JP4373549B2 - Shelf label display change system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a shelf label display change system, and more particularly, to a shelf label display change system installed in a store having a sales floor of goods and a work place arranged outside the sales floor.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, so-called POS (Point Of Sales) systems are widely used in stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores. This POS system is mainly composed of a plurality of POS terminals (registers) and a store controller placed in the back room, and the store controller stores the data of the sold products based on the input operation at the POS terminal when selling the products. It is a system that performs display and aggregation. In addition, a POS server dedicated to the POS system may manage the POS terminal in place of the store controller that is the central controller of the entire store system.
[0003]
In such a POS system, product management is performed by using a product code (barcode) attached to the product, so that the product code and information about the product such as a price can be linked to each other. There is no need to put a price tag on the product. For this reason, in a store adopting a POS system, by placing a shelf label describing the price of the product on the shelf where the product is displayed, the price of the product is shown to the customer. Yes.
[0004]
Recently, there have also appeared stores that employ an ESL system (electronic shelf label system) in addition to the POS system. In this ESL system, the transceiver installed in the sales floor and the ESL (electronic shelf label) attached to each product communicate wirelessly, and each ESL is connected to the POS server, store controller, and higher level via the ESL server connected to the transceiver. It works in conjunction with a headquarters computer (a computer at the chain headquarters that organizes multiple stores). Here, the ESL server obtains information related to each product from the actual sales price data held by the product master in the store controller and the POS server, and transmits it to the ESL to display the selling price of the product on the ESL. Therefore, if this ESL system is used, the actual sales amount at the POS terminal (hereinafter referred to as the actual selling price) and the ESL display amount (hereinafter referred to as the displayed selling price) of each product can be automatically matched. it can. This eliminates the hassle of replacing paper shelf labels during special sales, etc., and the actual selling price and the displayed selling price of the shelf label due to the time difference between the replacement of the shelf label or the change in the actual selling price and the replacement of the shelf label. It is possible to minimize problems such as a situation in which the two do not match and the customer's trust is impaired.
[0005]
The product master is a set of information (data) related to products, and each product has data such as a product code, a product name, a normal selling price, and a special selling price.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in a store such as a supermarket, a work place is often provided separately from the sales floor. This workshop is usually divided into departments (fresh fish department, fruit and vegetable department, meat department, non-fresh food department, etc.), and products are delivered, processed, packed, etc. It is also used as a storage place for items that have ended. A part of the workshop is used as a passage to the sales floor.
[0007]
In this work place, various products are stored until they are displayed on the sales floor, for example, when a special sale period or a product replacement time comes. In order to place the product on the sales floor together with the products when the time for display to the sales floor comes, ESL corresponding to each product is often stored in the work place. These ESLs are put on the sales floor together with the products stored in the work place, and information on the products on the sales floor is displayed electronically.
[0008]
However, in the conventional ESL system, the ESL sent from the workplace to the sales floor does not necessarily indicate the latest information until the wireless transmission from the transceiver installed in the sales floor is received. There is no problem if the wireless transmission is delivered from the transceiver in the sales floor before the customer arrives after the product and ESL are moved from the work floor to the sales floor, but the wireless communication has already ended before the ESL enters the sales floor or what is the ESL? If the wireless transmission cannot be received under the influence of ESL, there is a fear that the latest correct information on the product is not indicated by the ESL. In particular, a sale item or the like can be cited as a product that moves rapidly between the workplace and the sales floor. If an ESL that displays incorrect information is attached to the sale sale item, the credit of the store is damaged.
[0009]
An object of the present invention is a shelf label display change system installed in a store having a sales floor and a work place, and it is to suppress an error in display of an ESL (shelf label display) that goes from the work place to the sales floor.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The shelf label display change system according to claim 1 is a system installed in a store having a sales floor of goods and a work place arranged outside the sales floor, and includes a plurality of shelf label indicators, a plurality of wireless communication devices, With a server. The shelf label display device displays information related to each product, and is arranged in the vicinity of each product when it enters the sales floor (at the sales floor). The wireless communication device performs wireless transmission to the shelf label display. The server transmits information about the product to the shelf label display via the wireless communication device. In the work place, the shelf label indicator before going out to the sales floor is stocked. Then, at least one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is arranged in the work place, and wirelessly transmits to the shelf label display before entering the sales floor .
[0011]
In the system according to claim 1, since the server wirelessly transmits information about each product to the shelf label display, when the information about each product is changed, the shelf automatically arranged near each product on the sales floor. The display on the bill display can be changed. For this reason, the transmission of information (information such as price) related to the product shown to the customer is more reliable than the transmission using the conventional paper shelf label.
[0012]
In addition, here, a configuration is adopted in which shelf label indicators before going to the sales floor are stocked in the work place, and wireless communication devices are arranged not only in the sales floor but also in the work place. For this reason, information about the product is also transmitted from the server via the wireless communication device to the shelf label display placed in the work place before entering the sales floor. Therefore, not only the shelf label display on the sales floor, but also the shelf label display in the workplace receives information on the latest product. As a result, the shelf label indicator that is put out from the work place when the product is put out from the work place to the sales place, even if it is not sent from the wireless transmitter of the sales place after being put on the sales place, is already up-to-date. Information about the product is being displayed. In other words, when a product is moved from the work place to the sales floor and displayed, the display contents of the shelf label display attached to the product are the latest.
[0013]
For example, special sale products are stocked in the workplace before entering the sales floor, but when these special sale products are put on the sales floor, the display of the shelf label indicator attached to them shows the latest sale price. Should be. If you put the shelf label indicator attached to this special sale product in the above work area, the spare shelf label indicator will be the latest display content, so when you put it on the sales floor together with the special sale product, It is possible to ensure that the display is displaying the latest display.
[0014]
In addition, since the display content of the shelf label display in the workplace is updated in real time as described above, it is difficult to change information on products such as price changes at the time of opening, Replacing with a shelf label display in the workplace can respond to changes in information about products with good response. In other words, if the spare shelf label indicators in the workplace can be sure to receive the latest information, these spare shelf label indicators will not be changed when the store is opened. By replacing with a tag display, display errors caused by the shelf label display can be suppressed.
[0015]
As described above, in the system of this claim, errors in the display of the shelf label display that goes from the workplace to the sales floor can be suppressed, and the store floor label display is replaced with the shelf label display of the sales floor, so The display corresponding to the information on the latest product is possible.
[0016]
A shelf label display change system according to a second aspect is the system according to the first aspect, wherein a storage space is provided in the work place. In this storage space, the shelf label display before it goes to the sales floor is stored. In addition, the wireless communication device arranged in the work place wirelessly transmits at least to the storage space.
[0017]
Here, a dedicated space (storage space) for storing the shelf label display before going to the sales floor is provided in the work place, and wireless transmission from the wireless communication device reaches there. Therefore, it is only necessary to arrange a wireless communication device so that wireless transmission can reach a limited space in the work place, and it is possible to improve the reliability of wireless transmission or to perform efficient wireless transmission. .
[0018]
For example, a storage shelf dedicated to shelf label display is provided on the side wall of the passage to the sales floor included in the workplace, a storage shelf is provided at one corner of the workplace, or a dedicated room for storage of the label display is provided in the workplace. Can be considered.
[0019]
The shelf label display changing system according to claim 3 is the system according to claim 2, wherein the storage space arranged in the work place is provided on a side wall portion of the work place close to the wireless communication device arranged in the work place. Or it is provided in the side wall part of the channel | path to a sales floor among work areas .
[0020]
Shelf label display changing system according to claim 4 is the system of claim 1, workplace has a shelf label storage room for storing the shelf label display are not out to the sales floor. In this shelf label storage room, a wireless communication device that performs wireless transmission to a shelf label display before entering the sales floor is arranged.
[0021]
Here, a shelf label storage room is provided in the work place, and a wireless communication device is arranged there. For this reason, the shelf label indicators before entering the sales floor can be collected in the shelf label storage room, and centralized management can be performed here. And, by placing wireless communication devices in the shelf label storage room where the shelf label displays before they go to the sales floor are centrally stored, the number of wireless communication devices can be reduced and the reliability of wireless transmission can be improved. Can be planned.
[0022]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows a part of an ESL system (shelf label display change system) 10 and a store management system including the same according to an embodiment of the present invention. This store management system is a system that performs a series of data processing such as merchandise management and sales aggregation employed in a store such as a supermarket.
[0023]
FIG. 1 shows an actual actual selling price (sales price) at a cash register in a store management system and a display selling price (display price) displayed on an electronic shelf label (hereinafter referred to as ESL) that displays a price at each product sales floor. The part of the system that automatically matches is shown. This store management system has a store controller 3, a POS system 4, an ESL system 10 and the like connected to a backbone LAN (Ethernet) 2 provided in the store.
[0024]
<Store controller>
The store controller 3 is also called a store automation server, and is connected to the backbone LAN as a central control device for the entire store management system. In the store controller 3, there is a product master file 3a composed of product information such as the product name and product price of each product and the company code (product code) given to each product. Based on the product master file 3a, the store controller 3 performs management related to each business in the store, such as product price management, inventory management, injection warehouse management, and sales management. When the store is one store of the supermarket chain, the merchandise master file 3a is normally sent from the headquarters of the chain to the store controller 3 of each store.
[0025]
<POS system>
The POS system 4 mainly includes a POS server 5 and a plurality of electronic cash registers (hereinafter referred to as ECR (Electric Cash Register)) 6 which are POS terminals. However, depending on the system configuration, the store controller 3 may have the function of the POS server 5 and the installation of the POS server 5 may be omitted.
[0026]
The POS server 5 is provided with a totaling file for totalizing registration information of each ECR 6 to be described later. Based on these files, sales information of products is managed and sent to the store controller 3.
[0027]
A plurality of ECRs 6 arranged at a cash register (see cash register 95 in FIG. 2) in which a shopper actually pays for a product is connected to the POS server 5. The ECR 6 includes a scanner that reads a company code (bar code), reads the company code attached to the product with the scanner, and displays information related to the company code. The ECR 6 performs department-specific registration, display on a display device, and print output by a printer, and transmits the registered data to the POS server 5. Then, the POS server 5 accumulates registration data from the ECR 6 in the total file.
[0028]
<Configuration of ESL system>
As shown in FIG. 1, the ESL system 10 is mainly composed of an ESL server 11, a base station 12 as a repeater, a transceiver 13 as a wireless communication device, and an ESL 14 as a shelf label display. .
[0029]
(ESL server)
The ESL server 11 is obtained by installing software for controlling the ESL system 10 on a computer such as a workstation or a personal computer. As shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 41 and a ROM 42, a RAM 43, and an HDD (HDD) connected to the CPU 41 are provided. A hard disk; storage unit) 44, a display screen 45, an operation input unit (keyboard) 46, a handy scanner 47, and the like.
[0030]
When the ESL system 10 is started up, a product information file 48 is created in the HDD 44 of the ESL server 11. The product information file 48 is a file for storing information on each product configured as shown in FIG. 5, and is a company code unique to the product, an ESL code unique to the ESL 14 described later, the product name of the product, and the product name. The normal sale price, the sale price of the product at the time of sale, the period of sale of the product, the unit price with respect to the normal sale price of the product, the unit price with respect to the sale price of the product, etc. are stored for each product. The product information file 48 is created based on information obtained from the product master file 3 a of the store controller 3 and information obtained from the actual sales price data file 5 a of the POS server 5. The product information file 48 is updated based on the update information every time the product master file 3a of the store controller 3 is updated. That is, for example, when the sale period is reached or the sale period ends and the product information is updated in the product master file 3a, the product information file 48 of the ESL server 11 is automatically updated accordingly. When the information in the product information file 48 is updated, the ESL server 11 transmits a change in product information to each corresponding ESL 14 via the base station 12 and the transceiver 13.
[0031]
By the way, the ESL server 11 is installed in a room 99 provided in a part of a back room (workplace) 98 in the store 90 shown in FIG. 2 (see FIG. 3). Since the room 99 in the backyard 98 is isolated from the sales floors 93 and 94 where the shoppers shop, the ESL server 11 cannot be accessed by store staffs such as store managers and system handlers.
[0032]
Note that the store 90 shown in FIG. 2 simply represents a general supermarket. The store 90 has an entrance 91, an exit 92, a fresh food section 93, a general merchandise section 94, a cash register 95, a backyard 98, and the like. The aforementioned ECR 6 is arranged in each register 95. The backyard 98 is disposed outside the area where shoppers such as the sales floors 93 and 94 and the cash register 95 can enter the store 90 so as to surround the sales floors 93 and 94. The backyard 98 is equipped with equipment for store management systems and other equipment for store management, as well as machinery for measuring, packaging, and pricing fresh food, and storing and storing products.・ Work such as inspection is also performed here. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the backyard 98 is divided into departments such as a fruit and vegetables department, a fresh fish department, a meat department, and a non-fresh department. In the store 90 of the present embodiment, the backyard 98 has a back room 98a in the fruits and vegetables department, a back room 98b in the fresh fish department, a back room 98c in the meat department, a back room 98d in the non-fresh department, and the like.
[0033]
(transceiver)
The transceiver 13 is a wireless communication device that has both a function of transmitting to the ESL 14 and a function of receiving a feedback signal from the ESL 14, and transmits product information held by the ESL server 11 to each ESL 14 wirelessly using infrared rays. A feedback signal from each ESL 14 is received and transmitted to the ESL server 11. This transceiver 13 is arranged in the store 90 so that it can be reliably transmitted to each ESL in consideration of the limitation of the infrared reachable distance. Specifically, first, it is attached to each ceiling section of the sales floors 93 and 94 of the store 90 as shown in FIG. Here, twelve transceivers 13 are attached to the ceilings of the sales floors 93 and 94.
[0034]
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the transceivers 13 are also installed in the respective back rooms 98 a to 98 d in the back yard 98. These transceivers 13 are attached to the ceiling portions of the back rooms 98a to 98d.
[0035]
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, one transceiver 13 is also attached to the ceiling of a room 99 provided in a part of the backyard 98.
[0036]
(ESL)
The ESL 14 is arranged in the vicinity of each product displayed on the sales floor (fresh food section 93, general merchandise section 94) in the store 90 shown in FIG. 2, and replaces the conventional paper price tag. . Therefore, the ESL 14 is attached to a fresh food section 93 and a peg hook in addition to a normal commodity display shelf as in the general commodity section 94. The size and shape of the ESL 14 can be selected to some extent according to the sales floor and the product.
[0037]
In addition to ESL 14 being sold at sales floors 93 and 94, ESL 14 is also stocked in backyard 98. The ESL 14 stocked in the back yard 98 is replaced with the one that is also stocked in the back yard 98 when it goes out to the sales floors 93, 94, or the ESL 14 that is put out in the sales floors 93, 94. belongs to.
[0038]
As shown in FIG. 6, the ESL 14 looks like liquid crystal first to seventh display units 31 to 37, a solar cell 21, a wireless reception unit 22, a wireless transmission unit 23, and labels 25 and 26. And have.
[0039]
The label 25 is printed with a product name, and is attached to the lower left side of the surface of the ESL 14 as shown in FIG. The label 26 is printed with a barcode (first barcode) including the company code, and is attached to the lower right side of the surface of the ESL 14. These labels 25 and 26 may be integrated labels. Although not shown, a barcode (second barcode) representing an ESL code (shelf label display code) unique to the ESL 14 is printed on the back surface of the ESL 14.
[0040]
The first display unit 31 can display a 4-digit 7-segment display and displays an actual selling price. The second display section 32 can display a 4-digit 7-segment display and displays a normal selling price. The 3rd display part 33 can display 7 digits of 4 digits, and displays a unit price. The fourth display unit 34 can display a 3-digit 7-segment display, and displays the number of products displayed, or the display layout and number of products displayed. The fifth display unit 35 displays “normal selling price” indicating that the display in the second display unit 32 column is the normal selling price (see FIG. 7). The sixth display unit 36 displays “sale product” when the product is a sale (not shown). The seventh display unit 37 can display 7 segments. When a special sale is made, “m” is displayed when the special sale period is a month, “w” when the special sale period is a week, and the special sale period is only that day. In some cases, “d” is schematically displayed.
[0041]
Further, the ESL 14 has a small CPU inside, and has a reception function, a comparison function, and a transmission function in addition to the display function described above. The ESL code unique to the ESL 14 is stored in the internal memory of the ESL 14, and the ESL code included in the product information received from the transceiver 13 received by the wireless reception unit 22 is compared with the ESL code set to self, and they match. Sometimes the received selling price, unit price, etc. are updated and displayed on the respective display units 31-37. In this case, previously displayed product information is cleared, and new product information is stored in the internal memory. In addition, after receiving the product information from the transceiver 13 and updating the display, the ESL 14 transmits a feedback signal indicating that the processing is normally completed from the wireless transmission unit 23 to the transceiver 13.
[0042]
The ESL 14 is attached to an ESL mounting rail 18 (see FIG. 7) or other mounting jig installed in the sales floor. The ESL 14 is detachable so that rearrangement of products can be freely performed, but a special tool possessed by a store clerk is required for attachment and detachment. The upper and lower claws 18a and 18b are formed on the ESL mounting rail 18 in FIG. 7, and the upper and lower ends of the ESL 14 are engaged with the claws 18a and 18b. Can be attached to.
[0043]
Here, a special advertising method is used in which a POP advertisement 19 is attached to the special sale product together with the ESL 14 (see FIG. 7). In order to reduce the cost of each ESL 14, the liquid crystal display of the ESL 14 is not displayed in color. There is no monochrome display. The POP advertisement 19 is arranged in the vicinity of the product by being bitten by the claw 18 a of the ESL mounting rail 18 together with the ESL 14.
[0044]
<Overview of ESL system operation>
In the ESL system 10 having such a configuration, the ESL server 11 stores information in which the ESL code for identifying the ESL 14 is added to the information from the product master file 3 a of the store controller 3 in the HDD 44 as the product information file 48. (See FIG. 4). The product information file 48 is immediately updated according to the update of the product master file 3a as described above.
[0045]
Depending on the instruction to change the product master file 3a from the headquarters of the chain and the sales strategy at each store, the specified product will be sold as a special sale, or the actual sale price will be reduced. In the event that it has increased, the product information held in the product master file 3a is changed, and the content of the product information file 48 of the ESL server 11 is also changed accordingly.
[0046]
Then, the ESL server 11 transmits product information to the ESL 14 in order to change the display. Each ESL 14 compares the ESL code included in the product information received from the transceiver 13 with the ESL code set in itself, and if they match, the actual sales price, unit price, etc. updated by taking in the product information Is displayed on each display unit 31-37. For example, when the product information of the company code 54321 shown in FIG. 5 is transmitted to the ESL 14, the ESL 14 performs a display (partially blinking display) as shown in FIG.
[0047]
In this way, each ESL 14 displays the selling price of the displayed product, information on special sales, and the like.
[0048]
<Features of this ESL system>
(1)
The product information in the product information file 48 of the ESL server 11 is linked to the product information of the product master file 3a held by the store controller 3, and the actual selling price used in the ECR 6 and the display selling price displayed on the ESL 14 automatically match. , Improve shoppers' trust in stores. That is, when the selling price at ECR6 is higher than the display price at the sales floor, a complaint is made by the shopper, and when this occurs in the checkout queue, all the shopper in the line There will be distrust in the store. However, since the ESL system 10 as described above is introduced in this store management system, the selling price change in the product master file 3a and the display selling price change of the ESL 14 are automatically linked to each other in the selling price and the sales floor in the ECR6. The displayed selling price of ESL14 immediately matches. Therefore, the shopper comes to trust the store.
[0049]
It is also possible for store managers, department managers, buyers, etc. to determine the demands of shoppers and to conduct special sales and measure the results in real time.
[0050]
(2)
In the present ESL system 10, the transceiver 13 is arranged not only in the sales floors 93 and 94 but also in each of the back rooms 98 a to 98 d of the backyard 98. Therefore, the product information is transmitted from the ESL server 11 via the transceiver 13 to the ESL 14 stocked in each of the back rooms 98a to 98d before going to the sales floors 93 and 94. Therefore, not only the ESL 14 in the sales floors 93 and 94 but also the ESL 14 in the backyard 98 is receiving the latest product information in real time.
[0051]
For this reason, the ESL 14 that is put out to the sales floors 93 and 94 when the products are put out from the back rooms 98a to 98d to the sales floors 93 and 94 is put on the sales floors 93 and 94 and then the ceiling of the sales floors 93 and 94. Even without receiving a transmission from the transceiver 13 installed in the mobile phone, the latest product information is already displayed. Accordingly, the ESL 14 delivered from the backyard 98 to the sales floors 93 and 94 displays the latest product information from the beginning, and the probability of erroneous display becomes extremely small.
[0052]
In addition, since the display contents of the ESL 14 in the backyard 98 are updated in real time in this way, transmission of the sales floors 93 and 94 to the ESL 14 is hindered due to the transportation and display of goods. Even when the shop 90 tends to open, if the ESL14 attached to a product with a price change such as a special sale product is replaced with the ESL14 stored in the backyard 98, the response to the change of the product information before the store opens with a good response. It becomes possible.
[0053]
(3)
In this ESL system 10, since the transceiver 13 is attached to the ceiling portion of each of the back rooms 98a to 98d, infrared communication is usually possible regardless of where the ESL 14 is placed in the back rooms 98a to 98d. Infrared communication is less likely to be blocked by the transportation of objects in 98a to 98d or the movement of people.
[0054]
[Other Embodiments]
(A)
In the above embodiment, the transceiver 13 is attached to the ceiling portions of the back rooms 98a to 98d so as to ensure good infrared communication with the ESL14. However, depending on how the ESL14 is stocked, the good communication state May be disturbed. Therefore, when stocking ESL14 in each of the back rooms 98a to 98d, it is desirable to provide a dedicated space for storing the ESL 14 in each of the back rooms 98a to 98d.
[0055]
It is desirable to set the dedicated space at a location where communication with the transceiver 13 on the ceiling is not blocked even when an object is transported or a person moves in the back rooms 98a to 98d. Specifically, it is conceivable to provide a storage shelf on the side wall portion close to the transceiver 13, or to provide a storage shelf on the side wall portion of the passage to the sales floors 93, 94 in consideration of taking out to the sales floors 93, 94. . Further, when such a dedicated space is provided, the transceiver 13 disposed in the back rooms 98a to 98d does not necessarily have to be mounted on the ceiling portion, and good wireless communication can be performed with respect to the dedicated space. What is necessary is just to arrange | position.
[0056]
(B)
In the above embodiment, the transceiver 13 is attached to the ceiling of the back rooms 98a to 98d of the backyard 98 so as to ensure good infrared communication with the ESL 14. However, depending on how the place where the ESL 14 is stocked is set. It may be difficult to maintain good communication. In order to improve the reliability of infrared communication in the backyard 98, it is conceivable to provide a dedicated storage room 100 (see FIG. 8) for the ESL 14 in the backyard 98 separately from the back rooms 98a to 98d.
[0057]
As shown in FIG. 8, if the ESL storage room 100 is provided on both sides of the store 90 and the ESL 14 stocked here is centrally managed, it is necessary to stock the ESL 14 in each of the back rooms 98a to 98d. As a result, the number of transceivers 13 required for the backyard 98 is also reduced. In the ESL dedicated storage room 100, there is almost no transportation or movement of goods or traffic of people, so that good infrared communication between the ceiling transceiver 13 and the ESL 14 is ensured.
[0058]
In addition, it is desirable that the storage shelf installed in the ESL dedicated storage room 100 has an inclined surface for holding the ESL 14 so that the stored ESL 14 faces the transceiver 13 on the ceiling. In addition, by installing storage shelves for each department, mistakes such as mistakes in ESL 14 can be prevented.
[0059]
【The invention's effect】
In the present invention, the shelf label indicator before entering the sales floor is stocked at the work place, and a wireless communication device is arranged not only at the sales floor but also at the work place, and wireless transmission is performed to the shelf label display before entering the sales floor. The shelf label indicator that is put out from the work place to the sales floor is not sent from the wireless transmitter of the sales floor after being put out on the sales floor, but when it is put out on the sales floor. Information about the latest product is being displayed. For this reason, the malfunction that the shelf label display device which goes out to the sales floor from the work area is erroneously displayed until it receives the wireless transmission from the wireless communication device of the sales floor can be suppressed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a store management system including a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a simplified plan view of a store.
FIG. 3 is a plan layout view of a transceiver.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an ESL server.
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a product information file.
FIG. 6 is a front view of an ESL.
FIG. 7 is an attachment diagram of ESL and POP advertisements.
FIG. 8 is a simplified plan view of a store and a plan layout view of a transceiver according to another embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 ESL system (shelf label display change system)
11 ESL server (server)
13 Transceiver (wireless communication device)
14 ESL (shelf label display)
93,94 Sales floor 98 Backyard (work place)
98a-98d Back room (workplace)
100 ESL dedicated storage room (shelf label storage room)

Claims (6)

A shelf label display change system installed in a store having a sales floor of goods and a work place arranged outside the sales floor,
In order to display information about each product, a plurality of shelf label indicators arranged in the vicinity of each product in the sales floor,
A plurality of wireless communication devices that wirelessly transmit to the shelf label display;
A server that transmits information about the product to the shelf label display device via the wireless communication device;
With
In the work place, the shelf label indicator before entering the sales floor is stocked,
A shelf label display change system, wherein at least one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is arranged in the work place and wirelessly transmits to the shelf label display before entering the sales floor . The work area is provided with a storage space for storing the shelf label indicator before entering the sales floor ,
The wireless communication device disposed in the work place wirelessly transmits at least the storage space.
The shelf label display change system according to claim 1.   The storage space is provided in a side wall portion of the work place close to the wireless communication device arranged in the work place, or provided in a side wall portion of a passage to the sales floor in the work place,
The shelf label display change system according to claim 2. The workplace has a shelf labels storage room for storing the shelf label display device that is not out on the sales floor,
In the shelf label storage room, the wireless communication device that performs wireless transmission to the shelf label display before entering the sales floor is disposed.
The shelf label display change system according to claim 1 .   A method of using the shelf label display change system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
  Transmitting information related to the product from the wireless communication device arranged in the work place to the shelf label display unit that is stocked in the work place and before entering the sales floor; and
  A second step of bringing the shelf label indicator to the sales floor together when the product is put out from the workplace to the sales floor;
How to use with.   A method of using the shelf label display change system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
  Transmitting information related to the product from the wireless communication device arranged in the work place to the shelf label display unit that is stocked in the work place and before entering the sales floor; and
  A second step of replacing the shelf label indicator attached to the product having a price change with the shelf label indicator stocked in the work place when the store is opened; and
How to use with.

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