Self-service shopping support of acquiring content from electronic shelf label (ESL)

Abstract

Disclosed is self-service shopping support of acquiring content from an electronic shelf label (ESL), in which customers themselves do self-service shopping using the electronic shelf label (ESL) while looking at a real commodity that is displayed in a store, and which also expands the function of the electronic shelf label, developmentally leading to the possibility of the linkage with other data processing systems. The customers use mobile processing devices (typically, the portable telephones belonging to the customers themselves) in the store. As the function required for acquiring the content from the electronic shelf label (ESL), the customers install an application program in the portable telephones belonging to the customers (610), and thus it is expected that customers can enjoy easy shopping (620). When the electronic shelf label (ESL) is photographed (630), the content associated with a commodity is encoded (price indication (640) automatically changes to a bar code or the like (650)), and is decoded (660).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a technology supporting self-service shopping, and more specifically relates to a method, a program and a system for customers to look at actual goods displayed in a store, obtain content associated with the goods by using an electronic shelf label (ESL), and make it a Possible mobile handling equipment and electronic shelf labels. Background technique [0002] With the ITization of the retail industry, many department stores, supermarkets, and convenience stores have introduced POS systems, and they are widely used in inventory and order management from sales. In addition, in the latest large-scale stores, machines equipped with liquid crystal display devices called Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL: Electronic Shelf Labels) that communicate with wireless devices or infrared devices installed in the ceiling or walls are installed in the store. Displayed on the shelves, and introduced a system that can change the price of t...

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Problems solved by technology

In this way, although the situation of scanner damage can be avoided, shoppers need to pay attention to which of the 2 types of barcodes are read. In addition, shoppers have no control over the purchased items, their amount and total price before reaching the checkout terminal. know

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