Method and apparatus for changing display of merchandise in supermarket

Abstract

Disclosed in the present application are a method and apparatus for changing the display of merchandise in a supermarket. The method comprises: receiving latest merchandise display information which is pushed by a client; performing a differential comparison between the latest merchandise display information and the most recent merchandise display information, so as to obtain a display information discrepancy; on the basis of the association relationship among the display information discrepancy, the most recent merchandise display information and electronic price tags, obtaining content that presents a display discrepancy, and pushing same to an electronic price tag which is involved in the content that presents the display discrepancy; after a trigger instruction from the client is received, sending an exhibition instruction to the electronic price tag which is involved in the content that presents the display discrepancy, wherein the exhibition instruction is used for triggering the electronic price tag to exhibit the content that presents the display discrepancy; and after a discrepancy confirmation instruction, which is determined by the client on the basis of the content that presents the display discrepancy, is received, sending latest merchandise information to the electronic price tag which is involved in the content that presents the display discrepancy, so as to update the presentation of the electronic price tag.

Description

Method and device for changing merchandise display in supermarkets

[0001] Related applications

[0002] This application claims priority to the Chinese invention patent application with application number 202311753625.0 filed on December 18, 2023, and cites the entire contents disclosed in the above patent application as part of this application. Technical Field

[0003] The present application relates to the field of mobile Internet technology, and in particular to a method and device for changing the display of goods in a supermarket. Background Art

[0004] This section is intended to provide a background or context to the embodiments of the present application that are recited in the claims. No admission is made that the description herein is prior art by virtue of its inclusion in this section.

[0005] Currently, when supermarket shelves undergo display changes, they rely more heavily on headquarters' display software to make adjustments. Headquarters then pushes the latest display information to stores, where customers either use a handheld PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or print out a display diagram and manually adjust the product placement one by one.

[0006] The current management method after display changes has the following shortcomings:

[0007] 1. Customers need to remove the products from the shelves before changing the display. This leads to the problem of losing reference objects, resulting in low efficiency of display changes.

[0008] 2. Customers rely on the display diagrams provided by the headquarters to place the goods, and they also need to repeatedly confirm the placement of the goods. If they do not repeatedly confirm, there will be problems with incorrect placement, so the efficiency is low and errors are prone to occur.

[0009] 3. This type of display change cannot guarantee that the customer's implementation is consistent with the headquarters' requirements, and it cannot be tracked, resulting in product display not being carried out in accordance with the headquarters' requirements, which can easily lead to sales losses.

[0010] Summary of the Invention

[0011] The present application provides a method for changing the display of goods in a supermarket to achieve high efficiency and high accuracy in changing the display of goods. The method includes:

[0012] Receive the latest product display information pushed by customers;

[0013] Compare the latest product display information with the most recent product display information to obtain the display information difference;

[0014] Obtain display difference display content based on the display information difference, the association between the most recent product display information and the electronic price tag, and push it to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content;

[0015] After receiving the customer's trigger instruction, sending a display instruction to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content, wherein the display instruction is used to trigger the electronic price tag to display the display difference display content;

[0016] After receiving the difference confirmation instruction determined by the customer according to the display difference display content, the latest commodity information is sent to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content to update the display of the electronic price tag.

[0017] The present invention provides a device for changing the display of goods in a supermarket, which has high efficiency and accuracy in changing the display of goods. The device includes:

[0018] Display docking module, used to receive the latest product display information pushed by customers;

[0019] The display difference analysis module is used to compare the latest product display information with the most recent product display information to obtain the display information differences;

[0020] The display binding module is used to obtain the display difference display content based on the display information difference, the association between the most recent product display information and the electronic price tag, and push it to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content;

[0021] The display information push module is used to send a display instruction to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content after receiving the customer's trigger instruction, wherein the display instruction is used to trigger the electronic price tag to display the display difference display content;

[0022] The display execution module is used to send the latest commodity information to the electronic price tags involved in the display difference display content after receiving the difference confirmation instruction determined by the customer according to the display difference display content, so as to update the display of the electronic price tags.

[0023] In an embodiment of the present application, the latest product display information pushed by the customer is received; the latest product display information is compared with the most recent product display information to obtain the display information difference; based on the display information difference, the association between the most recent product display information and the electronic price tag, the display difference display content is obtained and pushed to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content; after receiving the customer's trigger instruction, a display instruction is sent to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content, and the display instruction is used to trigger the electronic price tag to display the display difference display content; after receiving the difference confirmation instruction determined by the customer based on the display difference display content, the latest product information is sent to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content to update the display of the electronic price tag. Compared with the existing method of relying solely on customer operations, this solution identifies the display information differences, combines the identified display information differences, the latest product display information and the relationship between the electronic price tag, obtains the display difference display content, and pushes it to the electronic price tag; and waits for the trigger instruction to trigger the display of the display difference display content, so as to facilitate the reception of the customer's one-click confirmation instruction (i.e., the difference confirmation instruction), and directly updates the display of the electronic price tag, thereby improving efficiency and higher accuracy. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for the embodiments or the description of the prior art. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work. In the drawings:

[0025] FIG1 is a flow chart of a method for changing the display of goods in a supermarket according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of a device for changing the display of goods in a supermarket according to an embodiment of the present application;

[0027] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of a computer device in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the embodiments of the present application are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, the illustrative embodiments of the present application and their descriptions are used to explain the present application, but are not intended to limit the present application.

[0029] The electronic price tag in the embodiment of the present application refers to the electronic commodity price tag commonly found in existing supermarkets, which can switch pages and has a light emitting diode (LED) that flashes and lights up.

[0030] FIG1 is a flow chart of a method for changing the display of goods in a supermarket according to an embodiment of the present application, including:

[0031] Step 101: Receive the latest product display information pushed by the customer;

[0032] Step 102: performing a differential comparison between the latest product display information and the most recent product display information to obtain display information differences;

[0033] Step 103: Obtain display difference display content based on the display information difference, the association between the most recent product display information and the electronic price tag, and push the display difference display content to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content;

[0034] Step 104: After receiving the customer's trigger instruction, a display instruction is sent to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content, and the display instruction is used to trigger the electronic price tag to display the display difference display content;

[0035] Step 105 , after receiving the difference confirmation instruction determined by the customer based on the display difference display content, the latest product information is sent to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content to update the display of the electronic price tag.

[0036] Compared with the existing method of relying solely on customer operations, this solution identifies the display information differences, combines the identified display information differences, the latest product display information and the relationship between the electronic price tag, obtains the display difference display content, and pushes it to the electronic price tag; and waits for the trigger instruction to trigger the display of the display difference display content, so as to facilitate the reception of the customer's one-click confirmation instruction (i.e., the difference confirmation instruction), and directly updates the display of the electronic price tag, thereby improving efficiency and higher accuracy.

[0037] Referring to FIG2 , the embodiment of the present application further discloses a device for changing the display of goods in a supermarket, comprising:

[0038] Display docking module 201, used to receive the latest product display information pushed by customers;

[0039] The display difference analysis module 202 is used to perform a differential comparison between the latest product display information and the most recent product display information to obtain the display information difference;

[0040] The display binding module 203 is used to obtain the display difference display content based on the display information difference, the association between the most recent product display information and the electronic price tag, and push it to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content;

[0041] The display information push module 204 is configured to send a display instruction to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content after receiving a trigger instruction from the customer, wherein the display instruction is used to trigger the electronic price tag to display the display difference display content;

[0042] The display execution module 205 is configured to, after receiving a difference confirmation instruction determined by the customer based on the display difference display content, send the latest product information to the electronic price tags involved in the display difference display content to update the display of the electronic price tags.

[0043] The aforementioned supermarket merchandise display change device may be, for example, a backend system deployed at the customer's headquarters. Each step is described in detail below.

[0044] In step 101, the latest product display information is received from a customer. In one embodiment, the product display information is represented by a planogram, which includes the display information and corresponding location coordinates of the products on the shelves. Since the store's display is subject to change, the customer updates the planogram periodically.

[0045] After receiving the latest product display information, it is stored in the background system.

[0046] In step 102, the latest product display information is compared with the most recent product display information to obtain display information differences.

[0047] In one embodiment, the display information differences include information about changes in product type and replacement of product locations. For example, if product A is replaced by product B, or if product A is replaced by products B and C, these information can be considered as replacement of product locations.

[0048] In step 103, based on the display information differences and the association between the most recent product display information and the electronic price tags, the display difference display content is obtained and pushed to the electronic price tags involved in the display difference display content. In specific implementation, since the displayed products in the most recent display information have been bound to the electronic price tags installed in the store, and the default display location is consistent with the headquarters' requirements, the backend system has already established the association and binding relationship between the displayed products and the store's electronic price tags. Based on the display information differences and the association between the most recent product display information and the electronic price tags, the backend system will establish a new product association relationship and render this relationship into the display difference display content.

[0049] In one embodiment, the display difference display content includes the most recent product display information and the latest product display information in the electronic price tag, and the most recent product display information and the latest product display information in the electronic price tag are displayed through split screens.

[0050] It should be noted that the display difference display content is, for example, based on the display information difference, the association between the most recent product display information and the electronic price tag, and the new association between the most recent product display information and the latest product display information in the electronic price tag is determined. For example, if product A is replaced by product B, then the bound price tag L1 of product A will form a new association with product B, and this association is rendered into a picture information that includes but is not limited to display information such as the product name and product barcode; for example, if product A is replaced by product B and product C, then the bound price tag L1 of product A will form a new association with products B and product C, and this association is rendered into a picture information that includes but is not limited to the product name and product barcode. In this picture, the two product display information will be arranged in a split-screen manner according to the left and right division of the screen.

[0051] In step 104, after receiving the customer's trigger instruction, a display instruction is sent to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content, and the display instruction is used to trigger the electronic price tag to display the display difference display content.

[0052] In one embodiment, the display difference display content is stored in a multi-page storage area of ​​an electronic price tag, and an external trigger condition triggers the electronic price tag to display relevant content at an appropriate time or event. The triggering method can be the customer's PDA, or it can be done through the background system; it can also be pushed directly to the display screen of the electronic price tag and displayed directly. Generally speaking, each electronic price tag can store multiple pages of display content, and one of the pages can be used to store the above-mentioned display difference display content. Sending a display instruction to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content in step 104 is a backend system trigger.

[0053] Through the above steps, the multi-page storage and multi-product split-screen display capabilities of the electronic price tag can be used to display the displayed products. The change of the display position can be achieved by the multi-page storage function and multi-product display function of the price tag. For example, the display positions of the products can be interchanged, such as product A is changed to product B, product B is changed to product C, and product C is changed to product A. This change information is stored in the price tag in a multi-page manner; for example, the increase of products can be prompted by displaying multiple product information on one screen.

[0054] In step 105, after receiving the customer's confirmation instruction based on the display difference content, the latest product information is sent to the electronic price tags involved in the display difference content to update the electronic price tags. Step 105 triggers the display of the display difference content through the backend system. Alternatively, the confirmation instruction can be issued by the customer's PDA, in which case the customer triggers the display of the display difference content using the PDA. This confirmation instruction is a one-click confirmation instruction.

[0055] After the display difference content is displayed, customers can quickly adjust and confirm the shelf merchandise display based on the displayed content prompts. Once the display adjustment is confirmed to be consistent with the display difference content displayed on the electronic price tag, all display differences and changes can be confirmed through the one-click display confirmation function of the PDA or the backend.

[0056] The backend system sends the latest product information to the electronic price tags involved in the display difference display content through the base station, thereby completing the entire display change action and displaying the latest product information.

[0057] Through the above steps, the display position change can be confirmed by PDA with one click. Customers can refer to the display information prompts on the electronic price tag to adjust the product position, and finally confirm the display change with one click on the PDA. There is no need to rebind any products, which greatly improves work comfort and efficiency.

[0058] In one embodiment, after receiving the latest product display information pushed by the customer, the process further includes:

[0059] Push the latest product information to the electronic price tags involved in the product display information to update the display of the electronic price tags.

[0060] The above steps support direct push of the latest product information that needs to be displayed.

[0061] Step 105 is to receive the difference confirmation instruction determined by the customer based on the display difference display content, that is, a one-click confirmation instruction. In addition, if the customer believes that the display difference display content is incorrect, then without one-click confirmation, the purpose of the display change must be achieved by rebinding the electronic price tag. The PDA and the backend can obtain the store display error information by recording the rebinding process, and synchronize this information to the headquarters for subsequent management. For example, the electronic price tag L1 should be switched from product A to product B, but the store rebinds product C, then the display error information of product B and product C will be recorded.

[0062] Through the above steps, display error reporting can be realized. When the customer (here is the clerk) does not perform the one-click confirmation display action, the store display information can be checked through the clerk's product rebinding action, and the display error information can be sent to the system background or notified to the customer.

[0063] In one embodiment, the display docking module is further configured to:

[0064] After receiving the latest product display information pushed by the customer, the latest product information is pushed to the electronic price tag involved in the product display information to update the display of the electronic price tag.

[0065] In one embodiment, the display execution module is further configured to:

[0066] After receiving the association relationship re-bound by the customer according to the display difference display content, the commodity display information involved in the re-bound association relationship is sent to the electronic price tag involved in the re-bound association relationship.

[0067] In summary, the method and apparatus proposed in the embodiments of the present application have the following beneficial effects:

[0068] (1) Electronic price tags receive display change information: When the display changes, the new display information is sent directly to the electronic price tag display to ensure that the display requirements of the headquarters and stores are consistent.

[0069] (2) Use the multi-page storage and multi-product split-screen display capabilities of electronic price tags to display displayed products: Changes in display positions can be achieved through the multi-page storage function and multi-product display function of price tags, such as the exchange of product display positions, such as product A is changed to product B, product B is changed to product C, and product C is changed to product A. This change information is stored in the price tag in a multi-page manner; for example, if a product is added, the increase in display position can be prompted by displaying multiple product information on one screen.

[0070] (3) One-click confirmation of display position changes on PDA: The clerk adjusts the product position by referring to the display information prompts on the electronic price tag, and finally confirms the display change on the PDA with one click. There is no need to rebind any products, which greatly improves work comfort and efficiency.

[0071] (4) Reporting of display errors: When a store does not perform a one-click confirmation display action, the store display information can be checked through the store clerk's product rebinding action, and the display error information can be sent to the system backend or notified to the customer headquarters.

[0072] An embodiment of the present application also provides a computer device. FIG3 is a schematic diagram of a computer device in an embodiment of the present application. The computer device 300 includes a memory 310, a processor 320, and a computer program 330 stored in the memory 310 and executable on the processor 320. When the processor 320 executes the computer program 330, the above-mentioned supermarket merchandise display change method is implemented.

[0073] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the above-mentioned supermarket product display change method is implemented.

[0074] An embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the above-mentioned method for changing the display of goods in a supermarket is implemented.

[0075] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the present application can be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present application can adopt the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment in combination with software and hardware. Moreover, the present application can adopt the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to magnetic disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) that contain computer-usable program code.

[0076] The present application is described with reference to the flow chart and / or block diagram of the method, device (system), and computer program product according to the embodiment of the present application. It should be understood that each flow process and / or box in the flow chart and / or block diagram and the combination of the flow process and / or box in the flow chart and / or block diagram can be realized by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processing machine or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device produce a device for realizing the function specified in one flow chart flow or multiple flows and / or one box or multiple boxes of the block diagram.

[0077] These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce a product including an instruction device that implements the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0078] These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device so that a series of operating steps are executed on the computer or other programmable device to produce a computer-implemented process, so that the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable device provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more processes in the flowchart and / or one or more boxes in the block diagram.

[0079] The specific embodiments described above further illustrate the purpose, technical solutions and beneficial effects of the present application. It should be understood that the above description is only a specific embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for changing the display of goods in a supermarket, characterized in that: include: Receive the latest product display information pushed by customers; Perform differential comparison between the latest product display information and the most recent product display information to obtain the display information difference; According to the display information difference, the association between the most recent product display information and the electronic price tag, the display difference display content is obtained, and pushed to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content; After receiving a trigger instruction from a customer, sending a display instruction to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content, wherein the display instruction is used to trigger the electronic price tag to display the display difference display content; and After receiving the difference confirmation instruction determined by the customer according to the display difference display content, the latest commodity information is sent to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content to update the display of the electronic price tag.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The commodity display information is represented by a planogram, which includes the display information of commodities on the shelves and corresponding position coordinates.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that Display information differences include information about changes in product types and replacements in product locations.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The display difference display content includes the most recent commodity display information and the latest commodity display information in the electronic price tag, and the most recent commodity display information and the latest commodity display information in the electronic price tag are displayed through split screens.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The display difference display content is stored in the multi-page storage area of ​​the electronic price tag.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that The trigger command is issued by the customer's PDA; The difference confirmation instruction is issued by the customer's PDA.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that After receiving the latest product display information pushed by customers, it also includes: The latest product information is pushed to the electronic price tag involved in the product display information, so as to update the display of the electronic price tag.

8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that Also includes: After receiving the association relationship re-bound by the customer according to the display difference display content, the commodity display information involved in the re-bound association relationship is sent to the electronic price tag involved in the re-bound association relationship.

9. A device for changing the display of goods in a supermarket, characterized in that: include: Display docking module, used to receive the latest product display information pushed by customers; The display difference analysis module is used to compare the latest product display information with the most recent product display information to obtain the display information difference; The display binding module is used to obtain the display difference display content according to the display information difference, the association between the latest commodity display information and the electronic price tag, and push it to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content; The display information push module is used to send a display instruction to the electronic price tag involved in the display difference display content after receiving the customer's trigger instruction, and the display instruction is used to trigger the electronic price tag to display the display difference display content; as well as The display execution module is used to send the latest commodity information to the electronic price tags involved in the display difference display content after receiving the difference confirmation instruction determined by the customer according to the display difference display content, so as to update the display of the electronic price tags.

10. A computer device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that: When the processor executes the computer program, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is implemented.

11. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that: The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is implemented.

12. A computer program product, characterized in that The computer program product comprises a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is implemented.

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