Patent Application
20130110680
The present invention claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-235342 filed on Oct. 26, 2011. The content of the application is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Embodiments described herein relate generally to a terminal apparatus and a system with the same.
Currently, for example, in a business negotiation with a customer, a person in charge of commodity sales sometimes uses a so-called electronic catalog. In this case, the person in charge of commodity sales can immediately determine, while listening to a desire of the customer, a commodity close to the desire of the customer. Therefore, the usage of the electronic catalog is considered to be useful for realizing a smooth commercial transaction.
However, if the so-called electronic catalog is used, a commodity selection range is limited to existing commodities described in the electronic catalog. Therefore, the usage of the electronic catalog is sometimes insufficient for satisfying the desire of the customer.
In particular, in a luminaire or a lighting system including a semiconductor light-emitting light source, unlike the existing light sources in the past, a geometric extent of abeam of rays, a color temperature, a color rendering index, and the like of the semiconductor light-emitting light source are easily adjusted according to adjustment and combinations of the semiconductor light-emitting light source in use, a type of an element, a type of a wavelength converting member, a composition, and the like. Nevertheless, the luminaire or the lighting system including the semiconductor light-emitting light source has to be selected from only already-commercialized commodity forms. Therefore, it is difficult to appeal differences from luminaires in the past. It is likely that the promotion of the luminaire or the lighting system including the semiconductor light-emitting light source is not attained even if the luminaire or the lighting system is excellent in power saving.
In general, according to one embodiment, there is provided a terminal apparatus and a system with the same that makes it possible to quickly deal with a desire of a customer and attain the promotion of a luminaire or a lighting system including a semiconductor light-emitting light source excellent in power saving.
A terminal apparatus according to an embodiment is used for a luminaire or a lighting system including a semiconductor light-emitting light source. The terminal apparatus includes a display section and a control section configured to enable input of a desired specification concerning at least one of a geometric extent of a beam of rays, a color temperature, and a color rendering index and cause the display section to display a commodity list of commodities that meet the input desired specification.
With this configuration, the control section enables input of a desired specification concerning at least one of a geometric extent of abeam of rays, a color temperature, and a color rendering index and causes the display section to display a commodity list of commodities that meet the input desired specification. Therefore, it is possible to quickly deal with a desire of a customer and attain the promotion of a luminaire or a lighting system including a semiconductor light-emitting light source excellent in power saving.
An embodiment is explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In
The commodity (the luminaire or the lighting system) is, for example, a commodity manufactured by a build-to-order manufacturing system for stocking, in a state of components, at least a part of plural component members included in the luminaire or the lighting system and manufacturing the luminaire or the lighting system according to an order of a customer.
As shown in
The portable terminal apparatus 1 includes an apparatus main body 4 having a substantially rectangular tabular shape. On the front surface side of the apparatus main body 4, a touch panel 5, which is a display section also functioning as an operation section (an input section) touched by a finger tip, a touch pen, or the like, is provided substantially the entire front surface side of the apparatus main body 4. Further, an operation button 6 such as a power ON-OFF button is provided in the apparatus main body 4.
As shown in
In the storing section 8, various kinds of information such as commodity information concerning commodities and customer information concerning customers are stored. The control section 7 timely acquires latest information from the server apparatus 2 and causes the storing section 8 to store the latest information to be capable of dealing with new commodities updated at any time. The portable terminal apparatus 1 and the server apparatus 2 configure a sales supporting system 10.
Screens displayed when the person in charge of commodity sales makes a business negotiation concerning lighting commodities with a customer using the portable terminal apparatus 1 are explained with reference to the drawings.
The model selection screen shown in
The model display sections 11 include start buttons 12 for selecting a model desired by a customer and starting anew detailed setting related to the model and viewing and editing buttons 13 for viewing and editing existing information registered in the past.
For example, if the person in charge of commodity sales touches the start button 12 of the model display section 11 of the “LED luminaire for system ceiling”, as shown in
The customizing screen shown in
If the person in charge of commodity sales touches the pull-down menu display button 17, a pull-down menu of specifications registered in advance is displayed on the touch panel 5. The person in charge of commodity sales touches and selects one item from the displayed pull-down menu to input a customer desired specification. In other words, it is possible to select and input, only by touching the touch panel 5, a customer desired specification out of plural specifications registered in advance.
Customer desired specifications that can be input on the customizing screen shown in
The specification concerning the “efficiency type (number of chips)” is a specification concerning a geometric extent of a beam of rays of a semiconductor light-emitting light source of a commodity, i.e., a specification concerning light emission efficiency (a geometric extent of a beam of rays per unit power consumption). The specification can be arbitrarily input by selection from, for example, “high efficiency type” and “low efficiency type” registered in advance. The number of chips is the number of LED elements in light emission groups on a module substrate. As the specification concerning the geometric extent of a beam of rays, for example, a numerical value, a range, or the like of light emission efficiency may be arbitrarily directly input or a numerical value, a range, or the like of the geometric extend of a beam of rays (luminaire light flux) may be arbitrarily directly input.
The specification concerning the “color temperature” is a specification concerning a color temperature of the semiconductor light-emitting light source of the commodity. The specification can be arbitrarily input by selection out of, for example, “2700 K”, “3000 K”, “3500 K”, “4000 K”, “4500 K”, “5000 K”, “5500 K”, “6000 K”, “6500 K”, “6700 K”, and “7000 K” registered in advance. As the specification concerning the color temperature, for example, a numerical value, a range, or the like of the color temperature may be arbitrarily directly input.
The specification concerning the “Ra” is a specification concerning an average color rendering index, which is a color rendering index (color rendering properties), of the semiconductor light-emitting light source of the commodity. The specification can be arbitrarily input by selection out of, for example, “70”, “75”, “80”, “85”, “90”, “95”, and “100” registered in advance. As the specification concerning the color rendering index, for example, a numerical value, a range, or the like of the average color rendering index (Ra) may be arbitrarily directly input. Such various kinds of efficiency, color temperature, and Ra can be realized by combining, as appropriate, types of LED elements (a blue light-emitting element, an ultraviolet light-emitting element, an RGB light-emitting element, etc.), types of sealing members (wavelength converting members including various fluorescent materials), and mounting forms of LED elements (setting of parallel connection and series connection, a combination of connections, etc.).
The specification concerning the “T bar” is a specification concerning a lighting supporting member (a luminaire supporting member or a lighting system supporting member), which is a member determined by setting environment conditions on the customer side, i.e., for example, a specification concerning the shape of a ceiling support bar supported by supporting bolts suspended from a ceiling structure of a room in which the customer intends to set a luminaire or a lighting system, which is a commodity. The specification can be arbitrarily input by selection out of, for example, “for flat T bar” and “for grooves T bar” registered in advance. As the specification concerning the lighting support member on the customer side, for example, characters or the like representing the shape of the ceiling support bar may be arbitrarily directly input.
A member-selection operation section is configured by the pull-down menu display button 17 for inputting a customer desired specification related to a component member of a luminaire main body and items of a pull-down menu displayed by the operation of the button 17. A light-source-setting operation section is configured by the pull-down menu display button 17 for inputting a customer desired specification related to a COB module and items of a pull-down menu displayed by the operation of the button 17.
The customizing screen shown in
If the person in charge of commodity sales touches the pull-down menu display button 19, a pull-down menu of price ranges registered in advance is displayed on the touch panel 5. The person in charge of commodity sales touches and selects one item out of the displayed pull-down menu to thereby input a customer desired price range. In other words, it is possible to select and input, only by touching the touch panel 5, a customer desired price range out of plural price ranges registered in advance. For example, as the customer desired price range, a commodity price range such as “**** yen to **** yen” is input.
The customizing screen shown in
For example, if the “candidate list” button 20 concerning the “T bar” is touched, a list of specifications of ceiling support bars registered in advance is displayed on the touch panel 5 together with drawings, dimensions, and the like indicating the shapes of the ceiling support bars. Therefore, the customer can check, looking at the displayed drawings, the dimensions, and the like, the shape of a ceiling support bar of a ceiling structure of a room in which the customer intends to set a commodity.
Further, the customizing screen shown in
For example, in a state before the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range are input, a commodity list of realizable all commodities registered in advance is displayed. The commodity list of the realizable all commodities includes commodities already commercialized in the past and commodities not commercialized yet.
If indication that a customer desired specification desired by the customer, for example, a customer desired specification of the “efficiency type (number of chips)” related to the geometric extent of a ray of beams is the “high efficiency type” is input, narrowing of commodities is executed and a commodity list indicating only commodities of the “high efficiency type” is displayed in the commodity-list display section 21.
Subsequently, if customer desired specifications of the “size”, the “color temperature”, the “Ra”, and the like are input, narrowing of commodities is executed every time each of the customer desired specifications is input. As a result, the number of commodities in the commodity list displayed in the commodity-list display section 21 decreases every time the customer desired specification is input. If commodities are narrowed according to commodity prices, a customer desired price range is input.
As explained above, the control section 7 of the portable terminal apparatus 1 enables input of the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range on the touch panel 5. If the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range are input by the operation of the touch panel 5, the control section 7 causes, on the basis of the input customer desired specifications and customer desired price range, the touch panel 5 to display a commodity list (a search result display space) of realizable commodities that meet the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range.
If commodities that meet input and set customer desired conditions, i.e., the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range are not present among all the realizable commodities registered in advance, for example, indication “corresponding commodity is absent” is displayed on the touch panel 5. Even if commodities that meet the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range are present, a predetermined number of commodity lists of commodities closest to the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range can also be displayed. In this case, if it possible to set which of the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range is given priority, commodities that have higher realizability and meet a customer desire are collectively displayed. This is extremely effective in having a business negotiation. If the number of commodities that meet the customer desired conditions is equal to or larger than the predetermined number, for example, six, a page changing button 22 only has to be used.
Further, the commodity-list display section 21 includes a “preview” button 23, which is a check button for checking commodity details of commodities of a commodity list, and a “add to list” button 24, which is a registration button for registering commodities in a my list, which is a customer purchase desired commodity list. The “preview” button 23 and the “add to list” button 24 are provided for each of the commodities of the commodity list.
In short, as shown in
For example, if the person in charge of commodity sales touches the “preview” button 23, as shown in
The specification detail screen shown in
As explained above, if one commodity is selected out of the commodities of the commodity list that meet the customer desired conditions, the control section 7 of the portable terminal apparatus 1 causes the touch panel 5 to display an image of the selected one commodity together with the customer desired specifications, the power consumption, and the price. The image of the selected commodity displayed in the image display section 31 is, for example, computer graphics (CG), a photograph, or the like.
The specification detail screen shown in
Further, as shown in
For example, if the person in charge of commodity purchase touches the “view my list” button 40, as shown in
The my list screen shown in
For example, if the person in charge of commodity sales touches the “detail display” button 42, a specification detail screen for displaying details of one selected commodity selected out of the purchase desired commodities of the my list is opened and displayed on the my list screen.
Like the specification detail screen shown in
If the “view impression of color temperature” button 45 is touched, as shown in
The color temperature screen shown in
The simulation image for checking the color temperature displayed in the image display section 46 shows, for example, a color temperature image in a standard setting example. The simulation image includes images of a predetermined number of (e.g., five) selected commodities and an image of a room in which the selected commodities are set. The simulation image is, for example, computer graphics (CG), a photograph, or the like.
Further, the color temperature screen shown in
As shown in
If the “re-customizing” button 51 is touched, the my list screen closes and returns to the customizing screen. It is possible to input customer desired specifications again. The my list screen can return to the model selection screen shown in
If the “list storage” button 52 is touched, after a new storage in another name or overwrite storage is selected, a my list is registered and stored. If the “list output” button 53 is touched, for example, the my list is output from the printer apparatus 3.
As shown in
If the “delivery date and amount display” button 54, which is a display button, is touched, the control section 7 acquires, on the basis of transmission and reception of information between the control section 7 and the server apparatus 2, both of delivery date information and amount information (estimated amount information) of the purchase desired commodities of the my list and causes the touch panel 5 to display the acquired delivery date information and amount information.
Therefore, the person in charge of commodity sales can immediately inform the customer of a delivery date and an amount (an estimated amount) of the purchase desired commodities in the business negotiation. The server apparatus 2 arranged in a remote location retrieves, on the basis of transmitted information from the portable terminal apparatus 1, order states, manufacturing states, stock states, and the like in members of the purchase desired commodities to thereby calculate delivery date information and amount information and transmits a result of the calculation to the portable terminal apparatus 1.
If the “estimate display” button 55, which is a display button, is touched, the control section 7 creates, on the basis of the delivery date information, the amount information, and the like from the server apparatus 2, an estimate of the purchase desired commodities of the my list and causes the touch panel 5 to display the estimate. Therefore, the person in charge of commodity sales can immediately present an estimate indicating a delivery date, an amount, and the like to the customer in the business negotiation. The person in charge of commodity sales can output the estimate from the printer apparatus 3 as well by touching a print button (not shown).
The control section 7 of the portable terminal apparatus 1 causes, in response to a catalog viewing request, the touch panel 5 to display an electronic catalog in which standard products are described. Therefore, the person in charge of commodity sales can use the electronic catalog as well. In this case, for example, the control section 7 may acquire stock information of the purchase desired commodities in the electronic catalog on the basis of transmission and reception of information between the control section 7 and the server apparatus 2 and cause the touch panel 5 to display the acquired stock information.
The portable terminal apparatus 1 may transmit, on the basis of, for example, the commodity information stored in the my list or the commodity information displayed in the form shown in
With the portable terminal apparatus 1 explained above, the control section 7 enables input of the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range on the screen of the touch panel 5. The control section 7 causes, on the basis of the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range input concerning the geometric extent of a beam of rays, the color temperature, and the color rendering index of the semiconductor light-emitting light source and a lighting supporting member and the like on the customer side, the touch panel 5 to display a commodity list of realizable commodities that meet the customer desired specifications and the customer desired price range. Therefore, it is possible to quickly deal with a desire of the customer and realize the promotion of a luminaire or a lighting system including a semiconductor light-emitting light source excellent in long life and power saving.
The control section 7 causes the touch panel 5 to display the image of the selected commodity selected out of the commodities of the commodity list together with the customer desired specifications, the power consumption, and the price. Therefore, it is possible to easily check the image, the specifications, the power consumption, and the price of the selected commodity and more quickly deal with the desire of the customer.
Further, the control section 7 causes the touch panel 5 to display the simulation image for checking the color temperature of the selected commodities selected out of the commodities of the commodity list. Therefore, the selected commodities in actual use can be easily imaged. It is possible to realize, in cooperation with the customer, conformity with the desire of the customer. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately and quickly deal with the desire of the customer.
The simulation image for checking the color temperature includes the image of the selected commodities and the image of the room in which the selected commodities are set. Therefore, the selected commodities in actual use can be more easily imaged.
Further, the control section 7 can acquire, based on transmission and reception of information between the control section 7 and the server apparatus 2, at least one of the delivery date information and the amount information of the selected commodities selected out of the commodities of the commodity list, i.e., for example, both of the delivery date information and the amount information. Therefore, the person in charge of commodity sales can inform the customer of the delivery date and the amount of the purchase desired commodities in the business negotiation. It is possible to more quickly deal with the desire of the customer.
The commodity list of the commodities that meet the customer desired specifications includes the provisional model name, the input customer desired specifications, the “preview” button 23, and the “add to list” button 24. Therefore, it is possible to easily check images and the like of commodities that the customer desires to purchase. Further, it is possible to easily register the commodities in the my list.
The sales supporting apparatus is not limited to the portable terminal apparatus 1, which is an information terminal apparatus including the touch panel 4, which is an input display section. The sales supporting apparatus may be, for example, a personal computer apparatus including a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, and a personal computer main body.
The portable terminal apparatus 1 may include a detachable storage medium such as an SD card and input information concerning the purchase desired commodities of the my list to the server apparatus 2 using the storage medium.
Further, the customer desired specifications may be, for example, a specification concerning at least any one of the geometric extent of a beam of rays, the color temperature, and the color rendering index. However, the customer desired specifications desirably are specifications concerning at least the geometric extent of a beam of rays, the color temperature, and the color rendering index. Specifically, for example, if at least a specification concerning the geometric extent of a beam of rays, a specification concerning the color temperature, and a specification concerning the color rendering index are input, a commodity list of commodities that meet all the three customer desired specifications is desirably displayed.
The customer desired specifications may include at least a specification concerning a member determined by setting environment conditions on the customer side in addition to the specifications concerning the geometric extent of a beam of rays, the color temperature, and the color rendering index.
Further, the control section 7 is not limited to a control section that displays the image of the selected commodity together with the customer desired specifications, the power consumption, and the price. For example, the control section 7 may be configured to not display at least any one of the power consumption and the price of the selected commodity.
For example, the specification detail screen shown in
Further, for example, the specification detail screens shown in
For example, the customizing screen shown in
While certain embodiments have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the inventions. Indeed, the novel embodiments described herein may be embodied in a variety of other forms; furthermore, various omissions, substitutions, and changes in the form of the embodiments described herein may be made without departing from the spirit of the inventions. The accompanying claims and their equivalents are intended to cover such forms or modifications as would fall within the scope and spirit of the inventions.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-235342 | Oct 2011 | JP | national |
