Interactive Eyewear Display Board with RFID Shelf Illumination
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Solution Overview
Problem
In brick-and-mortar eyewear stores, customers face difficulty in identifying and locating specific eyewear due to the large number of similar brands and styles, and the frequent repositioning of tried-on eyewear, making it hard to find researched or desired items.
Innovation Solution
A computerized, interactive eyewear display board system equipped with a processor, memory, illuminated shelves, and item tracking mechanisms using RFID or NFC readers, which receives user preference criteria and illuminates matching shelves, helping users quickly identify desired eyewear and assists in maintaining correct inventory by indicating misplaced items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple pairs of eyewear are displayed on the same shelf, then the quantity of eyewear available for customers increases, but it becomes difficult for customers to quickly identify and locate specific eyewear
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color-coded labels or tags to different eyewear items or categories on the shelf. Each color represents a specific brand, style, or category, allowing customers to quickly visually scan and identify the desired eyewear without having to examine each item individually. This color-coding system transforms the visual appearance of the display to enhance detectability while maintaining high quantity.
2Ease of operation
If eyewear is frequently moved and tried on by multiple customers, then customer access and trial convenience improve, but the eyewear becomes misplaced and difficult to locate or return to original position
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where each eyewear item or shelf position is equipped with an identification system (such as RFID tags, barcodes, or sensors). When eyewear is picked up or moved, the system detects the movement and provides feedback to the customer through mobile device notifications or shelf indicators, guiding them back to the correct shelf position. This feedback loop maintains location information despite frequent movement.
3Area of stationary object
If a large number of eyewear items are displayed in a compact retail space, then space utilization improves, but the complexity of the display system and difficulty of navigation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes vertical space by implementing multi-level shelving units and wall-mounted displays, transitioning from a two-dimensional horizontal arrangement to a three-dimensional vertical arrangement. This allows a large quantity of eyewear to be displayed in a compact footprint while maintaining organizational simplicity through clear section dividers, color-coding, and digital signage that guides customers through the vertical display structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively guides users to their desired eyewear by illuminating matching shelves and helps maintain correct inventory by indicating misplaced items, enhancing the shopping experience and reducing customer frustration in large eyewear collections.
Implementation Method 1
The system may also include a respective RFID or NFC reader adjacent each of its respective shelves that may be used to determine—e.g., by scanning an RFID or NFC tag attached to, or embedded within, eyewear on the shelf
Implementation Method 2
The system may also include a respective RFID or NFC reader adjacent each of its respective shelves that may be used to determine—e.g., by scanning an RFID or NFC tag attached to, or embedded within, eyewear on the shelf
Implementation Method 3
The display board may include multiple shelves for supporting respective individual pairs of eyewear and one or more lights (e.g., LEDs or other lights) adjacent each of the shelves
Data Source
AI summary
A computerized, interactive eyewear display board system, comprising a plurality of display shelves mounted to a display board's support structure, each of the display shelves comprising at least one light that is adapted to selectively illuminate the respective shelf, the at least one light being controlled a computer processor; and an item tracking mechanism that is adapted to determine which particular eyewear is on each particular respective one of the display shelves. In various embodiments, the display board system is adapted to receive eyewear preference criteria from a user, identify particular eyewear that is placed on a particular one of the display shelves that satisfies the eyewear preference criteria, and in response to determining that the particular eyewear satisfies the eyewear preference criteria, illuminate the particular shelf.