BOTTLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, BOTTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, BOTTLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND BOTTLE MANAGEMENT METHOD

Abstract

To provide a bottle management device, a bottle management system, a bottle management program, and a bottle management method for efficiently managing bottles kept in accordance with the environment of each restaurant. [Solution] A bottle management device having a control unit that causes a shelf creation page and a bottle management page to be displayed on a display unit of an information terminal. The shelf creation page includes a shelf editing unit that displays one or more frame images representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and a setting unit that accepts settings related to the shelf configuration. The bottle management page includes a bottle management unit that includes one or more section images in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing unit that causes bottle images to be added. When an instruction to add a frame image is received, the control unit causes the shelf editing unit to display the frame image related to the settings made in the setting unit.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a bottle management device, a bottle management system, a bottle management program, and a bottle management method for managing bottles stored in a restaurant. [Background technology]

[0002] In the restaurant industry, a service called "bottle keeping" is widely adopted. Bottle keeping is a service in which alcoholic beverages ordered by the bottle are stored even if the customer is unable to finish them.

[0003] Conventionally, systems for managing bottles kept by customers (kept bottles) have been known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). The system of Patent Document 1 is configured so that when a bottle is selected from a bottle shelf displayed on a large display, the bottle is displayed in a pop-up. By visually checking the bottle displayed in the pop-up, the customer can confirm whether or not the bottle is one that he or she has kept. The system of Patent Document 2 manages the purchase price and amount of alcoholic beverage of the bottle purchased by the customer, so that alcoholic beverages can be provided to the customer at other stores by offsetting the price against the kept bottle. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2002-92122 A [Patent Document 2] JP 2023-144837 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Many restaurants have adopted the bottle-keeping system because it has the advantage of encouraging customers to return, but it is time-consuming because the restaurant must search the shelves for the customer's bottle when the customer visits. Furthermore, the amount and type of alcohol sold varies from restaurant to restaurant, and the size of the restaurant as well as the configuration of shelves in the restaurant are also different. In this regard, conventional systems use a method of searching for bottles using only text information as a clue, so they lack speed when searching for the bottle.

[0006] The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a bottle management device, a bottle management system, a bottle management program, and a bottle management method that efficiently manage keep bottles in accordance with the environment of each restaurant. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] A bottle management device according to one embodiment of the present invention has a shelf creation page including a shelf editing unit displaying one or more frame images representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and an add button that accepts an instruction to add a frame image to the shelf editing unit, and a setting unit that accepts settings related to the shelf configuration, and a bottle management page including a bottle management unit including one or more section images based on the frame images in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing unit that adds bottle images to the bottle management unit, and when an instruction to add a frame image is given by the add button, the control unit causes the shelf editing unit to display the frame image related to the settings in the setting unit.

[0008] A bottle management device according to one embodiment of the present invention corresponds to a section of a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and is equipped with a control unit that displays on a display unit of an information terminal a bottle management page that includes a bottle management unit including one or more section images in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing unit that adds bottle images to the bottle management unit, and the bottle editing unit accepts editing operations for information relating to the bottle images displayed on the bottle management unit.

[0009] A bottle management system according to one embodiment of the present invention has an information terminal having a display unit that displays a shelf creation page including a shelf editing unit that displays one or more frame images representing sections on a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and an add button that accepts an instruction to add a frame image to the shelf editing unit, and a setting unit that accepts settings related to the shelf configuration, and a bottle management page including a bottle management unit that includes one or more section images based on the frame images in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing unit that adds bottle images to the bottle management unit, and a bottle management device having a control unit that displays the shelf creation page and the bottle management page on the display unit, and when an instruction to add a frame image is given by the add button, the control unit causes the shelf editing unit to display the frame image related to the settings in the setting unit.

[0010] A bottle management program according to one embodiment of the present invention causes a computer to function as display processing means for displaying on a display unit of an information terminal a shelf creation page including a shelf editing unit displaying one or more frame images representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and an add button for accepting an instruction to add a frame image to the shelf editing unit, and a setting unit for accepting settings related to the shelf configuration, a bottle management page including a bottle management unit including one or more section images based on the frame images in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing unit for adding bottle images to the bottle management unit, and when an instruction to add a frame image is given by the add button, the display processing means causes the shelf editing unit to display the frame image related to the settings in the setting unit.

[0011] A bottle management method according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a shelf creation step of causing a display unit of an information terminal to display a shelf creation page including a shelf editing unit displaying one or more frame images representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and an add button that accepts an instruction to add a frame image to the shelf editing unit, and a setting unit that accepts settings related to the shelf configuration; and a bottle management step of causing the display unit to display a bottle management page including a bottle management unit including one or more section images based on the frame images in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing unit that adds bottle images to the bottle management unit.In the shelf creation step, when an instruction to add a frame image is given by the add button, the one or more processors cause the shelf editing unit to display the frame image related to the settings in the setting unit. Effect of the Invention

[0012] According to one aspect of the present invention, a shelf creation page including a setting unit that accepts settings regarding the configuration of a shelf on which bottles can be arranged and a shelf editing unit that displays one or more frame images is displayed, and a bottle management page including a bottle management unit that includes one or more section images in which bottle images can be arranged and a bottle editing unit that adds the bottle images to the bottle management unit is displayed. Then, when an instruction is given to add a frame image, the frame image related to the setting in the setting unit is displayed in the shelf editing unit. Thus, the bottle images associated with the keep bottles can be managed on the image representing the shelf created in the shelf editing unit. According to another aspect of the present invention, a bottle management page including a bottle management unit that includes one or more section images in which bottle images can be arranged and a bottle editing unit that adds the bottle images to the bottle management unit is displayed, and the bottle editing unit accepts an editing operation of information related to the bottle images displayed in the bottle management unit. Thus, while managing the bottle images associated with the keep bottles on the image representing the shelf, information related to the bottle images can also be managed. Thus, according to the present invention, efficient bottle management tailored to the environment of each restaurant can be realized. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1]1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a bottle management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2] 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a bottle search page as an example of a top page displayed on the display unit of FIG. 1; FIG. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a layout page displayed on the display unit of FIG. 1; [Figure 4] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state of a shelf creation page displayed on the display unit of FIG. [Diagram 5] 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a shelf creation page after an add button is pressed in the state of FIG. 4. FIG. [Figure 6] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the shelf creation page displayed on the display unit in FIG. [Figure 7] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing another example state of the shelf creation page displayed on the display unit in FIG. [Figure 8] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a state of a bottle management page displayed on the display unit of FIG. [Figure 9] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bottle management page displayed on the display unit of FIG. 1, including a section image in a back row display state. [Figure 10] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a bottle management page displayed on the display unit of FIG. 1, including section images with the second and subsequent columns displayed. [Figure 11] 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a bottle management page after tapping or the like on the rear bottle image of two overlapping bottle images in the state of FIG. 10. FIG. [Figure 12] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a new customer page displayed on the display unit of FIG. [Figure 13] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a customer search page and a customer association page displayed on the display unit of FIG. [Figure 14] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a location confirmation page displayed on the display unit of FIG. [Figure 15] 1. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the location confirmation page displayed on the display unit in FIG. [Figure 16]4 is a sequence chart showing an example of an operation related to creation of a layout image on a layout page such as the example of FIG. 3. [Figure 17] 8 is a sequence chart showing an example of an operation related to creation of a shelf image on a shelf creation page such as the examples of FIGS. 4 to 7. [Figure 18] 11 is a sequence chart showing an example of an operation related to management of bottle images on a bottle management page such as the examples of FIGS. 8 to 10. [Figure 19] 12 is a flowchart illustrating a process of linking a bottle image to a customer on a page (screen) derived from the bottle management page such as the examples of FIGS. 8 to 11. [Figure 20] 16 is a sequence chart showing an example of an operation up to displaying a location confirmation page like the example of FIGS. 14 and 15. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0014] Embodiment A schematic configuration example and a functional configuration example of a bottle management system 100 according to an embodiment will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 15. The same reference numerals are used for configurations common to each figure, and their description will be omitted or simplified as appropriate. Some reference numerals are omitted in each figure to avoid cluttering the drawings. For example, in a figure in which a plurality of equivalent components are present, only one or several components may be referenced.

[0015] 1, the bottle management system 100 includes a bottle management device 10, an operation terminal 20, and one or more information terminals 30. The bottle management device 10, the operation terminal 20, and the one or more information terminals 30 are capable of wired or wireless communication via a network N such as the Internet.

[0016] The operation terminal 20 is a PC (Personal Computer) or the like used by the operation side of the bottle management system (hereinafter referred to as the present system) provided by the bottle management device 10. PCs include desktop PCs, notebook PCs, tablet PCs, smartphones, and the like. An operator on the operation side can add and edit information of the software and database managed by the bottle management device 10 via the operation terminal 20 and perform maintenance of the present system.

[0017] The information terminal 30 is a PC or the like used by a user. The users include staff and managers of a restaurant or the like that employs the present system. In other words, the information terminal 30 is a PC or the like placed in a restaurant or the like that employs the present system, and there may be multiple information terminals placed in the same store. The user registers store information such as the store name, unique identification information (ID, email address, etc.), unique password, and staff information in the present system via the information terminal 30. The user can use the services provided by the present system, for example, by inputting the identification information and password into a login screen provided by the bottle management device 10.

[0018] The information terminal 30 includes, for example, a communication unit 31, an information processing unit 32, a storage unit 33, an input unit 34, and a display unit 35. The communication unit 31 is an interface for the information processing unit 32 to communicate with an external device such as the bottle management device 10 by wire or wirelessly. The storage unit 33 stores various information in addition to the operation program of the information processing unit 32. The operation program of the information processing unit 32 also includes a division program transmitted from the bottle management device 10 at appropriate times. The division program constitutes the bottle management program 13p. The information processing unit 32 can execute simple processing such as switching the display of each element on a page by operating based on the division program without communicating with the bottle management device 10. The operation program of the information processing unit 32 is software that realizes various functions in cooperation with a calculation processing device such as a central processing unit (CPU), a micro processing unit (MPU), or a graphics processing unit (GPU). The storage unit 33 is composed of a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a flash memory, an embedded multi media card (eMMC), a solid state drive (SSD), a hard disk drive (HDD), or the like.

[0019] The input unit 34 receives an input operation by a user and outputs an operation signal according to the content of the received operation to the information processing unit 32. The input unit 34 is composed of, for example, a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball. The display unit 35 is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and displays various information according to instructions from the information processing unit 32. The information terminal 30 may have a touch panel instead of the input unit 34 and the display unit 35, or together with at least one of them. The touch panel includes a display panel that displays characters, images, etc., and a detection means that is stacked on the display panel and detects a touch operation.

[0020] In response to an operation signal from the input unit 34, the information processing unit 32 cooperates with the bottle management device 10 to display a bottle search page Ga, a layout page Gb, a shelf creation page Gc, a bottle management page Gd, a new customer page Ge, a customer search page Gf, a customer linking page Gg, and a location confirmation page Gz on the display unit 35. The information processing unit 32 accepts a user's operation using each page and executes processing according to the operation content. The information processing unit 32 is configured with one or more processors. Specifically, the information processing unit 32 is configured with an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU, an MPU, or a GPU, and various functions of the information processing unit 32 are realized by the arithmetic processing device and an operating program. Some of the various functions of the information processing unit 32 may be realized by hardware.

[0021] The bottle management device 10 manages information related to bottles stored in stores or the like registered in this system. The bottle management device 10 is configured by a cloud server based on cloud computing, an on-premise physical server, or a server system that combines these.

[0022] More specifically, the bottle management device 10 has a communication unit 11, a control unit 12, and a storage unit 13. The communication unit 11 is an interface for the control unit 12 to communicate with external devices such as the operation terminal 20 and the information terminal 50 in a wired or wireless manner. The storage unit 13 is composed of RAM and ROM, flash memory, eMMC, SSD, HDD, or the like. The storage unit 13 stores various information in addition to the operation program of the control unit 12 including a bottle management program 13p. The bottle management program 13p is software that realizes various functions in cooperation with an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU, MPU, or GPU.

[0023] The storage unit 13 stores information linked to each column in each page, which will be described later. The storage unit 13 includes a user database (user DB) in which information about users, that is, information about stores such as restaurants, is organized. In the user DB, unique information for login and names of store staff are organized. The unique information is composed of, for example, identification information such as an ID or an email address and a password. When a chain restaurant or the like introduces the system, each layout image O and the like are linked to an identifier for each store. This information is input when the system is introduced, and is updated as appropriate due to staff replacement and the like. The storage unit 13 includes a customer database (customer DB) in which information about customers (customer data) is organized. The customer data is registered for each customer, and includes, for example, personal information such as customer name, information on kept bottles, and birthday. The customer DB is constructed through a new customer page Ge and a customer details page (not shown), which will be described later, and is updated as appropriate through a customer search page Gf and a customer details page, which will be described later.

[0024] The storage unit 13 includes a bottle database (bottle DB) in which information about bottles is organized. In this system, a bottle image B is assigned to each bottle, so the information about the bottle is equivalent to the information about the bottle image B. The bottle DB is constructed through a bottle management page Gd and a customer detail page, which will be described later, and is updated as appropriate when a customer visits the store or when the placement of the bottle image B is changed. The information about the bottle includes, for example, identification information of the bottle image B, location information of the bottle image B, information about the customer name corresponding to the purchaser or owner of the bottle, information about the bottle tag name, information about the type of alcohol, information about the person in charge, information about the bottle expiration date (the expiration date for keeping the bottle), and personal information about the customer. The person in charge is a staff member assigned to be in charge of the customer or a staff member involved in the purchase of the bottle.

[0025] In the memory unit 13, correspondence data such as width-number correspondence data and number-width correspondence data are stored as necessary. In the memory unit 13, information on the shelf parts Rp is associated with information on the shelf image R. The information on the shelf parts Rp may include identification information of the shelf parts Rp as well as information on the shape and arrangement. The information on the shelf image R may include identification information of the shelf image R as well as information on the configuration contents and the name of the shelf. In the memory unit 13, information on the frame image W, information on the section image K, and information on the section image U are associated with each other. In the memory unit 13, information on the shelf image R is associated with information on the shelf display section 83.

[0026] The control unit 12 is configured with one or more processors. More specifically, the control unit 12 is configured with an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU, an MPU, or a GPU, and various functions of the control unit 12 are realized by the arithmetic processing device and a bottle management program 13p. Some of the various functions of the control unit 12 may be realized by hardware. The bottle management program 13p causes a computer (one or more processors) to function as a display processing means 12a and a registration processing means 12b.

[0027] The control unit 12 provides various information to the information terminal 30 in response to a request from a user via the information terminal 30. The control unit 12 stores information instructed to be registered by the user via the information terminal 30 in the storage unit 13. That is, the control unit 12 creates and updates various databases in the storage unit 13.

[0028] The control unit 12 has a display processing means 12a and a registration processing means 12b. The display processing means 12a manages information provided to the user via the information terminal 30. The display processing means 12a provides various information to the information terminal 30, thereby displaying various pages on the display unit 35. Here, a page basically refers to a Web page, but the term "page" may also be used for a sub-window or the like displayed on a Web page. The registration processing means 12b stores information set in the information terminal 30 in the storage unit 13, and manages a database or the like in the storage unit 13.

[0029] The display processing means 12a in this embodiment displays a bottle search page Ga, a layout page Gb, a shelf creation page Gc, a bottle management page Gd, a new customer page Ge, a customer search page Gf, a customer linking page Gg, and a location confirmation page Gz on the display unit 35. A configuration example of each page will be specifically described below.

[0030] [Bottle search page Ga configuration example] The bottle search page Ga illustrated in Fig. 2 includes a customer search section 40, a bottle selection section 45, and a transition section H. The customer search section 40 has a condition setting section 41, a clear button 43, and a search button 44. The condition setting section 41 is for setting search conditions for bottle search, and in the example of Fig. 2, has a customer name field 4a, a person in charge selection field 4b, a frequent customer selection field 4c, and a detailed search section 42.

[0031] The customer name field 4a is a field for inputting the customer name. The customer name may include a nickname or a business name. The staff selection field 4b is a field for selecting a staff member. In the case of the staff selection field 4b illustrated in FIG. 2, the staff member name can be selected from a pull-down list. The staff selection field 4b is used, for example, when checking the customers managed by a certain staff member. The regular customer level selection field 4c is a field for selecting the regular customer level of the customer. In the case of the regular customer level selection field 4c illustrated in FIG. 2, a pull-down list is displayed in which the regular customer level is displayed in stages, and a numerical value, alphabet, or arrangement of a figure can be selected from the list. The regular customer level selection field 4c is used, for example, when arranging the arrangement of bottles according to the regular customer level.

[0032] The detailed search section 42 in FIG. 2 has a bottle expiration date selection section 4d, a birthday selection section 4e, and a character input field 4f. The bottle expiration date selection section 4d in FIG. 2 is configured to allow at least one of this month and next month to be selected. The bottle expiration date selection section 4d is useful, for example, when informing a customer whose bottle's storage expiration date is approaching. The birthday selection section 4e is configured to allow at least one of today and this month to be selected. The birthday selection section 4e provides a good opportunity to perform a surprise or the like for a customer whose birthday is approaching or whose birthday is today. The selection section d is configured with a check box or a radio button. The character input field 4f is a field in which characters can be input, and functions when a memo is registered in advance.

[0033] The search target in the customer search unit 40 in FIG. 2 is a bottle for which at least one of the following information has been registered and linked in advance: customer name information, person in charge information, regular customer level information, bottle expiration date information, customer birthday information, and memo information. However, the information that can be input or selected in the customer search unit 40 is not limited to the example in FIG. 2, and may be selected as appropriate, other information may be added as appropriate, or other information may be replaced as appropriate. For example, the customer search unit 40 may have a field for inputting the bottle tag name, and may be configured so that the bottle tag name can be set as one of the search conditions. In the customer search unit 40, each field that is a character input type may be changed to a selection type, and each field that is a selection type may be a character input type, etc.

[0034] The clear button 43 is a virtual button for resetting the information input / selected in the condition setting section 41. The search button 44 is a virtual button for instructing a search process based on the settings in the condition setting section 41. The transition section H is for instructing a transition to a page other than the page being displayed, and accepts instructions for transition to, for example, a bottle search page Ga, a layout page Gb, and a bottle management page Gd. The transition section H is composed of, for example, a hamburger menu.

[0035] The bottle selection unit 45 has a bottle list section 46, a details button 47, and a confirmation button 48. The bottle list section 46 displays the results of a search process using the customer search section 40. The bottle list section 46 illustrated in FIG. 2 displays a list of multiple bottle information, with a selection section C corresponding to each bottle information. The bottle information in FIG. 2 includes information on the bottle tag name, customer name, type of alcohol, bottle expiration date, and regular customer level. The selection section C is configured with radio buttons or check boxes, etc. However, the bottle information itself may be configured to be selectable.

[0036] The bottle list section 46 may be configured to display information on bottles that are frequently searched for, etc., in a list in accordance with priority, before a search is instructed by the customer search section 40. When the entire bottle list section 46 is not displayed on the display section 35, a slide bar S is provided as shown in FIG. 2. The user can view the entire bottle list section 46 by sliding the bar. The slide bar S in the other drawings also functions in the same manner as above.

[0037] The details button 47 in this embodiment is a virtual button for calling up a page that relays transitions to a page (not shown) that displays a list of the customer's store visit history, a bottle management page Gd, a location confirmation page Gz, etc. The confirmation button 48, which functions when bottle information is selected in the bottle list section 46, is a virtual button for calling up a location confirmation page Gz that includes a bottle image B corresponding to the bottle information.

[0038] [Layout page Gb configuration example] As shown in FIG. 3, the layout page Gb includes a part operation section 51 and an editing section 57. The editing section 57 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes a frame section 58 and a rotation button 59. A part for which an instruction to add has been given in the part operation section 51 is displayed in the frame section 58. The rotation button 59 is a virtual button for rotating a part selected in the frame section 58 in 90 degree increments. A user can select each part by tapping or clicking the part. The editing section 57 may have an explanation section 57a ​​in which an explanation regarding editing of the part in the frame section 58 is written.

[0039] The part operation unit 51 illustrated in FIG. 3 has a shelf add button 5a for adding a shelf part to the editing unit 57, a circle add button 5b for adding a circular or elliptical part to the editing unit 57, and a rectangle add button 5c for adding a rectangular part to the editing unit 57. The part operation unit 51 also has a back button 5m, a forward button 5n, and a save button 52. The save button 52 is a virtual button for saving the layout image O displayed on the editing unit 57 in the bottle management device 10. The layout image O in FIG. 3 includes three shelf parts Rp. The back button 5m is a virtual button for returning the layout image O of the editing unit 57 to the previous operation state, and the forward button 5n is a virtual button for advancing the operation state of the layout image O of the editing unit 57.

[0040] Furthermore, the part operation unit 51 has a naming button 53, a conversion button 54, a delete button 55, and a shelf edit button 56. The naming button 53 is a virtual button for inputting characters into a part selected in the editing unit 57. The conversion button 54 is a virtual button for converting the arrangement of characters of a part selected in the editing unit 57. When the conversion button 54 is pressed, the character setting of the selected part is changed from vertical to horizontal, and from horizontal to vertical. The delete button 55 is a virtual button for deleting a part selected in the editing unit 57. The shelf edit button 56 is a virtual button for transitioning to a shelf creation page Gc for creating or editing a shelf image R associated with the shelf part Rp selected in the editing unit 57. The arrangement and size of each part can be freely changed within the frame unit 58. Each part may be configured to be copy-and-pasteable within the frame unit 58.

[0041] [Example of shelf creation page Gc configuration] The shelf creation page Gc illustrated in Figs. 4 to 7 includes a setting unit 61 that accepts settings related to the configuration of a shelf on which bottles can be arranged, and a shelf editing unit 66 in which one or more frame images W representing sections on the shelf are displayed. The setting unit 61 includes an add button 6a that accepts an instruction to add the frame image W to the shelf editing unit 66. The user can select the frame image W by tapping or clicking the frame image W. The user can also select multiple frame images W.

[0042] The setting unit 61 may include a copy button 6b that accepts copying of one or more frame images W selected in the shelf editing unit 66. When the user presses the copy button 6b with a frame image W selected, a frame image W having the same configuration as the selected frame image W is added above or below the selected frame image W. When the user selects multiple frame images W, the same number of frame images W are added. The setting unit 61 may include a delete button 6c that accepts deletion of one or more frame images W selected in the shelf editing unit 66. The delete button 6c becomes operable when at least one frame image W is selected. However, processes such as copying and deleting a frame image W may be realized by other operations, such as a selection operation linked to a right-click on the frame image W.

[0043] The setting unit 61 may be configured to receive the setting of the number of shelves. The setting unit 61 in each figure has a number of shelves field 62 that receives the setting of the number of shelves. The setting unit 61 may be configured to receive the setting of number data indicating the number of bottle images B that can be arranged side by side in the frame image W. The bottle image B is a general term for the bottle images Bm, Bn, and overlapping bottles Bw described later, and is used when these are not particularly distinguished from each other in the description. The setting unit 61 in each figure has a number field 64 that receives the setting of number data. The number data corresponds to the upper limit number of bottles that can be arranged side by side in the section of the shelf corresponding to the frame image W.

[0044] The setting unit 61 may be configured to receive a setting of the number of columns, which is the number of bottle images B that can be arranged in a front-to-back order within the frame image W. The setting unit 61 in each drawing has a column number field 63 that receives the setting of the number of columns. The number of columns corresponds to the number of bottles to be arranged in a front-to-back order within a section of a shelf that corresponds to the frame image W. The setting of the number of columns is a useful setting item when bottles are arranged in a front-to-back order within a section of an actual shelf.

[0045] As shown in FIG. 7, the setting unit 61 may be configured to accept the setting of the width of the shelf section corresponding to the frame image W (hereinafter, simply referred to as the width). The setting unit 61 in FIG. 7 has a width setting field 65 that accepts the setting of the width. When the setting unit 61 includes the number field 64, the setting of the number field 64 and the setting of the width setting field 65 can be combined to quickly and flexibly set the frame image W. For example, this is useful when arranging more bottles than the general number in an actual shelf section, when arranging bottles with a relatively large width, or when arranging bottles in a spacious manner. On the other hand, when the setting unit 61 does not include the number field 64, it is preferable to store width-number correspondence data that associates the width with the number data in, for example, the storage unit 13. The width-number correspondence data is composed of table information, function information, graph information, or the like that are associated so that the number data increases as the width increases.

[0046] In the initial state of the shelf creation page Gc, nothing is displayed in the shelf editing section 66 as shown in Fig. 4. For example, when the add button 6a is pressed on the shelf creation page Gc in the state shown in Fig. 4, a shelf image R including one or more frame images W is displayed in the shelf editing section 66 as shown in Fig. 5. The information of the shelf image R displayed in the shelf editing section 66 is linked to the information of the shelf part Rp on the layout page Gb. Therefore, the user can create and edit the shelf image R corresponding to the shelf part Rp by pressing the shelf edit button 56 with the shelf part Rp on the layout page Gb selected.

[0047] 5, a column number label L is associated with each frame image W so that the number of columns in each frame image W can be understood at a glance. In the shelf editing unit 66, the column number label L indicates the number of columns in the frame image W. The characters and the like written in the column number label L are not limited to the examples in each figure, and may be, for example, only numbers, or the number of columns may be expressed by the number of any symbol such as dots.

[0048] In the shelf editing unit 66, the position and width of the frame image W can be freely changed within the shelf editing unit 66. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, it is also possible to create a shelf image R in which frame images W are combined in a complex manner. The frame image W may be configured to be copy-and-pasteable within the shelf editing unit 66. The frame image W may be linked to number data indicating the number of bottle images B that can be arranged side-by-side. The shelf editing unit 66 may be able to change the number data for each frame image W.

[0049] The shelf editing unit 66 may be able to change the number of columns for each frame image W. In this way, frame images W with different numbers of columns can be easily mixed together, as in the shelf editing unit 66 of FIG. 7. The setting unit 61 may accept a setting of the number of consecutive frames, which is the number of frame images W that are arranged horizontally in succession. In this case, the setting unit 61 may be configured to have a frame number field (not shown) that accepts the setting of the number of consecutive frames. The number of consecutive frames corresponds to the number of shelf sections that are arranged horizontally in succession. When the setting unit 61 has a frame number field, the user can create a shelf image R with an external shape, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, all at once, by simply pressing the add button 6a after setting.

[0050] The shelf creation page Gc has a back button 67 and a save button 68. The back button 67 is a virtual button for transitioning to the layout page Gb. The save button 68 is a virtual button for saving the shelf image R displayed in the shelf editing section 66 in the bottle management device 10. The setting section 61 may be configured to have any one, two, or three of the number of rows field 62, the number of columns field 63, the number of bottles field 64, and the width setting field 65. On the other hand, the setting section 61 may be configured to have none of the number of rows field 62, the number of columns field 63, the number of bottles field 64, and the width setting field 65. In this case, if the user presses the add button 6a, one frame image W is displayed in the shelf editing section 66. At least one of the number of rows field 62, the number of columns field 63, the number of bottles field 64, and the width setting field 65 may be changed to a selection method such as a pull-down method.

[0051] [Bottle management page Gd configuration example] The bottle management page Gd illustrated in Fig. 8 to Fig. 11 has a bottle editing section 71, a shelf management section 72, a bottle management section 73, a back button 7r, a forward button 7n, and a save button 75. In Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, the save button 75 and the like are displayed when the page is scrolled downward. The back button 7r is a virtual button for returning the bottle management section 73 being edited to the previous operation state, and the forward button 5n is a virtual button for advancing the operation state of the bottle management section 73 being edited.

[0052] The bottle editing unit 71 adds bottle image B to the bottle management unit 73. The bottle editing unit 71 in this embodiment accepts an editing operation of information related to bottle image B displayed in the bottle management unit 73. The information related to bottle image B includes customer data linked to the bottle image B. In other words, an editing operation of information related to bottle image B includes an operation of linking customer data to the bottle image B, an operation of changing the customer data linked to the bottle image B, and the like. The bottle editing unit 71 may accept an operation of changing the bottle name linked to bottle image B.

[0053] More specifically, the bottle editing section 71 has a bottle adding section 7a, an existing customer linking button 7b, a new customer linking button 7c, and a delete button 7d. The bottle adding section 7a is for newly adding a bottle image B to the bottle management section 73. The bottle adding section 7a of the present embodiment has an added bottle image Bo that generates a duplicate Bf by dragging the added bottle image Bo to become a new bottle image B when moved to the bottle management section 73. That is, when the user clicks or touches the added bottle image Bo and then moves the mouse or finger, a duplicate Bf of the added bottle image Bo appears (see FIG. 9). FIG. 9 illustrates a mouse cursor k. The user can add the bottle image B to the bottle management section 73 by moving the duplicate Bf that appears to the bottle management section 73. The user can select the bottle image B by tapping or clicking the bottle image B in the bottle management section 73. The bottle image B selected by the user is the subject of movement and editing. The bottle image B newly added to the bottle management section 73 by the drag operation of the added bottle image Bo may be configured to be in a selected state at that time.

[0054] In the bottle management unit 73, the bottle image B in the selected state is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other bottle images B. In Figs. 8 to 11, the bottle image B in the selected state is given the symbol "Bn", and the other bottle images B are given the symbol "Bm" (Bm is generally omitted). In the following, these symbols may be used for explanation. Figs. 8 to 11 show an example in which the display mode of the bottle image Bn is different from the display mode of the bottle image Bm. In this embodiment, the color of the bottle image Bn is different from the color of the bottle image Bm. Although not shown in each figure, the bottle image B can naturally be displayed in color, and for example, the bottle image Bn and the bottle image Bm may be distinguished from each other by the difference in color.

[0055] The existing link button 7b is a virtual button for linking information of a registered customer to the bottle image B selected in the bottle management section 73. The new link button 7c is a virtual button for linking information of a new customer to the bottle image B selected in the bottle management section 73. The delete button 7d is a virtual button for deleting the bottle image B selected in the bottle management section 73.

[0056] The shelf management section 72 has a shelf name display field 7e, an area display field 7f, a shelf switching button 7g, a location confirmation button 7h, and a bottle movement button 7j. The shelf name display field 7e is a field in which the name of the shelf is displayed, and in this embodiment, the characters can be changed. The area display field 7f indicates the area of ​​the portion of the shelf image M displayed in the bottle management section 73 relative to the whole, and includes a whole area portion ro and a display area portion rh.

[0057] The shelf switching button 7g functions when multiple shelves are registered in the store to be managed, and accepts simple shelf display switching when two shelves are registered, and accepts selective shelf display switching or sequential shelf display switching when three or more shelves are registered. The location confirmation button 7h is a virtual button for confirming the position of the shelf being edited in the store, that is, the position in the layout image O of the shelf part Rp corresponding to the bottle management section 73 being edited. When the user presses the location confirmation button 7h, for example, an image such as the layout image O and the frame portion 58 in FIG. 3, FIG. 14, or FIG. 15 is displayed in a subwindow or the like. The bottle movement button 7j is a virtual button for moving the bottle image B selected in the bottle management section 73 to another registered shelf. The switching process by the bottle movement button 7j is similar to that of the shelf switching button 7g, and after the shelf display is switched, the selected bottle image B is displayed at an arbitrary position on the other shelf.

[0058] The bottle management unit 73 includes one or more section images K in which a bottle image B representing a bottle can be arranged. In this embodiment, the section image K is based on a frame image W. More specifically, the section image K corresponds to the frame image W in the shelf image R saved in the shelf creation page Gc, that is, the shelf image M of the bottle management unit 73 corresponds to the shelf image R saved in the shelf creation page Gc. Thus, the setting contents of the frame image W are reflected in the setting contents of the section image K, and the configuration and setting contents of the shelf image R are reflected in the configuration and setting contents of the shelf image M.

[0059] A display switching button 7m may be associated with a section image K in which two or more columns are set, which accepts a switching operation between a front display state in which the first column is displayed and a back row display state in which each column is displayed. The front display state is a state in which only the bottle image B in the first row is displayed, and the back row display state is a state in which all columns in the section image K are displayed so as to be visible.

[0060] The section images K illustrated in FIG. 8 are all in a front display state, and the display switching button 7m is labeled "rear row display." In this state, for example, when a user presses the display switching button 7m of the section image K, the section image K is switched to a rear row display state as illustrated in FIG. 9. In the rear row display state of FIG. 9, the column sections 7k corresponding to each column of the section image K are displayed, and the display switching button 7m is labeled "front display." However, the display switching button 7m may be labeled "rear row display" when the corresponding section image K is in a rear row display state, and may be labeled "front display" when the corresponding section image K is in a front display state. The display switching button 7m may not include text, and may be one whose color or shape changes depending on the state.

[0061] A display switch button 7m that accepts sequential switching of the display state of the columns may be associated with a section image K in which the number of columns equal to or greater than two is set (see Figs. 10 and 11). In this case, the bottle management unit 73 is configured so that when a user presses a display switch button 7m, the display columns of the corresponding section image K change. In such a configuration, it is preferable that the number of columns being displayed is displayed on the display switch button 7m.

[0062] The bottle management unit 73 may be configured to display a plurality of bottle images B in an overlapping state with the images slightly shifted to the left or right. In this embodiment, with the idea that a bottle to be added to a shelf is placed behind a bottle already placed, the bottle management unit 73 is configured to place the bottle image B that is added later behind the existing bottle image B. However, the bottle management unit 73 may also be configured to place the bottle image B that is added later in front of the existing bottle image B.

[0063] [Example of new customer page Ge configuration] When the new link button 7c is pressed while the bottle image B is selected in the bottle management section 73, a new customer page Ge as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the display section 35. FIG. 12 shows an example in which the new customer page Ge is displayed as a subwindow. The new customer page Ge shown in FIG. 12 has a customer name field 8x, a shelf name field 8a, a number of rows field 8b, a bottle name field 8c, a tag name field 8d, a visit date field 8e, a person in charge field 8f, a remaining amount field 8j, a remaining amount image Bz, a registration button 8t, and a detailed registration button 80.

[0064] The customer name field 8x is a field for inputting or changing the customer name. The shelf name field 8a is a field for inputting or changing the name of the shelf on which the keep bottle is placed. The number of columns field 8b is a field for inputting or changing the number of columns on which the keep bottle is placed. The bottle name field 8c is a field for inputting or changing the bottle name, such as the name of the liquor associated with the bottle. The tag name field 8d is a field for inputting or changing the name written on the bottle tag that is hung or attached to the neck of the bottle. The visit date field 8e is a field for inputting or changing the date on which the customer purchased the keep bottle. The person in charge field 8f is a field for inputting or changing the person in charge for the customer.

[0065] The remaining amount column 8j is a column for inputting and changing the remaining amount of the bottle of the target bottle linked to the customer. The remaining amount of the bottle indicates the remaining amount of liquid in the bottle, specifically, the ratio of the current amount of liquid to the amount of liquid in the bottle when it is unopened. In each figure, the remaining amount of the bottle is shown as a percentage, but it is not limited to this and may be shown as a percentage or in stages.

[0066] The remaining amount image Bz visually represents the remaining amount of the bottle. The remaining amount image Bz illustrated in FIG. 12 is composed of a bottle portion 8g representing the entire bottle and a remaining portion 8h representing the liquid in the bottle. The remaining amount image Bz is arranged in correspondence with the remaining amount field 8j, and in the example of FIG. 12, it is arranged in a position adjacent to the remaining amount field 8j. The remaining amount portion 8h changes in conjunction with the remaining amount of the bottle input in the remaining amount field 8j. The remaining amount portion 8h may be configured so that the height of the remaining amount portion 8h can be changed by a user operation. In this case, it is preferable to configure the remaining amount of the bottle in the remaining amount field 8j to change in conjunction with the change in the height of the remaining amount portion 8h. The registration button 8t is a virtual button for registering the contents input in each field of the new customer page Ge. The detailed registration button 80 is a virtual button for transitioning to a customer details page for inputting and editing customer information in more detail.

[0067] [Example of customer search page Gf configuration] When the existing link button 7b is pressed while the bottle image B is selected in the bottle management section 73, a customer search page Gf such as that shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the display section 35. FIG. 13 shows an example in which the customer search page Gf is displayed as a subwindow. The customer search page Gf has a search section 80a and a customer selection section 80b. The search section 80a shown in FIG. 13 has a customer name field 4a, a clear button 43, and a search button 44.

[0068] The customer selection unit 80b has a customer list section 86 and a decision button 88. The customer list section 86 displays the results of a search process using the search section 80a. The customer list section 86 illustrated in FIG. 13 displays a list of multiple pieces of customer-related information, with a selection section C corresponding to each piece of customer-related information. However, the customer-related information itself may be configured to be selectable. The customer-related information illustrated in FIG. 13 includes information on the customer name and the person in charge. However, the configuration of the customer-related information is not limited to the example in FIG. 13 and can be changed as appropriate. The decision button 80c is a virtual button for deciding the customer to be linked to the bottle.

[0069] [Example of Customer Association Page Gg Configuration] When the confirm button 80c is pressed with a customer selected on the customer search page Gf, a customer association page Gg such as that shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the display unit 35. FIG. 13 shows an example in which the customer association page Gg is displayed as a sub-window. The customer association page Gg shown in FIG. 13 has a customer name field 8x, a shelf name field 8a, a number of rows field 8b, a bottle name field 8c, a tag name field 8d, a visit date field 8e, a person in charge field 8f, a regular customer field 8v, a remaining amount field 8j, a remaining amount image Bz, a registration button 8t, a memo field 8p, and a detailed registration button 80. In the case of the customer association page Gg, the registered information is displayed in a field corresponding to the previously registered information. In this embodiment, the display contents of each field can be changed.

[0070] [Example of location confirmation page Gz configuration] When the confirmation button 48 is pressed with bottle information selected on the bottle search page Ga, a location confirmation page Gz such as that shown in Fig. 14 or 15 is displayed on the display unit 35. The location confirmation page Gz shown in Fig. 14 and 15 has a bottle information display section 81, a shelf display section 83, and a layout display section 85. The title section Tz of the location confirmation page Gz displays the customer's name, etc.

[0071] The bottle information display section 81 displays information about the bottle whose position is to be confirmed. The bottle information display section 81 in Figs. 14 and 15 has a shelf name column 8a, a number of columns 8b, a bottle name column 8c, a tag name column 8d, a visit date column 8e, a person in charge column 8f, a remaining amount column 8j, a remaining amount image Bz, and a detail transition button 82. In the case of the position confirmation page Gz, the registered information is displayed in the column corresponding to the information registered in advance. The detail transition button 82 is a virtual button for transitioning to a detail registration page (not shown) for inputting and editing information related to the bottle in more detail.

[0072] The detailed registration page has a remaining amount field 8j and a remaining amount image Bz, similar to the new customer page Ge in Fig. 12, the customer linking page Gg in Fig. 13, and the location confirmation page Gz in Fig. 14 and Fig. 15. The bottle remaining amount in the remaining amount field 8j and the remaining part 8h in the remaining amount image Bz are configured to change in conjunction with each other. In the case where the height of the remaining part 8h can be changed by the user's operation, the bottle remaining amount in the remaining amount field 8j changes in conjunction with the change in the height of the remaining part 8h.

[0073] The shelf display unit 83 represents a shelf on which a bottle image B (hereinafter also referred to as a confirmation target bottle Bk) corresponding to the bottle to be position confirmed is located, and is capable of displaying one or more bottle images B representing the bottle. More specifically, the shelf display unit 83 represents a section on the shelf on which the bottle to be position confirmed is located, and includes at least one section image U in which the bottle image B can be located.

[0074] In this embodiment, the section image U is based on the frame image W. More specifically, the section image U corresponds to the frame image W of the shelf image R saved in the shelf creation page Gc, that is, the shelf display section 83 of the bottle management section 73 corresponds to the shelf image R saved in the shelf creation page Gc. Therefore, the setting contents of the frame image W are reflected in the setting contents of the section image U. As in the examples of Figs. 14 and 15, a column label Ln may be associated with a section image U in which the number of columns is set to 2 or more. The column label Ln indicates the number of columns displayed as the section image U, and does not appear in a section image U with a single column configuration. From the shelf display section 83 in Fig. 14, it can be seen that the bottle Bk to be confirmed is arranged in the first column of the first tier of the shelf, and from the shelf display section 83 in Fig. 15, it can be seen that the bottle Bk to be confirmed is arranged in the third column of the third tier of the shelf.

[0075] The shelf display unit 83 displays the confirmation target bottle Bk in a manner that allows it to be distinguished from other bottle images B (hereinafter also referred to as other bottle images Bx). For example, the shelf display unit 83 may make the confirmation target bottle Bk and the other bottle images Bx have different colors, may make the confirmation target bottle Bk lighter or darker than the other bottle images Bx, may make the confirmation target bottle Bk larger than the other bottle images Bx, or may combine these to express the difference between the confirmation target bottle Bk and the other bottle images Bx. The shelf display unit 83 may highlight the confirmation target bottle Bk with an arrow, a speech bubble, or the like.

[0076] The layout display section 85 represents the layout of the store in which the shelf corresponding to the shelf display section 83 is arranged. The layout display section 85 is a section in which the layout image O created and registered in the layout page Gb is displayed. In the layout display section 85, a target shelf image, which is an image showing a shelf on which a bottle to be checked is arranged, is displayed in a manner distinguishable from other parts. For example, the layout display section 85 may display a bottle icon Bi indicating the presence of the bottle on a shelf part Rp as a target shelf image as shown in FIG. 14. It is more preferable that the bottle icon Bi is displayed at a location on the shelf part Rp as a target shelf image corresponding to the position of the bottle on the shelf. Also, for example, the layout display section 85 may display the shelf part Rp as a target shelf image in a manner different from other parts as shown in FIG. 15 (it is displayed darker than the others in FIG. 15). However, the layout display section 85 may be configured so that the shelf part Rp as a target shelf image is highlighted by an arrow, a speech bubble, or the like.

[0077] The position confirmation page Gz may be configured such that the display contents of the bottle information display section 81, the shelf display section 83, and the layout display section 85 cannot be changed. If the fields of the bottle information display section 81 cannot be changed, the user updates information such as the remaining amount of the bottle by, for example, pressing the transition to details button 82 to display a detailed registration page. If the contents of the shelf display section 83 cannot be changed, the user changes the arrangement of the bottle image B by, for example, pressing the management button 84 to display the bottle management page Gd. If the contents of the layout display section 85 cannot be changed, the user edits the layout image O by, for example, using the transition section H to display the layout page Gb.

[0078] The position confirmation page Gz may be configured so that at least one of the display contents of the bottle information display section 81, the shelf display section 83, and the layout display section 85 can be changed. In such a configuration, the position confirmation page Gz may be configured so as to have a save button for registering the change contents. For example, the remaining amount field 8j of the bottle information display section 81 may be configured to display the remaining amount of the bottle of the bottle to be confirmed in a changeable manner. In this case, the bottle information display section 81 may be configured so that the height of the remaining portion 8h of the remaining amount image Bz changes in conjunction with the change in the remaining amount of the bottle in the remaining amount field 8j. In the case where the height of the remaining portion 8h can be changed by the user's operation, the remaining amount of the bottle in the remaining amount field 8j may be changed in conjunction with the change in the height of the remaining portion 8h. The remaining amount field 8j and the remaining amount image Bz may be arranged in correspondence with each other.

[0079] The control unit 12 executes processing related to each page (Ga, Gb, Gc, Gd, Ge, Gf, Gg, Gz, detailed registration page) in cooperation with the information terminal 30. The control unit 12 reflects the setting contents of the frame image W in the setting contents of the section image K and the section image U. In other words, the control unit 12 reflects the configuration and setting contents of the shelf image R in the configuration and setting contents of the shelf image R and the shelf display unit 83.

[0080] When an instruction to add a frame image W is given by the add button 6a on the shelf creation page Gc, the control unit 12 causes the shelf editing unit 66 to display the frame image W related to the setting in the setting unit 61. When an instruction to add a frame image W is given with the number of shelves set in the setting unit 61, the control unit 12 causes the shelf editing unit 66 to display frame images W for the set number of shelves. If the number data is set via the setting unit 61, the control unit 12 links the set number data to the frame image W to be displayed in the shelf editing unit 66. The control unit 12 may accept a change in the number data linked to the frame image W in response to a predetermined operation by selecting the frame image W. The control unit 12 may accept a change in the number data by, for example, a selection operation linked to a right click on the frame image W. If the number of columns is set via the setting unit 61, the control unit 12 links the set number of columns to the frame image W to be displayed in the shelf editing unit 66.

[0081] When the setting unit 61 has a width setting field 65 but does not have a number field 64, and width-and-number correspondence data is stored in the storage unit 13, the control unit 12 may determine the number data to be linked to the frame image W to be displayed in the shelf editing unit 66, in accordance with the width set via the width setting field 65 against the width-and-number correspondence data. If the width of the shelf section corresponding to the frame image W is set via the setting unit 61, the control unit 12 links the set width to the frame image W to be displayed in the shelf editing unit 66. The control unit 12 may determine the number data to be linked to the frame image W, in accordance with the set width against the width-and-number correspondence data. The control unit 12 may determine the relative size of the frame image W with respect to the shelf editing unit 66, in accordance with the set width.

[0082] When the width of a frame image W is changed in the shelf editing unit 66, the control unit 12 may appropriately change the number data associated with the frame image W. For example, the control unit 12 may refer to the width-and-number correspondence data and change the number data when the width exceeds or falls below a threshold. The width-and-number correspondence data is table information or function information associated with the width so that the number data increases as the width increases. The control unit 12 may accept a change in the number of columns for each frame image W, for example, in response to a selection operation associated with a right-click on the number of columns label L, or an operation to change the numerical value or character of the number of columns label L.

[0083] The control unit 12 may be configured to change the width of the frame image W displayed on the shelf editing unit 66 in accordance with the set number data. For example, the storage unit 13 may store number-width corresponding data that associates the number data with the width of the frame image W, and the control unit 12 may determine the width of the frame image W by referring to the set number data against the number-width corresponding data. The number-width corresponding data is composed of table information, function information, graph information, or the like that is associated so that the width of the frame image W increases as the number data increases. Since the width of the frame image W is relative to the shelf editing unit 66, the displayed size will vary depending on the monitor used by the user.

[0084] When an instruction to add a new bottle image B is given via the bottle editing section 71 of the bottle management page Gd, the control section 12 causes the bottle management section 73 to additionally display the new bottle image B. When linking customer data to the selected bottle image B, the control section 12 may cause the bottle name or bottle tag name to be displayed on the bottle image B on the bottle management section 73. In this embodiment, when a new bottle image B is added to the bottle management section 73, the words "New Bottle" are displayed on the bottle image B. Therefore, when linking customer data to the bottle image B, the control section 12 changes the words "New Bottle" to the bottle name or the like.

[0085] The control unit 12 may make the bottle image Bn a different color from the bottle image Bm, may make the bottle image Bn lighter or darker than the bottle image Bm, may make the bottle image Bn larger than the bottle image Bm, or may combine these to make the bottle image Bn and the bottle image Bm different. Alternatively, the control unit 12 may make the bottle image Bn more noticeable than the bottle image Bm by using a speech bubble, an arrow, or the like. In this case, the control unit 12 may make the display mode of the bottle image Bn and the bottle image Bm the same or different.

[0086] When an arbitrary bottle image B is overlapped with another bottle image B in the bottle management section 73 of the bottle management page Gd, the control section 12 displays the other bottle image B overlapping behind the arbitrary bottle image B (see, for example, area Ea in FIG. 10). That is, the control section 12 displays the moved bottle image B overlapping behind the already placed bottle image B. Therefore, if the user removes the overlapping front bottle image B and overlaps it again, it moves to the back.

[0087] When another bottle image B is arranged so as to overlap both of two adjacent bottle images B in the bottle management section 73, the control section 12 displays the other bottle image B in an overlapping manner behind the two adjacent bottle images B (see, for example, area Eb in FIG. 10). When a bottle image B is overlapped on the rear bottle image B of two bottle images B overlapping in the same row display in the bottle management section 73, the control section 12 may display the bottle image B further behind as in area Ec in FIG. 10, or may display the bottle image B in front as in area Eb in FIG. 10.

[0088] The control unit 12 may be configured to switch the order when one of two overlapping bottle images B is pressed by tapping, clicking, or the like in the bottle management unit 73. As an example, when the bottle image B on the left side of the area Ea in Fig. 10 is pressed, the control unit 12 may change it to the area Ea in Fig. 11. At this time, the control unit 12 switches the pressed bottle image B to a selected state and cancels the selection state of the bottle image B that has moved behind it.

[0089] When the bottle image B in the center of the area Eb is pressed, the control unit 12 may move the bottle image B to the front as in the area Ed in FIG. 8. Here, the bottle image B at the rear of the overlapping bottle images B is also referred to as the "overlapping bottle Bw". The control unit 12 may rearrange the order of the bottle images B only when the overlapping bottle Bw is pressed, or may rearrange the order of the bottle images B only when the overlapping bottle image B at the front is pressed. However, when another bottle image B is overlapped on an arbitrary bottle image B in the bottle management unit 73, the control unit 12 may display the other bottle image B overlapping in front of the arbitrary bottle image B. This is similar to the task of pushing an already placed bottle to the back by another bottle.

[0090] When the control unit 12 receives an instruction to switch between the front display state and the back row display state via the display switch button 7m of the bottle management page Gd, the control unit 12 executes a process of switching the display state of the section image K. If the display switch button 7m accepts sequential switching of the display state of the columns, each time the display switch button 7m is pressed, the control unit 12 changes the display column of the corresponding section image K. The process of switching between the front display state and the back row display state may be adopted for the position confirmation page Gz.

[0091] The control unit 12 displays one or more bottle images B on the shelf display unit 83 of the position confirmation page Gz. The control unit 12 displays the confirmation target bottle Bk in a manner that is distinguishable from the other bottle images Bx. For example, the control unit 12 displays the confirmation target bottle Bk in a manner different from the other bottle images Bx. The control unit 12 may make the confirmation target bottle Bk a different color from the other bottle images Bx on the shelf display unit 83, may make the confirmation target bottle Bk lighter or darker than the other bottle images Bx, may make the confirmation target bottle Bk larger than the other bottle images Bx, or may combine these to make the difference between the confirmation target bottle Bk and the other bottle images Bx. The control unit 12 may draw attention to the confirmation target bottle Bk by using a speech bubble, an arrow, or the like. In this case, the control unit 12 may make the display manner of the confirmation target bottle Bk and the other bottle images Bx the same or different.

[0092] The control unit 12 displays the shelf part Rp as the target shelf image in the layout display unit 85 of the position confirmation page Gz so that the shelf part Rp can be distinguished from other parts. For example, the control unit 12 displays a bottle icon Bi indicating the presence of the bottle on the shelf part Rp as the target shelf image. The control unit 12 may display the bottle icon Bi at a location on the shelf part Rp as the target shelf image corresponding to the position of the bottle on the shelf. The control unit 12 may accept a change in the number of columns in units of the frame image W in response to, for example, a selection operation linked to a right click on the number of columns label L, or a change operation of the numerical value or character of the number of columns label L. The bottle icon Bi may be configured to be movable by a drag operation or the like on the frame unit 58. In this case, when the user moves the bottle icon Bi to another shelf part Rp (see the white dashed arrow in FIG. 14), the control unit 12 may switch the image of the shelf display unit 83 to an image of the shelf corresponding to the moved shelf part Rp.

[0093] When the control unit 12 receives an instruction to confirm the position of a pre-registered bottle, it may display at least a bottle image B (confirmation target bottle Bk) corresponding to that bottle at a position corresponding to that bottle on the shelf display unit 83. The control unit 12 may display only the confirmation target bottle Bk on the shelf display unit 83, or may display the confirmation target bottle Bk and one or more other bottle images Bx around it on the shelf display unit 83. This also allows the user to quickly confirm the position of the confirmation target bottle Bk.

[0094] Next, a bottle management method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 16 to Fig. 20. First, an example of an operation relating to the creation of a layout image O will be described with reference to the sequence chart of Fig. 16.

[0095] When a user starts an application of this system and completes the login process, the control unit 12 of the bottle management device 10 displays an initial screen on the display unit 35. That is, when the control unit 12 acquires a login request from the information terminal 30 through the login screen (step S101), it checks the user's unique information included in the login request against the user DB. If a match is found (step S102), the control unit 12 transmits initial data to the information terminal 30 (step S103) to cause the display unit 35 to display the bottle search page Ga via the information processing unit 32 of the information terminal 30 (step S104). The initial data here is information for displaying and functioning the bottle search page Ga.

[0096] For example, when the information processing unit 32 receives an instruction to create or edit a store layout via the transition unit H (step S105), it transmits a layout request to the bottle management device 10 (step S106). The control unit 12 transmits layout data to the information terminal 30 in response to the layout request (step S107), thereby causing the display unit 35 to display the layout page Gb via the information processing unit 32 (step S108). The layout data is information for displaying and functioning the layout page Gb.

[0097] The information processing unit 32 accepts an operation for creating or editing the layout image O via the layout page Gb (step S109), and adds, modifies, or changes each part according to the operation (step S110). The information processing unit 32 repeatedly executes the processes of steps S109 and S110 according to the user's operation, and communicates with the bottle management device 10 as necessary. When the user instructs to save the layout image O by pressing the save button 52 or the like (step S111), the information processing unit 32 transmits layout information, which is information related to the layout image O, to the bottle management device 10 (step S112). The control unit 12 stores the received layout information in the storage unit 13 (step S113).

[0098] The user can proceed with creating the layout image O by repeating the processes of steps S109 to S113. When re-editing of the layout image O being created is requested in steps S105 and S106, the control unit 12 causes the display unit 35 to display a layout page Gb including the layout image O. The above description has been given in the order of the step numbers in FIG. 16, but the order of the processes is not limited to the above example. For example, it is also possible to transition to the layout page Gb from a Web page other than the bottle search page Ga.

[0099] Next, an example of operation related to the creation of a shelf image R will be described based on the sequence chart of Fig. 17. When a user instructs creation or editing of a shelf image R by, for example, pressing the shelf edit button 56 on the layout page Gb (step S201), the information processing unit 32 transmits a shelf creation request to the bottle management device 10. The shelf creation request includes identification information of the shelf part Rp selected on the layout page Gb (step S202).

[0100] The control unit 12 returns shelf creation data in response to the shelf creation request (step S203), and causes the display unit 35 to display the shelf creation page Gc via the information processing unit 32 (step S204). The information processing unit 32 changes the display in response to an input operation in each field of the setting unit 61 (step S205), and when the add button 6a is pressed to instruct the addition of a frame image W (step S206), transmits a display request including the settings in the setting unit 61 to the bottle management device 10 (step S207). The control unit 12 generates shelf image data based on the display request, and transmits this to the information terminal 30 (step S208), thereby causing the shelf editing unit 66 to display a shelf image R based on the settings in the setting unit 61. At that time, the control unit 12 links the shelf image R to be displayed in the shelf editing unit 66 to the corresponding shelf part Rp (step S209). Furthermore, regardless of whether or not any change operation has been performed on each field of the setting section 61, when the add button 6a is pressed, the processes of steps S207 to S209 are executed.

[0101] The information processing unit 32 receives an operation for creating or editing a shelf image R via the shelf creation page Gc (step S210), and executes addition, size adjustment, deletion, etc. of a frame image W according to the received operation content (step S211). The information processing unit 32 repeatedly executes the processes of steps S210 and S211 according to the user's operation, and at that time, communicates with the bottle management device 10 as necessary. When an instruction to save the shelf image R is given by the user pressing the save button 52 or the like (step S212), the information processing unit 32 transmits shelf data, which is information related to the shelf image R, to the bottle management device 10 (step S213). The control unit 12 stores the received shelf data in the storage unit 13, and links the shelf part Rp to the shelf image R (step S214).

[0102] However, the user can repeat the processing of steps S210 to S214 to proceed with the creation of the shelf image R, or can combine the processing of steps S205 to S209 with the processing of steps S210 to S214 to proceed with the creation of the shelf image R. In step S201, when a request is made to re-edit the shelf image R that is in the process of being created, the control unit 12 causes the display unit 35 to display a shelf creation page Gc including the shelf image R.

[0103] The above description has been given in the order of the step numbers in FIG. 17, but the order of the processes is not limited to the above example. For example, the information terminal 30 may perform the series of processes of steps S206 to S209 without cooperating with the bottle management device 10. In other words, the processes of steps S207 and S208 may be omitted. The bottle management system 100 may be configured to transition from a Web page other than the layout page Gb to the shelf creation page Gc. In particular, when the bottle management system 100 does not have a function for creating a layout image O, it is advisable to adopt such a configuration.

[0104] Next, an example of operation related to management of the bottle image B will be described with reference to the sequence chart of Fig. 18. When bottle management is instructed by, for example, a selection process using the transition unit H (step S301), the information processing unit 32 transmits a management request to the bottle management device 10 (step S302). The control unit 12 returns management data in response to the management request (step S303), thereby causing the display unit 35 to display the bottle management page Gd via the information processing unit 32 (step S304). The management data is information for displaying and functioning the bottle management page Gd.

[0105] When the information processing unit 32 receives an operation such as adding, editing, or changing the arrangement of the bottle image B via the bottle management page Gd (step S305), the information processing unit 32 updates the image in the bottle management unit 73 by processing according to the received operation (step S306). The information processing unit 32 repeatedly executes the processing of steps S305 and S306 according to the user's operation, and at that time, communicates with the bottle management device 10 as necessary.

[0106] Furthermore, when the existing linking button 7b or the new linking button 7c is pressed to instruct linking of a customer to the selected bottle image B (step S307), the information processing unit 32 transmits a linking request to the bottle management device 10 (step S308). The control unit 12 transmits linking data in response to the linking request (step S309) to execute display processing of a customer linking page (step S310). More specifically, when the existing linking button 7b is pressed, the control unit 12 causes the display unit 35 to display a customer linking page Gg via a customer search page Gf, and when the new linking button 7c is pressed, the control unit 12 causes the display unit 35 to display a new customer page Ge.

[0107] When the information processing unit 32 receives an input operation or a change operation on the customer association page Gg or the new customer page Ge (step S311), the information processing unit 32 changes the display content according to the received operation content (step S312). The information processing unit 32 repeatedly executes the processes of steps S311 and S312 according to the user's operation, and at that time, communicates with the bottle management device 10 as necessary. When the user instructs to register the association of a customer by pressing the registration button 8t or the like (step S313), the information processing unit 32 transmits the association information to the bottle management device 10. The association information includes the identification information of the bottle image B and the information input / updated on the customer association page Gg or the new customer page Ge or the like (step S314).

[0108] The control unit 12 registers the linking information in the storage unit 13 (step S315), and transmits management data reflecting the registered linking information to the information terminal 30 (step S316), thereby causing the updated bottle management page Gd to be displayed on the display unit 35. In the examples of Figs. 12 and 13, the information processing unit 32 erases the sub-window and updates the display contents of the bottle management page Gd (step S317). If there is an instruction from the user, the process proceeds to step S305 or the like as appropriate.

[0109] When the shelf switching button 7g or the bottle movement button 7j is pressed to instruct a change of the displayed shelf (step S318), the information processing unit 32 transmits a shelf change request to the bottle management device 10 (step S319). The shelf change request when the bottle movement button 7j is pressed includes identification information of the bottle image B that was in a selected state in the bottle management unit 73. When three or more shelf images M are linked to the store, the shelf arrangement image displayed in the bottle management unit 73 may be switched sequentially by pressing each button, or a shelf may be selected in response to pressing each button. The shelf arrangement image refers to information on the shelf image M and one or more bottle images B arranged thereon.

[0110] In response to the shelf change request, the control unit 12 transmits management data of a shelf different from the display immediately before each button was pressed to the information terminal 30 (step S320), thereby causing the display unit 35 to display a bottle management screen related to the shelf (step S321). If there is a user instruction, the process proceeds to step S305 or the like as appropriate. When the user instructs to save information related to the bottle management unit 73 by pressing the save button 75 or the like (step S322), the information processing unit 32 transmits a save request including the information to the bottle management device 10 (step S323). The control unit 12 registers information linked to the received save request in the storage unit 13 (step S324).

[0111] The above description has been given in the order of the step numbers in Fig. 18, but the order of the processes is not limited to the above example. For example, the processes of steps S307 to S317 and steps S318 to S321 are established individually from the bottle management page Gd, but for convenience of explanation, they have been described in one sequence chart.

[0112] Next, the processing of steps S307 to S317 in Fig. 18 will be described in more detail with reference to the flowchart in Fig. 19. This description starts from the point where the control unit 12 causes the display unit 35 to display the bottle management page Gd (step S304).

[0113] When the new linking button 7c is pressed (step S401 / Yes), the information processing unit 32 transmits a new linking request to the bottle management device 10 (step S402). When the information processing unit 32 receives new linking data from the bottle management device 10 (step S403), the information processing unit 32 displays a new customer page Ge on the display unit 35 based on the new linking data (step S404). The information processing unit 32 processes the user's input operation until a save instruction is given (step S405, step S406 / No), and when a save instruction is given (step S406 / Yes), the information processing unit 32 transmits new linking information linking the selected bottle image with the input content to the bottle management device 10 and registers the information (step S407).

[0114] On the other hand, when the existing link button 7b is pressed (step S401 / No), the information processing unit 32 transmits an existing link request to the bottle management device 10 (step S408). When the search data is returned from the bottle management device 10 (step S409), the information processing unit 32 causes the display unit 35 to display a customer search page Gf based on the search data (step S410).

[0115] The information processing unit 32 processes input operations to the search unit 80a until a search instruction is received (step S411, step S412 / No), and when a search instruction is received (step S412 / Yes), it transmits search information, which is the setting contents in the search unit 80a, to the bottle management device 10 (step S413). When the information processing unit 32 receives customer search data from the bottle management device 10 (step S414), it reflects the contents of the data in the customer selection unit 80b (step S415).

[0116] The information processing unit 32 waits for the decision button 80c to be pressed after the customer-related information is selected (step S416 / No), and when the decision button 80c is pressed (step S416 / Yes), the information processing unit 32 transmits a customer linking request to the bottle management device 10 (step S417). When the linking data is returned from the bottle management device 10 (step S419), the information processing unit 32 causes the display unit 35 to display a customer linking page Gg (step S420).

[0117] The information processing unit 32 processes the user's input operation until a save instruction is given (step S420, step S421 / No), and when a save instruction is given (step S421 / Yes), transmits customer linking information linking the selected bottle image with the input content to the bottle management device 10 and causes it to be registered (step S422). The above description has been given in the order of the step numbers given in Fig. 19, but the order of processing is not limited to the above example.

[0118] Next, a flow up to displaying the position confirmation page Gz will be described with reference to the sequence chart of Fig. 20. For example, the bottle management system 100 executes the processes of steps S101 to S104 in the same manner as in the example of Fig. 16.

[0119] When a search is instructed by pressing the search button 44 after setting conditions in the customer search unit 40 on the bottle search page Ga (step S501), the information processing unit 32 transmits a search request including the set information to the bottle management device 10 (step S502). The control unit 12 refers to the bottle DB based on the search request, and transmits searched bottle data including information on the target bottle to the information terminal 30 (step S503). The information processing unit 32 reflects the contents of the searched bottle data in the bottle selection unit 45. That is, the information processing unit 32 causes the bottle list unit 46 to display a list of information related to the bottles included in the searched bottle data (step S504).

[0120] When the confirmation button 48 is pressed or the like to instruct the bottle position confirmation (step S505), the information processing unit 32 transmits a request for position confirmation to the bottle management device 10 (step S506). In response to the request for position confirmation, the bottle management device 10 transmits data for position confirmation including at least information on the bottle image B corresponding to the bottle to be confirmed and information on the shelf display unit 83 on which the bottle is placed to the information terminal 30 (step S507), thereby displaying the position confirmation page Gz on the display unit 35 (step S508). After that, the control unit 12 executes processing according to a user's operation to change the remaining amount field 8j or the remaining amount image Bz, an operation to change the arrangement of the bottle image B, an operation to instruct a transition to the bottle management page Gd or a detailed registration page, etc. The above description has been given in the order of the step numbers attached to FIG. 20, but the order of processing is not limited to the above example.

[0121] As described above, in the bottle management device 10 in this embodiment, the control unit 12 causes the display unit 35 to display the shelf creation page Gc and the bottle management page Gd. The shelf creation page Gc has a shelf editing unit 66 in which one or more frame images W representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be arranged are displayed, and a setting unit 61 that accepts settings related to the configuration of the shelf. The setting unit 61 includes an add button 6a that accepts an instruction to add the frame image W to the shelf editing unit 66. The bottle management page Gd has a bottle management unit 73 that includes one or more section images K in which a bottle image B can be arranged, and a bottle editing unit 71 that adds a bottle image B to the bottle management unit 73. Then, when an instruction to add the frame image W is given, the control unit 12 causes the shelf editing unit 66 to display the frame image W related to the setting in the setting unit 61. Therefore, the bottle image B corresponding to the kept bottle can be managed on the image (shelf image M) representing the shelf created in the shelf editing unit 66, so that efficient bottle management tailored to the environment of each restaurant can be realized.

[0122] The setting unit 61 may receive a setting of the number of shelves. In this case, when an instruction to add a frame image W is given, the control unit 12 may display the frame images W for the number of shelves set in the setting unit 61 on the shelf editing unit 66. According to this configuration, the user can display multiple frame images W on the shelf editing unit 66 with a single operation, so that the shelf image R can be created efficiently. The setting unit 61 may receive a setting of number data corresponding to the number (upper limit) of bottle images B that can be arranged within the frame image W. This is fine when the bottle images B are arranged on the shelf image M while comparing it with the actual shelf, but for example, when a simulation of bottle arrangement is performed in advance using the bottle management page Gd, if the number data is not set, the bottle images B can be arranged beyond the upper limit, so that the bottle arrangement may need to be redone. According to this configuration, convenience is demonstrated even in such a case.

[0123] The control unit 12 may accept a change in the number data associated with the frame image W in response to a predetermined operation performed by selecting the frame image W. Such a configuration is useful when narrowing the intervals between bottles, rearranging the bottles to make them more spacious, or changing the types of bottles to be placed in a shelf section. The setting unit 61 may be capable of setting the number of rows. With such a configuration, bottles placed not only in the front row of the shelf but also in the back (second row and onward) can be managed, improving convenience.

[0124] A display switching button 7m that accepts switching between a front display state that displays the first column and a back row display state that displays each column may be associated with a section image K in which two or more columns are set. In the back row display state, as shown in FIG. 9, the state of each column can be grasped at a glance, and the column of the bottle image B can be easily moved within the same section image K, which is useful for arranging bottles on a shelf. Alternatively, a display switching button 7m that accepts sequential switching of the display state of the columns may be associated with a section image K in which two or more columns are set. Although such a configuration is not suitable for moving the bottle image B within the same section image K, it is advantageous for moving the bottle image B across section images K because it does not interfere with the display of other section images K.

[0125] When another bottle image B is superimposed on an arbitrary bottle image B in the bottle management unit 73, the control unit 12 may display the other bottle image B superimposed behind the arbitrary bottle image. In an actual store, it is common to place another bottle behind the bottle in the front row, rather than a clear arrangement such as the first row and the second row. Also, in an actual store, it is more common to place a new bottle behind a bottle that is already placed, rather than moving an already placed bottle back and placing a new bottle in front of it. This configuration reflects the real situation on the ground in consideration of the above circumstances.

[0126] The setting unit 61 may receive the setting of the width of the shelf section corresponding to the frame image W. In this case, the control unit 12 may determine the number data to be associated with the frame image W to be displayed on the shelf editing unit 66 by checking the set width against the width-number correspondence data that associates the width with the number data. The section image K is based on the frame image W, and the setting contents of the frame image W are reflected in the section image K. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the arrangement of a number of bottle images B that are obviously physically impossible to arrange in the section image K corresponding to the shelf section. The width-number correspondence data may be generated, for example, based on a bottle of a general thickness. The control unit 12 may determine the relative size of the frame image W with respect to the shelf editing unit 66 according to the set width.

[0127] The frame image W may be configured so that its position and width can be freely changed within the shelf editing unit 66. The position of the frame image W may be changed, for example, by a drag operation, and its width may be changed, for example, by a drag operation on either the left or right end. In this way, the shelf image R is more customizable, making it possible to reproduce all kinds of shelf configurations. However, the frame image W may also be configured so that its height can be freely changed. This makes it possible to realistically reproduce shelf configurations in which the height of each section differs.

[0128] The bottle editing unit 71 may be configured to receive an editing operation for information related to the bottle image B displayed on the bottle management unit 73. This allows the bottle image B associated with the kept bottle to be visually managed on the shelf image M, while also managing information related to the bottle image B. The information related to the bottle image B includes information on the customer associated with the bottle image B, information on the characters displayed on the bottle image B, information on the liquor corresponding to the bottle image B, and the like.

[0129] The bottle editing unit 71 may be configured so that the bottle adding unit 7a has an added bottle image Bo. The added bottle image Bo is generated by a drag operation of a duplicate Bf that becomes a new bottle image B when moved to the bottle management unit 73, and the user can add the bottle image B to the shelf image M with a simple operation. However, the bottle adding unit 7a may be configured to have a new button (not shown) that makes a new bottle image B appear at any position on the shelf image M, instead of the added bottle image Bo. However, the added bottle image Bo is more preferable because the bottle image B can be placed in a desired location with a single operation.

[0130] When the number data is linked to the section image K to be displayed on the bottle management page Gd, the control unit 12 may place the number of bottle images B indicated by the number data in the section image K from the beginning. In this way, adding bottle images B using the bottle editing unit 71 is basically unnecessary, so that the effort of adding bottle images B to the shelf image M can be saved. However, by using the additional bottle image Bo, the bottle images B can be added to the shelf image M with the feeling of actually placing bottles.

[0131] Incidentally, in the present embodiment, the bottle management device 10 (bottle management program 13p) allows the user to create a shelf image R by combining multiple frame images W, and realizes bottle management using a shelf image M based on the shelf image R, but is not limited to this. The bottle management device 10 (bottle management program 13p) does not need to have a function for allowing the user to create a shelf image R. In such a configuration, for example, multiple different shelf images M may be stored in the storage unit 13, and the bottle management page Gd may function under a configuration in which the user selects a shelf image. In this case, the configuration related to the shelf creation page Gc is unnecessary.

[0132] That is, the control unit 12 may be configured to display on the display unit 35 a bottle management page Gd including a bottle management unit 73 including one or more section images K in which a bottle image B can be arranged, which correspond to the section of a shelf in which a bottle can be arranged, and a bottle editing unit 71 for adding the bottle image B to the bottle management unit 73. The shelf image M of the bottle management unit 73 may be configured so that the user can select from a plurality of options registered in advance. For example, the bottle editing unit 71 may be configured to accept an editing operation of information related to the bottle image B displayed on the bottle management unit 73. In this way, the bottle image B associated with the kept bottle can be managed on the image (shelf image M) representing the shelf, while information related to the bottle image can also be managed, thereby realizing efficient bottle management suited to the environment of each restaurant. Also, for example, the section image K in which the number of columns is set to 2 or more may be configured to be able to switch the columns to be displayed. Furthermore, for example, the control unit 12 may be configured so that when an arbitrary bottle image B is superimposed on another bottle image B in the bottle management unit 73, the other bottle image B is superimposed and displayed behind the arbitrary bottle image B.

[0133] The control unit 12 may display on the display unit 35 a position confirmation page Gz including a shelf display unit 83 based on one or more section images K and the bottle image B added thereto. The control unit 12 may display on the display unit 35 a position confirmation page Gz including a shelf display unit 83 representing the shelf on which the bottle is placed, upon receiving an instruction to confirm the position of a bottle registered in advance. The shelf display unit 83 may be configured to be capable of displaying one or more bottle images B, and to display the bottle image B corresponding to the bottle to be confirmed as a position confirmation target in a manner distinguishable from other bottle images B. In this way, the position of the keep bottle on the shelf in the store can be grasped at a glance, so that the user can quickly search for the keep bottle. For example, the shelf display unit 83 may display the bottle image B corresponding to the bottle to be confirmed as a position confirmation target in a manner different from other bottle images B. The shelf display unit 83 may display the bottle image B corresponding to the bottle to be confirmed as a position confirmation target by other components such as an arrow or a speech bubble.

[0134] The above-mentioned embodiment is an example of the bottle management device, the bottle management system, the bottle management program, and the bottle management method, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to these aspects. For example, the pages (Ga, Gb, Gc, Gd, Ge, Gf, Gg, Gz) illustrated in each figure are only examples, and the arrangement of each element displayed on each screen, as well as the shape, font, expression, and other aspects can be changed as appropriate, and each element can be freely selected. The notation of the title section Ta, Tb, Tc, Td, Te, Tf, Tg, Tz, the characters of each virtual button, the description of each page, and the like are not limited to the examples in each figure, and can be changed as appropriate. In each figure, the page illustrated in the sub-window may be a Web page displayed after a screen transition. Although each figure is illustrated in grayscale, in each actual screen, appropriate colors are used for the characters, figures, and the like.

[0135] The position confirmation page Gz may not have the bottle information display section 81. This is because the shelf display section 83 and the layout display section 85 are sufficient if the position of the bottle is to be visually confirmed. Furthermore, the position confirmation page Gz may not have the layout display section 85. This is because, in a case where there is only one shelf in the store on which the bottle to be confirmed is placed, the position of the bottle can be intuitively grasped by visually checking the shelf display section 83 even without the layout display section 85. The bottle addition section 7a of the bottle management page Gd may not have the added bottle image Bo, and may function as a virtual button for adding a bottle image B (Bn) to any position in the bottle management section 73. The bottle image B may be configured to be selectable from a plurality of bottle images B having at least different widths. [Explanation of symbols]

[0136] 4a Customer name field, 4b Person in charge selection field, 4c Regularity selection field, 4d Bottle expiration date selection field, 4e Birthday selection field, 4f Text input field, 5a Add shelf button, 5b Add circle button, 5c Add rectangle button, 5m, 7r Back button, 5n, 7n Forward button, 6a Add button, 6b Duplicate button, 6c, 7d, 55 Delete button, 7a Add bottle field, 7b Existing link button, 7c New link button, 7e Shelf name display field, 7f Area display field, 7g Shelf switch button, 7h Confirm location button, 7j Bottle move button, 7k Row section, 7m Display switch button, 8a Shelf name field, 8b Number of rows field, 8c Bottle name field, 8d Tag name field, 8e Visit date field, 8f Person in charge field, 8g Bottle section, 8h Remaining section, 8j Remaining amount field, 8p Memo column, 8t registration button, 8v regularity column, 8x customer name column, 10 bottle management device, 11 communication section, 12 control section, 12a display processing means, 12b registration processing means, 13 memory section, 13p bottle management program, 20 operation terminal, 30 information terminal, 31 communication section, 32 information processing section, 33 memory section, 34 input section, 35 display section, 40 customer search section, 41 condition setting section, 42 detailed search section, 43 clear button, 44 search button, 45 bottle selection section, 46 bottle list section, 47 details button, 48 confirmation button, 50 information terminal, 51 parts operation section, 52, 68, 75 save button, 53 naming button, 54 conversion button, 56 shelf edit button, 57 editing section, 57a explanation section, 58 frame section, 59 rotation button, 61 Settings section, 62 number of rows column, 63 number of columns column, 64 number of bottles column, 65 width setting column, 66 shelf editing section, 67 back button, 71 bottle editing section, 72 shelf management section, 73 bottle management section, 80 detail registration button, 80a search section, 80b customer selection section, 80c, 88 decision button, 81 bottle information display section, 82 detail transition button, 83 shelf display section, 84 management button, 85 layout display section, 86 customer list section, 100 bottle management system, B, Bm, Bn bottle image, Bf duplicate, Bi bottle icon, Bk bottle to be confirmed, Bo additional bottle image, Bw overlapping bottle, Bx other bottle image, Bz remaining amount image, C selection section, Ea area, Eb area, Ec area, Ed area, Ga bottle search page, Gb layout page, Gc Shelf creation page, GdBottle management page, Ge new customer page, Gf customer search page, Gz location confirmation page, H transition section, K, U section image, L column number label, Ln column label, M shelf image, N network, O layout image, R shelf image, Rp shelf part, S slide bar, Ta~Tg, Tz title section, W frame image, d selection section, rh display area section, ro entire area section.

Claims

1. A bottle management device for managing bottles kept by a customer, comprising: a shelf creation page including a shelf editing section displaying one or more frame images representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and an add button that receives an instruction to add the frame image to the shelf editing section, and a setting section that receives settings related to a shelf configuration; and a bottle management page including a bottle management section including one or more section images based on the frame image in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing section that adds the bottle images to the bottle management section, The setting unit has a column number field that accepts a setting of a number of columns that is the number of columns in which the bottle images can be arranged in front of and behind each other within the frame image, The control unit is When the addition of the frame image is instructed by the add button, the frame image related to the setting in the setting unit is displayed in the shelf editing unit, In the bottle management section of the bottle management page, A display switching button is associated with the partition image in which the number of columns is set to two or more in the column number field, which accepts a switching operation between a front display state that displays a column partition corresponding to the first column and a back row display state that displays column partitions corresponding to each column.

2. A bottle management device for managing bottles kept by a customer, comprising: a shelf creation page including a shelf editing section displaying one or more frame images representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and an add button that receives an instruction to add the frame image to the shelf editing section, and a setting section that receives settings related to a shelf configuration; and a bottle management page including a bottle management section including one or more section images based on the frame image in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing section that adds the bottle images to the bottle management section, The control unit is When the addition of the frame image is instructed by the add button, the frame image related to the setting in the setting section is displayed in the shelf editing section, and when any one of the bottle images is overlaid on another one of the bottle images in the bottle management section, a portion of the other bottle image is displayed superimposed behind the any one of the bottle images.

3. A bottle management device for managing bottles kept by customers, comprising: a control unit that displays on a display unit of an information terminal a bottle management page including a bottle management unit that includes one or more section images in which bottle images representing bottles can be arranged, the section images corresponding to the sections of a shelf in which bottles can be arranged, and a bottle editing unit that adds the bottle images to the bottle management unit; The control unit is In the bottle management device, when any one of the bottle images is superimposed on another one of the bottle images, a part of the other bottle image is superimposed and displayed behind the arbitrary one of the bottle images in the bottle management section.

4. A bottle management system for managing bottles kept by customers, comprising: an information terminal including a display unit that displays a shelf creation page including a shelf editing unit that displays one or more frame images representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and an add button that receives an instruction to add the frame image to the shelf editing unit, and a setting unit that receives settings related to the configuration of the shelf, and a bottle management page including a bottle management unit that includes one or more section images based on the frame image in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing unit that adds the bottle images to the bottle management unit; a bottle management device including a control unit that causes the shelf creation page and the bottle management page to be displayed on the display unit, The setting unit has a column number field that accepts a setting of a number of columns that is the number of columns in which the bottle images can be arranged in front of and behind each other within the frame image, The control unit is When the addition of the frame image is instructed by the add button, the frame image related to the setting in the setting unit is displayed in the shelf editing unit, In the bottle management section of the bottle management page, In a bottle management system, a display switching button is associated with the partition image, for which a column number of two or more is set in the column number field, which accepts a switching operation between a front display state that displays a column partition corresponding to the first column and a back row display state that displays column partitions corresponding to each column.

5. A bottle management system for managing bottles kept by customers, comprising: an information terminal including a display unit for displaying a bottle management page including a bottle management unit including one or more section images in which bottle images representing bottles can be arranged, the section images corresponding to the sections of a shelf in which bottles can be arranged, and a bottle editing unit for adding the bottle images to the bottle management unit; a control unit that causes the bottle management page to be displayed on the display unit, The control unit is A bottle management system in which, when any one of the bottle images is superimposed on another one of the bottle images in the bottle management section, a portion of the other one of the bottle images is superimposed and displayed behind the arbitrary one of the bottle images.

6. A bottle management program for managing bottles kept by a customer, comprising: a shelf creation page including a shelf editing section displaying one or more frame images representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and an add button for receiving an instruction to add the frame images to the shelf editing section, and a setting section for receiving settings related to the configuration of the shelf; and a bottle management page including a bottle management section including one or more section images based on the frame images in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing section for adding the bottle images to the bottle management section, The setting unit has a column number field that accepts a setting of a number of columns that is the number of columns in which the bottle images can be arranged in front of and behind each other within the frame image, The display processing means includes: When the addition of the frame image is instructed by the add button, the frame image related to the setting in the setting unit is displayed in the shelf editing unit, In the bottle management section of the bottle management page, A bottle management program in which a display switching button is associated with the partition image in which the number of columns is set to two or more in the column number field, which accepts a switching operation between a front display state that displays a column partition corresponding to the first column and a back row display state that displays column partitions corresponding to each column.

7. A bottle management program for managing bottles kept by a customer, comprising: a computer is caused to function as a display processing means for displaying on a display unit of an information terminal a bottle management page including a bottle management section including one or more section images in which bottle images representing bottles can be arranged, the section images corresponding to the sections of a shelf in which bottles can be arranged, and a bottle editing section for adding the bottle images to the bottle management section; The display processing means includes: A bottle management program in which, when any one of the bottle images is superimposed on another one of the bottle images in the bottle management section, a portion of the other bottle image is superimposed and displayed behind the arbitrary one of the bottle images.

8. A bottle management method for managing bottles kept by a customer, comprising: a shelf creation step of displaying on a display unit of an information terminal a shelf creation page including a shelf editing unit displaying one or more frame images representing sections in a shelf in which bottles can be arranged, and an add button for receiving an instruction to add the frame images to the shelf editing unit, and a setting unit for receiving settings related to a configuration of the shelf; a bottle management step of displaying on the display unit a bottle management page including a bottle management section including one or more partition images based on the frame image, in which a bottle image representing a bottle can be arranged, and a bottle editing section for adding the bottle image to the bottle management section, the step being executed by one or more processors; The setting unit has a column number field that accepts a setting of a number of columns that is the number of columns in which the bottle images can be arranged in front of and behind each other within the frame image, In the shelf creating step, when the addition of the frame image is instructed by the add button, the one or more processors cause the shelf editing unit to display the frame image related to the setting in the setting unit, A bottle management method in which, in the bottle management step, the one or more processors associate, in the bottle management section of the bottle management page, with a display switch button for the partition image for which the number of columns is set to two or more in the column number field, the display switch button accepting a switching operation between a front display state that displays a column partition corresponding to the first column and a back column display state that displays column partitions corresponding to each of the columns.

9. A bottle management method for managing bottles kept by a customer, comprising: a bottle management step in which one or more processors execute a bottle management page on a display unit of an information terminal, the bottle management page including a bottle management section including one or more section images in which bottle images representing bottles can be placed, the section images corresponding to the sections of a shelf in which bottles can be placed, and a bottle editing section for adding the bottle images to the bottle management section; In the bottle management step, the one or more processors In the bottle management method, when any one of the bottle images is superimposed on another one of the bottle images, the bottle management section displays a part of the other bottle image superimposed behind the arbitrary one of the bottle images.

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