JP5350639B2 - Electronic shelf label system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic bin tag system which can reduce ESL registration work hours and an ESL used number in merchandise stores, also can present the suitable price for customers as well as it can reduce ESL registration work hours and the ESL used number in the merchandise stores. <P>SOLUTION: In the invented electronic bin tag system 100, electronic bin tags 600a, 600b, 600c are arranged in merchandise display shelves in merchandise stores. A plurality of goods which have the same price information are displayed on the electronic bin tags 600a, 600b, 600c by the CPU 501 of an ESL server 500. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic shelf label system disposed in a merchandise sales store that provides merchandise to customers.

  In recent years, electronic shelf label systems (Electronic Shelf Label System / hereinafter referred to as ESL) have been developed and implemented in order to provide products to customers at merchandise stores. Various studies and developments have been conducted on this electronic shelf label system.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a matching method for improving the work efficiency of a matching work between an electronic shelf label and a product. The association method described in Patent Literature 1 is a method of associating an electronic shelf label that displays information related to a product with a product, in the vicinity of the product position where the target product to be matched is placed The hardware identification information unique to the electronic shelf label from the target electronic shelf label to be associated with the target product, and the product identification information for identifying the product from the target product, respectively, by a portable information acquisition device; And a step of generating link information for associating the acquired hardware identification information with the product identification information.

  According to the associating method described in Patent Literature 1, the worker can use the portable information acquisition terminal to obtain the device code of the electronic shelf label to be associated and the product code of the product to be associated in the vicinity of the product. Get in. The acquired device code and product code are transmitted to the ESL server, and the ESL server generates one record of the link file that associates them. Thereby, the electronic shelf label and the product are associated in terms of data. Further, the product name and the product code of the associated product are transmitted from the ESL server to the electronic shelf label, and the product name and the product code are displayed on the electronic shelf label. Since the worker performs work in the vicinity of the product to be matched, it is not necessary to transport the product and work efficiency can be improved.

  Patent Document 2 discloses an electronic price setting system, an apparatus, and a method that are an example of an electronic shelf label system. The electronic pricing system, apparatus and method described in Patent Document 2 includes a price label system server configured to communicate with a price control application (PCA) server that communicates price label information to a price label (PL). An electronic pricing system that generates control signals to update price information for at least two separate items, both / all logically linked to the system's individual price labels The price label is designed to receive a control signal and display price information separately for each product.

  According to the electronic pricing system, apparatus, and method described in Patent Document 2, a price label system server configured to communicate with a price control application (PCA) server that communicates price label information to a price label (PL). Equipped with electronic pricing system. The system is designed to generate control signals to update price information for at least two separate items, both / all logically linked to individual price labels in the system; The price label is designed to receive the control signal and display the price information separately for each product.

  Patent Document 3 discloses an electronic shelf label system that can electronically move a shelf label to a position corresponding to a product even when a product display state is changed, which is an example of an electronic shelf label system. In the electronic shelf label system described in Patent Document 3, a shelf for displaying items, a display unit that is fixed to the front of the shelf and displays a plurality of label information of the items displayed on the shelf, and is displayed on the shelf Control means for managing the article, creating label information of the article to be displayed, and displaying the label information at a predetermined position of the display means.

  According to the electronic shelf label system described in Patent Literature 3, the display unit 22 is provided on the front surface portion of the shelf stage 21 of the display shelf 20, and the shelf label of the product to be displayed is displayed here. The displayed contents are the product name and price. When the display position of the product is changed, the display position of the shelf label is changed according to the position, and when the price of the product is changed, the changed price is displayed. Is displayed. Changes in the display position and display contents are centrally managed by the computer 10.

  In Patent Document 4, a thin display device having a horizontal length substantially equal to the product display shelf is installed in each stage of the product display shelf, and information on the product such as the product name and the product price is displayed at an arbitrary position. An electronic shelf label system is disclosed. The electronic shelf label system described in Patent Document 4 is an electronic shelf label system that includes a display device installed on a display shelf of a store and a management computer, and the management computer displays a shelf label indicating the type of the shelf label. Display using type information, holding means for holding product information about the product, means for receiving information about the display position of the product, shelf label type information, product information, and information about the display position of the received product A display unit that creates display instruction information related to the product and transmits the display instruction information to the display device. The display device receives the display instruction information transmitted from the management computer, and optionally displays the display instruction information. Display means for displaying at the position.

  According to the electronic shelf label system described in Patent Document 4, a thin display device having a shelf width size is installed in front of each stage of a merchandise display shelf in a store. After the store clerk performs the product renovation work, the product name, the display direction, the number of display faces, the display shelf number, the column number, the column number, and the type of shelf label to be displayed are displayed. input. When these pieces of information are sent to the management computer 3 via the wireless LAN, the management computer 3 creates display information management data by using the shelf label type management data, product information management data and display instruction data created in advance. The shelf label corresponding to the commodity displayed on the display device 11 is automatically displayed at an arbitrary place. In addition, it is possible to display arbitrary displays such as sales promotion information and advertisements in an area where no shelf label is displayed.

JP 2004-265196 A Special table 2005-537565 gazette Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-17608 JP 2005-99888 A

  According to the above-mentioned patent document 1, it is possible to improve the work efficiency of the associating operation between the electronic shelf label and the product in a general product sales store.

  However, in many merchandise stores, products with the same price or similar products are often placed at close shelf positions, or a plurality of products are mixed and displayed in a wagon or the like.

  In this case, in the electronic shelf label systems described in Patent Literature 1 to Patent Literature 4, it is necessary to provide one electronic shelf label system for one product, and the work or management of workers in the product sales store is complicated. It becomes.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic shelf label system that can reduce ESL registration work time and the number of ESLs used in a merchandise store.
Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic shelf label system that can reduce ESL registration work time and the number of ESLs used in a merchandise sales store and can appropriately present prices to customers. That is.

(1)
An electronic shelf label system according to the present invention includes an electronic display medium disposed on a commodity shelf in a commodity sales store, and a control device that remotely controls display of the electronic display medium. A collective display control unit that collectively displays a plurality of products having the same price information on the medium is included.

  In the electronic shelf label system according to the present invention, an electronic display medium is disposed on a product shelf in a product sales store. The collective display control unit included in the control device displays a plurality of products having the same price information on one electronic display medium.

  In this case, a plurality of products having the same price information can be displayed on one electronic display medium. That is, it is not necessary to use one electronic display medium for one product, the number of electronic display media used can be reduced, and cost reduction can be realized.

(2)
In the electronic shelf label system, the control device uses, as one electronic display medium, merchandise information that identifies merchandise of a plurality of merchandise having the same price information and only one price information of the same price information related to the identified merchandise information. It is what is displayed.
In this case, a plurality of products having the same price information can be displayed on one electronic display medium, and furthermore, the price information can be collected, so that the common price information can be displayed greatly.

(3)
In the electronic shelf label system, the control device displays common information as one information among product information specifying products of a plurality of products having the same price information, and lists and displays different information. .
In this case, a plurality of products having the same price information can be displayed on one electronic display medium. Further, among the product information, common information is displayed as one information, and different information is listed and displayed. Therefore, the number of electronic display media used can be reduced.

(4)
In the electronic shelf label system, the control device displays common information as one information among product information specifying products of a plurality of products having the same price information, and collectively displays different information.
In this case, a plurality of products having the same price information can be displayed on one electronic display medium. Further, among the product information, common information is displayed as one information, and different information is displayed together. Therefore, the number of electronic display media used can be reduced.

(5)
In the electronic shelf label system, when the price information of at least one product becomes different price information among a plurality of products having the same price information, the control device stores the price information in one electronic display medium. It further includes notification means for notifying that there is a mismatch.
In this case, when the price information of the product information displayed on the one electronic display medium by the collective display control unit is inconsistent, the informing means notifies the one electronic display medium that the price information does not match. As a result, the information indicating that the price information does not match is displayed on the notification means, so that the worker of the merchandise store can easily know that the merchandise information does not match, and reset the display of the electronic display medium. can do.

(6)
In the electronic shelf label system, the electronic shelf label system further includes recording means for recording the product information of the products delivered to the product sales store, and the control device newly records the plurality of products having the same price information in the recording means. The price information included in the product information of the product is acquired, and when the price information of multiple products to be displayed on one electronic display medium by the batch display control unit does not match, the price is displayed on the one electronic display medium. An informing means for informing that the information is inconsistent may be further included.
In this case, when the price information of the product information displayed on the one electronic display medium by the collective display control unit is inconsistent, the informing means notifies the one electronic display medium that the price information does not match. As a result, the information indicating that the price information does not match is displayed on the notification means, so that the worker of the merchandise store can easily know that the merchandise information does not match, and reset the display of the electronic display medium. can do.

(7)
In the electronic shelf label system, the recording means may comprise a POS (Point of sale) register.
The display on the electronic display medium is determined by the control device based on the price information of the product recorded in the POS register, so that the price of the electronic display medium disposed on the product shelf in the product sales store is determined. , The price paid in the POS register matches. As a result, customer complaints can be prevented.

(8)
The portable display device further includes a portable terminal device that is used in the merchandise store and is provided so as to be able to communicate with the control device. A plurality of products may be displayed collectively.
In this case, a plurality of products having the same price information can be collectively displayed on one electronic display medium by the collective display control unit in accordance with a signal from the mobile terminal device. As a result, when a worker at a merchandise store operates the mobile terminal device, a plurality of products having the same price information can be collectively displayed on one electronic display medium.

(9)
The portable terminal device may include a barcode reading unit, and the control device may display a barcode indicating product information on one electronic display medium when notified by the notification unit.
In this case, a barcode indicating product information is displayed on one electronic display medium. The bar code reading means provided in the portable terminal device can read the bar code and change the price information of the product. As a result, the operator can easily rewrite the commodity price information recorded in the POS register, and the work time can be reduced.

(10)
It is preferable that the portable terminal device can instruct the collective display control unit to add a product having the same price information.
In this case, the worker can easily add a new product having the same price information using the portable terminal device.

(11)
The control device may further include a display unit, and when notified by the notification unit, may display at least one of the location information and the shelf position of the electronic display medium on the display unit.
In this case, at least one of the location information and the shelf position of the electronic display medium notified by the notification means in the control device is displayed. As a result, the administrator can recognize the electronic display medium that is in a mismatched state, accurately instruct the operator, and realize a certain match between the display price and the selling price.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of an electronic shelf label system.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic shelf label system 100 includes a store controller 200, a POS system 210, a transmission / reception device 400, a display switch 430, a portable information terminal 450, an ESL server 500, transceivers 500a and 500b, and an electronic shelf label 600a, Including 600b and 600c.

The store controller 200, the POS system 210, the transmission / reception device 400, the ESL server 500, and the transceivers 500a and 500b are connected via a network.
A personal digital assistant (hereinafter referred to as PDA) 450 is formed so that it can be carried by an operator in a merchandise store, and can transmit and receive data to and from the transmission / reception device 400 by infrared communication. Is provided.

The transceivers 500a and 500b are provided on the ceiling of the merchandise store so that data can be transmitted to and received from the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c of the merchandise store by infrared communication.
Further, the display switching unit 430 is formed so that it can be carried by an operator in the merchandise store, and the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b are connected by infrared communication by being brought close to any of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, 600c. , 600c display switching instructions are possible.
In the present embodiment, not only infrared communication but also any other non-contact communication, wireless communication, or the like may be used. Furthermore, although it has been described that the number of electronic shelf labels and transceivers is several, it is not limited to this, and any other number depending on the size of the merchandise store and the number of merchandise shelves. Also good.

  In the electronic shelf label system 100, the store controller 200 and the ESL server 500 are configured by a general computer. The store controller 200 is arranged as a top-level control system in a merchandise store, and has a function that can be connected to an external network. For example, when the merchandise sales store is an affiliated store, the function is a function communicable with the head office computer through the external network.

In the POS system 210, a product master 211 that records product information of all products in a product sales store is recorded. Based on the product price information of the product master 211, the price of the product purchased by the customer is calculated by the POS register 212.
Here, the merchandise master 211 is provided so as to be rewritable from the computer at the headquarters via the store controller 200 or by an instruction from the POS system 210.

  Next, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the ESL server 500.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an ESL server 500 includes a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) 501, a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as a ROM) 502 that stores basic programs, and a random area that is a work area for arithmetic processing. Access Memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) 503, a storage processing unit 504 for storing programs and various data files, a display unit 505 including a display, an input unit 506 including a keyboard and a mouse, an interface (hereinafter referred to as I) / F.) 520 and external communication 530 having a data communication function.

  Further, the CPU 501 of the ESL server 500 transmits a signal to each of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c from the transceivers 500a and 500b via the I / F 520. The CPU 501 transmits / receives data to / from the store controller 200 and the POS system 210 via the external communication 530. For example, the CPU 501 reads product information from the product master 211 of the POS system 210 via the external communication 530 and reflects it in product information data 511 described later. In addition, the CPU 501 receives information from the PDA 450 via the I / F 520 and transmits price change information and the like to the product master 211 to the POS system 210.

  Next, FIG. 3 is a schematic external view showing an example of the external appearance of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c, and FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an exemplary configuration of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c mainly include a control unit 670, a display unit 680, a storage unit 681, a battery 682, a monitoring unit 683, a transmission unit 691, and a reception unit 692. The monitoring unit 683 monitors the battery capacity of the battery 682. The electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c are dot matrix type electronic shelf labels, and can select color display or monochrome display. The control unit 670 stores information received from the transceivers 500a and 500b via the transmission unit 691 in the storage unit 681 and causes the display unit 680 to display the information.

  On the display unit 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c, various information such as price information of products and characters, symbols, and figures can be displayed.

  Next, the operation of the ESL server 500 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example in which the CPU 501 of the ESL server 500 controls the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 501 receives the device codes of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c scheduled to be displayed (step S1). Specifically, the operator displays a barcode including an ID on the display unit 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c to be displayed, and the operator uses the barcode reader built in the PDA 450 to display the display unit 680. Scan and send the barcode. Thereby, the CPU 501 of the ESL server 500 receives the device codes of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c. In this embodiment, the barcode is displayed on the display unit 680. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a sticker on which a barcode is printed is pasted and the barcode on the seal is read. May be.

  Next, the CPU 501 receives a product code of one product (step S2). Specifically, the worker reads and transmits the barcode attached to the product near the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c to be displayed by the barcode reader of the PDA 450. Thereby, the CPU 501 of the ESL server 500 receives the product code of the product.

  Subsequently, the CPU 501 determines whether a product code of another product has been transmitted (step S3). Specifically, the operator reads and transmits the barcodes of the products to be displayed collectively on the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c by the barcode reader of the PDA 450. Thereby, the CPU 501 of the ESL server 500 receives a product code of another product. On the other hand, if the CPU 501 determines that the product code of another product has not been transmitted within the predetermined time, the process moves to step S4.

  The CPU 501 associates the device code with the product code, and further links a plurality of product codes and records them in the product information data 511 (step S4). Details of the product information data 511 will be described later.

  Next, the CPU 501 collates price data for a plurality of products in the linked product information data 511 (step S5). In this case, if the CPU 501 determines that the price data for a plurality of products do not match, the CPU 501 causes the display unit 680 to output an error display (step S7). Details of outputting an error display to the display unit 680 will be described later.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 501 determines that the price data for the plurality of products match, the CPU 501 causes the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, 600c of the corresponding device codes to transmit the price information of the plurality of product codes (step). S6). Thereby, a plurality of products are collectively displayed on the display unit 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c by the operation of the control unit 670.

  In FIG. 5, a case has been described in which price information of a plurality of product codes is displayed on one electronic shelf label 600a, 600b, 600c from the beginning. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the first electronic shelf label 600a is initially displayed. , 600b, 600c, the price information of one product code can be displayed, and then another product code can be added and displayed collectively, by repeating the processing from step S1 to step S7.

  Next, an example of the product information data 511 will be described. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing product information data 511a which is an example of normal product information data 511, and FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing product information data 511b which is an example of product information data 511 according to the present embodiment. is there.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the product information data 511a and 511b are data in a table format. In the product information data 511a and 511b, a product code that is an identification number for each product, a product name, price information, location information and shelf position information at a store, a shelf label code that is a unique hardware ID of an electronic shelf label, Remarks etc. are included. In the present embodiment, the information shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 is exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other arbitrary information such as order quantity information, sales quantity, sale period, expiration date, Expiration date may be included.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the normal product information data 511a, the shelf label code is different for each product. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, in the product information data 511b according to the present embodiment, the same shelf label code is set (linked) to the products of the same price and the same category.

  Specifically, the CPU 501 stores the product code “520306” product name “Ishida potato chips light salt” shelf label code “555555”, the product code “520307” product name “Ishida potato chips consommé” shelf label “ From the product information data set as “555556”, product code “520308” product name “Ishida Potato Chips Umeshiso” shelf label “555557”, it is confirmed in step S4 that the product is the same category and the same price. In step S5 of FIG. 5, product code “520306” product name “Ishida potato chips thin salt” shelf label code “555560”, product code “520307” product name “Ishida potato chips consommé” shelf label “555560”, product code “520308” product name “Ishidapo” With links preparative Chips ume shiso "shelf label code" 555560 "as the same shelf label code set (see FIG. 7). In other words, the linking means that the trade name “Ishida Potato Chips Light Salt, Consomme, Umeshiso” is displayed on the shelf label “555560”.

  Next, the case where the product information data 511b is displayed on the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the display unit 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c. Note that the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c shown in FIG. 8 are schematic views as viewed from the front when the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c are arranged on the display shelf (product shelf).

  As shown in FIG. 8, the display section 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c displays “Advertisement goods, Ishida potato chips, various, 98 yen”. In this case, by arranging the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c on the display shelf, or on a wagon or the like containing various types of Ishida potato chips, it is possible to present the price information of the products to the customer in a lump. it can.

  If the prices do not match in step S4 of FIG. 5, the CPU 501 may display the following on the display unit 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, 600c. That is, FIGS. 9 to 12 below are examples of error display in the process of step S7 in FIG. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the display unit 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the display section 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c displays "Please confirm the advertisement item, Ishida potato chips, various prices, and the price with the store clerk". In this case, there may be cases where the product prices of various types of Ishida potato chips do not match. In this case, if “various 98 yen” is displayed, the customer pays a price higher than 98 yen in the POS register 212 of the POS system 210 even though the customer recognizes it as “98 yen” and obtains it from the display shelf. May result in claims. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the claim by displaying “Please confirm the price to the store clerk”.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing still another example of the display unit 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the display section 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c includes “Advertisement goods, Ishida potato chips, Ushiushimi taste 98 yen, Consommé taste 98 yen, Umeshiso taste 105 yen,” Is displayed. In this case, since the price information of each product is individually displayed, the complaint can be prevented. Further, it is unknown that the error is displayed to the customer, and only the operator can recognize that the error is displayed. In addition, the customer can accurately recognize the price of each product.

  Next, FIGS. 11 and 12 are schematic views showing still another example of the display unit 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c shown in FIGS. The display unit 680 shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 is displayed when the operator confirms the display of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c using the PDA 450.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the display section 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c displays “a bar code indicating merchandise information of an advertisement item, Ishida potato chips, light taste, light taste, consomme taste, and consomme taste. A bar code indicating the product information of the taste, a bar code indicating the product information of the Umeshiso taste, and “Umeshiso taste” are displayed. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 12, the display section 680 of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c has a “QR code indicating product information of advertisement item, Ishida potato chips, light taste, light taste”. , QR code indicating product information of consomme taste, consomme taste, QR code indicating product information of Umeshiso taste, and Umeshiso taste.

  In this case, the operator can read the barcode or QR code with a barcode reader built in the PDA 450 and confirm the price of the product information data 511. In this case, if the operator has the authority to rewrite the product information data 511, the price information of the product information data 511 of the ESL server 500 can be rewritten from the PDA 450. Thereby, when the price information is rewritten, the CPU 501 transmits the information to the POS system 210, and the information of the commodity master 211 is rewritten in the POS system 210.

  Further, the CPU 501 of the ESL server 500 may cause the display unit 505 to display the location information and the shelf position of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c on which the error is displayed. As a result, the administrator can check the display unit 505, give an instruction to the worker, and correct the display of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c displaying the error. The display may be displayed on a display unit provided in the store controller 200.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, a plurality of products having the same price information can be displayed on one electronic shelf label 600a, 600b, 600c. Furthermore, the registration work time of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c can be reduced. That is, it is not necessary to use one electronic shelf label 600a, 600b, 600c for one product, the number of electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, 600c used can be reduced, and cost reduction can be realized.

  Further, when the price information of the product information displayed on one electronic shelf label 600a, 600b, 600c by the CPU 501 does not match, the one electronic shelf label 600a, 600b, 600c is notified that the price information does not match. The As a result, the fact that the price information is inconsistent is displayed on one of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c, so the worker at the merchandise store can easily know that the merchandise information is inconsistent, The display of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c can be reset. In addition, the display of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c is determined to match or not by the ESL server 500 based on the price information of the product information data 511, so that the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c are arranged on the product shelves in the product sales store. The price of the shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c and the price paid in the POS register 212 match. As a result, customer complaints can be prevented.

  Even if there are a plurality of merchandise sales stores and price modification information is sent from the upper headquarters to each POS register 212 via the store controller 200, the ESL server 500 stores the merchandise information data 511. Since it is possible to confirm whether or not the price information of a plurality of products matches, the fact is displayed on the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c, and the operator can easily cope with it.

  Further, in response to a signal from the PDA 450, the CPU 501 can collectively display a plurality of products having the same price information on one electronic shelf label 600a, 600b, 600c. As a result, by operating the PDA 450 by an operator at a merchandise sales store, a plurality of products having the same price information can be collectively displayed on one electronic shelf label 600a, 600b, 600c.

  In this case, a bar code indicating product information is displayed on one electronic shelf label 600a, 600b, 600c. The barcode or QR code is read by the barcode reader provided in the PDA 450, and the price information of the product can be changed. As a result, the operator can easily rewrite the commodity price information recorded in the POS register 212, and the work time can be reduced.

  In this case, the worker can easily add a new product having the same price information using the PDA 450.

  In this case, at least one of the location information and the shelf position of the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c notified by the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c is displayed on the display unit 505 of the ESL server 500. As a result, the administrator can recognize the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c that are in a mismatched state, accurately instruct the operator, and realize a sure match between the display price and the selling price. it can.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c correspond to the electronic display medium, the ESL server 500 corresponds to the control device, the CPU 501 corresponds to the collective display control unit, and the commodity wagon. Or the display shelf corresponds to a commodity shelf, the POS system 210 and the POS register 212 correspond to a POS register, the electronic shelf labels 600a, 600b, and 600c shown in FIG. 9 correspond to notification means, and the PDA 450 corresponds to a portable terminal device. The barcode reader built in the PDA 450 corresponds to the barcode reading means, the barcode or QR code corresponds to the barcode, and the display unit 505 of the ESL server 500 or the display unit of the store controller corresponds to the display unit. .

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention is as described above, but the present invention is not limited thereto. It will be understood that various other embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Furthermore, in this embodiment, although the effect | action and effect by the structure of this invention are described, these effect | actions and effects are examples and do not limit this invention.

Schematic schematic diagram showing an example of an electronic shelf label system Schematic diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of an ESL server Schematic external view showing an example of the external appearance of an electronic shelf label Schematic configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of an electronic shelf label The flowchart figure which shows an example which CPU of an ESL server controls an electronic shelf label Schematic diagram showing product information data which is an example of normal product information data Schematic diagram showing product information data which is an example of product information data according to the present embodiment The figure which shows an example of the display part of an electronic shelf label It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the display part of an electronic shelf label. Schematic diagram showing still another example of the display unit of the electronic shelf label shown in FIG. Schematic diagram showing still another example of the display unit of the electronic shelf label shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. Schematic diagram showing still another example of the display unit of the electronic shelf label shown in FIG. 9 and FIG.

Explanation of symbols

210 POS cash register system 212 POS register 450 PDA
500 ESL server 501 CPU
505 Display unit 600a, 600b, 600c Electronic shelf label

Claims (7)

An electronic display medium disposed on a product shelf in a product sales store;
A control device for remotely operating the display of the electronic display medium,
The control device includes:
A collective display control unit for collectively displaying a plurality of products having the same price information on one electronic display medium;
Product information for specifying products of a plurality of products having the same price information, and only one price information of the same price information regarding the specified product information is displayed on the one electronic display medium,
Among the product information specifying the products of a plurality of products having the same price information, common information is displayed as one information,
Enumerate and display different information,
Notification that informs the one electronic display medium that the price information is inconsistent when the price information of at least one of the plurality of products having the same price information becomes different price information Further comprising means,
An electronic shelf label system characterized by that. Further comprising recording means for recording product information of a product delivered to the product sales store,
The control device acquires price information included in the product information of the product recorded in the recording unit for the plurality of products having the same price information, and the batch display control unit performs the one electronic The information processing apparatus further includes a notification unit that notifies the one electronic display medium that the price information does not match when the price information of a plurality of products to be displayed on the display medium does not match. Item 2. The electronic shelf label system according to Item 1.   The electronic shelf label system according to claim 2, wherein the recording unit includes a POS register. A portable terminal device that is used in the merchandise store and provided to be communicable with the control device;
4. The collective display control unit collectively displays a plurality of products having the same price information on the one electronic display medium in response to a signal from the portable terminal device. The electronic shelf label system of Claim 1. The portable terminal device includes a barcode reading unit,
5. The electronic shelf label system according to claim 4, wherein the control device displays a barcode indicating product information on the one electronic display medium when notified by the notification means.   The electronic shelf label system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the portable terminal device can instruct the collective display control unit to add a product having the same price information. The control device further includes a display unit,
5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of location information and a shelf position of the electronic display medium can be displayed on the display unit when notified by the notification unit. The electronic shelf label system described.