KR20030039001A - Clerkless system in shopping mall - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an unmanned system of a shopping mall that completely eliminates the cost of labor and solves the delay problem at the cash register by completely unmanning the selection of goods and calculating and paying the purchase amount of the goods. A database for storing and managing data on sales amounts, an ID card as a means for identifying each customer, a plurality of entrance devices that receive a weight of a cart device that detects the weight of a cart, and detect a cart that has a weight value other than zero; A plurality of local counter devices for reading the ID card of the customer and detecting the weight and barcode of the selected product of the customer, and the selected product of the customer detected by the plurality of local counter devices are accumulated and managed for each identification data of the ID card. Host device that calculates the weight, and attached to the cart to detect the total weight of the goods in the cart and transmits the infrared signal A plurality of cart devices and a customer's ID card are read to retrieve a list of purchased products corresponding to the identification information from the host device, and the weight value from the cart device is received to determine the cumulative weight of the host and the actual weight of the cart device. If it matches, it consists of a plurality of self-counter devices which initialize the weight value of the cart device to '0' while calculating the total payment amount and executing payment processing.

Description

Unmanned system of shopping mall {CLERKLESS SYSTEM IN SHOPPING MALL}

The present invention relates to an unmanned system for reducing production costs by reducing labor costs, and more specifically, to allow customers to purchase and calculate payments at large marts, thereby reducing related labor costs, and processing according to calculation and payment of payments. The present invention relates to an unmanned system of a shopping mall that can shorten time.

In recent years, the number of single-family homes where both couples work for work has been driven by time, or various leisure activities have increased, so as to reduce the time for purchasing food and daily necessities. The home is increasing a lot. Accordingly, a lot of large marts and large discount stores that can solve all the goods, such as food, household goods, clothing at once in one place appeared, the use is increasing.

Such a shopping mall is to reduce prices by reducing goods management costs or distribution costs, and is operated at the level of giving bar codes for each product for product management. In addition, by reading the bar code for each item at the time of calculation, it is aimed at the speed and convenience at the time of calculation. In addition, some stores attach detectors for each product to prevent theft of goods, and apply a method of removing the detector attached to the product after checkout at the cashier, so that the detector detects and alarms when passing through the entrance without calculation.

However, since there is no complete unmanned operation yet, labor costs are still high, such as having to have employees at each checkout counter, and the barcodes of goods must be scanned at the time of checkout, so that delays and delays in calculation and payment processing are frequent. It was inconvenient to occur.

That is, until now, when purchasing a product in a large store, the customer needs to put the desired item in the cart, and then arrange the item in the counter device provided at the exit. Because it proceeds in the way of calculating, customers had to wait for a long time, and things were put in and out and put back.

In addition, since bar codes are mostly applied to industrial products and are difficult to apply to general crops such as radishes and Chinese cabbages, a separate sales stand is provided, and if a customer wants to put them in a wrapping paper (plastic bag, etc.), The complete unmanned operation was not possible, as the middle management staff of the company weighed and attached a sticker with the bar code printed on the outside of the package.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above-described problems, and its object is to provide an unmanned system of a shopping mall that completely reduces the labor cost and solves the delay problem at the cashier by completely unmanning the selection of goods and calculating and paying the purchase amount of the goods. .

In another aspect, the present invention is to provide an unmanned system of the shopping mall by applying to not only industrial products but also agricultural and aquatic products by managing the goods by weight and check the purchase amount, so that the buyer can process from selection of goods to payment.

In addition, the present invention is to provide an unmanned system of the shopping mall that can be solved at the same time to the database of the weight information for all products and check the customer's purchases by weight unit to calculate and prevent theft at once.

1 is a block diagram of an unmanned system of a shopping mall according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a local counter apparatus.

3 is a block diagram of the cart attachment device.

4 is a block diagram of a self-counter device.

Figure 5 is a block diagram showing a door attachment device of a large-scale mart.

6A and 6B are flowcharts illustrating a shopping process using the unmanned system of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

11: Database 12: Host Device

13: Self Counter Device 14: Local Counter Device

15: doorway device 16: cart device

17: ID card

The present invention provides a constituent means for achieving the above object, a database for storing and managing a list of all the goods in the store and the data of the weight and bar code and sales amount of each product;

ID card which is an identification means for each customer;

A plurality of doorway device for receiving the weight of the cart device to enter and exit to detect the entrance of the cart that the weight value is not zero;

A plurality of local counter devices for reading the ID card of the customer and detecting the weight and barcode of the customer's selected product;

A host device for accumulating and managing the selected products of the customer detected by the plurality of local counter devices for each identification data of the ID card and calculating a total weight;

A plurality of cart devices attached to the cart for detecting the total weight of goods in the cart and transmitting the detected weight as an infrared signal; And

The customer's ID card is read, and the list of purchased products corresponding to the identification information is retrieved from the host device, the weight value is received from the cart device, and when the cumulative weight of the host and the actual weight of the cart device match, the total payment amount is calculated. And an unmanned system of a shopping mall including a plurality of self-counter devices for initializing a weight value of the cart device to '0' while executing a payment process.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the configuration and operation of the present invention.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an unmanned system of a shopping mall according to the present invention, which includes a database 11 for storing and managing data on a list of all products in a store, weights, bar codes, and sales amount of each product. Manage and store a list of purchased items for each ID card transmitted through a plurality of local counter devices 14, calculate the total weight and payment amount, and transmit the purchase information of the corresponding ID card at the request of the self counter device 13 The host device 12 which performs payment processing, reads the ID card provided by the customer, retrieves the purchase information of the corresponding ID card from the host device 12, receives the weight value from the cart device 16, If the cumulative weight and the measured weight of the cart apparatus 16 match, the calculation value is displayed to initialize the weight value of the cart apparatus 16 to '0' while executing payment processing according to the customer's choice. A large number of self-counter devices 13 for notifying error information when the cumulative weight of the host and the measured weight of the cart device 16 are inconsistent, and when the customer inserts the ID card and places the selected product on the basis weight basis, Receives the weight of a plurality of local counter device 14 and the cart device 16 entering and exiting with the identification information of the ID card and transmitted to the host device 12, the weight value of the cart A plurality of entrance and exit devices 15 for detecting entry and exit, a plurality of cart devices 16 for detecting the total weight of goods contained in the cart and transmitting them as infrared signals, an ID card 17 which is an identification card used for each customer, It consists of a network 18 connecting the devices together for data communication.

The plurality of self-counter devices 13 are provided at the outlet of the store and used by the customer for payment processing, and the plurality of local counter devices 14 are distributed in various places near the merchandise display rack in the store, and selected items on the cart. Make it available to customers before adding it. In addition, the cart device 16 is a device installed in the cart that the customer carries the goods to detect the weight of the goods contained in the cart and transmit the weight value through infrared communication, the ID card 17 is the store In order to identify the customer, the credit card used as an existing payment method can be used as it is, and can also be manufactured and used separately for identification purposes only in stores. When the ID card 17 is manufactured separately, a separate credit card must be presented again in the payment processing after the ID card is inserted for identification in the self-counter device 13, and when the existing credit card is used as the ID card, the self counter The card 13 can be processed collectively from calculation to payment in one card reading.

2 is a block diagram of the local counter apparatus 13. The local counter apparatus 13 shows the purchase information including the weight, brand name, and selling price of the product selected by the customer, and the processing result of the local counter apparatus 13. A display unit 21 for displaying, a basis weight unit 22 for detecting the weight of the product selected by the customer, a barcode reading unit 23 for scanning and reading the barcode of the product selected by the customer, and the customer's presentation A card reader 24 for reading identification information of the ID card 17, an input unit 25 for allowing a customer to view output information of the display unit 21, and input product selection or cancellation, and the basis weight unit ( 22) and information (weight, product type, date of manufacture, sale price, etc.) detected by the barcode reading unit 23 is displayed on the display unit 21, and the read product information is removed according to the selection of the input unit 25. Identification information read or canceled from the card reader 24 Together with a control unit 26 for controlling the product information to be transmitted to the host device 12, and a communication unit 27 for transmitting customer identification information and product information to the host device 12 under the control of the control unit 26. do.

In the above description, the display unit 21 can be implemented as a general monitor, and the basis weight unit 22 detects a weight change applied by a weight scale (not shown) for positioning the optional article and the weight of the article placed thereon. It is composed of a weight detection sensor (for example, a load cell, not shown), the bar code reading unit 23 may be configured together with the basis weight unit 22 as a module. That is, by constructing a portion of the basis weight of the glass for light transmission and attaching the barcode reading unit 23 to the lower portion thereof, the weight and barcode detection can be performed at once by the customer placing the optional article at a predetermined position.

In addition, the input unit 25 includes a confirmation button and a cancel button. When the customer wants to check and purchase the output contents of the display unit 21, the user presses the confirmation button and, in the opposite case, the cancel button.

When the confirmation button signal is applied from the input unit 25, the control unit 26 transmits the data read through the basis weight unit 22, the barcode reader 23, and the card reader 24 to the host device 12. When the cancel button signal is applied, the basis weight unit 22, the barcode reader 23, and the card reader 24 are reset, and the read data is also deleted. Thereafter, the processing result is output through the display unit 21 so that the customer can know the processing state. For example, during normal processing, the message "Normal processing" is output. When canceling, the message "Normal return" is output. In addition, the use of the basis weight unit 22, bar code reader 23, card reader 24 is guided through the display unit 22.

Next, Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the cart device 16 provided in the cart, the cart device 16 is a weight detection unit 31 for detecting the weight of the goods carried in the cart, and the infrared communication unit 33 Transmitting and receiving an infrared signal with the control unit 32 for transmitting the detected value of the weight detection unit 31 when receiving the weight value request or resetting the weight detection unit 31 to '0' when receiving the reset request. It consists of an infrared communication unit 33.

The weight detection unit 31 is located at the bottom of the cart to detect the weight of the goods inside the cart, and the infrared communication unit 33 is located at the side of the cart and the self-counter device 13 or the entrance device 15 and It is installed to transmit and receive infrared signals.

Next, Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the self-counter device 13, the self-counter device 13 according to the present invention is the ID card 17 and / or credit presented by the payment means and customer identification means A card reader 41 for reading identification information stored in a card (not shown), a display unit 42 for outputting processing status and a guide message, an input unit 43 for inputting data and instructions, and the card reading The controller 44 which receives the purchase information corresponding to the identification information recognized by the unit 41 from the host device 12, determines whether the weight is consistent, calculates the total amount when the weight is matched, and controls to perform payment processing. In accordance with the control of the control unit 44 and the receipt output unit 45 for outputting the calculated amount and purchase information and payment processing results, and the cart device 16 by communicating with the infrared signal to detect the weight of the cart device 16 Receiving infrared communication unit 46, the hose It comprises a network communication unit 47 that enables data communication with the network device 12.

5 is a block diagram of a doorway device 15 attached to a doorway of a store, that is, a cart passing through, and the doorway device 15 transmits and receives an infrared signal to and from the cart device 16 to detect weight. The infrared communication unit 51 receiving the value, the control unit 52 determining whether or not the weight value received through the infrared communication unit 51 is 0, and the weight value received in accordance with the determination of the control unit 52 If it is not 0, it is composed of an alarm unit 53 for outputting an alarm signal so that the manager and / or customers know.

That is, the doorway device 15 detects the cart with the cart device 16 whose internal weight value is not reset to 0, thereby preventing the identification of the defective cart device 16 and the unloading of goods which are not paid. It is to.

As described above, a series of actions performed from the visit to the customer's exit through the unmanned system configured will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6.

First, when the customer visits the store (S601), in consideration of their shopping volume, a cart of a suitable size is selected (S602). This is to select the cart in the corresponding weight range of the cart divided by the detectable weight unit (for example, 30Kg, 50Kg, 100Kg) according to the weight detection capacity of the cart device 16 attached to the cart.

As described above, when the customer pushes the cart selected and enters the store through the doorway in which the doorway device 15 is installed, the passing moment doorway device 15 transmits and receives an infrared signal to and from the cart device 16 of the cart. Receive the detected weight value. At this time, if the detected weight value is not 0, it is reset to 0 or a separate alarm sound is generated to inform the administrator that the bad cart.

Therefore, when the customer enters the store, the customer uses a cart with the cart device 16 having a weight of zero.

After that, while shopping while dragging the cart, if the desired product is selected (S604), the selected product is picked up through a local counter device 14 to perform a basis weight and barcode reading processing, and when the decision is made to purchase, The ID card 17 is inserted into the card reader 24 of the local counter device 14 and a purchase confirmation is input through the input unit 25 (S605).

The customer identification information read from the local counter device 14 and the product information (weight, product code, etc.) of the selected product are transmitted to the host device 12 (S606), and the host device 12 receives the received purchase information (customer). Identification information and selected product information) are stored in the database 11 for each customer (S607). At this time, by using the weight information of all the goods stored in the database 11, by comparing the actual weight of the goods entered by the customer into the local counter device 14 and the set weight stored in the database 11, If there is a large difference in weight, it is possible to prevent theft and the like by making a purchase process for the goods not made.

Each time the customer selects a product to purchase, the steps S604 to S607 are repeatedly executed, and the host device 12 accumulates the list of purchased products and the total weight for each customer.

Thereafter, when shopping is completed and there are no more items to purchase (S608), the customer pulls the cart loaded with the selected products and arrives at the self-counter device 13. Then, the cart is placed at the predetermined position of the self counter device 13, and the ID card 17 carried therein is inserted into the card reader 41 of the self counter device 13 (S609).

The self-counter device 13 reads the identification information of the inserted ID card 17 and transmits it to the host device 12 to request purchase information (S610). The list of the purchased goods corresponding to the identification information stored in the storage information and the product information and gross weight information is transmitted to the self-counter device 13 (S611).

In addition, the self-counter device 13 requests the weight value from the cart device 16 and receives the total weight value of the actual article in the cart (S612).

Then, it is determined whether or not the actual weight in the cart provided from the cart device 16 and the total weight calculation value of the customer purchase goods received from the host device 12 are matched (S613).

In the comparison, if the two weight values match, the received purchase list is displayed, the selling price of each purchased product is added, the payment amount is calculated, and the payment is displayed on the display unit 46 together with the payment processing ( S614). In this case, the payment process may be paid by credit card or cash. For example, the receipt of the purchase list and the total amount may be printed to be paid by cash or credit card at a separate checkout. To request the presentation of, or if the ID card 17 has a credit card function, the payment process is carried out through the customer confirmation process (confirmation button input through the input unit 43). In this case, the plurality of self-counter devices 13 may include all of the credit card payment terminal functions, or may be provided in the host device 12 and processed by the host device 12 at the request of the self-counter device 13. You can also do that.

After the payment process as described above, the self-counter device 13 communicates with the cart device 16 to initialize the detected weight value in the cart device 16 to '0' (S615). Then, the customer is notified of the completion of all processing (S616).

Accordingly, the customer pulls out the cart containing the goods purchased by him and exits the store through the doorway (S617).

If the calculated weight value of the host device 12 and the detected weight of the cart device 16 do not match in the comparison, the self-counter device 13 notifies the customer and the manager of the inconsistency (S618, S619). Allow processing to take place. For example, after the administrator confirms the comparison between the goods in the cart and the goods recorded in the host apparatus 12, processing such as recalculation or returning can be performed according to the confirmation result (S620).

As described above, the present invention enables the selection of a purchased product and a payment processing at a customer line in a shopping mall having a large number of goods and users to sell, which makes it difficult to manage. By minimizing, there is an excellent effect that can save time and cost, and also has an excellent effect that can attract more customers by reducing the selling price through reducing labor costs.

Claims (5)

A database for storing and managing a list of all products in the store, weight, bar code, and sales amount of each product; ID card which is an identification means for each customer; A plurality of doorway device for receiving the weight of the cart device to enter and exit to detect the entrance of the cart that the weight value is not zero; A plurality of local counter devices for reading the ID card of the customer and detecting the weight and barcode of the customer's selected product; A host device for accumulating and managing the selected products of the customer detected by the plurality of local counter devices for each identification data of the ID card and calculating a total weight; A plurality of cart devices attached to the cart for detecting the total weight of goods in the cart and transmitting the detected weight as an infrared signal; And The customer's ID card is read, and the list of purchased products corresponding to the identification information is retrieved from the host device, the weight value is received from the cart device, and when the cumulative weight of the host and the actual weight of the cart device match, the total payment amount is calculated. And a plurality of self-counter devices for initializing the weight value of the cart device to '0' while executing the payment process. The method of claim 1, wherein the local counter device A display unit for displaying purchase information and processing results including a weight, a brand name, and a selling price of a product selected by a customer; A basis weight unit for detecting a weight of a product selected by a customer; A barcode reader for scanning and reading a barcode of the product selected by the customer; A card reader for reading identification information of the ID card presented by the customer; An input unit for allowing a customer to view output information of the display unit and input product selection or cancellation; Display the information of the goods detected by the basis weight unit and the barcode reader on the display unit, and removes the read product information and cancels the purchase or hosts the product information together with the identification information read from the card reader according to the selection of the input unit. A control unit for controlling transmission to the device; And And a communication unit for transmitting customer identification information and product information to a host device under the control of the controller. According to claim 1, wherein the cart device A weight detection unit detecting a weight of goods carried in the cart; An infrared communication unit for transmitting and receiving an infrared signal; And And a control unit which transmits a detection value of the weight detection unit when receiving a weight value request through an infrared communication unit or resets the weight detection unit to '0' when receiving a reset request. The method of claim 1, wherein the self-counter device A card reader for reading identification information stored in an ID card and / or a credit card presented as a payment means and a customer identification means; A display unit which outputs a processing status and a guide message; An input unit for inputting data and commands; A control unit which receives the purchase information corresponding to the identification information recognized by the card reader from the host device, determines whether the weight is consistent, calculates the total amount when the weight is matched, and performs a payment process; A receipt output unit for outputting a calculated amount, purchase information, and a payment processing result according to the control of the controller; An infrared communication unit communicating with the cart device through an infrared signal to receive a detected weight of the cart device; And The unmanned system of the shopping mall, characterized in that it comprises a communication unit for enabling data communication with the host device. According to claim 1, The doorway device is An infrared communication unit for transmitting and receiving an infrared signal with the cart device to receive a weight detection value; A controller for determining whether the weight value received through the infrared communication unit is 0 or not; And, And an alarm unit for outputting an alarm signal so that a manager and / or a customer can know if the weight value received is not 0 according to the determination of the controller.