a normal price based on weight and unit price, the first display unit 131 displays the normal selling price, and the second display unit 132 displays the normal unit price based on the normal price. . At this time, the third to sixth display units 133 to
136 is not displayed.

When a product is sold at a fixed price,
The regular display price of the fixed amount is displayed on the first display unit 131, and the second display unit 13
The approximate unit price calculated by dividing the regular selling price of the fixed amount by the net weight is displayed in 2. At this time, the word “approximately” is displayed on the sixth display unit 136, suggesting that the unit price displayed on the second display unit 132 is a reference value. The third to fifth display units 133 to 135 and the seventh to fifth display units 133 to 135
The display on the display unit 137 is not displayed. As described above, since the approximate unit price for the selling price is displayed in addition to the fixed regular selling price, the customer who sees the display on the ESL 114
This makes it possible to determine at a glance the grade of a product that is difficult to judge using only a fixed price.

When a product is sold at a bargain price (bargain price) set to a fixed price, the bargain price is displayed on the first display unit 131 as shown in FIG.
, The approximate unit price calculated by dividing the bargain sale price by the net weight, the normal price on the third display unit 133, and the fourth display unit 1
The unit price is displayed at 34, the word “sale item” is displayed on the fifth display unit 135, the word “approximately” is displayed on the sixth display unit 136, and the word “normal price” is displayed on the seventh display unit 137. As described above, in addition to the special price (680 yen) and the corresponding approximate unit price (approximately 272 yen per 100 g), the customer who sees the display of the ESL 114 needs only the special price (680 yen). This makes it possible to determine at a glance the grade of a product that is difficult to determine. In addition, the regular price (8
75 yen) and the normal unit price (350 yen per 100 g) are displayed, so that the customer who sees the ESL 114 can easily judge the cheapness of the product by comparing both unit prices (about 272 yen, 350 yen). it can.

<Other Devices Related to Display for Displaying Product Information> In the second embodiment, the E in the ESL system 110
Although the present invention is applied to SL114, the present invention
The present invention can be applied to a product information display device other than 114.

For example, the present invention can be applied to a relatively large electronic bulletin board installed in a store instead of a POP advertisement. Further, the product information display may itself have product information such as price and weight, or may be connected to a personal computer or a portable terminal by wire or wirelessly to display the product information. It may be just like a display.

[0082]

In the label issuing apparatus according to the present invention, the calculating means calculates the unit price of the product using the fixed price and the amount of the product. And the label includes the flat price after discount,
The unit price corresponding to the fixed price after the discount, the price before the discount,
Since the unit price and the unit price before the discount are printed, the customer can determine at a glance the grade of the product, which is difficult to determine only by the fixed price.

In the weighing label issuing apparatus according to the present invention, the calculating means calculates the unit price per unit weight using the fixed price and the weight of the product as the weighing result in the storing means. And on the label, the fixed price after discount, the discount
Unit price per unit weight after, price before discount, and discount
Since the unit price per unit weight before printing is printed, customers can select product grades that are difficult to judge only with
Be able to judge at a glance.

Further, in the commodity information display system according to the present invention, the commodity information display includes a fixed price, a discounted price, and a discount.
Unit price, price before discount, and value corresponding to the fixed price after
Since the unit price before the change is displayed, the customer can determine at a glance the grade of the product, which is difficult to determine only by the fixed price.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing print contents of a label obtained by an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the label issuing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation screen diagram of the label issuing device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing print contents of a label.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing print contents of a label.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing print contents of a label.

FIG. 7 is another schematic block diagram of the label issuing device.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a store management system including an ESL system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an ESL server.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a product information file.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the ESL.

FIG. 12 is a display diagram of an ESL.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 label issuing device 21 memory (storage means) 22 calculating section (calculating means) 30 label issuing section (printing means) 90 measuring section (weighing means) 114 ESL (product information display) L1 to L4 labels

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (72) Wataru Ito 44, Shonoin Sannocho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Ishida Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-11-43126 (JP, A) JP-A-62-119573 ( JP, A) JP-A-10-10974 (JP, A) JP-A-55-24681 (JP, A) JP-A-2000-98891 (JP, A) JP-A-11-316878 (JP, A) 59-134162 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G09F 3/00 B65C 1/00-11/06 G07G 1/00-5/00

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A label issuing device for issuing a label attached to a product , wherein the label is issued at a fixed price not directly related to the quantity of the product, the price before the discount, the unit price before the discount, and the quantity of the product. discount
A storage means for storing the straight-line sales value after came, from the said amount with the straight-line selling price after the discount, the value of goods
Calculating means for calculating a unit price after the discount, a price of the product before the discount, a unit price before the discount, and after the discount
Of the fixed price and the unit price after the discount obtained by the calculation means.
And a printing means for printing a value on the label. 2. A weighing label issuing device having a weighing function and issuing a label attached to a product, comprising: a price of the product before a discount;
Storage means for storing a discounted fixed price when selling at a fixed price not directly related to the unit price and the quantity of the product; weighing means for weighing the product; and a fixed price and the weight after the discount. And calculating means for calculating a unit price per unit weight after the discount of the product, a price before the discount, a unit price per unit weight before the discount,
Weighing label issuing apparatus having the straight-line selling price after discount, and a printing means for a single valence are printed on the label per unit weight after-out discount <br/> obtained by said calculating means. 3. A merchandise information display system for displaying merchandise information on a merchandise information display arranged near a merchandise at a store section, wherein the merchandise amount, the price before the discount, and the price before the discount are provided. Unit price and the discount when selling at a fixed price that is not directly related to the quantity of the product
A storage means for storing the straight-line sales value after came, from the said amount with the straight-line selling price after the discount, the value of goods
A calculating means for calculating a bid after pulling, the price before the discount, unit price before discount, flat rate selling price after the discount, and the single value of the previous <br/> SL product information after the discount obtained by the calculating means A product information display system comprising: display means for displaying on a display. Wherein said unit price, price per unit weight, cost per unit quantity, per unit price per capacity is either cost per unit length, the label issuing apparatus according to claim 1 or 3 Or a product information display system. Wherein said amount is by weight, quantity, volume, either in length, label issuing apparatus according to claim 1 or 3,
Or a product information display system.