EP2013695A1 - Dispositif pour la selection d'une marchandise parmi une quantité de marchandises - Google Patents

Dispositif pour la selection d'une marchandise parmi une quantité de marchandises

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EP2013695A1
EP2013695A1 EP07703368A EP07703368A EP2013695A1 EP 2013695 A1 EP2013695 A1 EP 2013695A1 EP 07703368 A EP07703368 A EP 07703368A EP 07703368 A EP07703368 A EP 07703368A EP 2013695 A1 EP2013695 A1 EP 2013695A1
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goods
information
screen
image
place
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Werner Engeln
Stefan Amrusch
Gerd Griesohn
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Mettler Toledo Albstadt GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/048—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
    • G06F3/0484—Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
    • G06F3/04842—Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements

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  • the invention relates to a device for selecting a product from a set of goods, which are provided at different locations, with a screen, on which for at least one subset containing the product to be selected an information identifying each goods displayable and the selection by marking the displayed goods identification information is executable.
  • Such devices are provided in particular for the self-service sales to be weighed goods, such as fruit or vegetables, in department stores.
  • the screen which is usually arranged in the vicinity of the scale, displays for a number of goods the information identifying each individual product, for example in the form of a symbolic representation or an image of the product in a grid arrangement.
  • the Customer recognize the goods selected by him and mark the appropriate goods identification information, for example, by touching the relevant grid of the screen. It thereby generates the necessary input information for an evaluation unit, which carries out a price calculation from the goods identification information and the weight information detected by means of the balance and drives a printer to output a label printed with the weight and the price of the selected product.
  • the invention has for its object to develop a device of the type mentioned in terms of the fastest possible and safe selectability of the goods.
  • this object is achieved in that on the screen one of the goods identification information associated, the location of the goods identifying information can be displayed.
  • the inventive display of the location of the goods identifying information in association with the goods identifying information is available to the customer a more extensive information content available to him the recognition of the selected goods on the screen and thus their mark on the screen easier. This increase in redundancy makes sales transactions faster and more fail-safe.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the information identifying the place of provision contains image information visualizing the place of provision.
  • This form of identifying the place of delivery information is particularly advantageous because the customer who has recently taken the goods from their place of supply, the visual image of the place of delivery is still vividly in front of him and therefore quickly and safely let him recognize the corresponding image information on the screen .
  • the image information visualizing the place of provision contains information representing an optical image of the location of supply. This optical image can be generated, for example, electronically, in particular also in real time, using an electronic camera, video camera or web camera, and transmitted to the device wirelessly or by wire.
  • the image information visualizing the delivery location includes information representing a virtual reality model of the delivery location.
  • the virtual reality model makes it possible to present the visualization to the customer in a particularly impressive way, regardless of the reality, which can further facilitate the recognition of the corresponding display on the screen.
  • the device according to the invention can be designed such that the goods identification information is contained in the image information. This is the case, for example, if a lifelike image of the respective product is displayed on the screen at its delivery location.
  • the image component of this display reproducing the goods corresponds to the goods identification information, while the remaining part of the displayed image information represents the information identifying the place of supply of the goods.
  • this type of image information can be delivered in real time by a video camera or web camera aimed at the goods and their delivery location.
  • the image information contains a visualization of a background image of the place of provision information in which the goods identification information is displayed.
  • the information visualizing the background image of the delivery location can be stationary in particular, while the displayed merchandise identification information can change dynamically.
  • An example of such a stationary background image is the optical image of a fixed fixed shelf.
  • the displayed merchandise identification information may be the optical image of the respectively set product, which changes dynamically according to the current filling of the shelf.
  • the goods identification information can be generated by a sensor device detecting the goods at their delivery locations.
  • the sensor device can for example have an optical image recognition device which recognizes the goods themselves or their packaging and from this the goods identification information forms.
  • the goods or their packaging could be associated with RFID tags that are interrogatable by the sensor devices and thereby provide the goods identification information.
  • the screen is arranged on a balance.
  • the screen is a touch screen
  • the selective contact of the marker is executable. This is the handling of the usually done in a hurry sales operations contrary to the more familiar with personal computers marking of screen fields by positioning a mouse pointer and then clicking.
  • the screen has a navigation / onsfunktion, by the operation of different locations to be selected for display.
  • arrows may be displayed on the screen, for example, indicating in which direction the display advances to other locations when the customer touches these arrows or actuates corresponding arrow keys of a manual input device. In this way, the customer can virtually walk through the entire sales room in which the goods are provided on the screen.
  • the screen has a zoom function, by the operation of which sections of the displayed enlarged display information can be selected on the screen.
  • the actuation of the zoom function can, for example, be effected in that the image section to be magnified is touched and magnified in response to it, until a simple selection and marking is possible.
  • the screen is an SD screen.
  • the spatial impression conveyed by the 3D screen is particularly suitable for visualizing the delivery locations of the goods to the customer in a particularly realistic manner and giving them the impression that they marked the goods directly at the actual delivery location at which the customer took the goods ,
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a device according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a sales room in which the device is used.
  • Fig. 1 The embodiment shown in Fig. 1 comprises a touch screen 1, which is fixed to an upper portion of a columnar housing 2, which is fixed at its lower portion to a support body of an electronic balance 3.
  • a printer for goods labels is arranged, which can be removed at an outlet opening 4. These labels are printed with the weight and the price of the goods weighed on the balance 3 calculated by the electronic balance 3.
  • the touch screen 1 in Fig. 1 displays image information visualizing a shelf 15 stocked with various goods 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 and a part of its environment in a shop. In Fig. 2, this shelf 15 is shown throughout the sales transaction.
  • the image information displayed on the touch screen 1 in FIG. 1 can be generated, for example, by an electronic camera, web camera or video camera focused on the display shelf 15 and transmitted to the touch screen 1 in real time.
  • this remaining part of the image signal is an information identifying the place of delivery of the goods 5 to 14, while the former part is composed of information identifying the individual goods 5 to 14.
  • the image signal may alternatively be generated in any other way that allows to display on the touch screen 1 both information identifying the place of delivery of the commodity and information identifying each commodity.
  • both the image information visualizing the delivery location and the image information visualizing the goods could be generated as virtual reality models.
  • the shelf 15 could be equipped with sensors which identify the goods and their position in the shelf 15 and thereby automatically control the insertion of the information identifying the goods into the information identifying the delivery location.
  • the exhibition box of the goods can be equipped with a radio tag (RFID) and the sensor device provided on the rack 15 can be designed so that it recognizes the product, the packaging size and the position on the shelf 15 as soon as the box is placed on the shelf 15 is.
  • RFID radio tag
  • the control software mounts the predetermined visual representation of the product in the right place in front of the background image of the empty shelf 15. When the exhibition box is removed later, the relevant area on the touch screen 1 is automatically released again.
  • self-service sales can be handled in the following manner:
  • the customer removes one of the goods 5 to 14 from the shelf 15 and places them on the balance 3. He also marks the product in question on the touch screen 1 by touching the area visualizing the product in question. From the goods identification information selected thereby and the weight of goods detected by the electronic balance 3, the latter calculates the selling price and controls the printer in such a way that a product label bearing the weight and the sale price is printed out.
  • the customer removes this product label at the outlet opening 4 and sticks it to the selected product.
  • the goods are thus prepared for billing at the cash desk outlet of the store.
  • a zoom function is preferably provided, which initially causes an enlargement of the displayed information in the region of the respectively touched point, until the screen areas corresponding to the respective goods are large enough to allow a simple and reliable selection.
  • the device may be provided with a navigation function that allows the customer to virtually move in the store from the place of supply to the place of provision.
  • a navigation function that allows the customer to virtually move in the store from the place of supply to the place of provision.
  • the screen 1 is indexed to display the respective nearest retail shelf.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif pour la sélection d'une marchandise parmi une quantité de marchandises (5 à 14), qui sont mises à disposition à différents endroits, le dispositif étant muni d'un écran tactile (1) sur lequel peut être affichée une information identifiant chaque marchandise et une information identifiant le lieu de mise à disposition (15) de la marchandise. La sélection d'une marchandise s'effectue par contact de la zone d'écran concernée.
EP07703368A 2006-04-28 2007-02-08 Dispositif pour la selection d'une marchandise parmi une quantité de marchandises Withdrawn EP2013695A1 (fr)

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DE102006019929A DE102006019929A1 (de) 2006-04-28 2006-04-28 Vorrichtung zum Selektieren einer Ware aus einer Menge von Waren
PCT/EP2007/001093 WO2007124795A1 (fr) 2006-04-28 2007-02-08 Dispositif pour la selection d'une marchandise parmi une quantité de marchandises

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