JP5542588B2 - Information printing system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information printing system, and more particularly to an information printing system for printing sales information and the like of products purchased at a store on a receipt.

When a customer purchases a product at a store such as a department store or a convenience store, a receipt is issued at the time of payment.
The receipt is usually printed with information on the purchased product (product name, unit price, purchase quantity, etc.) and payment information (total purchase price, change, date, etc.).
In addition, when a customer asks for directions to destinations around the store, a map containing the location of the store and the entered destination is printed on a receipt and given to the customer A processing apparatus has also been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2006-113955 A

However, if only the purchased product or payment information is printed on the receipt as before, the customer checks whether the purchased product or the amount paid is correct, and then throws the receipt back without taking it back. There was a case.
In addition, when printing a map to a destination around the store, for example, an operation of displaying a map including the destination on the touch screen and pressing the vicinity of the destination in the map, or a plurality of prepared maps It is necessary to display a button indicating the destination name on the touch screen and to press the desired destination button to designate the destination.

  In this case, the person in charge of the cashier asks the customer for the destination and inputs the destination, or in the case of a so-called self-checkout, the customer himself / herself must enter the destination. If it takes a long time, the next customer in the checkout will be kept waiting.

Furthermore, in department stores and supermarkets, where there are many entrances and parking lots in each direction, after payment, the customer must find the direction to go to and the exit route to the parking lot where the car was stopped. In particular, in the case of a department store or the like that came for the first time, it sometimes took time to leave the store.
At this time, it would be convenient if a system could be used to advise the direction to which the user should go when leaving the store, rather than going to an information service or listening to a nearby store clerk.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and for customers who have received the receipts, they printed special information such as exit routes on receipts that are often discarded. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information printing system capable of guiding useful information.

The present invention is an information printing system in which a cash register terminal that inputs information on purchased merchandise and performs payment processing and a server are connected via a network, and the cash register terminal inputs purchased merchandise information and customer information. An input unit, a printing unit that prints predetermined information on a receipt, and a map acquisition unit that acquires a route map indicating a store exit route from the server, wherein the server is arranged with a sales promotion product and a sales promotion product A storage unit storing a sales promotion product data list in which sales floors are associated with each other, a store map including store locations, and an information acquisition unit for acquiring purchased product information and customer information input at each cash register terminal And the sales promotion product data list that identifies the sales promotion product that matches the acquired purchase product information and the sales floor of the sales promotion product, and that excludes the sales floor of the specified sales promotion product. A route generating unit that generates a store exit route including a route passing through the sales floor where the store is located using the map, and transmits a route map indicating the store exit route to the cash register terminal, and the server If the information acquisition unit, customer input by the cashier terminal end acquires the customer information purchase information and customer for purchases, the route generation section, its customers from the current position Closed generating a route locations diagram showing the Closed route to the outlet which is set as the outlet for to transmit to the cash register terminal end, the route locations view map acquiring unit has acquired the cash register terminal, wherein the printing unit An information printing system characterized by printing on a receipt is provided.
According to this, since the exit route to the exit where the customer exits is printed on the receipt, the receipt is effectively used without being discarded, and the customer's own exit route, which is useful information for the customer, is displayed. By simply looking at the receipt, you can check it easily.

Further, examples of outlets customer is Closed, characterized in that the nearest exit to the parking lot parked car the customer is set.
The server further includes a customer information database storing information identifying a customer in association with a car number of the customer's car, a parking lot number identifying the parking position of the car in the parking lot, and the parking lot number. It is taken by the camera installed at the parking position of the parking lot, and the parking lot database storing the nearest exit which is the exit of the store closest to the car number and the car number of the car parked at the parking lot number A vehicle information management unit for acquiring a vehicle number of a vehicle and storing the acquired vehicle number in association with a parking lot number of a parking position of a vehicle photographed by the camera in the parking lot database. wherein the case where the route generation section generates a Closed route customer, the after from the customer information database to retrieve the car number of the car of the customer, obtained with corresponds to the car number Get the closest nearest exit to the parking lot number that is from the parking database, the customer is the outlet for leaves the store, and setting the nearest exit the acquired.
According to this, in the case of customers who have visited a car, since Closed route to the nearest exit to the parking position of the vehicle is printed on the receipt, even if the parking is a large number, without customer is confused You can go to the parking position of your car.

The server stores in advance in the storage unit a sales promotion product number list in which the sales floor where the sales promotion product is arranged and the number of sales promotion products arranged for each sales floor are associated with each other, and the route The generation unit rearranges the sales promotion product number list in the order of the number of sales promotion products, among the sales floors in which the sales promotion products are arranged excluding the sales promotion products arranged in the same sales floor as the purchase products included in the purchase product information, A store exit route including a route passing through the sales floor with the largest number of the promotional items is generated.
According to this, as the exit route, a route that passes through the sales floor where the customer may not have seen and the number of sales promotion products is the largest is set. You can increase the opportunities for your customers to see and increase the potential for sales expansion.
In addition, for the customer, by passing through the printed exit route, the customer is given an opportunity to purchase a promotional product that is placed in a sales floor that the customer may not have seen and forgot to buy.

Further, the server includes a sales floor priority list in which a sales floor of a product and a priority order as a reference for selecting the sales floor as a store exit route are stored in advance, and the route generation unit includes the sales floor priority The list is rearranged in the order of sales floors with the largest number of sales promotion products, and when there are a plurality of sales floors with the same number of sales promotion products in the sales promotion product number list, the same number of sales floors is further rearranged in the order of priority. A sales floor priority list is generated, and a store exit route is generated using the sales floor priority list after the rearrangement.
Further, the server includes a same-unit sales floor number list in which the sales floors of the products are classified into a plurality of groups, and the route generation unit selects one sales floor among a plurality of sales floors belonging to one group of the same-part sales floor number list. When selected as a sales floor that passes through a store exit route, other sales floors belonging to the group are deleted from the promotional product number list.
According to this, out of a large number of sales floors where sales promotion products are arranged, there are sales floors where the customers may not have seen and where the products that the store wants to promote sales (promotional products) are arranged. Since the store exit route is preferentially set, the possibility of sales expansion can be increased.

In addition, the cash register terminal further includes a server information acquisition unit that acquires, from the server, information on a sales promotion product arranged in a sales floor that passes through a store exit route generated by the route generation unit of the server, The department prints information on the acquired promotional items on the receipt.
According to this, in addition to the store exit route, information on the sales promotion merchandise of the store is printed on the receipt, so that more useful information can be guided to the customer. Further, when the customer purchases the sales promotion product printed on the receipt, the sales can be increased for the store.

  In addition, the present invention is connected to the server via the network, a second input unit that reads information printed on the receipt, a display unit, and a route that indicates the exit route generated from the server. The information display terminal further includes a second server information acquisition unit that acquires a map and information of a sales promotion product that is arranged in a sales floor that passes through a store exit route, and the information display terminal includes the second input When the receipt information is read by the section, the second server information acquisition section acquires, from the server, the route map indicating the exit route and the information on the sales promotion product based on the read receipt information. And providing at least one of the acquired route map and sales promotion product information on the display unit. It is intended.

Further, the information printed on the receipt is a bar code or a two-dimensional code. The information printed on the receipt includes information for identifying a customer, a route map indicating the customer's exit route, and a sales promotion. And information requesting the server to transmit at least one of the product information to the information display terminal.
According to this, since the customer displays the information on the exit route or the promotional product printed on the receipt on the information display terminal, the customer can easily obtain information useful for the customer without inquiring the store clerk. It can be confirmed clearly.

According to the present invention, after the customer pays for the purchased merchandise, the route map showing the customer's exit route is printed on the receipt, so that the customer can only benefit from seeing the receipt. It is possible to easily confirm the exit route of the information that is self.
Especially for customers who have multiple entrances to a store and do not know which exit to exit, the exit route is useful information, and it can be done promptly without making inquiries to the store's information service or store staff. You can leave the store.
In addition, the exit route includes a route that passes through a sales floor other than the sales floor where the product purchased by the customer was placed, so the store exits through a sales floor that the customer may not have seen yet. As a result, the customer can be motivated to purchase unpurchased products, and the possibility of expanding sales in the store can be increased.

1 is a configuration block diagram of an embodiment of an information printing system of the present invention. It is a block diagram of a configuration of an embodiment of the server of the present invention. It is a block diagram of a configuration of an embodiment of a cash register terminal (cash register TE) of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the configuration of an embodiment of the information display terminal (display TE) of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the customer information database of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the goods database of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the parking lot database of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the map database of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the sales floor database of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of the purchase merchandise information 167 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing before and behind deleting merchandise information in the sales promotion merchandise data list of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of rearrangement of the sales floor priority list of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example of rearrangement of the sales floor priority list of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of one Example from the sales floor priority list | wrist of this invention to the production | generation of a route determination list | wrist. In this invention, it is one Example of the route map produced. It is a flowchart of the information printing process of one Example of the cash register terminal (cash register TE) of this invention. It is a flowchart of one Example of the acquisition process of the vehicle number performed with the server of this invention. It is a flowchart of one Example of the information acquisition and generation process of the server of this invention. It is a flowchart of the creation process of the route map of the server of this invention. It is a flowchart of the display process of one Example of the display terminal (display TE) of this invention. It is one Example of the receipt printed with the registration TE of this invention. It is one Example of the display screen displayed on the display part of display TE of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by description of the following examples.
<Schematic Configuration of Information Printing System of the Present Invention>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the information printing system according to the present invention.
The information printing system according to the present invention mainly includes a server 100 (also referred to as a data management device), a cash register terminal 200 (also referred to as a cash register TE or a self cash register), and an information display terminal 300 (also referred to as a display TE or a display terminal). And a camera 501. The server 100, the register TE200, the display TE300, and the camera 501 are connected by a network 400 such as a LAN.
The network 400 can use various lines such as a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, and the Internet. An appropriate network may be used depending on the scale of the system.

  The server 100 mainly manages sales information input from the register TE200, video acquired from the camera 501, and provides various information (particularly, a route map) to the register TE200 and the display TE300. . The configuration of one embodiment of the server 100 is shown in FIG.

  The cash register TE200 is used for the customer to input information on the purchased product and perform payment processing, and is mainly used in stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores. The sales information of the product purchased by the customer is input and a receipt is issued. And corresponds to a so-called POS terminal. The configuration of one embodiment of the register TE200 is shown in FIG. The cash register TE200 may be one in which a store clerk performs an input operation, or may be a so-called self cash register in which a customer himself performs an input operation.

  The display TE300 is a display device that reads information (for example, a two-dimensional code) printed on a receipt and displays information useful to the customer. Information useful to a customer means, for example, a route map indicating a direction to be taken when the customer leaves the store, product information sold at a special price on the store exit route (promotional product information), and the like. The configuration of an example of the display TE300 is shown in FIG.

  In the present invention, the camera 501 is mainly used for reading the number (vehicle number) of a license plate of a car parked at each parking position (parking lot number) of the parking lot 500. That is, the video of the car number captured by the camera is transmitted to the server 100, and the server 100 performs image recognition of the car number and stores the identified car number and the parking lot number in association with each other. (See FIG. 7).

  Therefore, for example, the cameras 501 are provided for the number of parking positions, are installed for each parking position of the parking lot, and are arranged so as to photograph a space where a license plate of a car parked at each parking position can be read. However, when the number plates at a plurality of parking positions can be read with one camera, one camera may be installed for each block area including the plurality of parking positions.

In the present invention, after the customer pays out the purchased product at the cash register terminal TE200, in addition to the payment information, information useful for the customer includes, for example, a store exit route map and a promotional product on the printed receipt. It is characterized by printing information.
For this purpose, the server 100 stores in advance a customer information database (customer information DB) in which store information (customer No., name, address, owned car number, previous purchase history information, etc.) related to customers coming to the store is stored. A map database (map DB) pre-stored a map of the store showing the location of the sales floor, entrance, display TE, etc., information on products sold at that store at a special price (product name, location of the product, A product database (product DB) that stores store number (passage), unit price, etc.) in advance and a store database (store DB) that stores information related to the location of each store in the store are stored.

  Using these database (DB) information, customer purchase product information, car number obtained from the camera 501, etc., the store exit route suitable for the customer, and the sales promotion product that the customer has not yet bought. The guidance information is printed on the receipt. Alternatively, a bar code or a two-dimensional code corresponding to the guidance information is printed on the receipt, and the bar code of the receipt is read by the display TE300, so that the store exit route or the promotional product is displayed on the display unit of the display TE300. Display information.

As a result, customers after purchasing the product do not need to perform complicated special operations, do not make inquiries directly to the store clerk, provide guidance on exit routes that are beneficial to the customer, or purchase products that are not purchased and are inexpensive. It is possible to easily inform the information on the sales promotion products being sold.
The detailed processing contents of the apparatus constituting the information printing system of the present invention will be described below.

<Server configuration>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the server of the information printing system according to the present invention.
In FIG. 2, the server 100 mainly includes a communication unit 110, a vehicle information management unit 120, an information acquisition unit 130, a route generation unit 140, and a storage unit 160.
The server communication unit 110 is a part that communicates with the cash register TE 200 and the display TE 300 via the network 400. In addition, it is a part that receives video shot by the camera 501.
For example, the customer information, sales promotion information, or route map stored in the storage unit 160 is transmitted to the register TE200 or the display TE300, and purchased product information is received from the register TE200. The communication unit 110 transmits / receives various information to / from the connected network 400 using a communication protocol corresponding to the standard of the network.

The vehicle information management unit 120 is a part that acquires the number (vehicle number) of the car parked in the parking lot 500 and stores it in the storage unit 160. Specifically, an image captured by the camera 501 is acquired via the communication unit 110, the acquired image is analyzed, an image of a portion corresponding to a license plate included therein is recognized, and a vehicle number To get.
When one camera 501 and one parking position (parking lot number) have a one-to-one correspondence, the parking position (parking lot number) is determined from the camera number sent along with the camera image. Therefore, the car number specified from the camera image and the parking lot number specified from the camera number are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 160.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the car number “Nara 500a 12-34” is stored in association with the parking lot number “1”.
FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of a parking lot database (also called a parking lot DB) 163. The parking lot DB 163 mainly includes a parking lot number that identifies a parking position of a car in the parking lot, a nearest exit that is an exit of a store closest to the parking lot number, and a car parked at the parking lot number. The number is stored in association with the number.

Here, the nearest exit means the number of the entrance / exit in the store closest to the position of the parking lot number among the entrances / exits of some stores. For example, FIG. 7 shows that the “exit A” of the store is closest to the positions of the parking lot numbers 1, 2, and 3.
The parking lot number and the nearest exit are fixedly stored in advance, but the car number portion is changed every time the car to be parked is changed.
When the customer A visits the store by car, the exit closest to the parking lot where the customer A's car is parked is set as the exit from which the customer A leaves the store.

The information acquisition unit 130 is a part that acquires information sent from the register TE 200 and the display TE 300 via the communication unit 110.
For example, the register TE 200 sends information such as route map request information and sales promotion product request information in addition to the purchased product information and customer information input at each register TE. After acquiring these pieces of information, processing associated with the information in advance is executed based on the acquired information.
For example, when the sales promotion product request information is acquired from the register TE, the sales promotion product data list 162-1 stored in advance in the product DB 162 is read out and transmitted to the registration TE.
When the route map request information is received, the route generation unit 140 is requested to generate a map of the customer's exit route, and the generated route map 166 is transmitted to the requested registration TE.

The route generation unit 140 is a part that generates a map of the customer's exit route and transmits it to the cashier terminal.
That is, the route generation unit 140 searches for a store exit route that seems appropriate for a specific customer using information in various DBs (161 to 165) stored in the storage unit 160, and the current location (for example, a route map) A route map 166 is generated that indicates a route (store exit route) from the register TE where the request information has been transmitted) to an exit set as an exit from which the customer exits the store.

  In particular, the route generation unit 140 identifies a sales promotion product that matches the purchase product information acquired by the information acquisition unit and a sales floor of the sales promotion product from a sales promotion product data list to be described later. A route map showing a store exit route including a route passing through the sales floor where other sales promotion products are arranged using a map stored in a map database, which will be described later, and indicating the store exit route Is transmitted to the cashier terminal.

Each of the functional blocks (110 to 140) can be configured by hardware logic, but is mainly realized by a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an I / O controller, a timer, and the like.
In particular, it is preferable that the function of each functional block is realized by causing the CPU to organically operate various hardware based on a program stored in a ROM (not shown) or the like.

The storage unit 160 of the server is a part that stores various information, and a hard disk can be used in addition to a semiconductor storage element such as a ROM and a RAM.
Programs and data that cannot be rewritten are stored in a read-only memory such as a ROM, and information such as customer information that is rewritten is stored in a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk.
As shown in FIG. 2, the storage unit 160 mainly stores a customer information DB 161, a product DB 162, a parking lot DB 163, a map DB 164, a sales store DB 165, a route map 166, and purchased product information 167.

FIG. 5 shows an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of a customer information database (customer information DB).
In FIG. 5, as the customer information DB 161, information specifying a customer and a car number of the customer's car are stored in association with each other.
The customer information DB 161 mainly includes a customer number. , Vehicle number, name, address, purchase history (date, product number) of the customer, etc. are stored for each customer.
Information identifying the customer (name, address, car number, etc.) is heard from the customer and stored in advance in this DB. The purchase history information is stored together with the purchased product number for each date when the product is purchased, and is used to create sales promotion information guidance for the product preferred by the customer and a store exit route.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a product database (product DB).
Here, information relating to the products for sale is stored in advance.
The product DB 162 mainly includes a sales promotion product data list 162-1, a sales promotion product number list 162-2, and an entire product information list 162-3. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The sales promotion product data list 162-1 is a list in which sales promotion products are associated with sales floors where the sales promotion products are arranged.
The sales promotion product number list 162-2 is a list in which sales floors where the sales promotion products are arranged and the number of sales promotion products arranged for each sales floor are stored in association with each other.
The all product information list 162-3 is a list in which information about all products sold in the store is stored for each product.

FIG. 6A shows an example of the sales promotion product data list (162-1). This list 162-1 stores, for example, information (referred to as sales promotion product information or sales promotion information) related to products sold at a price lower than usual at the store.
In FIG. 6A, the sales promotion product information is mainly composed of a product number, a product name, a place-sale space, and a unit price. Here, “placement-sale floor” is information including a position (placement number) where a corresponding product is placed and a number (sales place number) that identifies the sales floor of the product. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, the sales floor number corresponds to the number of the passage through which the customer passes the sales floor, and the placement number corresponds to the number of the shelf or section (area) on which the product is placed.
In FIG. 6A, for example, the product “face washing a” with the product number “8001” is a promotional product with a unit price of “500 yen”, is placed in the store “F”, and is placed in the passage with the store number “08”. If you go there, it shows that you can buy it.

FIG. 6B shows a sales promotion product number list (162-2).
Here, the sales product number list (162-2) indicates the number of sales promotion products for each sales floor number. For example, in the store floor map shown in FIG. 8, there are 10 sales floor numbers (01-10), and the sales floor number “03” indicates that 5 sales promotion products are arranged. The sales floor number “08” indicates that three sales promotion products are arranged.
The number of sales promotion products can also be generated from the information “place-sales” in FIG. As will be described later, the sales floor number and the number of promotional items are used when a store exit route is generated.
In addition, FIG. 6C shows an all product information list 162-3. Here, the information about all the products sold in the store is also stored in the data list format shown in FIG. 6A, but is not limited thereto.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a parking lot database (parking lot DB) 163. When a customer who has visited by car leaves the store, the customer's car is stopped using this parking lot DB. The “nearest exit” closest to the parking lot number is identified.
For example, a customer who visits a store with a car “Nara 500a 12-34” has a parking lot number “1” at which the car is stopped, so the exit for determining the exit route is the parking lot number “1”. It is identified as “Exit A” which is the corresponding “Nearest Exit”.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the map database (map DB) 164.
Map DB164 memorize | stores the map of the store containing the position of the sales floor of a store.
FIG. 8 shows a sketch showing the location of the sales floor, etc. in one floor of the store.
In FIG. 8, there are exits (A, B, C) in the three directions of the floor, respectively, there are eight storage places (AH) and a passage number (01-10) in the center, and below, A map of the store where there is a cash register TE200 and a display TE300 is arranged on the right side thereof is shown.
This map information is stored in advance, but if there is a rearrangement of the sales floor on the floor, the map DB may be changed each time.
This map DB 164 may be created for each floor when the store spans multiple floors (floors).
Further, the map DB 164 is used when creating a route guidance map (route map) 243 showing the exit route of FIG. 15 as will be described later.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the sales floor database (sales floor DB) 165.
The sales floor DB 165 mainly includes a sales floor priority list 165-1 and a sales floor number list 165-2.
The sales floor priority list 165-1 is stored in advance by associating a sales floor (sales number) of a product with a priority order as a reference for selecting the sales floor as the exit route.
The same store floor number list 165-2 classifies the sales floor of products into a plurality of groups, and includes a group number and a sales floor number belonging to the group.

FIG. 9A shows an example of a sales floor number priority order list (sales floor priority list) 165-1. This priority order is determined and stored in advance based on, for example, a product list posted on the advertisement by the store. Alternatively, the priority order is determined and stored in advance based on the profit rate of the product.
FIG. 9A shows that, among the ten sales floor numbers (01-10), for example, the sales floor number “01” has the highest priority and the sales floor number “09” has the lowest priority. .
The sales floor priority list 165-1 in FIG. 9A is used when determining a store exit route. For example, after sorting the above-mentioned sales promotion product number list in the descending order of the number of sales promotion products, if there are multiple sales floors with the same number of sales promotion products in the sorted list, the same number of multiple sales floors Are arranged in the order of priority shown in the sales floor priority list, and a store exit route is generated using the sales promotion product number list after the rearrangement.

FIG. 9B shows the same store floor number list 165-2. Here, the sales floor numbers are divided into two groups. For example, the five sales floor numbers (01-05) are classified into the same group.
This list 165-2 is also used when determining a store exit route. In the following embodiment, when one sales floor number is selected as the exit route, other sales floor numbers belonging to the same group as the selected sales floor number are not included in the exit route.
That is, as will be described later, when one sales floor is selected as a sales floor that passes through the exit route among a plurality of sales floors belonging to one group in the same section number list, the other sales floors belonging to that group It is deleted from the number list so that it is not selected as a sales floor that passes through the store exit route.
For example, if sales floor number “07” belonging to group 2 is selected as the store exit route, other store floor numbers (06, 08, 09, 10) belonging to the same group 2 are not selected as store exit routes. To do.
Such grouping of sales floor numbers is determined in advance based on, for example, the floor sales floor layout and the exit position, and is stored in the storage unit.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the purchased product information 167.
The purchased product information 167 is mainly information on products input by the input unit (especially a scanner) of the cash register terminal 200, corresponds to the purchased product information 242 in FIG. 3, and is received via the communication unit 110. .
The purchased product information 167 includes information related to the product and information of the customer who purchased the product. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the information related to the product includes information on the product number, product name, unit price, product storage, and sales floor number (passage) of the purchased product. However, the merchandise storage area and the sales floor number can be acquired from the merchandise DB as necessary, and thus may not be included.
The customer information mainly includes the customer number. And the purchase date (date) of the purchased product. Such information is also stored in the customer information DB 161 as a purchase history. However, the customer who purchased the product still has the customer number. If the customer information is not registered, the customer information is not included in the purchased product information.

In FIG. 10, for example, the purchased product with the product number 1002 has the product name “detergent b”, the unit price is 252 yen, the product place is A, and the place number (passage) is 01. The customer no. It can be seen that it was purchased on May 1, 2010 by a customer of “A003”.
However, the purchased product information 167 is not limited to these contents, and may include the number of purchases for each product, the total amount for each product, the total payment amount, and the like.

<Structure of cash register terminal>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a cash register terminal.
The cash register terminal (register TE) 200 mainly includes a communication unit 210, a display unit 220, a printing unit 230, a storage unit 240, an input unit 250, and a control unit 260.
The communication unit 210 is a part that communicates with the server 100 via the network 400.
For example, the input purchased product information 242 is transmitted to the server 100, and the generated route map and sales promotion product information are received from the server.
The display unit 220 is a part that displays input information, a route map, and the like. An LCD, a CRT, etc. are used. The printing unit 230 is a part that prints predetermined information on a receipt and prints purchased product information and the like. This is a printer that issues a received receipt.
Moreover, in this invention, especially a printing part prints the route map which the map acquisition part of cash register TE acquired, and the information of the sales promotion product acquired from the server on a receipt.

The storage unit 240 is a part that stores input information and information received from a server, and various storage devices such as a RAM and a hard disk are used.
Rather than semi-permanently storing the information stored in the storage unit of the server in a non-volatile memory, the information is temporarily stored in a RAM or the like, and deleted after a series of transaction processing such as product information input is completed. You may do it.
Examples of information stored in the storage unit 240 include customer information 241, purchased product information 242, a route map 243, and sales promotion information 244.
The customer information 241 is information on a customer who has purchased a product. For example, information (customer No., name, address, etc.) stored in the IC card 290 owned by the customer is input by reading with the card reader 254. Is.
In the IC card 290, customer information is stored. Car number, name, address, etc. are stored. However, if the customer information is already registered in the customer information DB 161, the customer No. May be stored in the IC card.

The purchased product information 242 is information on the purchased product input by the input unit 250, and is the same as the purchased product information 167 stored in the storage unit of the server as shown in FIG. 10, for example. Information on the purchased product is input by, for example, reading a barcode printed on the product packaging with a scanner.
The route map 243 is map information printed on a receipt after payment processing of purchased products, and is, for example, a route guidance map showing a store exit route as shown in FIG. The route map 243 is information transmitted from the server 100 after transmitting a route map creation request to the server.

  The sales promotion information 244 is information useful to the customer such as information on products sold at a bargain price at a store and sold at a particularly low price. For example, the sales promotion information 244 (a) shown in FIG. Data list) 162-1. This sales promotion information 244 is also transmitted from the server.

The input unit 250 is a part for inputting necessary information such as purchased product information and customer information when a purchased product is traded. For example, a scanner 251, a keyboard 252, a touch panel 253, a card reader 254, and the like are used.
The scanner 251 is a part that reads a barcode assigned to each product. This bar code includes the product number and product name of the product.

The keyboard 252 is used to input customer information of a person who does not own an IC card and information on purchased products.
The touch panel 253 is arranged on the display screen of the display unit 220, and corresponds to a menu display or the like displayed on the display unit 220, and a part where various information is input by the operator touching a predetermined position on the touch panel. It is. For example, as with a keyboard, customer information and purchased product information are input.
The card reader 254 is a part that reads the IC card 290 in which customer information is stored.
The IC card 290 stores customer information as electronic data in a built-in memory element.
In addition, a card on which customer information is displayed on the surface using a bar code, a two-dimensional code, characters, symbols, or the like may be used. In the case of a card on which customer information is displayed on the front surface, it is only necessary to read the information on the card surface with a scanner or camera and recognize the image to obtain customer information.

The control unit 260 is a part that executes various functions of the register TE200, and a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an I / O controller, a timer (clock), and the like can be used.
Based on a program stored in a ROM, a hard disk or the like, the CPU realizes various functions by organically operating the hardware.
The control unit 260 of the cash register TE200 mainly includes a print data creation unit 261, an input information acquisition unit 262, a map acquisition unit 263, a sales processing unit 264, a server information acquisition unit 265, and an information output unit 266.

The print data creation unit 261 is a part that creates data to be printed on a receipt.
For example, necessary information is collected from the customer information 241, the purchased product information 242, the route map 243, and the sales promotion information 244 stored in the storage unit 240 and combined with a predetermined print format to create print data.

The input information acquisition unit 262 is a part that stores the information input by the input unit 250 in the storage unit 240 as it is or after analysis or conversion.
For example, the bar code read by the scanner 251 is converted into data such as characters or numbers based on a predetermined rule. Or it is a part which memorize | stores the customer information input from the keyboard 252 or the card reader 254 in the memory | storage part 240 as it is.

  The map acquisition unit 263 acquires the map data (see FIG. 8) sent from the server 100 and the route map (see FIG. 15) showing the exit route, and stores it in the storage unit 240 or the display unit. 220 is a portion to be displayed.

The sales processing unit 264 is a part that acquires information on purchased products input from the input unit 250 and performs processing such as calculation of sales amount, settlement processing, and deposit processing.
After the sales process of the purchased product is completed, the purchased product information 242 and customer information 241 of the customer who purchased the product are stored in the storage unit 240 and transmitted to the server.

The server information acquisition unit 265 is a part that requests the server 100 for various information.
For example, a part for requesting to transmit information (promotion information 244) of a sales promotion product arranged in a sales floor passing through a store exit route generated by the route generation unit of the server, and acquiring the sales promotion information from the server It is.
Further, it is a part that requests the server 100 to create map data stored in the map DB 164 and a route map. Information sent from the server in response to these requests is stored in the storage unit 240 or displayed on the display unit 220.

The information output unit 266 is a part that transmits the data created by the print data creation unit 261 to the printing unit 230.
For example, the printing unit 230 is instructed to print the payment information of the purchased product, the route map 243 acquired from the server, or the sales promotion information 244 on the receipt.
In the present invention, sales processing such as input of information on purchased merchandise is performed in the same manner as in a conventional general POS terminal.
However, after sales processing, the purchased product information and customer information are transmitted to the server, and the information useful for the customer using the purchased product information received by the server, that is, a route map showing the exit route The sales promotion information is generated, the register TE side receives the route map and the sales promotion information generated by the server, and prints the route map and the sales promotion information on the receipt together with the purchased product information.

In the following embodiment, the case where both the route map and the sales promotion information are printed on the receipt as information useful for the customer is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Based on a request from a customer, for example, a specific key input from a keyboard, either the route map or the sales promotion information may be printed on the receipt, or both may not be printed. Further, in addition to the route map and the sales promotion information, for example, based on a request input from a customer, information such as a regular holiday of the store, a next sales promotion scheduled date, etc. may be printed on the receipt.

<Configuration of information display terminal (display TE)>
FIG. 4 shows a configuration block diagram of an embodiment of the information display terminal (display TE) 300.
The display TE 300 is connected to the server 100 via the network 400, and displays at least one of the route map and the sales promotion product information acquired from the server on the display unit.
The display TE300 mainly includes a communication unit 310, a display unit 320, a storage unit 330, an input unit 340, and a control unit 350.
The communication unit 310 is a part that communicates with the server 100 via a network.
The display unit 320 is a part for displaying information, such as an LCD, an organic EL, and a PDP, and preferably has a large screen.

The input unit 340 corresponds to the above-described second input unit, and is a part where a customer or the like performs an operation for acquiring necessary information. For example, an input operation for displaying the sales promotion information or the map of the exit route on the display unit 320 is detected. In the present invention, it is also a part for reading information printed on a receipt.
As the input unit 340, a scanner 341 and a touch panel 342 are used. A camera may be provided instead of the scanner.
The scanner 341 and the camera read information printed on the receipt 380. For example, if the sales promotion information or route map printed on the receipt is small and difficult to see, the printed sales promotion information and route map can be taken with a camera and displayed on the display unit 320 on the large screen so that the contents are easy to see. Become.
In addition, when a barcode or a two-dimensional code is printed on the receipt 380, information corresponding to the barcode or the like may be displayed on the display unit 320 by reading the barcode or the like with the scanner 341.

The storage unit 330 is a part that mainly temporarily stores information input from the input unit 340 (input information 331) and information transmitted from the server (route map 332, sales promotion information 333). And hard disks are used.
Examples of the input information 331 include information printed on the receipt 380 read by the scanner 341, customer information input by the touch panel 342, or information selected and input from menu items displayed on the display unit 320. is there.
The information printed on the receipt includes, for example, sales promotion information, a route map, and a barcode. In addition, information that identifies the customer, and information that requests the server to transmit at least one of the route map indicating the customer's exit route and the information on the promotional product, the information includes: It is preferably included in the barcode or two-dimensional code printed on the receipt.

Or, because there is so much promotional information, only a small number (for example, two) of promotional information considered to be most useful to the customer is printed on the receipt as text information, and it corresponds to the promotional request information for viewing other promotional information Data to be printed may be included in a two-dimensional code and printed on a receipt.
In this case, when the two-dimensional code of the receipt is read by the scanner, the sales promotion request information obtained by analyzing the two-dimensional code is transmitted to the server 100, and the server receiving the request information receives other sales promotion information. Is obtained and transmitted to the display TE300.
In the display TE300, “character information of other promotional information” sent from the server may be stored and displayed on the display unit 320. This makes it possible for customers to confirm other sales promotion information that was not printed as text information on the receipt, and also encourages customers to purchase other products, leading to sales promotion. .

Alternatively, the two-dimensional code printed on the receipt can be used as information for requesting a detailed map of the store exit route. For example, if the exit route is not as simple as that shown in FIG. 15, only the outline of the route is shown in the receipt, and a detailed map of the exit route is stored in the server. Further, data corresponding to detailed route request information for viewing a detailed exit route is printed on the receipt as a two-dimensional code.
When the two-dimensional code of this receipt is read by the scanner 341, detailed route request information is transmitted to the server. Upon receiving this request, the server 100 reads and displays a map of the detailed store exit route that has been held. Transmit to TE300.
In the display TE300, a map of a detailed store exit route sent from the server may be displayed on the display unit 320. As a result, in the store exit route printed on the receipt, in the case of a customer whose destination is unknown, the detailed map of the store exit route can be confirmed simply by causing the scanner 341 to read the two-dimensional code on the display TE. Will be able to.
Note that the route map 332 and the sales promotion information 333 correspond to the sales route information 166 stored in the storage unit 240 of the server shown in FIG. 3 and the sales promotion information included in the product DB 162.

The control unit 350 executes the functions of the display TE300, and these functions can be realized by a microcomputer composed of a CPU or the like, like the register TE.
The control unit 350 mainly includes an input information acquisition unit 351, a server information acquisition unit 352, a display information generation unit 353, and a display control unit 354.
The input information acquisition unit 351 is a part that acquires information input from the input unit 340 (for example, information printed on a receipt, an instruction request from a touch panel, etc.) and stores the information in the storage unit 330.

The server information acquisition unit 352 corresponds to the above-described second server information acquisition unit, and is a part that requests the server 100 to transmit information and acquires information transmitted from the server.
For example, it is a part which acquires the route map which showed the produced | generated store exit route from the server, and the information of the sales promotion goods arrange | positioned at the sales floor which passes by an exit route.
Specifically, when receipt information is read by the input unit 340, the server information acquisition unit 352 indicates the exit route based on the read receipt information (route map request information, etc.). Get route map etc. from server.

The display information generation unit 353 is a part that generates display data to be displayed on the display unit 320 based on a request from the customer input by the input unit 340.
The display control unit 354 is a part that causes the display unit 320 to display the display data generated by the display information generation unit 353.

  The information to be displayed on the display unit 320 is not directly acquired from the information of the receipt 380 read by the scanner or the camera 341, but the request input by the touch panel 342 or the request information included in the two-dimensional code read from the receipt 380. May be obtained from the server.

<Description of Information Printing Process of the Invention>
An embodiment of the information printing process performed by the information printing system of the present invention will be described below.
In the cash register TE200 of the present invention, information input and payment processing of merchandise purchased by the customer are mainly performed, and after the settlement, the purchased merchandise information and the like are transmitted to the server 100, and the route map indicating the purchased merchandise information and the exit route. , A receipt containing promotional information is printed.
In addition, the server 100 mainly receives purchased merchandise information and the like input at the cash register TE200, and uses these received information and information in various DBs stored in advance to indicate a route map indicating a customer's exit route. And the sales promotion information useful for the customer is acquired, and the route map and the sales promotion information are transmitted to the register TE200.
Further, in the display TE300, information requested and displayed by the input operation is acquired and displayed based on the input operation by the customer or the like.
Hereinafter, specific processing of the server and the like will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

<Registration TE information printing process>
FIG. 16 shows a flowchart of the information printing process of one embodiment in the register TE200 of the present invention.
In step S <b> 11, the control unit 260 of the register TE 200 confirms that the customer or the person in charge of the register inputs using the input unit 250 to start the transaction process. For example, when the IC card 290 is read by the card reader 254, the input information acquisition unit 262 displays the customer number stored in the IC card 290. Etc. Acquired customer No. Is stored as customer information 241 of the customer who has started the transaction.

In step S12, the entered customer number. Is transmitted from the communication unit 210 to the server 100.
As will be described later, customer no. In the server 100 that has received the customer number, Prepare to explore store exit routes for customers. Specifically, “Nearest Exit” is acquired.
In step S <b> 13, the customer or the person in charge inputs the sales amount of the purchased product, so the sales processing unit 264 stores the sales amount of each product input as the purchased product information 242.
Here, for example, a customer or the like performs an operation of causing a scanner to read a barcode attached to a product. When the barcode is read at the register TE, the product information (for example, product number) included in the barcode is extracted, and the product name and unit price corresponding to the extracted product information are acquired. At this time, in order to obtain the product name and unit price, the sales promotion information and product list stored in advance in the storage unit 240 may be referred to, or the extracted product information is transmitted to the server to inquire about the unit price. After that, the unit price may be acquired from the server.

The sales input process for the product in step S13 is repeated until the input is completed for all purchased products.
In step S14, when an instruction input indicating that the input of all purchased products is completed, the sales processing unit 264 performs a payment process. In the payment process, calculation of the total purchase amount of the entire purchased product, payment confirmation processing, change calculation, and summation of the sales amount are performed. Here, information such as the total purchase amount and change is stored in addition to the purchased product information 242.
In step S15, when the payment process is completed, the purchased product is confirmed, and the temporarily stored purchased product information 242 is transmitted to the server 100. The server 100 uses the received purchased product information and customer information to update the purchase history related to the customer in the customer information DB, creates a route map that guides the store exit route, and determines the store exit route. Get sales information in consideration. The route map and the sales promotion information are transmitted to the register TE200 that has transmitted the purchased product information.

  In step S <b> 16, the server information acquisition unit 265 waits for a reply from the server, receives the route map 243 and the sales promotion information 244 sent from the server, and stores them in the storage unit 240.

  In step S17, the print data creation unit 261 creates data to be printed on the receipt. The data to be printed on the receipt includes, for example, purchased product information (date, product name, unit price, quantity, total amount, change, etc.), customer information (customer No., name), route map 243, and sales promotion information 244. It is.

However, the route map and the sales promotion information may be printed when a request is input from the customer.
That is, FIG. 16 shows a flow in which the route map is automatically transmitted from the server without transmitting a route map creation request from the register TE, but the route map or the like is printed immediately after step S15. If there is an input for requesting printing of a route map or the like, a route map creation request or a sales promotion information acquisition request may be transmitted to the server.

In step S18, the information output unit 266 transmits the generated print data to the printing unit 230, and the printing unit 230 outputs a receipt on which the print data is printed.
FIG. 21 shows an example of a receipt on which print data is printed.
Here, a date, payment information of purchased product information, contents of “special sale” as sales promotion information, a route map indicating exit route guidance, and a two-dimensional code are printed as a receipt.
The two-dimensional code is used in the display TE, and is used to display the store exit route and the sales promotion information on the display unit of the display TE for confirmation. However, the two-dimensional code is not essential print data, and may be printed when a route map or sales promotion information is printed.
The above is one example of the information printing process performed at the register TE200.

<Server car number acquisition process>
FIG. 17 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of the vehicle number acquisition process performed by the server.
Here, the car information management unit 120 identifies the car number from the video acquired from the camera 501 and updates the information in the parking lot DB 163.
Here, it is assumed that the camera 501 uses a sensor (an infrared sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, or the like) that detects that an object has entered the shooting area or that a shot image has changed.
However, the sensor is not essential, and changes in the camera image may be constantly monitored.

In step S51, it is checked whether or not a car has entered the shooting area of the camera 501.
For example, if it is detected by the sensor that there has been a change, it is determined that the car has entered the parking position in the shooting area, and the process proceeds to step S52. If there is no change, step S51 is looped.

In step S <b> 52, the vehicle information management unit 120 acquires an image captured by the camera 501 that captures the parking position where the vehicle has entered. Here, instead of an image of the entire shooting area, an image near a position where a license plate of a normal car is attached may be cut out.
In step S53, the car number is analyzed from the acquired video.
Here, an image portion corresponding to a license plate is extracted from the acquired video, and image recognition is performed on the extracted image portion to specify a car number. That is, the car number is acquired as text data consisting of letters and numbers. This image recognition may be performed in the same manner as conventionally performed.

In step S54, the acquired car number is stored in the parking lot DB 163 in association with the parking position (parking lot number) captured by the camera.
For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the acquired car number “Nara 500a 12-34” is stored in the car number column corresponding to the parking lot number “1”.

Since a plurality of cameras 501 are generally installed, the processes from step S51 to S54 are executed for each camera, and these processes are always repeated.
In step S51, when the car is no longer detected, the car number stored in correspondence with the parking lot number where the car is no longer detected is deleted from the parking lot DB 163, although not shown. Also good.

<Server information acquisition and generation processing>
FIG. 18 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of information acquisition and generation processing performed by the server.
In step S101, the information acquisition unit 130 receives customer information (customer No., etc.) sent from the register TE200.
In step S102, the customer's car number is acquired using the received customer information. Here, the received customer No. Is stored in the customer information DB 161 in advance. Received customer No. In the customer information DB 161, the customer No. The car number stored in association with is read out. However, if the car number is not registered, nothing is done.

In step S103, the parking lot DB 163 is searched, and the nearest exit corresponding to the parking lot number where the car of the obtained car number is parked is obtained. In the case of FIG. 7, for example, if the parking lot number is “1”, “exit A” is read as the nearest exit.
In step S <b> 104, the information acquisition unit 130 receives the purchased product information transmitted from the cash register TE and stores it in the storage unit 160.
In step S105, the received purchased product information 167 is stored in the customer number received in step S101. Are additionally stored in the purchase history of the corresponding customer information DB 161.

In step S106, the route generation unit 140 creates a route map, and the information acquisition unit 130 acquires sales promotion information. Here, the route map is created using map information stored in advance in the map DB 164 (FIG. 8), purchased product information 167, sales floor DB 168, and the nearest exit acquired in step S103. Is done. A detailed flow of creating a route map is shown in FIG.
Further, when a route map is created, a route (route) in the middle of passing through the store is determined, but a route passing through the sales floor where the promotional product is arranged is preferentially selected. Further, information on sales promotion products arranged at the sales floor on the route is acquired.
In creating a route map, a store exit route is determined from the location (current value) where the cash register TE200 where payment processing has been performed is mainly arranged to the exit obtained as the nearest exit, and the route is displayed on the map. It is indicated by a straight line.
The created route map 166 and the acquired sales promotion product information (sales promotion information) are stored in the storage unit 160 in association with the customer information (customer No.).

In step S107, the created route map 166 and the acquired sales promotion information are transmitted to the register TE200 that has transmitted the purchased product information.
The above is the processing performed on the server.

If there are a plurality of registers TE200, communication with the server is performed in real time for each register TE200, and the processes from step S101 to S107 are performed between the server and each register TE200.
Further, when the purchased product information is received in step S104, the customer No. Customer information such as the above may be received at the same time. In this case, the processing in steps S102 and S103 is performed after step S104.

<Route map creation process>
Here, a process for creating a route map for guiding a store exit route and a process for acquiring sales promotion information related to the store exit route will be described.
FIG. 19 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of route map creation and sales promotion information acquisition processing performed by the server of the present invention. Here, the current location is the position where the register TE200 is installed.
In step S <b> 121, the information acquisition unit 130 of the server 100 reads the purchased product information 167 transmitted from the cash register TE 200 and stored in the storage unit 160. For example, purchase product information as shown in FIG. 10 is read from the storage unit 160.
In step S122, the information acquisition unit 130 reads the sales promotion product data list 162-1 from the product DB 162.

  In step S123, the route generation unit 140 identifies the sales floor of the purchased product using the read purchased product information 167. For example, in the case of the purchased product information in FIG. It can be seen that the sales floor numbers of the three products purchased by the customer with “A003” are 01,08,05. As a result, since the customer “A003” has already gone to the three sales floors (01, 08, 05) and purchased the necessary products, it can be considered that there is no need to go to the sales floor.

In step S124, the route generation unit 140 deletes the product information belonging to the sales floor of the purchased product from the read promotional product data list 162-1.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the sales promotion product data list 162-1 before and after the product information is deleted.
FIG. 11A shows the sales promotion product data list 162-1 before the product information is deleted, which is the same list as shown in FIG.
In FIG. 11A, considering the case where the three products shown in FIG. 10 are purchased, there are five products belonging to the three sales floors (01, 08, 05) of the purchased product.
That is, in the list 162-1 in FIG. 11A, three products (1002, 8001, 5001) are the same as the purchased products shown in FIG. 10, and the product number 1001 (detergent a) is The product number 8002 (face washing b) was placed in the same sales floor (08) as the purchased product 8001 (face washing a). Is.
Accordingly, when these five pieces of product information are deleted from the list of FIG. 11A in step S124, the result is as shown in FIG. 11B. That is, the sales promotion product data list 162-1 after the product is deleted consists of only two product information (3001, 7001).

The product in the list of FIG. 11B is a product placed in the sales floor (03,07) where the customer (A003) did not actually purchase the product. The two sales floors (03,07) may have been passed by the customer (A003), but may have not yet been performed, and the presence of the two promotional products in FIG. 11B is not known. There is also.
As will be described later, from the viewpoint of store sales promotion, these sales floors (03,07) are selected as route candidates in the middle of the store exit route.

Further, although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 19, the following steps S125 to S137 are not performed, the process proceeds from step S124 to step S138, and the exit route including the route passing through the sales floor (03,07). And a route map showing the exit route may be created.
That is, a store exit route including a route passing through the sales floor (03,07) in which other sales promotion products excluding the sales floor of the sales promotion product specified in step S123 may be generated.

Next, in step S125, the route generation unit 140 checks whether or not a product remains in the deleted promotional product data list 162-1. When it remains, it progresses to step S126, and when it does not remain, it progresses to step S127.
In the case of FIG. 11B, since the merchandise remains, the process proceeds to step S126.

When the process proceeds to step S127, the shortest route from the position where the register TE, which is the current value, to the nearest exit acquired in step S103 in FIG. 18 is searched, and the shortest route is set as the exit route.
For example, in the map showing the sales floor in FIG. 8, if the current location is the position of the cash register TE and the nearest exit is “Exit A”, the shortest route is a route passing through the sales floor 08 and the sales floor 03. Therefore, a straight line from the register TE to the exit A is set as the exit route.
Further, if the nearest exit is “exit B”, for example, a route passing through the sales floor 08 and passing between the product storage locations B and F and between the product storage locations A and E is the exit route. Is set.
Thus, when setting the shortest route, it is set irrespective of the position of the sales floor of the promotional product.

On the other hand, in step S126, first, the sales floor priority list 165-1 is read from the sales floor DB 165 of the storage unit. For example, the sales floor priority list 165-1 as shown in FIG. This list is obtained by rearranging the list shown in FIG. And this list 165-1 is rearranged in order of sales floor with many sales promotion goods.
FIG. 12B is a sales floor priority list in which the list of FIG. 12A is arranged in the order of sales floors with the largest number of promotional items. Here, the two sales floors (01, 03) have the largest number of sales promotion products, and the two sales floors (05, 10) have the smallest number of sales promotion products.

Here, FIG. 12B shows a rearrangement of the sales floor priority list 165-1 of FIG. 9A. If attention is paid only to the sales floor number and the number of promotional items, FIG. The list of b) corresponds to a list obtained by rearranging the sales promotion product number list 162-2 shown in FIG. 6B in descending order of the number of sales promotion products.
That is, by executing the following processing, in the sales promotion product number list sorted in descending order of the number of sales promotion products, the sales promotion products excluding the sales promotion products arranged in the same sales floor as the purchase product included in the purchase product information are displayed. A store exit route including a route passing through the sales floor having the largest number of sales promotion products among the arranged sales floors is generated.
In the example of FIG. 12B, a store exit route including a route passing through the sales floor “03”, which is the sales floor with the largest number of sales promotion products, is generated.

In step S128, the route generation unit 140 checks whether there are a plurality of sales floors having the same number of sales promotion products in the sales floor priority list 165-1. If there are more than one, the process proceeds to step S129, and if not, the process proceeds to step S130.
For example, in the case of FIG. 12B, there are four groups of sales floors with the same number of promotional items. For example, there are three sales floors 02, 04, 07 as a sales floor with four sales promotion products.
Further, there are two sales floors (09, 06) as sales floors with two sales promotion products. Accordingly, in the case of FIG. 12B, the process proceeds to step S129.

In step S129, the route generation unit 140 rearranges sales floors having the same number of sales promotion products in the sales floor priority list 165-1 in descending order of priority. For example, in the case of FIG. 12B, rearrangement is performed as shown in FIG. The sales floors with the number of sales promotion products of 5 and 1 are already arranged in the order of priority, and thus remain as they are.
However, the sales floors with the number of sales promotion products of 4 and 2 are not arranged in the order of priority, and are rearranged.
In FIG. 12C, the sales floors (02, 04, 07) having the number of sales promotion products of 4 are rearranged in the order of higher priority, that is, 04, 07, 02. The sales floors (09,06) having two sales promotion products are sorted in descending order of priority (06,09).
The reason for rearranging the items in the descending order of priority is to increase the possibility of selecting the store sales route for the product to be promoted from among the sales promotion products of the store.

Next, in step S130, the route generation unit 140 moves the sales floor of the product information deleted in step S124 to a lower position in the sales floor priority list.
FIG. 13A shows the same list as the sales floor priority shown in FIG. If the sales floor of the deleted product information shown in FIG. 11 is applied to the list of FIG. 13A, the list is changed as shown in FIG. 13B.
That is, in FIG. 11, since the product information of the three sales floors (01, 05, 08) has been deleted, the information of these three sales floors (01, 05, 08) is subordinate to FIG. 13 (a). Go to and sort.
The reason for lowering the sales floor of the deleted product in this way is to reduce the possibility that the sales floor is selected as the exit route because the customer has already gone to the sales floor of the product.

In step S131, the route generation unit 140 selects the highest sales floor in the sales floor priority list as a route candidate for the exit route. For example, in FIG. 13B, the highest sales floor 03 is selected as a route candidate.
In step S132, the route generation unit 140 specifies a sales floor of the same group as the selected sales floor using the same sales floor number list 165-2. For example, assuming that the same sales floor number list is as shown in FIG. 13D, the sales floors belonging to the same group (group 1) as the top sales floor 03 in FIG. 13B are 01, 02, 04, Specified in 05.

In step S133, the sales floor specified in the same group is deleted from the sales floor priority list.
For example, in the case of FIG. 13B, when the sales floor (01, 02, 04, 05) specified in the same group as the selected highest sales floor (03) is deleted, the result is as shown in FIG. 13C. . That is, the sales floor priority list includes information on six sales floors (03, 07, 06, 09, 10, 08).
As a result, among the sales floor numbers belonging to group 1 in the same sales floor number list, only the highest sales floor 03 is selected as the exit route, and the other four sales floors (01, 02, 04 belonging to the same group as this sales floor 03) are selected. , 05) is excluded from the exit list.

In step S134, the route generation unit 140 checks whether information on sales floors belonging to other groups remains in the sales floor priority list. When it remains, it progresses to step S135, and when it does not remain, it progresses to step S136.
In the case of FIG. 13C, group 1 in the same department number list has already been checked, so the other department 2 department is checked. In FIG. 13C, since the sales floor (06-10) belonging to the other group 2 still remains, the process proceeds to step S135.
In step S135, the next highest sales floor is selected as a route candidate in the sales floor priority list.

FIG. 14A shows the same sales floor priority list as that shown in FIG.
In FIG. 14A, since the highest sales floor 03 has already been selected as a route candidate, in step S135, the next higher sales floor “Sales floor 07” is selected as a route candidate.
After step S135, the process returns to step S132, and the processes of steps S132, S133, and S134 described above are executed.
In FIG. 14A, when step S132 is executed for the selected sales floor 07, the sales floors (06, 08, etc.) belonging to the same group 2 as the sales floor 07 shown in the same-part sales floor number list in FIG. 09,10) is identified, and in step S133, the identified sales floor (06,08,09,10) is deleted from the sales floor priority list.
Thereby, the list of FIG. 14A is changed as shown in FIG.
That is, two sales floors 03 and 07 remain in the sales floor priority list 165-1.

In step S134, it is checked whether there is a sales floor belonging to another group in the sales floor priority list. Since both of the groups have already been checked, FIG. 14B shows another group. There is no remaining sales floor, and the process proceeds to step S136.
In step S136, the route generation unit 140 sets the sales floor remaining in the sales floor priority list in the route determination list.
In the case of FIG. 14B, as shown in FIG. 14C, the route passing through the two sales floors (03,07) is set in the route determination list.

In step S137, the route generation unit 140 sets a route that passes through the sales floor set in the route determination list as a store exit route.
That is, when setting a store exit route from the position of the register TE, which is the current location, to the nearest exit of the customer, the route is determined so as to pass through the sales floor set in the route determination list.
In the map of the sales floor as shown in FIG. 8, when the nearest exit is “Exit A”, the route determination list shown in FIG. 14C is applied, as shown by the line with arrows as shown in FIG. A store exit route is set.
In FIG. 15, first, proceed from the present location to the left, pass through the sales floor 07, then proceed to the right, then turn leftward, pass through the sales floor 03, and proceed to the exit A set as the nearest exit. The route is shown.

  In step S138, the route generation unit 140 creates a route map including the set store exit route. For example, a route map showing the exit route as shown in FIG. 15 is created.

In step S139, the information acquisition unit 130 acquires the sales promotion information arranged in the sales floor set in the route determination list in step S136 from the sales promotion product data list 162-1. For example, in the case of the route determination list shown in FIG. 14C, information on sales promotion products arranged in the two sales floors 03 and 07 is acquired. In the case of FIG. 6A and FIG. 11A, the product with the product number 3001 (50 sheets of paper diapers) arranged in the sales floor 03 and the product with the product number 7001 (potato chips) arranged in the sales floor 07 Is acquired as sales promotion product information.
Thereafter, as shown in step S107 of FIG. 18 described above, the created route map and the acquired sales promotion information are transmitted to the register TE200 and printed on the receipt at the register TE200.
In FIG. 21, the sales promotion information of the two sales floors 03 and 07 on the exit route is printed as “special sale” on the upper part of the receipt.

<Display processing of display TE>
FIG. 20 shows a flowchart of the display processing of one embodiment of the display TE300 of the present invention.
In the display TE300, a series of processes including input of information printed on a receipt (input information acquisition process), acquisition of a route map and sales promotion information corresponding to the input information, and display processing of the acquired information are mainly executed. The
In the display TE300, a display that advises the input operation is normally displayed on the display unit 320 so that the customer can perform a predetermined input operation.
For example, it is preferable to display an operation method for reading the receipt 380 with the scanner 341, a position where the receipt 380 is placed for reading with the scanner 341, and the like.

In step S81, when the customer places the receipt 380 at a predetermined position and starts reading with the scanner 341, the input information acquisition unit 351 acquires the read information and stores it as input information 331 in the storage unit 330. Remember.
For example, as shown in FIG. 21, when a two-dimensional code is printed on a receipt, the two-dimensional code is acquired as input information 331. When a two-dimensional code is acquired, the two-dimensional code is analyzed and information included in the two-dimensional code is decoded. Then, a correlated process is performed based on the decrypted information.
For example, in the decrypted information, the customer No. At the same time, if there is a route map acquisition request or sales promotion information acquisition request, the request information is transmitted to the server.
That is, in step S82, the server information acquisition unit 352 performs information acquisition processing. For example, a route map and sales promotion information acquisition request is transmitted to the server, and the requested information (route map, sales promotion information) is received from the server. The received route map 332 and sales promotion information 333 are stored in the storage unit 330.

In step S83, the acquired information is displayed.
For example, the display information generation unit 353 processes the route map 332 and the sales promotion information 333 acquired from the server so as to be displayed on the display unit 320, and the display control unit 354 processes the processed display information (route map, sales promotion information). Is displayed on the display unit 320.
FIG. 22 shows an example of the screen content displayed on the display unit of the display TE. Here, a list of sale items as sales promotion information is displayed at the top, and a route map is displayed at the bottom.
If the route map printed on the receipt is small and difficult to see, displaying the route map on the large screen display TE makes it easier to understand the exit route.
If the store exit route is complicated and only a simple store exit route is printed on the receipt, a detailed route map showing the store exit route is obtained from the server, and the detailed TE is displayed on the large screen. The exit route can also be displayed.
Even if only the sales promotion information related to the exit route is printed on the receipt, if other sales promotion information is acquired from the server, other sales promotion information that has not been printed on the receipt can be confirmed on the display TE. Can do.

100 server 110 communication unit 120 vehicle information management unit 130 information acquisition unit 140 route generation unit 160 customer information DB
162 Product DB
163 Parking Lot DB
164 Map DB
165 Sales floor DB
166 route map 167 purchased product information 200 cash register terminal 210 communication unit 220 display unit 230 printing unit 240 storage unit 241 customer information 242 purchased product information 243 route map 244 sales promotion information 250 input unit 251 scanner 252 keyboard 253 touch panel 254 card reader 260 control unit 261 Print data creation unit 262 Input information acquisition unit 263 Map acquisition unit 264 Sales processing unit 265 Server information acquisition unit 266 Information output unit 290 IC card 300 Information display terminal 310 Communication unit 320 Display unit 330 Storage unit 331 Input information 332 Route map 333 Promotion information 340 Input unit 341 Scanner 342 Touch panel 350 Control unit 351 Input information acquisition unit 352 Server information acquisition unit 353 Display information generation unit 354 Display control unit 380 Receipt 400 Network 500 Parking 501 camera

Claims (9)

An information printing system in which a cash register terminal that inputs information on purchased products and performs payment processing and a server are connected via a network,
The cash register terminal includes an input unit that inputs purchase product information and customer information, a printing unit that prints predetermined information on a receipt, and a map acquisition unit that acquires a route map indicating a store exit route from a server,
A storage unit storing a sales promotion product data list in which the server associates the sales promotion product and the sales floor where the sales promotion product is arranged, and a store map including the location of the store sales floor;
An information acquisition unit for acquiring purchased product information and customer information input at each cash register terminal;
From the sales promotion data list, identify the sales promotion product that matches the acquired purchase product information and the sales floor of the sales promotion product, and the sales floor where other sales promotion products are arranged except the sales floor of the specified sales promotion product. A route generating unit that generates a store exit route including a route to pass using the map, and transmits a route map indicating the store exit route to the cashier terminal, and
Information acquiring unit of the server, if the customer entered in the register end end acquires the customer information purchase information and customer for purchases, the route generation section, its customers from the current location the transmitted to cash register terminal end and generates a route locations diagram showing the Closed route to the outlet which is set as an outlet for leaves the store, the route locations view map acquiring unit has acquired the cash register terminal, the printing An information printing system, wherein a section prints on a receipt. Said outlet customer is Closures, the information print system according to claim 1, characterized in that the nearest exit to the parking lot parked car the customer is set. The server stores a customer information database that stores information that identifies a customer and the vehicle number of the customer's car in association with each other;
The parking number that identifies the parking position of the car in the parking lot, the nearest exit that is the exit of the store closest to the parking number, and the car number of the car parked at the parking number are stored in association with each other Parking database,
A car number of a car photographed by a camera installed at a parking position of a parking lot is acquired, and the obtained car number is used as a parking lot of the car parking position photographed by the camera in the parking lot database. A vehicle information management unit that stores the information in association with the number;
If the route generation section generates a Closed route customer, the after acquiring from the customer information database car number of the car of the customer, closest to the associated with the car number acquired parking lot ID get the nearest exit from the parking lot database, Examples outlet customer is Closed, information printing system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that setting the nearest exit the acquired. The server stores in advance in the storage unit a sales promotion product number list in which the sales floor where the sales promotion product is arranged and the number of sales promotion products arranged for each sales floor are associated with each other.
The route generation unit rearranges the sales promotion product number list in descending order of the number of sales promotion products, and stores the sales promotion products excluding the sales promotion products arranged in the same sales floor as the purchase products included in the purchase product information. 4. The information printing system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein a store exit route including a route passing through a sales floor with the largest number of sales promotion products is generated. The server includes a sales floor priority list pre-stored by associating a sales floor of a product with a priority order as a reference for selecting the sales floor as a store exit route,
The route generation unit rearranges the sales floor priority list in the order of sales floors with the largest number of promotional items,
When there are a plurality of sales floors with the same number of sales promotion products in the sales promotion product number list, a sales floor priority list is generated by further rearranging the same number of sales floors in the order of the priorities. The information printing system according to claim 4, wherein the store exit route is generated using the sales floor priority list of the store. The server comprises a list of sales floor numbers that categorize sales floors of products into a plurality of groups,
When the route generation unit selects one sales floor as a sales floor that passes through a store exit route among a plurality of sales floors belonging to one group of the same department number list, the other sales floors belonging to the group 6. The information printing system according to claim 4, wherein the information printing system is deleted from the product number list so as not to be selected as a sales floor that passes through the exit route. The cash register terminal further includes a server information acquisition unit that acquires information on a sales promotion product arranged in a sales floor that passes through a store exit route generated by the route generation unit of the server from the server,
The information printing system according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit prints information on the acquired promotional items on a receipt. A second input unit connected to the server via the network and reading information printed on the receipt; a display unit; a route map showing the exit route generated from the server; And an information display terminal having a second server information acquisition unit for acquiring information on a promotional product arranged in a sales floor passing through
The information display terminal, when the receipt information is read by the second input unit, the second server information acquisition unit based on the read receipt information, the route map showing the exit route, The information on the sales promotion product is acquired from the server, and at least one of the acquired route map and information on the sales promotion product is displayed on the display unit. Information printing system. The information printed on the receipt includes a barcode or a two-dimensional code,
The bar code or the two-dimensional code includes a server configured to transmit to the information display terminal at least one of information for identifying a customer, a route map indicating the customer's exit route, and information on a promotional product. The information printing system according to claim 8, further comprising: information requested.

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