摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an environment control system linked with the number of users for simply evaluating the number of users which are present in a predetermined area, and capable of controlling an environment control means based on the evaluation result. <P>SOLUTION: This system controls a general lighting device 4 installed in a store, a wall/an prioritized part lighting device 5, and an operation of a lighting device 6 for a register based on the number of users which are present in a store like a supermarket. When the buying payment transaction of merchandise which the user selects by a payment transaction device 1 is performed, a payment completion signal is transmitted to a controller 2 through a communication I/F section 10 from the payment transaction device 1. A counting section 26 of a controller 2 counts the number of exiting persons per unit time by counting the number of the payment completion signals which a communication department 22 receives in the unit time, and the number evaluation section 27 evaluates the number of users who stay in the store based on an evaluating result, and a lighting mode selection section 28 selects a lighting pattern of each lighting device 4-6 based on the evaluating result. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |