Electronic Shelf Label Controlling System for Dynamic Location Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shelf labels made of printed paper are time-consuming to update and result in waste due to their non-reusable nature, whereas electronic shelf labels offer a digital solution but lack efficient management systems for installation and updating.
Innovation Solution
An electronic shelf label controlling system comprising an electronic shelf label, a controlling device, a deploying device, and a communication gateway device, which stores and updates label location and content tables to manage the placement and information display of electronic shelf labels dynamically, allowing for efficient installation and updating without physical paper waste.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional printed paper shelf labels are used, then the labels can be easily manufactured and installed, but they are time-consuming to update and cannot be reused resulting in paper waste
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses electronic shelf labels that store digital copies of product information instead of physical paper labels. The controlling device maintains a label content table with product data that can be digitally updated and transmitted to multiple electronic shelf labels simultaneously, eliminating the need to manually replace paper labels for each price or product information change.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical process of manually updating paper labels with an automated electronic system. The controlling device uses wireless communication to transmit updated product information to electronic shelf labels, substituting the manual mechanical action of removing and attaching new paper labels with an automated digital transmission process.
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional printed paper shelf labels are used, then the labels can be easily manufactured, but they result in paper waste due to non-reusable nature
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses electronic shelf labels that store digital copies of product information instead of physical paper labels. The controlling device maintains a label content table with product data that can be digitally updated and transmitted to multiple electronic shelf labels simultaneously, eliminating the need to manually replace paper labels for each price or product information change.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a reusable electronic shelf label system where the same physical label can be updated and reused multiple times. Instead of discarding paper labels after single use, the electronic labels are recovered and reused with updated information from the controlling device, eliminating continuous paper consumption.
3Loss of time
If electronic shelf labels are used, then they can display product information digitally and be reused, but they lack efficient management systems for installation and updating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the controlling device with multiple functions integrated into a single system. It can manage product information storage, generate label content, transmit data wirelessly to multiple electronic shelf labels, and track label locations and identifying information, replacing the need for multiple separate management tools and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a communication gateway device as an intermediary between the controlling device and electronic shelf labels. This gateway handles the complex wireless communication protocols and data transmission, simplifying the interface between the management system and the display devices, and making the overall system easier to manage.
4Loss of substance
If electronic shelf labels are used, then they offer digital solution and reusability, but they require complex management systems for installation and updating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the controlling device with multiple functions integrated into a single system. It can manage product information storage, generate label content, transmit data wirelessly to multiple electronic shelf labels, and track label locations and identifying information, replacing the need for multiple separate management tools and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a communication gateway device as an intermediary between the controlling device and electronic shelf labels. This gateway handles the complex wireless communication protocols and data transmission, simplifying the interface between the management system and the display devices, and making the overall system easier to manage.
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AI summary
An electronic shelf label controlling system, an electronic shelf label installing method and an electronic shelf label updating method are provided. The electronic shelf label controlling system of the electronic shelf label includes at least an electronic shelf label, a controlling device, a deploying device, and a communication gateway device. The electronic shelf label is disposed on a shelf. The controlling device stores a label location table. The label location table records a relationship between a label identifying information and a label location information of the electronic shelf label. The deploying device is used for obtaining the label identifying information. The communication gateway device is used for communicating the controlling device, the deploying device and the electronic shelf label.