JPH05334323A - In-car commodity selling system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a customer to carry desired commodities in proper quantities. CONSTITUTION:A seat device 11 which has input keys 12 and a display unit 13 are provided on the back of a seat 14. This seat device 11 is made communicable with a host device. The display unit 13 of the seat device 11 displays commodities which can be purchased according to stock data sent from the host device. With the input keys 12, the customer selects and inputs articles to be purchased. Data on the commodities to be purchased which are selected and inputted by the operation of the input keys 12 are sent to the host device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an in-vehicle product sales system for selling products in a car such as a train.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a product such as a train is to be sold in a car, each product is mounted on a wagon by predicting the purchase amount and moved in the car. If the desired product is mounted on the wagon, the customer informs the salesperson of the fact and purchases the product.

[0003]

However, in the conventional in-vehicle product sales, it is not possible for the customer to know in advance what kind of product is being sold, and the wagon carrying the product has moved to the seat position. By the salesperson,
Alternatively, it is necessary to recognize this by visual confirmation and stop the salesperson to purchase the product, which is a troublesome task. In addition, the salesperson must be in a state of accepting orders from customers at all times while moving in the vehicle, which causes a problem that working conditions are poor. Further, it is necessary to predict the purchase amount and install the product, and there is a problem that efficiency is deteriorated due to excessive installation and customer service is deteriorated due to out of stock.

An object of the present invention is to receive a selection input of a product desired to be purchased in advance from a customer seated in the seat, to mount only the ordered product on a carrying device, and to directly provide a customer who desires to purchase the product. Another object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle merchandise sales system that enables merchandise to be transported to improve customer service and improve the working environment of staff.

[0005]

The in-vehicle product sales system of the present invention is equipped with a host device for receiving order data transmitted from a seat device and transmitting transportation data based on the order data to the transportation device, and a product. And made free to move,
A transportation device that receives and displays the transportation data transmitted from the host device, and a purchased product input unit that is installed in each seat and that accepts selection input of the purchased product, and the purchased product input by the purchased product input unit And a seat device that transmits ordering data based on the above to the host device.

[0006]

According to the present invention, data is exchanged between the carrying device and the seat device and the host device. From the seat device installed in each seat, order data based on the purchased product entered by the customer is transmitted to the host device,
The host device that receives the order data transmits the transportation data based on the order data to the transportation device. The transportation device that has received the transportation data displays it. Therefore, by loading the products based on the display on the transport device, only the products ordered by the customer are loaded on the transport device, and only the purchased products are transported without excess or deficiency.

[0007]

1 is a front view of a host device constituting an in-vehicle product sales system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The host device 1 can be configured by a POS terminal device such as ECR. The host device 1 is installed in a product warehouse or the like inside the vehicle. The host device 1 includes a transmitter / receiver 2, and transmits / receives data to / from a seat device and a transportation device described later. When the product is delivered to the inside of the vehicle, the host device 1 receives the product carry-in data from the keyboard 3. This carry-in data is composed of a product name, a price, and a carry-in quantity for each product. The contents input by the keyboard 3 are displayed on the display 4. In addition, the cash drawer 5 centrally stores money related to transaction processing executed in the transportation device. The keyboard 3 is also operated during this deposit process.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a seat device which constitutes the in-vehicle product sales system. The seat device 11 is attached to the back surface of each seat 14 in the vehicle. Seat device 11
Includes an input key 12 and a display 13 together with a communication device (not shown). The communication device sends and receives data to and from the host device 1 described above. The input key 12 is used when the customer inputs a product desired to purchase and the number of products. The display 13 displays commodities that can be purchased.

FIG. 3 is an external view and a front view of a main part of a carrying device which constitutes the above-mentioned in-vehicle product sales system. The carrying device 21 loads the products in the baskets 22 and 23,
The operation panel 25 is attached to a wagon that is movable by the rotation of the casters 24. As shown in FIG. 1B, the operation panel 25 includes a keyboard 26, a display 27, a printer 28, a scanner 29, a card reader 30, and a cash storage 31. The keyboard 26 is operated when inputting a purchased product and an amount of money during transaction processing. The display 27 displays the transportation data transmitted from the host device 1 described above. This transportation data is composed of a vehicle number, a seat number, a purchased product and the number of products. The printer 28 prints transaction processing contents. The scanner 29 reads the barcode written on the product and decodes this barcode into a product code. The card reader 30 reads the contents of the card presented by the customer. The cash storage 31 temporarily stores money related to transaction processing.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configurations of a host device, a seat device, and a carrying device which constitute the above-mentioned in-vehicle product sales system. The host device 1 includes a CPU 4 having a ROM 42 and a RAM 43, as shown in FIG.
1, a data communication control unit 44, an input control unit 45, a display control unit 46, a data control unit 47 and a print control unit 48 are connected. The CPU 41 uses the data communication control unit 4 according to a program written in advance in the ROM 42.
Controls input / output devices such as 4. The data input / output at this time is temporarily stored in the RAM 43. The data communication control unit 44 controls transmission / reception of data between the seat device 11 and the transportation device 21. The CPU 41 creates an inventory file F1 via the data control unit 47 based on the carry-in data of the product in the RAM 43, and transmits the contents of this inventory file F1 as inventory data to the seat device 11 via the data communication control unit 44. ..

Further, the order data transmitted from the seat device 11 is received via the data communication control unit 44. CPU
41 creates an ordering file F2 based on the ordering data, and transmits the carrying data to the carrying device 21 based on the contents of the ordering file F2. This ordering file F2 is also controlled via the data control unit 47. The input control unit 45 detects the operation content of the keyboard 3 and outputs this operation data to the CPU 41. The display control unit 46 is a CPU
Display 4 according to the display data output from 41
Drive control. The data control unit 47 controls the reading / writing of data with respect to the above-mentioned stock file F1 and order file F2. The print control unit 48 drives a printer (not shown) according to the print data output from the CPU 41, and prints out aggregate data including product carry-in data, order data, and transaction processing data.

The seat device 11 is, as shown in FIG.
The CPU 51 including the ROM 52 and the RAM 53 includes a data communication control unit 54, an input control unit 55 and a display control unit 5.
6 are connected. CPU51 is ROM52
The input / output device such as the data communication control unit 54 is integrally controlled according to the program written in advance. Data input / output during this time is temporarily stored in the RAM 53. The data communication control unit 54 controls data transmission / reception with the host device 1. The inventory data transmitted from the host device 1 is received via the data communication control unit 54. CPU
51 creates display data based on this inventory data,
It is output to the display control unit 56. The display control unit 56 displays the commodities that can be ordered according to the display data on the display unit 13. The input control unit 55 detects the operation content of the input key 12 and outputs this operation data to the CPU 51. CPU5
1 creates order data according to the operation data and sends it to the host device 1 via the data communication control unit 54.

As shown in FIG. 1C, the carrying device 21 is
The CPU 61 including the ROM 62 and the RAM 63 includes a data communication control unit 64, an input control unit 65, a display control unit 66,
A data controller 67 and a print controller 68 are connected to each other. CPU61 is CPU41 and CPU51
Similarly, the input / output devices such as the data communication control unit 64 are collectively controlled according to the program written in the ROM 62 in advance. The data communication control unit 64 receives the transportation data transmitted from the data communication control unit 44 of the host device 1,
Output to U61. The CPU 61 creates display data based on this transportation data and outputs it to the display control unit 66.
The display control unit 66 drives and controls the display 27 on the basis of this display data, and displays the product or the like to be transported. The input control unit 65 detects the operation content of the keyboard 26 and outputs this operation data to the CPU 61. The CPU 61 creates transaction processing data based on the operation data and stores it in the transaction processing file F3 via the data control unit 67. C
The PU 61 creates print data representing the transaction processing content in each transaction processing and outputs it to the print control unit 68. The print control unit 68 drives the printer 28 based on the print data and prints the transaction content on the receipt. Further, the card data read by the card reader 30 is input to the CPU 61 to the input control unit 65. The CPU 61 can perform transaction processing based on this card data.

5 to 7 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the control units of the host device, the seat device and the carrying device. The CPU 41 constituting the control unit of the host device 1 is waiting for input of carry-in data (n1), and when the carry-in data is input, creates the inventory file F1 via the data control unit 47 (n2). After this, the data communication control unit 4
The inventory data is transmitted via 4 (n3). This inventory data is composed of the product names of the products stored in the inventory file F1.

CPU 5 constituting the control unit of the seat device 11
No. 1 is waiting for transmission of inventory data from the host device or input of a purchased product by operating the input key 12 (n2
1, n22), when receiving inventory data, display it 1
3 (n23). As a result, the customer can know the commodities that can be brought into the vehicle and can be purchased.

When the customer operates the input key 12 according to the display contents of the display 13 of the seat device 11 to input the purchased product, the CPU 51 of the seat device 11 creates order data and sends it to the host device 1 (n24). .. C of host device 1
When the PU 41 receives the order data transmitted from the seat device 11 (n4), the PU 41 searches the inventory file F1 to see if the product can be sold (n6). When the product included in the order data exists in the inventory file F1, the contents of the order data are stored in the order file F2 (n7). At the same time, the inventory file F1 is updated by subtracting the number of products related to the order data (n
8). The CPU 41 creates the transportation data based on the content of the ordering file F2 after the content of the ordering file F2 reaches a predetermined amount or after a certain time has passed since the last time the transportation data was transmitted (n9, n10). Carrier 21
(N11). Along with this, order file F
The contents of 2 are cleared (n12).

Upon receipt of the transportation data transmitted from the host device 1, the CPU 61 of the transportation device 21 displays this transportation data on the display 27 (n32, n33). The sales person installs the products in the baskets 22 and 23 according to the displayed contents, and moves the carrying device 21 into the vehicle. As described above, the transportation data displayed on the display 27 includes the vehicle number, the seat number, the product name, and the number of products, and the salesperson is the vehicle on which the customer who wants to purchase the product is seated according to the transportation data. The transporting device 21 is moved to a predetermined seat. When the salesperson reaches the customer position indicated by the transportation data displayed on the display 27, he or she operates the keyboard 26 to input the seat position of the customer. At the same time, the sales person uses the scanner 29 to read the bar code written on the product indicated by the transportation data.
And then enter the product code.

The CPU 61 of the carrying device 21 is the keyboard 2
The customer data input from 6 is compared with the product code read by the scanner 29, and when the two match, the amount of money is displayed on the display 27 (n31, n34-).
n36). If the products do not match, an error message is displayed on the display 27 (n40). The salesperson processes the transaction based on the amount displayed on the display 27,
The deposit amount is input via the keyboard 26. Or
The card presented by the customer is read by the card reader 30. When this deposit processing is completed, the CPU 61 creates transaction processing data and sends it to the host device 1 (n38). At the same time, the customer data (including the vehicle number and the seat number) related to the current transaction processing, the product data related to this, and the like are deleted from the transportation data to update the transportation data (n39).

The CPU 41 of the host device 1 transmits non-tradeable data to the seat device 11 when the product included in the order data transmitted from the seat device 11 does not exist in the inventory file F1 (n13). Seat device 11
When receiving this transaction impossible data, the display 13
Is displayed at (n25, n26).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the host device 1 and the seat device 11 and the carrier device 21 are configured to be able to send and receive data to and from each other. The desired purchase product can be displayed on the carrier device 21 via the host device, and the salesperson can move only the necessary product in the carrier device in the vehicle. As a result, the carrier device 2
There is no excess or deficiency in the products to be sold after the move of 1, and the work efficiency can be improved, and the sales staff can directly go to the seat of the customer who wants to purchase, so the workability at the time of sale Can also be improved.
Further, the customer can confirm the products that can be purchased by the seat device 11 in advance and can surely obtain the desired product, which leads to improvement of customer service.

[0021]

According to the present invention, the customer can select and input the purchased product in advance in the seat device, and only the purchased product can be mounted on the carrier device to be sold in the vehicle. It is possible to surely obtain the product, and to prevent excess and deficiency of the product in the transport device, and it is possible to improve customer service, improve sales efficiency, and improve the working environment of the sales staff.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a host device that constitutes an in-vehicle product sales system that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a seat device that constitutes the in-vehicle product sales system.

FIG. 3 is an external view and a front view of a main part of a carrier device that constitutes the in-vehicle product sales system.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing configurations of respective control units of the host device, the seat device, and the carrying device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit of the host device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit of the seat apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a control unit of the transportation apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-Host device 11-Seat device 12-Input key (purchased product input means) 21-Carrier device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A host device that receives ordering data transmitted from a seating device and transmits transportation data based on the ordering data to the transportation device, and a product that is mounted so as to be movable and transmitted from the host device. A transportation device that receives and displays transportation data, and a purchase product input unit that is installed in each seat and that accepts selection input of purchase products, host ordering data based on the purchase products input by the purchase product input unit. An in-car merchandise sales system characterized by being configured with a seat device that transmits to the device.