JPH11175857A - Burglar preventing device and dressing room provided with burglar preventing function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dressing room that can prevent the theft of an article which is brought into there. SOLUTION: An in-dressing room person detection sensor 18 detects whether a customer 13 is in a dressing room 11 or not. An interrogator 14 is attached to the article brought into the dressing room 11 and, when a radio wave of an interrogation signal is received, the radio wave of the interrogation signal is transmitted to a tag 16 for radiating a response radio wave modulated by identification information intrinsic to the article of the tag 16, the response radio wave returned from the tag 16 is received and the identification information intrinsic to the article of the tag 16 is detected. On the basis of the identification information from the detected tag 16 and information from the in-dressing room person detection sensor 18, notification or warning is performed when the customer 13 leaves an article 15 or the tag 16 attached to the article behind and leaves the dressing room 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an anti-theft device for preventing the goods brought into a fitting room from being stolen, and to a fitting room having an anti-theft function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a conventional fitting room. In the figure, 51 is a fitting room, 52 is a fitting room 5
The curtain attached to the entrance 1 is the fitting room 51.
Is a product that is brought into the fitting room 51 by the customer 53, 55 is a product tag attached to the product, and 56 is a mirror.

[0003] A customer entering the fitting room 51 holds a product 54 to be tried on, opens the curtain 52 at the entrance, enters the fitting room 41, exits the fitting room 41 after trying on the brought-in product 54. It has become. In the case of a conventional fitting room, no anti-theft equipment is installed, and
Is usually provided with a product tag 55 having a bar code or the like, but in particular, there is no anti-theft system using the tag. Conventionally,
When trying on a plurality of products 54 in the fitting room 51, in order to prevent theft, it is prohibited to bring in the plurality of products 54,
In many cases, the store clerk is refused to bring in a plurality of products 54 before entering the fitting room 51.

[0004]

However, in the conventional fitting room, even if a plurality of products 54 are brought in and left behind in the fitting room after fitting, no notification is given to the customer. It is possible to bring in the product tag 55, leave the product tag 55 in the fitting room, put on some or all of the brought-in products 54, and exit the fitting room 51. There is no way to prevent this kind of shoplifting. Was.

[0005]

The anti-theft device according to the present invention comprises: means for detecting identification information unique to a product stored in a product tag attached to a product brought into a fitting room; It comprises means for detecting the presence of a customer, and means for notifying or warning when the absence of the customer is detected in the fitting room and the identification information of the product tag is detected.

The fitting room provided with the anti-theft function according to the present invention is a fitting room person detecting sensor for detecting the presence of a customer in the fitting room, and is attached to a product brought into the fitting room, and transmits a question signal radio wave. Upon receiving, the radio wave of the inquiry signal is transmitted to the product tag that emits the response radio wave modulated with the preset product-specific identification information, and the response radio wave returned from the product tag is received, and the product tag of the product tag is received. When the customer leaves the fitting room, leaving the product or the product tag attached to the product, based on the unique identification information and the detected information from the product tag and the information from the person detecting sensor in the fitting room. , An interrogator for giving a notification or a warning.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a fitting room according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, 11 is a fitting room, 12 is a curtain attached to the entrance of the fitting room 11, 13 is a customer who uses the changing room, 14 is an interrogator as an anti-theft device, and 15 is a fitting room 1 by the customer 13.
The product 16 brought in 1 is an (electronic) tag attached to the product, and the tag 16 holds product information. Reference numeral 17 denotes a carry-in product external display device which is installed outside or inside the fitting room 11 and displays a tag 16 detected by the interrogator 14 and issues a warning when there is a possibility of shoplifting. It is a person detection sensor in the fitting room for detecting whether or not there is, for example, an ultrasonic sensor. 19 is a mirror.

Next, the tag 1 used in this embodiment
6 and the carry-in product external display device 17 will be described. FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an example of the structure of the tag 16, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the carry-in product external display device 17.
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a receiving antenna for receiving the radio wave of the interrogation signal transmitted from the interrogator 14; This is an integrated circuit that outputs a signal (hereinafter referred to as a response radio wave), and the storage information stored in the integrated circuit 22 is usually product-specific identification information that can uniquely identify the tag 16.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a transmitting antenna for transmitting a response radio wave from the tag 16 to the interrogator 14, reference numeral 24 denotes a packaging material substrate for storing the internal components of the tag, and reference numeral 25 denotes a packaging for storing the internal components of the tag 16. It is a material cover. The power supply for operating the integrated circuit in the tag 16 is such that the radio wave of the interrogation signal transmitted from the interrogator 14 is rectified to generate a DC voltage, and the power supply inside the tag 16 is used. Has become. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 31 denotes a display control unit for calculating display content, 32 denotes a display panel for displaying, and 33 denotes a warning speaker.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the operation of recognizing the stored information inside the tag 16 will be described. The interrogator 14 emits a radio wave used for interrogation to the tag 16, and the receiving antenna 21 of the tag 16
Receives this radio wave and transmits it to the integrated circuit 22. Then, the integrated circuit 22 demodulates and analyzes the radio wave from the interrogator 14, outputs a response radio wave to the transmission antenna 23, and the transmission antenna 23 transmits the response radio wave. The response radio wave transmitted from the transmitting antenna 23 of the tag 16 is received, demodulated, and analyzed by the interrogator 16 to recognize the information stored in the tag 16.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. First, it is determined whether or not the customer 13 is in the fitting room based on a signal from the fitting room person detection sensor 18 (S100). If it is determined in S100 that the customer 13 is in the fitting room 11, the commodity 15 is detected (S10).
1). That is, the interrogator 14 emits radio waves to the tag 16, and the tag 16 receives the information and returns the information stored in the tag 16 to the interrogator 14, thereby detecting the product 15. Then, the tag information of the product 15 detected in S101 is sent to the display control unit 31 of the brought-in product display device 17.

Then, the display control unit 31 calculates the total number of the detected products 15 (S102), and displays the calculated total number on the display panel 32 (S103). In the example shown in FIG. 3, the number of products is two. Since there is a case where there is an undetected product 15 depending on the angle of the product brought in or the radio wave condition, S100 to S103 are thereafter repeated until the customer 13 leaves the fitting room 11.

Further, the customer 13 finishes the fitting and the fitting room 11
, The customer 13 is determined not to be in the fitting room 11 in S100, the total number of the detected products 15 is cleared to zero (S104), and after the customer 13 completes the fitting and exits the fitting room 11, the customer 13 exits the fitting room 11. In order to confirm whether or not the product 15 or the tag 16 attached to the product 15 is present, the product 15 is detected (S105). That is, the interrogator 14
Emits a radio wave to the tag 16, and the tag 16 receives and returns the information stored in the tag 16 to the interrogator 14, thereby detecting the product 15.

Then, as a result of the detection of the product 15 in S105, it is determined whether or not the detected product 15 exists (S10).
6) If it is determined that there is no product 15 detected in S106, the customer 13 carries the product 15 and the fitting room 11 as usual.
Without warning, etc., in S10
Return to 0.

If it is determined that there is a product 15 detected in S106, the customer 13 has left the product 15 in the fitting room 11, or the tag 16 attached to the product 15 has been removed and only the tag 16 has been removed. Is left in the fitting room 11 and the product 15
Is likely to have been removed, in which case,
A warning message such as "There is an item you have forgotten in the fitting room" is played from the warning speaker 33, and at the same time, the score displayed on the display panel 32 is blinked (S10).
7) Return to S100.

In this embodiment, a customer 1 is stored in a fitting room 11.
When 3 leaves the product 15 or the tag 16 attached to the product 15, a warning is issued by the carry-in product display device 17, so that the following is possible. 1. When the customer 13 leaves the fitting room 11 and forgets some of the products 15 in the fitting room, the customer 13 can be notified of it. As a result, the product 15 to the fitting room 11
Can be prevented from being left behind. 2. When the customer 13 removes the tag 16 from the product 15 for shoplifting and throws it away in the fitting room, a warning can be given to the customer 13 when leaving the fitting room 11. 3. Since only a warning is given without directly pointing out shoplifting, the discomfort of the customer 13 who does not intend to shoplifting can be reduced.

Embodiment 2 FIG. In this embodiment, an operation is performed after it is determined that the customer 13 has left the fitting room 11 in the first embodiment, and a warning is issued when a product 15 in the fitting room 11 is detected continuously for a predetermined number of times. The configuration of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. First, the counter value I for determining whether to give a warning
Is cleared to zero (S110), and it is determined whether or not the customer 13 is in the fitting room based on a signal from the person detecting sensor 18 in the fitting room (S111). At S111, the customer 13 enters the fitting room 11
If it is determined that the product 15 is within, the product 15 is detected (S1).
12). That is, the interrogator 14 emits radio waves to the tag 16, and the tag 16 receives the information and returns the information stored in the tag 16 to the interrogator 14, thereby detecting the product 15. Then, the tag information of the product 15 detected in S112 is sent to the display control unit 31 of the brought-in product display device 17.

Then, the display control unit 31 calculates the total number of the detected products 15 (S113), and displays the calculated total number on the display panel 32 (S114). Since there is a case where there is an undetected product 15 depending on the angle of the product brought in or the radio wave condition, S111 to S114 are thereafter repeated until the customer 13 leaves the fitting room 11.

Further, the customer 13 finishes the fitting, and the fitting room 11
, The customer 13 is determined not to be in the fitting room 11 in S111, the total number of the detected products 15 is cleared to zero (S115), and after the customer 13 finishes the fitting and exits the fitting room 11, the customer 13 exits the fitting room 11. In order to confirm whether or not the product 15 or the tag 16 attached to the product 15 exists, the product 15 is detected (S116). That is, the interrogator 14
Emits a radio wave to the tag 16, and the tag 16 receives and returns the information stored in the tag 16 to the interrogator 14 to detect the product 15.

Then, as a result of the detection of the product 15 in S116, it is determined whether or not the detected product 15 exists (S11).
7) If it is determined that there is no product 15 detected in S117, the customer 13 carries the product 15 and the fitting room 11 as usual.
The counter value I is cleared to zero (S122) without issuing a warning or the like, and the process returns to S100.

If it is determined that there is a product 15 detected in S117, it is determined whether the counter value I is a predetermined number of times (here, for example, three times) (S3).
118). If it is determined in S118 that the counter value I is not three times, the counter value I is incremented by 1 (S119), and after waiting for, for example, 5 seconds to insert a weight (S12).
0), and return to S111.

If it is determined in S118 that the counter value I is three times, the customer 13 finishes the fitting and leaves the fitting room 11 for three consecutive times, and then the product 15 is detected. The customer 15 has left the product 15 in the fitting room 11 or the tag 16 attached to the product 15 has been removed and only the tag 16 has been placed in the fitting room 11. It is highly likely that the product 15 has been taken away and the product 15 is taken away. In this case, the warning speaker 33 indicates that "there is a forgotten product in the fitting room".
Etc., and at the same time, the display panel 32
Blinks the point displayed in (S121), and S11
Return to 1.

In the present embodiment, when giving a warning to the customer 13, the warning is given after a predetermined number of times and a predetermined weight is set, so that a false warning is less likely to be given. Becomes possible. 1. Even when the fitting room person detection sensor 18 that determines whether the customer 13 is in the fitting room 1 sometimes makes a misjudgment, a warning to the customer 13 due to the malfunction of the fitting room person detection sensor 18 does not occur, and sometimes an error occurs. It can also be used in the fitting room person detection sensor 18 for determining. 2. When the customer 13 is about to leave the fitting room 11, for example, when a shoelace is tied, the warning is not given, and the customer 13 who does not intend to shoplifting is disturbed. Disappears. 3. When the customer 13 tries on the product 15 and wears shoes to consider the overall balance, the curtain of the fitting room 11 is opened, the user goes out of the fitting room 11, puts on the shoes, and the mirror 1 in the fitting room 11 is opened.
When looking at 9, in this case, the rest of the goods 15 brought in are often left in the fitting room 11, but since a weight is put when giving a warning, it is necessary to give a warning in this case. Disappears and customers who do not intend to shoplift 1
3 will not be offended.

Embodiment 3 This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a fitting room front person detection sensor 40 for detecting whether or not a customer 13 is in front of the fitting room 11 is provided.
When giving a warning to the third person, it is determined whether or not there is a customer 13 in front of the fitting room 11, and then a warning is given. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the fitting room according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 40 denotes a pre-fitting room person detection sensor, such as an ultrasonic sensor. Other configurations are the same as in the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. First, it is determined whether the customer 13 is in the fitting room based on a signal from the fitting room person detection sensor 18 (S
130). If it is determined in S130 that the customer 13 is in the fitting room 11, the commodity 15 is detected (S131). That is, the interrogator 14 emits radio waves to the tag 16, and the tag 16 receives the information and returns the information stored in the tag 16 to the interrogator 14, thereby detecting the product 15. Then, the tag information of the product 15 detected in S131 is sent to the display control unit 31 of the brought-in product display device 17.

The display controller 31 calculates the total number of the detected products 15 (S132), and displays the calculated total number on the display panel 32 (S133). Since there is a case where there is an undetected product 15 depending on the angle of the product brought in or the radio wave condition, S130 to S133 are thereafter repeated until the customer 13 leaves the fitting room 11.

Also, the customer 13 finishes the fitting, and the fitting room 11
, It is determined that the customer 13 is not in the fitting room 11 in S130, the total number of the detected products 15 is cleared to zero (S134), and after the customer 13 finishes the fitting and exits the fitting room 11, the customer 13 exits the fitting room 11. In order to confirm whether or not there is a product 15 or a tag 16 attached to the product 15, the product 15 is detected (S135). That is, the interrogator 14
Emits a radio wave to the tag 16, and the tag 16 receives and returns the information stored in the tag 16 to the interrogator 14 to detect the product 15.

Then, as a result of the detection of the product 15 in S135, it is determined whether or not the detected product 15 exists (S13).
6) If it is determined that there is no product 15 detected in S136, the customer 13 carries the product 15 and the fitting room 11 as usual.
Without warning, etc.
Return to 0.

If it is determined that there is a product 15 detected in S136, it is detected whether or not the customer 13 is in front of the fitting room 11 by a signal from the before-fitting-room person detection sensor 40 (S137). Then, as a result of the detection of the customer 13 in S137, it is determined whether or not the customer 13 is in front of the fitting room 11 (S137).
138) If it is determined in S138 that the customer 13 is in front of the fitting room 11, the process returns to S130.

If it is determined in S138 that the customer 13 is not in front of the fitting room 11, the customer 13 has left the product 15 in the fitting room 11, or the tag 16 attached to the product 15 has been removed. Only the tag 16 is left in the fitting room 11,
In this case, it is highly likely that the product 15 has been taken away. In this case, a warning message such as “There is a forgotten product in the fitting room” is sent from the warning speaker 33 and displayed on the display panel 32 at the same time. The point that has been set is blinked (S139), and the process returns to S130.

In this embodiment, the customer 13
Even if the product 15 is left inside, the customer 13 is
When there is a warning, the warning is not issued, so that the following is possible. 1. When the customer 13 is about to leave the fitting room 11, for example, even when tying shoelaces, as long as the customer 13 is in front of the fitting room 11, no warning is given, and shoplifting is not performed. It does not hurt the unintended customer 13. When the customer 13 tries on the product 15 and further wears shoes to consider the overall balance, the curtain of the fitting room 11 is opened, the user goes out of the fitting room 11, wears shoes, and the mirror 19 in the fitting room 11 is opened. In this case, the rest of the goods 15 brought in is often left in the fitting room 11, but as long as the customer 13 is in front of the fitting room 11, no warning is given. Therefore, the customer 13 who does not intend to shoplift will not be offended.

In the first to third embodiments, an example is shown in which a DC voltage obtained by rectifying the radio wave of the interrogation signal is used as a power supply for the tag 16. It may be used. Further, in the first to third embodiments, the transmission and reception of the stored information is performed by radio waves, but the present invention is not limited to this, and electromagnetic induction or infrared rays may be used.

In the first to third embodiments, the total number of detected products 15 is calculated by the brought-in product display device 17, but may be calculated by the interrogator 14. In the first to third embodiments, the presence or absence of the customer 13 is determined by the ultrasonic sensor of the fitting room person detection sensor 18 or the fitting room person detection sensor 20.
As a method of determining the presence or absence of the customer 13, the opening and closing of the curtain may be detected, or an object recognition technique such as an optical sensor or image recognition may be used.

In the first to third embodiments, the fitting room 11
Although the curtain 12 is provided at the entrance of the vehicle, it may be used as a door. In the first to third embodiments, a warning is issued by voice from the warning speaker 33.
A warning may be displayed on the brought-in product display device 17 using a lamp instead of the warning speaker 33.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, the unique identification information stored in the product tag attached to the product brought into the fitting room is detected, and the presence of the customer in the fitting room is detected. When the customer exits the fitting room, the user is notified or warned when the absence of the customer in the fitting room is detected and the identification information of the product tag is detected. If you forget it in the fitting room, you can notify the customer of this, prevent the product from being left in the fitting room, and remove the tag from the product for shoplifting and try on. If you throw it away in the room, you can warn the customer when leaving the fitting room,
Since only information or a warning is given without directly pointing out shoplifting, it is possible to reduce the discomfort of customers who do not intend to shoplifting.

Further, the presence of a customer in the fitting room is detected by a person detecting sensor in the fitting room, and attached to a product brought into the fitting room by an interrogator. To the product tag that emits the response radio wave modulated with the identification information, the radio wave of the inquiry signal is transmitted, and the response radio wave returned from the product tag is received,
Based on the identification information unique to the product tag of the product tag and based on the identification information from the detected product tag and the information from the person detection sensor in the fitting room, the customer leaves the product or the product tag attached to the product in the fitting room. When leaving the fitting room, when a customer leaves the fitting room, if the customer leaves some of the goods in the fitting room, the customer can be informed of it. Products can be prevented from being left behind, and if a customer removes a tag from a product for shoplifting and throws it away in the fitting room, the customer can be warned when leaving the fitting room, Because it gives only information or warning without directly pointing out shoplifting,
This has the effect of reducing the discomfort of customers who do not intend to shoplift.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a fitting room according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of the structure of a tag 16.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a carry-in product external display device 17;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a fitting room according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of the third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a conventional fitting room.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 11 fitting room 12 curtain 13 customer 14 interrogator (anti-theft device) 15 product 16 tag 17 carry-in product display device 18 fitting room person detection sensor 21 receiving antenna 22 integrated circuit 23 transmitting antenna 24 packaging material substrate 25 packaging material cover 31 display control Unit 32 display panel 33 speaker for warning 40 person detection sensor before fitting room

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A means for detecting identification information unique to a product stored in a product tag attached to a product brought into a fitting room, a unit for detecting the presence of a customer in the fitting room, and the fitting room Detected that there were no customers in
And a means for issuing a notification or a warning when the identification information of the product tag is detected. 2. A means for detecting identification information unique to a product stored in a product tag attached to a product brought into a fitting room, a unit for detecting the presence of a customer in the fitting room, and the fitting room. Detected that there were no customers in
And a means for issuing a notification or a warning when the identification information of the product tag is detected and the state is continued for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times of detection. 3. A means for detecting identification information unique to a product stored in a product tag attached to a product brought into the fitting room; a means for detecting the presence of a customer in the fitting room; Means for detecting the presence of a customer; notification that the presence of the customer is not present in the fitting room; detection of the identification information of the product tag; and detection of the absence of the customer before the fitting room. Or a means for giving a warning. 4. A fitting room interior human detection sensor for detecting the presence of a customer in the fitting room, and a product attached to the fitting room and modulated by predetermined product-specific identification information upon receiving a radio signal of an inquiry signal. For the product tag that emits the response radio wave, the radio wave of the inquiry signal is transmitted, the response radio wave returned from the product tag is received, and the product-specific identification information of the product tag is detected. Based on the identification information from the product tag and the information from the fitting room person detection sensor, when the customer leaves the fitting room leaving the product or the product tag attached to the product, an interrogator that informs or warns. A fitting room equipped with an anti-theft function. 5. The theft device according to claim 4, wherein the interrogator further performs a notification or a warning after giving a weight for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times when performing the notification or the warning. A fitting room with a prevention function. 6. A fitting room person detection sensor for detecting the presence of a customer in the fitting room; a fitting room person detecting sensor for detecting the presence of the customer before the fitting room; and a product attached to the product brought into the fitting room. When the radio wave of the inquiry signal is received, the radio wave of the inquiry signal is transmitted to the product tag which emits the response radio wave modulated with the preset product-specific identification information, and the response radio wave returned from the product tag is received. Then, detecting the product-specific identification information of the product tag, based on the identification information from the detected product tag, information from the fitting room person detection sensor and information from the fitting room person detection sensor before, A theft characterized by having a customer leave the fitting room leaving the product or the product tag attached to the product, and an interrogator for notifying or warning when the customer does not exist even before the fitting room. Fitting room equipped with a stop function.