JP2906495B2 - Paper pattern sales system - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pattern sales system for printing and selling a desired pattern on the spot.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, patterns such as clothes printed in large quantities at a printing shop have been shipped to retail stores and sold at retail stores.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional sales form, a large number of identical patterns are printed in a printing shop. If the patterns do not sell well, a large amount of defective stock is generated. There was a problem that it was wasted. Conversely, if the pattern you want is out of stock at a retail store, there is a problem that it takes some time before the pattern can be obtained because it is ordered from another source or reprinted at a printing shop and then sent to the retail store. Was.
In addition, there is a problem that a sufficient size is required to display and sell various types of paper patterns at retail stores.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pattern sales system capable of quickly selling various patterns in a small space by eliminating a large amount of defective stock and out of stock. And

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve this object, a pattern sales system according to the present invention includes an input unit for inputting information such as a desired pattern, and a printing unit for printing the pattern on a full-size pattern. A pattern paper vending machine, an external storage means provided at a location separated from the pattern paper vending machine and holding a large amount of pattern information, and a communication line for connecting the pattern paper vending machine and the external storage means by a line And selecting means for selecting the pattern information from the pattern information held in the external storage means based on the pattern information input by the input means via the communication line, The information of the pattern selected by the selection means is printed as a pattern from the printing means of the pattern vending machine via the communication line.

[Operation] According to the pattern sales system of the present invention having the above configuration, the selection means selects from a large amount of pattern information stored in the external storage means based on the pattern information or the like input by the input means, The selected pattern information is transmitted to the pattern vending machine via the communication line, and the desired pattern is printed from the pattern vending machine.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the pattern sales system and the pattern vending machine of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The paper pattern vending machine 31 installed at each store is connected to a host computer 21 as external storage means via a communication line 20. Further, the pattern vending machine 31 has a CPU 32 therein, and the CPU 32 has a RAM 33 capable of storing various pattern information received from the host computer 21, an example of the pattern information for demonstration and use of the pattern vending machine 31. ROM 34 storing the method, display 35 as a display means for displaying various pattern information and usage of the pattern vending machine 31, selection for the purchaser to select a pattern or to input selection information such as the purchaser's own body type A keyboard 36 as a means, a communication device 38 as a communication means for transmitting and receiving pattern information and selection information with the host computer 21, a printer 37 as an output means for printing a full-size pattern based on the selection information and the pattern information, etc. Is connected.

Next, the configuration of the appearance of the paper pattern vending machine 31 will be described with reference to FIG.

On the stable leg 10, a main body 11 is fixedly installed.
On the upper surface of the main body 11, a display 5 on which pattern information and usage of the pattern vending machine are displayed is arranged, and in front of the display 5, a purchaser selects a desired pattern from various pattern information displayed on the display 5. And a keyboard 6 for inputting selection information such as the purchaser's own body type and the like. Also,
On the rear side surface of the temperate zone 11, a paper insertion port (not shown) for printing a pattern is arranged, and is always covered with a cover 12. A printer (not shown) is arranged inside the main body 11 following the insertion slot, and an ejection slot 13 for ejecting a pattern printed by the printer is arranged.

Next, an operation flow of the pattern sales system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

Power is supplied to the pattern paper vending machine 31 to start it up, and the pattern paper vending is started. S11: The CPU 32 displays the information stored in the ROM 34, such as an example of the pattern information and the operation method of the vending machine 31, on the display 35.
Display it on the screen and demonstrate. S12: Next, based on the depression of the keyboard 36, the CPU 32 searches whether there is a request to purchase a pattern. When there is no purchase applicant, the process returns to S11. When there is a purchase applicant, the process proceeds to S13.
S13: The purchaser inputs selection information such as his / her favorite clothes shape and his / her body size from the keyboard 36. S14: S1
The selection information input in 3 is transmitted to the host computer 21 via the communication device 38. Then, the host computer 21 receiving the selection information selects an appropriate candidate based on the selection information, and transmits the selected candidate pattern paper information to the pattern paper vending machine 31 via the communication device 38. Host computer
The pattern information received from 21 is stored in the RAM 33. S15: S
The pattern information stored in the RAM 33 at 14 is displayed on the display 35. S16: If the purchaser wants a pattern candidate different from the pattern candidate displayed on the display 35, he or she inputs that fact from the keyboard 36. Then, the process returns to S14, and transmits to the host computer 21 from the pattern vending machine 31 via the communication device 38 that another pattern pattern candidate is desired. Then, the host computer 21 selects another pattern candidate,
The selected template paper information is transmitted to the paper pattern vending machine 31 via the communication device 38. The pattern information of another candidate received from the host computer 21 is stored in the RAM 33 and displayed on the display 35 in S15. After the purchase applicant repeats the above-described operation, he inputs from the keyboard 36 that he does not want to display another pattern candidate, and the process proceeds to S17. S17: When the purchaser inputs from the keyboard 36 that he / she will not purchase the pattern, S1
Returning to step 1, if there is a pattern to be purchased, inputting that fact from the keyboard 36 proceeds to S18. S18: Purchase applicant,
When a fee is paid to a fee payout port (not shown), the process proceeds to S19. S
19: When paper is inserted from the insertion slot, the printer 3
7 prints the paper pattern desired by the purchaser on the paper to its original size and discharges the paper from the discharge port. Thus, the sale of the pattern is completed, and the process returns to S11 again to prepare for the next process.

Further, this pattern sales system is composed of a host computer 21.
By simply changing the pattern information of the pattern, each pattern dispensing machine 31 can output a new pattern. Therefore, system management becomes easy.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, the user may be allowed to read his / her own photo using a scanner, and to display the appearance of himself / herself wearing various clothes on a display so that the user can select a pattern. Further, the face and appearance of the purchaser may be read by a video camera instead of the scanner.

Also, the paper for printing the pattern paper may be held by being wound inside the main body.

Also, the pattern vending machine 31 used in the pattern vending system is:
Instead of holding the RAM 33, the host computer 21 may substitute the function of the RAM 33.

Also, the pattern vending machine may not have a display, and may print a pattern selected by the purchaser according to a catalog.

[Effects of the Invention] As is apparent from the above detailed description, according to the present invention, the pattern vending machine prints only the pattern desired by the purchaser on the spot, so that a large amount of defective stock of the pattern can be obtained. The effect of being able to provide a pattern vending machine capable of quickly selling various pattern patterns in a small space and a pattern pattern vending system using the same can be obtained without stockout.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 4 show an embodiment embodying the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a pattern vending machine, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the pattern vending machine, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the pattern sales system, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing flow in the pattern sales system. In the figure, 31 is a pattern vending machine, 32 is a CPU, 33 is RAM, 34 is ROM, 3
5 is display, 36 is keyboard, 37 is printer, 20
Is a communication line, 21 is a host computer, and 38 is a communication device.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pattern vending machine having input means for inputting desired information such as a pattern, a printing means for printing the pattern on a full-size pattern, a paper vending machine provided at a position separated from the pattern vending machine, and External storage means for holding a large amount of pattern information, a communication line connecting the pattern vending machine and the external storage means by a line, and information on the pattern input by the input means via the communication line. Selecting means for selecting the pattern information from the pattern information held in the external storage means on the basis of the information on the pattern selected by the selecting means. A pattern sales system, wherein printing is performed as a pattern from a printing means of the machine.