Procedure for operating a sales facility in a food retail establishment

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a sales facility (1) in a food retail establishment, wherein the sales facility (1) has a display (2) for holding goods (3, 4, 5) to be sold, wherein the goods (3, 4, 5) to be sold are arranged separately according to the type of goods (3, 4, 5) in defined areas (6, 7, 8) and wherein information signs (9, 10, 11) are arranged in the defined areas. In order to make the respective prices of goods of a certain type visible when goods of a specific type are rearranged in the display without further action by staff, the invention provides that the information signs (9, 10, 11) are designed as electronic information signs, wherein a predetermined information content is displayed on the information signs (9, 10, 11) by means of a control unit (12), wherein the method comprises the steps: a) Detecting the goods (3, 4, 8) stored in the defined areas (6, 7, 8)5) by means of a camera (13); b) evaluating the captured camera image in the control unit (12), whereby recognition software identifies the type of goods (3, 4, 5) in the respective defined areas (6, 7, 8); c) assigning information content, in particular a price, to the captured type of goods (3, 4, 5) by means of data stored in the control unit (12); d) displaying the information content on the information sign (9, 10, 11), which is assigned to the defined area (6, 7, 8).

Description

The invention relates to a method for operating a sales installation in a single food retail store, wherein the sales installation has a display for receiving goods to be sold, wherein the goods to be sold are configured separately according to the type of the goods in defined areas, and wherein information labels, in particular price labels, are arranged in the defined areas. The invention further relates to a sales installation in a single food retail store.In single food retail establishments, in particular in baker'sries, different types of goods to be sold (e.g. different types of rolls) are placed in defined areas of a display and are thus offered to potential customers. In order that these can know the price of the corresponding goods, the areas in which corresponding goods are designed are provided with price labels.During the course of a day, as a result of the new goods being tracked and existing goods being sold off, the situation may arise that space must be created on the display for new goods, in particular if goods of a different type have taken off in the inventory. In this case, it is typical that an employee in retail operation deposits the new goods of a specific type into one region of the display and slides or slides remaining goods of a different type into another region of the display. In order that the stock for the newly arranged types of the wähen can immediately identify the price, the price labels are correspondingly also displaced with the displacement or displacement of the types of the goods.The disadvantage is that this represents a relatively high outlay for the personnel who place new goods to be supplied in the display.The object of the invention is therefore to provide a method and an associated device with which the associated outlay can be substantially reduced. Accordingly, it should be possible in a manner which is as automated as possible to make the respective prices for the goods visible when rearranging goods of a certain type in or on the display without further measures of the personnel.This object is achieved according to the invention in that the information labels are designed as electronic information labels, wherein a predefined information content, in particular a predefined price, is displayed on the information labels by means of a controller, wherein the method has the steps: a) capturing the goods stored in the defined areas by means of a camera; b) evaluating the captured camera image in the controller, wherein the type of the goods is detected in the respective defined areas by means of detection software; c) assigning an information content, in particular a price, to the captured type of the goods by means of data stored in the controller; d) displaying the information content, in particular the price, on the information label which is assigned to the defined area.Steps a) to d) are preferably repeated periodically at predetermined time intervals.The method is preferably used when the single food retail store is a bakery or a metzgy; in the same way, a further preferred application is also an automatically operated sales station (which is in particular open around the clock and on all days of the week).The recognition software in the controller is preferably image recognition software that operates by artificial intelligence. Such softwares for pattern recognition are sufficiently known in the field of artificial intelligence and do not need to be described further here.The goods are preferably deposited in the respective defined regions without packaging.The camera preferably captures the item from a position arranged above the display.The proposed sales installation in a single food retail store has a display for receiving goods to be sold, wherein the display has defined regions for the goods to be sold which are separate from one another, and wherein information labels, in particular price labels, are arranged in the defined regions. According to the invention, it is provided that the information signs are designed as electronic information signs, wherein a controller is arranged with which a predefined information content, in particular a predefined price, can be displayed on the information signs, wherein a camera is furthermore arranged with which the goods stored in the defined areas can be detected, wherein the controller is equipped with detection software with which the type of the goods can be detected in the respective defined areas, wherein the controller is designed to assign an information content, in particular a price, to the detected type of the goods by means of data stored in the controller and to display the same on the information sign assigned to the defined area.With the proposed procedure or embodiment, it becomes possible to store goods intended for sale in one of the defined areas of the display and to leave it to the system to display information associated with the specific goods, in particular the selling price of the goods, on the information plate associated with the defined area.Manual re-insertion of price labels for the goods after the corresponding placement of goods in a defined region of the display is thereby dispensed with, whereby the personnel of the sales station are relieved.The figure shows an exemplary embodiment of the invention. The figure shows schematically a sales installation in a baker's room.The figure outlines a sales installation 1 which has a display 2 which has a plurality of defined regions 6, 7 and 8. Goods of different types can be deposited in each of the defined regions 6, 7, 8. Each defined region 6, 7 and 8 extends in the longitudinal direction of the display 2 (i.e. the counter) over a predetermined length; it is indicated in the figure that each of the regions 6, 7, 8 provided here extends approximately along a third of the surface of the display 2.The figure outlines a first type of goods 3, a second type of goods 4 and a third type of goods 5, the individual types differing from one another (for example rolls as the first type of goods 3, rolls as the second type of goods 4 and solution rods as the third type of goods 5).Each defined area 6, 7 and 8 is assigned an information sign 9, 10 and 11 respectively, which is designed as an electronic display sign.Above the display 2, a camera 13 is arranged, which is designed such that it can capture substantially the entire surface of the display 2, on which goods 3, 4, 5 are laid.The camera 13 is connected to a controller 12 and supplies the camera images to the controller. On the other hand, the controller 12 controls the information labels 9, 10, 11 to thereby display information (particularly price of the commodity) specified by the controller 12.The goods 3, 4, 5 deposited in the respective defined regions 6, 7, 8 are now captured by the camera 12, i.e. an image is recorded by the latter.In the controller, the camera image acquired in this way is evaluated by means of recognition software. In this case, the software uses the image provided by the camera 13 to close the type of item which is located in the respective region 6, 7, 8. The software can thus determine from the image that (as provided in the exemplary embodiment) rolls 3 are designed in the area 6, rolls 4 in the area 7 and solution rods 5 in the area 8.Prices for a plurality of goods are stored in the controller 12 for the respective products. Thus, the controller 12 is able to assign prices to the goods located in the respective areas 6, 7, 8.These prices and optionally also further information on the product are now transmitted from the controller 12 to the respective information signs 9, 10, 11 and are displayed here.Thus, if, for example, the space conditions on the display 2 change as a result of the subsequent production of goods with simultaneous sale of other goods, the remaining goods can be pushed together by a person into an area and, in addition, new goods of a different type can be placed. By means of the proposed procedure, the correct prices at the location of the display 2 are then indicated by the information labels where the goods are located.This is only shown very schematically in the figure. Of course, the display 2 can be divided into a plurality of different defined areas and provided with respective information labels. Depending on the placement of the goods in the different areas, it is then also conceivable that individual information labels are not supplied with data and thus display nothing.The information labels can of course also be integrated into the display 12. In the limit case, an elongate screen would be conceivable here, which extends substantially over the length of the display 2 and then displays prices of the goods which are located in the corresponding region of the display to the respective regions 6, 7, 8. Accordingly, the extent of a respective defined region can also be arbitrarily defined and taken into account accordingly by the controller. In particular, it is in no way mandatory for the individual defined regions 6, 7, 8 to be delimited from one another by separating plates or the like.With the proposed embodiment of a sales installation, there is also an advantageous possibility for setting up the installation or for receiving goods of a new type:A code, in particular a QR code, can be deposited on a price label.The price label can be mounted on a bar code which can be captured by the camera and read in the controller after said price label is set up in front of or at the corresponding goods. This makes it possible for the controller itself to recognize and store the goods and the associated price. As a result, it is not necessary to define in advance which price label is in which area.Thus, it can be achieved in an uncomplicated manner that new price labels, which have not yet been programmed, are also detected, which are simply placed in front of the corresponding goods. The controller can then automatically assign the proper information to the article.List of reference numbers:1 Sales installation 2 display 3 goods (first type) 4 goods (second type) 5 goods (third type) 6 first defined area 7 second defined area 8 third defined area 9 information sign 10 information sign 11 information sign 12 controller 13 camera

Claims

Method for operating a sales installation (1) in a single food retail store, wherein the sales installation (1) has a display (2) for receiving goods (3, 4, 5) to be sold, wherein the goods (3, 4, 5) to be sold are configured separately in defined regions (6, 7, 8) according to the type of the goods (3, 4, 5) and wherein information labels (9, 10, 11), in particular price labels, are arranged in the defined regions, characterized in that the information labels (9, 10, 11) are configured as electronic information labels, wherein a predefined information content, in particular a predefined price, is displayed on the information labels (9, 10, 11) by means of a controller (12), wherein the method has the steps: a) recording the goods (3, 4, 5) stored in the defined regions (6, 7, 8) by means of a camera (13); b) Evaluation of the captured camera image in the controller (12), wherein the type of the item (3, 4, 5) in the respective defined areas (6, 7, 8) is detected by means of a detection software; c) Assignment of an information content, in particular a price, to the captured type of the item (3, 4, 5) by means of data stored in the controller (12); d) Display of the information content, in particular the price, on the information sign (9, 10, 11) which is assigned to the defined area (6, 7, 8).Method according to claim 1, characterised in that steps a) to d) according to claim 1 are repeated periodically at predetermined time intervals.Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the single food retail operation is a bakery.Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the single food retail operation is a metzgy.Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the food retail operation is an automatically operated selling station.Method according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the recognition software in the controller (12) is image recognition software which operates by means of artificial intelligence.Method according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the article (3, 4, 5) is deposited in an unpackaged manner in the respective defined regions (6, 7, 8).Method according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the camera (13) captures the item (3, 4, 5) from a position arranged above the display (2).Sales installation (1) in a single food retail store, wherein the sales installation (1) has a display (2) for receiving goods (3, 4, 5) to be sold, wherein the display has defined regions (6, 7, 8) for the goods (3, 4, 5) to be sold which are separate from one another, and wherein information labels (9, 10, 11), in particular price labels, are arranged in the defined regions, in particular for carrying out the method according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the information labels (9, 10, 11) are designed as electronic information labels, wherein a controller (12) is arranged with which a predefined information content, in particular a predefined price, can be displayed on the information labels (9, 10, 11), wherein a camera (13) is furthermore arranged with which the goods (3, 4, 5) stored in the defined regions (6, 7, 8) can be detected, wherein the controller (12) is equipped with recognition software with which the type of the item (3, 4, 5) can be recognized in the respective defined areas (6, 7, 8), wherein the controller (12) is designed to assign an information content, in particular a price, to the detected type of the item (3, 4, 5) by means of data stored in the controller (12) and to display it on the information plate (9, 10, 11) which is assigned to the defined area (6, 7, 8).Sales installation according to claim 9, characterised in that the camera (13) is arranged above the display (2) for the goods (3, 4, 5).

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