WO2020195887A1 - Dispositif d'affichage d'article - Google Patents

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WO2020195887A1
WO2020195887A1 PCT/JP2020/010774 JP2020010774W WO2020195887A1 WO 2020195887 A1 WO2020195887 A1 WO 2020195887A1 JP 2020010774 W JP2020010774 W JP 2020010774W WO 2020195887 A1 WO2020195887 A1 WO 2020195887A1
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勝 角田
佑樹 大竹
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47FSPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/12Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47FSPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/04Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated

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  • the present invention relates to a product display device installed in a store such as a convenience store, for example.
  • the product display device when replenishing products on the display shelf, it is necessary for an operator to enter the product storage room and perform the product replenishment work from the back side of the showcase. Further, in the product display device, in order to pre-cool the products to be replenished in the display shelf in the product storage room, the product storage room is kept at a low temperature at which the products can be cooled. Therefore, in the product display device, the worker who replenishes the product will perform the work in the low temperature product storage room, which imposes a heavy burden on the worker.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a product display device capable of reducing the work load of a worker who replenishes a product.
  • the product display device of the present invention has a display unit on which a plurality of products are displayed, and a product storage provided on the back side of the display unit to store the products displayed on the display unit.
  • a product replenishment mechanism provided between the display unit, the display unit, and the product storage unit, which takes out the products stored in the product storage unit and replenishes the removed products from the back side to the display unit, and the product replenishment mechanism.
  • the remaining number detecting unit that detects the remaining number of products displayed in the display unit and the remaining number detecting unit detects a state in which the remaining number of products placed on the display unit is equal to or less than a predetermined remaining number.
  • the product replenishment control unit is provided with a product replenishment control unit that takes out the products stored in the product storage unit by the product replenishment mechanism and displays them in the display unit.
  • 1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the product display device 1 of the present invention is installed in a store such as a convenience store, and displays vertically long containerized beverages such as PET bottles, cans, and bottles in an upright position as products.
  • the product display device 1 stores a showcase 10 whose front surface faces a passage in the store and a product G which is provided on the back side of the showcase 10 and is stored in the showcase 10.
  • a product provided between the product storage unit 20 and the showcase 10 and the product storage unit 20 to take out the product G stored in the product storage unit 20 and to replenish the taken-out product G from the back side of the showcase 10.
  • a replenishment mechanism 30 and a product storage chamber 40 surrounding the product storage unit 20 and the product replenishment mechanism 30 on the back side of the showcase 10 are provided.
  • the inside of the showcase 10 and the inside of the product storage chamber 40 are cooled to a predetermined temperature by a cooling device (not shown).
  • the upper surface side, the bottom surface side, and the left and right side surfaces are each surrounded by heat insulating walls, a product take-out opening 10a is formed on the front side, and a product replenishment opening 10b communicating with the product storage chamber 40 is formed on the back side. It is formed.
  • the product take-out opening 10a is formed of a transparent member such as a glass plate, and is opened and closed by a product take-out door 11 whose inside can be visually recognized.
  • display shelves 12 as display units for displaying the product G are arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction.
  • the mounting surface for mounting the product G is inclined downward toward the front of the showcase 10, and the mounting surface is partitioned in the width direction for each product G in the front-rear direction.
  • a display product line 12a (shown in FIG. 3) is formed.
  • the same type of products G are arranged in each display product row 12a of the display shelf 12.
  • the product G placed on each display product row 12a of the display shelf 12 is urged forward by its own weight on the inclined mounting surface of the display shelf 12, and is sequentially rearward from the front end side of the display shelf 12. It is designed to line up with.
  • the product G to be replenished to the display shelf 12 is loaded from the back side of the display shelf 12 through the product replenishment opening 10b.
  • a plurality of storage shelves 21 for storing the product G in a sideways posture are arranged in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction.
  • the mounting surface on which the product G is placed is inclined downward toward the front (showcase 10 side), and the mounting surface is partitioned in the width direction for each product G in the front-rear direction.
  • a storage product row 21a (shown in FIG. 3) is formed. Further, the same type of products G are arranged in the stored product row 21a of the storage shelf 21.
  • the product G placed on each storage product row 21a of the storage shelf 21 is urged forward by its own weight on the inclined mounting surface of the storage shelf 21, and is sequentially rearward from the front end side of the storage shelf 21. It is designed to line up with.
  • a first stopper 22 for restricting the forward movement of the product G located on the frontmost end side of the storage shelf 21 and the frontmost end of the storage shelf 21 are provided on the frontmost end side of the storage shelf 21 and the frontmost end of the storage shelf 21.
  • a second stopper 23 for restricting the forward movement of the second product G from the side is provided.
  • the first stopper 22 and the second stopper 23 perform a protruding operation of projecting from the mounting surface and a retracting operation of retreating from the mounting surface by a drive mechanism such as a solenoid. When one of the first stopper 22 and the second stopper 23 protrudes upward from the mounting surface, the other is interlocked so as to retract downward of the mounting surface.
  • the product G of the storage shelf 21 is in a state in which the entire product G is placed on the storage shelf 21 by restricting the movement of the product G on the frontmost end side by the first stopper 22. Further, the storage shelf 21 retracts the first stopper 22 from the mounting surface and restricts the movement of the second product G from the front end side by the second stopper 23, so that only the product G on the front end side is forward. Carry out to.
  • the product G to be replenished in the storage shelf 21 is loaded from the back side of the storage shelf 21 through a product input port provided on the back side of the product storage chamber 40, which will be described later.
  • the product replenishment mechanism 30 performs an operation related to vertical movement and orientation change of the grip portion 31 for gripping the product G carried out from the product storage unit 20 and the grip portion 31.
  • the grip portion operating mechanism 32 for the purpose, the product rotation mechanism 33 for rotating the product G, the imaging unit 34 for imaging the outer peripheral portion of the product G rotated by the product rotation mechanism 33, the grip portion 31, and the grip portion. It is provided with a moving mechanism 35 that moves the operating mechanism 32, the product rotating mechanism 33, and the imaging unit 34 between the showcase 10 and the product storage unit 20 in the vertical, horizontal, and front-rear directions.
  • the grip portion 31 has a pair of grip pieces 31a for gripping the outer peripheral portion of the product G from the outside in the radial direction, and the pair of grip pieces 31a perform a grip operation by a gripping drive mechanism (not shown).
  • the grip portion operating mechanism 32 has a base end side connected to the base 30a and a grip portion 31 connected to the tip end side.
  • the grip portion operating mechanism 32 is a pair of a mechanism that horizontally turns to change the direction of the tip portion of the grip piece 31a to the product replenishment mechanism 30 side or the showcase 10 side, and a mechanism that moves the grip portion 31 in the vertical direction. It has a mechanism for vertically turning to change the posture in which the gripping piece 31a forming the above is arranged in the width direction and the posture in which the gripping piece 31a is arranged in the vertical direction.
  • the product rotation mechanism 33 is provided on the upper surface of the base 30a, has a mounting base 33a on which the product G gripped by the grip portion 31 is placed, and the mounting base 33a rotates by a mounting base drive mechanism (not shown).
  • the product rotation mechanism 33 is one of the elements constituting the display direction adjusting unit.
  • the image pickup unit 34 is, for example, a camera having a solid-state image sensor, and is provided in the grip portion 31.
  • the lens of the imaging unit 34 is oriented in the horizontal direction.
  • the imaging unit 34 is one of the elements constituting the display direction adjusting unit.
  • the moving mechanism 35 moves the front-back moving mechanism 35a for moving the base 30a in the front-rear direction, the left-right moving mechanism 35b for moving the front-back moving mechanism 35a in the width direction, and the left-right moving mechanism 35b in the up-down direction. It has a vertical movement mechanism 35c for the purpose.
  • the front-back movement mechanism 35a, the left-right movement mechanism 35b, and the up-down movement mechanism 35c are each composed of a mechanism for converting a rotational movement consisting of a ball screw and a nut screwed into the ball screw into a linear movement, and are driven by a driving force of an electric motor or the like. To do.
  • the product storage chamber 40 is integrally formed with the showcase 10, and is formed by surrounding the upper surface side, the bottom surface side, the left and right side surface sides, and the back surface side of the back side of the showcase 10 with a heat insulating wall. Has been done. Further, on the back side of the product storage chamber 40, a plurality of product input ports 40a for loading the product G are provided in each storage product row 21a of each storage shelf 21 of the product storage unit 20.
  • the product display device 1 includes a controller 50 for controlling the operation of the product storage unit 20 and the product replenishment mechanism 30 in order to perform the operation of replenishing the product G to the display product row 12a that needs to be replenished.
  • the controller 50 has a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM.
  • the CPU reads the program stored in the ROM based on the input signal and stores the state detected by the input signal in the RAM. , Send an output signal to a device connected to the output side.
  • the controller 50 functions as a product replenishment control unit and a specific unit that is one of the elements constituting the display direction adjustment unit.
  • the image pickup unit 34 in the product replenishment mechanism 30 and the remaining number of products G in each display product row 12a of each display shelf 12 of the showcase 10 are detected.
  • the remaining number detection unit 51 is connected to the unit.
  • the remaining number detection unit 51 is, for example, an optical sensor provided at a predetermined position in the front-rear direction of each display product line 12a of each display shelf 12 of the showcase 10 and composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element.
  • the remaining number detection unit 51 transmits a replenishment signal when the remaining number of products G in the display product row 12a becomes equal to or less than a predetermined remaining number.
  • the product storage unit 20 and the product replenishment mechanism 30 are connected to the output side of the controller 50.
  • each display product row 12a of the display shelf 12 in the showcase 10 and each storage product row 21a of the storage shelf 21 in the product storage unit 20 are associated with each other.
  • the product display device 1 configured as described above, when the store user opens the product take-out door 11 of the showcase 10 and takes out the product G in the front row in each display product row 12a of the display shelf 12, the product G is displayed. The product G remaining in the product row 12a moves forward due to its own weight.
  • the controller 50 receives an output signal from the corresponding remaining quantity detection unit 51 and starts the replenishment operation of the products G.
  • the controller 50 drives the product replenishment mechanism 30 to move the grip portion 31 in front of the stored product row 21a of the corresponding storage shelf 21 in the product storage unit 20.
  • the grip portion 31 is in a posture in which the pair of grip pieces 31a are arranged in the vertical direction.
  • the controller 50 retracts the first stopper 22 and projects the second stopper 23 in the stored product row 21a of the corresponding storage shelf 21 in the product storage unit 20.
  • the controller 50 retracts the first stopper 22 and projects the second stopper 23 in the stored product row 21a of the corresponding storage shelf 21 in the product storage unit 20.
  • the controller 50 moves each of the gripping pieces 31a forming a pair of the gripping units 31 as shown in FIG. 6A. As a result, the replenished product G is gripped by the pair of gripping pieces 31a.
  • the controller 50 After gripping the product G by the grip portion 31, the controller 50 vertically turns the grip portion 31 by the grip portion operating mechanism 32 as shown in FIG. 6B, and grips the product G held by the grip portion 31. Take an upright posture. After that, as shown in FIG. 6C, the controller 50 moves the grip portion 31 downward to place the product G on the mounting table 33a, and releases the grip of the product G by the grip portion 31.
  • the controller 50 drives the mounting table 33a by the product rotating mechanism 33 to horizontally rotate the product G mounted on the mounting table 33a, as shown in FIG. 6D.
  • the outer peripheral surface of the swirling product G is imaged by the imaging unit 34, and a front portion (a portion facing the front side) is specified from the outer peripheral surface of the product G when the product G is displayed on the display shelf 12.
  • the controller 50 After specifying the front portion of the product G, the controller 50 stops the mounting table 33a with the front portion of the product G facing the back side, and grips the product G by the grip portion 31.
  • the controller 50 moves the grip portion 31 that grips the product G by the moving mechanism 35 to the back side of the display product row 12a of the corresponding display shelf 12. After that, as shown in FIG. 7A, the controller 50 turns the grip portion 31 by the grip portion operation mechanism 32 so that the tips of the pair of grip pieces 31a face forward.
  • the controller 50 moves the base 30a forward by the front-rear movement mechanism 35a as shown in FIG. 7B, and puts the product G on the upper surface on the rear end side of the display shelf 12. Moving. After that, as shown in FIG. 7C, the controller 50 moves the grip portion 31 downward to place the product G on the upper surface of the display shelf 12, and releases the grip portion 31 from gripping the product G.
  • the controller 50 sets the posture of the grip portion 31 to a predetermined standby posture, moves the grip portion 31 to a predetermined standby position by the moving mechanism 35, and ends the operation.
  • the product G provided between the showcase 10 and the product storage unit 20 and stored in the product storage unit 20 is taken out, and the taken-out product G is taken out.
  • a product replenishment mechanism 30 for replenishing the display shelf 12 from the back side of the showcase 10 is provided.
  • the face-up work of the product G displayed on the display shelf 12 by the worker is not required, so that the work load of the worker who performs the display work of the product G can be reduced.
  • a product rotation mechanism 33 provided in the product replenishment mechanism 30 to rotate the product G taken out from the product storage unit 20, and an imaging unit 34 for imaging the outer peripheral surface of the product G rotated by the product rotation mechanism 33.
  • the controller 50 identifies the front portion (the portion facing the front side) of the product G by imaging the outer peripheral surface of the product G rotated by the product rotation mechanism 33 with the image pickup unit 34.
  • the product replenishment mechanism 30 can specify the front portion of the product G and place the product G on the display shelf 12 with the front portion of the product G facing the front side of the showcase 10. It is possible to direct the product G to be placed on the display shelf 12 toward the front side of the showcase 10 by one mechanism without requiring a plurality of mechanisms for specifying the front surface of the product.
  • controller 50 stores each of the plurality of displayed product rows 12a in association with any one of the plurality of stored product rows 21a, and the product replenishment mechanism 30 stores the product G among the plurality of displayed product rows 12a.
  • the product G stored in the stored product line 21a associated with the displayed product line 12a to be replenished is taken out, and the product G is replenished to the displayed product line 12a to be replenished with the product G.
  • a product storage room 40 in which the product storage unit 20 is arranged is formed, and on the back side of the product storage room 40, the product storage unit 20 is formed from the outside of the product storage room 40. Is provided with a product input port 40a into which the product G can be input.
  • the remaining number of products G displayed in each displayed product row 12a of the plurality of display shelves 12 is detected by the remaining number detecting unit 51 provided in each displayed product row 12a.
  • the remaining number of products G displayed in each display product row 12a of the plurality of display shelves 12 can be obtained, for example, based on the number of products sold sold by the so-called POS system. In this case, since it is not necessary to attach a sensor for detecting the remaining number of products G to the display shelf 12, it is possible to reduce the cost related to the installation of the sensor.
  • the showcase 10 a so-called reach-in showcase provided with a product take-out door 11 for opening and closing the product take-out opening 10a on the front surface of the showcase 10 is shown, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the product storage unit 20 and the product replenishment mechanism 30 may be provided on the back side of the open showcase in which the air curtain is formed in the product take-out opening on the front surface.
  • the storage shelf 21 of the product storage unit 20 shows that the product G is stored in a sideways posture, but the product storage unit may be a product storage unit that stores the product G in an upright posture.
  • the product replenishment mechanism 30 shows the grip portion 31 that grips the product G so as to sandwich the outer peripheral surface of the product G, but the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the product G stored in the product storage unit is taken in by a bucket having a conveyor that moves the product G without gripping the product G. It is possible to display the imported product G on the display shelf.
  • the outer peripheral surface of the product G is imaged, and the front surface of the product G is specified from the captured image.
  • the portion of the outer peripheral surface of the product G that faces the front side for example, the position of the barcode for product management on the outer peripheral surface of the product G is specified, and the side opposite to the specified barcode position. It may be regarded as a part in which the surface of the surface faces the front side.
  • portion of the outer peripheral surface of the product G that faces the front side is not limited to the front portion on which the product name is described, and the portion other than the portion that is set for each product G and has the product name described is on the front side. It may be set to face.
  • the product replenishment mechanism 30 takes out the product G stored in the stored product row 21a associated with the display product row 12a for replenishing the product G among the plurality of display product rows 12a.
  • the display product line 12a for replenishing the product G is shown in which the product G is replenished, but the present invention is not limited to this.
  • the stored product is placed on the mounting surface of the storage shelf.
  • a product storage unit an imaging unit that images the outer peripheral surface of the product G placed on the product storage unit, and a product identification unit that specifies the type of product from the image of the outer peripheral surface of the product imaged by the imaging unit.
  • a product display device including a storage unit that stores the storage position and the type of the product put into the product storage unit in association with each other in the product storage unit can be considered.
  • the types of products associated with the display product line for replenishing the products are placed in a plurality of products placed on the storage shelf based on the product type and storage position stored in the storage unit. Select from and take out by the product replenishment mechanism and replenish the displayed product line.

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Le problème décrit par la présente invention est de fournir un dispositif d'affichage d'article pouvant permettre la réduction de la charge de travail sur un travailleur qui effectue une opération de réapprovisionnement d'article. La solution selon l'invention porte sur un mécanisme de réapprovisionnement (30), le mécanisme de réapprovisionnement (30) étant disposé entre une vitrine (10) et une partie de stockage d'article (20), retirant un article G stocké dans la partie de stockage d'articles (20), et réapprovisionnant les étagères de présentation (12) depuis l'arrière de la vitrine (10) avec l'article retiré G.
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