CN102750124A - Electronic shelf label system adopting EPD (Electronic Paper Display) screen - Google Patents
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The invention provides an electronic shelf label system adopting an EPD (Electronic Paper Display) screen. A local area network is set up in a marketplace through a router, a central switch and a secondary switch, a main computer controls a plurality of radio-frequency transmitters in the marketplace through the network, and the radio-frequency transmitters transmit radio-frequency signals to a radio-frequency receiver to further update the content of the EPD screen. The main computer can cause all radio-frequency transmitters to transmit the radio-frequency signals to update the content of the EPD screen and can also cause a designated radio-frequency transmitter to transmit a radio-frequency signal to update the relevant content of the EPD screen. The electronic shelf label system is used, so that the efficiency of supermarkets can be greatly increased.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to field of electronic display, particularly a kind of electronic bin tag system that is applicable to the employing EPD screen of supermarket, sales field.
Background technology
The EPD screen is a kind of display screen that utilizes electrophoretic display technology (EPD) principle and process.Electrophoretic display technology (EPD) is that the charged particle with black, white dichromatism is packaged in the microcapsule structure, controls the lifting moving of different electric charge black and white particles by extra electric field, to demonstrate the monochromatic display effect of black and white; Under effect of electric field; Two kinds of different particles of black and white are not stopped transport moving, and when the particle of white rose to upper surface, all ambient lightings were mapped to upper surface by reflection fully; So just formed white state, just the state of paper; Behind the exchange electrode, the particle of two kinds of colors can switch, white like this particle just can to below gone, above the particle of black was arrived, light was all absorbed by the particle of black, the result just causes black, has also just formed white and black displays.In addition, at upper surface the state of mixing, two kinds of proportional mixing of different particles can be arranged also; Can form black and white like this and the different colours of gray-level is arranged; Because the EPD technology can demonstrate the white and black displays effect of high reflectance, high contrast, and memory effect is arranged simultaneously, when after the extra electric field cancellation; The current demonstration that appears of instant playback is like same printed paper institute content displayed.Owing to have bistability, after the power electrical field cancellation, still on the EPD screen, image kept some months perhaps several years.
The characteristic that after the power electrical field cancellation, still can show present image according to the EPD screen; The applicant once proposed a kind of " shelf passive electronic label display system and display packing " in patented claim CN201210052509.1; Wherein relate to and utilize remote server to upgrade merchandise news synchronously, upgrade the displaying contents of EPD screen again through intelligent hand-held terminal device to intelligent hand-held terminal device.But in practical application, the quantity of shielding owing to the EPD in each supermarket, the sales field is huge, when needs upgrade EPD screen data in enormous quantities, still adopts hand-held terminal device to come to upgrade one by one the displaying contents of EPD screen, and its efficient does not often catch up with requirement.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of electronic bin tag system of the EPD of employing screen; With the main means of RF technology as renewal EPD screen; With the supplementary means of hand-held terminal device, to realize more quick, high efficiency EPD screen data updating function as renewal EPD screen.
Technical scheme of the present invention is following:
A kind of electronic bin tag system that adopts the EPD screen comprises a principal computer, a router, center switch, one or more hand-held terminal device, a plurality of EPD screen, a plurality of RF transmitter and many secondary switches; Said principal computer, router, center switch and many secondary switches are formed LAN through netting twine; In each space, sales field, arrange a secondary switch and four RF transmitters; Said RF transmitter is arranged in four corners on each space, sales field ceiling, and is connected with secondary switch in the space, corresponding sales field; Said EPD screen is installed on the shelf, and each EPD screen is connected with a RF receiver, carries out wireless data transmission between said RF transmitter and the said RF receiver; Said hand-held terminal device carries out data transmission through data line and EPD screen.
Its further technical scheme is:
Said RF transmitter is made up of RF chip and MCU drive plate.Said RF receiver is made up of RF chip and MCU drive plate.Said RF receiver and EPD screen become one.
Useful technique effect of the present invention is:
The present invention is through router, and equipment such as center switch, secondary switch are built LAN in the sales field, control a plurality of RF transmitters through principal computer, is upgraded the content of EPD screen by RF transmitter transmitting RF signal.Can make all RF transmitter transmitting RF signals upgrade the content of EPD screen, also can make the RF transmitter transmitting RF signal of appointment upgrade the content that relevant EPD shields.Use the present invention, can promote the efficient in supermarket greatly, be embodied in the following aspects:
A. practice thrift human resources.According to investigation; The price tag replacing of one tame large supermarket every day need take 1 ~ 2 hour time of tens employees; Run into sales promotion festivals or holidays and then need spend more energy; And the use electronic shelf label then can make the employee therefrom free, and the time is more put in other the work and is gone.B. conserves paper and the protection environment.Use electronic shelf label to can be papery price tags a large amount of under the saving of supermarket, the expense of also having practiced thrift a lot of printer inks simultaneously.And, more protect environment, energy-saving and emission-reduction to make contribution except reducing expenses.C. avoid the price mistake.Use marked price that electronic shelf label guaranteed commodity on the shelf forever all with the POS machine in consistent, thereby thoroughly stopped Customer Complaint that causes because of price is inconsistent and the various legal consequences of bringing thus.When safeguarding the right to know of client to commodity price, built better shopping environment, make client trust the supermarket more, promote the supermarket brand.D. make large-scale timesharing sales promotion become possibility.When using paper labels, because the staff restriction is appraised at the current rate on a large scale and can only be carried out at night; And the use electronic shelf label, the price refresh rate is fast, thus make the supermarket carry out in hour extensive sales promotion become possibility; Bring more promotion plan, promoted sales volume.But the original ERP system of seamless link e.; System compatibility is strong; Original paper labels is managed through same set of software systems; The price control system is managing electronic shelf label and common paper labels simultaneously, makes not to be that the Commercial goods labels that often appraises at the current rate also increases work efficiency through this cover management mechanism.
F. frivolous, the easy reading of the EPD of electronic shelf label; Not only have the effect that is similar to paper, compare and traditional paper, more can unlimited renewal information; And pass through pc connection; Can reach benefit timely, that accurately upgrade, for the merchandise control of hypermarket or large warehoused material handling, the electronic shelf label of employing EPD also meets the trend of automatic management.Be converted into standard product easily, usable range is extensive, shows that cost is low.
In addition, the present invention also can be applicable to every field such as industrial automation, business automation, communications and transportation control and management, Auto Express-way Toll Collector System, managing system of car parking, Item Management, the streamline production automation, safety discrepancy inspection, warehousing management.
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Fig. 1 is a structural representation of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the signal transmission synoptic diagram of RF transmitter and RF receiver.
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Further specify below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing specific embodiments of the invention.
As shown in Figure 1, the present invention discloses a kind of electronic bin tag system of the EPD of employing screen.System is made up of principal computer 1, router two, center switch 3, hand-held terminal device 4, a plurality of EPD screen 5, a plurality of RF transmitter 6 and many secondary switches 7.
Principal computer 1, router two, interchanger (center switch 3, secondary switch 7) are formed LAN through netting twine, according to sales field space layout network.Arrange that in each space, sales field a secondary switch 7 and 6, four RF transmitters 6 of four RF transmitters all are connected with secondary switch 7.Four RF transmitters 6 are arranged in four corners on the ceiling of sales field, make the coverage of RF wireless signal all normal in the sales field everywhere.
Hand-held terminal device 4 is connected with EPD screen 5 through data line, can inquire about easily check, the while can shield 5 to EPD and change separately.
Principle of work of the present invention is following: at first the merchandise news of 1 pair of lane database of principal computer is made encoding process, and the information such as price that will upgrade then are sent to RF transmitter 6 through the network of being made up of router two, center switch 3, secondary switch 7; The RF radio signal that RF transmitter 6 driven antenna will be loaded with commodity data information is sent to whole sales field; Be installed on EPD screen 5 on the shelf and be connected with the RF receiver 8 (perhaps RF receiver 8 integrates with EPD screen 5) of band identity code respectively, receiver 8 can be reduced into the RF signal that receives effective digital signal and on EPD screen 5, shows.The present invention has point-to-point and two kinds of communication functions of mass-sending, that is: principal computer 1 both can specify EPD screen 5 to transmit data to certain, also can control all EPD screens 5 once.
As shown in Figure 2, around the RF radio signal that RF transmitter 6 continuous driven antenna will be loaded with commodity data information is sent to.Each EPD screen 5 connects a RF receiver 8.RF receiver 8 receives the radio signal that RF transmitter 6 is sent through antenna.
The RF transmitter is RF chip+MCU drive plate, and is in running order always.The RF chip adopts NRF24LE1 wireless transceiver chip, perhaps similar supplanter.The MCU drive plate adopts 8051 single-chip microcomputers.Perhaps similar supplanter.
The RF receiver is RF chip+MCU drive plate, and the MCU single-chip microcomputer is provided with interval time through programming, generally is in dormant state, opens at set intervals; The RF chip is opened in driving, if receive signal, through check and correction; Confirm OK, driving power is opened the EPD screen, and signal is reduced to effective digital signal through encoding process; On the EPD screen, show, and then powered-down, continue on the EPD screen to show.Otherwise do not receive relevant instruction such as renewal, then the MCU MCU driving is closed the RF chip, waits until that the next cycle drives search again, circulates with this.
RF receiver of the present invention, RF transmitter also can use mechanicss of communication such as Zigbee, IR, RFID, RF, Wi-Fi, 3g, bluetooth to replace simultaneously.
Above-described only is preferred implementation of the present invention, the invention is not restricted to above embodiment.Be appreciated that other improvement and variation that those skilled in the art directly derive or associate under the prerequisite that does not break away from basic design of the present invention, all should think to be included within protection scope of the present invention.
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1. an electronic bin tag system that adopts the EPD screen is characterized in that: comprise that a principal computer (1), a router (2), a center switch (3), one or more hand-held terminal device (4), a plurality of EPD shield (5), a plurality of RF transmitter (6) and many secondary switches (7);
Said principal computer (1), router (2), center switch (3) are formed LAN with many secondary switches (7) through netting twine; In each space, sales field, arrange a secondary switch (7) and four RF transmitters (6); Said RF transmitter (6) is arranged in four corners on each space, sales field ceiling, and is connected with secondary switch (7) in the space, corresponding sales field; Said EPD screen (5) is installed on the shelf, and each EPD screen (5) is connected with a RF receiver (8), carries out wireless data transmission between said RF transmitter (6) and the said RF receiver (8); Said hand-held terminal device (4) carries out data transmission through data line and EPD screen (5).
2. according to the electronic bin tag system of the said employing of claim 1 EPD screen, it is characterized in that: said RF transmitter (6) is made up of RF chip and MCU drive plate.
3. according to the electronic bin tag system of the said employing of claim 1 EPD screen, it is characterized in that: said RF receiver (8) is made up of RF chip and MCU drive plate.
4. according to the electronic bin tag system of claim 1 or 3 said employing EPD screens, it is characterized in that: said RF receiver (8) becomes one with EPD screen (5).
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