FITTING ROOM TERMINAL, JOB SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND NOTIFYING METHOD

• US 20090289775A1
• Filed: 05/14/2009
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Kenji, Hiruma, Akio, Kubota, Takahide, Hiramatsu, Kenya
• Application Number:
  US12/465,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20090289775A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.600
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

A notifying unit performs notifying operation on the outside of a fitting room. A display unit displays information in the fitting room. An operation input unit receives operation input of the information in the fitting room. An RFID reader writer performs radio communication with an RFID tag, which is attached to a commodity and stores data of a commodity ID for identifying the commodity, and sets a radio communication range in the inside of the fitting room. A control unit (i) acquires, from a stock file that stores data of stock information of commodities identified by commodity IDs in association with the commodity IDs, data of the stock information corresponding to a commodity ID output by the RFID reader writer and (ii) causes the display unit to display the stock information, the data of which is acquired from the stock file, and causes the notifying unit to perform the notifying operation when it is selected by operation input in the operation input unit to cause the display unit to display the stock information of a commodity identified by the commodity ID output by the RFID reader writer.

Claims

1. A fitting room terminal comprising:

a notifying unit that performs notifying operation on an outside of a fitting room;

a display unit that displays information in the fitting room;

an operation input unit that receives operation input of the information in the fitting room;

an RFID reader writer that performs radio communication with an RFID tag, which is attached to a commodity and stores data of a commodity ID for identifying the commodity, and sets a radio communication range in an inside of the fitting room; and

a control unit that (i) acquires, from a stock file that stores data of stock information of commodities identified by commodity IDs in association with the commodity IDs, data of the stock information corresponding to a commodity ID output by the RFID reader writer and (ii) causes the display unit to display the stock information, the data of which is acquired from the stock file, and causes the notifying unit to perform the notifying operation when it is selected by operation input in the operation input unit to cause the display unit to display the stock information of a commodity identified by the commodity ID output by the RFID reader writer.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the stock information, the data of which is stored by the stock file, includes attribute information of the commodities, and

the control unit causes, in response to operation in the operation input unit, the display unit to display the stock information according to the attribute information.

3. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein

the notifying unit performs plural kinds of notifying operation, and

the control unit varies the notifying operation of the notifying unit according to the attribute information of the stock information that the control unit causes the display unit to display.

4. The terminal according to claim 3, wherein

the notifying unit is a light emitting unit that emits light in plural colors, and

the control unit causes the light emitting unit to emit light with an emitted light color varied according to the attribute information of the stock information that the control unit causes the display unit to display.

5. The terminal according to claim 4, wherein the light emitting unit is located at a distal end of a pole erected on the outside of the fitting room.

6. The terminal according to claim 3, wherein

the notifying unit is a second display unit that displays information on the outside of the fitting room, and

the control unit causes the second display unit to display fitting room state indication with a display form varied according to the attribute information of the stock information that the control unit causes the display unit to display.

7. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the notifying unit is a light emitting unit that emits light, and

the control unit causes the light emitting unit to emit light when the control unit causes the display unit to display the stock information.

8. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the light emitting unit is located at a distal end of a pole erected on the outside of the fitting room.

9. A job supporting system comprising:

a server including a stock file that stores data of stock information of commodities identified by commodity IDs in association with the commodity IDs; and

a fitting room terminal that communicates with the server,

wherein

the fitting room terminal includes;

a notifying unit that performs notifying operation on an outside of a fitting room;

a display unit that displays information in the fitting room;

an operation input unit that receives operation input of the information in the fitting room;

an RFID reader writer that performs radio communication with an RFID tag, which is attached to a commodity and stores data of a commodity ID for identifying the commodity, and sets a radio communication range in an inside of the fitting room; and

a control unit that (i) acquires, from the stock file, data of the stock information corresponding to a commodity ID output by the RFID reader writer and (ii) causes the display unit to display the stock information, the data of which is acquired from the stock file, and causes the notifying unit to perform the notifying operation when it is selected by operation input in the operation input unit to cause the display unit to display the stock information of a commodity identified by the commodity ID output by the RFID reader writer.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein

the stock information, the data of which is stored by the stock file, includes attribute information of the commodities, and

the control unit causes, in response to operation in the operation input unit, the display unit to display the stock information according to the attribute information.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein

the notifying unit performs plural kinds of notifying operation, and

the control unit varies the notifying operation of the notifying unit according to the attribute information of the stock information that the control unit causes the display unit to display.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein

the notifying unit is a light emitting unit that emits light in plural colors, and

the control unit causes the light emitting unit to emit light with an emitted light color varied according to the attribute information of the stock information that the control unit causes the display unit to display.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the light emitting unit is located at a distal end of a pole erected on the outside of the fitting room.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein

the notifying unit is a second display unit that displays information on the outside of the fitting room, and

the control unit causes the second display unit to display fitting room state indication with a display form varied according to the attribute information of the stock information that the control unit causes the display unit to display.

15. The system according to claim 9, wherein

the notifying unit is a light emitting unit that emits light, and

the control unit causes the light emitting unit to emit light when the control unit causes the display unit to display the stock information.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the light emitting unit is located at a distal end of a pole erected on the outside of the fitting room.

17. A notifying method comprising:

a control unit acquiring, from a stock file that stores data of stock information of commodities identified by commodity IDs in association with the commodity IDs, data of the stock information corresponding to a commodity ID output by an RFID reader writer, the RFID reader writer performing radio communication with an RFID tag, which is attached to a commodity and stores data of a commodity ID for identifying the commodity, and setting a radio communication range in a fitting room; and

the control unit causing the display unit to display the stock information, the data of which is acquired from the stock file, and causing the notifying unit to perform notifying operation when it is selected by operation input in an operation input unit to cause the display unit to display the stock information of a commodity identified by the commodity ID output by the RFID reader writer, the display unit displaying information in the fitting room, the operation input unit receiving operation input of information in the fitting room and the notifying unit performing the notifying operation on an outside of the fitting room.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein

the stock information, the data of which is stored by the stock file, includes attribute information of the commodities, and

the control unit causes, in response to operation in the operation input unit, the display unit to display the stock information according to the attribute information.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein

the notifying unit performs plural kinds of notifying operation, and

the control unit varies the notifying operation of the notifying unit according to the attribute information of the stock information that the control unit causes the display unit to display.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein

the notifying unit is a light emitting unit that emits light in plural colors, and

the control unit causes the light emitting unit to emit light with an emitted light color varied according to the attribute information of the stock information that the control unit causes the display unit to display.

21. The method according to claim 19, wherein

the notifying unit is a second display unit that displays information on the outside of the fitting room, and

the control unit causes the second display unit to display fitting room state indication with a display form varied according to the attribute information of the stock information that the control unit causes the display unit to display.

22. The method according to claim 17, wherein

the notifying unit is a light emitting unit that emits light, and

the control unit causes the light emitting unit to emit light when the control unit causes the display unit to display the stock information.