US 8,556,172 B2Granted

Electronic shelf label system and display method

AssigneeIshida Co., Ltd.

InventorKazutomo Nakamura

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Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to perform an operation in a store on products which are not registered in a product master. In order to attain the object, an ESL server (10) includes a hard disk (14) memorizing a product master (140) and a link file (141), a bar code reader (17) and a link part (110). In associating a product with any of electronic shelf labels, an operator uses the bar code reader (17) to read out a bar code representing a product code of a product and a bar code representing a device code of an electronic shelf label located near the product. At this time, the link part (110) associates the acquired product specification information (130) with the acquired device specification information (131) to store in the link file (141) whether or not the product designated by the read out product code is registered in the product master (140).

Claims4

Dependent claims

An electronic shelf label system including electronic shelf labels located near products and a server for transmitting guiding information of said products to said electronic shelf labels, comprising:

a storage part, included in said server, memorizing a product master which stores information regarding registered products,
an input part accepting provisional information,
a specifying part specifying a product and an electronic shelf label located near said product by acquiring a product code for said product and a device code for said electronic shelf,
a link part, included in said server, associating a product specified by said specifying part with an electronic shelf label located near said product by generating link information associating said product code and said device code acquired by said specifying part with each other,
a generation part, included in said server, generating guiding information of a product specified by said specifying part based on provisional information accepted by said input part when said product is not registered in a product master memorized in said storage part, while generating guiding information of said product based on said product master when said product is registered in said product master, and
a transmission part transmitting guiding information of a product to an electronic shelf label associated with said product in the link information including the product code of said product, when guiding information of said product is generated, wherein
an electronic shelf label which has received guiding information from said transmission part displays said guiding information,
when guiding information of a product is generated by said generation part based on provisional information accepted by said input part, the contents of said provisional information are reflected to the product master memorized in said storage part, regarding said product, and
when generating guiding information based on provisional information, said generation part includes identification information in said guiding information, said identification information showing that said guiding information is generated based on said provisional information.

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a transportable information processing device including a specifying part specifying a product and an electronic shelf label located near said product by acquiring a product code for said product and a device code for said electronic shelf,
a storage part, included in said server, memorizing a product master which stores information regarding registered products,
a link part, included in said server, associating a product specified by said specifying part with an electronic shelf label located near said product by generating link information associating said product code and said device code acquired by said specifying part with each other when said product is registered in said product master,
a generation part, included in said server, generating non-registration notifying information for notifying that a product specified by said specifying part is not registered in said product master when said product is not registered in said product master, while generating guiding information of a product specified by said specifying part based on said product master when said product is registered in said product master, and
a transmission part for transmitting non-registration notifying information of a product to an electronic shelf label located near said product when non-registration notifying information of said product is generated, while transmitting guiding information of a product to an electronic shelf label associated with said product in the link information including the product code of said product when guiding information of said product is generated, wherein
an electronic shelf label which has received guiding information of a product from said transmission part displays said guiding information,
an electronic shelf label which has received non-registration notifying information regarding a product from said transmission part displays that said product is not registered in said product master, and
when generating non-registration notifying information, said generation part includes identification information in said non-registration notifying information, said identification information showing that said non-registration notifying information is for notifying that a product specified by said specifying part is not registered in said product master.

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a transportable information processing device including a specifying part specifying a product and an electronic shelf label located near said product by acquiring a product code for said product and a device code for said electronic shelf,
a storage part, included in said server, memorizing a product master which stores information regarding registered products,
a link part, included in said server, associating a product specified by said specifying part with an electronic shelf label located near said product by generating link information associating said product code and said device code acquired by said specifying part with each other when said product is registered in said product master,
a generation part, included in said server, generating non-registration notifying information for notifying that a product specified by said specifying part is not registered in said product master when said product is not registered in said product master, while generating guiding information of a product specified by said specifying part based on said product master when said product is registered in said product master, and
a transmission part for transmitting non-registration notifying information of a product to an electronic shelf label located near said product when non-registration notifying information of said product is generated, while transmitting guiding information of a product to an electronic shelf label associated with said product in the link information including the product code of said product when guiding information of said product is generated, wherein
an electronic shelf label which has received guiding information of a product from said transmission part displays said guiding information,
an electronic shelf label which has received non-registration notifying information regarding a product from said transmission part displays that said product is not registered in said product master, and
even when a product specified by said specifying part is not registered in said product master, said link part associates said product with an electronic shelf label located near said product by generating link information associating a product code of said product with a device code of said electronic shelf label.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.