PRODUCT DISPLAY RACK SYSTEM, PRODUCT DISPLAY RACK METHOD, AND PRODUCT DISPLAY RACK PROGRAM

摘要

To guide other products related to a product which is taken out in hand by a customer. The present product display rack system carries out a first step for detecting an RFID number of a product taken by a customer from desired display racks 11 to 14 based upon the detection result of the RFID reader; a second step for acquiring RFID numbers of related products having related product types and functional types relative to the product type of the RFID number from the product related information data base 260 by using the detected RFID number as a key; a third step for acquiring the product display coordinates of the product type from the product coordinate data base 250 by using the acquired RFID number of the related product as a key; and a fourth step for lighting or flickering the lamp of the lamp guiding units 30 to 33 at a position close to the acquired product display coordinates.

主权项

1. A product display rack system which displays a plurality of products having a plurality of product types and functional types, each having an RFID tag having a radio communication function for an RFID number attached thereto, and related products in association with a product taken by a customer in the hand are guided to the customer, and the system includes:
a plurality of product display racks on which the plurality of products with the RFID tags attached thereto are displayed; a plurality of RFID readers for detecting the RFID numbers from the RFID tags of the products displayed on the product display racks; a lamp guiding unit for guiding the customer to the position of the product displayed on each of the plurality of product display racks by a lighted lamp or a flickering lamp; a product related information data base in which relations among the product types and functional types of the plurality of products are stored; a product coordinate data base in which product display coordinates for the product display rack for each of the product types are stored; and control means which based upon the results of detection by the RFID reader, guides other products related to the product taken by the customer in the hand, and in this system, the control means carries out: a first step for detecting an RFID number of a product taken by a customer from a desired display rack based upon the detection result of the RFID reader; a second step for acquiring RFID numbers of related products having related product types and functional types relative to the product type of the RFID number from the product related information data base by using the RFID number detected in the first step as a key; a third step for acquiring the product display coordinates of the product type from the product coordinate data base by using the RFID number of the related product acquired in the second step as a key; and a fourth step for lighting or flickering the lamp of the lamp guiding unit at a position close to the product display coordinates acquired in the third step.