JP4900872B2 - Product display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rotary product display device used for displaying various products such as books, discs, and miscellaneous goods at a store.

Traditionally, various kinds of products such as various kinds of books, discs such as video discs and compact discs in a package, and miscellaneous goods such as boxed luxury underwear are displayed at book stores and convenience stores. Therefore, rotary product display devices that are long in the vertical direction are widely used. Usually, this type of merchandise display device has a display section that rotates around a support column that is erected on a movable base, and is configured to line up products in the display section. . The consumer can select and purchase a desired product while rotating the display section.
Registered Utility Model No. 311526 Publication Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-52501

  The rotary product display device described above can be installed using a small space in a store, and can display many products. Moreover, since it can be moved and installed in a conspicuous place, there is also an advantage that the effect of sales promotion is great. However, even if a product is sold and vacant, it may be difficult to see if the vacant space is on the back side, so replenishment may be forgotten.

  On the other hand, recently, a method using an IC tag is known as means for managing products placed on a shelf. In other words, an IC tag is attached to each product, and a tag reader held by hand is brought close to the product on the shelf and traced in order, and management is performed by reading the IC tag for each product. Yes. However, in the case of a normal flat shelf, it is relatively easy to trace the products lined up with a tag reader, but in the rotary type product display device as described above, the products are not arranged flatly, It's not easy to trace with a tag reader, and it takes extra effort.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rotary product display device that can efficiently manage products with IC tags. It is in.

  In order to achieve the above object, a product display device of the present invention is a product display device for displaying products with an IC tag, and is provided with a base, a support column standing on the base, and a support column. It has a display part attached in a rotatable state in the center, and a resin auxiliary frame that connects the upper and lower sides of the support so as to surround the display part. It is characterized by that.

  And in said goods display apparatus, it is good also as a structure which attached the means for enabling movement of the whole apparatus to a base.

  The product display device of the present invention changes the orientation of the antenna of the IC tag attached to the product and the antenna of the tag reader by rotating the display unit, so that the IC tag of all the products placed on the display unit Since the reading rate can be improved, management can be efficiently performed without reading the information by tracing the product with a tag reader held by hand. Accordingly, it is possible to grasp the shortage, and it is possible to place an automatic order based on this information.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with specific examples.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a product display device according to the present invention.

  This merchandise display device A is for displaying merchandise with an IC tag. Examples of such products include a book 1 as shown in FIG. 2, a video disc 2 in a resin case as shown in FIG. 3, and a boxed product 3 as shown in FIG. The book 1 in FIG. 2 has an IC tag T attached to the back part of the cover, and the video disc 2 in FIG. 3 has the IC tag T attached to the back part of the resin case. Has an IC tag T attached to the side of the box. In addition, the kind of goods is not limited to these.

  As shown in the figure, the product display device A surrounds the base 11, the column 12 erected on the base 11, the display unit 13 attached to the column 12 so as to be rotatable around the column 12, and the display unit 13. Thus, a resin-made auxiliary frame 14 that connects the upper and lower sides of the support column 12 is provided. The display unit 13 is composed of a three-stage receiving plate 13a, 13b, 13c made of resin and an uppermost top plate 13d made of resin, and these are integrally rotatable with respect to the support column 12. ing. In this example, books 1 with IC tags are arranged in the display unit 13. The commodity display device A incorporates a tag reader antenna 15 so as to go around the auxiliary frame 14 and the support column 12 as shown by the dotted line in the figure.

  The IC tag T to be attached to the product is a well-known RFID (automatic wireless recognition technology) tag, and is mainly composed of a storage unit composed of an IC chip, a communication unit, and an antenna. It is possible. Among these, a small type called an inlet type is preferable. This inlet-type IC tag uses a small IC chip of 0.01 to 0.5 mm square, and is attached to an external antenna having a length of 50 to 60 mm to form a tape with a width of about 1 mm. The IC chip is placed and bonded on an insulating base film such as a PET film, and the external antenna is formed on the base film by printing.

  On the other hand, the tag reader is a well-known one that transmits and receives radio waves between its own antenna 15 and the antenna of the IC tag T, and can read information on various products simultaneously in a non-contact manner. A reader circuit as a reading unit is connected to the antenna 15 of the tag reader, and a personal computer as a management terminal is connected to the reader circuit.

  The merchandise management method in the merchandise display apparatus A is as follows. First, information such as the type and number of books 1 arranged in the display unit 13 is input in advance to a personal computer connected to the product display device A. The article information written on the IC tag T of each book 1 is read while rotating the display unit 13. In this case, since the orientation of the antenna of the IC tag T attached to the book 1 and the antenna 14 of the tag reader changes in various ways by rotating the display unit 13, all the books 1 placed on the display unit 13 are changed. The reading rate of the IC tag T is improved.

  The information signal detected by the antenna 14 is input to the reader circuit and sent from the reader circuit to the personal computer. In the personal computer, it is possible to automatically confirm how many books remain on which receiving plates 13a to 13c by the input signal. Therefore, it is not necessary to read the information by tracing the book with a tag reader held by hand, and can be managed efficiently. Based on this information, it is possible to automatically order missing books.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another example of the commodity display device according to the present invention.

  This product display device B has the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 1, and is only provided with three resin-made auxiliary frames 14 that connect the top and bottom of the support column 12 so as to surround the display unit 13. Is different. The commodity display device B incorporates three tag reader antennas 15 so as to circulate around the auxiliary frames 14 and the columns 12 as indicated by dotted lines in the figure.

  The merchandise management method in the merchandise display apparatus B is the same as that shown in FIG. That is, by rotating the display unit 13, the orientation of the antenna of the IC tag T attached to the book 1 and the antenna 15 of the tag reader changes variously, so that the ICs of all the books 1 placed on the display unit 13 The reading rate of the tag T is improved. Moreover, since there are three tag reader antennas 15, reading is more reliable. Then, it is possible to automatically check how many books are left by a personal computer connected to the reader circuit.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to specific examples, the rotary product display device according to the present invention is not limited to the above examples, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is natural that it is possible.

  For example, in the above example, the display unit is turned by hand, but may be rotated by a motor. In this case, inventory control can be automatically performed by rotating at a fixed time of day.

  In the above example, the types of auxiliary frames are one and three, but two or four may be used. Also, the shape of the auxiliary frame is not limited to the rod shape as shown in the figure, and any shape may be used as long as care is taken so as not to be a big obstacle when installing and taking out the product.

  In addition, although the product display devices described above are all installed on the base, the entire device may be movable by attaching a caster to the back side of the base.

  Moreover, although the display part shown above is a disk-shaped shelf, as an aspect of the display part, you may comprise with the shelf which made the wire, and the hanging member. And when a display part is provided with the suspension member, suspended goods 4 and 5 as shown, for example in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are displayed. Among these, the suspended product 4 in FIG. 6 is a packaged book, and an IC tag T is attached to the lower part of the front, and the suspended product 5 in FIG. 7 is a cardboard suspended upper part of a plastic bag containing a toy or the like. It is fastened with a lower plate 5a, and an IC tag T is attached to the suspended plate 5a.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the goods display apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the book as an example of goods with an IC tag. It is a perspective view which shows the video disc as an example of goods with an IC tag. It is a perspective view which shows the product in a box as an example of a product with an IC tag. It is a perspective view which shows another example of the goods display apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the hanging goods as an example of goods with an IC tag. It is a perspective view which shows the hanging goods as an example of goods with an IC tag.

Explanation of symbols

A, B Product display device T IC tag 1 Book 2 Video disc 3 Boxed product 4, 5 Suspended product 11 Base 12 Support column 13 Display part 13a-13c Base plate 13d Top plate 14 Auxiliary frame 15 Antenna

Claims (2)

  A product display device for displaying products with an IC tag, comprising: a base; a support column erected on the base; a display unit attached to the support in a rotatable state about the support; and a display unit. A product display device comprising: an auxiliary frame made of resin for connecting the upper and lower sides of the support so as to surround the tag reader, wherein the antenna of the tag reader is built around the auxiliary frame and the support. 2. The product display device according to claim 1, wherein means for enabling movement of the entire device is attached to the base.

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