JP5900977B2 - Forget-to-buy prevention device and method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for preventing forgetting to buy.

  People who want to purchase a product create a shopping memo about product information such as the product name and store information such as the name of the store where the purchase is planned, and try to prevent forgetting to purchase the product. However, it may be difficult to prevent the user from forgetting to buy a product because the customer may forget to create a shopping memo or refer to the created shopping memo.

  In Patent Document 1, a shopping memorandum list in which a mobile terminal is associated with planned purchase product information, store information, and store location information is stored in the mobile terminal. A technique for displaying information is disclosed.

JP 2005-316717 A

  However, the technology described in Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for notifying a product list at a store where a product is purchased, but does not consider a case where a product is forgotten to be purchased. In order to prevent forgetting to buy, a technique for not only creating a shopping memo but also notifying the user when forgetting to purchase a product is required.

  A technique capable of preventing forgetting to buy more in consideration of the matter of Patent Document 1 is desired.

  Accordingly, the present invention contemplates obtaining an apparatus and method for preventing forgetting purchase that can solve the above-described problems. More specifically, when a user forgets to purchase a product that is scheduled to be purchased in advance, a forget-to-buy prevention device and method for preventing forgetting to buy by notifying that there is an unpurchased product The purpose is to provide.

  The forget-to-buy prevention apparatus according to the present invention includes a position information receiving unit that receives information related to a position, a storage unit that stores information related to a store where a product is scheduled to be purchased, and product information that is planned to be purchased, A control unit that determines whether or not the current position is within a specific range based on the information related to the store based on the received information related to the position, and that accepts registration of a purchased product and stores it in the storage unit The control unit notifies that there is an unpurchased product when it is determined that the product is located outside the specific range after being located within the specific range.

  The forget-to-buy prevention method of the present invention is a forget-to-buy prevention method for a forget-to-buy device that notifies that there is an unpurchased product, and stores information related to a store where the product is scheduled to be purchased in the storage unit Information, the position information receiving unit receives information about the position, the control unit based on the information about the position received by the position information receiving unit, the current position is based on the information about the store And the registration of the purchased product is received and stored in the storage unit, and after being located within the specific range, it is determined that the product is located outside the specific range. Notify when there is an item for purchase.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the forget-to-buy apparatus which can prevent forgetting to buy the goods scheduled to purchase can be provided.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. It is the schematic which shows an example of the creation screen of the shopping memo of the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic which shows an example of the shopping memo of the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus which concerns on 1st Example of this invention performs. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus based on the 2nd, 3rd Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention performs. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus which concerns on 3rd Example which concerns on this invention performs.

  Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[1. First Example]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a forget-to-buy prevention apparatus according to the first embodiment. The forget-to-buy prevention device 100 is a mobile terminal device, and includes a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, a display unit 130, an input unit 140, a storage unit 150, a notification unit 160, and a GPS (Global Positioning System). And a communication unit 170. The forget-to-buy prevention device 100 may have a function of a telephone call via a communication network in addition to the function as a forget-to-buy prevention device.

  The control unit 110 performs control management of the forget-to-buy prevention device 100. For example, various processes executed by the forget-to-buy prevention device 100 such as calculation of the current position, creation / management of a shopping memo, and output instruction to the notification unit 160 are controlled.

  The communication unit 120 is connected to the store server, and acquires product information such as a product name scheduled to be purchased and store information such as a store name and address where the product is planned to be purchased. The control unit 110 obtains shopping memo information based on the product information acquired by the communication unit 120 and the store information. Further, the control unit 110 sets a specific range based on the store address acquired by the communication unit 120. The specific range is a range in which the control unit 110 determines that the user is in the middle of shopping. Furthermore, when the control unit 110 goes out of the specific range and there is an unpurchased product among the products described in the shopping memo, the control unit 110 determines that the purchase is forgotten. Note that the user can arbitrarily determine the width of the specific range.

  The display unit 130 is, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and is a display that displays shopping memos and the like. The display unit 130 may be a touch panel provided with a touch sensor. By referring to the shopping memo, the user can confirm whether the item to be purchased has been purchased or not purchased.

  The input unit 140 is a keypad or a touch panel, and is used when creating / managing shopping memos. For example, when a user purchases a product, the user can manage a shopping memo by checking a product that has been purchased.

  The storage unit 150 stores product information and store information acquired via the communication unit 120 or directly input by the user. The storage unit 150 also stores management information indicating whether the product registered in the shopping memo has been purchased or not purchased. Furthermore, the storage unit 150 may hold an identification number assigned to the forget-to-buy prevention device 100 individually.

  The notification unit 160 notifies the user that there is an unpurchased item when there is an unpurchased item in the product included in the shopping memo. This notification may be an output of a voice message, an alarm sound, or a notification by vibrating the apparatus. Since the notification unit 160 may forget the confirmation of the forget-to-buy prevention device 100 after the user has finished shopping, the notification unit 160 notifies the user by outputting a voice message or an alarm sound or vibrating the device.

  The GPS communication unit 170 receives GPS signals from GPS satellites. When receiving the GPS signal, the GPS communication unit 170 transmits the signal to the control unit 110. The control unit 110 calculates the current position based on the GPS signal, and determines whether the current position is within or outside the specific range. When it is determined that the current position is outside the specific range and there is an unpurchased item, the notification unit 160 notifies the user to that effect.

[2. Create shopping memo]
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a shopping memo creation screen. Hereinafter, a shopping memo creation method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 as appropriate.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the shopping memo creation screen 200 includes a store information display area 210 and a merchandise information display area 220, and the merchandise information display area 220 includes a shopping memo addition button 230.

  In the store information display area 210, the name of the store selling the product is displayed. The store name may use information acquired by the communication unit 120 connecting to the store server, or may be directly input by the user.

  In the product information display area 220, a list of products that can be purchased at the store displayed in the store information display area 210 is displayed. As in the case of acquiring the store name, the product list may use information acquired by connecting the communication unit 120 to the store server, or may be directly input by the user.

  The shopping memo addition button 230 is a button for registering a product in the shopping memo. Of the product list displayed on the shopping memo creation screen 200, only the products registered by the user are added to the shopping memo. When a touch panel is used for the display unit 130, the purchase memo can be registered by pressing the shopping memo addition button 230 on the screen. Further, when a touch panel is not used for the display unit 130, a product to be purchased can be added to the shopping memo by an operation from the input unit 140.

[3. Shopping memo]
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a shopping memo. Below, the shopping memo in this invention is demonstrated, referring FIG. 3 suitably.

  Referring to FIG. 3, the shopping memo 300 includes a store-specific file 310, store information 320, and a purchase planned product 330.

  The store-specific file 310 is a file in which information on the store information 320 and the planned purchase product 330 is collected for each store. Although FIG. 3 has created files for three stores, stores 1 to 3, it does not limit the number of stores that create files. The number of stores creating the file can be freely set by the user.

  The store information 320 is information on the name of the store where the product is purchased and the address of the store. When the store address is registered in the shopping memo 300, the control unit 110 sets, for example, a predetermined radius range as the specific range with the address as the center. The predetermined radius can be arbitrarily set by the user. In the example of FIG. 3, it is possible to set a specific range having a different radius for each of the stores 1 to 3.

  The product to be purchased 330 is a list of products to be purchased. When a touch panel is used for the display unit 130, the user can register a purchased product by touching the product name on the screen. At this time, when the touch panel is not used for the display unit 130, the user can input that the purchase has been completed from the input unit 140. For example, in the example of FIG. 3, “sugar” and “soy sauce” are marked with a check mark. This mark indicates that “sugar” and “soy sauce” have been purchased. Therefore, the user can determine whether the product to be purchased has been purchased or not purchased by referring to the display unit 130. The product registered as having been purchased is stored in the storage unit 150 by the control unit 110.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process flow of the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the flow of processing executed by the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4 as appropriate.

  First, the user registers in the forget-to-buy prevention device 100 product information that is information such as a product name that is scheduled to be purchased and store information that is information such as the store name and address of the store that is scheduled to purchase the product. A memo is created (step S400). The product information and the store information may use information acquired from the store server by the communication unit 120, or may be created by a user directly inputting the information. Moreover, the control part 110 sets the specific range centering on the address of a store. Note that the width of the specific range can be arbitrarily determined by the user.

  Next, the control unit 110 determines whether the current position is within or outside the specific range (step S401). The current position is calculated by the control unit 110 based on the GPS signal. If the current position is outside the specific range (“NO” in step S402), the process returns to step S401. And the control part 110 repeats the same process until the present position becomes in a specific range.

  If the current position is within the specific range (“YES” in step S402), control unit 110 displays a shopping memo on display unit 130 (step S403).

  When the user purchases the product described in the shopping memo, the user registers the purchased product. When the touch panel is used for the display unit 130, the product is registered by pressing the product on the screen. Further, when a touch panel is not used for the display unit 130, the product is registered by operating from the input unit 140. At this time, the registered product is stored in the storage unit 150 by the control unit 110 (step S404). In step S404, if a product is registered, the product is registered. If no product is registered, the process proceeds to the next step without registering the product.

  Next, the control unit 110 determines again whether the current position is within the specific range or outside (step S405). The determination in step S405 is always performed immediately after creation of the shopping memo. The control unit 110 determines whether the user is shopping or has finished shopping based on the current position with respect to the specific range. When the current position is within the specific range (“YES” in step S406), control unit 110 determines that the user is in the middle of shopping, and continues to accept input of purchased products.

  When the current position is out of the specific range (“NO” in step S406), control unit 110 searches for purchase / non-purchased items based on the shopping memo and the purchased products held in storage unit 150 ( Step S407).

  If there is an unpurchased product as a result of the search (“YES” in step S408), the control unit 110 notifies the user from the notification unit 160 (step S409). The notification to the user may be one that outputs an alarm sound, one that outputs a voice message, or one that is notified by vibrating the apparatus. The notification allows the user to notice that there is an unpurchased item even if he / she forgot to confirm the shopping memo. Further, at the time of notification from the notification unit 160, a message that there is an unpurchased product may be displayed on the display unit 130.

  If there is no unpurchased item (“NO” in step S408), control unit 110 searches for the presence or absence of a shopping memo in another store (step S410). If there is no shopping memo for another store ("NO" in step S411), the process ends.

  If there is a shopping memo from another store ("YES" in step S410), the above processing is performed on the shopping memo.

[4. Second embodiment]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a forget-to-buy prevention apparatus 500 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The same constituent elements as those in the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. The difference between the forget-to-buy prevention device 100 and the forget-to-buy prevention device 500 is that the forget-to-buy prevention device 500 includes a short-range wireless communication unit 180 instead of the GPS communication unit 170. That is, in this embodiment, a POS (Point Of Sale) terminal device capable of performing short-range wireless communication is installed in a store, and information about the store is transmitted from the terminal device by short-range wireless communication. Applicable.

  The short-range wireless communication unit 180 receives transmission data by short-range wireless transmitted every predetermined time from the POS terminal device installed in the store. The control unit 110 receives the short-range wireless transmission data from the POS terminal device by the short-range wireless communication unit 180 and determines whether the current position is within a specific range or outside. Moreover, the short-range wireless transmission data transmitted by the POS terminal device includes a store identification number that can identify the store.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing executed by the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus 500 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the flow of processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 as appropriate. Note that detailed description of the same processing as in the first embodiment will be omitted to avoid duplication of explanation.

  First, the user creates a shopping memo in the forget-to-buy prevention device 500 in the same manner as in the first embodiment (step S600). However, in the second embodiment, the store identification number is registered in the store-specific file of the shopping memo instead of the store address or in addition to the store address. The control unit 110 determines whether the short-range wireless communication unit 180 receives transmission data by short-range wireless and is within a specific range (step S601). The control unit 110 acquires the store identification number when the short-range wireless communication unit 180 receives the transmission data by the short-range wireless from the POS terminal device installed in the store, and stores the store identification number in the store-specific file of the shopping memo. When it is the same as the registered store identification number, it is determined to be within a specific range. If the store identification number registered in the store-specific file of the shopping memo is not the same as the store identification number, the control unit 110 determines that it is not within the specific range. Further, even when the short-range wireless communication unit 180 does not receive transmission data by short-range wireless, it is determined that the short-range wireless communication unit 180 is not within the specific range.

  If not within the specific range (“NO” in step S602), the process returns to step S601.

  If within the specific range (“YES” in step S602), the process proceeds to the next process.

  Steps S603 to S612 are the same as steps S403 to S412 and will not be described. However, in steps S605 and S606, processing similar to that in steps S601 and S602 is executed.

[5. Third Example]
Next, a forget-to-buy prevention apparatus according to a third embodiment will be described. The configuration of the forget-to-buy prevention device according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the forget-to-buy prevention device 500 according to the second embodiment.

  First, the difference between the third embodiment and the second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, the user has manually registered the purchased product in the shopping memo, whereas in the third embodiment, the purchased product data is received from the POS terminal device. Then, the product that has been purchased is automatically registered in the shopping memo. Below, the method to acquire the data of the purchased goods is demonstrated.

  In the third embodiment, the POS terminal device holds a table in which the identification number of the electronic card used when the user purchases the product and the identification number of the forgetting purchase prevention device are associated with each other in the storage unit. . When the user uses the electronic card having the identification number registered in the table, the POS terminal device transmits purchased product data to the forget-to-buy prevention device 500 after the product settlement process. The control unit 110 performs input to the shopping memo based on the received data of purchased products. At this time, the electronic card used by the user may be a credit card or a point card. Further, it may be a prepaid card or an electronic money card, and can be used by associating various card identification numbers with identification numbers of the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus 500.

  When the electronic card is not used, the forget-to-buy prevention device 500 transmits a request for information on the purchased product along with its own identification number to the POS terminal device. In response to the request, the POS terminal device transmits the data of the purchased product to the forget-to-buy prevention device 500, and the forget-to-buy prevention device 500 that has received the data inputs the shopping memo based on the data.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing executed by the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus according to the third embodiment. Since the configuration of the forget-to-buy prevention apparatus according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment, the description will be given with reference to FIGS. 5 and 7 as appropriate. In order to avoid duplication of explanation, explanation of the same processing as in the second embodiment is omitted.

  In FIG. 7, the processes from step S700 to S703 are the same as the processes from step S600 to S603, respectively.

  Next, the control unit 110 receives data of purchased products from the POS terminal device, and stores the received data in the storage unit 150 (step S704). In step S704, if data on a purchased product is received, data on the purchased product is registered. If data on a purchased product is not received, data on the purchased product is not registered. To the next step.

  The difference between the third embodiment and the second embodiment is the registration of the purchased product in the shopping memo in step S704, and the processing in steps S705 to S712 is the same as the processing in steps S605 to S612.

In addition, a part or all of the above-described embodiments can be described as follows. Note that the following supplementary notes do not limit the present invention.
[Appendix 1]
A location information receiver for receiving information about the location;
A storage unit that stores information about a store where the product is scheduled to be purchased and product information that is planned to be purchased;
Based on the information on the position received by the position information receiving unit, it is determined whether or not the current position is within a specific range based on the information on the store, and the registration of the purchased product is accepted and stored. A control unit for storing in the unit,
The control unit notifies that there is an unpurchased product when it is determined that the control unit is located outside the specific range after being located within the specific range.
A device for preventing forgetting to buy.
[Appendix 2]
The location information receiving unit is a GPS signal receiving unit that receives a GPS signal as the location information of the user,
The control unit calculates the current position based on the GPS signal received as information on the position, and determines whether or not the position is within the specific range.
The forget-to-buy prevention device according to Supplementary Note 1, wherein
[Appendix 3]
The position information receiving unit is a short-range wireless communication unit that receives transmission data including a store identification number by a short-range wireless from the POS terminal device as the position information of the user,
If the store identification number of the transmission data matches that stored as information about the store, the control unit determines that the current position is within the specific range, and identifies the transmission data When the number does not match the information stored as the information about the store, and when the short-range wireless communication unit has not received the transmission data, it is determined that the current position is not within the specific range.
The forget-to-buy prevention device according to Supplementary Note 1, wherein
[Appendix 4]
The short-range wireless communication unit receives data of purchased products from the POS terminal device by short-range wireless and accepts registration of the purchased products.
The forget-to-buy prevention device according to Supplementary Note 3, wherein
[Appendix 5]
A forget-to-buy prevention method for a forget-to-buy device that notifies that there is an unpurchased product,
The storage unit stores information related to a store where the product is scheduled to be purchased and product information scheduled to be purchased.
The location information receiver receives information about the location,
The control unit determines whether or not the current position is within a specific range based on the information on the store based on the information on the position received by the position information receiving unit, and accepts registration of a purchased product And storing in the storage unit, and after being located within the specific range, when it is determined that the product is located outside the specific range, notification is made that there is an unpurchased product, and a method of preventing forgetting to buy .
[Appendix 6]
The location information receiving unit is a GPS signal receiving unit that receives a GPS signal as the location information of the user,
The control unit calculates the current position based on the GPS signal received as information on the position, and determines whether or not the position is within the specific range.
The method for preventing forgetting to buy according to appendix 5, characterized by:
[Appendix 7]
The position information receiving unit is a short-range wireless communication unit that receives transmission data including a store identification number by a short-range wireless from the POS terminal device as the position information of the user,
If the store identification number of the transmission data matches that stored as information about the store, the control unit determines that the current position is within the specific range, and identifies the transmission data When the number does not match the information stored as the information about the store, and when the short-range wireless communication unit has not received the transmission data, it is determined that the current position is not within the specific range.
The method for preventing forgetting to buy according to appendix 5, characterized by:
[Appendix 8]
The short-range wireless communication unit receives data of purchased products from the POS terminal device by short-range wireless and accepts registration of the purchased products.
The method for preventing forgetting to buy as described in appendix 7, wherein

  While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.

  The forget-to-buy prevention device of the present invention can be used as a device for preventing forgetting to buy.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Forget-to-buy prevention apparatus 110 Control part 120 Communication part 130 Display part 140 Input part 150 Storage part 160 Notification part 170 GPS communication part 180 Near field communication part 200 Shopping memo creation screen 210 Store information display area 220 Product information display area 230 Shopping Memo addition button 300 Shopping memo 310 Store-specific file 320 Store information 500 Forget to buy prevention device

Claims (8)

A location information receiver for receiving information about the location;
A storage unit that stores information about a store where the product is scheduled to be purchased and product information that is scheduled to be purchased;
Based on the information on the position received by the position information receiving unit, it is determined whether or not the current position is within a specific range based on the information on the store, and the registration of the purchased product is accepted and stored. A control unit for storing in the unit,
The control unit determines that the position is within the specific range based on the position information received by the position information receiving unit , and then determines the specific range based on the position information received by the position information receiving unit. When it is determined that the product is located outside, it notifies that there is an unpurchased product.
A device for preventing forgetting to buy. The location information receiving unit is a GPS signal receiving unit that receives a GPS signal as the location information of the user,
The control unit calculates the current position based on the GPS signal received as information on the position, and determines whether the position is within the specific range.
The forget-to-buy prevention apparatus according to claim 1. The position information receiving unit is a short-range wireless communication unit that receives transmission data including a store identification number by a short-range wireless from the POS terminal device as the position information of the user,
When the store identification number of the transmission data matches that stored as information about the store, the control unit determines that the current position is within the specific range, and the identification of the transmission data If the number does not match that stored as information about the store, and if the short-range wireless communication unit has not received the transmission data, it is determined that the current position is not within the specific range;
The forget-to-buy prevention apparatus according to claim 1. The short-range wireless communication unit receives data of purchased products from the POS terminal device by short-range wireless and accepts registration of purchased products.
The forget-to-buy prevention device according to claim 3. A forget-to-buy prevention method for a forget-to-buy device that notifies that there is an unpurchased product,
The storage unit stores information related to a store where the product is scheduled to be purchased and product information scheduled to be purchased.
The location information receiver receives information about the location,
The control unit determines whether or not the current position is within a specific range based on the information on the store based on the information on the position received by the position information receiving unit, and accepts registration of a purchased product Stored in the storage unit,
Wherein the control unit is, after determining that the positional information receiving unit is located within the specific range on the basis of information on the position for receiving, the specific range on the basis of information relating to the position where the position information receiving unit receives A method of preventing forgetting to buy, characterized in that when it is determined that the product is located outside, notification is made that there is an unpurchased product. The location information receiving unit is a GPS signal receiving unit that receives a GPS signal as the location information of the user,
The control unit calculates the current position based on the GPS signal received as information on the position, and determines whether the position is within the specific range.
6. The method of preventing forgetting to buy according to claim 5. The position information receiving unit is a short-range wireless communication unit that receives transmission data including a store identification number by a short-range wireless from the POS terminal device as the position information of the user,
When the store identification number of the transmission data matches that stored as information about the store, the control unit determines that the current position is within the specific range, and the identification of the transmission data If the number does not match that stored as information about the store, and if the short-range wireless communication unit has not received the transmission data, it is determined that the current position is not within the specific range;
6. The method of preventing forgetting to buy according to claim 5. The POS terminal device stores a table in which an identification number of an electronic card used when the user purchases a product and an identification number of the forget-to-buy prevention device are stored, and corresponds when the electronic card is used Send the data of the purchased product to the attached forget-to-buy prevention device by short-range wireless,
The control unit receives data of a purchased product transmitted from the POS terminal device by the short-range wireless in the short-range wireless communication unit, and accepts registration of the purchased product.
The method of preventing forgetting to buy according to claim 7.

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