JPH08123871A - Rental device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To display and retrieve rental information in the shop front device of a rental shop, to eliminate the need of the space of a display shelf and to prevent a robbery. CONSTITUTION: The member number of a card 1 is read in a card read part 2, discrimination is performed in a discrimination part 4 by data from a storage part 3 and the rental information read from the storage part 3 is displayed on the screen of a display part 6. When retrieval is performed by the operation of the touch panel of an input part 7 disposed on the screen corresponding to the display of the screen, a title name or the like from an item name registration part 12 and package images or promotion video images, etc., from an image registration part 13 are displayed on the screen and the presence/absence of stocks are discriminated in the discrimination part 15 by the data from a stock registration part 14. When borrowing specification is inputted, one is subtracted from the number of the stocks of the stock registration part and the member number, a rental item number and a borrowing period, etc., are printed and outputted by a printer 9. The slip is brought to a counter and the procedure of borrowing is performed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rental device, and more particularly to a device for displaying rental item information on a screen for reception.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In rental stores such as video tapes or CDs (compact discs), rental items are displayed on display shelves, and customers select the displayed items by hand and bring them to a counter for borrowing procedures. Is common. In this case, there is a problem in that a space for displaying all the items handled in the rental shop is required, and equipment such as a security camera for preventing theft or a watchman is required, resulting in a high operating cost. In addition, the customer has a hard time finding the location of the item to be rented, and if there is no item at the place, the customer has to ask the clerk whether the item is out of stock or has stock.

[0003]

In view of the above, the present invention installs a terminal of a rental device at a store or the like, mounts a membership card or the like on the terminal, and performs rental operation on the screen by a required operation. Information, images, inventory status, etc.
If you specify the item to be rented, a slip printed with the item number and membership number will be output. If you bring this slip to the counter, you can perform the borrowing procedure, and at the same time, deduct one from the stock number, Next, it is to be able to display the latest inventory information to the person who operates the terminal.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has an input section for inputting a search for rental items,
A rental information registration unit that stores rental item information, a determination unit that determines information corresponding to a signal from the input unit based on the data read from the rental information registration unit, and a memory unit that stores the data from the determination unit, A rental device comprising a display unit for displaying on a screen based on a signal from a discriminating unit, and an input unit, a rental information registration unit, a discriminating unit, a memory unit, and a control unit for controlling the display unit. .

[0005]

With the above-described structure, in the rental apparatus according to the present invention, if the membership card is attached to the terminal installed at the store of the rental store, it is confirmed that the member is a member, and according to the required program. If the rental item information is displayed on the screen of the terminal and a required designation operation is performed according to the display, the screen advances to the next display. On the screen, when a video is selected, an image of the package, a main performer or a promotion video, etc. are displayed, and in the case of a CD, a part of the music is reproduced and voice-outputted. If the borrowing is input based on these pieces of information, one item is subtracted from the stock number, and at the same time, the printed slips such as the item number and the member number are printed out. Bring this voucher to the counter, perform the borrowing procedure, and borrow the actual item.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a rental apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of a rental apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, (a) is a terminal device installed in a store or the like, and (b) is an in-store device. The terminal device (1) 1 is a card on which a membership number or the like is recorded, which is issued to a member who has completed membership procedures at a store counter or the like. A card reading unit 2 reads the membership number of the inserted card 1. A storage unit 3 records a membership number and stores a program for displaying information and the like. A discriminating unit 4 compares the data from the card reading unit 2 with the data read from the storage unit 3 and discriminates that the member is a member. A display memory 5 temporarily records rental information or images sent from the in-store device (b). A display unit 6 uses a cathode ray picture tube, a liquid crystal display panel, a plasma display panel (PDP) or the like as a display, and displays on a screen based on a signal from the display memory 5. Reference numeral 7 denotes an input unit, which is composed of a touch panel for inputting by touch operation and is arranged on the screen of the display unit 6 for inputting a rental item search, borrowing designation, and the like. Reference numeral 8 denotes a memory unit for recording information and the like designated for rent. A printer 9 prints out a borrowing slip and the like based on the data from the memory unit 8. Reference numeral 10 is a voice output unit that outputs a sound based on voice information transmitted from the in-store device (b).
A control unit 11 controls each unit of the terminal device (a).

Reference numeral 12 of the in-store device (b) is an item name registration section, which stores a title list of rental items and the like. An image registration unit 13 stores an image of a package of each rental item or a promotion image. An inventory registration unit 14 stores the number of inventories by title. 15 is a discrimination unit, which is a terminal device (a)
The search or borrowing designation is determined. A control unit 16 controls each unit of the in-store device (b).

Next, the operation of the rental apparatus according to the present invention will be described using the example of the display screen shown in FIG. Terminal device (a)
Is installed at a store of a rental store such as a video tape or a CD, and is connected to the in-store device (b) by a signal line. Although the figure shows an example of one terminal device (a), a plurality of terminal devices (a) can be connected to one in-store device (b) so that customers can operate in parallel when there are multiple terminals. Good. Alternatively, when only one terminal device is required, the terminal device (a) and the in-store device (b) may be integrally configured. In-store device (b)
Stores a list of rental products in the product name registration unit 12, stores an image of a package of rental products and a promotional video in the image registration unit 13, and stores the current list of items in the inventory registration unit 14 in association with each rental product list. Store the number of stocks.

On the screen of the display unit 6 of the terminal device (a), for example, "Please insert the membership card" shown in FIG. 2 (A).
Is displayed. The customer pre-registers the address, name, etc., and mounts the membership card 1 on which the membership number is recorded at the card mounting location of the terminal device (a). In response to the mounting of the card 1, the member number of the card 1 is read by the card reading unit 2, the read data is input to the determination unit 4 via the control unit 11, and read from the storage unit 3 via the control unit 11. Compare with the registered member number to determine that you are a member of the store. Based on this determination, the screen display data read from the storage unit 3 via the control unit 11 switches the screen of the display unit 6 to the selection screen of the CD or video section as shown in FIG. On the screen of the display unit 6, a touch panel of the input unit 7 made of a transparent member is provided, and either the CD or the display position of the video is touched with a finger or the like according to the screen display (the example in the figure is video. choose). The signal from the input unit 7 by the touch operation is discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 via the control unit 11, and the screen of the display unit 6 is switched to the item selecting screen by the program from the storage unit 3. On this screen, for example, if you select "Title", the screen will switch and the titles will be displayed in alphabetical order, and if you select "Field", the field category such as "Western film", "Japanese film", "Action" will be displayed. Is displayed. The screen of (C) is an example in which "Best 1st to 100th" is selected.

This selection is discriminated by the discriminator 4, and the controller 11
To the control unit 16 of the in-store device (b), the title names of the best 1st to 100th are read from the product name registration unit 12, and the package images of each product name are read from the image registration unit 13. The data is sent from the control unit 16 to the terminal device (a), is temporarily recorded in the display memory 5, is sequentially read, and the image of the package and the title are displayed on the screen of the display unit 6 as shown in (D). If the image of the desired title is designated from the display by touch operation, this designation is discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 and sent from the control unit 11 to the in-store device (b),
The data is input to the discrimination unit 15, collated with the data read from the inventory registration unit 14 via the control unit 16, and if there is an inventory, the data is read from the product name registration unit 12 and the image registration unit 13 via the control unit 16, and the terminal device It is sent to (a) and the main performer, the synopsis, the promotion video, etc. of the title designated as shown in (E) are displayed on the screen of the display unit 6 via the display memory 5.

By touching "Rent" on the screen (E), this signal is discriminated by the discriminating section 4. This signal is input to the control unit 16 of the in-store device (b) via the control unit 11, and the inventory quantity of the title in the inventory registration unit 14 is decremented by one. Further, when there is no stock, “out of stock” or the like is displayed instead of the display of “rent” on the screen (E) based on the signal from the determination unit 15. At this time, the estimated arrival date may be displayed, or a reservation display / not display may be provided to accept the reservation. Based on the touch operation of "rent", the screen is switched to the screen of (F) for designating the borrowing period, and, for example, "one night and two days" is touch-operated. In the memory section 8, the data after the above-mentioned “borrow” is designated is sequentially recorded. If there is any other item to borrow, touching "Yes" on the screen (G) returns the screen to the screen for selecting the category of (B), and the search, designation, etc. are performed in the same manner as above. And if there is nothing else to borrow, "No" on the screen (G)
Touch.

With this touch of "No", the operation of the terminal device (a) for renting is completed, and the control unit 11
The data in the memory unit 8 is read out via the printer, transferred to the printer 9, and the member number of the card 1, the number of the rental item, the borrowing period, etc. discriminated by the discriminating unit 4 are printed out on paper and output, and at the same time the screen ( Display the guide of H). Bring the printed out slip to a counter etc. and perform the borrowing procedure.

Although an example of renting a video tape has been described above, when renting a CD, the above screen (E)
The voice output unit 10 of the terminal device (a) may output, for example, an intro portion of a song read by a voice registration unit (not shown) of the indoor device (b).

[0014]

As described above, according to the rental device of the present invention, the rental information is displayed on the screen of the device installed at the rental store, and the user can know the outline by touch operation and check the stock status. This saves the customer the trouble of locating the whereabouts of the item, and also makes it unnecessary for the rental store to have space for the display shelves, and since the actual item is not displayed, the cost of theft prevention is unnecessary. It is something.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of an embodiment of a rental device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a display screen of a rental device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (B) Terminal device to be installed at stores, etc. 2) In-store device 2 Card reading unit 3 Storage unit 4 Discrimination unit 6 Display unit 7 Input unit 8 Memory unit 9 Printer 10 Voice output unit 11 Control unit 12 Product name registration unit 13 Image registration unit 14 Stock registration Part 15 Discrimination part 16 Control part

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting a search for rental items, a rental information registration unit for storing rental item information,
A discriminating unit that discriminates information corresponding to a signal from the input unit based on the data read from the rental information registration unit, a memory unit that stores the data from the discriminating unit, and a screen is displayed based on the signal from the discriminating unit. A rental device comprising a display unit, an input unit, a rental information registration unit, a determination unit, a memory unit, and a control unit for controlling the display unit. 2. A card having a membership number and the like recorded therein, a card reading unit for reading data of the card, and a storage unit for storing the membership number and the like are provided, and the discrimination unit determines the membership number from the card reading unit. The rental device according to claim 1, wherein the rental device is activated when the data is compared with the data read from the storage unit and coincides. 3. The rental device according to claim 1, wherein the input unit is formed of a touch panel, is arranged on the screen of the display unit, and a rental product search or the like is input by a touch operation. . 4. The rental item inventory data is stored in the rental information registration unit, and the inventory item of the rental item corresponding to the signal from the input unit in the data read from the rental information registration unit by the determination unit. The rental device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the presence or absence of the rental device is determined. 5. The borrowing designation is input in the input unit, and the borrowing amount is subtracted from the inventory data in the rental information registration unit when the borrowing designation is input from the input unit. Rental equipment. 6. A printer for printing out borrowing information and the like is provided, and when the determination unit determines that there is stock in the borrowing designation from the input unit, the search data is recorded in the memory unit and the search ends. 6. The rental device according to claim 5, wherein the data in the memory section is read by the printer and printed by a printer. 7. A package corresponding to a signal from an input unit in the rental information registration unit, which stores rental item information and images of each rental item, and the determination unit stores data from the rental information registration unit. The rental device according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, claim 5, or claim 6, wherein an image, a promotional image, or the like is discriminated and displayed on the display unit. 8. A voice output unit is provided, and rental item information, voices of each rental item, etc. are stored in the rental information registration unit, and the discrimination unit stores data from the rental information registration unit from the input unit. 7. The rental device according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, claim 5 or claim 6, wherein a voice or the like corresponding to the signal is discriminated and is output as a sound from the voice output unit. .