JP6130149B2 - Product information presentation device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a product information presentation device.

  In stores such as supermarkets and department stores, merchandise is displayed on display shelves, and POP (Point of Purchase) advertisements may be attached near the display shelves. The POP advertisement is for urging the customer to purchase by appealing the features of the product to the customer. In addition to the product name and price, a message for appealing the product is described.

  By the way, in recent years, interest in food safety and security has increased, and in addition to product names, product raw materials and allergy information may be written together in POP advertisements targeting foods. The allergy information includes, for example, material names that may cause allergic diseases when ingested.

  In addition, as a technique regarding the display of allergy information, for example, there are those disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-254719) and Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-361941). In Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, allergy information is printed on a label attached to food.

  The POP advertisement may be created by hand by a person in charge on the store side. In this case, allergy information is also handwritten on the POP advertisement. However, for example, there is a possibility that part of allergy information is erroneously handwritten.

  On the other hand, it is conceivable that allergy information is input in advance to a device that supports and prints the creation of a POP advertisement. However, the allergy information input operation is performed by a person. Therefore, if there is an input error in the allergy information, a POP advertisement including allergic information with incorrect contents is printed.

  As described above, if inaccurate allergy information is displayed in the POP advertisement, various problems may occur. For example, a customer with an allergic constitution may accidentally purchase a food containing a material that causes allergies or may refrain from purchasing food even though it does not contain a material that causes allergies. Conceivable.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a product information presentation device that can prevent typographical errors of allergy information displayed in a POP advertisement.

  The product information presentation device includes a generation unit, a first storage unit, and a determination unit. A production | generation part produces | generates the presentation image for showing the information regarding goods to a customer based on object goods related data. The target product related data is associated with the name of the product to be sold and / or the name of the material of the product and allergy information indicating whether the material is an allergic source. The first storage unit stores allergy basic data. In the allergy basic data, allergy information to be presented to the customer is defined as predetermined presentation information for each attribute of the product. The determination unit performs a determination operation for determining whether or not the allergy information in the target product related data is appropriate based on the allergy basic data.

  An example of the presented image is a POP advertisement. Here, based on the determination result of the determination unit, it is possible to grasp whether the allergy information of the target product related data that is the basis of the presented image is accurate. That is, even if the allergy information is manually input, it is automatically determined whether or not the allergy information after the input is correct. Accordingly, for example, the presentation image is displayed on the display unit, or the presentation image printed on paper is attached to the sales floor of the store. The person in charge can grasp the input mistake of allergy information and prevent the typographical error of the display picture at the sales floor.

  Moreover, the product information presentation apparatus may further include a transmission unit that transmits the target product-related data to the outside. In this case, the determination unit preferably performs a determination operation when transmitting the target product related data.

  Moreover, the product information presentation device may further include a second storage unit that stores target product related data. In this case, the determination unit preferably performs a determination operation when storing the target product related data.

  Moreover, the product information presentation apparatus may further include a printing unit that prints the presentation image on a printable medium. In this case, it is preferable that the determination unit performs a determination operation when the presentation image is printed on the printable medium.

  When the presentation image is printed on the printable medium, the printing unit may print a determination result indicating that the allergy information is invalid together with the presentation image on the printable medium.

  Further, the determination unit may perform a determination operation when the presentation image is generated.

  Moreover, the product information presentation device may further include a display unit. It is preferable that the display unit displays a determination result indicating that the allergy information is not valid together with the presentation image.

  According to the product information presentation apparatus according to the present invention, the person in charge at the store side or the headquarters side grasps the input mistake of allergy information before the presentation image actually touches the eyes of the customer, and the typographical error of the presentation image at the sales floor. Can be prevented.

1 is a schematic diagram of a POP system in which a product information presentation device according to an embodiment is employed. The figure which shows the structure of the headquarters side server and the shop side server typically. The figure for demonstrating the concept of the goods master database which concerns on this embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the concept of the database for POPs. The figure for demonstrating the concept of the allergy basic database. A diagram for explaining allergic substances currently prescribed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. The figure which shows typically the structure of the headquarters side terminal and the shop side terminal. The example of an edit screen regarding the layout of a POP advertisement. The figure for demonstrating the case where the edit screen of a goods master database and the print image screen of a POP advertisement are displayed on one screen, and especially a check result is "(circle)". The figure for demonstrating the case where the edit screen of a goods master database and the print image screen of a POP advertisement are displayed on one screen, and especially a check result is "x". The figure showing the case where a POP screen is further displayed on the screen of FIG. The figure which shows typically the structure of the headquarters side printer and the shop side printer. The figure which shows simply the structure of the head office side printer and the shop side printer. It is a figure for demonstrating a series of operation | movement which the POP system which concerns on this embodiment performs, Comprising: The figure showing especially the case where the printing procedure of a POP advertisement is pattern (I). It is a figure for demonstrating a series of operation | movement which the POP system which concerns on this embodiment performs, Comprising: The figure showing especially the case where the printing procedure of a POP advertisement is pattern (II). It is a figure for demonstrating a series of operation | movement which the POP system which concerns on this embodiment performs, Comprising: The figure showing especially the case where the printing procedure of a POP advertisement is pattern (III). The figure showing the paper on which the POP advertisement concerning the modification A was printed.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments are specific examples of the present invention and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

(1) Outline FIG. 1 shows an outline of a POP system 10 in which a product information presentation device according to an embodiment of the present invention is adopted. The POP system 10 is a system that supports creation of a POP (Point of Purchase) advertisement on which product information is printed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the POP system 10 is configured by connecting a plurality of devices installed on the headquarters 20 side and a plurality of devices installed on the store 60 side to each other via a network 11. ing. The headquarters side server 30, headquarters side terminal 40 and headquarters side printer 50 are installed on the headquarters 20 side, and the store side server 70, store side terminal 80 and store side printer 90 are installed on the store 60 side. Yes.

  Examples of the store 60 include a supermarket that sells various products, a discount shop, a convenience store, and a department store. Examples of the headquarters 20 include a manufacturer who is a product provider (specifically, a vendor and a manufacturer), a head office of a store, and the like. When there are a plurality of stores 60, the headquarters 20 side performs integrated management of products sold at each store 60, and each store 60 side manages products sold at its own store 60. Is done.

And in this embodiment, the following three patterns are mentioned as a procedure in which a POP advertisement is printed using the POP system 10.
(I) In the case where the headquarters 20 is a manufacturer that is a product provider, information related to products targeted for POP advertising (that is, product-related information 31aa described later) is transferred from the headquarters 20 side to any store 60 side. Sent. The transmitted product related information 31aa is printed on paper (corresponding to a printable medium) at the store 60 side, so that a POP advertisement is created.
(II) When the headquarters 20 is the head office of one or more stores 60, the product related information 31aa is input by the person in charge of the headquarters 20 using the headquarters-side terminal 40, and stored and managed by the headquarters-side server 30. The The information 31aa is printed on paper by the head office printer 50, so that a POP advertisement is created. The POP advertisement is distributed to one or a plurality of stores 60 by a person in charge at the headquarters 20.
(III) The product related information 71aa is input by the person in charge on the store 60 side using the store side terminal 80, and stored and managed in the store side server 70. The information 71aa is printed on paper by the store-side printer 90, so that a POP advertisement is created. The POP advertisement is attached to the sales floor of the store 60 by a person in charge on the store 60 side.

  Incidentally, foods are included in the products targeted for POP advertisements. Some foods contain materials that cause allergic diseases when taken by some people. Therefore, it is recommended to display as much as possible the materials including raw materials and additives so that the customer can grasp the materials contained in the food and purchase the food.

  Therefore, the POP system 10 according to the present embodiment uses allergy notations 31ad and 71ad indicating that materials that may cause allergies are included when the product targeted for POP advertising is food (FIG. 9). See), for POP advertisements. In particular, in the POP system 10 according to the present embodiment, the allergy notation 31ad and 71ad can be described as reliable information in a POP advertisement without any typographical error due to an input error or the like.

  In addition, in FIG. 1, the case where the headquarter 20 and the store 60 are each one is shown in figure for convenience of explanation. However, the number of headquarters 20 and stores 60 may be one or both.

  In this embodiment, communication from the headquarter 20 side to the store 60 side is performed, but communication from the store 60 side to the headquarter 20 side is not further performed. That is, the POP system 10 according to the present embodiment performs only one-way communication from the store 60 side to the headquarters 20 side.

(2) Configurations of various devices constituting the POP system Hereinafter, various devices constituting the POP system 10 (specifically, the headquarters side server 30 and the store side server 70, the headquarters side terminal 40, the store side terminal 80, the headquarters side) The configuration of the printer 50 and the store-side printer 90) will be described.

  If attention is paid to the configuration required for creating the POP advertisement according to the present embodiment, the head office server 30 and store server 70, the head terminal 40 and store terminal 80, the head printer 50 and the shop printer 90 are Each has the same configuration. Therefore, in the following, the headquarters side server 30 and the store side server 70 are referred to as “servers 30 and 70”, the headquarters side terminal 40 and the store, except for the case where the specific roles of the headquarters 20 side and the store 60 side are described. The side terminal 80 is referred to as “terminals 40, 80”, and the head office side printer 50 and the store side printer 90 are referred to as “printers 50, 90”. In the following, each configuration will be described for each of the servers 30 and 70, the terminals 40 and 80, and the printers 50 and 90.

(2-1) Server As shown in FIG. 2, each of the servers 30 and 70 mainly includes storage units 31 and 71, CPUs 32 and 72 (corresponding to a determination unit), and input / output interfaces 33 and 73 (corresponding to a transmission unit). ). The servers 30 and 70 store and manage various databases 31a to 31d necessary for overall management of products.

(2-1-1) Storage Unit The storage units 31 and 71 are configured by a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory such as a ROM and a RAM, and a hard disk. The storage units 31 and 71 store a control program for the CPUs 32 and 72 to read and execute. Furthermore, the storage units 31 and 71 have a plurality of storage areas. In the storage area AA (corresponding to the second storage section), product master databases 31a and 71a (corresponding to target product related data), storage areas In the AB, the POP databases 31b and 71b, in the storage area AC, the POS related sale commodity master databases 31c and 71c, and in the storage area AD (corresponding to the first storage unit), allergy basic databases 31d and 71d (allergy basics) Equivalent to the data).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the product master databases 31a and 71a according to the present embodiment include not only product related information 31aa and 71aa related to products, but also check patterns 31ab and 71ab, material names 31ac and 71ac, and allergy notation 31ad. , 71ad (corresponding to allergy information) and check results 31ae, 71ae. These various types of information are associated with each other so as to be one record, and are manually input by a person in charge at the headquarters 20 side or the store 60 side, except for the check results 31ae and 71ae. The check results 31ae and 71ae are automatically input in principle, but can be edited by a person in charge at the headquarters 20 side or the store 60 side.

  The product-related information 31aa, 71aa includes a product code assigned to each product name, a product name that is the name of the product to be sold, a manufacturer and production area, a product standard, and a product price (sell price). ing. The check patterns 31ab and 71ab represent the attribute of the product, that is, what kind of product the product corresponds to. For example, in the case of the product name “milk cake”, the product attribute is “cake” including milk cake and other cakes. Therefore, the check patterns 31ab and 71ab of the product name “milk cake” indicate the attribute “cake” of the product. The material names 31ac and 71ac represent the names of the materials of the merchandise. When the merchandise is composed of a plurality of materials, the names of the plurality of materials are included. The allergy notation 31ad, 71ad is information indicating which of the materials in the material names 31ac, 71ac is likely to cause an allergic disease. That is, the allergy notations 31ad and 71ad can be said to be allergy information indicating whether or not the material is an allergy source. The check results 31ae and 71ae represent the determination results when the CPUs 32 and 72, which will be described later, determine whether or not the allergies 31ad and 71ad are correct information. As an example, the check results 31ae and 71ae in FIG. 3 include “◯” indicating that the allergy notations 31ad and 71ad are correct, “X” indicating that the allergy notations 31ad and 71ad may be incorrect, and allergy notations 31ad and 71ad. It is expressed in three stages including “◎” indicating that confirmation that it is not an error has been completed.

  The POP databases 31b and 71b include information necessary for creating a POP advertisement for a product. Specifically, the POP databases 31b and 71b include layout frame size information 31ba and 71ba and layout information 31bb and 71bb as shown in FIG. In the layout frame size information 31ba and 71ba, a frame width L and a frame height H in a range in which a character string having a content appealing for a product can be arranged in the POP advertisement are defined (see FIG. 8). The layout information 31bb and 71bb include the maximum number of characters (maximum number of new line characters) that can represent the character string in one line, the maximum character height (maximum character height) in the character string, The presence / absence of allocation between lines (line allocation), the contents of the character string (character string), and the like are included (see FIG. 8).

  The POS related special sale merchandise master databases 31c and 71c contain information related to special sale merchandise. Although not shown, the information related to the sale item includes a sale period in which the item is sold at a lower price than the normal sale period, the price of the item during the sale period, and the like.

  In the allergy basic databases 31d and 71d, allergy information to be presented to the customer is defined as predetermined presentation information, that is, fixed information for each product attribute. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the allergy basic databases 31d and 71d include check patterns 31da and 71da, raw material names 31db and 71db, and display levels 31dc and 71dc. The check patterns 31da and 71da represent the product attributes of the corresponding record, like the check patterns 31ab and 71ab of FIG. The raw material names 31db and 71db indicate the names of the materials that the products indicated by the corresponding check patterns 31da and 71da should contain in principle. The display levels 31dc and 71dc represent the names of materials that may cause allergic diseases among the corresponding raw materials, for each level that is required to be displayed and each level that is recommended for display. For example, the check patterns 31da and 71da “pudding” generally should contain “milk, egg, butter, sugar, gelatin, emulsifier” and the like as materials. Among them, “milk, egg, butter” corresponds to a material that is required to be displayed as allergy information, and “gelatin” corresponds to a material recommended to be displayed as allergy information.

  Here, the display levels 31dc and 71dc in the allergy basic database 31d and 71 are determined based on the allergen data 31e and 71e shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows information currently prescribed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and shows raw materials and the like that may cause allergic diseases according to display levels. The raw materials and the like that are required to be labeled include those that have a relatively large number of allergic diseases at present and those that are seriously ill and life-threatening. The raw materials and the like that are recommended to be displayed include those that have a relatively small number of allergic disease cases at present. In addition, in the allergy basic databases 31d and 71d in FIG. 6 at the present time, only food is described as a raw material or the like, but it may be assumed that an additive or the like is further included in the future. Therefore, it goes without saying that, in the present embodiment, the allergen source material may contain additives in addition to food.

(2-1-2) CPU
As shown in FIG. 2, the CPUs 32 and 72 are connected to the storage units 31 and 71 via the bus line BL1. The CPUs 32 and 72 are also connected to the servers 30 and 70 via the bus line BL1 and the input / output interfaces 33 and 73, as well as terminals 40 and 80 and printers 50 and 90 that are external devices.

  Based on the control programs in the storage units 31 and 71, the CPUs 32 and 72 perform control of communication operations with external devices by the input / output interfaces 33 and 73, management control of various databases 31a to 31c, 71a to 71c, and the like. For example, when a request for transmission of the product master databases 31a and 71a is made from the terminals 40 and 80 at the start of editing the product master databases 31a and 71a, the CPUs 32 and 72 control transmission operations of the product master databases 31a and 71a. Do. Further, for example, when a request for transmission of the POP databases 31b and 71b (specifically, POP advertisement layout information 31bb and 71bb) is made from the terminals 40 and 80 when the creation of the POP advertisement is started, the CPUs 32 and 72 are used. Performs communication operation control for returning the layout frame size information 31ba and 71ba and the layout information 31bb and 71bb in the POP databases 31b and 71b to the terminals 40 and 80 that are the transmission source of the transmission request. Further, the CPUs 32 and 72 can also perform communication operation control for transmitting information related to the special sale products in the POS related special sale product master databases 31c and 71c to the terminals 40 and 80.

  In particular, the CPUs 32 and 72 according to the present embodiment determine whether or not the allergy notations 31ad and 71ad (that is, allergy information) in the product master databases 31a and 71a are valid based on the allergy basic databases 31d and 71d. Plays a role as a determination unit. Specifically, the CPUs 32 and 72 check the check patterns 31ab and 71ab indicating the attributes of the product that is the target of the POP advertisement from the product master databases 31a and 71a. The CPUs 32 and 72 apply the checked check patterns 31ab and 71ab to the check patterns 31da and 71da of the allergy basic databases 31d and 71d, and extract corresponding records. The CPUs 32 and 72 collate the display levels 31dc and 71dc in the extracted records with the allergy notations 31ad and 71ad in the corresponding records in the product master databases 31a and 71a, and set the display levels 31dc and 71dc in the allergy basic databases 31d and 71d. It is confirmed whether or not all the materials are displayed in the allergy notation 31ad and 71ad without excess or deficiency.

  When all the materials at the display levels 31 dc and 71 dc and all the materials indicated in the allergy notation 31 ad and 71 ad completely match, the CPUs 32 and 72 indicate that the allergy notations 31 ad and 71 ad in the product master databases 31 a and 71 a are Judge that it is correct. In this case, the CPUs 32 and 72 update the check results 31ae and 71ae in the product master databases 31a and 71a to “◯”.

  When all the materials at the display levels 31 dc and 71 dc and all the materials shown in the allergy notation 31 ad and 71 ad do not completely match, the CPUs 32 and 72 indicate allergies in the product master databases 31 a and 71 a. It is determined that 31ad and 71ad may contain an error. As a case where they do not completely match, there are cases where there are more or less materials included in the allergies 31ad and 71ad than the materials at the display levels 31dc and 71dc. Further, as a case where they do not completely match, even if the number of materials included in the allergy notation 31ad, 71ad and the number of materials included in the display levels 31dc, 71dc match, it is stored in the allergy basic database 31d, 71d. When the material not shown in the display levels 31dc and 71dc is included in the allergy description 31ad and 71ad in the product master database 31a and 71a, the material shown in the display levels 31dc and 71dc is allergic. A case where it is not included in the notations 31ad and 71ad is mentioned. In this case, the CPUs 32 and 72 update the check results 31ae and 71ae in the product master databases 31a and 71a to “x”. For example, in the second record in FIG. 3, the check patterns 31 ab and 71 ab “cake” allergies 31 ad and 71 ad are “including eggs, milk and butter”, whereas the check pattern 31 da in FIG. The display levels 31dc and 71dc of 71da “cake” are “milk, egg, butter, flour”. Therefore, the CPUs 32 and 72 can determine that “flour” is missing in the allergy notation 31ad and 71ad in the second record in FIG. Therefore, the check results 31ae and 71ae are “x”.

  In the record of the check result “◎” in FIG. 3, the check results 31 ae and 71 ae are once “x”, but after that, the person in charge is confirmed through the terminals 40 and 80 and manually input. The check results 31ae and 71ae are edited to “◎”. For example, in the fourth record in FIG. 3, the check pattern 31ab, 71ab “cake” allergy description 31ad, 71ad is “including butter, flour, almond”, whereas the check pattern 31da, The display levels 31dc and 71dc of 71da “cake” are “milk, egg, butter, flour”. Therefore, the CPUs 32 and 72 can determine that “milk” and “egg” are missing and an extra almond is added in the allergy notation 31ad and 71ad in the product master databases 31a and 71a in FIG. 31ae and 71ae once become “x.” However, after that, the person in charge confirms the allergies 31ad and 71ad in the product master databases 31a and 71a by visual check via the display units 44 and 84 of the terminals 40 and 80 described later. In this case, the person in charge edits the check results 31 ae and 71 ae into “◎” indicating confirmation, so that the fourth record in FIG. To the state of.

Next, the timing at which the CPUs 32 and 72 perform the above-described determination operation will be described. In the present embodiment, the following timings I to IV are given as timings at which the CPUs 32 and 72 perform the determination operation.
(Timing I) Timing at which the product master databases 31a and 71a are transmitted to the external terminals (that is, the terminals 40 and 80 and the printers 50 and 90).
(Timing II) Timing at which the merchandise master databases 31a and 71a are generated and stored in the storage area AA of the storage unit 31.
(Timing III) Timing at which an instruction to print the print image images sc3a and sc3b (corresponding to the presentation images, see FIG. 9) of the POP advertisement, which will be described later, is made via the terminals 40 and 80.
(Timing IV) Timing at which the terminal 40 and 80 generate image data of the print image images sc3a and sc3b of the POP advertisement.

  By performing the above-described determination operation at these timings I to IV, product master databases 31a and 71a having relatively latest check results 31ae and 71ae are obtained.

(2-1-3) Input / Output Interface The input / output interfaces 33 and 73 are used to exchange various information between the terminals 40 and 80 and the printers 50 and 90 which are external devices based on the communication control of the CPUs 32 and 72 described above. Send and receive.

  As information received by the input / output interfaces 33 and 73, in addition to POP advertisement print data, various instructions given by a person in charge via the terminals 40 and 80, and reception of POP advertisement print data from the printers 50 and 90 are completed. And the completion of printing.

  The information transmitted by the input / output interfaces 33 and 73 includes, for example, data of various databases 31a to 31d and 71a to 71a in addition to print data of POP advertisements.

  As already described, in this embodiment, only one-way communication from the main office 20 side to the store 60 side is performed. Therefore, the headquarters-side server 30 may transmit various data to any one of the store-side server 70, the store-side terminal 80, and the store-side printer 90 on the store 60 side. Various data or the like is not transmitted to any one of the headquarter side server 30, the headquarters side terminal 40, and the headquarters side printer 50.

(2-2) Terminal As shown in FIG. 7, each of the terminals 40 and 80 mainly includes storage units 41 and 81, CPUs 42 and 82 (corresponding to a generation unit), input / output interfaces 43 and 83, and display units 44 and 84. And input units 45 and 85. The terminals 40 and 80 are devices mainly used by a person in charge at the headquarters 20 side or the store 60 side when updating various databases 31a to 31c and 71a to 71d and creating POP advertisements.

(2-2-1) Storage Unit The storage units 41 and 81 are configured by a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory such as a ROM and a RAM, and a hard disk. The storage units 41 and 81 store control programs for the CPUs 42 and 82 to read and execute.

  In addition, when the various databases 31a to 31c and 71a to 71d are updated using the terminals 40 and 80, the storage units 41 and 81 store the data before and after the update of the various databases 31a to 31c and 71a to 71d. Can be temporarily stored. The storage units 41 and 81 can also temporarily store the print data when the POP advertisement print data is created.

(2-2-2) CPU
The CPUs 42 and 82 are connected to the storage units 41 and 81 via the bus line BL2. In addition, the CPUs 42 and 82 are connected to the display units 44 and 84, the input units 45 and 85, and the terminals 40 and 80 via the bus line BL2 and the input / output interfaces 43 and 83, and servers 30 and 70 that are external devices. The printers 50 and 90 are also connected.

  Based on the control program in the storage units 41 and 81, the CPUs 42 and 82 control communication operations with external devices by the input / output interfaces 43 and 83, control operations of various hardware constituting the terminals 40 and 80, and the like. . As an example, when an instruction to edit the product master database 31a, 71a is given from the person in charge at the headquarter 20 side or the store 60 side via the input units 45, 85, the CPUs 42, 82 are connected to the product master database 31a, Communication control is performed so that the transmission request 71 a is output to the servers 30 and 70. When an instruction to create a POP advertisement is given from the person in charge via the input units 45 and 85, the CPUs 42 and 82 output the transmission requests for the POP databases 31 b and 71 b to the servers 30 and 70. , Perform communication control. Further, the CPUs 42 and 82 perform communication control of the input / output interfaces 43 and 83 so that the various databases 31a to 31c and 71a to 71c after being edited are output to the servers 30 and 70.

  Further, the CPUs 42 and 82 perform an operation for creating print data for the created POP advertisement and an operation for generating image data for the print image images sc3a and sc3b for the POP advertisement. Here, the print image images sc3a and sc3b are images of presentation images for presenting product related information 31aa, 71aa, etc., which are information related to products, to the customer. It can be said that this is an image for indicating whether the image is printed on paper. The image data of the print image images sc3a and sc3b is generated based on various information in the product master databases 31a and 71a.

(2-2-3) Input / Output Interface The input / output interfaces 43 and 83 are based on the above-described communication control of the CPUs 42 and 82, and the servers 30 and 70 and the printers 50 and 90, which are external devices for the terminals 40 and 80, Various types of information are sent and received between them. The input / output interfaces 43 and 83 perform input / output of various information between the display units 44 and 84 and the input units 45 and 85 of the terminals 40 and 80.

  As information transmitted to the external device by the input / output interfaces 43 and 83, in addition to POP advertisement print data, various instructions given by a person in charge via the terminals 40 and 80, and POP advertisement print data from the printers 50 and 90 Of the completion of printing and the completion of printing.

  Examples of information received by the input / output interfaces 43 and 83 from the external device include various databases 31a to 31c and 71a to 71c. In particular, the input / output interfaces 43 and 83 can receive the product master databases 31a and 71a including the determination results (that is, the check results 31ae and 71ae) as to whether or not the allergy notations 31ad and 71ad are valid.

  As already described, in this embodiment, only one-way communication from the main office 20 side to the store 60 side is performed. Therefore, the headquarter side terminal 40 may transmit various data to any one of the store side server 70, the store side terminal 80, and the store side printer 90 on the store 60 side. Various data or the like is not transmitted to any one of the headquarter side server 30, the headquarters side terminal 40, and the headquarters side printer 50.

(2-2-4) Display part The display parts 44 and 84 are comprised, for example with the liquid crystal display. The display units 44 and 84 can display various screens related to the POP system 10.

  For example, when an instruction to edit the layout of the POP advertisement, the character size, or the like is given via the input units 45 and 85, the display units 44 and 84 display the POP database 31b as shown in FIG. , 71b can be displayed in an editable manner. Here, FIG. 8 shows an edit screen sc1 related to the layout of the POP advertisement. On the editing screen sc1 in FIG. 8, the layout frame size information 31ba and 71ba and the layout information 31bb and 71bb in FIG. 4 are displayed in an editable manner.

  Although not shown, when an instruction to edit information related to the sale item is given through the input units 45 and 85, the display units 44 and 84 update the sale period of the sale item and add the sale item itself. It is also possible to display the edit screen of the POS related sale commodity master databases 31c and 71c.

  In addition, when an instruction to edit the product master databases 31a and 71a is given via the input units 45 and 85, the display units 44 and 84 display the product master databases 31a and 71a shown in FIG. 3 in an editable manner. can do. Further, the display units 44 and 84 can also display the print image images sc3a and sc3b of the POP advertisement.

  FIG. 9 shows an example in which the edit screen sc2 and the print image image sc3a of the product master databases 31a and 71a are displayed on one screen as an example. Specifically, the screen of FIG. 9 is displayed on the display units 44 and 84 after the POP advertisement creation operation has already been performed and when confirmation or editing of the product master databases 31a and 71a is instructed. The That is, the screen of FIG. 9 is displayed on the display units 44 and 84 before the print data of the POP advertisement is transmitted to the printers 50 and 90.

  In the editing screen sc2 of FIG. 9, it is located in the upper half of one screen in the display units 44 and 84, and the product master databases 31a and 71a are represented in a table. In the edit screen sc2, all items in the product master databases 31a and 71a may be displayed so that they can be edited, and in particular, a part of items including the selling price, allergy notation 31ad and 71ad, and check results 31ae and 71ae can be edited. It may be displayed.

  The print image image sc3a in FIG. 9 is located in the lower part of the edit screen sc2 of the product master databases 31a and 71a in one screen of the display units 44 and 84, and is displayed on the edit screen sc2 of the product master databases 31a and 71a. Represents a POP advertisement related to a product corresponding to the record selected. The print image image sc3a in FIG. 9 represents a POP advertisement that will be printed on a sheet and output as an image image when the POP advertisement for the product name “milk cake” is created. From the printed image sc3a, product-related information 31aa, 71aa including a character string for appealing the product name, price, manufacturer, and product, and allergies 31ad and 71ad related to the product can be visually confirmed. It is in a state. In FIG. 9, a save button b1 and a return button b2 are displayed in a selectable manner on the right side of the print image image sc3a. The save button b1 is a button for actually reflecting the edited contents of the product master databases 31a and 71a in the databases 31a and 71a, and can be said to be a button for updating the databases 31a and 71a. The return button b2 is a button for returning the edited contents of the product master databases 31a and 71a to the original.

  Furthermore, the display units 44 and 84 may display check results 31ae and 71ae, which are determination results indicating that the allergies 31ad and 71ad are not valid, together with the print image images sc3a and sc3b. An example of this case is shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, as in FIG. 9, the product master databases 31a and 71a are displayed in an editable manner in the upper half of one screen (edit screen sc2), but at the bottom of the edit screen sc2, the screen sc2 A print image sc3b of the POP advertisement with the product name “chocolate cake” corresponding to the selected record is displayed. In particular, a large “x” mark is displayed on the print image image sc3b so as to be superimposed on the product name and price. This is because the check result 31ae, 71ae of the product name “chocolate cake” included in the product master database 31a, 71a is “x”, that is, the allergy description 31ad, 71ad of the product name “chocolate cake” may not be valid. It means that there is.

  Furthermore, a specific example of a screen that can be displayed by the display units 44 and 84 is a POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. A POP screen sc4 in FIG. 11 is a screen that is displayed on the display units 44 and 84 before the print data of the POP advertisement is actually sent to the printers 50 and 90 when a print instruction is given. In particular, the check result 31ae , 71 ae are screens displayed on the display units 44 and 84 when an instruction to print a POP advertisement relating to a product with “×” is given. The POP screen sc4 includes various information Inf1 of the product targeted for the POP advertisement, a message Inf2 indicating details of the check results 31ae and 71ae for the allergy notation 31ad and 71ad of the product, a selectable print button b3 and a return button. b4 is included. The person in charge who uses the terminals 40 and 80 can confirm the information related to the product targeted for the POP advertisement to be printed from the various information Inf1, and the check results 31ae and 71ae for the product are obtained from the message Inf2. The reason why it is

  In FIG. 11, when the print button b3 is selected, the check results 31ae and 71ae for the corresponding product are still “x” in the product master databases 31a and 71a, but the person in charge has already made it. The CPUs 42 and 82 may determine that the contents of the allergy notation 31ad and 71ad have been confirmed. In this case, the terminals 40 and 80 automatically rewrite the check results 31ae and 71ae to “◎” at the timing when the print button b3 is selected, and also print the print data of the POP advertisement without “x” to the printer 50 or 80. Can be output to 90 or the like. In other words, the POP advertisement without “x” from the print image image sc3b in FIG. 10 is printed on the paper.

  When the return button b4 is selected from FIG. 11, the POP screen sc4 disappears from the display units 44 and 84, and the edit screen sc2 of the product master databases 31a and 71a shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is displayed again. The From this screen sc2, the person in charge confirms and corrects the contents of allergy notations 31ad and 71ae whose check results 31ae and 71ae are “x” via the terminals 40 and 80, and further corrects the check results 31ae and 71ae. It can be carried out.

(2-2-5) Input unit The input units 45 and 85 include a keyboard having character keys and numeric keys, and a pointing device such as a mouse. The input units 45 and 85 are used for various instructions and various operations performed by the person in charge based on various screens displayed on the display units 44 and 84. Examples of the various instructions include an instruction to create a POP advertisement, an instruction to print a POP advertisement, an instruction to edit various databases 31a to 31c and 71a to 71c, and the like. Examples of the various operations include an editing operation of various databases 31a to 31c and 71a to 71c, a POP advertisement creation operation, and the like.

  In this embodiment, the display units 44 and 84 and the input units 45 and 85 are taken as an example when they are configured by separate hardware. However, the display units 44 and 84 and the input units 45 and 85 may be configured by a touch panel having both a display function and an input function, such as a tablet terminal.

(2-3) Printer The printers 50 and 90 (corresponding to the printing unit) actually print POP advertisements as shown in the print image images sc3a and sc3b in FIGS. The printers 50 and 90 mainly include storage units 51 and 91, CPUs 52 and 92, image forming units 54 and 94, transfer units 55 and 95, and fixing units 56 and 96, as shown in FIGS. Yes.

(2-3-1) Storage Unit The storage units 51 and 91 are configured by a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory such as a ROM and a RAM, and a hard disk. The storage units 51 and 91 store control programs for the CPUs 52 and 92 to read and execute.

  Further, when performing the POP advertisement printing operation, the storage units 51 and 91 temporarily store the POP advertisement print data sent from the external device (specifically, the server 30 or 70 or the terminal 40 or 80). Can be remembered.

(2-3-2) CPU
The CPUs 52 and 92 are connected to the storage units 51 and 91 via the bus line BL3. Further, the CPUs 52 and 92 are connected to the image forming units 54 and 94, the transfer units 55 and 95, the fixing units 56 and 96, the servers 30 and 70 as external devices, and the terminal via the bus line BL3 and the input / output interfaces 53 and 93. Both 40 and 80 are also connected.

  The CPUs 52 and 92 control communication operations with external devices by the input / output interfaces 53 and 93, control operations of various hardware configuring the printers 50 and 90, and the like based on the control programs in the storage units 51 and 91. . As an example, the CPUs 52 and 92 perform communication control such as receiving print data from an external device or sending a message indicating completion of reception and printing completion to an external device that is a transmission source of the print data. Further, the CPUs 52 and 92 perform control of storing print data in the storage units 51 and 91, control of image forming operations in the image forming units 54 and 94, and the like.

(2-3-3) Image Forming Unit The image forming units 54 and 94 are functional units that form toner images based on print data. In particular, when the printers 50 and 90 are color printing compatible types, the image forming units 54 and 94 are provided for each color such as magenta, yellow, cyan, and black, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the image forming units 54 and 94 mainly include photosensitive drums 54a and 94a and developing units 54b and 94b. The photosensitive drums 54a and 94a have a photosensitive layer made of amorphous silicon or the like as an image carrier, and an electrostatic latent image is formed on the surface based on print data. Specifically, the surfaces of the photosensitive drums 54a and 94a are uniformly charged and then exposed, and thereafter an electrostatic latent image is formed. The developing units 54b and 94b are disposed on the surfaces of the photosensitive drums 54a and 94a, and toners corresponding to the respective colors are accommodated in the developing units 54b and 94b. The developing devices 54b and 94b supply toner onto the photosensitive drums 54a and 94a, and develop the electrostatic latent images on the surfaces of the photosensitive drums 54a and 94a as toner images.

(2-3-4) Transfer Section The transfer sections 55 and 95 are functional sections that transfer the toner images on the photosensitive drums 54a and 94a onto a sheet, and mainly transfer rollers 55a and 95a as shown in FIG. have. The transfer rollers 55a and 95a are arranged so as to face the photosensitive drums 54a and 94a via conveying belts 55b and 95b extending in the sheet conveying direction. The transfer rollers 55a and 95a rotate in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the photosensitive drums 54a and 94a, but the transfer rollers 55a and 95a and the photosensitive drums 54a and 94a rotate in a direction along the sheet conveyance direction. .

  The sheet transported while being attracted to the transport belts 55b and 95b by the transfer units 55 and 95, while the toner images are transferred by the transfer rollers 55a and 95a, the rotating photosensitive drums 54a and 94a and the transfer drums are transferred. It is further guided to the downstream side in the paper transport direction by the rollers 55a and 95a.

(2-3-5) Fixing Unit The fixing units 56 and 96 are functional units that fix the toner image transferred onto the sheet to the sheet. As shown in FIG. 13, the image forming units 54 and 94 and the transfer unit It is located downstream of the sections 55 and 95 in the paper transport direction. The fixing units 56 and 96 include heating rollers 56a and 96a and pressure rollers 56b and 96b.

  Heaters are included in the heating rollers 56a and 96a. The pressure rollers 56b and 96b are disposed so as to face the heating rollers 56a and 96a with the conveying belts 55b and 95b interposed therebetween. Although the rotation direction of the heating rollers 56a and 96a and the rotation direction of the pressure rollers 56b and 96b are opposite to each other, both the heating rollers 56a and 96a and the pressure rollers 56b and 96b are in the direction along the sheet conveyance direction. Rotate to.

  The sheets conveyed while being attracted to the conveying belts 55b and 95b by the fixing units 56 and 96 are heated by the heating rollers 56a and 96a, but are rotated by the rotating heating rollers 56a and 96a and the pressure rollers 56b, 96b is further guided downstream in the paper transport direction. As a result, the toner image on the paper is relatively dried and fixed on the paper.

(3) Operation As described in “(1) Overview” above, in the POP system 10 according to the present embodiment, three patterns (I) to (III) are listed as an example of a POP advertisement printing procedure. . Therefore, hereinafter, the operation of the POP system 10 in each of the patterns (I) to (III) will be described.

(3-1) When Print Procedure is Pattern (I) FIG. 14 illustrates an operation when the POP advertisement print procedure is pattern (I) among a series of operations performed by the POP system 10 according to the present embodiment. Represents the flow. As shown in FIG. 14, in the pattern (I), the operations up to the creation of the print data are performed by various devices on the maker side on the headquarters 20 side (specifically, the headquarters side server 30 and the headquarters side terminal 40). The actual printing operation of the POP advertisement is performed by various devices on the stores A and B on the store 60 side (specifically, the store server 70, the store terminal 80, the store printer 90). ).

  FIG. 14 illustrates a case where the number of stores 60 is two for convenience of explanation. Furthermore, here, as an example, a case where the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed not on the headquarters 20 side but only on the store 60 side will be described.

  First, an operation of creating, updating, and managing each of the databases 31a to 31c in the head office server 30 is performed by the person in charge of the manufacturer on the head office 20 side using the head office terminal 40 (# 1).

  When creating the POP advertisement, the person in charge of the manufacturer inputs a POP advertisement creation instruction using the headquarters side terminal 40. Then, the headquarters side server 30 extracts the corresponding record of the product targeted for the POP advertisement from the product master database 31a, and sends the extracted record to the headquarters side terminal 40. Based on the extracted record information, the person in charge of the manufacturer uses the headquarters side terminal 40 to create a POP advertisement for the product. Thereby, the print data of the POP advertisement is created and updated by the head office server 30 and the head office terminal 40. The print data is managed in the headquarters side server 30 or the headquarters side terminal 40 (# 2).

  Next, when a POP advertisement print data transmission instruction is input using the headquarters-side terminal 40, the headquarters-side server 30 sends the corresponding records and print data in the product master database 31a to each store A on the store 60 side. , B (# 3).

  When the store-side server 70 of each store A, B, which is the store 60 side, receives the corresponding record and print data of the merchandise master database 31a sent (# 4, # 5), first of allergy notation in the corresponding record Whether or not 31ad is valid is determined based on the allergy basic database 71d, and the determination result is overwritten on the check result 31ae in the corresponding record (# 6, # 7). The record updated in this way and the sent print data are sent to the store side terminal 80 and displayed on the display unit 84 of the store side terminal 80 in the state shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, for example. Is done. However, only the portion of the sent record is displayed in the part of the edit screen sc2 according to FIGS. At this time, FIG. 9 is displayed on the display unit 84 if the check result 31ae is “◯”, and FIG. 10 is displayed if the check result 31ae is “x”.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the check result 31 ae is “◯”, when the print image image sc <b> 3 a of the POP advertisement without “x” is displayed on the display unit 84, a print instruction is issued from the store side terminal 80. Is performed, the POP advertisement is printed on the sheet by the store-side printer 90 as the displayed print image image sc3a.

  As shown in FIG. 10, since the check result 31ae is “x”, when the print image image sc3b with a large “x” added to the POP advertisement is displayed on the display unit 84, the person in charge displays the print image image. From the editing screen sc2 on sc3b, the contents of the allergy notation 31ad of the product targeted for the POP advertisement can be confirmed. After the confirmation, if it becomes clear that the allergy notation 31ad is intentionally different from the allergy basic database 31d, the person in charge changes the check result 31ae on the corresponding record in the edit screen sc2 from “×” to “◎”. Can be corrected. In this case, “x” in the print image image sc3b is erased, and the print image image sc3a of the POP advertisement without “x” added is displayed on the display unit 84 as shown in FIG. After the check result 31ae is corrected to “◎”, when a printing instruction is performed using the store side terminal 80, the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed again, and thereafter “X” is not added. A POP advertisement is printed from the store-side printer 90.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10, in the state where the print image image sc3b in which a large “x” is added to the POP advertisement is displayed on the display unit 84, the check result 31ae is not corrected and the store side terminal 80 11 is displayed, the POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. 11 is superimposed on the other screens sc2 and sc3b. When the print button b3 is selected from the POP screen sc4, the store side terminal 80 determines that the check result 31ae has not been corrected yet, but the person in charge has already confirmed the contents of the allergy notation 31ad. To do. In this case, the check result 31ae of “x” automatically changes to “◎”, and the print data of the POP advertisement without “x” added is sent to the store-side printer 90. The shop-side printer 90 prints a POP advertisement without “x” added (# 8, # 9).

  When the return button b4 is selected from the POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. 11, the POP screen sc4 disappears on the display unit 84 and is returned to the screens sc2 and sc3b. Thereby, the person in charge can confirm the contents of the allergy description 31ad of the product targeted for the POP advertisement from the editing screen sc2, and further edit the allergy description 31ad as described above and then the POP advertisement. It is also possible to give another print instruction.

  The POP advertisement created in this way is attached by the person in charge at each store A and B near the sales area where the products targeted for the POP advertisement are displayed.

(3-2) When Print Procedure is Pattern (II) FIG. 15 illustrates an operation when the POP advertisement print procedure is pattern (II) among a series of operations performed by the POP system 10 according to the present embodiment. Represents the flow. As shown in FIG. 15, in the pattern (II), operations up to the actual printing operation of the POP advertisement are performed by various devices on the head office side of the stores A and B on the headquarters 20 side (specifically, the headquarter side server 30). The head office side terminal 40 and the head office side printer 50). Only the operation of attaching the POP advertisement to the sales floor is performed at the stores A and B on the stores 60 side. Therefore, here, the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed only at the headquarters 20 side.

  As in the case of FIG. 14 described above, FIG. 15 also illustrates a case where the number of stores 60 is two.

  First, the person in charge at the headquarters of the stores A and B on the headquarters 20 side performs the creation operation, the update operation, and the management operation of each database 31a to 31c in the headquarter side server 30 using the headquarters side terminal 40 ( # 21).

  When storing the product master database 31a in the storage unit 31, the headquarters-side server 30 determines whether or not the allergy notation 31ad in each record of the product master database 31a is valid based on the allergy basic database 31d. And the headquarters side server 30 overwrites the determination result on the orchid of the check result 31ae in the corresponding record.

  When creating a POP advertisement, a person in charge at the head office uses the headquarters side terminal 40 to input a POP advertisement creation instruction. Then, the headquarters side server 30 extracts the corresponding record of the product targeted for the POP advertisement from the product master database 31a. The person in charge at the head office creates a POP advertisement for the product using the headquarters side terminal 40 based on the extracted record. Thereby, the print data of the POP advertisement is created and updated by the head office server 30 and the head office terminal 40. The print data is managed in the headquarters side server 30 or the headquarters side terminal 40 (# 22).

  When generating print data for POP advertisements, the headquarters-side server 30 determines whether or not the allergy notation 31ad in each record of the product master database 31a is valid based on the allergy basic database 31d. And the headquarters side server 30 overwrites the determination result on the orchid of the check result 31ae in the corresponding record.

  Next, when a POP advertisement print instruction is input using the headquarters-side terminal 40, the headquarters-side server 30 performs the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad in the current product master database 31a again. Then, as shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. 10, the current product master database 31a is displayed in an editable manner on the display unit 44 of the headquarter side terminal 40 (edit screen sc2), and the POP advertisement based on the print data is displayed. Print image images sc3a and sc3b are displayed. Thereafter, the head office side printer 50 prints the POP advertisement (# 23).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, when the check result 31ae is “◯”, the print image image sc3a of the POP advertisement to which “x” is not added is displayed on the display unit 44. When the print instruction is issued from the terminal 40, the POP advertisement is printed on the paper by the head office printer 50 as the displayed print image image sc3a.

  As shown in FIG. 10, since the check result 31ae is “x”, when the print image image sc3b with a large “x” added to the POP advertisement is displayed on the display unit 44, the person in charge displays the print image image. From the editing screen sc2 on sc3b, the contents of the allergy notation 31ad of the product targeted for the POP advertisement can be confirmed. After the confirmation, if it becomes clear that the allergy notation 31ad is intentionally different from the allergy basic database 31d, the person in charge changes the check result 31ae on the corresponding record in the edit screen sc2 from “×” to “◎”. Can be corrected. In this case, “x” in the print image image sc3b is deleted, and the print image image sc3a of the POP advertisement without “x” added is displayed on the display unit 44 as shown in FIG. After the check result 31ae is corrected to “◎”, when a print instruction is made using the headquarters side terminal 40, the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed again, and “x” is not added thereafter. A POP advertisement is printed from the head office printer 50.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10, in the state where the print image sc3b in which a large “x” is added to the POP advertisement is displayed on the display unit 44, the check result 31ae is not corrected and the headquarters side terminal 40 11, the display unit 44 displays the POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. 11 on the other screens sc2 and sc3b. When the print button b3 is selected from the POP screen sc4, the headquarters side terminal 40 determines that the check result 31ae has not been corrected yet, but the person in charge has already confirmed the contents of the allergy notation 31ad. To do. In this case, the check result 31ae of “x” automatically changes to “◎”, and the print data of the POP advertisement without “x” added is sent to the head office printer 50. From the head office side printer 50, a POP advertisement without “X” added is printed.

  When the return button b4 is selected from the POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. 11, the POP screen sc4 disappears on the display unit 44 and is returned to the screens sc2 and sc3b. Thereby, the person in charge can confirm the contents of the allergy description 31ad of the product targeted for the POP advertisement from the editing screen sc2, and further edit the allergy description 31ad as described above and then the POP advertisement. It is also possible to give another print instruction.

  Through the above operation, a plurality of POP advertisements are created on the main office 20 side and distributed to the persons in charge at the stores A and B on the store 60 side (# 24).

  When the person in charge at each store A and B receives the distributed POP advertisement, it attaches it to the vicinity of the sales area where the products targeted for the POP advertisement are displayed (# 25, # 26).

(3-3) When Print Procedure is Pattern (III) FIG. 16 illustrates an operation when the POP advertisement print procedure is pattern (III) among a series of operations performed by the POP system 10 according to the present embodiment. Represents the flow. As shown in FIG. 16, in the pattern (III), all operations including creation and management of the databases 31 a to 31 c and creation of the POP advertisement are performed by various devices on the store 60 side (specifically, the store-side server 70, This is performed by the store side terminal 80 and the store side printer 90). Therefore, there is no operation performed at the headquarters 20 side, and the determination operation of the allergy notation 71ad is performed only at the store 60 side.

  Therefore, in the pattern (III), a series of operations performed by various devices on the stores A and B side are almost the same. Therefore, FIG. 16 illustrates only the operation on the store A side.

  First, the person in charge of the store A uses the store-side terminal 80 to create, update, and manage the databases 31a to 31c in the store-side server 70 (# 31).

  When storing the product master database 71a in the storage unit 71, the store-side server 70 determines whether or not the allergy notation 71ad in each record of the product master database 71a is valid based on the allergy basic database 71d. Then, the store-side server 70 overwrites the determination result on the check result 71ae in the record.

  When creating the POP advertisement, the person in charge at the store A inputs an instruction for creating the POP advertisement using the store-side terminal 80. Then, the store side server 70 extracts the corresponding record of the product that is the target of the POP advertisement from the product master database 31a. The person in charge at the store A creates a POP advertisement for the product using the store-side terminal 80 based on the extracted record. As a result, the POP advertisement print data is created and updated by the store-side server 70 and the store-side terminal 80. The print data is managed in the store side server 70 or the store side terminal 80 (# 32).

  Also when generating the print data for the POP advertisement, the store-side server 70 determines whether or not the allergy notation 71ad in each record of the product master database 71a is valid based on the allergy basic database 71d. Then, the store-side server 70 overwrites the determination result on the check result 71ae in the record.

  Next, when a POP advertisement print instruction is input using the store-side terminal 80, the store-side server 70 performs the determination operation of the allergy notation 71ad in the current product master database 71a again. Then, as shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. 10, the current product master database 71a is displayed in an editable manner on the display unit 84 of the store side terminal 80 (edit screen sc2), and the POP advertisement based on the print data is displayed. Print image images sc3a and sc3b are displayed. Thereafter, the store-side printer 90 prints the POP advertisement (# 33).

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, since the check result 71 ae is “◯”, when the print image image sc3a of the POP advertisement without “X” is displayed on the display unit 84, the store side When the printing instruction is issued from the terminal 80, the POP advertisement is printed on the paper by the store-side printer 90 as the displayed print image image sc3a.

  As shown in FIG. 10, since the check result 71ae is “x”, when the print image image sc3b with a large “x” added to the POP advertisement is displayed on the display unit 84, the person in charge displays the print image image. From the editing screen sc2 on sc3b, the content of the allergy notation 71ad of the product targeted for the POP advertisement can be confirmed. After the confirmation, if it becomes clear that the allergy notation 71ad is intentionally different from the allergy basic database 71d, the person in charge changes the check result 71ae on the corresponding record in the edit screen sc2 from “×” to “◎”. Can be corrected. In this case, “x” in the print image image sc3b is erased, and the print image image sc3a of the POP advertisement without “x” added is displayed on the display unit 84 as shown in FIG. After the check result 71ae is corrected to “◎”, when a print instruction is issued using the store side terminal 80, the determination operation of the allergy notation 71ad is performed again, and “x” is not added thereafter. A POP advertisement is printed from the store-side printer 90.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10, in the state where the print image image sc3b in which a large “x” is added to the POP advertisement is displayed on the display unit 84, the check result 71ae is not corrected and the store side terminal 80 11 is displayed, the POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. 11 is superimposed on the other screens sc2 and sc3b. When the print button b3 is selected from the POP screen sc4, the store-side terminal 80 determines that the check result 71ae has not been corrected yet, but the person in charge has already confirmed the contents of the allergy notation 71ad. To do. In this case, the check result 71ae of “x” automatically changes to “◎”, and the print data of the POP advertisement without “x” added is sent to the store-side printer 90. From the store-side printer 90, a POP advertisement without “x” added is printed.

  When the return button b4 is selected from the POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. 11, the POP screen sc4 disappears on the display unit 84 and is returned to the screens sc2 and sc3b. As a result, the person in charge can confirm the contents of the allergy notation 71ad of the product targeted for the POP advertisement from the editing screen sc2, and further edit the allergy notation 31ad as described above and then the POP advertisement. It is also possible to give another print instruction.

  The POP advertisement sampled in this way is attached by the person in charge at the store A in the vicinity of the sales area where the products targeted for the POP advertisement are displayed (# 34).

(4) Features (4-1)
In the POP system 10 according to the present embodiment, allergy notations 31ad and 71ad in the product master databases 31a and 71a necessary for creating a POP advertisement are stored in the allergy basic databases 31d and 71d that are defined in advance as predetermined presentation information. Compared with the information, an operation for determining the validity of the allergies 31ad and 71ad is performed. Based on the determination result, the person in charge at the headquarters 20 side or the store 60 side can grasp whether or not the allergies 31ad and 71ad displayed in the POP advertisement are accurate. That is, even if the allergy signs 31ad and 71ad are manually input, it is automatically determined whether or not the allergy signs 31ad and 71ad after the input are correct. Therefore, by attaching the printed POP advertisement to the sales area of the store 60, the person in charge at the store 60 side or the headquarters 20 side can read allergies 31ad and 71ad before the POP image is actually touched by the customer. By grasping input mistakes, it is possible to prevent typographical errors in POP advertisements in the sales area.

(4-2)
In the present embodiment, as shown in the pattern (I), the validity determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed at the timing when the product master database 31a is sent from the headquarter 20 side to the store 60 side. . As a result, even if there is an input error in the merchandise master database 31a on the headquarters 20 side, the mistake is discovered before the store 60 side actually prints.

  In particular, as shown in pattern (I) above, if the side that provides allergy signs 31ad and 71ad differs from the side that prints POP advertisements on paper and attaches them to the sales area, it is generally input. Hard to notice mistakes. However, in the POP system 10 according to the present embodiment, the determination operation described above is performed before the POP advertisement is actually printed on the side that prints the POP advertisement. Therefore, even in the case of the pattern (I), an input mistake can be surely noticed.

(4-3)
In this embodiment, as shown in the patterns (II) and (III), the validity of the allergy notation 31ad, 71ad is determined by the product master databases 31a, 71a in the storage units 31, 71. It is also performed at the timing of storage. Thereby, before the POP advertisement is actually printed on the paper, an input error of the product master databases 31a and 71a is discovered.

(4-4)
In the present embodiment, as shown in the patterns (II) and (III), the validity determination operation of the allergy notations 31ad and 71ad is also performed at the timing when the POP advertisement is printed on the paper. Thereby, before the POP advertisement is actually printed on the paper, an input error of the product master databases 31a and 71a is discovered.

(4-5)
In the present embodiment, as shown in the patterns (II) and (III), the validity determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad and 71ad is also performed at the timing when the print data of the POP advertisement is generated. . Thereby, before the POP advertisement is actually printed on the paper, an input error of the product master databases 31a and 71a is discovered.

(4-6)
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the determination result that the allergy notation 31ad, 71ad is invalid is displayed on the display units 44, 84 together with the POP advertisement. Thereby, the person in charge on the main office 20 side or the store 60 side can grasp the determination result visually and reliably via the display units 44 and 84.

(5) Modifications One embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

(5-1) Modification A
In the POP system 10 of the above embodiment, when the print button b3 is selected from the POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. 11 in the operation when the printing procedure is the pattern (I), the store side terminal 80 has already been in charge. As described above, it is determined that the content of the allergy notation 31ad has been confirmed, and the check result 31ae is rewritten to “◎”.

  However, the operation in the case of pattern (I) is not limited to this. That is, when the print button b3 is selected from the POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. 11, the store side terminal 80 determines that the content of the allergy notation 31ad has already been confirmed by the person in charge and overwrites the check result 31ae with “◎”. Instead, the print data of the POP advertisement to which “×” is added may be sent to the store-side printer 90 as it is. In this case, the store-side printer 90 prints the POP advertisement with “x” added on the paper 99 as shown in FIG. In other words, the store-side printer 90 prints on the paper 99 a determination result 99b that the content of the allergy notation 31ad is not valid together with the print image 99a of the POP advertisement.

  As a result, the person in charge does not check the print image image sc3b and edit the product master database 31a for each POP advertisement. Based on the printed paper, it can be known that there is a problem with the allergy notation 31ad.

  Also in the operation when the printing procedure is pattern (II) (III), the POP advertisement with “x” added without automatically overwriting “◎” in the check results 31 ae and 71 ae as described above. May be printed on the paper 99.

(5-2) Modification B
In the POP system 10 of the above-described embodiment, it has been described that the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed on the store 60 side in the operation when the printing procedure is the pattern (I).

  However, the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad may be performed only on the headquarters 20 side or on both the headquarters 20 side and the store 60 side. When the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed only at the headquarters 20 side, the determination operation of the allergy description 31ad is performed at at least one timing of steps # 1 to # 3. When the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed on both the headquarters 20 side and the store 60 side, the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed at the timing of at least one of steps # 1 to # 3, and # 6 to # 7. It is performed at the timing of at least one of them.

(5-3) Modification C
In the POP system 10 of the above-described embodiment, in the operation when the printing procedure is the pattern (II), it has been described that the determination operation of the allergy notation 31ad is performed a plurality of times over steps # 21 to # 23. However, the determination operation may be performed at least once among steps # 21 to # 23.

  In the operation when the printing procedure is pattern (III), the determination operation may be performed at least once among steps # 31 to # 33.

(5-4) Modification D
In the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the edit screen sc2 of the product master databases 31a and 71a and the print image images sc3a and sc3b of the POP advertisement are displayed on the display units 44 and 84 on one screen. Explained. However, the edit screen sc2 of the product master databases 31a and 71a and the print image images sc3a and sc3b of the POP advertisement may be displayed on the display units 44 and 84 as separate screens.

(5-5) Modification E
As shown in FIG. 3, the product master databases 31a and 71a of the above-described embodiment include product names and material names, and further include allergy description 31ad and 71ad related thereto. . However, the merchandise master databases 31a and 71a must include allergy signs 31ad and 71ad, but both the merchandise name and the material name are not essential. That is, in the merchandise master databases 31a and 71a, either the merchandise name or the material name may be associated with the allergy notation 31ad and 71ad.

(5-6) Modification F
In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a POP advertisement (that is, a presentation image) for presenting information related to a product to a customer is printed on paper. However, the POP advertisement is not printed on paper, but may be displayed on a display device such as an electronic shelf label or a liquid crystal display arranged in a sales area. In this case, the print data of the POP advertisement is sent to the display device as image data.

  Also in this case, as shown in Modification A above, when the print button b3 is selected from the POP screen sc4 shown in FIG. 11, the display device adds “x” as shown in FIG. The print data of the POP advertisement as it is may be displayed as image data.

  As described above, according to the present invention, before the POP image is actually touched by the customer, it is possible to grasp an input mistake in allergy notation and prevent a typo in the POP advertisement in the sales area. Therefore, the present invention is useful in an apparatus for presenting merchandise information to a customer by printing a POP advertisement including information about the merchandise on a sheet or displaying it on a display device, and a system including the apparatus.

10 POP system (product information presentation device)
11 Network 20 Headquarters 30 Headquarters-side server 31 Storage unit (first storage unit, second storage unit)
31a Product Master Database (Target product related data)
31aa Product related information 31ab Check pattern 31ac Material name 31ad Allergy notation (allergy information)
31ae Check result (judgment result)
31b POP database 31ba Layout frame size information 31bb Layout information 31c POS related sale commodity master database 31d Allergy basic database (allergy basic data)
31da check pattern (product attribute)
31db Raw material name 31dc Display level 32 CPU (determination unit)
33 I / O interface (transmitter)
40 headquarters side terminal 41 storage unit 42 CPU (generation unit)
44 Display unit 45 Input unit 50 Head unit side printer (printing unit)
51 Storage Unit 52 CPU
54 Image forming unit 55 Transfer unit 56 Fixing unit 60 Main unit 70 Main unit side server 71 Storage unit (first storage unit, second storage unit)
71a Product Master Database (Target product related data)
71aa Product related information 71ab Check pattern 71ac Material name 71ad Allergy notation (allergy information)
71ae Check result (judgment result)
71b POP database 71ba Layout frame size information 71bb Layout information 71c POS related sale commodity master database 71d Allergy basic database (allergy basic data)
71da check pattern (product attribute)
71 db Raw material name 71 dc Display level 72 CPU (determination unit)
73 I / O interface (transmitter)
80 headquarters side terminal 81 storage unit 82 CPU (generation unit)
84 Display unit 85 Input unit 90 Main unit side printer (printing unit)
91 Storage Unit 92 CPU
94 Image forming unit 95 Transfer unit 96 Fixing unit

JP 2002-254719 A JP 2002-361194 A

Claims (7)

A generation unit that generates a presentation image for presenting the name of the material to the customer as allergy information when the product to be sold contains an allergen source ;
A first storage unit that stores allergy basic data in which the allergy information to be presented to the customer is defined as predetermined presentation information for each attribute of the sale target product;
A second storage unit that stores at least the attribute of the sale target product and the allergy information as target product related data of the sale target product ;
For the product to be sold, the allergy information of the first storage unit is extracted from the attributes of the second storage unit, and whether the allergy information of the second storage unit is valid based on the extracted allergy information A determination unit for determining
A product information presentation device. A transmission unit for transmitting the target product-related data to the outside;
Further comprising
The determination unit performs a determination operation when the transmission unit transmits the target product related data to the outside .
The product information presentation device according to claim 1. The determination unit performs a determination operation when the target product related data is stored in the second storage unit .
The product information presentation device according to claim 1 or 2. A printing unit for printing the presented image on a printable medium;
Further comprising
The determination unit performs a determination operation when the printing unit prints the presentation image .
The product information presentation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The printing unit prints a determination result that the allergy information is not valid together with the presentation image on the printable medium,
The product information presentation device according to claim 4. The determination unit performs determination operation when the presentation image is generated by the generating unit,
The merchandise information presentation device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A display unit for displaying a determination result that the allergy information is invalid together with the presentation image;
Further comprising
The merchandise information presentation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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