Electronic Shelf Label Placement via Self-Service Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Placing multiple electronic shelf labels in a store environment is labor-intensive due to the need to identify and position each label correctly among numerous fixtures and product shelves.
Innovation Solution
A management system and method that includes a product identification information acquisition means to associate product information with display apparatuses, and an electronic shelf label with storage and display control means to display shelf label placement information, such as fixture and shelf identification, reducing the labor required for placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple electronic shelf labels are manually placed on fixtures, then product information can be displayed on each shelf, but the labor required for identification and placement increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic shelf label itself performs the identification function by displaying its unique identifier and placement information, eliminating the need for manual identification by workers. The label serves itself by providing the information needed for its own correct placement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediate information display layer (the electronic shelf label showing its ID and placement location) that mediates between the worker and the final placement action, making the placement process more efficient and accurate.
2Reliability
If electronic shelf labels are placed without systematic identification, then placement is simpler, but the likelihood of incorrect placement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic shelf label uses visual display (analogous to color changes) to show different information states - displaying placement information during the placement phase and product information during normal operation, providing clear visual cues for correct placement.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary identification and information display before the actual placement action, ensuring that the correct label is placed on the correct fixture by showing the label's ID and intended placement location in advance.
Data Source
AI summary
One of objects of the present invention is to reduce labor of a user when placing an electronic shelf label (103) on a fixture (104). The present invention includes: one or a plurality of electronic shelf labels (103); and a management apparatus (107) that manages the one or a plurality of electronic shelf labels (103). The management apparatus (107) includes: a product ID acquisition unit (120) that acquires, when accepting exhibition area information for identifying an exhibition area of one or a plurality of products, product information of the one or a plurality of products relevant to a product ID associated with the accepted exhibition area information in information in which exhibition area information and product identification information are associated with each other; and a second control unit (122) that performs control for associating each of the one or a plurality of pieces of product information with the one or a plurality of electronic shelf labels (103).