88 results about "Electronic shelf label" patented technology

In an aspect, a method of operating a processing device includes obtaining location information of a target device, transmission time information of first one or more beacons transmitted by the target device, or transmission channel information of the first one or more beacons; and configuring a first set of electronic shelf label (ESL) devices to perform a targeted scanning operation based on the location information, the transmission time information, or the transmission channel information. The method of operating the processing device further includes receiving one or more targeted scanning reports from the first set of ESL devices based on the targeted scanning operation, and engaging in a positioning procedure for determining an estimated location of the target device based on the one or more targeted scanning reports.

An attachment system includes a first wall including an upper side and a lower side, and a second wall extending from the lower side of the first wall and including a front side and a rear side formed on an opposite side from the front side and including one or more retainers. The attachment system also includes a third wall including a first side and a second side formed on an opposite side of the first side, and a first end removably coupled to the second wall in a first configuration and a second end spaced from the first end and configured to be selectively engaged with the one or more retainers in a second configuration.

An electronic shelf label assembly, a display accessory, and an electronic shelf label control system. The electronic shelf label assembly comprises an electronic shelf label (110) and a display accessory (120). The electronic shelf label (110) is connected to the display accessory (120). The display accessory (120) comprises a display unit (121). The electronic shelf label (110) is configured to send, to the display accessory (120), a first display control instruction or a second display control instruction corresponding to product promotion. The display accessory (120) is configured to execute the first display control instruction or the second display control instruction to control the display unit (120) to display display information corresponding to a product.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support enhanced ESL position determination and ESL position based notifications. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes obtaining first position information for an asset of one or more assets associated with an electronic shelf label system based on first wireless information, and the first position information is associated with a first time. The method also includes obtaining second position information for the asset based on second wireless information, and the second position information is associated with a second time. The method further includes determining a notification for the asset based on the first position information, the second position information, the first time, and the second time. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

This invention discloses an electronic shelf label positioning system and method, electronic shelf labels, and guide rails. The electronic shelf label positioning system includes electronic shelf labels, guide rails, a PDA, and a backend server. Each electronic shelf label includes a main control SoC, a card reader IC, a screen, and a power supply. The main control SoC controls the screen display and performs communication with the access point (AP). The card reader IC reads the wireless tags. The power supply provides power to the electronic shelf labels. The guide rail includes a guide rail marking area and a label area. The label area contains multiple wireless tags, each with a unique ID number. The guide rail marking area contains an identification device, which includes a guide rail ID, formed by sequentially arranging and summarizing the wireless tag ID numbers. This invention, through the proposed electronic shelf label and guide rail, achieves accurate positioning of electronic price tags and goods, with stable and reliable performance unaffected by the wireless environment.

A method and apparatus for partially refreshing an arbitrary position on an electronic shelf label. The method includes dividing pixel position areas of a target picture on the electronic shelf label so that pixels not requiring refreshing are located in the same position area and pixels with the same pixel change request are located in the same position area; determining codes for each position area and driving waveforms corresponding to the codes; and refreshing the pixels of the target picture in accordance with the driving waveforms. This allows for partial refreshing of an arbitrary position on an electronic shelf label.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) systems that support enhanced downlink and uplink positioning determination coexistence techniques. In a first aspect, a device for wireless communication includes at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to cause the device to transmit schedule information for ESL devices. The at least one processor is also configured to cause the device to determine eTag transmission probability based on an eTag charging time and determine schedule change information based on the eTag transmission probability and the schedule information. The at least one processor is further configured to transmit the schedule change information to one or more ESL devices, one or more non-ESL devices, or both. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Purpose of the design product: The intended use of the electronic shelf label is for displaying information such as product name and price.

Techniques for dynamically controlled electronic shelf label (ESL) beacons for localization are disclosed. In an aspect, a network node configures one or more first sets of ESL beacons within a first radius of at least one mobile device to transmit first beacon signals at a first beacon rate, one or more second sets of ESL beacons outside the first radius and within the second radius of the at least one mobile device are configured to transmit second beacon signals at a second beacon rate, wherein the first beacon rate is higher than the second beacon rate.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) systems that support positioning of ESL devices. In a first aspect, a method includes: transmitting, to each ESL device in a group of ESL devices deployed within an environment via a wireless network associated with the environment, a command to emit one or more flashes of light over a flash interval associated with the group; receiving, from a mobile device via the wireless network, visual data collected for the group by a camera during the flash interval; detecting, within the visual data, the one or more flashes emitted by each ESL device in the group over the flash interval; and determining a location within the environment of each ESL device in the group based on the one or more flashes emitted by each ESL device in the visual data. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Electronic shelf tag system that has: at least one battery-operated shelf tag client that has an energy-saving sleep mode without radio communication standby according to a radio standard and an active mode with radio communication standby according to the radio standard and that has a radio wake-up receiver designed so as, on receiving a wake-up signal, to leave the sleep mode and prompt the active mode to be adopted, and an access point that is designed for radio communication with the at least one shelf tag client according to the radio standard and that has a radio wake-up transmitter for transmitting the wake-up signal, wherein the radio wake-up transmitter is designed to be controllable in terms of the time at which the wake-up signal is transmitted by the access point, and the access point defines the time as the initiation of a radio connection setup to the at least one shelf tag client according to the radio standard, in particular with a lead time for changing from the sleep mode to the active mode.

The utility model relates to the technical field of crystal boat box storage, and discloses an electronic shelf for crystal boat boxes, which comprises a left support and a right support, and four groups of identical cross beam supports are arranged between the left support and the right support at equal intervals. A first goods shelf platform, a second goods shelf platform, a third goods shelf platform and a fourth goods shelf platform are sequentially arranged between the left support and the right support from top to bottom through four sets of cross beam supports. According to the electronic shelf for the wafer boat box, the label body is recognized through the label recognition sensor, the controller controls the electronic displayer to display different numbers, warehouse management and efficient management are facilitated, the order picking error rate is effectively reduced, and the order picking speed is increased; the wafer box body and the arched clamping strips located on the inner sides of the left limiting plate and the right limiting plate extrude each other, the arched clamping strips deform, then clamping of the wafer box body is achieved, and even if the wafer box body is impacted by external force, the situation that the wafer box body falls off does not occur.

The present invention relates to a method and system for positioning a device using a signal direction. The method includes the following steps: (1) a target device transmits an angle-measurable signal to a base station, the angle-measurable signal including heartbeat data with a target device ID and a sine wave or a modulated wave with a known digital sequence having a predetermined time length; (2) a base station including a signal arrival angle (AOA) calculation module and an antenna array required for AOA measurement calculates the signal arrival angle based on the angle-measurable signal and transmits the signal arrival angle to a positioning server; and (203) the positioning server calculates the position of the target device based on the signal arrival angle. This improves the accuracy of positioning for electronic shelf labels and reduces the complexity of the electronic shelf label positioning system.

An embodiment can provide a power rail for an electronic shelf label, comprising: a rail body part having a front surface to which an electronic display device is fastened, and having a rear surface fastened to a shelf; a first accommodation groove which is formed in the longitudinal direction of the rail body part and in which an additional device is accommodated; a second accommodation groove positioned below the first accommodation groove, and formed in the longitudinal direction of the rail body part; an electrode part provided in the second accommodation groove so as to supply power or data to the electronic display device; an array part provided in the second accommodation groove so as to fix the electronic display device; a first fastening-latch part formed on the rear surface of the rail body part and fastened to the shelf; and a second fastening-latch part formed on the front surface of the rail body part so that the electronic display device is provided thereon, wherein a portion of the electronic display device is inserted into the second accommodation groove so as to be electrically connected to the electrode part, and is fixed by means of the array part.

The present application discloses an early-warning display system, method and apparatus for an electronic shelf label. In the system, a background server is used for: when the current number of retransmissions of the background server does not reach the maximum number of retransmissions of the background server, issuing an update task to the electronic shelf label by means of a base station on the basis of commodity data until an update success message sent by the base station is received. The base station is used for: when the update task is received and the current number of retransmissions of the base station does not reach the maximum number of retransmissions of the base station, issuing the update task to the electronic shelf label until an update success message sent by the electronic shelf label is received. The electronic shelf label is used for: upon receiving the update task, obtaining the commodity data in the update task; when any step of processing the commodity data fails, enabling a corresponding type of timeout protection; and when a timing duration of each type of timeout protection expires, displaying, on a screen, an early-warning icon indicating a display anomaly of the electronic shelf label.

Various embodiments include methods performed by an access point (AP) and an electronic shelf label (ESL) for scheduling access point and electronic shelf label communication. In some embodiments, an AP may broadcast to one or more ESLs a periodic advertisement including scheduling information for an advertisement message (ADV) from the one or more ESLs, and receive the ADV from one or more of the ESLs according to the scheduling information. In some embodiments, an ESL may receive from an AP a periodic advertisement including scheduling information for an ADV from the ESL and transmit the ADV to the AP according to the scheduling information.

An embodiment provides a management method for at least one electronic shelf label, the management method comprising the steps of: acquiring related information of a first product; acquiring identification information of a first electronic shelf label; on the basis of a wireless communication method, acquiring information about a first location of an electronic device adjacent to the first electronic shelf label; determining a location of the first electronic shelf label on the basis of the information about the first location of the electronic device; and allocating the first product to the first electronic shelf label by matching at least one of information about the determined first location of the first electronic shelf label and the identification information of the first electronic shelf label with the related information of the first product.

Systems, methods, and techniques for wireless communication are disclosed. In one exemplary example, a method of wireless communication performed at a first network entity may include asserting, by the first network entity, a line in a communication interface at an assertion time point to indicate to a second network entity a time at which the first network entity is active. The method of wireless communication performed at the first network entity may further include performing, by the first network entity, the activity at the time.

The present disclosure provides a communication method of an electronic shelf label system, a system, and a computer device. The method includes: repeatedly sending, by each of the plurality of base stations, a synchronization frame, wherein the synchronization frame comprises packet sequence number, and each of the synchronization frames includes a different packet sequence number; receiving, by the electronic shelf label, the synchronization frame at a receiving time point scheduled to wake up; determining whether the packet sequence number of the synchronization frame is the same as a packet sequence number corresponding to the receiving time point; and adjusting, if both are the same, by the electronic shelf label, duration of the next sleep to compensate for the time difference, so as to receive in the next reception a synchronization frame comprising a packet sequence number corresponding to the receiving time point.

The present invention provides a store allocation system and method using the same. The store allocation system includes a plurality of electronic shelf labels (ESL) and a store allocation server connected to the ESLs. The store allocation server includes a processor; a storage device configured to the processor and configured to store a first association between the plurality of ESLs and a plurality of products of each store, and a second association between the plurality of products and a plurality of shelves of each store; an application interface module connected to the processor and configured to allow a user device to wirelessly communicate with the store integration server; and a searching unit connected to the processor and the storage device, and configured to search a specific product in the storage device based on a search request from the user device and produce a search result.

Use of the design product: The intended use of this electronic shelf label is to display information such as the product name and price. The diagrams are shown below. Figure 4.1 is a perspective view. Figure 4.2 is a front view. Figure 4.3 is a rear view. Figure 4.4 is a left side view. Figure 4.5 is a right side view. Figure 4.6 is a top view. Figure 4.7 is a bottom view. Figure 4.8 is a reference diagram.

Use of the Design Product: The intended use of the electronic shelf label is to display information such as product name and price. The figures are shown as follows: Figure 1.1 is a front view. Figure 1.2 is a rear view. Figure 1.3 is a left side view. Figure 1.4 is a right side view. Figure 1.5 is a plan view. Figure 1.6 is a bottom view. Figure 1.7 is a front perspective view. Figure 1.8 is a rear perspective view. Figure 1.9 is a reference view.

A method and apparatus for predicting the power of a battery of an electronic shelf label. The method comprises: acquiring a battery full value of an electronic shelf label to be predicted, a plurality of current dynamic power consumption constants, and each different power consumption behavior trigger moment (step 101); on the basis of the plurality of current dynamic power consumption constants of a battery of the electronic shelf label to be predicted, and a pre-established relationship between power consumption constants and power consumption values of a battery of an electronic shelf label in different power consumption states, determining a power consumption value of the battery of the electronic shelf label to be predicted in each power consumption state corresponding to each current dynamic power consumption constant (step 102); on the basis of each different power consumption behavior trigger moment, dynamically determining a duration of each power consumption state corresponding to each current dynamic power consumption constant of the battery of the electronic shelf label to be predicted (step 103); and on the basis of the battery full value of the electronic shelf label to be predicted, the power consumption value in each power consumption state, and the duration of each power consumption state, determining the remaining power value of the battery of the electronic shelf label to be predicted (step 104).

The invention discloses a distributed database-based positioning electronic price tag data construction method, which relates to the field of electronic price tags, and constructs a multi-level position data model, generates a unique and traceable structured position code for each physical hanging point, and then constructs a multi-attribute commodity data model. The method comprises the following steps: directly associating a commodity core attribute with an independent commodity identifier, flexibly associating a position identifier with the commodity identifier by creating a dynamic binding relationship including binding time, a state, a type and a display template identifier, and intelligently responding to business events such as sales promotion and the like; and finally, based on the dynamic binding relationship, the commodity data and a preset template, generating a personalized display data packet, and efficiently and reliably issuing the personalized display data packet to the target electronic price tag through the message-oriented middleware and the edge gateway, and through three-in-one dynamic data construction, realizing inventory accurate visualization, marketing automatic presentation and omni-channel inventory integrated management, and improving the marketing efficiency. And the operation efficiency of the retail store and the customer experience are obviously improved.

Embodiments herein describe using electronic shelf labels (ESLs) to help a customer find a particular item in a store. For example, a customer can load a retailer's application onto their mobile device and indicate to the application which items she would like to purchase. The retailer's application can instruct the ESL to perform a visual action to attract the customer's attention. This can include flashing a light on the ESL, or causing a portion of the display to change from off (white) to on (black). Once the ESL is identified, the customer can establish communication between the mobile device and the ESL so that the ESL can transmit display information that can be customized to the mobile device. The mobile device can then display the same (or similar) information as being displayed by the ESL, which can be used, e.g., for a visually impaired person.