JP4525160B2 - Face-to-face weighing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a face-to-face weighing device used when weighing and selling meat, side dishes, etc. displayed in a showcase, and more particularly, a display unit for displaying weight, price, etc., and a column supporting the display unit are provided by an operator (clerk). And a face-to-face weighing device located on the opposite line of sight of the customer.

  In general, a face-to-face weighing device used when weighing and selling at a supermarket or a store, for example, displays a product name, weight, unit price, price, etc. of a weighed product via a frame-like support above the weighing unit. There is known a so-called pole-type face-to-face weighing device in which the operator performs weighing work in a positional relationship facing the customer across the showcase (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

However, the pole-type face-to-face weighing device as shown in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the face-to-face property between the customer and the operator is deteriorated because the frame-like support blocks the customer and the operator. It was.
In addition, when the support column is provided within the range of the width of the weighing unit, the line of sight of the customer who sees the product placed on the measurement unit is blocked by the support column and is placed on the measurement unit. There was a problem that the customer could not fully confirm the state of the measured product.

JP-A-8-201156

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and the object of the present invention is that even if it is a pole-type face-to-face measuring device, the face-to-face property is not impaired by the column supporting the display unit. It is to provide a face-to-face weighing device.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical means taken by the present invention is the face-to-face weighing device provided with a display unit for displaying the measurement content via a support column above the weighing unit for weighing the product. it characterized by being configured to post a transparent member.
The strut is not limited to a width that falls within the lateral width range of the weighing apparatus body, but may be of a size that projects outward from the lateral width. The strut is not limited to a linear shape, and may be a curved shape such as an S shape. Further, the mounting position of the support column may be any of a position near the center in the width direction of the apparatus main body or a position near one side in the width direction.
As a transparent member constituting the support, any material such as a resin transparent plate (for example, an acrylic plate), a glass plate, etc. may be used.
According to the above means, since the support column that protrudes above the measuring unit in the measuring device main body is made of a transparent member, even if the measuring device is arranged between the customer and the store clerk, the line of sight of the customer and the store clerk is Communication with customers and shop assistants is not interrupted by the support, and customers can be sure to see the products weighed on the weighing department, giving customers a sense of security . Moreover, a support | pillar can be utilized as an information display (advertisement medium), without preventing investment.

Specific structure of the display, and attached the translucent advertising information, for example, made of a transparent member posts, Ru provided an irradiation means for irradiating the colored light toward said advertisement information near the outer periphery of the strut.
According to the above means, the translucent advertisement information applied to the transparent member is colored and emphasized prominently by the irradiation of colored light rays, and the column can be used as an advertisement medium.

Or, the display unit which is supported by struts may be formed of a transparent member indicator but, but it may also constitute the display information at a variable freely transparent display. The transparent display may be a transparent display plate such as a transparent EL display or a transparent liquid crystal display.
According to the above means, since the display unit is also configured by a transparent display, it is possible to eliminate the blockage between the customer and the store clerk at the display unit, and to further improve the face-to-face property.

Further, struts composed of the transparent member, but it may also constitute the display information at a variable freely transparent display. The transparent display device can be composed of a transparent EL display device, a transparent liquid crystal display device, or the like, like the display unit.
According to the above means, various information can be displayed on each of the display unit and the support column, so that the range of use as an advertising medium is expanded. And when a display part is comprised with a transparent member, both the support | pillar which protrudes upwards from a measurement part, and a display part can be seen through, and the facing property of a customer and a shop assistant can further be improved.

Moreover, the support | pillar which consists of the said transparent member is not restricted to what was comprised only by the flat form support | pillar, You may protect the circumference | surroundings (right-and-left side edge) of a flat support | pillar with a frame body, body and not good and made of a transparent member.
According to the above means, even if the support column is surrounded by the frame body, the frame body is transparent, so that transparency is not hindered and the face-to-face communication between the customer and the store clerk is ensured satisfactorily.

In addition, in the weighing apparatus having the means for irradiating the column, the weighing unit or the display unit has an operation unit for selecting or inputting data, and detects a signal output by the operation of the operation unit. Irradiation which has a detection means, stops the irradiation from the irradiation means when the signal is detected by the detection means, and starts the irradiation of the irradiation means when the detection means does not detect the signal for a predetermined time Ru can be provided a control means.
According to the above means, the advertisement information applied to the support column made of a transparent member returns to the semi-transparent advertisement information when the operation unit is operated, and the irradiation unit starts irradiation when the operation unit is not operated for a predetermined time. The advertisement information is colored and displayed. Therefore, when the weighing device is not used, the column is used as an advertising medium, and when the operation unit is operated and weighing is performed, the advertising information on the column is not colored and remains translucent. It is held and ready for face-to-face sales, and the face-to-face relationship between customers and store staff is ensured.
The face-to-face weighing device of the present invention includes at least a weighing unit and a display unit, and may be a weighing device including a printing unit that prints out data displayed on the display unit on a label or the like.

The face-to-face weighing device according to the present invention has the structure described in claim 1, so that even if the customer and the store clerk match the line of sight, the face-to-face weighing device is not obstructed by the support column, so that the face-to-face increases and communication with the customer can be achieved it can. In addition, since the customer can surely see the product placed on the weighing section, the customer can feel secure. Moreover, a support | pillar can be utilized as an information display (advertisement medium), without disturbing fluoroscopy.
Or, not even interfere with the perspective being displayed translucent advertising information to the post before Symbol transparent member, moreover the advertisement information by irradiation of colored light is emphasized prominently colored. Therefore, the support can be used as an advertising medium.

Moreover, according to the structure of Claim 2, various information can each be displayed on a support | pillar and a display part, and it can utilize widely as an advertising medium.
And according to the structure of Claim 3, since both a support | pillar and a display part can be seen through, it can eliminate that a salesclerk and a customer are interrupted by an opaque member, and can further improve facing property. .

Furthermore, according to the structure of Claim 4, since the frame for reinforcement and protection surrounding a support | pillar is also comprised by the transparent member, transparency is not impaired by a frame, and with a customer and a shop assistant Can keep good communication.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the colored and emphasized advertisement information returns to the semi-transparent advertisement information when the operation unit is operated, and is again colored and emphasized when the operation unit is not operated for a predetermined time. Therefore, when the measuring device is not used, it can be used as an advertising medium, and when the operation unit is operated, a semi-transparent display is provided, and the face-to-face relationship between the customer and the store clerk can be enhanced.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings with regard to a weighing device having a printing unit.
FIG. 1 is an external view showing a state in which a pole-type face-to-face weighing device A is placed on a showcase such as a retail store. The case 1 includes a weighing unit A1 and a printing unit A2, and the front side of the case 1 A display operation unit A3 is integrally provided outside, and a display unit A4 for presenting measurement contents, sales price, etc. to the customer on the side opposite to the side on which the display operation unit A3 is arranged via the column 2 Arranged above the part A1.

The case 1 has a substantially rectangular planar shape using a synthetic resin material and a metal material, a box-shaped case main body 1a having an open front wall and upper surface, and a front surface portion attached to the front openable portion so as to be opened and closed. 1b. In the case 1, four load cells 3 constituting the measuring portion A 1 are installed, one on each of the four corners of the case 1, on the left and right sides, and a total of four load cells 3 are placed over the four load cells 3. The weighing pan 4 having substantially the same size as the planar shape of the case 1 is placed. In addition, the arrangement position and the number of the load cells 3 are not limited to the illustrated form, and can be arbitrarily changed.
In addition, a printing unit A2 is provided in the case 1, and data (product name, weight, price, etc.) displayed on the display unit A4 can be printed on a label. And when exchanging a label etc., the front part 1b is opened and it accesses the printing part A2 arrange | positioned in case 1 inside. The method of accessing the printing unit A2 is not limited to the above method, and any method such as a method of pulling out toward the front side of the apparatus or a method of pulling out from the left and right sides of the apparatus may be used.

The display operation unit A3 is configured by arranging a liquid crystal touch panel (touch key unit) 6, a numeric keypad (key operation unit) 7 and the like on a flat casing 5, and the upper side of the display operation unit A3 is outside the front surface part 1b. It is pivotally supported at the top so that it can be tilted.
The liquid crystal touch panel (touch key portion) 6 has a form in which a touch panel is laminated on the upper surface of the liquid crystal display, and a portion displayed on the screen can be selected by touching the screen, and data input ( Product setting etc.) and display.
The numeric keypad (key operation unit) 7 is composed of a product number key, numeric key, clear key, re-zero key, etc. When a product is selected by the product number key and the numeric key, the product name and price set for the selected product number Are displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel (touch key unit) 6. When the store clerk selects the product number, the product data of the product number is displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel (touch key unit) 6 and the display unit A3.

The display unit A4 can employ a transparent display, for example, a transparent EL display.
In this transparent EL display, an AC pulse voltage is applied to two transparent electrodes sandwiched between two transparent glass plates, so that a light emitting layer sandwiched between the transparent electrodes emits light. That is, the light emission is displayed by energization between the transparent electrodes, and when it is not energized, it becomes transparent.
The light emitting layer can emit blue, green, yellow, and red light with an organic compound, but is not limited to an organic compound and may be an inorganic compound. (For the transparent EL display, see, for example, JP-A-10-125464).

The characters, numbers, and the like displayed on the transparent EL display A4 having the above-described configuration are configured so that their orientations can be changed by setting.
In other words, the display of the transparent EL display A4 displays characters and numbers on a transparent glass plate. When the display of the display A4 is presented to the customer (front side), the direction of the characters and numbers Is displayed in the direction facing the customer, and when characters, numbers, etc. displayed from the store clerk side (back side) are viewed, the characters are viewed from the back side, and the characters appear to be reversed. Therefore, when it is desired to look at these characters from the store clerk in a normal direction, for example, when setting product data, or comparing with data displayed on the liquid crystal touch panel (touch key unit) 6 of the display operation unit A3. In some cases, the direction of display characters can be changed by a predetermined key operation.
In particular, when the weighing device is in a setting mode for setting product data or the like, the direction of characters, numbers, etc. displayed on the display unit (transparent EL display) A4 automatically faces the store clerk. Is displayed. Thereby, the setting work of product data etc. can be performed smoothly. The display unit A4 is not limited to the transparent EL display described above, but may be a transparent liquid crystal.

The transparent EL display constituting the display unit A4 is supported above the weighing unit A1 by the support column 2 with respect to the weighing device.
The support column 2 is formed of a transparent member, for example, a rectangular flat plate made of an acrylic plate or a glass plate, and the support column 2 is fixed in the width direction of the mounting box 8 fixed to the side opposite to the side where the display operation unit A3 of the measuring device is disposed. The frame 9 is mounted between the frame bodies 9 and 9 'standing upright from both sides, and the support frame 10 of the transparent EL display constituting the display unit A4 is connected and fixed to the upper ends of the frame bodies 9 and 9'. ing. Accordingly, the support column 2 is surrounded by the mounting box 8, the frame bodies 9 and 9 ′, and the support frame 10.

The support 2 made of a transparent member is provided with translucent advertisement information 11 that does not obstruct the see-through, and an irradiation means 12 for irradiating the advertisement information 11 with colored light rays is disposed below the support 2 and colored. The translucent advertisement information 11 is colored and lifted by irradiation of light.
The translucent advertisement information 11 is formed on the support column 2 by three-dimensional laser processing (laser engraving) at the middle position (inside) in the thickness direction of the acrylic plate as shown in FIGS. Desired advertisement information 11 is engraved three-dimensionally. In this case, the advertisement information 11 includes fixed information such as a store logo mark, a store name (company name), and the like. And by irradiating colored light from the irradiation means 12 (LED) arrange | positioned under the support | pillar 2, the said translucent advertisement information 11 will be colored and it will stand out conspicuously. Regarding three-dimensional laser processing (laser engraving), refer to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-61810.

The formation of the translucent advertisement information 11 is not limited to the above-described three-dimensional laser processing (laser engraving), and can be performed by the following method.
(1) Desired advertisement information 11 is formed on one side of the acrylic plate by silk printing. And, as described above, when colored light is irradiated from the irradiation means 12 arranged below the support column 2, the light is irregularly reflected at the location of the silk-printed advertisement information 11, and when viewed from the side not silk-printed, The colored advertisement information 11 is displayed (see FIG. 4B).
(2) Desired advertisement information 11 is formed on one side of the acrylic plate by etching. Etching is a chemical corrosion technique that can be made into frosted ice or frosted, and corrodes the necessary parts with a mixture of hydrogen fluoride and sulfuric acid to carve out patterns (Fig. 4 (b)) reference).
(3) Desired advertisement information 11 is formed by sandblasting on one side of the transparent member (glass plate). Sandblasting is a process in which sand is blown with compressed air on a necessary portion of the surface of a glass plate. The glass surface is finely roughened with fine particles and becomes matt (see FIG. 4B).

  The attachment position of the irradiation means 12 is not limited to the lower end side of the illustrated support column 2, and may be either the upper end side of the support column 2 or the left and right end sides. The irradiation means 12 arranged on the outer peripheral edge of the support column 2 is accommodated and held in the mounting box 8 or the frame bodies 9 and 9 'surrounding the periphery of the support column 2 or the support frame 10 so as not to be exposed to the outside. It is configured.

In addition, the support column 2 and the frame bodies 9 and 9 ′ are not limited to the form shown in FIG. For example, a configuration in which the support column 2 is formed in a rectangular shape similar to the configuration shown in FIG. 2 and the outer shape of the frame bodies 9 and 9 ′ surrounding the left and right side edges is formed on a curved surface (see FIG. 5A), The left and right side edges of the frame 2 are formed in a concave curved surface, and the frame bodies 9 and 9 'surrounding the left and right side edges are curved in the same shape (see FIG. 5B). Any form such as a form (see FIG. 5C) in which the frame bodies 9 and 9 'surrounding the right and left side edges are formed to have the width substantially the same as the horizontal width is matched.
Furthermore, the frame bodies 9 and 9 'surrounding the left and right side edges of the support column 2 may be made of an opaque material such as a metal material, but the frame bodies 9 and 9' may be formed of a transparent member, for example, a resin transparent frame. In this case, since the support column and the frame body are also transparent, the see-through portion is not divided by the frame body portion, and the visibility can be further improved.

FIG. 6 is an electric block diagram of the above-described face-to-face weighing device. The CPU 13 for controlling each block has a ROM 15, a RAM 16, a transparent EL display control unit 17, an operation control unit 18, a load cell control unit 19, and a print control via a bus 14. The unit 20 and the LED control unit 21 are connected.
The CPU 13 controls each part of the apparatus by performing processing using the work area of the RAM 16 according to the control program of the ROM 15. It also functions as a detection means. That is, when a signal output by operating the liquid crystal touch panel (touch key unit) 6 or the numeric keypad (key operation unit) 7 of the display operation unit A3 connected to the CPU 13 via the operation control unit 18 is detected, The irradiation of the irradiation unit 12 (LED) is stopped via the control unit 21. Further, if a signal from the numeric keypad (key operation unit) 7 or the display operation unit 6 is not detected for a predetermined time by a preset time and a clock function, irradiation of the irradiation unit 12 (LED) is started again. In addition, the kind of color of LED which comprises the irradiation means 12 can be selected arbitrarily.
The ROM 15 stores a predetermined control program executed by the CPU 13.
The RAM 16 has a plurality of storage areas, and temporarily stores data read from each file.
The transparent EL display of the display unit A4 is connected to the CPU 13 via the transparent EL display control unit 17, and displays the product name and price of the purchased product to the customer in face-to-face sales, and does not use a weighing unit (balance). At times, for example, a commercial message such as special sale information “Today's bargain product” may be scrolled to appeal to customers.
The load cell 3 of the weighing unit A1 is connected to the CPU 13 via the load cell control unit 19.
The printing unit A2 is connected to the CPU 13 via the printing control unit 20.

In the face-to-face weighing device configured as described above, since the support column 2 that supports the display unit A4 that displays the measurement content by the weighing unit A1 is made of a transparent member, Each face can be confirmed through the transparent column 2 and the customer can confirm the weighing operation of the product W placed on the weighing unit A1 through the column 2. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the conventional inconvenience that the space between each other is blocked by the support and that the face must be moved to a position away from the support 2 in order to confirm each other's face or weighing operation. That is, face-to-face communication can be enhanced.
And the translucent advertisement information 11 is given to the said transparent support | pillar 2, When the colored light is irradiated to the advertisement information 11 by an irradiation means, the said advertisement information 11 will be colored and displayed conspicuously.
In addition, when the transparent column 2 is configured by a transparent EL display as in the display unit A4, variable information can be displayed. For example, a display including the product name and price of a special sale product, Producer information on a specific product (today's beef is domestically produced and produced by XX ranch) can be displayed.

  The above-described embodiment has been carried out with respect to a weighing device having a printing unit. However, the present invention does not have a printing unit and may simply display the weight and price on the display unit. Further, the support frame 10 for connecting the transparent EL display to the support column 2 is not limited to a metal frame, and may be a transparent resin frame. In that case, the frame may be configured to surround the entire four sides of the display. It becomes possible to achieve a face-to-face communication with a sense of openness that does not feel the presence of the display unit because there is no obstruction.

1 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of a face-to-face weighing device according to the present invention. (A) is the front view, (b) is an enlarged view of a display part. Rear view FIG. 4A is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line (4)-(4) in FIG. 3, and FIG. 4B is an enlarged cross-sectional view according to another method for forming advertisement information applied to a column. (A), (b), (c) is a front view which shows the modification of a support | pillar. Electrical block diagram.

A ... Face-to-face measuring device A1 ... Measuring unit A4 ... Display unit (transparent EL display) 2 ... Post 9, 9 '... Frame 11 ... Advertising information 12 ... Irradiation means (LED) a ... Sales clerk b ... Customer W ... Product

Claims (5)

In the face-to-face weighing device provided with a display unit for displaying the measurement content via a support above the measurement unit for measuring the weight of the product, the support is made of semi-transparent advertising information on the support made of a transparent member. A face-to-face measuring device comprising a transparent member that has a display that does not impede fluoroscopy, and that is provided with irradiation means for irradiating colored light toward the advertisement information in the vicinity of the outer periphery of the column . In the face-to-face weighing device provided with a display unit that displays the measurement content via a support above the measurement unit that measures the weight of the product, the support is configured with a transparent member that has a display that does not impede fluoroscopy, wherein the display unit is configured to display information in a variable freely transparent display, facing metering device struts of said transparent member, wherein that you have configured the display information at a variable freely transparent display.   The face-to-face weighing device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is configured by a transparent display capable of changing display information. The face-to-face weighing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the support column made of the transparent member is attached to a transparent frame . The weighing unit or the display unit has an operation unit for selecting or inputting data, and has a detection unit that detects a signal output by an operation on the operation unit, and the detection unit detects the signal. and when the stopping irradiation from the irradiation means, wherein when a predetermined time the signal is not detected by the detection means, according to claim 1, wherein Rukoto that having a irradiation control means for starting the irradiation of the irradiation unit Face-to-face weighing device.

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