JP5329626B2 - Information terminal and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the use turnover of a terminal for permitting an operation and browsing to a customer in order to provide coordinate information to the customer even in the busy period of a store. <P>SOLUTION: An information terminal is provided with means for determining whether or not a person as an object has been approved about the use of an imaged coordinate image prior to the registration of the coordinate image in a coordinate database, and configured to perform access to an inventory database in which a merchandise code of each merchandise and inventory information at a self-store and other store of the merchandise are stored in association, and to display, at a display part, a self-store inventory screen, and to perform access to the inventory database according to the definition of the possibility/impossibility of browsing of the inventory information at the other store stored in a storage part, and to display, at the display part, the other store inventory picture including the inventory information at the other store of the merchandise associated with the merchandise code of the merchandise selected and designated in accordance with a browsing instruction by the operation input part of the inventory information at the other store. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an information terminal and a computer program.

  It is difficult to grasp the image of clothing if you do not see it in a try-on state. Moreover, coordination is required to wear clothing. Therefore, in recent years, as a form of sales at boutiques, the store clerk coordinates the clothes sold at the store or affiliated stores, and appeals the product to customers including the sense of coordination. The sales form is generalized. Here, for convenience, such a sales form is referred to as “coordinated sales”.

  The inventors of this application conducted a prior art search on a technology that can support coordinated sales using IT technology. As a result, Patent Document 1 was found.

  Patent Document 1 describes a technique in which coordinate information is registered (see paragraphs 0072 to 0079), and the registered coordinate information can be inquired and displayed (see paragraphs 0080 to 0094). The display of coordinate information in this case is a list display of text data (see paragraph 0091). However, it is also suggested that image information is displayed for each product included in the coordination information (see paragraph 0092).

  Patent Document 1 also describes that coordinated information is rearranged and displayed based on information such as the availability of inventory, and the availability of inventory managed at the headquarters is updated in real time according to the sales of products. (See paragraph 0126). Further, Patent Document 1 inquires of the computer of the headquarters about the availability of individual products included in the coordination information, displays the stock information received from the headquarters, notifies the customer by e-mail, It also mentions providing information on the page (see paragraphs 0129 to 0130).

  In view of the importance of coordinate sales in recent years, the inventor of this application has developed a technology that allows coordinate information to be viewed on a terminal capable of browsing information by a customer's own operation. In this case, it is desirable to be able to browse the product information of the specific product, for example, the price and color of the product, the stock status, etc. from the coordination information. In particular, when the inventory status of the product is browsed by the customer's own operation, the customer will naturally check the inventory of the product that he is interested in. For this reason, not only the customer service burden on the store clerk is reduced, but also sales promotion that is likely to be brought about by the active action of the customer is expected.

  However, as a tool for providing coordinate information to a customer, when a terminal capable of browsing information by the customer's own operation is used, it is not desirable that the terminal be monopolized by a specific customer. Or it should avoid that the waiting time for using such a terminal becomes long. On the other hand, there are busy periods in stores. For this reason, during busy periods, terminals for providing coordinated information may be monopolized by specific customers, or the waiting time for using such terminals may become longer. Are easily predicted, and some solution to this situation is desired.

  The information terminal of the embodiment is coordinated in this coordinated image with a display unit for displaying information, an operation input unit for operating and inputting information, a coordinated image captured by coordinating clothing as a product Accessing a coordinate database that stores and stores a product code of clothing that is linked, and displays a coordinate screen including the specific coordinate image on the display unit, and a specific coordinate included in the coordinate image Processing for permitting selection designation of the product by the operation input unit.

The information terminal further includes means for determining whether or not a person who is a subject has already been permitted to use the coordinated image prior to registration of the coordinated image taken in the coordinate database. .
Then, the information terminal accesses the inventory database that stores and stores the product code of each product and the inventory information of the product at its own store and other stores, and stores the product code of the selected product Display the own store inventory screen including the inventory information of the linked product in the own store on the display unit, according to the definition of whether or not to view the inventory information in other stores stored in the storage unit, On the own store inventory screen, the browsing instruction by the operation input unit of the inventory information at the other store of the product linked to the product code of the selected and designated product is selectively permitted.
As a result, the information terminal accesses the inventory database, and at the other store of the product linked to the product code of the product selected and designated according to the browsing instruction by the operation input unit of the inventory information at the other store. The other store inventory screen including the inventory information of the other store is displayed on the display unit, and the login table that defines the identification code based on a plurality of log systems that can be logged in and stored in the storage unit is accessed and defined in the login table. Log-in is permitted only when the identification code is entered, and when logging in with the identification code of the first code system, the other to the store screen to restrict the viewing of inventory information at other stores When the display of the store inventory display button is prohibited and you log in with an identification code with a second code system different from the first code system, other stores on your own store screen To display the inventory display button.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entire system as an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows typically the basic processing content in a coordination information registration phase, a coordination information browsing phase, and a data transmission / reception phase. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows an information terminal. It is a block diagram of the electrical connection of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows the recording data of the goods master area currently recorded on HDD of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows the recording data of the salesclerk master area recorded on HDD of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows the recording data of the customer master area recorded on HDD of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows the recording data of the utilization range master area currently recorded on HDD of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows the recording data of the meta image storage area recorded on HDD of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows the recording data of the coordination information area currently recorded on HDD of an information terminal. (A) is a schematic diagram showing recorded data in the inventory information area recorded in the HDD of the information terminal, (b) is a schematic diagram showing recorded data in the inventory management master area in the inventory information area, and (c) is in stock. It is a schematic diagram which shows the recording data of the display regulation setting area in an information area. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a coordination information registration process. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the utilization range selection screen displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the coordination edit screen displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the coordinate edit screen after the coordinate image display displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the coordinate edit screen B after the coordinate image displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal, and after a salesclerk code is input. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the coordinate edit screen after the coordinate image displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal, and after inputting a salesclerk code and a product code. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the use permission screen displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of coordinate information browsing processing. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the coordination list screen displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the tag information standby screen displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the coordination list screen classified by goods displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the coordination screen displayed on the liquid crystal display of an information terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the confirmation process of own store inventory. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the confirmation process of other store inventory. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of a self-store inventory screen. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the own store stock screen in which the display regulation of the other store stock screen is made. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of another store stock screen.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Basic configuration)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entire system. In the system according to the present embodiment, the host computer 11 installed in the headquarters H, the information terminal 101 installed in each store S, and the POS terminal 151 as a merchandise sales data processing device receive data via the communication network 51. It is constructed to be connected to send and receive freely. For this purpose, the headquarter H is provided with a headquarters WEB server 12 that is connected to the communication line network 51 and manages data communication. The headquarters WEB server 12 and the host computer 11 can exchange data with each other via the local network 13. It is connected. The store S is provided with a store WEB server 152 connected to the communication line network 51 to control data communication. The store WEB server 152, the information terminal 101, and the POS terminal 151 exchange data with each other via the local network 153. It is connected to send and receive freely.

  Here, when the information terminal 101 installed in each store S is viewed as a center, the host computer 11 installed in the headquarter H is also an external device.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram schematically showing basic processing contents in the coordinate information registration phase, coordinate information browsing phase, and data transmission / reception phase. The coordinate information registration phase and the coordinate information browsing phase are executed at each store S. The data transmission / reception phase is executed by data communication between each store S and the headquarter H.

  First, in the coordinate information registration phase, registration of coordinate information by a clerk using the information terminal 101 is accepted. That is, the information terminal 101 enables display and information input for registration support of coordinate information, and registers coordinate information input by a store clerk. Coordinate information in this case is a coordinated image taken by a clerk coordinating clothing sold in that store S or another store S, a clerk code that identifies the model clerk, and a coordinated try-on This is a product code or the like that identifies the clothing being worn.

  Next, in the coordinate information browsing phase, the customer is allowed to browse the coordinate information using the information terminal 101. That is, the information terminal 101 provides the customer with the coordinate information registered in the coordinate information registration phase. Coordinated images are central to the provision of coordinate information at this time. More specifically, the information terminal 101 allows a customer to view a coordinated image.

Next, in the data transmission / reception phase, the coordinate information registered by the store clerk in the coordinate information registration phase is transmitted / received between the individual stores S and the headquarters H. As an example, each store S transmits the coordinate information generated at the store S to the host computer 11 of the headquarter H. The host computer 11 stores and manages the coordinate information collected from the individual stores S, and distributes the information to other stores S.
As a result, the coordinate information generated in a certain store S can be managed by the host computer 11 of the headquarter H, and such coordinate information can also be shared by all other stores S. As an example, the data transmission / reception process regarding the coordinate information in the data transmission / reception phase is performed by a batch process at night when the business in each store S is ended. As another example, data transmission / reception processing in the data transmission / reception phase is executed in real time.

  In the data transmission / reception phase, sales data generated by the POS terminal 151 of each store S is transmitted to the host computer 11 of the headquarter H via the store WEB server 152. The host computer 11 of the headquarter H stores and manages the sales data collected from each store S, and generates inventory information of each store S based on the sales data. Then, the generated inventory information is transmitted to the information terminal 101 of each store S. Thereby, the stock information of each store S can be shared by all other stores S. Such data transmission / reception processing related to sales data and inventory information in the data transmission / reception phase is preferably executed in real time. However, it is not limited to real-time processing, and as another example, it may be performed by batch processing at night when business at each store S ends.

  FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing the information terminal 101. The information terminal 101 is configured by mounting a liquid crystal display 103 as a display unit on the upper surface of a flat main body unit 102 that accommodates each unit. A touch panel 105 as an operation input unit is laminated on the display surface 104 of the liquid crystal display 103. A camera 107 is also attached to the liquid crystal display 103 at the top of the frame 106.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram of electrical connection of the information terminal 101. As shown in FIG. 4, the information terminal 101 includes a microcomputer 201, and the microcomputer 201 drives and controls each unit. The microcomputer 201 functions as a work area or the like by storing a ROM 204 for storing fixed information such as a control program in advance via a bus line 203 and a ROM 204 for storing various information in a rewritable manner in a CPU 202 that controls each unit centrally. A RAM 205 is connected. Therefore, the microcomputer 201 constitutes an information processing unit that executes information processing. In FIG. 4, the CPU 202, the ROM 204, and the RAM 205 are displayed as a single component, but the CPU 202, the ROM 204, and the RAM 205 may be divided into a plurality of solids. In particular, the component displayed as the RAM 205 includes at least a chip used as a work area and a chip constituting an image memory.

  An I / O interface IF1 and a communication interface IF2 are connected to the microcomputer 201 via a bus line 203. A touch panel controller 206, a video controller 207, an HDD 208, and a serial port 209 are connected to the I / O interface IF1, and an RFID reader / writer 210 and a camera 107 as a wireless communication unit are connected to the serial port 209. Has been. For example, an external device such as an external camera 211 (digital camera) can be connected to the serial port 209. The communication interface IF2 connects the microcomputer 201 to the local network 153, and enables mutual data communication between the POS terminal 151, the store WEB server 152, and the information terminal 101. In this sense, the communication interface IF2 provides a function as a data transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives data to / from the host computer 11 installed in the headquarter H that is an external device and the POS terminal 151 that is a product sales data processing device. To do. Further, the RAM 205 and the HDD 208 provide a function as a storage unit.

  A touch panel 105 is connected to the touch panel controller 206. The touch panel controller 206 takes an input signal from the touch panel 105 into the microcomputer 201.

  A liquid crystal display 103 is connected to the video controller 207. The video controller 207 drives and controls the liquid crystal display 103 based on the image data, and causes the liquid crystal display 103 to display an image corresponding to the image data.

  The HDD 208 is provided with a program area PA, a product master area 212, a store clerk master area 213, a customer master area 214, a usage range master area 215, a meta image storage area 216, a coordinate information area 217, and an inventory information area 218. . An OS, a computer program, and the like are installed in the program area PA. These OSs, computer programs, and the like are all or partially copied to the RAM 205 and accessed by the CPU 202 when the information terminal 101 is activated. The CPU 202 executes processing according to the OS and computer program copied in this way. Details of the product master area 212 will be described later with reference to FIG. Details of the clerk master area 213 will be described later with reference to FIG. Details of the customer master area 214 will be described later with reference to FIG. Details of the usage range master area 215 will be described later with reference to FIG. Details of the meta image storage area 216 will be described later with reference to FIG. 9, and details of the coordinate information area 217 will be described later with reference to FIG. Details of the inventory information area 218 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The RFID reader / writer 210 connected to the serial port 209 performs short-range wireless communication with the RFID chip by, for example, electromagnetic induction coupling. In the present embodiment, RFID chips are attached to salesclerks, products, and customers as subjects. In other words, a clerk serving as a subject possesses an ID card (not shown) that incorporates an RFID chip that stores a clerk code that is an identification code for identifying itself (a clerk). A product tag (not shown) containing an RFID chip that stores a product code for specifying the product is attached to the product. Then, the customer possesses a membership card (not shown) that incorporates an RFID chip that stores a customer code that is an identification code that identifies the customer (customer). Accordingly, the RFID reader / writer 210 receives a clerk code that identifies the clerk from the ID card possessed by the clerk that is the subject, receives a merchandise code that identifies the merchandise from the merchandise tag attached to the merchandise, The customer code specifying the customer is received from the membership card possessed by the customer, and the received store clerk code, product code and customer code are output. The microcomputer 201 takes in the clerk code, product code, and customer code output from the RFID reader / writer 210 from the serial port 209 via the I / O interface IF1.

  As another example, a store clerk code that identifies a sales clerk as a subject, a product code that identifies a product, and a customer code that identifies a customer are read or input by another device and captured by the microcomputer 201 It may be. As an example, a numeric keypad may be displayed on the liquid crystal display 103, and a store clerk code, a product code, and a customer code may be input by input on the touch panel 105 according to the displayed numeric keypad. As another example, a store clerk code, a product code, and a customer code expressed as a code symbol such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code are prepared, and these code symbols are input by optically reading with a code reader. Anyway.

  The camera 107 connected to the serial port 209 forms an image captured from the lens 108 on a two-dimensional CCD array (not shown), and outputs the CCD array output after amplification, A / D conversion, filtering, and the like. It is a digital camera. The external camera 211 is basically a digital camera having a similar structure.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing record data of the product master area 212 (product database) recorded in the HDD 208 of the information terminal 101. The product master area 212 stores a product name associated with a product ID (product code) for specifying each product. Product IDs (product codes) are managed with different codes in the case of the same product but different sizes and colors. However, regarding the size difference and the color difference of the same product, codes are systematized so that the same product can be identified on the product ID (product code). In other words, different product IDs (product codes) are attached in the case of different sizes and colors even for the same product, but some of the codes are standardized and differ in size or color. However, a code system is adopted so that the same product can be seen.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing recorded data of the salesclerk master area 213 recorded in the HDD 208 of the information terminal 101. The store clerk master area 213 is associated with a store clerk ID (store clerk code) that identifies a store clerk as a subject, and the subject name (text data), affiliated store (text data), point (alphanumeric data), and image use The permission status is stored. The store clerk ID (store clerk code) is specified when logging into the information terminal 101.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing recorded data of the customer master area 214 recorded in the HDD 208 of the information terminal 101. The customer master area 214 stores a customer's name (text data), purchase history (text data), and points (alphanumeric data) in association with a customer ID (customer code) that identifies the customer. The customer ID (customer code) is specified when logging in to the information terminal 101.

  Here, the clerk ID (clerk code) itself includes a code common to all clerk IDs (clerk codes) indicating that it is a clerk code. Further, the customer ID (customer code) itself includes a code common to all customer IDs (customer codes) indicating that it is a customer code. Accordingly, the clerk master area 213 shown in FIG. 6 and the customer master area 214 shown in FIG. 7 function as a login table that defines identification codes (clerk code and customer code) based on two types of code systems that can be logged in.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing recorded data of the usage range master area 215 recorded in the HDD 208 of the information terminal 101. The usage range master area 215 stores a usage range in association with a usage range ID that specifies the usage range. The use range means a use range of an image captured by the camera 107 or the external camera 211. For example, the use range is defined as the use range only at the own store to which the store clerk belongs, the use at the store other than the own store in addition to the own store (public use), the use at the WEB in addition to the own store (WEB use), etc. Has been. As an example, the usage range when the usage range ID is A is defined as usage only at the own store to which the store clerk belongs, and the usage range when the usage range ID is B is defined as public usage. The usage range when the ID is C is defined as WEB usage.

  FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing recorded data in the meta image storage area 216 recorded in the HDD 208 of the information terminal 101. The meta image storage area 216 is a binary image that is data of a coordinated image that is an image captured by the camera 107 or the external camera 211, and an image ID that identifies an image captured by the camera 107 or the external camera 211 and captured by the microcomputer 201. Data and its path name are stored in association with each other. The path name includes the data format of binary data. Therefore, as another embodiment, binary data itself is not stored in the meta image storage area 216 but stored in any storage area, and only the path name is stored in the meta image storage area 216. It is also possible. When such a data structure is adopted, a meta image can be searched using a path name as a key.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing recorded data in the coordinate information area 217 recorded in the HDD 208 of the information terminal 101. The coordinate information area 217 is associated with a coordinate ID that identifies individual coordinates by the store clerk, and includes an image ID, a product ID (product code), item information (text data), a store clerk ID (text code), and store clerk information (name and name). (Text data of affiliated store), comment (text data), and usage range ID are stored in association with each other. Therefore, by referring to the coordinate information area 217, for example, a series of corresponding data can be searched using the coordinate ID as a key. If the store clerk ID is found by the search, binary data can be acquired from the meta image storage area 216, and if the use range ID is found by the search, the use range can be acquired from the use range master area 215. .

  Therefore, the meta image storage area 216 and the coordinate information area 217 include a coordinate image (binary data) captured by coordinating clothing that is a product and a product ID (product code) of the clothing coordinated in the coordinated image. A coordinate database is built to store and save the data.

  FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing recorded data in the inventory information area 218 recorded in the HDD 208 of the information terminal 101. As shown in FIG. 11A, the inventory information area 218 includes an inventory management master area 218a and a display restriction setting area 218b.

  As shown in FIG. 11B, the inventory management master area 218a stores the own store inventory, other store inventory, and the confirmation date and time thereof in association with the product ID (product code). The data stored and stored in the inventory management master area 218a is based on the inventory information transmitted from the host computer 11 in the data transmission / reception phase described above with reference to FIG. Such an inventory management master area 218a constructs an inventory database that stores and saves the product ID (product code) of each product and the inventory information of the product at its own store and other stores.

  The display restriction setting area 218b stores the definition of whether or not inventory information can be viewed at other stores. That is, as shown in FIG. 11C, it includes a busy definition 218b-1 and an emergency busy flag 218b-2. The busy time definition 218b-1 stores the target date, the start time, and the end time in association with each other. As an example, in the busy time definition 218b-1 shown in FIG. 11C, “11:30” as the start time and “13:30” as the end time are set in the “all days” column as the target date. In the column “Sunday” as the target date, “9:00” is set as the start time and “20:00” is set as the end time, and “9/24” is set as the start time in the column “12/24” as the target date. 0:00 ”and“ 20:00 ”are set as the end time. These defined periods are defined as periods for restricting browsing of inventory information of other stores to the customer. That is, the computer program installed in the program area PA in the HDD 208 of the information terminal 101 is programmed so as to restrict the customer from viewing the inventory information of other stores for the period defined in 218b-1. Yes. Similarly, when the emergency busy flag 218b-2 is flagged, the computer program is programmed to restrict browsing of inventory information of other stores to the customer.

  The computer program here is a program for coordinate information browsing processing for browsing coordinate information stored and registered in a meta image storage area 216 and coordinate information area 217 described later (see the flowchart in FIG. 19). Moreover, the process which restrict | limits browsing of the inventory information of another store with respect to a customer is later mentioned based on FIGS.

  The data set in the display restriction setting area 218b can be easily set by setting the information terminal 101 to the setting mode. As an example, it is desirable that the setting mode is constructed so that only a limited number of persons such as the person in charge of the store S can enter. As a mechanism for that purpose, for example, a code indicating that the person in charge of the store S is responsible is included as the store clerk ID (store clerk code) stored in the store clerk master area 213 shown in FIG. May require a login with the clerk code containing the code.

(Coordinate information registration phase)
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of the coordinate information registration process. The computer program installed in the program area PA of the HDD 208 is for coordinate information registration processing for registering image data captured by the camera 107 or the external camera 211 in the meta image storage area 216 and the coordinate information area 217. The program is included. The program for coordinate information registration processing is copied to the RAM 205 and used at the time of activation. The processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 12 shows the processing contents executed by the CPU 202 in accordance with the program for registration information registration processing copied to the RAM 205 in this way.

  First, the CPU 202 executes processing for setting the use range of the captured image (step S101). That is, the CPU 202 outputs a signal for displaying the usage range selection screen A on the liquid crystal display 103 to the video controller 207 and waits for information input from the touch panel 105.

  FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a usage range selection screen A displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101. On the usage range selection screen A, a usage range selection area A1, a selected usage range display area A2, a usage range commentary area A3, a registration button A4, and a cancel button A5 are displayed. The usage range selection area A1 displays a pull-down list of usage range IDs A1-2 that can be selected by touch designation of the pull-down instruction object A1-1. Therefore, the usage range is selected by selecting a desired usage range ID from the pull-down display usage range ID list A1-2. At this time, in the usage range commentary area A3, the usage range that can be selected from the usage range ID list A1-2 is explained. The selected usage range is displayed in the selected usage range display area A2. When the registration button A4 is touch-designated in this state, the use range of the captured image is set. That is, the usage range ID for specifying the selected usage range is temporarily stored in the RAM 205, and the process of step S101 in the flowchart of FIG. 12 is completed. On the other hand, when the cancel button A5 is touch-designated, a cancel process is performed, and the coordinate information registration process ends.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. When the setting of the use range of the captured image shown in step S101 is completed, display processing of the coordinate editing screen B (see FIGS. 14 to 17) is executed (step S102). That is, the CPU 202 outputs a signal for displaying the coordinate editing screen B on the liquid crystal display 103 to the video controller 207.

  FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the coordinate editing screen B displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101. The coordinate editing screen B includes an image display area B1, a store clerk name display area B2, a store name display area B3, a product name display area B4, a comment input field B5, an image selection button B6, and a reading start button B7. A read stop button B8, a save button B9, a clear button B10, and a return button B11 are displayed.

  The image display area B1 is an area reserved for displaying a coordinated image based on image data of a captured image output from the camera 107 or the external camera 211 and captured by the microcomputer 201. Shooting by the camera 107 or the external camera 211 is executed by touch designation of the reading start button B7 and the reading stop button B8. That is, when the reading start button B7 is touch-designated, shooting is performed by the camera 107 or the external camera 211, and the captured image is displayed as a moving image in the image display area B1. The store clerk who is the photographer and the subject touches and designates the reading stop button B8 at the shooting timing. Thereby, the image data at that moment is taken in and displayed as a coordinated image as a still image in the image display area B1. The image display area B1 is designated by touch designation of the image selection button B6 as well as a coordinated image based on the image data of the captured image output from the camera 107 or the external camera 211 and captured by the microcomputer 201. It is also possible to display a coordinated image based on image data that has been captured in advance and recorded and stored in the HDD 208 or the like. In the state where image data to be a coordinated image is not captured, the coordinate image is not displayed in the image display area B1, and only the status display “waiting for photographing” is displayed (see FIG. 14).

  The clerk name display area B2 is an area reserved for displaying the name of the clerk. In this case, the name data includes the clerk master area 213 (FIG. 5) using the clerk ID, which is the clerk code that the clerk code read and output by the RFID reader / writer 210 from the ID card possessed by the clerk, as a key. 6), the name of the clerk obtained from the search. At this time, since the store to which the store clerk belongs can be acquired from the store clerk master area 213, the acquired store to which the store belongs is displayed in the store name display area B3. In a state where the clerk code is not read, the clerk's name and store name are not displayed in the clerk name display area B2 and the store name display area B3, and the display is blank.

  The product name display area B4 is an area reserved for displaying the product name selected by the store clerk. The product name data in this case is searched based on the product code read from the RFID chip built in the product tag attached to the product. That is, the RFID reader / writer 210 reads the product code stored in the RFID chip, and the microcomputer 201 takes it in. The CPU 202 searches the product master area 212 (see FIG. 5) using the product ID that is the imported product code as a key, and obtains product name data. In a state where the product code is not read, the product name is not displayed in the product name display area B4, and is in a blank display state.

  Comments can be written in the comment input field B5. As an example, the comment can be input using the displayed keyboard by displaying a keyboard on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101 by touch designation in the comment input field B5.

  The image selection button B6, the reading start button B7, and the reading stop button B8 are objects that play the roles described above. The save button B9, the clear button B10, and the return button B11 are objects for touch-designating save, clear, and process return, respectively.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. After the display processing of the coordinate editing screen B shown in step S102 is executed, the process waits for camera shooting or image selection (step S103). That is, the CPU 202 waits for reception of a coordinated image based on image data of a captured image output from the camera 107 or the external camera 211 or selection of a coordinated image based on existing image data based on touch designation of the image selection button B6. Yes. Then, when the CPU 202 acquires image data to be a coordinated image, the CPU 202 determines an image ID for the acquired image data and temporarily stores it in the RAM 205. Then, the video controller 207 is driven and controlled to display a coordinated image based on the image data (step S104). As a result, the video controller 207 expands the image data in the image memory in the RAM 205. Then, the CPU 202 drives and controls the video controller 207 so as to display the image data developed in the image memory as a coordinate image in the image display area B1 of the coordinate editing screen B (step S105). As a result, a coordinated image based on the image data is displayed in the image display area B1 of the coordinate editing screen B.

  FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the coordinate editing screen B after displaying the coordinate image displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. After displaying the coordinate editing screen B (step S105), the CPU 202 activates the RFID reader / writer 210 and supplies an output to the RFID antenna (not shown) (step S106). As a result, the CPU 202 can capture not only the operation input from the touch panel 105 but also the data input by the reading input from the RFID reader / writer 210. Therefore, as a subsequent process, the CPU 202 waits for an event input presence / absence determination process and an event type determination process (step S107).

  When there is an output from the RFID reader / writer 210 (RFID reading) during the event input presence / absence and event type determination process shown in step S107, the CPU 202 determines the type (step S108). In other words, as described above, the clerk who is the subject has an ID card (not shown) that incorporates an RFID chip that stores a clerk code that identifies herself, and identifies the product as a product. A product tag (not shown) including an RFID chip for storing a product code is attached. Therefore, the RFID reader / writer 210 receives a clerk code that identifies the clerk from an ID card possessed by the clerk that is the subject, receives a merchandise code that identifies the merchandise from a merchandise tag attached to the merchandise, The received identification code and product code are output.

  The microcomputer 201 fetches the clerk code and the product code output from the RFID reader / writer 210 from the serial port 209 via the I / O interface IF1, and determines RFID reading in step S107. The clerk code (clerk ID) stored in the ID card possessed by the clerk as the subject includes data indicating the clerk code, and the merchandise code stored in the merchandise tag attached to the merchandise. Since (product ID) includes data indicating a product code, the type can be determined in step S108.

  When the CPU 202 determines the clerk ID in the type determination process in step S108 (a clerk ID in step S108), the CPU 202 executes the process in step S109. That is, the captured clerk ID is temporarily stored in the work area of the RAM 205. Then, the store clerk ID and the store are searched for and acquired from the store clerk master area 213 (see FIG. 6), and the acquired name of the subject is displayed in the store clerk name display area B2. The store is displayed in the store name display area B3 (see FIG. 16). Thereafter, the CPU 202 returns to the process of step S106.

  FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the coordinate editing screen B after displaying the coordinate image displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101 and after inputting the clerk code.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. When CPU 202 determines the product ID in the type determination process in step S108 (product ID in step S108), CPU 202 executes the process in step S110. That is, the captured product ID is temporarily stored in the work area of the RAM 205. Then, the product name is searched and acquired from the product master area 212 (see FIG. 5) using the captured product ID as a key, and the name of the acquired product is displayed in the product name display area B4 (see FIG. 17). Thereafter, the CPU 202 returns to the process of step S106.

  FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a coordinate editing screen B after displaying a coordinate image displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101 and after inputting a clerk code and a product code.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. When the CPU 202 determines a reading target other than the store clerk ID and the product ID in the type determination process in step S108 (others in step S108), the CPU 202 returns to the process in step S106 as it is.

  The process (steps S108 to 110) in the case where the CPU 202 determines RFID reading (RFID reading in step S107) in the determination process of the presence / absence of event input and the event type shown in step S107 has been described above. On the other hand, when the CPU 202 determines touch designation of the save button B9 by the touch panel 105 in the determination process of presence / absence of event input and event type shown in step S107 (save button in step S107), the image data is stored. Execute the registration process of the coordination information including. Next, coordinate information registration processing will be described.

  First, the CPU 202 determines whether or not use of an image displayed in the image display area B1 of the coordinate editing screen B is permitted by the salesclerk who is the subject (step S111). Whether or not the salesclerk who is the subject has already been permitted to use the image displayed in the image display area B 1 is determined by referring to the status temporarily stored in the RAM 205. That is, when the clerk code is read from the ID card possessed by the clerk (see steps S107 to 108), the read clerk code is temporarily stored in the work area of the RAM 205 as the clerk ID (step S109). At this time, the CPU 202 sets a status as to whether or not the salesclerk who is the subject has permitted the use of the image displayed in the image display area B1 for the temporarily stored salesclerk ID, and manages the presence or absence of the permission. I can do it. The permission in this case is made by touch designation of the permission button C2 (see FIG. 18) of the usage permission screen C displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 in step S112 described later. Therefore, the CPU 202 refers to the image use permission status (see FIG. 6) set in the clerk ID temporarily stored in the work area of the RAM 205 in the determination process of step S111, and the clerk who is the subject displays the image. It is determined whether or not the use of the image displayed in the area B1 has been permitted.

  Next, when the CPU 202 determines that the salesclerk who is the subject has not permitted the use of the image displayed in the image display area B1 (N in step S111), the use permission screen C (see FIG. 18) is displayed as the coordinate editing screen. A pop-up is displayed on B (step S112).

  FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a usage permission screen C displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101. On the use permission screen C, a permission item display area C1 indicating permission contents, a permission button C2, and a permission rejection button C3 are displayed. In the permission item display area C1, a permission content such as “I grant the right to use an image / registration information taken by the system” is displayed. The permission button C2 is an object that is touch-designated to indicate a consent intention display, and the permission rejection button C3 is an object that is touch-designated to indicate a permission rejection intention display.

  After the pop-up display process of the use permission screen C shown in step S112, the CPU 202 determines the occurrence of an event “permission” that occurs when the permission button C2 included in the use permission screen C is touch-designated (step S113). Y), registration of the permitted captured image is executed (step S114). That is, the binary data that is the image data itself of the captured image of the camera 107 or the like captured in step S103 is stored and registered in the meta image storage area 216 shown in FIG. 9 together with the image ID temporarily stored in the RAM 205 in step S104. Alternatively, binary data that is the existing image data itself selected by the touch designation of the image selection button B6 is stored and registered in the meta image storage area 216 shown in FIG. 9 together with the image ID temporarily stored in the RAM 205 in step S104. At this time, the image data of the captured image of the camera 107 and the like and the path name associated with the existing image data are also stored and registered in the meta image storage area 216 in association with the image ID and binary data. Then, a new ID code is set in the coordinate ID of the coordinate information area 217 shown in FIG. 10, the image ID is associated with this, the product ID temporarily stored in the RAM 205 in step S110, and temporarily stored in the RAM 205 in step S109. The stored clerk ID and the usage range set in step S101 are stored and registered. At this time, the coordinate information area 217 stores and registers item information including the product name searched from the product ID and store clerk information including the store clerk name and store name searched from the store clerk ID.

  On the other hand, after the pop-up display processing of the usage permission screen C shown in step S112, the CPU 202 determines the occurrence of the event “permission rejection” that occurs when the permission rejection button C3 included in the usage permission screen C is touched. Then (N in step S113), the data of the coordinate editing screen B temporarily stored in the RAM 205 is cleared (step S117), and the process returns to the display processing of the coordinate editing screen B in step S102.

  The return to the display processing of the coordinate editing screen B in step S102 is other events other than the designation of touching the RFID reading and storing button B9 in the determination processing of the presence / absence of event input and the event type in step S107 described above. The generation is also determined (others in step S107), and it is also executed when it is determined that the clear button B10 is touched (Y in step S115).

  Further, in the determination processing of the presence / absence of event input and the event type in step S107 described above, occurrence of other events other than the touch designation of the RFID read / save button B9 is determined (others in step S107), and this is the clear button B10 If it is determined that the touch designation is not (NO in step S115), processing corresponding to the generated event is performed (step S116).

  Here, if the CPU 202 determines in step S111 that the subject has already been permitted to use the image displayed in the image display area B1 (Y in step S111), the intention display of the use permission on the use permission screen C is displayed. Without passing through the confirmation process (steps S112 to 113), the captured image registration process of step S114 is immediately executed (step S114). This is a process executed under the gist that once a use permission for a captured image is obtained from a salesclerk who is a subject, the subsequent use permission may be omitted. By executing such use permission omission processing, smooth coordination information registration processing can be performed.

  In the present embodiment, the touch of the permission button C2 on the usage permission screen C is used as a mechanism for allowing the subject to display the intention of permission to use the image displayed in the image display area B1. A system called designation is adopted. On the other hand, as another embodiment, a handwritten tablet (not shown) is connected to the serial port 209, and use permission or rejection thereof is executed by taking a handwritten input image into the handwritten tablet. Also good. In this case, it is also possible to store handwriting data of a salesclerk as a subject in the salesclerk master area 213 and determine whether or not the handwriting written on the handwritten tablet is the handwriting of the person himself / herself. As yet another embodiment, a biometric authentication data of a store clerk serving as a subject that can be acquired by the sensor in the store clerk master area 213 with a biometric information acquisition sensor (not shown) connected to the serial port 209. May be registered, and use permission or rejection may be executed when the biometric information input by the biometric information acquisition sensor matches the biometric information registered in the clerk master area 213.

(Coordinate information browsing phase)
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of the coordinate information browsing process. The computer program installed in the program area PA of the HDD 208 includes a coordinate information browsing processing program for browsing coordinate information stored and registered in the meta image storage area 216 and the coordinate information area 217. . The coordinate information browsing process program is copied to the RAM 205 and used when the program is activated. The processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 19 shows the processing contents executed by the CPU 202 in accordance with the program for registration information registration processing copied to the RAM 205 in this way.

  When a customer who visits the store S desires to view a coordinated image, login at the information terminal 101 is required. In order to log in with the information terminal 101, the RFID reader / writer 210 reads the customer code stored in the RFID chip built in the membership card (not shown) possessed by the customer. The microcomputer 201 retrieves the customer code output from the RFID reader / writer 210 from the serial port 209 via the I / O interface IF1, searches the customer master area 214 stored in the HDD 208, and is the same as the captured customer code. The presence or absence of a customer ID is determined. The microcomputer 201 permits login on condition that the same customer ID as the customer code read from the membership card exists in the customer master area 214. The above is the login process (step S201).

  However, not only the customer but also the store clerk are required to log in at the information terminal 101 when browsing coordinated images is desired. That is, in order for the clerk to log in with the information terminal 101, the clerk code stored in the RFID chip built in the ID card (not shown) possessed by the clerk is read by the RFID reader / writer 210. The microcomputer 201 fetches the clerk code output from the RFID reader / writer 210 from the serial port 209 via the I / O interface IF1, searches the clerk master area 213 stored in the HDD 208, and is identical to the clerk code fetched. The presence or absence of the clerk ID is determined. The microcomputer 201 permits login on the condition that the same clerk ID as the clerk code read from the ID card possessed by the clerk exists in the clerk master area 213. The above is the login process by the store clerk (step S201).

  After executing the login process in step S201, the microcomputer 201 displays and outputs the coordinate list screen D on the liquid crystal display 103 (step S202).

  FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the coordinate list screen D displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101. The coordinate list screen D is mainly composed of a list display field D1 in which 10 coordinate photos are displayed in a list. The 10 coordinated photos displayed in the list display column D1 can be scrolled. A triangle mark located on the lower right side in the coordinate list screen D is a scroll button D2 for designating the scrolling of coordinated photos. Since FIG. 20 shows a state in which the top 10 coordinated photos are displayed, the scroll button D2 shows only one of “sending side”, but the top coordinated photo is scrolled and hidden. Then, a “return side” scroll button (not shown) is also displayed.

  Here, the coordinated photograph displayed in the list display field D1 of the coordinate list screen D is displayed according to the definition recorded in the use range of the coordinate information area 217 shown in FIG. For example, when the coordinate usage range ID specified by the coordinate ID in the coordinate information area 217 is defined as B or C, the usage range is defined as any other store S (see FIG. 8), in the list display column D1, coordinated photos are displayed in any of the stores S. On the other hand, when the use range ID of the coordinate specified by the coordinate ID is defined as A, the use range is defined as use in the own store (see FIG. 8), so the list display field In D1, a coordinated photo is displayed only at the store's own store S associated with the coordinate ID.

  On the coordination list screen D, a product tag selection button D3 displaying “Search by product tag” and a category selection button D4 displaying “Search by category” are displayed. In addition, on the coordination list screen D, a return button D5 and a logout button D6 are also displayed.

  Here, the coordinate list screen D functions as a front screen for searching for a coordinate screen G (see FIG. 23) for displaying a specific coordinate image. In order to search for a desired coordinate image from the coordinate list screen D, the information terminal 101 provides three search methods. Hereinafter, the three ways of searching will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The first search method is selection by touch designation of the coordinated photo displayed in the list display field D1. The CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 waits for determination of whether or not an image is selected as processing subsequent to step S202 (step S203). The image selection in this case is made by touch designation of the coordinated photos displayed in a list in the list display field D1. That is, since the coordinated photos displayed in the list display column D1 are based on the binary data in the meta image storage area 216 shown in FIG. 9, by referring to the meta image storage area 216, the binary data and If the associated image ID is known and the image ID is known, the coordinate ID can be known by referring to the coordinate information area 217 shown in FIG. Therefore, when a specific coordinate photo displayed in the list display field D1 is touch-designated, a coordinate ID associated with the specific coordinate photo is determined. Therefore, the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 displays a coordinate screen G (see FIG. 23) including a coordinate image corresponding to the identified coordinate ID on the liquid crystal display 103 (step S206).

  The second search method is a search based on a product tag (not shown) started by touch-designating the product tag selection button D3. The CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 displays the tag information standby screen E on the liquid crystal display 103 when the product tag selection button D3 is touch-designated without selecting an image (N in step S203) (Y in step S204). (Step S207).

  FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a tag information standby screen E displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101. On the tag information standby screen E, a message E1 “Please hold the product tag!” Is displayed, and a product name display field E2 for displaying the product name is displayed. On the tag information standby screen E, there is an all display button E3 displayed as “display all” for instructing display of the coordination list screen D shown in FIG. 20 and a third search method to be described later. A category selection button E4 displaying “search by category” for instructing a certain category search is displayed. On the tag information standby screen E, a return button E5 and a logout button E6 are further displayed.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. After displaying the tag information standby screen E (step S207), the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 waits for the tag information reception determination (step S208). That is, a clothing tag as a product is attached with a product tag including an RFID chip that stores a product code for specifying the product. Therefore, when the RFID reader / writer 210 reads and outputs a product code from the product tag, the CPU 202 determines reception of tag information (Y in step S208). Subsequently, the CPU 202 retrieves the same product ID as the received product code from the coordinate information area 217 shown in FIG. 10 (step S209), and outputs the product-specific coordinate list screen F (see FIG. 22) on the liquid crystal display 103. (Step S210). That is, all the coordinate IDs in which the product IDs retrieved from the coordinate information area 217 in step S209 are recorded are retrieved from the coordinate information area 217 shown in FIG. 10 and the product-specific coordinate list specified by these coordinate IDs. Screen F (see FIG. 22) is displayed.

  FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the product-specific coordinate list screen F displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101. On the basis of the tag information standby screen E, the product-specific coordination list screen F displays the product names searched from the product master area 212 shown in FIG. 5 based on the product code received and determined in step S208 in the product name display field E2. Has been. In the example shown in FIG. 22, it can be seen that the product “black jeans” is selected from the product name displayed in the product name display field E2. Further, in place of the message E1 on the tag information standby screen E, a product-specific coordinate list image F1 is displayed. Further, a product tag selection button F2 displayed as “Search by product tag” is displayed, and an inventory check button F3 displayed as “Stock check” is displayed. Since the other parts are the same as the display of the tag information standby screen E, the same parts as the tag information standby screen E in the product-specific coordinate list screen F of FIG.

  Here, the coordinate photo displayed as the product-specific coordinate list image F1 on the product-specific coordinate list screen F is displayed according to the definition recorded in the use range of the coordinate information area 217 shown in FIG. For example, when the coordinate usage range ID specified by the coordinate ID in the coordinate information area 217 is defined as B or C, the usage range is defined as any other store S (see FIG. 8), the coordinated photo is displayed as the product-specific coordinated list image F1 at any store S. On the other hand, when the use range ID of the coordinate specified by the coordinate ID is defined as A, the use range is defined as the use within the own store (see FIG. 8). A coordinated photo is displayed as the product-specific coordinated list image F1 only at the store C of the linked store clerk.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. After displaying the product-specific coordinate list screen F (step S210), the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 waits for the coordinate selection presence / absence determination (step S211) and the inventory confirmation designation presence / absence determination (step S212).

  Coordination is selected by touch designation of a coordinated photo displayed on the product-specific coordinate list screen F. That is, the coordinated photo displayed in the product-specific coordinated list image F1 is based on the binary data in the meta image storage area 216 shown in FIG. 9, so that the binary image can be obtained by referring to the meta image storage area 216. If the image ID associated with the data is known and the image ID is known, the coordinate ID can be known by referring to the coordinate information area 217 shown in FIG. Accordingly, when a specific coordinate photo displayed in the product-specific coordinate list image F1 is touch-designated, the coordinate ID associated with the specific coordinate photo is determined. Therefore, the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 displays a coordinate screen G including a coordinate image corresponding to the identified coordinate ID on the liquid crystal display 103 (step S206).

  The stock confirmation is specified by touching the stock confirmation button F3. That is, the stock confirmation button F3 is displayed as an object of a designation command, and when the stock confirmation button F3 is touch-designated on the touch panel 105, stock confirmation processing is executed (step S213). The inventory confirmation process will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  A third search method is a search based on the category of clothing that is a product that is started by touch-designating the category selection button D4. If the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 does not determine the image selection (N in step S203) and does not determine the designation of the product tag search (N in step S204), it determines the designation of the category search (in step S205). Y), category selection processing is executed (step S214). The category selection process is started by touch designation of the category selection button D4 in the coordinate list screen D or the category selection button E4 in the tag information standby screen E or the product-specific coordinate list screen F, and is shown in FIG. In accordance with the category defined in 212, a coordinate list image (not shown) is displayed for each category, and a specific coordinate image is selected from coordinate photos in the coordinate list image. The detailed description of the category selection process is omitted.

  FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the coordinate screen G displayed on the liquid crystal display 103 of the information terminal 101. On the coordinate screen G, display areas such as a coordinate image display area G1, a clerk information display area G2, a comment display area G3, and a product information display area G4 are displayed. In these display areas, information searched from the coordinate information area 217 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. That is, the coordinate image display area G1 displays an image based on the binary data retrieved from the meta image storage area 216 shown in FIG. 9 based on the image ID of the coordinate information area 217. Further, in the clerk information display area G2, the clerk name and the store name (text data) recorded in the clerk information in the coordinate information area 217 are displayed. In the comment display area G3, text information recorded in the comments in the coordinate information area 217 is displayed. In the product information display area G4, product names and the like (text data) recorded in the item information in the coordinate information area 217 are displayed.

  On the coordinate screen G, an inventory confirmation button G5, a return button G6, and a logout button G7 are also displayed.

  Here, the coordinated photo displayed in the coordinated image display area G1 of the coordinated screen G is displayed according to the definition recorded in the usage range of the coordinated information area 217 shown in FIG. For example, when the coordinate usage range ID specified by the coordinate ID in the coordinate information area 217 is defined as B or C, the usage range is defined as any other store S (see FIG. 8), in the coordinated image display area G1, a coordinated photo is displayed at any of the stores S. On the other hand, when the use range ID of the coordinate specified by the coordinate ID is defined as A, the use range is defined as the use within the own store (see FIG. 8). In the area G1, a coordinated photo is displayed only at the store C of the store clerk associated with the coordinate ID.

  In addition, the product name (text data) displayed in the product information display area G4 of the coordinate screen G is individually displayed as an object that can be touch-designated by the touch panel 105. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 23, a product with a product name “SURF BEAT ZIP Parker” and a product with a product name “T-shirt” are displayed. These product name displays are objects that can be touch-designated individually by the touch panel 105. Therefore, “SURF BEAT ZIP Parker” and “T-shirt” can be selected and designated independently.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. After executing the process of displaying the coordinate screen G on the liquid crystal display 103 (step S206), the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 waits for the presence / absence determination of stock confirmation designation (step S215). The stock confirmation designation is made by touch designation of the stock confirmation button G5 after selecting and designating a product whose product name or the like is displayed in the product information display area G4 of the coordinate screen G by touch designation on the touch panel 105. That is, the stock confirmation button G5 is displayed as an object of a designation command, and when the stock confirmation button G5 is touch-designated on the touch panel 105, stock confirmation processing is executed (step S216). The inventory confirmation process will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  The CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 is a routine different from the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 19 and executes an event monitoring routine by multitask processing. In this event monitoring routine, the return button D5 or logout button D6 in the coordinate list screen D shown in FIG. 20, the tag information standby screen E shown in FIG. 21, and the return button E5 in the product-specific coordinate list screen F shown in FIG. An event of presence / absence of touch designation of the logout button E6 and the return button G6 or the logout button G7 in the coordinate screen G shown in FIG. 23 is monitored. Then, when the CPU 202 determines these events, the CPU 202 executes corresponding processing. Therefore, the process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 19 is ended by touch designation of the logout buttons D6, E6, and G7.

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the flow of the own store inventory confirmation process. The process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 24 shows the details of the inventory confirmation process in steps S213 and S216 in the flowchart of FIG. That is, as the inventory check process, the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 first determines whether the login process executed in step S201 in the flowchart of FIG. 19 is a login by a store clerk or a login by a customer (step S251). As described above, this determination is based on the clerk ID (clerk code) stored in the clerk master area 213 shown in FIG. 6 and the customer ID (customer code) stored in the customer master area 214 shown in FIG. Since it is defined as another code system, it can be easily executed. That is, by referring to the identification code (the clerk code and the customer code), it is possible to easily identify whether the clerk has logged in or the customer has logged in.

  If the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 determines that the login process executed in step S201 in the flowchart of FIG. 19 is a login by a store clerk (Y in step S251), the process proceeds to step S254 described later. If it is determined that the login has been made by the customer (N in step S251), the setting information in the display restriction setting area 218b shown in FIG. 11 is referred to (step S252). That is, the CPU 202 obtains the current date and time information by the time measuring function, determines whether or not the current date and time is included in the date and time zone defined in the display restriction setting area 218b-1 (step S252). If it is determined that the flag is not included (N in Step S252), it is determined whether or not the emergency busy flag 218b-2 is set with a flag (Step S253).

  The CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 does not include the current date and time in the day and time zone defined in the display restriction setting area 218b-1 (N in step S252), and the emergency busy flag 218b-2 is flagged. If it is determined that it is not (N in step S253), the video controller 207 is controlled to display and output the own store inventory screen Ha as illustrated in FIG. 26 on the display surface 104 of the liquid crystal display 103 (step S254). . The own store inventory screen Ha is generated and displayed based on the information of the own store inventory stored and stored in association with the product specified by the product ID in the inventory management master area 218a shown in FIG. In this case, the product specified by the product ID (product code) is the product shown in the product-specific coordinate list screen F shown in FIG. 22 in the case of the inventory check process executed in step S213 in the flowchart of FIG. (In this case black jeans). On the other hand, in the inventory check process executed in step S216 in the flowchart of FIG. 19, the product is a touch-designated product on the product information display area G4 of the coordinate screen G shown in FIG.

  FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the own store inventory screen Ha. In FIG. 26, the product inventory list H1 displays information on the store inventory stored and stored in association with the product specified by the product ID in the inventory management master area 218a shown in FIG. In FIG. 26, “product A”, “product B”, “product C”, and “product D” indicate color differences for the same product. In addition, “S”, “M”, and “L” indicate the difference in size for the same product. “X” indicates that there is no inventory, “Δ” indicates that the inventory is low, and “◯” indicates that the inventory is sufficient.

  In the own store inventory screen Ha, another store inventory confirmation button H2, a product detail button H3, a return button H4, and a logout button H5 are displayed as command objects that can be touch-designated by the touch panel 105.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. Whether the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 determines that the current date and time is included in the day and time zone defined in the display restriction setting area 218b-1 (Y in step S252), or flags the emergency busy flag 218b-2 When it is determined that the setting has been made (Y in step S253), the video controller 207 is controlled to display and output the own store inventory screen Hb as illustrated in FIG. 27 on the display surface 104 of the liquid crystal display 103 (step S255). ). The own store inventory screen Hb is basically the same as the own store inventory screen Ha illustrated in FIG. The difference is that the other store inventory confirmation button H2 displayed on the own store inventory screen Ha illustrated in FIG. 26 is not displayed. That is, in the own store inventory screen Hb illustrated in FIG. 27, display restriction of the other store inventory screen I (see FIG. 28) is performed in accordance with the definition of the display restriction setting area 218b shown in FIG.

  FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the own store inventory screen Hb in which display regulation of the other store inventory screen I is performed. As shown in FIG. 27, the other store inventory confirmation button H2 displayed on the own store inventory screen Ha shown in FIG. 26 is not displayed on the own store inventory screen Hb.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. The CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 displays the own store inventory screen Ha or the own store inventory screen Hb on the display surface 104 of the liquid crystal display 103 (step S254 or step S255), and then waits for determination of whether or not the button is touched (step S254 or step S255). Step S256). That is, in step S256, whether or not any of the other store inventory confirmation button H2, the product detail button H3, the return button H4, or the logout button H5 in the own store inventory screen Ha illustrated in FIG. It is determined whether or not any of the product detail button H3, the return button H4, or the logout button H5 in the own store inventory screen Hb illustrated in FIG. When the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 recognizes the touch designation of any of the buttons H2 to H5 as a result of the determination (Y in step S256), the CPU 202 executes the corresponding process (step S257) and ends the process. To do.

  FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the flow of the other store inventory confirmation process. This process is executed in step S257 when the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 determines in step S256 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 24 that the other store inventory confirmation button H2 is touch-designated (Y in step S256). Is the details. The other store inventory confirmation button H2 is displayed only on the own store inventory screen Ha shown in FIG. 26, and is not displayed on the own store inventory screen Hb shown in FIG. Therefore, the process shown in FIG. 25 is executed only when the own store inventory screen Ha is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 25, when the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 determines that the other store inventory confirmation button H2 is touch-designated on the own store inventory screen Ha, the CPU 202 controls the video controller 207 to display on the display surface 104 of the liquid crystal display 103. The other store inventory screen I illustrated in FIG. 28 is displayed and output (step S271).

  FIG. 28 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of another store inventory screen I. In FIG. 28, the other store product inventory list I1 displays information on other store inventory stored and stored in association with the product specified by the product ID in the inventory management master area 218a shown in FIG. The other store merchandise inventory list I1 indicates the presence or absence of inventory at each store for each size of the merchandise A to the merchandise D shown on the own store inventory screen Ha. In FIG. 28, the notation “product C” indicates that “product C” displayed on the own store inventory screen Ha shown in FIG. It is a store that is described as “~ store”. “S”, “M”, and “L” are different in size. “X” indicates that there is no inventory, “Δ” indicates that the inventory is low, and “◯” indicates that the inventory is sufficient.

  In the other store inventory screen I, a scroll button I2, a return button I3, and a logout button I4 are displayed as command objects that can be touch-designated by the touch panel 105.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. The CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 displays the other store inventory screen I on the display surface 104 of the liquid crystal display 103 (step S271), and then waits for determination of whether or not the button is touched (step S272). That is, in step S272, it is determined whether or not any of the scroll button I2, the return button I3, or the logout button I4 in the other store inventory screen I illustrated in FIG. When the CPU 202 of the information terminal 101 recognizes the touch designation of any of these buttons I2 to I4 as a result of the determination (Y in step S272), the CPU 202 executes the corresponding process (step S273) and ends the process To do.

(Data transmission / reception phase)
The data transmission / reception phase will be briefly described.

  As described above, in the data transmission / reception phase, coordinate information registered by the store clerk in the coordinate information registration phase is transmitted / received between the individual stores S and the headquarters H. As a result, the host computer 11 installed in the headquarters H accumulates various types of information generated by the information terminal 101 in all stores S, thereby enabling information management.

  In the data transmission / reception phase, sales data generated by the POS terminal 151 of each store S is transmitted to the host computer 11 of the headquarter H. The host computer 11 of the headquarter H stores and manages the sales data collected from each store S, and generates inventory information of each store S based on the sales data. Then, the generated inventory information is transmitted to the information terminal 101 of each store S. Thereby, the stock information of each store S can be shared by all other stores S.

(Operational effects of the system of the present embodiment)
According to the system of the present embodiment, the definition of whether or not inventory information can be viewed in other stores S stored in the display restriction setting area 218b shown in FIG. 11C (busy definition 218b-1, emergency busy) According to the flag 218b-2), it is possible to restrict the viewing of the other store inventory screen I including the inventory information at another store S of a certain product, so that coordinate information is provided even in a busy period. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the information terminal 101 for the information terminal from being monopolized by a specific customer or the waiting time for using such an information terminal 101 from being prolonged. Therefore, the utilization turnover rate of the information terminal 101 for providing coordinate information to a customer can be improved.
In other words, according to the definition of whether or not inventory information can be viewed at other stores, it is possible to restrict viewing of other store inventory screens including inventory information at other stores of a certain product. By defining it as a busy season, even during the busy season, the terminal for providing coordinated information is monopolized by a specific customer, and the waiting time for using such a terminal is prolonged. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the terminal from being trapped, and thus to improve the use turnover rate of the terminal for providing coordinate information to the customer.

  103 ... Liquid crystal display (display unit), 105 ... Touch panel (operation input unit), 210 ... RFID reader / writer (wireless communication unit), 213 ... Clerk master area (login table), 214 ... Customer master area (login table), 216 ... meta-image storage area (coordinate database), 217 ... coordinate information area (coordinate database), 218a ... inventory management master area (inventory database), 218b ... display restriction setting area (definition of whether or not inventory information can be viewed at other stores) F ... Coordinate list screen by product, G ... Coordinate screen, Ha ... Own store stock screen, Hb ... Own store stock screen, I ... Other store stock screen.

JP 2005-099891 A

Claims (6)

A display for displaying information;
An operation input unit for operating and inputting information;
Access to a coordinate database that stores and stores a coordinated image obtained by coordinating a clothing image that is a product and a product code of the coordinated clothing in the coordinated image, and stores the specific coordinate on the display unit. Means for executing a process of displaying a coordinate screen including an image, and a process of allowing selection designation by the operation input unit of a specific product included in the coordinated image;
Means for determining whether or not the person who becomes the subject has been permitted to use the coordinated image prior to registration of the coordinated image taken in the coordinated database;
Access the stock database that stores and stores the product code of each product and the inventory information of the product at its own store and other stores, and the product code of the selected and designated product Means for displaying a self-store inventory screen including stock information of the product at the self-store on the display unit;
In accordance with the definition of whether or not inventory information can be viewed at other stores stored and stored in the storage unit, on the own store inventory screen, at the other store of the product linked to the product code of the selected and designated product Means for selectively allowing a browsing instruction by the operation input unit of inventory information of
Accessing the inventory database, inventory information at the other store of the product linked to the product code of the selected and designated product according to the browsing instruction by the operation input unit of the inventory information at the other store Means for displaying other store inventory screens on the display unit,
Access a login table that defines identification codes based on multiple types of code systems that can be logged in and stored in the storage unit, and log in only when the identification code defined in the login table is entered Means,
When logging in with an identification code of the first code system, the display of the inventory display button of the other store on the own store screen is prohibited in order to restrict the browsing of the inventory information at the other store, Means for displaying an inventory display button of the other store on the own store screen when logging in with an identification code of a second code system different from the code system;
An information terminal comprising: A wireless communication unit that performs data transmission / reception with short-distance wireless communication with the RFID chip;
One or more of the coordinated images including the product specified by the product code accessed by the short-range wireless communication from the RFID chip attached to the clothing that is the product by accessing the coordinate database A means of searching for,
Means for displaying, on the display unit, a product-specific coordinate list screen of products specified by the received product code including the searched coordinate image;
Means for accessing the inventory database and displaying the own store inventory screen of the product linked to the product code received by the wireless communication unit on the product-specific coordination list screen on the display unit;
The information terminal according to claim 1, comprising:   The information terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the definition of whether or not inventory information can be browsed at the other store defines a date when browsing is prohibited.   The information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the definition of whether or not inventory information can be browsed at the other store defines a time zone during which browsing is prohibited.   The information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the definition of whether or not inventory information can be browsed at the other store defines a flag that determines whether or not browsing is possible. Installed in a computer comprising a display unit for displaying information and an operation input unit for operating and inputting information,
Access to a coordinate database that stores and stores a coordinated image obtained by coordinating a clothing image that is a product and a product code of the coordinated clothing in the coordinated image, and stores the specific coordinate on the display unit. A function of executing a process of displaying a coordinate screen including an image and a process of allowing selection designation by the operation input unit of a specific product included in the coordinated image;
A function for determining whether or not a person who is a subject has been permitted to use the coordinated image prior to registration of the coordinated image taken in the coordinated database;
Access the stock database that stores and stores the product code of each product and the inventory information of the product at its own store and other stores, and the product code of the selected and designated product A function for displaying a self-store inventory screen including stock information at the store of the product on the display unit;
In accordance with the definition of whether or not inventory information can be viewed at other stores stored and stored in the storage unit, on the own store inventory screen, at the other store of the product linked to the product code of the selected and designated product A function of selectively allowing a browsing instruction by the operation input unit of inventory information of
Accessing the inventory database, inventory information at the other store of the product linked to the product code of the selected and designated product according to the browsing instruction by the operation input unit of the inventory information at the other store A function for displaying other store inventory screens on the display unit,
When logging in with an identification code of the first code system, the display of the inventory display button of the other store on the own store screen is prohibited in order to restrict the browsing of the inventory information at the other store, A function of displaying an inventory display button of the other store on the own store screen when logging in with an identification code of a second code system different from the code system;
A computer program that executes

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