KR20200001948A - Purchasing system based on voice recognition and barcode and purchasing method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a purchase system and a purchase method using voice recognition and a barcode including a terminal, a server, a POS device, a payment device, and a communication network wherein the terminal includes a voice recognition unit and a barcode recognition module and provides purchaser information and a product barcode recognized through the barcode recognition module to the server, the server maps the product barcode and the purchaser information provided from the terminal to generate purchase information and provides the generated purchase information to the terminal, and the terminal uses the purchase information to proceed payment through the POS device and the payment device. According to the present invention, if a customer purchases a product at a certain store, the customer can easily check product information such as product location, a price or the like through voice recognition and conveniently purchase the product through previously stored payment method information and barcode recognition of the product.

Description

Purchasing system and purchase method using voice recognition and barcode {PURCHASING SYSTEM BASED ON VOICE RECOGNITION AND BARCODE AND PURCHASING METHOD USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a purchase system and a purchase method using a voice recognition and a bar code, and more particularly, it is possible to easily check the information of the product to be purchased through the voice recognition, and to easily purchase a product by recognizing the bar code of the product. The present invention relates to a purchasing system and a purchasing method.

With the development of mobile communication networks and the development of terminal specifications, mobile communication terminals have become a necessity of modern man and are evolving into total entertainment devices beyond the conventional simple communication devices or information providing devices. In particular, the mobile communication terminal, which is a necessity for the modern man, has not only achieved miniaturization and light weight through steady development, but is also being reborn as a composite communication terminal having various functions.

Such a mobile terminal may provide a barcode recognition function. A barcode that can be attached to a product to recognize product information is currently read and sold by a barcode scanner provided in a cash register or a point of sales system of a large store. This is useful for automatically organizing data. The code system is expanding from a one-dimensional array to a two-dimensional or higher array, and the information that can be contained is rapidly increasing, and the scope of use is expanding day by day.

On the other hand, in order for a customer to purchase a specific product, the location and information of the product must be individually identified, and the merchandise included in the shopping cart must be read by the clerk, so that a lot of time is required for purchase.

Accordingly, there is an increasing demand for the development of a method for faster and more convenient payment service when purchasing a product using a barcode.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the conventional inconvenience, to provide a purchase system and a purchase method using a voice recognition and bar code that can be purchased more quickly and conveniently when purchasing a product.

One aspect of the present invention includes a terminal, a server, a POS (POS) device, a payment device, and a communication network, wherein the terminal includes a voice recognition unit and a barcode recognition module, and is recognized through buyer information and the barcode recognition module. Providing barcodes of the purchased goods to the server, wherein the server maps the barcodes of the goods received from the terminal to the purchaser information to generate purchase information, and provides the generated purchase information to the terminal. The present invention relates to a purchase system using a voice recognition and a barcode, wherein payment is performed through the POS device and the payment device using purchase information.

In addition, the buyer is characterized in that the location and route of the goods are guided through the voice recognition from the server.

The server may include a purchase manager, a store manager, a member register, a member grade manager, a storage, and a controller, wherein the purchase manager recognizes a bar code of a product provided from a buyer terminal to store product information stored in the storage. to provide.

In addition, the store management unit recognizes the barcode of the product provided from the buyer terminal to map the location of the map (map) or layout (store) and the store stored in the storage to provide a path for the buyer to find the product In addition, the purchaser who completes the purchase through the POS device and the payment device opens and closes the barricades installed to control access of the store.

According to another aspect of the present invention, using the purchase system using the voice recognition and barcode, guiding the location and the path of the product to be purchased through the voice recognition unit of the terminal; Recognizing a barcode of a product to be purchased through a barcode recognition module of the terminal; Providing product barcode information and buyer information recognized by the terminal to the server; Receiving purchase information from a server; And it relates to a purchase method using a voice recognition and a bar code comprising the step of making payments through the POS (POS) device and the payment device.

In addition, the purchase method may further include opening and closing the outlet of the store according to the payment.

According to the present invention, when a customer purchases a product in a specific store, the product information such as the location and price of the product can be easily identified through voice recognition, and the product is conveniently stored through the pre-stored payment means information and the barcode recognition of the product. You can buy it.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a purchasing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in the following description and the accompanying drawings, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. In addition, it should be noted that like elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible throughout the drawings.

The terms or words used in the specification and claims described below should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors are appropriate as concepts of terms for explaining their own invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meanings and concepts in accordance with the technical spirit of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configuration shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, and various alternatives may be substituted at the time of the present application. It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

Hereinafter, a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described as a representative example of a mobile communication terminal capable of performing a payment service using a barcode connected to a communication network with voice recognition, but the terminal is limited to a mobile communication terminal. In addition, the present invention can be applied to various terminals such as all information communication devices, multimedia terminals, wired terminals, fixed terminals, and IP (Internet Protocol) terminals. In addition, the terminal may be a mobile phone, a portable multimedia player (PMP), a mobile internet device (MID), a smart phone, a desktop, a tablet computer, a notebook, a net book. And a mobile terminal having various mobile communication specifications, such as an information communication device.

Purchasing method using a voice recognition and a bar code according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of guiding the location and path of the product to be purchased through the voice recognition unit of the terminal (S10); Recognizing a barcode of the product to be purchased through the barcode recognition module of the terminal (S20); Providing product barcode information and buyer information recognized by the terminal to the server (S30); Receiving purchase information from a server (S40); And payment (S50) through a POS device and a payment device. In addition, it may further include the step (S60) of opening and closing the outlet of the store according to the payment.

The purchase method of the product according to the present invention can be made through a purchase system using voice recognition and a barcode. Hereinafter, a purchase system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a purchasing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a purchasing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal 10, a server 20, a POS device 30, a payment device 40, and a communication network 50.

A processor mounted in the terminal 10 or the server 20 according to the present invention may process a program command for executing the method according to the present invention. In one implementation, this processor may be a single-threaded processor, and in other implementations, the processor may be a multi-threaded processor. Furthermore, the processor is capable of processing instructions stored on memory or storage devices.

The communication network 50 performs a series of data transmission and reception operations for data transmission and information exchange between the terminal 10 and the server 20. In particular, the communication network 50 may be used in various forms of communication networks, for example, wireless LAN (WLAN, Wireless LAN), Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi), Wibro, Wimax (Wimax), high speed downlink packet access ( Wireless communication methods such as HSDPA, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) or Ethernet, xDSL (ADSL, VDSL), Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC), Fiber to The Curb (FTTC), and Fiber To The Home (FTTH) Wired communication can be used. On the other hand, the communication network 50 is not limited to the above-described communication method, and may include all other communication methods in addition to the above-described communication method well-known or to be developed in the future.

The terminal 10 is a voice recognition-based device connected to the server 20, the POS device 30, and the payment device 40 through the communication network 50 to store all data related to providing a barcode for a payment service. Send and receive

In particular, the terminal 10 according to the present invention provides the inputted buyer information and the like to the server 20. At this time, the purchaser information includes a purchase additional information code, a credit card, a check card, a gift card, applying a discount ID information corresponding to a buyer ID, discount card information registered by the corresponding buyer, point accumulation information for each card, and mileage accumulation information. It includes a payment method code to which the payment means information corresponding to the bank transfer information.

In addition, the terminal 10 recognizes a product barcode of a product to be purchased according to a buyer's request, and transmits the recognized product barcode to the server 20. The product barcode refers to a barcode containing information about a specific product.

In addition, the terminal 10 receives purchase information generated by mapping a product barcode and buyer information from the server 20, and uses the received purchase information to obtain a POS device 30 and a payment device ( Perform payment through 40).

The server 20 is connected to the terminal 10, the POS device 30 and the payment device 40 through the communication network 50 to transmit and receive all data related to the purchase information.

The server 20 stores and manages ID (ID), buyer information, product information, product barcode, and store information issued for each buyer.

The server 20 receives a barcode for the product from the terminal 10 capable of a barcode recognition function. The server 20 generates purchase information by mapping a purchaser ID and a product barcode for a specific product. The server 20 provides the purchase information to the terminal 10. In addition, the server 20 may interwork with the payment device 40 in performing a payment service using the purchase information at the request of the terminal 10.

The POS device 30 is installed in the affiliated store and recognizes purchase information at the request of the terminal 10 to provide a payment service.

The payment device 40 is a server operated by a payment institution such as a financial institution, a credit card company, or a mobile communication company that performs authentication and payment approval related to mobile payment, and authenticates and pays for an integrated barcode used by the terminal 10. Perform the approval task.

An internal configuration of a terminal for providing a payment service in a product purchase system using voice recognition and a barcode according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the terminal 10 according to the present invention includes a control unit 110, an input unit 120, a display unit 130, a voice recognition unit 150, and a communication unit 160. Here, the control unit 110 includes a barcode management module 111.

The input unit 120 receives various information such as numeric and text information, and transmits a signal input in connection with setting various functions and controlling the function of the terminal 10 to the controller 110. In addition, the input unit 120 may include at least one of a keypad and a touch pad that generate an input signal according to a purchaser's touch or manipulation. In this case, the input unit 120 may be configured in the form of a single touch panel (or touch screen) together with the display unit 130 to simultaneously perform input and display functions. In addition, the input unit 120 may be any type of input means that can be developed in the future, in addition to input devices such as a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, and a joystick. In particular, the input unit 120 according to the present invention detects all input signals related to the provision of a purchase service using voice recognition and a barcode and transmits them to the control unit 110.

The display unit 130 displays information about a series of operation states and operation results that occur during the functioning of the terminal 10. In addition, the display unit 130 may display a menu of the terminal 10 and buyer data input by the buyer. Here, the display unit 130 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), an ultra-thin liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD, thin film transistor LCD), a light emitting diode (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED, Organic) LED), an active organic light emitting diode (AMOLED, Active Matrix OLED), a Retina display, a flexible display, and a three-dimensional display. In this case, when the display unit 130 is configured in the form of a touch screen, the display unit 130 may perform some or all of the functions of the input unit 120. In particular, the display unit 130 according to the present invention outputs all information related to the payment service provided using a barcode.

The voice recognition unit 150 transmits a voice signal input from the speaker SPK or the microphone MIC for reproducing and outputting the voice signal to the controller 110. The voice recognition unit 150 may convert the voice signal of the analog format input through the microphone into a digital format and transmit it to the controller 110. In addition, the voice recognition unit 150 may convert a digital signal output from the control unit 110 into an analog signal and output the analog signal through the speaker.

In particular, the present invention may provide a product location and route guidance service through the product information recognized by the voice recognition unit 150 and the product information stored in the server 20. According to an embodiment, the voice recognition unit 15 recognizes the buyer's voice, converts it into text, generates a plurality of identification words obtained by parsing the text in word units, and generates the generated plurality of identification words. A parsing step for sequential sorting; A setting step of setting meanings to each of the plurality of sequentially sorted identification words by comparing the plurality of sequentially sorted identification words with a DB in which the semantic words for each of the plurality of previously distinguished meanings are stored to provide a route guidance service; The execution unit is classified by grouping one or more identification words based on a specific identification word in which the meaning of the instruction is set in accordance with the meaning word matching the command among the plurality of identification words and the sort order of the plurality of identification words. A meaning combination is generated by combining the meanings of at least one identification word belonging to the execution unit for each divided execution unit, and the search expression corresponding to the generated meaning combination is compared by comparing the generated meaning combination with pre-stored pattern information. And checking and setting a product location based on the identified search expression and the at least one identification word, and providing the product location and the route guidance service according to a command corresponding to the execution unit. have.

The communication unit 160 performs a function for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server 20, the POS device 30, and the payment device 40 through the communication network 50. Here, the communication unit 160 includes RF transmitting means for up-converting and amplifying the frequency of the transmitted signal, and RF receiving means for low-noise-amplifying and down-converting the received signal. The communication unit 160 may include at least one of a wireless communication module (not shown) and a wired communication module (not shown). The wireless communication module is configured to transmit and receive data according to a wireless communication method. When the terminal 10 uses wireless communication, any one of a wireless network communication module, a wireless LAN communication module, and a wireless fan communication module may be used. Data may be transmitted to and received from the server 20. In addition, the wired communication module is for transmitting and receiving data by wire. The wired communication module may be connected to the communication network 50 through a wire to transmit and receive data to and from the server 20. In particular, the communication unit 16 according to the present invention communicates with the server 20 and the POS device 30 to transmit and receive data related to the purchase and payment service of goods using voice recognition and barcode.

The controller 110 may be a process device that drives an operating system (OS) and each component. In particular, the controller 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention registers the buyer information to the server 20. At this time, when registering the purchase information, the control unit 110 transmits the registration information input from the buyer through the input unit 120 to the server 20 through the communication unit 160. In this case, the purchaser information for registration includes at least one of discount card information, point-specific point accumulation information, mileage accumulation information, and payment means information corresponding to credit card, check card, gift card, and bank transfer information.

The barcode recognition module 111 may recognize a product barcode for a specific product. Here, the barcode recognition module 111 may use a barcode reader or a camera for barcode recognition, and the recognized information may be provided to the server 20.

3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a server 20 related to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the server 20 includes a purchase manager 210, a store manager 220, a member register 230, a member grade manager 240, a storage 250, and a controller 260. It may include. However, not all illustrated components are essential components. The server 20 may be implemented by more components than the illustrated components, and the server 20 may be implemented by fewer components.

The purchase manager 210 manages and maps the purchaser's personal information and product information and provides purchase information. Specifically, the total payment amount of the purchased product is calculated by combining the ID of the buyer and the barcode of the product and provided to the user terminal 10 and the POS device 30.

The product information generated by the purchase manager 210 includes a product name, a country of origin, a place of sale (manufacturer), a normal price, a discount price, and the like.

In addition, the purchase information generated based on the buyer information and the product barcode information received from the buyer may be stored and maintained in the storage 250.

The store manager 220 recognizes a barcode of a product provided from a buyer terminal and maps a map or layout of a store stored in the storage 250 to a location of the product, thereby allowing a buyer to find a product. Can be provided. In addition, the store management unit may open and close the barrier installed to control the entry and exit of the shopper completed the purchase through the POS (POS) device 30 and the payment device 40. Therefore, even in the case of an unmanned store, in the purchase system purchase system of the present invention, it is possible to provide a purchase service with one-stop purchase, payment, and access control of a store.

The member registration unit 230 may receive the buyer information from the buyer terminal 10 and store the received buyer information in the storage 250. That is, the registration unit 230 may perform the purchaser registration process by receiving the purchaser information from the purchaser terminal 10 and storing the received purchaser information in the storage unit 250.

The membership grade management unit 240 may evaluate the purchase result to determine the purchaser's membership grade, and provide the purchaser terminal 10 with benefit information corresponding to the determined membership grade. Accordingly, the buyer may be provided with the benefits included in the provided benefit information from the seller who is the seller.

The membership grade management unit 240 may include a rating calculation module for determining a buyer's rating and a benefit information providing module for providing benefit information to the buyer.

The rating module may calculate the membership level of the buyer. In detail, the rating module is based on at least one of the number of stores used by the buyer, the number of purchases by the buyer with the store, the total purchase amount achieved through the purchase, and the number of current ratings acquired by the buyer. The membership level can be calculated.

The rating module may receive information necessary for calculating the rating of the buyer from the purchaser terminal 10 or the seller terminal. In one embodiment, the rating module may receive information necessary to calculate the membership level of the buyer from the storage unit 250. That is, the rating module may calculate the membership level of the buyer by receiving the buyer information and the purchase information stored in the storage 250.

The benefit information providing module may transmit benefit information corresponding to the calculated membership level to the purchaser terminal 10. Specifically, the benefit information providing module may transmit an identification code, for example, a barcode, including the purchaser's identification information to the purchaser terminal 10.

The identification information refers to information that can identify the buyer. The identification information may include the name of the buyer, the ID of the buyer, or an identification number assigned to the buyer.

In addition, the benefit information providing module may transmit an electronic coupon to the purchaser terminal 10. The electronic coupon may include benefit information provided to the buyer. Therefore, the buyer can be provided with the benefits included in the electronic coupon by presenting the electronic coupon received to the purchaser terminal 10 to the seller.

The storage unit 250 may store the purchaser information of the buyer received from the member registration unit 230, the purchase information received from the purchase management unit 210, and the member grade information of the buyer received from the rating calculation module.

In this case, the storage unit 250 may include a mapping table for mapping a corresponding relationship between the buyer information, the product information, and the membership grade information. This allows the seller to generate one or more purchase information.

In the present specification, the storage unit 250 may refer to a functional structural combination of software and hardware for storing information corresponding to each database. The database may be implemented with at least one table, and may further include a separate database management system (DBMS) for searching, storing, and managing information stored in the database. In addition, it may be implemented in various ways, such as a linked-list, a tree, a relational DB, and includes all data storage media and data structures capable of storing information corresponding to the database.

Implementations of the various techniques described herein may be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, or in computer hardware, firmware, software, or in combinations of them. Implementations may be implemented for processing by, or to control the operation of, a data processing device, eg, a programmable processor, a computer, or multiple computers, a computer program product, ie an information carrier, for example a machine readable storage. It can be implemented as a device (computer readable medium) or as a computer program tangibly embodied in a radio signal. Computer programs, such as the computer program (s) described above, may be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted languages, and may be written as standalone programs or in modules, components, subroutines, or computing environments. It can be deployed in any form, including as other units suitable for use. The computer program may be deployed to be processed on one computer or on multiple computers at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communication network.

Although the specification includes numerous specific implementation details, these should not be construed as limiting to any invention or the scope of the claims, but rather as a description of features that may be specific to a particular embodiment of a particular invention. It must be understood. Certain features that are described in this specification in the context of separate embodiments may be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments individually or in any suitable subcombination. Furthermore, while the features may operate in a particular combination and may be initially depicted as so claimed, one or more features from the claimed combination may in some cases be excluded from the combination, the claimed combination being a subcombination Or a combination of subcombinations.

Likewise, although the operations are depicted in the drawings in a specific order, it should not be understood that such operations must be performed in the specific order or sequential order shown in order to obtain desirable results or that all illustrated operations must be performed. In certain cases, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the separation of the various system components of the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments, and the described program components and systems will generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. It should be understood that it can.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are merely presented specific examples to aid understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be carried out in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

Claims (6)

A terminal, a server, a POS device, a payment device, and a communication network,
The terminal includes a voice recognition unit and a barcode recognition module, and provides the purchaser information and the barcode of the goods recognized through the barcode recognition module to the server,
The server generates purchase information by mapping a barcode of a product provided from the terminal and buyer information, and provides the generated purchase information to the terminal.
The terminal is a purchase system using a voice recognition and a bar code, characterized in that the payment is performed through the POS (POS) device and the payment device using the purchase information.
The method of claim 1,
The purchaser is a purchase system using a voice recognition and a bar code, characterized in that the server receives the location and route of the goods through the voice recognition unit.
The method of claim 2,
The server includes a purchase management unit, store management unit, membership registration unit, membership class management unit, storage unit and control unit,
The purchase management unit recognizes the barcode of the product provided from the purchaser terminal to provide the product information stored in the storage unit, the purchase system using the voice recognition and barcode.
The method of claim 3,
The store management unit recognizes a barcode of a product provided from a purchaser terminal and maps a map or layout of the store stored in the storage unit with a location of the product to provide a path where the buyer can find the product.
The purchase system using the voice recognition and bar code, characterized in that the purchaser who completes the purchase through the POS device and the payment device to open and close the barrier installed to control the access of the store.
Using the purchase system using the voice recognition and bar code of claim 1,
Guiding a location and a path of a product to be purchased through the voice recognition unit of the terminal;
Recognizing a barcode of a product to be purchased through a barcode recognition module of the terminal;
Providing product barcode information and buyer information recognized by the terminal to the server;
Receiving purchase information from a server; And
Purchasing method using a voice recognition and a bar code, characterized in that it comprises the step of payment through the POS (POS) device and the payment device.
The method of claim 5,
The purchase method using a voice recognition and a barcode further comprising the step of opening and closing the outlet of the store according to the payment.

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