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KR20140139945A
KR20140139945A KR20130070546A KR20130070546A KR20140139945A KR 20140139945 A KR20140139945 A KR 20140139945A KR 20130070546 A KR20130070546 A KR 20130070546A KR 20130070546 A KR20130070546 A KR 20130070546A KR 20140139945 A KR20140139945 A KR 20140139945A
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The present invention relates to a smart store system which is capable of improving shopping environment in the entrance and exit or an inside of a store. A smart store system according to the present invention includes a reader display terminal or a smart phone holder detachably installed to a cart. When a smart phone in which a membership card or an NFC tacking transceiver is embedded is touched to the reader display terminal or smart phone holder, a serial number of the reader display terminal or smart phone holder is stored in a customer database and an entrance management program is executed. The reader display terminal or smart phone holder of a cart may be retrieved at the store exit. A wireless charging reception unit is embedded in the reader display terminal or smart phone holder of a cart so that the reader display terminal or smart phone holder may be easily retrieved from the cart or managed, thereby providing comfortable shopping environment to customers.

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Smart store system {SMART STORE SYSTEM}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic price display device system, and more particularly, to a smart store system that improves a shopping environment in an outlet or a store.

In order to provide customers with price information of products at a merchandise store such as a large-sized mart or department store or a convenience store, the store employee displays price information on a label sheet and prints the label, then goes to the position of the merchandise displayed on the display case, corrects the label And had to be replaced. The process of repeating and replacing these operations every time the price of a product is changed is troublesome and troublesome for salespeople. Meanwhile, since the business person has to hire an employee to do this, the labor cost is not economical. Recently, an electronic price display device (hereinafter simply referred to as ESL) system capable of electronically displaying price information of a product has been developed.

The development of the electronic price display system has led to the emergence of a smart store system that improves the shopping environment.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-2004-0002494 discloses a scanning apparatus using a Bluetooth system and a method thereof.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-7021048 discloses an integrated barcode or QR capable of automatically detecting a barcode in an image while the image capture device is operating in a non-barcode or QR code image capture mode such as a default image capture mode. An image capture device with code scanning is disclosed.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-2000-0037571 discloses a wireless barcode or QR code scanner that solves a security problem due to credit card exposure by performing a payment function when purchasing a product using a wireless device equipped with a barcode or QR code scanner A billing system and method are disclosed.

Korea Patent Application No. 10-2008-0094104 has an image shooting function that can perform scanning operation and image shooting by using a barcode or QR code scanner without separate camera, and can store image information, manage inventory and manage document easily Bar code or QR code scanner.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-2003-0074455 discloses a method in which a shopping shopping cart loaded with articles is placed in front of a counter, and the loaded articles are discharged to a shelf. After the empty shopping carts are discharged, Is calculated.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-2003-0102836 discloses a smart shopping cart system in which a plurality of smart shopping cart systems are integrally managed as a wireless network device through wireless communication technology and a smart shopping cart management method using the same.

U.S. Patent Publication No. 2012-0284132 discloses a communication module that is mounted on a shopping cart and that provides a barcode corresponding to product information, a barcode or QR code reader that decodes the received barcode, a display module that displays the product, And a control device that compares the decryption information with the decryption information and displays the decryption information on the display module.

U.S. Patent Nos. 06975205 and 06486768 disclose a shopping cart collection system for detecting a shopping cart by installing a loop detection device in the shopping cart collection area.

U.S. Patent No. 04973952 discloses a technique of a shopping cart display device that advertises product information to a customer when the shopping cart is moved to a predetermined area while moving.

However, as can be seen from the above-mentioned conventional arts, a smart store system can be realized only when a predetermined area is set in a store entrance and a shopping cart passes through a predetermined designated area of a store entrance.

Even if the shopping cart passes through the designated area of the store entrance, it is not possible to accurately grasp the intention of the customer to enter and exit the store. As a result, not only did it not provide customers with a smart environment in the store, but there was also a possibility that an error in automatic payment could be the king.

Furthermore, there is a concern that the management of the shopping cart in and out of the store entrance is not smooth and the display terminal device mounted on the shopping cart may be damaged or damaged even if the shopping cart is managed smoothly.

Even when the display terminal device is not smoothly recovered or stolen, the person in charge of the management of the display terminal device has a serious burden and stress to the work load.

Furthermore, when the display terminal device is integrated with or separated from the shopping cart, power is not properly supplied to the battery of the display terminal device in the recovered state, and even if the power supply voltage is supplied to the battery of the display terminal device The layout of the electric wiring must not necessarily provide a pleasant indoor environment. In addition, various side effects due to the electric wiring, for example, an electric shock accident or an uncharged state Respectively.

On the other hand, the RFID tag attached to or mounted on a product has a high production cost and has not yet reached an economical production stage. Even if it reaches an economical production stage, the RFID tag is too difficult to economically apply to all products. In this case, in order to prevent the RFID tag from being attached to the merchandise, there is a need for a method of reading the barcode formed in a part of the wrapping paper of all the merchandise without error or error.

This method is realistic and applicable to all products and can be the most economical method, as long as the bar code formed on a part of the package of the product can be read without malfunction or error.

In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a smart store system capable of managing a display terminal device for a reader or a smartphone cradle in connection with a cell phone, a membership card, and an access management program for NFC tagging.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a smart store system for allowing a user to settle purchases by using an automatic payment program associated with a cell phone, a membership card, and an access management program for NFC tagging.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a smart store system capable of wirelessly supplying power to a recovered display terminal device for a reader.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a display terminal device for a reader or a motion sensor installed in a cart, which can prevent a malfunction of a display terminal device for a reader or a read error of a barcode of a product mounted in the cart And a smart store system.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a smart store system in which a shopping program is operated by a menu button, a home button, and a back button of a display terminal device for a reader.

In order to achieve the above objects, a smart store system of the present invention comprises a smart ESL server for collecting and processing necessary data, a smart ESL server for wirelessly communicating with a smart ESL server, In an electronic price display system that includes a smart ESL that can communicate with a gateway, a smart ESL gateway, and a smart ESL that can display information on product information and product stock quantity, it can be attached to and detached from a shopping cart, And a display terminal unit for a reader of a cart in which a program, a gateway search program, a location tracking information program, and a receipt issuing program are operated.

In the smart store system of the present invention, when a registration icon is touched by touching a registration icon or a menu button which is touched to a display terminal device for a reader or displays on a screen, a smartphone having a membership card or an NFC tagging transceiver built- The terminal device is configured to operate the access management program through its control device.

When the access management program is operated in the smart store system of the present invention, the terminal data information of the display terminal device for the reader of the cart, the customer data information stored in the membership card or the NFC tag, or the display terminal device for the reader of the cart The mobile number is configured to be provided to the smart ESL server through the smart ESL tag gateway.

In the smart store system of the present invention, the display terminal device for a reader of a cart may be configured such that when a contact detection sensor integrally installed on a rear surface thereof contacts a contact element provided on a predetermined portion of the shopping cart, .

In the smart store system of the present invention, a display terminal device for a reader is configured to provide terminal data information and first contact sensing data to a smart ESL tag server through a smart gateway.

In the smart store system of the present invention, when the smart ESL server receives the first touch sense data, the smart ESL server transmits the corresponding preference discount product information data or the event discount product information data suitable for the customer shopping history tendency to the display terminal Device.

In the smart store system of the present invention, the multimedia advertisement data including video and audio are included in the corresponding preference discount product information data or the event discount product information data.

When the product location guidance icon is touched on the screen of the display terminal device for a reader of the cart in the smart store system of the present invention, the display terminal device for a reader by the shopping program receives the store layout information and the customer layout information from the smart ESL server through the smart ESL gateway And to obtain the position information of the requested product corner.

In the smart store system of the present invention, the position information of the product corner is the current position coordinate value calculated by the position tracking information program.

In the smart store system of the present invention, when the bar code or the QR code data of the merchandise can not be read in the list of the list of the purchased merchandise of the shopping program, the display terminal device for the reader of the cart reads the barcode or QR code data, And is provided to the smart ESL server through the ESL gateway.

In the smart store system according to the present invention, the smart ESL server compares the individual merchandise information in the merchandise database based on the received bar code or QR code data, and finds merchandise information corresponding to the received bar code or QR code data.

In the smart store system of the present invention, the smart ESL server is configured to provide the receipt data to the smart phone of the customer through the Internet communication and the base station communication in the SMS format.

The smart store system of the present invention comprises a smart ESL server for collecting and processing necessary data, a smart ESL gateway capable of Zigbee communication or wireless communication and connected to a smart ESL server by wire communication or wireless communication, And smart ESL that can display information on product information and product stock quantity, can be attached to and detached from a shopping cart and can be used for access control programs, shopping programs, gateway search programs, A location tracking information program, or a smartphone cradle for robustly supporting the NFC tagging transceiver built-in smartphone in which the receipt issuing program can be operated.

In the smart store system of the present invention, the smartphone stand includes a battery power interface unit for wirelessly transmitting power to a smart phone having an NFC tagging transceiver, a battery, a wireless charging transmitter, an NFC tagging transceiver, a WiFi communication unit, and a reader unit.

In the smart store system of the present invention, the reader unit reads the bar code or the QR code from the back side of the smartphone cradle and is configured to be electrically connected to the control unit of the Wi-Fi communication unit.

The smart store system of the present invention is configured such that an access management program is operated on a smart phone having an NFC tag transceiver when the NFC tagging data is exchanged for the first time.

According to the smart store system of the present invention, it is possible to easily retrieve and manage a display terminal device for a reader or a smartphone holder, and to provide a pleasant shopping environment to a customer.

1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a smart store system according to the present invention.
2 is a detailed view of a display terminal device for a reader in a smart store system according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating the overall operation of the smart store system according to the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a display terminal device for a reader in a smart store system according to the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a scan angle of a bar code or QR code reader in the smart store system according to the present invention.
6 is a view for showing a smart cradle in the smart store system according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a connection state of components built in or connected to a smart cradle in the smart store system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the operation of the smart store system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1, the smart ESL server 110 provides product data and inventory data required for the smart ESL tag 130 to the smart ESL tag 130, and stores the sales product data from the POS into the smart ESL tag 130, Receives the customer data information from the subscription processing data of the homepage of the smart ESL gateway 121, 122 and collects and processes necessary data.

The smart ESL gateways 121 and 122 are connected to the smart ESL server 110 through a wired or wireless connection and receive product data and inventory data from the smart ESL server 110 and receive the smart ESL tag 130 And is connected to the partial web camera 150 through a wireless communication (WiFi router), receives image data from the partial web camera 150, and transmits the image data to the smart ESL server 110.

The smart ESL tag 130 can perform multimedia ZigBee communication with the smart ESL gateways 121 and 122 and processes the product data and the stock data received from the smart ESL gateways 121 and 122 and displays them on the screen of the display module . Accordingly, the customer can acquire the information of the product information and the inventory amount of the product from the screen of the display module of the smart ESL tag 130 attached to the showcase.

The weight / pressure sensor 140 includes a plurality of partial weight / pressure sensors 140 and the partial weight / pressure sensors 140 correspond to the plurality of smart ESL tags 130 in a one-to- Respectively.

The partial weight / pressure sensor 140 senses the total weight of the product group placed on the shelf 180 or integrated with the shelf 180 and displayed on a specific area of the shelf 180, 130 < / RTI >

The partial web camera 150 is connected to the smart gateways 121 and 122 wirelessly and is attached to the bottom or side of the ceiling and the shelf so as to capture images of the product group and transmit the image data to the smart gateways 121 and 122. [ .

The display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart is detachably attached to the shopping cart 170.

The display terminal device 160 for a reader of the cart includes a barcode or QR code reader, and an access management program and a shopping program associated with the mobile phone, the membership card, and the NFC tag are operated.

The display terminal device 160 for a reader of the cart is connected to the smart gateways 121 and 122 via a wireless communication (WiFi router), and stores product data in a shopping car by a shopping program, a mobile phone, a membership card, To the smart gateways (121, 122).

Furthermore, a shopping program is operated by the menu button, the home button, and the back button on the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart. In addition, the program installed in the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart may be operated by the voice recognition module.

The access management program installed in the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart includes a membership card and a smart phone built-in NFC tagging transceiver (not shown) performing close communication with the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart , Or when touching the registration icon on the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart.

The NFC tag transceiver includes an NFC reader that reads NFC tags and NFC tag data.

The shelf 170 is a frame for displaying merchandise and a plurality of smart ESL tags 130 are attached to the front of the frame.

The product group 180 is a product group that is classified according to the product classification.

2 is a detailed view showing a reader display terminal device 160 for a cart.

2, reference numeral 161 denotes a menu button, reference numeral 162 denotes a home button, reference numeral 163 denotes a back button, and reference numeral 164 denotes a power button.

2 is a screen on which an initial screen is loaded. When a customer or a customer presses the power button 164 of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart installed in the shopping cart 170, An initial screen appears on the display terminal device 160.

3 is a flowchart illustrating the overall operation of the smart store system according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a display terminal device for a reader in a smart store system according to the present invention.

The overall operation of the smart store system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. FIG.

The customer can go to a customer center that provides the display terminal device 160 for a reader of the cart with the shopping cart, or a smartphone with a membership card or an NFC tagging transceiver built in a certain place to a display terminal device 160 When the user touches the terminal, an access management program installed in the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart is operated (step 301). The access management program installed in the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart is operated so that the customer data information stored in the membership card or the NFC tag and the terminal identification data information of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart are transferred to the wired and is provided to the smart ESL server 110 through the smart ESL gateways 121 and 122 by Ethernet or WiFi Router communication. At this time, when the smart ESL server 110 receives the customer data information and the terminal data information, the smart ESL server 110 finds the corresponding customer information in the customer database, and updates the terminal data in the customer information.

The terminal identification data is a serial number of the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart.

As a result, it is known by the customer database that the customer is using the reader display terminal device 160 for a certain cart by the terminal identification date. This is for facilitating the collection management of the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart.

If the customer enters the store without carrying the membership card or the NFC tagging transceiver built-in smartphone at step 301, the registered registration icon or menu button displayed on the initial screen of the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart, If you touch the icon, you will see the message "Please enter your cell phone number or resident registration number" and a space to enter your cell phone number or resident registration number.

The customer uses his / her touchpad to input his or her mobile phone number or resident registration number into the blank space for entering the mobile phone number or resident registration number of the customer.

When a customer inputs a mobile phone number or a resident registration number on the screen of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart with the shopping cart 170, the smart phone with the membership card or NFC tagging transceiver is connected to the display terminal device 160 The customer data information and the terminal identification data information are provided from the reader display terminal unit 160 of the cart to the smart ESL server 110 through the smart gateways 121 and 122. [

The membership card or NFC tagging transceiver built-in smart phone may be touched to the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart or the mobile phone number or the resident registration number may be inputted to the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart, When the terminal data information is updated in the customer database of the smart ESL server 110, the smart ESL server 110 provides an update completion signal to the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart through the smart gateways 121 and 122 . When the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart receives the update completion signal, a message "registration completed" is displayed on the screen of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart.

At this time, the store employee at the customer center or any place may provide the customer with the display terminal unit 160 for the reader of the cart in which the customer registration is completed, or the display terminal unit 160 for the reader of the cart, (Step 302).

At this point, the customer drags the shopping cart 170 equipped with the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart and performs shopping (step 303).

A shopping program of the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart is operated before the customer starts shopping.

A contact detection sensor (not shown) is integrally mounted on the rear surface of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart, and a contact element (not shown) is provided at a predetermined portion of the shopping cart 170.

The touch sensor installed in the shopping cart 170 is detected by the touch sensor of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart at the moment of mounting on the shopping cart 170, The shopping program is operated by the control device of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart and the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart is connected to the smart ESL gateways 121 and 122, To the smart ESL server 110, the terminal data information and the first touch sense data.

The display terminal unit 160 for a reader of the cart finds and pairs neighboring gateways by a gateway search program and then performs wireless communication (WiFi router) with the paired Smart ESL gateways 121 and 122.

The smart ESL server 110 receives the terminal data information and the first contact detection data, and finds the corresponding customer in the customer database using the customer data information and the terminal data information. Then, the smart ESL server 110 fetches and analyzes the shopping history data from the customer information of the customer found in response to the first contact detection data, and then compares the shopping history data with the customer preference discount product information data or the event discount product information data Analyze.

After the Smart ESL server 110 compares and analyzes the goods list, it records the goods list suitable for the customer shopping history tendency and stores the corresponding preferred discount goods information data or the corresponding event discount goods information data in the smart ESL To the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart through the gateways 121 and 122.

The preferred discounted goods information data or the event discounted goods information data includes multimedia advertisement data including video and audio.

The display terminal unit 160 for a reader of the cart receives the corresponding discounted goods information data or the corresponding event discounted goods information data from the smart ESL server 110. When the shopping program is operated, The multimedia advertisement based on customer orientation analysis is transmitted to the screen of the mobile terminal 160 as voice and video (step 403).

4, step 401 is a process of loading an initial screen in the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart, step 402 is a process of loading a membership card or a NFC tagging transceiver- Or by inputting the mobile phone number on the screen of the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart.

The customer can lead the shopping cart 170 and go to the corner of the preferred discount item or the event discount item while watching the multimedia advertisement transmitted by voice and video. At this time, if the customer does not want to view the multimedia advertisement sent from the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart, the customer presses the home button 162 of the reader or display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart to stop the advertisement .

At this time, when the customer does not know the corner position of the preferred discount commodity corner or the event discount commodity corner or does not know the position of the commodity corner that he wants to purchase, the screen of the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart Touch the displayed product location guidance icon or the product location guidance icon displayed by pressing the menu button. It can also be realized by voice.

When the customer touches the product location guidance icon, a message "Enter the name of the article to be found" is displayed on the screen of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart, and an empty space for inputting the article name appears.

The customer enters the name of the article into the space for inputting the name of the article displayed on the screen of the display terminal device for reader 160 of the cart using the touch pad and touches the search icon to access the reader of the cart through the smart gateway 121, Product display position request information including customer data information, terminal data information, and commodity data is provided from the display terminal unit 160 to the smart ESL server 110.

When receiving the merchandise corner position request information from the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart, the smart ESL server 110 stores the shop layout information and the position information of the merchandise corner based on the merchandise data included in the merchandise corner position request information From the map database and provides the read store layout information and the position information of the product corner to the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart through the smart gateways 121 and 122.

The display terminal device 160 of the cart reader displays the shop layout information and the position information of the product corner received from the smart ESL server 110 on the screen simultaneously with the store layout by the shopping program, At the same time, based on the current position coordinate value of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart calculated by the position tracking information program, a movement path of the shortest distance from the current position of the shopping cart to the position of the product corner is set, Display.

Accordingly, the customer pushes the shopping cart 170 along the movement path appearing on the screen of the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart.

The current position coordinate value calculated by the position tracking information program of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart also changes in accordance with the movement of the shopping cart 170. [ The shopping program is operated according to the change of the current position coordinate value, and the route of the shortest distance is reset and displayed on the screen.

5 is a cross-sectional view for explaining a purchase-item list-up process.

In Fig. 5, reference numeral 170 denotes a shopping cart, reference numeral 180 denotes commodity, reference numeral 190 denotes a barcode or QR code scanner, and reference numeral 200 denotes a motion detection sensor.

When the customer in the store leads the shopping cart 170 and purchases a preferred product, the customer places the purchased product in the shopping cart 170. At this time, a product mounted on a part of the shopping cart 170 to be placed in the shopping cart 170 is sensed by the motion sensing sensor 200. The motion detection sensor 200 is connected to the display terminal device 160 for a reader of the cart in a wired or wireless manner. Accordingly, the motion sensing sensor 200 provides the product sensing signal to the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart through the wired or wireless communication in the product sensing state.

The display terminal unit 160 for a reader of the cart receives the goods detection signal from the motion detection sensor 200 and then transmits a barcode or QR code reader (not shown) electrically connected to the control unit of the reader display terminal unit 160 of the cart barcode reader 190 to scan the barcode or QR code formed on the merchandise 180 in the shopping cart 170.

When the bar code or the QR code reader 190 scans the bar code of the product 180 and reads the bar code or the QR code data, the purchased product is listed up on the basis of the product data included in the bar code or QR code data (FIG. 3, step 304).

The scan angle of the bar code or QR code reader 190 is 65 degrees in the leftward direction or the rightward direction, respectively, as can be seen from Fig. As a result, the barcode or QR code reader 190 can read the barcode of the merchandise contained in the shopping cart 170 within the range of the scan angle of 130 ° in the shopping cart 170, based on the scanned portion thereof.

The light source of the barcode or QR code reader 190 is preferably light emitted from a laser diode in the visible region of 650 nm.

The frequency of the barcode or QR code reader 190 is 2,402 GHz to 2.480 GHz and the data rate is 720 kbps.

The maximum scan distance of the barcode or QR code reader 190 is 13.7 meters.

If the bar code or QR code reader 190 can not read the bar code or QR code data by scanning the bar code of the merchandise 180, the display terminal unit 160 for the reader of the cart may read the bar code or QR code reader 190 To scan the bar code of the merchandise 180 and read bar code or QR code data.

However, if the bar code or QR code data of the merchandise 180 can not be read despite the scan again, the reader display terminal unit 160 of the cart reads the barcode or QR code data currently read from the smart gateways 121 and 122, To the smart ESL server 110 via the Internet.

The smart ESL server 110 compares individual product information in the product database based on the received bar code or QR code data, and finds product information corresponding to the received bar code or QR code data.

After finding the product information, the smart ESL server 110 provides product information to the reader display terminal unit 160 of the cart through the smart ESL gateway 121, 122.

The display terminal device 160 for a reader of the cart receives the goods information and then lists the purchased goods in the purchased goods list.

After the customer purchases the preferred product and completes the shopping (step 305 in FIG. 3), when the customer intends to pay for the purchased product, the customer presses the shopping end icon or the menu button on the screen of the display terminal device for reader reader 160 When the shopping end icon is touched, the reader display terminal unit 160 of the cart calculates the total sum of the purchased items that are listed up, displays the total sum of the purchased items together with the unit price and quantity per purchased item Do it.

At this time, the total sum of the purchased products is displayed on the screen, and a message "Would you like to make a payment? &Quot; and a payment icon and a correction icon are displayed on the screen.

When the customer touches the payment icon, the total sum data of the purchased goods is provided to the smart ESL server 110 from the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart. The smart ESL server 110 is connected to a bank server (not shown) to operate an automatic payment system.

Then, the display terminal unit 160 of the cart reader displays a message " Payment has been completed "and a message" Please select a mobile phone receipt or an output receipt "

The customer touches the icon of the mobile phone when he wants to receive the receipt on his mobile phone, while touching the output icon if he wants to print the receipt to the printer.

The reader display terminal device 160 of the cart operates a receipt issuing program to issue receipts.

The receipt issuance program has a database of receipt layouts and the necessary data is entered into the receipt layout's Dablanan.

When the customer touches the mobile phone icon, a receipt issuing program is operated and a receipt is created.

If the customer touches the mobile phone icon and touches the NFC tagged transceiver built-in smart phone to the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart, the receipt data generated by the operation of the receipt issuing program is transmitted to the NFC tag transceiver- .

As a result, the smartphone having the NFC tagging transceiver reads the receipt data from the display terminal 160, so that the customer can receive the receipt through the screen of his / her smartphone.

If the customer does not touch the display terminal device 160 of the cart reader for the NFC tag transceiver built-in smartphone even after the predetermined time has elapsed after the customer touches the icon of the mobile phone, the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart, The smart ESL server 110 provides the receipt data and the terminal information generated by the operation of the smart ESL server 110 to the smart ESL server 110 through the smart gateways 121 and 122. The smart ESL server 110 transmits the receipt data to the base station communication To provide customers with smartphones.

As a result, the customer can receive an SMS-type receipt through the base station communication through the Internet communication.

The SMS receipt is in the form of a receipt according to the KS standard receipt format.

On the other hand, when the customer touches the output icon, the receipt data generated by the operation of the receipt issuing program in the customer printer (not shown) installed at the entrance through the Wi-Fi communication is displayed on the display terminal unit 160 to a customer printer.

The customer printer receives the receipt data provided from the display terminal unit 160 for the reader of the cart, prints the receipt, and outputs the receipt. Accordingly, the customer can receive the receipt output from the customer printer (step 306 in FIG. 3 and step 406 in FIG. 4).

When the customer touches the mobile phone icon or the output icon and the issuance of the receipt is completed, the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart displays a message "receipt issue is completed ".

When the customer completes the purchase item and receives the receipt, at the store exit, the store employee separates and retrieves the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart from the shopping cart 170 of the customer completely leaving the store exit ( Step 307 of FIG. 3). At this time, since the contact element of the shopping cart 170 and the touch sensor of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart do not contact with each other, the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart displays the terminal data information and the second contact And provides the sensed data to the smart ESL server 110.

After receiving the terminal data information and the second touch detection data from the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart, the smart ESL server 110 finds the corresponding customer information in the customer database and then updates the terminal data in the customer information do.

Accordingly, the store manager can recognize whether or not the customer has returned the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart supplied at the entrance from the exit by searching the customer database.

A wireless charge receiving unit (not shown) is incorporated in the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart.

Accordingly, the store employee moves the display terminal devices 160 for the reader of the cart collected at the exit to a predetermined place, places it on a wireless charging transmission device (not shown) installed at a predetermined place, And wirelessly charges the batteries of the terminal device 160 (308 in FIG. 3).

Further, although not described in the above description, the entrance management program, the shopping program, the location tracking information program, and the receipt issuing program, which are installed in the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart, can also operate based on the speech recognition.

Also, an image capture device may be used in place of the barcode or QR code reader 190 used in the smart store system of the present invention.

Another embodiment of the smart store system of the present invention will be described.

When the display terminal device 160 for a reader of the cart is a smartphone of a customer, the smart store system of the present invention further includes a smartphone holder 220 having a wireless charging function.

The smartphone holder 220 is detachably attached to the shopping cart 170. 6, the smartphone holder 220 is configured to accommodate the smartphone 210 of the customer and firmly supports the smartphone 210 of the customer in the shopping cart 170 do. Thus, the customer can enjoy the shopping while watching the screen displayed from the NFC-tagged transceiver built-in smart phone 210 attached to the shopping cart 170 while driving the shopping cart 170 at the shop.

7, the smartphone cradle 220 includes a battery power interface 221, a battery 222, a wireless charging transmitter 223, and an NFC tag transceiver 224.

The battery power interface 221, the battery 222, and the wireless charging transmitter 223 are embedded in the smartphone holder 220 to perform a wireless charging function.

When the customer's NFC-tagged transceiver built-in smartphone 210 is mounted on the smartphone cradle 220, the power of the battery 222 is supplied to the wireless charging receiver (not shown) built in the customer's NFC-tagged transceiver- The power of the battery 222 is charged in the built-in battery of the smartphone 210 having the NFC tagging transceiver of the customer. While shopping, the customer can enjoy comfortable and pleasant shopping in the store without having to worry about the battery power of the NFC tag transceiver built-in smartphone 210 being consumed.

The input terminal of the wireless charging transmitter 223 in the smartphone holder 220 is electrically connected to the output terminal of the battery 222 to wirelessly transmit power to the built-in battery of the smartphone 210. [

The battery power interface unit 221 is electrically connected between the input terminal of the battery 222 and the constant power source and supplies a voltage / current suitable for the charging power source of the battery 222 from the constant power source to the input terminal of the battery 222 It serves as a buffer to be supplied.

A smartphone app is installed in a smartphone 210 having a built-in NFC tag transceiver so that a customer can enjoy comfortable and pleasant shopping through the smartphone 210 having the NFC tagging transceiver built therein. Smartphone apps include shopping programs and mobile credit card payment programs. The shopping program may be a shopping application provided by a department store or a large-sized shopping mall.

In addition, the access management program and the receipt issuing program may be separately included in the smartphone app installed in the NFC tag transceiver built-in smartphone 210 of the customer.

In order for the separate access management program to be executed, the smartphone cradle 220 further includes an NFC tag transceiver 224.

When the customer touches the receipt issuing icon displayed on the NFC tag transceiver built-in smartphone 210 to execute the separate receipt issuing program, the receipt issuing program displays the receipt issuing program in FIG. 3 Step 306 of FIG. 4 and step 406 of FIG. 4 are executed.

The NFC tag transceiver built-in smartphone 210 and the NFC tag transceiver 224 exchange the NFC tag data when the customer's NFC tag transceiver built-in smart phone 210 is placed on the smartphone platform 220 do.

In other words, the NFC tag transceiver 224 fetches and stores the customer data information from the customer's NFC-tagged transceiver built-in smartphone 210, and the customer's NFC tagging transceiver embedded smartphone 210 receives the customer data from the NFC tag transceiver 224, Get the data information and save it.

The smartphone cradle 220 further includes a Wi-Fi communication unit 225. The WiFi communication unit 226 performs WiFi communication with the smart ESL gateways 121 and 122 of FIG. The WiFi communication unit 225 finds and pairs neighboring smart ESL gateways 121 and 122 by a gateway search program and then performs wireless communication (WiFi router) with the paired smart ESL gateways 121 and 122.

Accordingly, when receiving the customer data information from the NFC tag transceiver 224, the control unit of the Wi-Fi communication unit 225 transmits the customer data information, the terminal data information, and the third contact detection signal to the paired smart ESL gateways 121 and 122 . At this time, the customer data information is the customer's telephone number of the NFC-tagged transceiver built-in smartphone 210 of the customer, and the terminal data information is the serial number of the smartphone cradle 220. The smart ESL gateways 121 and 122 transmit the received customer data information, the terminal data information, and the third contact detection signal to the smart ESL server 110.

The third touch sensing signal is transmitted to the NFC tag transceiver built-in smart phone 210 and the NFC tag transceiver 224 when the customer's NFC tag transceiver built-in smart phone 210 is placed on the smart phone holder 220. [ Is a contact detection signal generated in the NFC tag transceiver built-in smart phone 210 and the NFC tag transceiver 224 when the mutual NFC tag data is exchanged.

Also, the customer's NFC-tagged transceiver-embedded smartphone 210 receives the terminal data information, the third contact detection signal, and the customer data information received from the NFC tag transceiver 224, and transmits the third contact detection signal and the customer data information to the smart ESL server 110.

In the customer's NFC-tagged transceiver-embedded smartphone 210, when the NFC tagging data is exchanged for the first time, the access management program is executed. This is not mentioned because it has been described above.

The smart ESL server 110 receives the customer data information, the terminal data information, and the third contact detection signal from the customer's NFC tagging transceiver built-in smartphone 210 and the Wi-Fi communication unit 225, and updates the data in its customer database .

At this time, when receiving the third contact detection signal, the smart ESL server 110 fetches and analyzes the shopping history data from the customer database, and then transmits the customer preference discount product information data or the event discount product information data from the product information to the smart ESL gateway 121 and 122 to the NFC tagging transceiver built-in smartphone 210 of the customer.

A reader unit 226 for reading a bar code or a QR code is provided on the rear surface of the smart phone holder 220 and a reader unit 226 is electrically connected to a control unit of the Wi- The electrical connection between the reader unit 226 and the control unit of the Wi-Fi communication unit 225 can be made by a USB terminal.

The reader unit 226 has the same configuration, function, and characteristics as the barcode or QR code reader 190, as described above.

The reader unit 226 scans the barcode or QR code formed on the merchandise 180 in the shopping cart 170 and stores the scanned barcode data or the QR code And transmits the data to the smart ESL server 110 via the Wi-Fi communication unit 225.

Hereinafter, the smart application operated on the customer's NFC tag transceiver-embedded smart phone 210 is the same as that operated on the display terminal device 160 for the reader of the cart, and will not be described any further.

110: Smart ESL server 121, 122: Smart ESL gateway
130: Smart ESL Tag 140: Weight / Pressure Sensor
150: Web camera
160: Display terminal device for a reader of a cart
161: Menu button 162: Home button
163: Back button
170: shopping cart 180: goods
190: Barcode or QR code reader 200: Motion detection sensor
210: Smartphone with NFC tagging transceiver
220: Smartphone Cradle
221: Battery power interface unit 222: Battery
223: Wireless charging transmitter
224: NFC tagging transceiver
225: WiFi communication unit 226:
301 Enter customer information step
302: Display terminal device providing step for reader
303: customer shopping step 304: purchase goods list-up step
305: customer shop completion step 306: automatic payment step of purchased goods
307: Display terminal device retrieving step for reader
308: Display terminal device for the reader Battery charging step
401: Initial screen 402: Determining whether customer information is input
403: corresponding product advertisement step according to customer analysis
404: Button selection of the display terminal device for the reader and corresponding screen display step
Step 405: Touch the shopping completion icon
406: Automatic payment of purchased goods and receipt issuing step

Claims (22)

A smart ESL server that collects and processes necessary data, a smart ESL gateway that can communicate via ZigBee communication or wireless communication with a smart ESL server via wired communication or wireless communication, a Smart ESL gateway that communicates with a smart ESL gateway, And a smart ESL capable of displaying information on a product stock quantity, the electronic price display system comprising:

Further comprising a display terminal unit capable of being attached to and detachable from the shopping cart and having a door management program, a shopping program, a gateway search program, a location tracking information program, and a receipt issuing program operated.
The method according to claim 1,
When the registration icon is touched by touching a registration icon or a menu button that is touched to a display terminal device for a reader or displayed on the screen by touching a registration icon, the reader-use display terminal device is accessed through its control device And a management program.
The method of claim 2,
When the access management program is operated, the customer data information stored in the membership card or the NFC tag together with the terminal data information of the reader display terminal device, or the mobile phone number is displayed on the screen of the reader display terminal device 160 of the cart as a smart ESL tag And the smart store server is provided as a smart ESL server through a gateway.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the terminal data information of the reader display terminal device is a serial number of the display terminal device for the reader.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the display terminal device for a reader operates a shopping program through its control device when the contact detection sensor integrally installed on the rear surface of the display terminal device contacts the contact element provided on a predetermined portion of the shopping cart.
The method of claim 5,
Wherein the display terminal device for the reader provides the terminal data information and the first contact sensing data to the smart ESL server through the smart ESL gateway.
The method of claim 6,
The smart ESL server provides the corresponding preference discount product information data or the event discount product information data suitable for the customer shopping history tendency to the reader display terminal device through the smart gateway when the first contact detection data is received Smart store system.
The method of claim 7,
And multimedia advertisement data including video and audio are included in the corresponding preference discount product information data or the event discount product information data.
The method of claim 5,
When the merchandise position guidance icon is touched on the screen of the display terminal device for reader, the display terminal device for the reader by the shopping program fetches the store layout information and the position information of the customer requested merchandise corner from the smart ESL server through the smart gateway Smart store system.
The method of claim 9,
Wherein the position information of the product corner is a combination of a current position coordinate value or a reception position coordinate value and a current position coordinate value calculated by the position tracking information program.
The method of claim 5,
If the bar code or QR code data of the product can not be read in the list of purchase items list of the shopping program, the display terminal device for the reader provides the bar code or QR code data currently read to the smart ESL tag server through the smart gateway The smart store system comprising:
The method of claim 11,
Wherein the smart ESL tag server compares the individual product information in the product database based on the received barcode or QR code data to find the product information corresponding to the received barcode or QR code data.
The method of claim 5,
Wherein the contact display element of the shopping cart is separated from the contact detection sensor of the display terminal device for the reader so that the display terminal device for the reader provides the terminal data information and the second contact detection data to the smart ESL server.
The method according to claim 1,
And a wireless charging receiver unit is built in the reader display terminal device.
The method according to claim 1,
If the display terminal device for a reader provides the receipt data and the terminal information generated by the operation of the receipt issuing program to the smart ESL server through the smart gateway, the smart ESL server transmits the receipt data in SMS format to the base station communication Wherein the smart store system is provided with a smartphone of a customer.
A smart ESL server that collects and processes necessary data, a smart ESL gateway that can communicate via ZigBee communication or wireless communication with a smart ESL server via wired communication or wireless communication, a Smart ESL gateway that communicates with a smart ESL gateway, And a smart ESL capable of displaying information on a product stock quantity, the electronic price display system comprising:

NFC tagging transceiver that can be attached to and detached from shopping carts, access control program, shopping program, gateway search program, location tracking information program, or receipt issuing program can be operated. More smart phone cradle The smart store system comprising:
18. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the smartphone cradle includes a battery power interface unit, a battery, and a wireless charging transmitter for wirelessly transmitting power to the smartphone with the NFC tag transceiver.
The method of claim 17,
The smartphone cradle further includes an NFC tag transceiver and a Wi-Fi communication unit.
The method of claim 18,
The NFC tag transceiver embedded smart phone and the NFC tag transceiver transmit and receive NFC tag data when the smart phone having the NFC tag transceiver is mounted on the smart phone receiver.
The method of claim 19,
Wherein the NFC tag data includes customer data information, terminal data information, and a third contact detection signal.
The method of claim 18,
And a reader unit installed on a rear surface of the smart phone cradle and reading a bar code or a QR code is electrically connected to a control unit of the Wi-Fi communication unit.
The method of claim 20,
Wherein the access management program is operated on the smartphone having the NFC tag transceiver when the NFC tag data is exchanged for the first time.










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