Store-shelf allocation management system and information processing apparatus
First Claim
1. A store-shelf allocation management system, comprising:
- an information processing apparatus adapted to create and store a shelf allocation information on a merchandise item store-shelf;
a display device adapted to display a shelf allocation diagram based on said shelf allocation information;
an instruction input section adapted to receive an input of a predetermined instruction; and
a tag reader adapted to wirelessly read the merchandise item data from a plurality of tags with corresponding merchandise item store-shelf thereof, each of said tags being attached to merchandise item with data of the merchandise item;
wherein, based on an instruction from said instruction input section, said information processing apparatus performs a merchandise item management by using the stored shelf allocation information and the merchandise item data wirelessly read from the tags via said tag reader, thereby commanding said display device to display thereon the result of the merchandise item management.
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Abstract
The present invention is intended to provide a store-shelf allocation management system which is capable of performing a creation of a shelf allocation diagram by wirelessly reading merchandise item information written into supertags attached to merchandise items on respective shelves. The store-shelf allocation management system comprises: an information processing apparatus 10 adapted to create and store a shelf allocation information about store shelves; a display device 30 with a touch-sensitive panel function adapted to display thereon a shelf allocation diagram based on the shelf allocation information; and a tag reader 40 adapted to wirelessly read a data from a supertag attached to a merchandise item every the store shelf. In response to an instruction inputted on a screen image displayed by the display device with the touch-sensitive panel function, it is possible to create a shelf allocation diagram by using the stored shelf allocation information and the data read from the supertag via the tag reader. Furthermore, it is possible to perform a variety of merchandise item management processings (an inspection of the number of merchandise items, an inspection of a sell-by date, an inspection of a misplacement and the like) and then to display its processed result on the display device with the touch-sensitive panel function.
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13 Claims
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1. A store-shelf allocation management system, comprising:
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an information processing apparatus adapted to create and store a shelf allocation information on a merchandise item store-shelf;
a display device adapted to display a shelf allocation diagram based on said shelf allocation information;
an instruction input section adapted to receive an input of a predetermined instruction; and
a tag reader adapted to wirelessly read the merchandise item data from a plurality of tags with corresponding merchandise item store-shelf thereof, each of said tags being attached to merchandise item with data of the merchandise item;
wherein, based on an instruction from said instruction input section, said information processing apparatus performs a merchandise item management by using the stored shelf allocation information and the merchandise item data wirelessly read from the tags via said tag reader, thereby commanding said display device to display thereon the result of the merchandise item management. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
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shelf allocation information creating means for creating a shelf allocation information on a store'"'"'s merchandise item shelf;
shelf allocation information storing means for storing said shelf allocation information created by said shelf allocation information creating means;
management means for, based on an instruction from an instruction input section adapted to receive an input of a predetermined instruction, performing a merchandise item management by using the stored shelf allocation information and merchandise item data wirelessly read from tags each retaining merchandise item data via a tag reader.
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