Product information management system, control method for product information management system, and control program for product information management system

Abstract

To provide a product information management system and the like, which can notify a user of information pertaining to a purchase of a product suitable for a purchase purpose of the user when selecting food before a checkout.SOLUTION: Provided is a product information management system 1, comprising: a product property information storage section 102 for storing property information of a product; a property information display piece 33 for displaying the property information of the product attached to the product; a terminal device 40 occupied by a user purchasing the product; a product purchase purpose information storage section 105 for storing product purchase purpose information of the user; and a product purchase purpose information applicability determination section 107 for determining whether or not the obtained product property information matches the product purchase purpose information, based on the product property information which the terminal device has obtained from the property information display piece as to the product before a checkout, and the product purchase purpose information of the user, wherein the system displays the determination of the product purchase purpose information applicability determination section to a display unit 43 of the terminal device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a product information management system that manages product information of, for example, a store, a control method for the product information management system, and a control program for the product information management system. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, when a user purchases food at a store or the like, it has been proposed to use a POS (Point of Sale) device at the time of checkout to determine whether the food contains allergens or not (for example, Patent Document 1, etc.). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2017-117363 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, whether or not the food a user is about to purchase contains such allergens can only be determined by inputting the product information into the POS device at the time of payment, which creates the problem that users are forced to abandon or exchange the food purchase at the time of payment.

[0005] In addition, when a user's purpose in purchasing food is, for example, to restrict calories or prevent diabetes, there is also the problem that simply determining whether or not the food contains an allergen is insufficient.

[0006] Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a product information management system, a control method for a product information management system, and a control program for a product information management system that can inform a user of information regarding the purchase of products that are in line with the user's purchasing objectives when selecting food before paying.

[0007] According to the present invention, the object is to provide a system for storing raw material information and ingredient information of products arranged in a store. merchandise A product characteristic information storage unit for storing characteristic information, a product purchase purpose information storage unit for storing product purchase purpose information of a user, and merchandise The present invention comprises a characteristic information display piece for displaying characteristic information, a cart terminal installed in a cart for a user of the store to store and transport the product, and a sales information management device arranged in the store for managing sales information, display and a product purchase purpose information matching determination unit that determines whether the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the cart terminal from the characteristic information display piece for the unchecked product and the product purchase purpose information of the user, and displays the determination of the product purchase purpose information matching determination unit on the display unit of the cart terminal, and when the cart terminal performs accounting processing with the sales information management device, the product purchase purpose information matching determination unit determines whether the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the sales information management device and the product purchase purpose information of the user, and displays the determination of the product purchase purpose information matching determination unit on the display unit of the sales information management device. This is achieved by a product information management system characterized in that

[0008] According to the above configuration, the product information management system has a product purchase purpose information matching determination unit that determines whether the acquired characteristic information of the product matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the terminal device from the characteristic information display piece for the unpaid product and the product purchase purpose information of the user. Therefore, users of stores, etc. can determine whether the product they are about to purchase before the payment is due matches the user's purchasing purpose (for example, purchasing halal processed food), and can avoid a situation where it is discovered for the first time at the time of payment that the product is not the intended purchase at a POS device, etc. Furthermore, according to the above configuration, the product information management system has a sales information management device that manages sales information, and the product purchase purpose information match determination unit determines whether the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information and displays the determination on the display unit of the sales information management device. Therefore, even if the user mistakenly operates or forgets to operate the terminal device he / she owns and there is a product to be purchased that does not match the user's purpose of purchase, the display unit of the sales information management device shows that the product does not match, so that the user can surely prevent mistaken purchase.

[0009] Preferably, the product purchase purpose information of the product information management system includes not only the presence or absence of a specific substance in a product, but also combination information of a plurality of products.

[0010] According to the above configuration, the product purchase purpose information includes not only the presence or absence of a specific substance in the product, for example, whether or not a food contains an allergen, but also information on the combination of multiple foods, for example, whether or not the total calorie value of the foods to be purchased is within a specified range, thereby making it possible to respond to the diverse needs of users.

[0013] Preferably, the product information management system The product characteristic information includes food characteristic information, and the food characteristic information includes at least any one of raw material information, ingredient information, and processing information, The food characteristic information includes at least a JAN (Japanese Article Number) code or a Non- - It is characterized in that it is generated based on either a PLU (Non Price Look Up) code or a PLU (Non Price Look Up) code.

[0014] According to the above configuration, the product characteristic information includes food characteristic information, and the food information is generated based on at least one of the JAN code and the Non-PLU code of the food. Here, the JAN code is a globally recognized product identification number that identifies a business and a product, and the Non-PLU code is a code to which retailers can add price information, and is different from the JAN code, which does not include price information. Such codes are widely used not only in Japan but also around the world, and by generating "food characteristic information" based on such codes, the generated "food characteristic information" becomes information that can be easily used in many stores, etc.

[0017] According to the present invention, the object is to provide a system for storing raw material information and ingredient information of products arranged in a store. merchandise A product characteristic information storage unit for storing characteristic information, a product purchase purpose information storage unit for storing product purchase purpose information of a user, and merchandise A control method for a product information management system including a characteristic information display piece that displays characteristic information, a cart terminal that is installed in a cart in which a user of the store stores and transports the product, and a sales information management device that is arranged in the store and manages sales information, and a product purchase purpose information storage unit that stores product purchase purpose information of users, the control method comprising: displayThis is achieved by a control method for a product information management system characterized in that on one piece, the raw material information and ingredient information for the entirety of each product or the raw material information and ingredient information for a part of the product are displayed, and when the cart terminal acquires the raw material information and ingredient information for a part of the product, the raw material information and ingredient information are corrected based on the weight information of the product to generate the raw material information and ingredient information for the entire product, and a product purchase purpose information match determination unit determines whether the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the cart terminal from the characteristic information display piece for the product that has not yet been checked out and the product purchase purpose information of the user, and when the cart terminal performs checkout processing with the sales information management device, the product purchase purpose information match determination unit determines whether the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the sales information management device and the product purchase purpose information of the user, and displays the judgment of the product purchase purpose information match determination unit on the display unit of the sales information management device.

[0018] According to the present invention, the object is to provide a system for storing raw material information and ingredient information of products arranged in a store. merchandise A product characteristic information storage unit for storing characteristic information, a product purchase purpose information storage unit for storing product purchase purpose information of a user, and merchandise A product information management system including a characteristic information display piece that displays characteristic information, a cart terminal that is installed in a cart in which a user of the store stores and transports the product, and a sales information management device that is arranged in the store and manages sales information, and a product purchase purpose information storage unit that stores product purchase purpose information of the user, displaya function of displaying the raw material information and ingredient information of the entirety of each of the products or the raw material information and ingredient information of a part of the product on one side, a function of correcting the raw material information and ingredient information based on the weight information of the product when the cart terminal acquires the raw material information and ingredient information of a part of the product, and generating the raw material information and ingredient information of the entirety of the product on the other side, a function of a product purchase purpose information matching determination unit determining whether or not the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the cart terminal from the characteristic information display piece for the product that has not yet been checked out and the product purchase purpose information of the user, Purchase of the above product This is achieved by a control program of the product information management system that realizes the function of a purpose information match determination unit that determines whether the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the sales information management device and the product purchase purpose information of the user, and the function of displaying the judgment of the product purchase purpose information match determination unit on the display unit of the sales information management device. Effect of the Invention

[0019] As described above, the present invention has the advantage of being able to provide a product information management system, a control method for the product information management system, and a control program for the product information management system that can inform a user of information regarding the purchase of products that are in line with the user's purchasing objectives when selecting food prior to checkout. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a product information management system, for example, a product integrated system 1. [Diagram 2] 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a main configuration of a product integrated system server 10 of FIG. 1. [Diagram 3] 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the main configuration of a mobile terminal 40 of FIG. [Figure 4]This is a schematic flowchart showing the process by which user B, who is a member of store A, checks whether or not a food item falls under his / her own taboo information when purchasing the food item at store A. [Diagram 5] 13 is a schematic diagram showing example screens of a mobile terminal 40, where (a) is an example screen showing the state immediately before starting up a barcode reading device 44, (b) is an example screen showing the startup state of the barcode reading device 44, and (c) is an example screen showing the judgment state of the product. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0021] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are preferred specific examples of the present invention, and therefore various technically preferable limitations are imposed thereon. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified in the following description to the effect that the present invention is limited thereto.

[0022] (Overview of Product Integration System 1) FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a product information management system, for example, a product integrated system 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the present system 1 has a "product integration system server 10" which is communicatively connected to an "A store member information server 20," an "X food manufacturer server 50," an "Y food wholesaler server 51," a "Z food retailer server 52," a "product information management company server 53," and the like, which are capable of communicating with the server 10.

[0023] In addition, the product integration system server 10 is configured to be able to communicate, via the Internet network 2 and base station 3, with a sales information management device, such as a POS (Point of sale) device 30, located within "Store A," a retail store of products including food, and with a terminal device, such as a "cart terminal 31," installed in a "cart" used by users of Store A to store and transport products such as food.

[0024] Here, the POS device 30 is a device that collects and records information about individual products at the point of sale (the point of sale) where products are sold and paid for in a retail business, grasps product sales information, and manages sales and inventory based on that information.

[0025] The product integrated system server 10 is also capable of communicating with a terminal device, such as a mobile terminal 40, carried by a user who uses the store A.

[0026] The above-mentioned "X food manufacturing company's server 50," "Y food wholesale company's server 51," "Z food retail company's server 52," and "product information management company's server 53" are servers managed by "X food manufacturing company," "Y food wholesale company," "Z food retail company," and "product information management company," respectively. In addition, the "V food manufacturing company side server 54" and the "W food manufacturing company side server 55" in FIG. 1 are communicatively connected to the "product information management company side server 53". "V food manufacturing company side server 54" and "W food manufacturing company side server 55" are managed by "V food manufacturing company" and "W food manufacturing company", respectively.

[0027] As shown in FIG. 1, each of the commodities, for example, food products, displayed in store A has a characteristic information display piece, for example, a display piece 33 such as a barcode, attached thereto.

[0028] The "A store member information server 20" in Figure 1 includes an "A store company information memory unit 21" that stores identification information of the A store, an "A store member identification information memory unit 22" that stores the "A store member identification information (e.g., membership number, etc.)" of users who use the A store, and a product purchase purpose information memory unit, such as an "A store member obsolete name information memory unit 23," that stores product purchase purpose information of users who are members, such as "obsolete name information (e.g., the user's obsolete name information and health-oriented information, etc.)," ​​in association with the member information of the member.

[0029] (About taboo information) This "taboo information" includes information about foods that users avoid and information that users use as criteria when purchasing foods, and includes, for example, the following "taboo information" and "health-oriented information." "Target information" includes, for example, "food allergies to ingredients such as eggs, etc., which are taboo," "purchase only halal-processed foods," "purchase only vegetarian foods," and so on.

[0030] Examples of "health-oriented information" include "a total calorie limit for dieting (e.g., 2,000 kcal, etc.)", "a 'cholesterol amount' for preventing high blood pressure (e.g., 200 mg per day)", "a 'salt equivalent' for preventing high blood pressure, e.g., 6 g per day", "1) vegetables, seaweed, mushrooms, etc. with high dietary fiber (e.g., aiming for 350 g per day)", "2) salt equivalent (e.g., within 10 g per day)", "3) alcohol (e.g., within 25 g per day)" for diabetes", etc. Details of these will be described later. This "health-consciousness information" is an example of combination information of multiple products.

[0031] In addition, the product integration system server 10, A store member information server 20, "X food manufacturer server 50," "Y food wholesaler server 51," "Z food retailer server 52," "product information management company server 53," "V food manufacturer server 54," "W food manufacturer server 55," "POS device 30," "cart terminal 31," "mobile terminal 40," etc. in Figure 1 have computers and have a CPU (Central Processing Unit), RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), hard disk, etc., and are connected via a bus.

[0032] FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the main configuration of the product integrated system server 10 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the product integration system server 10 includes a "product information section 200" and an "infrastructure base section 100", which are configured to be able to communicate with each other. The contents of the "product information section 200" and the "infrastructure base section 100" shown in FIG. 2 will be described later.

[0033] FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing the main configuration of mobile terminal 40 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 40 has a "mobile side control unit 41", which controls a mobile side communication device 42, a display unit such as a display 43, and a reader 44 for reading barcodes and the like. The control unit 41 also controls the "membership number information storage unit 45" and the "barcode information storage unit 46" shown in FIG. These details will be described later.

[0034] (Regarding the process of attaching "barcode or other display piece 33" to food 32) As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, food 32 displayed in store A has display pieces 33 such as barcodes attached thereto. The process of attaching display pieces 33 such as barcodes etc. will be described below. Each of the products, e.g., food products 32, placed in store A in FIG. 1 is affixed with a display piece 33, e.g., a barcode, which displays product characteristic information and food characteristic information, e.g., a barcode showing raw material information, ingredient information, and processing information of the food product 32.

[0035] Here, a "barcode" is an identifier that represents numbers and letters by the thickness of striped lines, and converts information such as numbers, letters, and symbols into a one-dimensional code according to certain rules, allowing it to be input and output as digital information that is easily readable by machines. Furthermore, this "barcode or other display piece 33" is not limited to barcodes but also includes matrix type two-dimensional codes.

[0036] In addition, such display pieces 33 such as bar codes are configured to be affixed by manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, etc. of each food product 32 as described below. The user reads the barcode or the like on the barcode or other display piece 33 attached to the food 32 with the mobile terminal 40, and as described below, it is determined whether the food 32 corresponds to the user's "taboo information", and the result is displayed on the display unit of the mobile terminal 40 or the like.

[0037] In this embodiment, "X food company", "Y food wholesale company", "Z food retail company", "V food manufacturing company", "W food manufacturing company", etc. attach display pieces 33 such as barcodes showing raw material information, component information, and processing information to food 32. A specific description is given below.

[0038] For "food 32 (processed food, etc.)" manufactured by "X food manufacturing company", raw material information, component information, processing information, etc. are generated based on manufacturer responsibility and labeling responsibility, and a barcode or other display piece 33 showing a barcode or the like indicating the raw materials, component information, processing information, etc. is attached to the manufactured product, food 32, and the raw materials, component information, and processing information shown by this barcode or the like are stored in "X product JAN information storage unit 50a" of the "X food manufacturing company side server" in Figure 1.

[0039] Here, the barcode or the like indicating the "raw materials, component information, processing information, etc." of the food product 32 is determined based on the JAN code. The JAN (Japanese Article Number) code is a globally recognized product identification number that identifies businesses and products.

[0040] Such codes are widely used not only in Japan but also around the world, and by generating "raw materials, ingredient information, processing information, etc." based on such codes, the generated "raw materials, ingredient information, processing information, etc." becomes information that is easy to use in many stores, etc.

[0041] Specifically, this "raw materials, component information, processing information, etc." is as follows: "Ingredient information" includes, for example, information on milk, wheat, buckwheat, shrimp, crab, peanuts, alcohol, vegetables, beef, pork, chicken, and the like.

[0042] "Ingredient information" includes, for example, "energy (kcal)," "protein (g)," "fat (g)," "carbohydrates (g)," "sodium equivalent (g)," "minerals (excluding sodium) (g)," "vitamins (mg)," "amino acids (g)," "dietary fiber, carbohydrates, sugars (g)," "cholesterol, saturated fatty acids (g)," etc.

[0043] Furthermore, the standards for the display of ingredient information include not only the ingredient display of the entire food 32, but also the display of ingredients per portion of the food 32, for example, per 100 ml.

[0044] The "processing information" includes, for example, whether or not the food has been processed for halal (indication of whether or not the food 32 has been processed for halal).

[0045] 1. Furthermore, for the "food 32 (processed foods, etc.)" handled by the "Y food wholesaler" in Figure 1, raw material information, component information and processing information are generated based on the manufacturer's responsibility and labeling responsibility, and a barcode or other indicator 33 indicating the raw material information, component information, processing information, etc. is attached to the food 32 handled. The raw material information, component information, processing information, etc. indicated by this barcode or the like is stored in the "Y product JAN information storage unit 51a" of the "Y food wholesaler server 51" in Figure 1.

[0046] Here, information such as a barcode indicating "raw material information, component information, processing information, etc." of the food 32 is also determined based on the JAN code.

[0047] On the other hand, for the "lunch boxes" etc. manufactured by "Z food retail company", information on raw materials, component information, processing information, etc. is generated based on the manufacturer's responsibility and labeling responsibility, and a barcode or other display piece 33 indicating the "raw material information, component information, processing information, etc." is attached to the food 32 produced. The raw materials, component information, processing information, etc. indicated by this barcode or other information are stored in the "Z product Non-PLU information storage unit 52a" of the "Z food retail company's server 52" in Figure 1.

[0048] Here, the barcode or the like indicating the "raw material information, component information, and processing information" of the food 32 is determined based on the Non-PLU (Non Price Look Up) code. Unlike the JAN code, the Non-PLU code is a code to which retailers can add price information, and differs from the JAN code in that it does not include price information. In other words, the Non-PLU code is a product identification number that also includes sales price information.

[0049] Such codes are widely used not only in Japan but also around the world, and by generating "raw material information, ingredient information, and processing information" based on such codes, the generated "raw material information, ingredient information, and processing information" becomes information that is easy to use in many stores, etc.

[0050] In addition, the "V food manufacturing company" and the "W food manufacturing company" in Figure 1 attach a barcode or other indicator piece 33 indicating the "raw material information, component information, processing information, etc." of the food 32 manufactured by those companies, and store the raw material information, component information, processing information, etc. indicated in this barcode in the "V product JAN information storage unit 54a" and the "W product JAN information storage unit 55a" in Figure 1, respectively.

[0051] The “raw material information, component information, processing information, etc.” of food 32 in the “V product JAN information storage unit 54a” and the “W product JAN information storage unit 55a” is transmitted to the “product information management company side server 53” in Figure 1 and stored in the “company-specific product JAN information storage unit 53a” of the same server 53.

[0052] In this way, the "product information management company's server 53" of the "product information management company" plays a role in collectively managing information on multiple food manufacturing companies, etc. Therefore, the V food manufacturing company and the W food manufacturing company can omit the process of directly transmitting the "raw material information, component information, processing information, etc." of the product to the "product integration system server 10."

[0053] In addition, the "raw material information, component information, processing information, etc." of food 32 in the "X product JAN information storage unit 50a," "Y product JAN information storage unit 51a," and "company-specific product JAN information storage unit 53a" shown in FIG. 1 is transmitted to the "product information unit 200" of the "product integration system server 10" in FIG. 1, and stored in the "company-specific JAN product information storage unit 202" via the "API (Application Programming Interface) 201" of the product information unit 200 shown in FIG. 2.

[0054] On the other hand, the “raw material information, component information, processing information, etc.” of the food in the “Z product Non-PLU information storage unit 52a” in FIG. 1 is also transmitted to the “product information unit 200” of the “product integration system server 10” and stored in the “company-specific Non-PLU product information storage unit 203” via the “API 201” of the product information unit 200 shown in FIG. 2.

[0055] With the above steps, the "information such as barcodes of raw material information, component information, processing information, etc." of the food products 32 produced by each food manufacturing company, etc. is stored in the "product information section 200".

[0056] Next, the "information such as barcodes of raw materials and component information, etc." stored in the "company-specific Non-PLU product information storage unit 203" and the "company-specific JAN product information storage unit 202" of the product information unit 200 is transmitted to the "infrastructure base unit 100" in Figure 2, and the "infrastructure base unit 100" stores this information in a product characteristic information storage unit, for example, the "general product information storage unit 102", via the "import function unit (infrastructure base unit side communication unit) 101".

[0057] With the above steps, information such as barcodes of "raw material and component information, etc." generated by each food manufacturing company, etc. is stored in the "infrastructure base unit 100."

[0058] (Regarding the process in which the information of the A store member information server 20 is transmitted to and stored in the product integrated system server 10) The "A store member information server 20" in Figure 1 transmits the "A store member identification information (e.g., member number)" from the "A store member identification information memory unit 22", the "A store member obscurity information (e.g., obscurity information corresponding to the member number)" from the "A store member obscurity information memory unit 23", and the "A store company information (e.g., A store identification information)" from the "A store company information memory unit 21" to the product integration system server 10.

[0059] The "infrastructure base unit 100" of the product integration system server 10 receives this information via the "import function unit 101" in Figure 2, and stores it in the "A store etc. corporate information storage unit 103," the "A store etc. member identification information storage unit 104," and the "A store etc. member nickname etc. information storage unit 105," respectively.

[0060] In this manner, the product integration system server 10 can obtain the identification information of the member who is a user of store A, and the "taboo name information" and the like.

[0061] (When User B, a member of Store A, purchases food 32 at Store A, the process of checking whether said food 32 corresponds to the User's own taboo information) FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart showing the process by which user B, who is a member of store A, checks whether or not food 32 corresponds to his / her own taboo name information when purchasing said food 32 at store A. In this embodiment, as described above, for example, food items 32 (including boxed lunches) displayed (placed) in store A, such as a supermarket, have display pieces 33, such as barcodes, which record raw material information, component information, and processing information, placed (attached) on the surface of the food items 32, as shown in FIG. 1.

[0062] First, in step (ST) 1, user B who visits store A stands in front of a display shelf of food 32 and uses the "barcode reading device 44" of his / her mobile terminal 40 (Figure 3) to read the barcode or other display piece 33 affixed to the food 32 he / she wishes to purchase, and stores it in the "barcode or other information storage unit 46" of the mobile terminal 40 (Figure 3). User B has stored the membership number of store A in advance in the "membership number information storage unit 45" of his / her mobile terminal 40 (FIG. 3).

[0063] 5 is a schematic diagram showing examples of screens of the mobile terminal 40, where (a) is an example of a screen showing the state immediately before starting up the barcode reading device 44, and (b) is an example of a screen showing the starting state of the barcode reading device 44. These are examples of screens showing the state of ST1.

[0064] Next, the process proceeds to ST2. In ST2, User B transmits the "barcode information" read by the mobile terminal 40 and his / her "membership number information" to the infrastructure unit 100 of the product integrated system server 10 using the mobile terminal 40.

[0065] Next, the process proceeds to ST3. In ST3, the "infrastructure unit 100" of the product integrated system server 10 stores the "barcode information, etc." and "membership number information" received by the "capture function unit 101" in the "received information storage unit 106" of FIG.

[0066] Next, the process proceeds to ST4. In ST4, the product purchase purpose information matching determination unit of the infrastructure base unit 100, for example, the "obscure name information determination unit (program) 107" operates to compare the "membership number information" of the "A store, etc. business information storage unit 103" and the "A store, etc. member identification information storage unit 104" of the "infrastructure base unit 100" with the "membership number information" of the "received information storage unit 106" to confirm the "membership number" of user B.

[0067] Next, the process proceeds to ST5. In ST5, the determination unit 107 refers to the "A store etc. member obscurity information storage unit 105" in the "infrastructure base unit 100" to identify the "obscurity information" of the B user.

[0068] Next, the process proceeds to ST6. In ST6, the judgment unit 107 compares the "raw material information, component information, and processing information" of the food 32 identified from the "barcode information, etc." in the "received information storage unit 106" with the "taboo information, etc." of user B, and judges whether the food 32 corresponds to the "taboo information, etc.".

[0069] Next, the process proceeds to ST7. In ST7, the determination unit 107 displays the determination result, such as whether or not the food 32 corresponds to "taboo information," on the display 43 of the mobile terminal 40 of the user B. FIG. 5(c) is an example of a screen showing the judgment state of the product, and is an example of a screen showing the state of ST7.

[0070] As described above, while shopping in front of the shelves of food products 32 before paying (when the payment has not yet been made), user B can quickly determine whether or not the food product 32 he plans to purchase should be purchased based on his / her own "taboo name information", etc., and can prevent cancellations and other such incidents from occurring after entering information into the POS device 30 at the time of payment.

[0071] Furthermore, in this embodiment, even if user B misreads the display 43 of the mobile terminal 40 in ST7 and mistakenly attempts to purchase food 32 that he should not purchase, the POS device 30 in Figure 1, like the mobile terminal 40, communicates with the product integration system server 10 to check the "taboo information" of the food 32 and confirm whether the intended food 32 should be purchased based on user B's "taboo information", etc., making the system 1 extremely safe.

[0072] (Specific examples of judgments made by the Taboo Information Judgment Division) Hereinafter, the judgment made by taboo information match judgment unit 107 will be explained for each specific "taboo information." "When the 'taboo information' of user B includes information that 'I have a food allergy to ingredients such as eggs.'" The taboo information match determination unit 107 determines whether or not "eggs, etc." are included in the "ingredients information" of the ingredient information, component information, and processing information of the food 32 based on the "barcode information, etc." received from the mobile terminal 40, and if so, a "food allergy warning" is displayed on the display 43 of the mobile terminal 40.

[0073] "When the 'taboo information' of user B includes the information 'only halal processed foods'" The taboo information match determination unit 107 determines whether or not "Halal processed" is included in the "processing information" of the raw material information, component information, and processing information of the food 32 based on the "barcode information, etc." received from the mobile terminal 40, and if it is "not Halal processed," a "warning" stating "not Halal processed" is displayed on the display 43 of the mobile terminal 40.

[0074] "When the "taboo information" of user B includes the information "vegetarian"" The taboo information match determination unit 107 determines whether or not the "ingredients information" of the ingredient information, component information and processing information of the food 32 contains a certain percentage of ingredients other than "vegetables" based on the "barcode information, etc." received from the mobile terminal 40, and if so, a "warning" to that effect is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal.

[0075] "When the "taboo information" of user B includes information such as "total calorie restriction information for dieting (2,000 kcal)"" The obscenity information match determination unit 107 acquires the "ingredients information and ingredient information" of the ingredients, component information and processing information of the food 32 based on the "barcode information, etc." received from the mobile terminal 40, and, for example, when protein, lipid, carbohydrate, etc. are present, calculates the calorie content according to the following conversion method.

[0076] For example, 1g of protein is 4 kcal, 1g of fat is 4 kcal, 1g of carbohydrates is 4 kcal, etc. When the total calorie count reaches 2,000 kcal, a warning message appears on the mobile device display indicating that the total calorie count has been exceeded. Therefore, user B can know that the "total calories" has exceeded the limit while shopping for food 32 at store A.

[0077] Furthermore, when the "ingredient information and component information" is for the components of only a portion of the food product 32, rather than the entire food product 32, the information is processed as follows. For example, if 1g of protein is specified based on weight, rather than the entire amount of one piece of food 32, and it is displayed as 1g per 100mL, and the food 32 is 200mL, the numerical values ​​in the "Ingredient Information and Component Information" are corrected (in the above case, doubled to 2g, etc.) and then converted to Kcal. Then, the taboo information match determination unit 107 determines whether the limit of the "total calorie amount" is exceeded, and if the limit is exceeded, issues a "warning" that the "total calorie count has been exceeded."

[0078] Therefore, even if the “ingredients information and component information” attached to the food 32 is not the overall component information of the food 32, the component information of the food 32 can be obtained with high accuracy.

[0079] "When the 'taboo information' of user B includes the information 'cholesterol amount (200mg per day)' to prevent hyperlipidemia." The taboo information applicability determination unit 107 accumulates the cholesterol value based on the "cholesterol value" contained in the "ingredients information" of the raw material information, component information and processing information of the food 32, which is based on the "barcode information, etc." received from the mobile terminal 40, and displays a cholesterol value "warning" on the display 43 of the mobile terminal 40 if the cholesterol value exceeds 200 mg.

[0080] Furthermore, when the cholesterol value displayed in the "Ingredients and Component Information" is for a portion of the food 32, rather than for the entire food 32, it is treated in the same manner as the "Total Calories" above.

[0081] "When the 'taboo information' of user B includes the information '6g of 'salt equivalent' per day to prevent high blood pressure." The taboo information match determination unit 107 calculates the salt equivalent amount from the "ingredient information" of the raw material information, component information and processing information of the food 32 based on the "barcode information, etc." received from the mobile terminal 40, and displays a "warning" on the display 43 of the mobile terminal 40 if the total exceeds "6g."

[0082] "When the 'taboo information' of User B includes the information that "Because he has diabetes, he should consume 'high-fiber vegetables, seaweed, mushrooms, etc. (aim for 350g per day)', 'salt equivalent (up to 10g per day)', and 'alcohol (25g per day)." The taboo information match determination unit 107 processes the "raw material information and component information" of the raw material information, component information and processing information of the food 32 based on the "barcode information, etc. information" received from the mobile terminal 40 as follows.

[0083] The value of “dietary fiber”, which is a component of “raw material information and component information”, is added up, and when it reaches “350 g”, “dietary fiber goal achieved” is displayed on the display 43 of the mobile terminal 40.

[0084] The value of the “salt equivalent amount”, which is a component of the “ingredients information and component information”, is added up, and when it reaches “10g”, “salt equivalent amount sufficient” is displayed on the display 43 of the mobile terminal 40.

[0085] The value of "alcohol," a raw material in the "Raw Material Information and Component Information," is added up, and when it reaches "25g" (one 350mL can of beer), the message "Alcohol Content Full" is displayed on the mobile device. In this manner, in this embodiment, the purchase of foods 32 optimal for diabetes can be displayed on the display of the mobile terminal.

[0086] As described above, in this embodiment, not only is it possible to determine whether food 32 contains an allergen, but the "total calories," "cholesterol content," and "salt content" of multiple foods 32 to be purchased at store A are added up to determine whether the food contains an allergen, and a "warning" can be displayed to the user. Furthermore, since the allowable amount of each food 32 for diabetics can also be determined, advice information based on this "health-oriented information" can also be provided to the user.

[0087] In the above-described embodiment, the mobile terminal 40 obtained "barcode information" from the barcode or other display piece 33 of the food 32, but the configuration is such that the information can also be obtained from the POS device 30, the cart terminal 31 attached to the cart inside the store, etc. In addition, the result information of the "taboo name information matching determination unit 107" can also be displayed on the display of the POS device 30 or the display of the cart terminal 31.

[0088] In addition, information on customers such as User B (member identification information, obscured names, etc.) may be stored in advance in the mobile terminal 40, and in that case, it is sent from the mobile terminal 40 to the "product integration system server 10" rather than being sent from the "A store member information server 20" to the "product integration system server 10" as described above.

[0089] Furthermore, information on customers such as User B (member identification information, obscured names, etc.) may be stored in an information storage medium or an IC chip, and may be carried by the user on a card. In this case, by having the card information read into the "POS device 30," "cart terminal 31," and "mobile terminal 40," the "POS device 30" etc. can obtain member identification information, taboo name information, etc.

[0090] In addition, in this embodiment, the determination as to whether or not the food 32 contains "taboo information" has been described as being performed by the product integration system server 10, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the determination may also be performed by the mobile terminal 40, the cart terminal 31, or the POS device 30.

[0091] In the above-described embodiment, an example has been given in which the invention is realized as an apparatus, but the invention is not limited to this, and the invention may be distributed as a program that can be executed by a computer, stored on a storage medium such as a magnetic disk (e.g., a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (e.g., a CD-ROM, a DVD), a magneto-optical disk (MO), or a semiconductor memory.

[0092] The storage medium may be any medium that can store a program and is computer readable. The storage format of the storage medium is not particularly limited.

[0093] In addition, an OS (operating system), database management software, network software, or other MW (middleware) running on a computer may execute some of the processes for realizing this embodiment based on instructions from a program installed on the computer from a storage medium.

[0094] Furthermore, the storage medium in the present invention is not limited to a medium independent of a computer, but also includes a storage medium that stores or temporarily stores a program downloaded via a LAN, the Internet, or the like.

[0095] Furthermore, the computer in the present invention only needs to execute each process in this embodiment based on a program stored in a storage medium, and may be a device consisting of a single personal computer, etc., or a system in which multiple devices are connected to a network.

[0096] In addition, the computer in this invention is not limited to a personal computer, but also includes an arithmetic processing device, a microcomputer, etc. included in information processing equipment, and is a general term for equipment or devices that can realize the functions of the present invention by a program.

[0097] The above describes the embodiments of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the claims. The configurations of the above embodiments can be partially omitted or arbitrarily combined in a manner different from the above. [Explanation of symbols]

[0098] 1····Product integration system, 2···Internet network, 3···Base station, 10···Product integration system server, 20···A-store member information server, 21···A-store company information storage unit, 22···A-store member identification information storage unit, 23···A-store member name and other information storage unit, 30···POS device, 31···Cart terminal, 32···Food, 33···Barcode or other display piece, 40···Mobile terminal, 41···Mobile side control unit, 42···Mobile side communication device, 43···Display, 44···Barcode or other reading device, 45···Membership number information storage unit, 46···Barcode or other information storage unit, 50···X food manufacturing company server, 50a···X product JAN information storage unit, 51···Y food manufacturing company server, 51a···Y product JAN information storage unit, 52··· Z food retail company server, 52a...Z product non-PLU information storage unit, 53...product information management company server, 53a...company-specific product JAN information storage unit, 54...V food manufacturing company server, 54a...V product JAN information storage unit, 55...W food manufacturing company server, 55a...W product JAN information storage unit, 100...infrastructure base unit, 101...import function unit, 102···General product information storage unit, 103···A store etc. company information storage unit, 104···A store member identification information storage unit, 105···A store etc. member obsolete name information storage unit, 106···Received information storage unit, 107···Obsolete name information determination unit, 200···Product information unit, 201···API, 202···Company-specific JAN product information storage unit, 203···Company-specific Non-PLU product information storage unit

Claims

1. a product characteristic information storage unit that stores product characteristic information including raw material information and component information of products arranged in the store; a product purchase purpose information storage unit for storing product purchase purpose information of a user; a characteristic information display piece attached to the product, the characteristic information of the product being displayed; a cart terminal installed in a cart for a user of the store to store and transport the product; A sales information management device is provided in the store and manages sales information, The characteristic information display piece displays the raw material information and component information of the entirety of each of the products or the raw material information and component information of a part of the product, When the cart terminal acquires the raw material information and the component information of a part of the product, the cart terminal corrects the raw material information and the component information based on weight information of the product to generate the raw material information and the component information of the entire product; a product purchase purpose information matching determination unit that determines whether the product characteristic information acquired by the cart terminal from the characteristic information display piece for the product not yet checked out matches the product purchase purpose information of the user, based on the product characteristic information acquired by the cart terminal from the characteristic information display piece and the product purchase purpose information of the user; The display unit of the cart terminal displays the judgment of the product purchase purpose information matching judgment unit, When the cart terminal performs accounting processing using the sales information management device, the product purchase purpose information match determination unit determines whether the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the sales information management device and the product purchase purpose information of the user, A merchandise information management system characterized in that the judgment of the merchandise purchase purpose information matching judgment section is displayed on a display section of the sales information management device.

2. 2. The product information management system according to claim 1, wherein the product purchase purpose information includes not only the presence or absence of a specific substance in the product, but also combination information of a plurality of products.

3. The product characteristic information includes food characteristic information, The food characteristic information includes at least any one of raw material information, ingredient information, and processing information, 3. The product information management system according to claim 1, wherein the food property information is generated based on at least one of a JAN (Japanese Article Number) code and a Non-PLU (Non Price Look Up) code.

4. A control method for a product information management system having a product characteristic information storage unit that stores product characteristic information including raw material information and component information of products arranged in a store, a product purchase purpose information storage unit that stores product purchase purpose information of users, a characteristic information display piece that displays the product characteristic information of the product attached to the product, a cart terminal installed in a cart used by users of the store to store and transport the product, and a sales information management device that is arranged in the store and manages sales information, and a product purchase purpose information storage unit that stores the product purchase purpose information of users, The characteristic information display piece displays the raw material information and component information of the entirety of each of the products or the raw material information and component information of a part of the product, When the cart terminal acquires the raw material information and the component information of a part of the product, the cart terminal corrects the raw material information and the component information based on weight information of the product to generate the raw material information and the component information of the entire product; a product purchase purpose information matching determination unit determines whether the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the cart terminal from the characteristic information display piece for the product that has not yet been checked out and the product purchase purpose information of the user; When the cart terminal performs accounting processing using the sales information management device, the product purchase purpose information match determination unit determines whether the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the sales information management device and the product purchase purpose information of the user, a display unit of the sales information management device that displays a judgment of the product purchase purpose information matching judgment unit;

5. A product information management system comprising: a product characteristic information storage unit that stores product characteristic information including raw material information and component information of products arranged in a store; a product purchase purpose information storage unit that stores user's product purchase purpose information; a characteristic information display piece that displays the product characteristic information of the product attached to the product; a cart terminal that is installed in a cart used by users of the store to store and transport the product; and a sales information management device that is arranged in the store and manages sales information, and a product purchase purpose information storage unit that stores user's product purchase purpose information. A function of displaying the raw material information and component information of the entirety of each of the products or the raw material information and component information of a part of the product on the characteristic information display piece; a function of correcting the ingredient information and the ingredient information based on weight information of the product when the cart terminal acquires the ingredient information and the ingredient information of a part of the product, and generating the ingredient information and the ingredient information of the entire product; a function of a product purchase purpose information matching determination unit for determining whether or not the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the cart terminal from the characteristic information display piece for the product for which the cart terminal has not yet been checked out and the product purchase purpose information of the user; a function of the product purchase purpose information matching determination unit determining whether or not the acquired product characteristic information matches the product purchase purpose information based on the product characteristic information acquired by the sales information management device and the product purchase purpose information of the user; A control program for a product information management system for realizing a function of displaying the judgment of the product purchase purpose information matching judgment section on a display unit of the sales information management device.

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