DISPLAY DEVICE ATTACHABLE TO SHOPPING CARTS, SHOPPING CART, AND DIGITAL SIGNAGE DISPLAY

• US 20120284132A1
• Filed: 04/17/2012
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Uniyoung, Lee, Hyungnam, Lee, Gangseub, Jang, Saehun, Jung, Yuntae, Shim, Jaekwon, Bahn, Jaekwang
• Application Number:
  US13/449,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284132A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/20
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4144 for controlling weight of goods in commercial establishments, e.g. supermarket, P.O.S. systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/52 Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture with walking sticks A45B3/08
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0081 the reader being a portable scanner or data reader G07G1/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/04 by land vehicles

Abstract

A display device attachable to a shopping cart, and including a communication module configured to receive information on a specific product from a digital device displaying at least one or more products; a code reader configured to read code information attached to a random product selected from the at least one or more products; a display module; and a controller configured to compare the code information of a product recognized by the code reader with the received information on the specific product, and to control the display module to either display a guide message that the compared code information and the received information are identical or a guide message indicating the compared code information and the received information are not identical.

Claims

1. A display device attachable to a shopping cart, the display device comprising:

a communication module configured to receive information on a specific product from a digital device displaying at least one or more products;

a code reader configured to read code information attached to a random product selected from the at least one or more products;

a display module; and

a controller configured to compare the code information of a product recognized by the code reader with the received information on the specific product, and to control the display module to either display a guide message that the compared code information and the received information are identical or a guide message indicating the compared code information and the received information are not identical.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the received information on the specific product includes at least any one of weight information of the specific product and code information of the specific product.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein, when the received information on the specific product corresponds to the weight information, the controller is further configured to compare an added weight recognized by a weight detection sensor included on the shopping cart with the weight information of the specific product.

4. The display device of claim 1, wherein, when the compared code information and the received information are identical, the controller is further configured to store in a memory data indicating that a payment process for the specific product can be performed, and

wherein, when the compared code information and the received information are not identical, the controller is further configured to store in the memory data indicating that the payment process for the specific product cannot be performed.

5. The display device of claim 4, wherein the guide message indicating the compared code information and the received information are not identical indicates that the payment process cannot be performed.

6. The display device of claim 4, wherein, when the compared code information and the received information are not identical, the controller is further configured to generate a control signal directing wheels of the shopping cart to be locked.

7. A method for controlling a digital signage display located in a supermarket, the method comprising:

detecting a specific shopping cart equipped with a display device including a code reader, a memory, and a communication module;

performing communication between the detected specific shopping cart and the digital signage display;

receiving first information and second information stored in the memory of the display device, wherein the first information corresponds to a unique ID data assigned in order to enable the shopping cart to be identified among a plurality of other shopping carts existing in the supermarket, and wherein the second information corresponds to data indicating whether or not a payment process for products loaded in the shopping cart can be performed;

displaying a first guidance message providing a user with guidance for performing the payment process respective to the products loaded in the shopping cart, when the second information indicates that the payment process can be performed; and

displaying a second guidance message informing the user that the payment process respective to the products loaded in the shopping cart cannot be performed, when the second information indicates that the payment process cannot be performed.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving information on a list of products loaded in the shopping cart and information on a total payment amount from a communication module of the shopping cart.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying the first guidance message comprises:

primarily displaying the received information on the list of products and the received information on the total payment amount; and

secondarily displaying a message providing the user with guidance for performing the payment process.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying the second message comprises:

transmitting the second message to a server; and

requesting the user to re-touch the products loaded in the shopping cart to the code reader.

11. A method for controlling a server managing a plurality of devices located in a supermarket, the method comprising:

receiving information on at least one or more products from a wireless module of a display device equipped to a shopping cart, in real time, wherein the information of the at least one or more products is mapped to a first ID information for identifying a specific cart;

storing the received information on the at least one or more products in a database along with the first ID information;

receiving a request signal requesting price information corresponding to a specific shopping cart from a digital signage display, wherein the request signal includes a second ID information identifying the digital signage display;

accessing the database and calculating a total price information for the at least one or more products loaded in the shopping cart; and

transmitting the total price information to the digital signage display corresponding to the second ID information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmitting the total price information comprises:

transmitting a list including price information and image data of a first product and price information and image data of a second product, both the first product and the second product being mounted on the shopping cart.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the shopping cart is equipped with a barcode reader and a display device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving the information comprises:

receiving price information of a product that is read by the barcode reader attached to the shopping cart; and

receiving captured image information of a product loaded in the shopping cart without being touched and read by the barcode reader attached to the shopping cart.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the storing the received information comprises:

categorizing the product information based upon received time information regardless of the first ID information;

collecting product information corresponding to each predetermined time region;

assigning a higher priority level to product information belonging to the time region having collected a largest amount of product information; and

storing recommended products corresponding to each time region based upon respectively assigned priority levels in a database.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

monitoring a current time; and

transmitting advertisement information corresponding to a recommended product to a random digital signage display based upon the monitored current time.

17. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium and including instructions for controlling a server managing a plurality of devices located in a supermarket, the computer program product comprising:

a first computer code configured to receive information on at least one or more products from a wireless module of a display device equipped to a shopping cart, in real time, wherein the information of the at least one or more products is mapped to a first ID information for identifying a specific cart;

a second computer code configured to store the received information on the at least one or more products in a database along with the first ID information;

a third computer code configured to receive a request signal requesting price information corresponding to a specific shopping cart from a digital signage display, wherein the request signal includes a second ID information identifying the digital signage display;

a fourth computer code configured to access the database and calculating a total price information for the at least one or more products loaded in the shopping cart; and

a fifth computer code configured to transmit the total price information to the digital signage display corresponding to the second ID information.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the fifth computer code is further configured to transmit a list including price information and image data of a first product and price information and image data of a second product, both the first product and the second product being mounted on the shopping cart.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the shopping cart is equipped with a barcode reader and a display device.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the first computer code is further configured to receive price information of a product that is read by a barcode reader attached to the shopping cart;

and

receiving captured image information of a product loaded in the shopping cart without being touched and read by the barcode reader attached to the shopping cart.