JPH1125307A - Wins selecting device and computer readable recording medium for recording wins selecting program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wins selecting device which can simply perform a selection of wins. SOLUTION: Code information attached to goods is read by a reader part 20. A system control part 30 selects merchandise information to be wins among plural merchandise information that can be outputted from the reader part 20, relates winning discrimination information corresponding to this together with the merchandise information and stores it in a storage part 33 as table data. The system control part 30 discriminates whether the merchandise information from the reader part 20 is the merchandise information for the wins concerned or not, allows a display part 40 to display the discrimination results and informs a user of winning or loss.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for selecting a winning item such as a prize event to be conducted for the purpose of promoting the sale of a product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a prize-winning event in which a lottery is performed for a purchaser of a product and a prize is presented for the purpose of sales promotion has been performed. Generally, such a prize event involves distributing a lottery ticket with a lottery number to a purchaser of the product and presenting a prize to a person having a lottery ticket with a winning number selected later in the lottery. The form is taken.

[0003]

However, in the form of such a prize event, the organizer needs to prepare a lottery ticket or a lottery device in advance, or requires human resources, which causes a burden on expenses. Larger, smaller retailers,
There was a problem that implementation was difficult.

[0004] On the other hand, there has been a problem that the purchaser of the product also has a burden of losing the lottery ticket and of having to collate the winning numbers. In addition, after the lottery, a large amount of waste such as lottery tickets that have become unnecessary comes out in large quantities, which is not preferable in terms of environmental problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its technical object to provide a winning item selection device capable of easily performing a lottery operation without using a lottery ticket or the like.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a winning article selecting apparatus for reading code information which is assigned to each article and which can individually identify each article, and a code which can be read by the reading means. Selecting means for selecting specific code information as winning code information from the information.

[0007] According to such a configuration, since the selection means selects a winning product or a non-winning product based on the code information given to each product, a lottery ticket or the like to which a lottery number is separately given is provided. There is no need to prepare a, and there is no erroneous recognition due to an artificial operation, and the lottery operation can be performed quickly and reliably.

Further, the winning article selection device of the present invention compares the code information read by the reading means with the code information selected by the selecting means, and determines whether or not both correspond. Means, and a notifying means for notifying a result of the discrimination by the discriminating means.

The notifying means, when the discriminating means judges that the code information read by the reading means corresponds to the winning code information, the product of the code information read by the reading means is won. It is desirable to notify that the product is a product.

[0010] By providing such discriminating means and notifying means, it is possible to easily and quickly recognize whether or not an arbitrarily selected product is a winning product. It is also possible to check the winning product in parallel with the above, and it is possible to promptly respond to the purchaser, and it is also possible to reduce the management cost for checking the winning product and the like.

Further, the winning product selection device of the present invention comprises: code information of all products read by the reading means; and winning identification information indicating which code information among the code information of all products is the winning code information. Storage means for storing, the selecting means operates the winning identification information, and stores the selected winning code information in the storing means, while the determining means, based on the winning identifying information, It can be configured to determine whether the information has been won or not.

By providing such storage means,
Since the winning code information is selected from all the code information read by the reading means, there is no selection error and the winning product can be reliably selected from all the products.

The storage means can be a rewritable nonvolatile memory. With such a configuration, the contents of the table data stored in the storage means are always held, and it is possible to prevent the table data from being deleted carelessly.

Further, a computer-readable recording medium storing a winning product selection program according to the present invention includes a first step of reading code information provided to each product and individually identifying each product; A second step of selecting, as the winning code information, specific code information from the code information read in the step, and the code information read in the first step and the code information selected in the second step. A program for causing a computer to execute a third step of comparing and determining whether or not the two correspond to each other and a fourth step of notifying a result of the determination in the third step is recorded.

The recording medium is a CD-RO.
M (COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY), MO (MAGNET
OPTIC DISK).

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a winning article selection device according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a winning article selection device 1 showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In the bar code 5, information such as a merchandise item number, a customer identification number, and a production number is coded and recorded. The barcode 5 is affixed to each product at the time of shipment from the manufacturer, and is read by a cash accounting device with a barcode reader at a checkout counter such as a retail store, as is well known, It is used for displaying a product name, a selling price, and the like, and for managing sales.

The reader section 20 as reading means is for reading the code information recorded on the bar code 5. The reader unit 20 irradiates the bar code 5 with illumination light from a built-in light source (not shown), receives the reflected light, optically reads recorded information of the bar code 5, and records the recorded information on the bar code 5. The output code information is output to the system control unit 30.

The system control section 30 as a selecting means and a discriminating means controls the overall operation of the selected product selecting device 1 and is composed of a microcomputer.

The system control unit 30 has two operation modes, a product management mode and a setting mode. The former product management mode is an operation mode executed when a product is sold, and includes information on a product item number, a supplier identification number, and a production number output from the reader unit 20 (hereinafter, referred to as a product number).
These are collectively referred to as product information), referring to table data stored in advance in the memory unit 33 as storage means, and recognizing the product name, the price of the product, and whether or not it is a winning product. Then, a process is performed in which the total price of the product, the recognized information, and the like are displayed on the display unit 40 as a notifying unit and notified to the user as necessary.

The latter setting mode is used when a product is delivered.
This operation mode is executed prior to the sale of a product, and performs processing for changing and setting the value of table data in order to set a winning product in a prize event.

The display section 40 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display panel.
By the control of 0, various information, a menu screen for selecting an operation mode, an operation status of the winning item selection device 1 and the like are displayed.

The means for informing the user is not limited to the display device such as the display unit 40, but may be an audio device such as a speaker, or a display device and an audio device may be provided. The operation unit 35 connected to the system control unit 30 is constituted by a so-called keyboard input device. The operation unit 35 is operated when inputting various setting information such as the price of a product, selecting an operation mode of the system control unit 30 and giving a command.

The memory unit 33 includes, for example, an EEPROM (EL
ECTRICALLY ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLEREAD ONLY MEMORY)
And the like, and the value of the stored table data is always retained even if the power of the winning product selection device 1 is turned off. Further, information is read from the memory unit 33 and the memory unit 3
3 is written in the system control unit 30.
Is controlled by

FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of the contents of the table data stored in the memory unit 33. The table data is for associating the input product information with the price information of the product and information on whether or not the product is a winning item, and the data items include product information,
A product name, a selling price, winning identification information, and a prize product name are prepared, and all of these pieces of information on the handled product are stored in the memory unit 33 in association with each other.

The merchandise information output from the reader unit 20 is, for example, eight-digit numerical information in which the upper four digits are assigned to the item number and the customer identification number, and the lower four digits are assigned to the production number. I have. As the product name and the selling price, character and numerical information input in advance from the operation unit 35 are stored, and the same information is stored for the same product item.

The winning identification information is numerical information of either “1” indicating a winning or “0” indicating a non-winning, and is set by an operation of the system control unit 30 in a setting mode described later. The prize product name is information on a prize product name to be presented to the winner, and character information previously input from the operation unit 35 is stored.

The series of product information, product name, sales price, winning identification information, and prize product name information are arranged in ascending order of product information (serial number), and all delivered products (in other words, sales Table data for all product information that may be output from the reader unit 20 at times.

An example of the table data shown in FIG.
A product in which the added value of the last two digits of the serial number is “5” is selected as a winning product. For example, the serial number is “0”.
It is shown that a book coupon, which is a prize product such as a third prize, is allocated to the product 150 ”.

Next, the operation of the system control unit 30 will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the system control unit 30, which is executed after the power of the winning item selection device 1 is turned on.

First, in step S101, a menu screen for selecting an operation mode is displayed on the display unit 40. In step S102, it is determined whether the operation mode input from the operation unit 35 is the product management mode or the setting mode. If the selected operation mode is the setting mode, the process proceeds to step S1.
03, if it is the product management mode, step S
Proceed to 160. Here, for convenience of explanation, the following description will be made on the assumption that the setting mode is selected. When the setting mode is selected, first, in order to define the range of the winning product selection, the barcode including the information of the first serial number and the barcode including the last serial number of the delivered product are read. A request message is displayed, and the process waits until these two barcodes are read (step S10).
3,104).

The range of the selection of the winning product may be determined by inputting using the operation unit 35, but the input mode using the barcode is more reliable and quicker. And

Further, in this embodiment, a barcode including the information of the first serial number and a barcode including the information of the last serial number are printed in advance on the delivery slip received from the manufacturer when the product is delivered. 2 on the delivery slip
By reading the two barcodes into the reader unit 20, the efficiency of the work of the user can be improved.

The bar code is read from the delivery slip described above, and when the product information having the first serial number and the last serial number is input from the reader unit 20, each individual product is input based on the input information and the like. Create table data to manage each one.

That is, in the memory unit 33, all products from the product with the first serial number to the product with the last serial number (all code information that can be read by the reader unit 20 at the time of sale) are stored. An area for storing information for each item is secured, addresses corresponding to each item are sequentially designated, and numerical values and characters such as a product name and a sales price set in advance by the operation unit 35 or the like are set. Information is sequentially written to create table data.

At this time, "0" indicating non-winning is stored as an initial value in the area of the winning identification information (step S106). Next, the system control unit 30
Executes a program corresponding to a predetermined algorithm for automatically selecting a winning product, and selects a production number (winning production number) of the winning product (step S108).

Here, various algorithms for selecting the winning serial number to be executed are conceivable. In the present embodiment, of the following four algorithms, the operation unit 35 is selected in advance.
Is configured to execute one specified arbitrarily.

That is, as a first method, the operation unit 35
A method of selecting a product having a three-digit numerical value (for example, “432”) set by an arbitrary numerical value input from the company and a serial number whose last three digits match the input numerical value as a winning product.

As a second method, a method of selecting a serial number in which the added value of the last two digits of the serial number is an arbitrary number (for example, “5”) input from the operation unit 35 is selected. As a third method, a method of inputting the winning number from the operation unit 35, generating a random number, and selecting different manufacturing numbers corresponding to the winning number.

As a fourth method, when the automatic determination of the winning number is instructed from the operation unit 35, a random number is generated, and the number is incremented by the number of times of the random number from the head address where the manufacturing number on the table data is stored. A method that uses the serial number stored in the address as a winning product.

In the description of the operation of this embodiment, it is assumed that the above-described second method is used. Note that, as shown in FIG. 2, the production number corresponds to the last four digits of the product information, so that there is no problem even if it is substantially interpreted as product information.

Next, the memory unit 30 is set to the write mode, and the addresses at which the winning identification information corresponding to the serial number whose lower two digits added value selected at step S108 is "5" are stored are sequentially designated. Then, information “1” indicating that the product is a winning product is written. And the memory unit 3
After completion of writing to 0, the memory unit 30 is returned to the read mode, and the table data is completed. In this way, the table data 32 as shown in FIG. 2 is created (steps S112 to S115).

Then, for confirmation, the serial number of the winning product and the total number of the winning products are displayed, and the completion of the setting of the winning product is displayed on the display unit 30, and the setting of the winning product from the operation unit 35 is sufficient. It waits for an instruction as to whether or not (step S116, step S117).

If the input command from the operation unit 35 is YES in step S117, the operation mode is shifted to the product management mode, and the process proceeds to step 160 (step S12).
0), if the input command is NO, the process returns to step S103 in order to set the winning product from the beginning.

Since the table data is created based on the information of the barcode assigned to the delivered product, the target of the winning product is a possibility that the reader unit 20 may read the product at the time of sale. It is limited to only products with certain code information.

Therefore, the merchandise sold at another retail store that is not likely to be read by the reader unit 20 is not selected as the winning item, and the steps S103 and S104 are not performed.
In the processing of the above, by appropriately selecting the two barcode information to be input, the winning product can be limited to a specific product item or a product delivered on a specific delivery date, and the specification of the winning product is delivered. It can be set freely within the range of the product.

In the merchandise management mode starting from step S160, first, the display unit 30 is caused to display an instruction to input a barcode of a merchandise, and the reader unit 2 is operated.
Waiting for the product information to be input from 0, referring to the table data based on the input product information (information including the serial number), the product name of the product corresponding to the product information,
The sales price and the winning identification information are referred to determine whether or not the product is a winning product, and the result is displayed on the display unit (step S160,
S162, S164).

That is, in connection with the operation of reading the bar code 5 of the product, the lottery operation of the winning product is performed. On the other hand, if the power of the winning item selection device 1 has not been turned off, the process returns to step 102 to continue the operation, while if the power has been turned off, this program ends.

In the above embodiment, the description has been made on the assumption that the present invention is carried out at a retail store. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to easily hold a prize event by using code information attached to a prize or the like for a prize exchanged for a class or a payout.

[0050]

As described above, according to the winning item selection method and the winning item selection device of the present invention, the winning item is selected by using the code information given to the product, so that the lottery ticket and the like can be selected one by one. There is no need to prepare articles, and a prize event can be easily held.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a winning product selection device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of table data stored in a memory unit of a winning item selection device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a system control unit of the winning item selection device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Winning Product Selection Device 5 Barcode Reader Unit (Reading Unit) 30 System Control Unit (Selection Unit, Judgment Unit) 33 Memory Unit (Storage Unit) 35 Operation Unit 40 Display Unit (Notification Unit)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading code information individually given to each article and capable of individually identifying each article, and from code information which can be read by the reading means,
A selection means for selecting specific code information as winning code information. 2. A discriminating means for comparing code information read by the reading means with code information selected by the selecting means and discriminating whether or not the two correspond to each other; 2. A winning item selecting device according to claim 1, further comprising: notifying means for notifying the user. 3. The information means, if the discriminating means determines that the code information read by the reading means and the winning code information correspond to each other, the product of the code information read by the reading means. 3. A winning item selection device according to claim 2, wherein the device notifies that the device is a winning item. 4. A storage means for storing code information of all products read by said reading means and winning identification information indicating which code information among the code information of all products is the winning code information. The means operates the winning identification information to store the selected winning code information in the storage means, while the determining means determines winning or non-winning of the identification target code information based on the winning identifying information. 4. A winning product selection device according to claim 2, wherein: 5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said storage means is a rewritable nonvolatile memory. 6. A first step of reading code information assigned to each article and individually identifying each article, and from the code information read in the first step,
Second to select specific code information as winning code information
And the code information read in the first step and the second
A third step of comparing the code information selected in the step and determining whether or not the two correspond to each other; and a fourth step of notifying the result determined in the third step. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded.