KR101768933B1

KR101768933B1 - Electric shelf display system

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Publication number: KR101768933B1
Application number: KR1020150190191A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 안재중; 이원영
Original assignee: 주식회사 찬율
Priority date: 2015-12-30
Filing date: 2015-12-30
Publication date: 2017-08-17
Also published as: KR20170079517A

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to easily implement and manage an interworking system with a store management unit, eliminating the inconvenience caused by ESL terminal individual control, which is a problem existing in existing ESLs. To this end, in particular, one embodiment of the present invention is a display device for displaying a plurality of price information corresponding to a plurality of products and a plurality of product information visually divided and corresponding to each product, An electronic price display unit having a panel; A store manager for generating, managing, and storing a plurality of price information and a plurality of goods information; And a merchandise display control module interlocked with the electronic price display unit and the store management unit to generate a plurality of pieces of price information and a plurality of display layer information corresponding to the plurality of merchandise information and transmit the generated plurality of display layer information to the electronic price display unit And an electronic price display system including the electronic price display system.

Description

Electronic Price Display System {ELECTRIC SHELF DISPLAY SYSTEM}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic price display system, and more particularly, to an electronic price display system capable of easily displaying a large amount of goods information collectively and reflecting pricing information in real time.

Presently, at retail stores such as department stores, supermarkets, retail stores, etc., the price of a product is directly written on a paper or printed, thereby inconveniencing a new price tag that is changed every now and then. In particular, consumers are dissatisfied with price discrepancies between the price of goods and the point-of-sale system (POS). In addition, there is a growing need for solutions to lower profitability due to rising labor costs in retail outlets and new items to improve customer service.

Due to this necessity, the electronic shelf label (ESL) recently appeared and was actually installed and used. However, inconvenience such as wake-up and update of price information for each individual electronic shelf label still persisted. The electronic price display system disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2010-0128906 includes an ESL terminal for updating information including a price transmitted from the outside in a designated memory area and displaying the stored price information, A main server for receiving a message transmitted from the main server through a wireless communication network and for transmitting a specific ESL terminal to the RFID according to location related information included in the message, Quot; ESL pager " for relaying the price update information to the selected ESL terminal after selecting it by using the communication method ", and updating the price information of the ESL installed in the store shelf in real time.

However, since the electronic shelf label (ESL) disclosed in the above-mentioned 10-2010-0128906 has a separate memory area in the ESL terminal and stores information including the price, it is inconvenient to call it by each ESL terminal and stores large amount of information There is a limit to the display.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic price display device capable of eliminating the inconvenience caused by ESL terminal control, which is a problem existing in existing ESLs, and easily implementing and managing an interlocking system with a store management unit System.

The present invention also provides an electronic price display system in which a plurality of display panels are collectively controlled by a single merchandise display control module so that an electronic price display unit installed in a whole area other than a price display can be utilized as one digital signage (DIGITAL SIGNAGE).

In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides a method of displaying a plurality of pieces of price information and a plurality of pieces of product information corresponding to a plurality of goods, An electronic price display unit provided with a display panel; A store manager for generating, managing, and storing a plurality of price information and a plurality of goods information; And a merchandise display control module interlocked with the electronic price display unit and the store management unit to generate a plurality of pieces of price information and a plurality of display layer information corresponding to the plurality of merchandise information and transmit the generated plurality of display layer information to the electronic price display unit The present invention provides an electronic price display system including an electronic price display system.

Here, the display panel may be an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an LED (Light Emitting Diode).

The display panel can generate the respective display layer information so that each price information and each product information is displayed corresponding to the size of each product. Thus, it is possible to visually divide and display the display panel.

The store management department may include a distribution management system of the ERP managed by the POS and the distributor.

On the other hand, the merchandise display control module may receive a plurality of price information and a plurality of merchandise information from the store management unit, and transmit the plurality of display layer information to the electronic price display unit.

The electronic price display unit includes a goods display control module and a wireless communication module for wireless data communication. The electronic price display system receives an operation state signal through the wireless communication module and periodically monitors the operation state of the electronic price display unit The monitoring unit may further include a monitoring unit.

The plurality of electronic price display units may be provided in each shop, and the merchandise display control module may control the plurality of electronic price display units as one divided screen to transmit the advertisement information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention as described above, it is possible to easily implement and manage an interlocking system with the store management unit, eliminating the inconvenience caused by the ESL terminal control, which is a problem of existing ESLs.

In addition, a plurality of display panels are collectively controlled by a single merchandise display control module, so that the entire display can be utilized as one digital signage other than the price display. In addition, a plurality of user-responsive PR devices can be provided in the electronic price display terminal, thereby increasing the sales. For example, it is possible to transmit the promotional code, discount coupon through QR code (or bar code), discount, and information of event information through beacon communication to the customer's mobile phone.

1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic price display system according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing a state in which an electronic price display unit is installed in a counter of an embodiment of an electronic price display system according to the present invention,
3 is a flowchart sequentially showing an embodiment of an electronic price display method of an electronic price display system according to the present invention.

Electronic price display system

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic price display system according to the present invention. 1, an electronic price display system according to the present embodiment includes an electronic price display unit 100, a store management unit 200, and a product display control module 300. The present embodiment calls the store manager 200 through the merchandise display control module 300 to receive price information and merchandise information, generates a plurality of display layer information, and transmits the display layer information to the electronic price display unit 100, So as to reflect the merchandise management status of the store manager 200 to the electronic price display unit 100 immediately.

Hereinafter, configurations of the present embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Fig.

The electronic price display units 100, 101, and 102 are provided in the front rack 10 for collecting a plurality of products and visually divide a plurality of price information corresponding to a plurality of products and a plurality of product information to correspond to each product It serves as a display. The merchandise store may be installed in various merchandise distribution stores such as department stores, supermarkets, and retail stores, and the front store 10 refers to the front of these merchandise stores.

The electronic price display unit 100 is essentially provided with a flat panel display panel such as an LCD or an LED, and can be manufactured in various sizes of LCDs or LEDs, and the screen arrangement can be variously operated. In addition, a touch screen panel (TSP) such as a resistive touch panel or a capacitive touch panel may be applied to induce screen output based on the touch input. And a short range wireless communication module for performing wireless data communication with the product display control module 300 to be described later. The short-range wireless communication module may be a Wi-Fi module or a bluetooth module.

As shown in FIG. 2, one electronic price display unit 103, 104 displays a product name and price information of the product, which is displayed so as to coincide with the information of the product to be placed on the store 10. In addition to the product name, such product information may also output various product information such as the expiration date, the country of origin, the product capacity, and the discount information as still image information, or the video information may be played in one area. The still image information or the moving picture information is composed of individual display layer information.

The store manager 200 generates, manages, and stores a plurality of price information and a plurality of product information. The store manager 200 is used to collectively refer to a system for performing control for processing a purchase process of a user as well as overall store management. The store manager 200 in the present embodiment may be a POS (point of sale) configured by a terminal, a store controller, a host computer, and the like. In addition, POS is an abbreviation of Point Of Sale system, which means the point-of-sale information management system, which automatically collects and records data on sales management by electronic cash register function and computer function when selling products. Because. That is, the data to be used for merchandise sales management, inventory management, customer management, and sales management in a store are automatically collected and recorded at the point of sale automatically, whereby a register function such as a cash register, a file function for temporarily recording data, Can be connected to an upper-level device (such as a main office host computer) and transmitted.

Such a POS may be used in a single store in the present embodiment, or may be a POS located at a head office operating several points. Alternatively, POS may be present at both the head office and the branch office. In this case, the POS of the head office can be used as the store manager 200, and a common item common to the branches (for example, items having the same product and the same price information) (For example, an item having sale price information on the same product), the POS of the branch may serve as the store manager 200. In the case where the electronic price display unit 100 to be described later is located at the branch point, in relation to the common item code corresponding to the common item, the code related to the specific item corresponding to the specific item, A redundant configuration can be taken.

The merchandise display control module 300 generates a plurality of display layer information corresponding to a plurality of price information and a plurality of merchandise information in cooperation with the electronic price display unit 100 and the store management unit 200, To the electronic price display unit (100). The commodity display control module 300 may include a DB for storing an Android-based application, a server, and display panel information.

The product display control module 300 can generate the display layer information so that the product display control module 300 displays each price information and product information corresponding to the size of each product. Based on the information, that is, the position information of the display panel, and the specification information of the display panel, and the number of products arranged laterally.

Specifically, the merchandise display control module 300 receives a plurality of price information and a plurality of merchandise information from the store manager 200 and receives a plurality of display layer information from the merchandise display control module 300 based on the display panel location information 100).

The present embodiment may further include a monitoring unit (not shown) in addition to the above-described configuration. This periodically monitors the operating state of the display panel of the electronic price display unit 100. [ This can be configured so that a visual alarm can be displayed through a separate control monitor when the specific electronic price display unit 100 is in a disabled state of wireless data communication by determining the wireless data communication operation state.

In this case, the merchandise display control module 300 includes a plurality of electronic price display units 103 and 104, and a plurality of electronic price display units 103 and 104, It is also possible to transmit the advertisement information by controlling the divided screens.

How to Provide Electronic Price Display

3 is a flowchart sequentially showing an embodiment of an electronic price display method of an electronic price display system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, in the electronic price display providing method, the merchandise display control module first calls a plurality of price information and a plurality of merchandise information corresponding to a plurality of merchandise from the store manager (S10).

Next, the plurality of called price information and the called plurality of goods information are transmitted to the goods display control module in response to the call by the store manager.

Next, the product display control module generates a plurality of display layer information corresponding to each of the plurality of called price information and the called plurality of product information based on the stored display panel information (S20).

Here, the display panel information includes shop location information of the display panel (for example, branch point information, product section information, and step number information for a product classification) and standard information of the display panel. The number of the plurality of display layer information according to the size of the product placed in the corresponding shop can be determined through the standard information of the pre-stored display panel. Each of the display layer information may include a price indication and image information or moving picture information corresponding to the corresponding product information.

Next, the goods display control module transmits the plurality of display layer information to the electronic price display unit corresponding to the display panel information (S30).

Finally, an electronic price display method may be performed by displaying a plurality of display layer information through a display panel corresponding to the display panel information (S40).

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, As will be understood by those skilled in the art. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. In addition, the scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the above detailed description. Also, all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

10: Front shelf
100, 101, 102, 103, 104: Electronic price display unit
200: Store manager
300: Commodity display control module

Claims

An electronic price display unit provided on a front rack collecting a plurality of products and visually dividing and displaying a plurality of price information corresponding to the plurality of products and a plurality of product information so as to correspond to each product;
A store manager for generating, managing, and storing the plurality of price information and the plurality of goods information; And
The electronic price display unit and the store management unit to generate a plurality of pieces of price information and a plurality of pieces of display layer information corresponding to the plurality of pieces of merchandise information and transmit the generated plurality of display layer information to the electronic price display unit A display control module,
The display panel may be an LCD or an LED,
The product display control module generates each display layer information so that each of the price information and the product information is displayed corresponding to the size and the number of the products arranged horizontally,
Wherein the electronic price display unit includes the product display control module and a wireless communication module for wireless data communication,
A monitoring unit for periodically monitoring an operating state of the electronic price display unit by receiving an operating state signal through the wireless communication module; and a control monitor for displaying a visual alarm in the case of a disabled state of wireless data communication,
Wherein the goods display control module comprises:
Wherein the electronic price display unit transmits the plurality of price information and the plurality of goods information from the store management unit to the electronic price display unit based on the display panel position information,
The store management unit includes a head office POS and a branch POS,
Wherein the merchandise display control module is duplicated so as to be interlocked with the point POS with respect to a specific item code corresponding to a specific item interlocked with the main office POS with respect to a common item code corresponding to the common item,
The electronic price display unit is provided in a plurality of stores,
Wherein the goods display control module controls the plurality of electronic price display units to be one divided screen to transmit the advertisement information.

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