Shelf Tag With Position Dimension For Accurate Product Placement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing commercial product display methods are inefficient due to the inability to accurately determine product positions on display shelves without zoning, leading to inefficient display work, especially when shelves are not arranged in rows.
Innovation Solution
A shelf tag system that includes a dimensional value indicating the display position of commercial products, allowing for accurate placement even on unzoned shelves, with the tag featuring product names, prices, and images, and optionally advertisement information, printed on a roll sheet for efficient manufacturing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the display shelf is zoned into multiple shelves with shelf numbers for each commercial product, then the display work efficiency is improved, but the device complexity and applicability are reduced because this structure cannot be employed unless the display shelf is zoned in the row direction
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf tag is divided into multiple functional regions: a first region containing product information (name, price, image) and a second region containing the dimensional value indicating display position. This segmentation allows the tag to provide both product identification and positioning functions simultaneously, resolving the contradiction by enabling efficient display work without requiring shelf zoning.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a dimensional value that indicates the display position in the row direction, adding a spatial dimension to the traditional shelf tag. This dimensional information allows products to be positioned accurately along the shelf row without requiring vertical zoning, thereby expanding applicability to different shelf types while maintaining display efficiency.
2Device complexity
If the display shelf is not zoned in the row direction, then the device complexity is reduced, but the display work efficiency deteriorates because product positions cannot be determined accurately
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf tag acts as an intermediary carrier that conveys positioning information from the planning stage to the execution stage. By printing the dimensional value directly on the tag, it serves as a mediator between the display plan and the actual product placement, enabling accurate positioning without requiring physical shelf zoning markers.
Solution Approach 2:
The shelf tag autonomously provides both product identification information and positioning information. Instead of requiring separate shelf zoning markers and separate product tags, the single integrated tag serves multiple functions, allowing display workers to independently determine both what product to place and where to place it, thereby maintaining efficiency without increased structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A shelf tag to be attached to a display shelf for displaying commercial products, includes: a commercial product name and a price of the commercial product and a dimensional value indicating a display position of the commercial product to be displayed in a row direction on the display shelf printed on the tag.