TWI631515B - System for identifying commodity to display commodity information and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for identifying a product to display product information and a method thereof, wherein the image capturing device captures a product image containing the product, and then transmits the product image and the corresponding image capturing message to the server, and the server reads the product image according to the product image After the product information of the product is selected according to the image capturing information and the display device corresponding to the product, the technical means for transmitting the product information to the display device can automatically update the product information and achieve the technical effect of avoiding the product labeling error.

Description

System and method for identifying goods to display product information

An information display system and method thereof, in particular, a system and method for identifying goods to display product information.

In the current society, convenience stores, department stores, and large-scale stores make it easy for people to shop and shop. Whether it is a convenience store, a department store, or a large store, many merchandise display cases or merchandise display stands are usually used. To display the goods, and set the product nameplate on the corresponding position of the goods display cabinet or the product display stand to indicate the name, price, size/volume/capacity of the product, so that the consumer can understand the goods through the product nameplate. .

However, in order to install a product nameplate on a merchandise display cabinet or a merchandise display stand, the convenience store, department store, or large-scale store must manually place each product nameplate, but this method is labor-intensive and time-consuming. In particular, convenience stores, department stores, or large-scale stores often have promotional activities. In addition to frequent changes in product prices, goods on the display cabinet/rack are often replaced. Therefore, it is often the case that the product nameplate does not correspond to the product. The case of a product nameplate.

In order to solve the above problems, some department stores or large-scale stores currently use electronic signage cards. When exhibiting goods, merchandisers can use pre-set electronic tags to sense electronic signage, so that electronic signage cards can be obtained on electronic tags. Information and display.

However, even if the electronic label and the electronic nameplate are used, the electronic label needs to be set in advance, and the product display personnel must remember to take the electronic label to the electronic identification card. Otherwise, the product identification card does not correspond to the product, or the product price is wrong. .

In summary, it can be seen that there has been a long-standing problem in the prior art that requires manual updating of product markings, and therefore it is necessary to propose improved technical means to solve this problem.

In view of the prior art's problem of requiring manual update of merchandise, the present invention discloses a system for identifying merchandise to display merchandise information and a method thereof, wherein:

The system for identifying goods to display product information disclosed by the present invention comprises at least: an image capturing device, a server, and a display device, wherein the image capturing device is configured to capture a product image containing the product, and generate a product image corresponding to the product image. The image capture message includes: a transmission module for receiving the product image and the image capture message transmitted by the image capture device; and a processing module for reading the product corresponding to the product image according to the product image The product information, and selecting a display device corresponding to the product in the product image according to the image capturing message, and transmitting the product information to the display device through the transmission module, so that the display device displays the product information.

The method for identifying a product to display product information disclosed by the present invention includes the steps of: providing a plurality of products on the shelf; the image capturing device capturing the product image containing the product, and generating an image capturing message corresponding to the product image; The image capturing device transmits the product image and the image capturing information to the server; the server reads the product information corresponding to the product in the product image according to the product image; the server selects the product corresponding to the product image according to the image capturing message. a display device; the server transmits the product information to the display device; and the display device displays the product information.

The system and method disclosed in the present invention are different from the prior art in that the present invention captures a product image containing a product through an image capturing device, and then transmits the product image and the corresponding image capturing message to the server, the server. Reading product information of the product according to the received product image, and selecting a display device corresponding to the product according to the received image capturing message, and transmitting the product information to the display device to solve the problem of the prior art, And can achieve the technical effect of avoiding the wrong labeling of goods.

The features and embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments, which are sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to fully understand the technical means to which the present invention solves the technical problems, and The achievable effects of the present invention.

The invention can automatically display the product information of the goods being put up according to the image of the goods being put on the shelf when the product is put on the shelf. The product information mentioned in the present invention includes, but is not limited to, a product name, a product price, a preferential period, a product introduction or description, a product component or a raw material, and the like.

In the following, the system operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the system architecture diagram of the present invention for identifying merchandise to display merchandise information. As shown in FIG. 1, the system of the present invention includes an image capture device 110, a server 130, and a display device 150.

The image capturing device 110 is responsible for acquiring a product image of the product. The product image obtained by the image capturing device 110 includes a message sufficient to identify the product, for example, the appearance, packaging or barcode of the product, but the invention is not limited thereto.

In general, the image capturing device 110 captures product images of products on a product display stand (not shown). It is worth mentioning that the product image captured by the image capturing device 110 may include one or more commodities.

In some embodiments, the captured location data of the image capturing device 110 may be defined in advance, so that the image capturing device 110 can capture the product image according to the defined captured location data. The capture position data of the present invention may be the rotation angle of the photographic lens (not shown) of the image capture device 110 and/or the direction and distance of the image capture device 110.

The image capture device 110 is also responsible for generating image capture messages corresponding to the captured product images. The image capturing information generated by the image capturing device 110 may be the device identification data of the image capturing device 110, or the image capturing device 110 may capture the captured location data of the product image. The device identification data may be arbitrarily arranged by any number of letters, numbers, and symbols. The present invention is not particularly limited; the above-mentioned captured location data may include the direction in which the image capturing device 110 captures the product image and / or angle, or the direction and distance of movement, etc., the invention is not limited thereto.

The server 130 is responsible for obtaining product information according to the product image captured by the image capturing device 110, and transmitting the product information to the corresponding display device 150. The server 130 further includes a transmission module 131, a storage module 133, and a processing module 135.

The transmission module 131 is responsible for receiving the product image and the image capturing information transmitted by the image capturing device 110. The transmission module 131 is also responsible for transmitting the product information obtained by the processing module 135 to one or more display devices 150 selected by the processing module 135.

The transmission module 131 can transmit or receive data or signals between the server 130 and the image capturing device 110 and the server 130 and the display device 150 in a wired or wireless manner. For example, the transmission module 131 can receive product images and/or transmit product information through communication technologies such as WiFi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee, but the communication technology used between the transmission module 131 and the image capturing device 110 and the display device 150 is not Limited to the above.

The storage module 133 is responsible for storing data. The storage module 133 can store data using a database, a file, or the like, and the present invention is not particularly limited. The data stored in the storage module 133 may include product information. In some embodiments, the storage module 133 may also store the correspondence between the image capturing information of the image capturing device 110 and the display device 150.

The processing module 135 is configured to perform image analysis on the product image received by the transmission module 131, thereby determining the product identification data of one or more products included in the product image, and is responsible for determining the product identification data according to the determination. The storage module 133 reads the product information corresponding to the product in the product image. For example, the processing module 135 can identify the barcode of the product in the product image, and thereby determine the identification data of the product, and the processing module 135 can also extract the package or the image of the product from the product image, and The captured image is compared with the image stored in the storage module 133, and when it is determined that the image stored in the storage module 133 matches the captured image, the identification data of the product is obtained. However, the manner in which the processing module 135 obtains the product identification data of the product included in the product image is not limited to the above.

The processing module 135 is also responsible for selecting the display device 150 corresponding to the product in the product image according to the number of products determined by the product image received by the transmission module 131 and the image capturing message received by the transmission module 131. And transmitting the obtained product information to the selected display device 150 through the transmission module 131.

When the processing module 135 determines that there is only one product in the product image received by the transmission module 131, the processing module 135 can select the corresponding display device 150 according to the device identification data of the image capturing device 110 in the image capturing message. . In some embodiments, a corresponding image capturing device 110 is disposed around each of the positions where the products are placed. Thus, the processing module 135 can determine the position of the product according to the device identification data of the image capturing device 110. And the corresponding display device 150 is selected according to the determined location of the product, and the processing module 135 can directly read the corresponding display device 150 according to the device identification data of the image capturing device 110 to the storage module 133. Identification data.

When the processing module 135 determines that there is only one product in the product image received by the transmission module 131, the processing module 135 may select the corresponding display device 150 according to the captured location data in the image capturing message. In some embodiments, an image capturing device 110 may be disposed around each of the product display racks on which the product is placed, so that the image capturing device 110 can separately capture product images for each product on the product display rack. If there are five layers of product display racks for placing products, and nine items can be placed on each floor, the image capturing device 110 needs to rotate the angle of the photographing lens when capturing the product images of different products on the product display rack. The image capturing device 110 needs to move in different directions and distances. Therefore, the processing module 135 can determine the product according to the device identification data of the image capturing device 110 and the rotation angle or the moving direction and distance of the image capturing device 110. The position, and the corresponding display device 150 is selected according to the determined position of the product, and the processing module 135 can also directly according to the device identification data of the image capturing device 110 and the rotation angle and the moving direction of the image capturing device 110. The identification data of the display device 150 corresponding to the distance from the storage module 133 is read.

When the processing module 135 determines that there are two or more products in the product image received by the transmission module 131, the processing module 135 can identify the device according to the device of the image capturing device 110 in the image capturing message. And a display device 150 corresponding to the selected product location selection in the product image. In some embodiments, an image capturing device 110 may be disposed around each product display frame on which the product is placed, so that the product image captured by the image capturing device 110 can include all the products on the product display frame. If the product display frame for placing the product has five layers, and nine products can be placed on each layer, the image capturing device 110 can capture the product image containing 45 products, and the processing module 135 can be based on the image capturing device. The device identification data of 110 determines the location of the product display frame where the product is located, and can select and display the product in the upper right corner of the product display frame according to the position of the determined product in the product image, such as the upper right corner of the product image. Corresponding display device 150.

In addition, when the processing module 135 determines that there are two or more products in the product image received by the transmission module 131, the processing module 135 may also determine the product position and image in the product image according to the determination. The device identification data of the image capturing device 110 in the message, and the display device 150 corresponding to the angle of the image capturing device 110 in the image capturing device and the direction of movement or the distance selection are selected. For example, an image capturing device 110 may be disposed for a plurality of product display racks for placing merchandise, so that the image capturing device 110 captures product images for all products on each merchandise display rack, if there are two images. The processing device 135 can capture the product image of the product on the eight product display racks, and the processing module 135 can use the device identification data of the image capturing device 110 and the angle and the direction of the image capturing device 110. The distance is determined by the position of the product display rack where the product is located, and can be selected and displayed in the lower left corner of the product display frame included in the product image according to the position of the determined product in the product image, such as the lower left corner of the product image. A display device 150 corresponding to the product.

The display device 150 corresponds to the product being displayed. In general, one display device 150 can correspond to one product, but the invention is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the display device 150 can be the same width as the product display frame, and the display device 150 can display the product information of the corresponding individual products at a plurality of different locations.

The display device 150 is responsible for receiving the product information transmitted by the server 130 and displaying the received product information. In general, the display device 150 can be disposed on a merchandise display stand for displaying merchandise, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, the display device 150 may be suspended above the product display stand or the like.

In some embodiments, the display device 150 may further include an input module (not shown) for providing a user to operate to switch the information displayed by the display device 150, for example, displaying product information of different products by paging, or It is a product name, a product price, a product component/material, a product description/introduction, and the like.

In addition, it is particularly worth mentioning that the display device 150 and the image capturing device 110 can be combined into one device, and the device can only correspond to one product, that is, the image capturing device 110 in the device can only The product image of the corresponding product is captured, and the display device 150 in the device can only display the product information of the corresponding product. For example, the product nameplate can be placed on the product display shelf. The front surface or the upper end of the product nameplate is provided with the image capturing device 110, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Next, the operation system and method of the present invention will be explained with reference to the first embodiment, and please refer to the "second drawing" flowchart of the method for identifying goods to display product information according to the present invention.

First, the display device 150 needs to be set (step 202), and the merchandise is placed on the merchandise display stand (step 206). In this embodiment, it is assumed that a display device 150 and an image capturing device 110 are disposed at each position of the displayed product on the product display shelf, that is, one display device 150 corresponds to one product, and one image capturing device 110 also corresponds to a commodity.

After the product is put on the shelf, the image capturing device 110 can obtain the product image of the displayed product and generate an image capturing message corresponding to the captured product image (step 210). In this embodiment, since the image capturing device 110 corresponds to one product, the image capturing device 110 can use the device identification data of the image capturing device 110 as an image after capturing the product image of the displayed product. Take the message.

After the image capturing device 110 obtains the product image and generates the image capturing message, the image capturing device 110 can transmit the obtained product image and the generated image capturing message to the server 130 (step 230).

After the transmission module 131 of the server 130 receives the product image and the image capturing message transmitted by the image capturing device 110, the processing module 135 of the server 130 can read the product image received by the transmission module 131. Product information corresponding to the item in the product image (step 250). In this embodiment, if the product image contains the product barcode, the processing module 135 can identify the product barcode in the product image to obtain the product identification data, and read the product identification data to the storage module 133 of the server 130. Corresponding to product information.

Similarly, after the transmission module 131 of the server 130 receives the product image and the image capturing message transmitted by the image capturing device 110, the processing module 135 of the server 130 can capture the image received by the transmission module 131. The message selects the display device 150 corresponding to the item in the product image (step 260). In this embodiment, it is assumed that the storage module 133 of the server 130 stores the correspondence between the image capturing device 110 and the display module 150. The processing module 135 can be based on the image capturing device 110 and the display stored in the storage module 133. The correspondence between the devices 150 selects the display device 150 corresponding to the device identification data of the image capturing device 110 included in the image capturing message.

After the processing module 135 of the server 130 reads the product information of the product in the product image and the display device 150 corresponding to the product in the product image, the transmission module 131 of the server 130 can process the processing module 135. The read product information is transmitted to the display device 150 selected by the processing module 135 (step 270).

After the display device 150 selected by the processing module 135 of the server 130 receives the product information transmitted by the transmission module 131 of the server 130, the received product information can be displayed (step 280).

The operation system and method of the present invention will be described below with reference to the second embodiment. Please refer to "FIG. 2" for similar reference.

As in the first embodiment, it is necessary to first set the display device 150 (step 202) and place the merchandise on the merchandise display stand (step 206). In this embodiment, there are eight product display racks in the display area of the product, which are arranged in the left, middle, and right rows. The left and right rows respectively comprise two product display racks, and the middle row includes four product display racks back to back, and each An image capturing device 110 (two image capturing devices 110 in total) is disposed above the walkway formed by the product display rack, and each image capturing device 110 is responsible for capturing product images of the products on the four product display racks. .

After the product is put on the shelf, the image capturing device 110 can obtain the product image of the displayed product and generate an image capturing message corresponding to the captured product image (step 210). In this embodiment, it is assumed that each image capturing device 110 is preset with eight rotation angles, and each rotation angle enables the image capturing device 110 to capture all the commodities of the upper half or the lower half of the product display rack. After the image capturing device 110 captures the product image, the generated image capturing message includes the device identification data of the image capturing device 110 and the rotation angle of the image capturing device 110.

After the image capturing device 110 obtains the product image and generates the image capturing message, the image capturing device 110 can transmit the obtained product image and the generated image capturing message to the server 130 (step 230).

After the transmission module 131 of the server 130 receives the product image and the image capturing message transmitted by the image capturing device 110, the processing module 135 of the server 130 can read the product image received by the transmission module 131. Product information corresponding to the item in the product image (step 250). In this embodiment, assuming that the product image includes the appearance and packaging of the plurality of products, the processing module 135 can determine the location of each product from the product image, and determine the appearance of each product by the determined The image of the package is compared with the image of the product stored in the storage module 133 of the server 130 to obtain the product information corresponding to each product in the product image.

After the processing module 135 of the server 130 reads the product information corresponding to the product in the product image, the processing module 135 of the server 130 can receive the image and the processing module 135 according to the image received by the transmission module 131. The position of the determined product in the product image is selected by the display device 150 corresponding to the product in the product image (step 260). In this embodiment, the processing module 135 can be included in the device identification data and the image capturing information of the image capturing device 110 included in the image capturing message according to the database of the storage module 133 of the server 130. The display device 150 corresponding to each item in the product image is selected from the rotation angle of the image capturing device 110 and the position of the product in the product image.

After the processing module 135 of the server 130 reads the product information of the product in the product image and the display device 150 corresponding to each product in the product image, the transmission module 131 of the server 130 can process the module. The product information read by 135 is transmitted to the corresponding display device 150 selected by the processing module 135 (step 270).

After each display device 150 receives the product information transmitted by the server 130, the received product information may be separately displayed (step 280).

Thus, according to the present invention, after the product is put on the shelf, the shelf worker does not need to indicate the product name and the product price, and the present invention can automatically determine the displayed product and display the product information.

In summary, it can be seen that the difference between the present invention and the prior art is that the image capturing device and the corresponding image capturing message are transmitted to the server by the image capturing device, and the server receives the message according to the received image. The product image of the product image is read by the product image, and the display device corresponding to the product is selected according to the received image capturing message, and the technical information of the product information is displayed to the display device, and the technical means can solve the previous There is a problem in the technology that needs to be manually updated to indicate the technical effect of avoiding the wrong indication of the product.

Furthermore, the method for identifying goods in the present invention to display product information can be implemented in hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software, or can be implemented in a centralized manner in a computer system or spread over several interconnections with different components. The decentralized implementation of the computer system.

While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Any modification of the form and details of the practice of the present invention, which is a matter of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains, is a patent protection of the present invention. range. The scope of the invention is to be determined by the scope of the appended claims.

110‧‧‧Image capture device

130‧‧‧Server

131‧‧‧Transmission module

133‧‧‧ storage module

135‧‧‧Processing module

150‧‧‧ display device

Step 202‧‧‧Set display device

Step 206‧‧‧Uploaded goods

Step 210‧‧ The image capturing device obtains the product image of the product and generates a corresponding image capturing message

Step 230‧‧ The image capture device transmits the product image and image capture message to the server

Step 250‧‧‧ The server reads the product information corresponding to the product based on the product image

Step 260‧‧‧ The server selects the display device corresponding to the product according to the image capturing message

Step 270‧‧‧ The server transmits the product information to the display device corresponding to the product

Step 280‧‧‧ Display device displays product information

The first figure is a system architecture diagram for identifying goods to display product information according to the present invention. Figure 2 is a flow chart of a method for identifying goods to display product information according to the present invention.

Claims (10)

A method for identifying a product to display product information, the method comprising at least the steps of: providing a plurality of goods on the shelf; a server storing a correspondence between each product and each display device; and an image capture device capturing at least one of the products a product image, and corresponding image capture message is generated; the image capture device transmits the product image and the image capture message to a server; the server reads the product corresponding to the product according to the product image Each product information; the server selects each display device corresponding to each product according to the image capturing message and the position of each product in the product image; the server transmits each product information to each display device; And each of the display devices displays the item information. The method for identifying a product to display product information according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the image capturing device generates a corresponding image capturing message, wherein the image capturing device uses a device identification data as the image Capture the message. The method for identifying a product to display product information according to the first aspect of the patent application, wherein the image capturing device captures at least one product image of the product, and the corresponding step of generating the image capturing information is The image capturing device captures the product image according to a captured location data, and uses the captured location data as the image capturing message. A method for identifying an item to display product information, the method comprising at least the steps of: providing a plurality of items on the shelf; and a server storing a correspondence between each item and each display device; An image capturing device captures at least one product image of the product and generates a corresponding image capturing message; the image capturing device transmits the product image and the image capturing message to a server; the server Reading, according to the product image, each product information corresponding to each product; the server selects each display device corresponding to each product according to the image capturing message; the server transmits each product information to each display device And each of the display devices displays a product information. A system for identifying a product to display product information, wherein the system for displaying product information includes at least: an image capturing device for capturing an image of at least one product and generating a corresponding image capturing message And a server, further comprising: a storage module for storing a correspondence between each product and each display device; a transmission module for receiving the product image transmitted by the image capturing device and the And a processing module, configured to read each product information corresponding to each product according to the product image, and select a message according to the image and a location of each product in the product image Each of the display devices corresponding to the product transmits and transmits the product information to each of the display devices through the transmission module, so that each of the display devices displays the product information. A system for identifying a product to display product information as described in claim 5, wherein the image capture message is device identification data of the image capture device. The system for identifying a product to display product information as described in claim 5, wherein the image capturing message is the captured location data by which the image capturing device retrieves the product image. A system for identifying merchandise for displaying merchandise information as described in claim 5, wherein each of the display devices is further configured to provide an operation to display the merchandise data in a page. A system for identifying a product to display product information, wherein the system for displaying product information includes at least: an image capturing device for capturing an image of at least one product and generating a corresponding image capturing message And a server, further comprising: a storage module for storing a correspondence between each product and each display device; a transmission module for receiving the product image transmitted by the image capturing device and the And the processing module is configured to read the product information corresponding to each product according to the product image, and select each display device corresponding to each product according to the image capturing message, and The transmission module transmits each item of the product information to each of the display devices, so that each of the display devices displays the item information. A system for identifying a product to display product information, the system for displaying the product information includes at least: a device, wherein the method further comprises: an image capturing device for capturing an image of a product and generating a corresponding image One image capture message; and one display device; and A server, further comprising: a storage module for storing a correspondence between the product and the display device; a transmission module for receiving the product image transmitted by the image capturing device and capturing the image And a processing module for reading product information corresponding to the product according to the product image, and selecting the display device corresponding to the product according to the image capturing message, and transmitting the display device through the transmission module Product information to the display device causes the display device to display the product information.