CN111428096A

CN111428096A - Information prompting device, system, method and device, user equipment, electronic price tag, object searching method and device

Info

Publication number: CN111428096A
Application number: CN201910024510.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙东方
Original assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Current assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-10
Filing date: 2019-01-10
Publication date: 2020-07-17
Anticipated expiration: 2039-01-10
Also published as: CN111428096B

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides an information prompting device, a system, a method and a device, user equipment, an electronic price tag, an object searching method and a device, wherein the information prompting device comprises: a prompt component and a control component; wherein the deployed position of the reminder component is associated with a price tag position of an electronic price tag in the shelf; the control assembly is configured to: receiving an object search request; determining an object in the shelf that matches price tag information of the electronic price tag; controlling the prompting component to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object location of the object in the shelf. The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application improves the relevance between the electronic price tag and the object.

Description

Information prompting device, system, method and device, user equipment, electronic price tag, object searching method and device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of computer application, in particular to an information prompting device, an information prompting system, an information prompting method, an information prompting device, user equipment, an electronic price tag, an object searching method and an object searching device.

Background

In an offline service scene such as a supermarket, a market or a convenience store, in order to facilitate a user to visually obtain information of commodities, commodity information such as commodity names, commodity prices, commodity discounts and the like can be displayed for the user through the electronic price tag, and particularly, the electronic price tag is provided with an electronic display device with an information receiving and sending function, and the commodity information can be displayed on a screen of the electronic price tag.

However, due to the limitation of the placement space, a plurality of electronic price tags and a plurality of products may be included on the same shelf, which results in that the user cannot directly associate the electronic price tags with the products, for example, the user needs to match the product name based on the electronic price tag and the product name of the product to obtain information such as the product price, the product discount, etc. on the electronic price tag, and therefore, the association between the products and the electronic price tag is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an information prompt device, an information prompt system, an information prompt method, an information prompt device, user equipment, an electronic price tag, an object searching method and an object searching device, and aims to solve the technical problem that in the prior art, the association degree of an object and the electronic price tag is poor.

In a first aspect, the present application provides an information prompting device, including: a prompt component and a control component; wherein the deployed position of the reminder component is associated with a price tag position of an electronic price tag in the shelf; the control assembly is configured to:

receiving an object search request;

determining an object in the shelf that matches price tag information of the electronic price tag;

controlling the prompting component to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object location of the object in the shelf.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a user equipment, comprising: a storage component and a processing component; the storage component is used for storing one or more computer instructions, and the one or more computer instructions are called and executed by the processing component;

the processing component is to:

detecting an object search request triggered by a user;

responding to the object searching request, and sending the object searching request to a server so that the server can determine an object corresponding information prompting device based on the object searching request; sending the object searching request to the information prompting device so that a control component of the information prompting device can receive the object searching request and determine an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf; a prompt component that controls a deployment location to be associated with a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object location of the object in the shelf.

In a third aspect, the present application provides an electronic price tag, comprising: the display device comprises a display component, a storage component and a processing component; the storage component is used for storing one or more computer instructions, and the one or more computer instructions are called and executed by the processing component;

the display component is used for displaying price tag information of the electronic price tag;

the processing component is to:

acquiring an object searching request;

determining an object corresponding information prompt device based on the object search request;

and sending the object searching request to the information prompting device so that a control component of the information prompting device receives the object searching request, determines an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf, and controls a prompting component associated with the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf to be switched from a first physical state to a second physical state so as to prompt a user of the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides an information prompting method, which is applied to an information prompting device, where the information prompting device includes: a control component and a prompt component having a deployment location associated with a price tag location of an electronic price tag in the shelf;

the method comprises the following steps:

receiving an object search request;

the control prompting component switches from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object position of the object in the shelf.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides an object searching method, including:

detecting an object search request triggered by a user;

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides an object search method, which is applied to an electronic price tag, where the electronic price tag is used to display price tag information, and the method includes:

acquiring an object searching request;

and sending the object searching request to the information prompting device so that a control component of the information prompting device receives the object searching request, determines an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf, and controls a prompting component associated with the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf to be switched from a first physical state to a second physical state so as to prompt the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf.

In a seventh aspect, the present application provides an information presentation apparatus configured in an information presentation device, where the information presentation device includes: a control component and a prompt component having a deployment location associated with a price tag location of an electronic price tag in the shelf;

the device comprises:

a request receiving module for receiving an object search request;

the object determining module is used for determining an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the goods shelf;

and the component control module is used for controlling the prompt component to be switched from the first physical state to the second physical state so as to prompt the user of the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf.

In an eighth aspect, the present application provides an object searching apparatus, including:

the request detection module is used for detecting an object search request triggered by a user;

the request response module is used for responding to the object searching request and sending the object searching request to a server so that the server can determine an object corresponding information prompt device based on the object searching request; sending the object searching request to the information prompting device so that a control component of the information prompting device receives the object searching request and determines an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf; a prompt component that controls a deployment location to be associated with a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object location of the object in the shelf.

In a ninth aspect, the present application provides an object search apparatus configured in an electronic price tag, where the electronic price tag is used for displaying price tag information, and the apparatus includes:

the request acquisition module is used for acquiring an object search request;

the equipment determining module is used for determining the information prompting equipment corresponding to the object based on the object searching request;

and the request sending module is used for sending the object searching request to the information prompting device so that a control component of the information prompting device receives the object searching request, determining an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf, and controlling a prompting component associated with the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf to be switched from a first physical state to a second physical state so as to prompt the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf.

In a tenth aspect, an electronic price tag in an embodiment of the present application includes: the price tag comprises a price tag body, an indicator lamp and a display screen which are positioned on the price tag body, and a control assembly positioned in the price tag body;

the control assembly is configured to:

controlling the display screen to display the price tag information of the electronic price tag;

receiving an object search request;

and controlling the guide lamp to be switched from an off state to a light-emitting state so as to prompt a user of the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf.

In an eleventh aspect, an information prompting system in an embodiment of the present application includes: electronic price tag and information prompt equipment, information prompt equipment includes: a prompt component and a control component; wherein the deployed position of the prompt component is associated with a price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf;

the electronic price tag is used for displaying price tag information of the electronic price tag;

the control component of the information prompting device is used for:

receiving an object search request; determining an object in the shelf that matches price tag information of the electronic price tag; controlling the prompting component to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object location of the object in the shelf.

In the embodiment of the application, an information prompting device composed of a prompting component and a control component is provided, the deployment position of the prompting component can be associated with the price tag position of an electronic price tag in a shelf, the control component receives an object searching request, determines an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf, and can control the prompting component to be switched from a first physical state to a second physical state so as to prompt a user of the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf. Because the deployment position of the prompting component is associated with the price tag position in advance, the electronic price tag can be quickly obtained through the prompting component, and the prompting of the electronic price tag is realized. When the prompt is switched from the first physical state to the second physical state, the user can be prompted to the object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the prompt component, so that the prompt of the object is realized, the association degree of the object and the electronic price tag is increased, and the searching efficiency of the electronic price tag is improved.

These and other aspects of the present application will be more readily apparent from the following description of the embodiments.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating an embodiment of an information prompting device provided by the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a further embodiment of an information prompting device provided by the present application;

FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary diagram of a spherical reminder assembly provided herein;

FIG. 4 illustrates yet another example diagram of a spherical reminder assembly provided herein;

FIG. 5 illustrates an example configuration diagram of an information prompting device and electronic price tag provided herein;

FIGS. 6 a-6 f illustrate exemplary diagrams of changes in orientation of a light beam emitting assembly provided herein;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an embodiment of a user equipment provided herein;

FIG. 8 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of one embodiment of an electronic price tag provided herein;

FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating one embodiment of an information prompting method provided herein;

FIG. 10 is a flow diagram illustrating one embodiment of an object finding method provided herein;

FIG. 11 is a flow chart illustrating a further embodiment of an object finding method provided herein;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating an embodiment of an information presentation device provided herein;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating an embodiment of an object searching apparatus provided in the present application;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating an embodiment of an object search apparatus provided in the present application

FIG. 15 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of one embodiment of an electronic price tag provided herein;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating an embodiment of an information prompt system provided in the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In some of the flows described in the specification and claims of this application and in the above-described figures, a number of operations are included that occur in a particular order, but it should be clearly understood that these operations may be performed out of order or in parallel as they occur herein, the number of operations, e.g., 101, 102, etc., merely being used to distinguish between various operations, and the number itself does not represent any order of performance. Additionally, the flows may include more or fewer operations, and the operations may be performed sequentially or in parallel. It should be noted that, the descriptions of "first", "second", etc. in this document are used for distinguishing different messages, devices, modules, etc., and do not represent a sequential order, nor limit the types of "first" and "second" to be different.

The embodiment of the invention can be applied to an object display scene, and the relevance between the electronic price tag and the object is improved and the object searching efficiency is further improved by associating the deployment position of the prompting component with the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and prompting the object corresponding to the electronic price tag after the control component realizes the state switching of the prompting component.

In the prior art, in places such as shopping malls, supermarkets or warehouses where objects are displayed, if the objects and the electronic price tags are directly placed and displayed on a shelf, it is not enough to directly associate and display the objects and the electronic price tags. The user needs to search the electronic price tag through the object or search the object through the electronic price tag, and the searching difficulty of the user is improved and the searching efficiency is reduced. In order to solve the above problem, the inventors thought whether it is possible to establish a presentation association between an electronic price tag and an object while presenting the object and the electronic price tag. Accordingly, the inventors propose a technical solution of the present application.

The embodiment of the invention provides information prompting equipment which can comprise a prompting component and a control component. When the prompt component is deployed, the deployment position of the prompt component can be associated with the price tag position of an electronic price tag in the shelf, the control component receives an object search request, determines an object in the shelf, which is matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag, and can control the prompt component to be switched from a first physical state to a second physical state so as to prompt a user of the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf. Because the deployment position of the prompting component is associated with the price tag position in advance, the electronic price tag can be quickly obtained through the prompting component, and the prompting of the electronic price tag is realized. When the prompt is switched from the first physical state to the second physical state, the user can be prompted to the object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the prompt component, so that the prompt of the object is realized, the association degree of the object and the electronic price tag is increased, and the searching efficiency of the electronic price tag is improved.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an information prompting device provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the information prompting device may include: a prompt component 101 and a control component 102.

Wherein the deployed position of the reminder component 101 is associated with a price tag position of an electronic price tag in the shelf.

The control component 102 is configured to:

receiving an object search request; determining an object in the shelf that matches price tag information of the electronic price tag;

the prompting component 101 is controlled to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object location of the object in the shelf.

In practical applications, the object described in the present application may refer to a commodity in a place such as a business department, a convenience store, or the like, an item in a warehouse, or the like. The method is suitable for any scenes with article display and article information prompting through the electronic price tags. The electronic price tag may refer to a textual description interface for displaying object information, and the content of the electronic price tag may specifically include an object name, an object type, an object origin, an object price, and/or discount information.

In practical applications, a plurality of identical objects can be placed in one shelf, but only one electronic price tag is placed. Thus, one object may correspond to one electronic price tag, but one electronic price tag may correspond to a plurality of objects. The object search request may particularly refer to a search request for the same object in a shelf.

In some possible designs, the information prompting device can be configured on the electronic price tag, the information prompting device and the electronic price tag can be integrated into a whole, and then the prompting component is displayed, and meanwhile the electronic price tag is displayed through the prompting component.

In some possible designs, the information prompting device may be separated from the electronic price tag, independent of each other, but there is a positional relationship, and assuming that the disposition position of the information prompting device in the shelf is unchanged, the electronic price tag may be disposed within a range close to the information prompting device, and the distance between the two ranges is within a range that the two can be exhibited in a relationship, for example, may be 5mm (millimeter), 10mm (millimeter), and the like. Through the arrangement mode, the replacement of the electronic price tags can be realized. For example, a damaged electronic price tag is replaced, a normal electronic price tag that requires adjustment of the electronic price tag content is replaced.

The electronic price tag can send the price tag information of the electronic price tag to the information prompting device when the electronic price tag can determine that an object searching request is received.

Alternatively, the object lookup request may be generated by the control component. The information prompting device can also comprise a switch component. The user can start the switch assembly, the information prompting device can acquire the starting operation of the user on the switch assembly, an object searching request triggered by the user is received, object prompting can be started, and the prompting assembly is controlled to be switched from the first physical state to the second physical state so as to prompt the user of an object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the prompting assembly. That is, the object search request may be generated by the information prompting device in response to a user-triggered prompt initiation operation.

Alternatively, the electronic device may send the object search request and the price tag information of the electronic price tag to the information prompting device. The electronic device can determine the object search request, acquire the information prompting device corresponding to the object search request, and send the information prompting device. Specifically, the device identifier corresponding to the object identifier may be searched based on information such as the object identifier and the object name in the object search request, and the device identifier may be sent to the information prompt device based on the device identifier. The device identifier and the object identifier or the object name and the like can be established in advance and stored in the database correspondingly so as to facilitate query.

The electronic device may be a user device, and the user device may detect an object search request triggered by a user, acquire an information prompting device corresponding to the object search request according to the object search request, and then send the object search request to the information prompting device. The terminal equipment can also obtain price tag information of an electronic price tag corresponding to the object based on an object searching request triggered by a user, and sends the price tag information of the electronic price tag to the information prompting equipment.

Wherein the electronic device may be a server. The user device may detect an object search request triggered by a user and send the object search request to the service device. The server can search the corresponding equipment identification according to the object identification, the object name and the like in the object searching request, and send the object searching request and the price tag information of the electronic price tag corresponding to the object to the corresponding information prompting equipment based on the equipment identification.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the prompt component is deployed, the deployment position of the prompt component can be associated with the price tag position of an electronic price tag in the shelf, the control component further receives an object search request, determines an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf, and can control the prompt component to be switched from the first physical state to the second physical state so as to prompt a user of the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf. Because the deployment position of the prompting component is associated with the price tag position in advance, the electronic price tag can be quickly obtained through the prompting component, and the prompting of the electronic price tag is realized. When the prompt is switched from the first physical state to the second physical state, the user can be prompted to the object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the prompt component, so that the prompt of the object is realized, the association degree of the object and the electronic price tag is increased, and the searching efficiency of the electronic price tag is improved.

As shown in fig. 2, a schematic structural diagram of an information prompting device provided in the embodiment of the present application is different from the embodiment shown in fig. 1 in that a prompting component 101 in the device may include: a first cueing component 1011 and a second cueing component 1012.

The control component 102 controls the prompting component 101 to switch from the first physical state to the second physical state, so as to prompt the user that the price position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf are specifically:

controlling the first prompting component 1011 to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user of the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf;

control the second prompting component 1012 to switch from the third physical state to a fourth physical state to prompt the user for the object location of the target object in the shelf.

The first, second, third and fourth embodiments of the present application are used to distinguish between different physical states of different prompting assemblies, without a practical ordering implication. The third physical state may be the same as the first physical state, and specifically may refer to a state of not prompting. The fourth physical state and the second physical state may be the same, and specifically may refer to being in a prompt state.

The prompting component is divided into a first prompting component and a second prompting component, wherein the first prompting component is used for prompting the electronic price tag, and the second prompting component is used for prompting the object. The arrangement position of the prompt component is associated with the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf, so that the electronic price tag can be found more quickly through the first prompt component, the second prompt component is associated with the first prompt component, and when the object is prompted through the second prompt component, the object associated with the electronic price tag can be found quickly, the association prompt of the electronic price tag and the object is realized, and the finding efficiency of the object and the electronic price tag is improved.

In some embodiments, the first reminder assembly 1011 includes a light emitting assembly disposed at a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf;

the control component controls the first prompt component to be switched from the first physical state to the second physical state so as to prompt a user that the price position of the electronic price tag in the shelf is specifically as follows:

and controlling the light-emitting component to be switched from an off state to a light-emitting state, and lighting the light-emitting component to prompt a user that the electronic price tag is at the price tag position in the shelf.

In practical applications, the light-emitting component may be disposed at the electronic price tag, for example, may be configured by being connected with the electronic price tag or being disposed on the electronic price tag, and then directly prompt the electronic price tag by emitting light. The light emitting assembly may also be positioned adjacent to an electronic price tag, for example, may be spaced 3mm (millimeters) from the electronic price tag, and emit light to directly indicate the electronic price tag located adjacent thereto.

For convenience, the light emitting assembly may be disposed on a spherical prompting assembly, or may be integrated with the spherical prompting assembly. In order to indicate different directions, the spherical prompting component can be positioned in a spherical groove of the information prompting device and can rotate in the spherical groove. Wherein the electronic price tag is mainly rotatable left and right with respect to a longitudinal section of the electronic price tag. The spherical prompting component comprises a section, the light-emitting component is arranged on the section, when the spherical prompting component is parallel, the spherical section where the light-emitting component is located is parallel to the cross section of the electronic price tag, and the display interface can emit light when being started to be in a light-emitting state. As shown in fig. 3, a schematic structural diagram of a spherical prompting component 300 is shown, a light-emitting component 302 can be configured on a cross section of the spherical prompting component, and then the light-emitting component emits light when being started.

The light-emitting component can be arranged at the position of the electronic price tag in the shelf, and further when the light-emitting component is switched from the off state to the light-emitting state under the control of the control component, the light-emitting group price can be lightened to directly prompt the electronic price tag related to the light-emitting component, the electronic price tag related to the light-emitting component can be found quickly through the light-emitting component, and the finding efficiency and the display effect of the electronic price tag are improved.

In some embodiments, the second prompting component 1012 includes a light beam emitting component disposed at a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf;

the control component controls the second prompting component 1012 to switch from the third physical state to the fourth physical state, so as to prompt the user that the object position of the object in the shelf is specifically:

and controlling the light beam emission assembly to be switched from the off state to the light-emitting state, and emitting a light beam to the object so as to prompt a user of the object position of the object in the shelf.

In practical applications, the light beam emitting assembly may be disposed at the electronic price tag, for example, configured by being connected with or disposed on the electronic price tag, and further prompt the object by emitting the light beam to the object corresponding to the electronic price tag. The electronic price tag and the object can be associated and prompted through the prompt.

The light emitting component and the light beam emitting component can be integrated, that is, the first prompting component and the second prompting component of the prompting component can be integrated. As a possible implementation manner, the light emitting component and the light beam emitting component may be disposed in a spherical light emitting component and located in a spherical groove of the information prompting device, and the spherical prompting component may rotate in the spherical groove. The spherical prompting component comprises a section, the light-emitting component is arranged on the section, when the spherical prompting component is parallel, the spherical section where the light-emitting component is located is parallel to the cross section of the electronic price tag, and the display interface can emit light when being started to be in a light-emitting state. The light beam emitting assembly may be located at the top end of the spherical prompting assembly, i.e. at the apex opposite the end opposite the spherical recess.

As shown in fig. 4, a schematic structural diagram of a spherical prompting assembly 400 configured with a light emitting assembly 401 and a light beam emitting assembly 402 according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided, where the light emitting assembly 401 is located on a cross section of the spherical prompting assembly 400, the cross section is parallel to an electronic price tag cross section when the spherical prompting assembly 400 is perpendicular to a horizontal plane, and the light beam emitting assembly 402 may be located at a top end of the spherical prompting assembly 400, and is perpendicular to the horizontal plane when the spherical prompting assembly 400 is perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

That is, the spherical prompting component, the light emitting component and the light beam emitting component may form a prompting component, and the prompting component is configured in the information prompting device, the information prompting device may be located on an electronic price tag, or located at any distance closer to the electronic price tag, and the information prompting device is used to realize the associated prompting of the electronic price tag and the object.

As a possible implementation manner, the information prompting device formed by the spherical prompting component, the light emitting component and the light beam emitting component and formed by the prompting component and the control component may further include a switch component. When the switch assembly is started, the control equipment can confirm that the object searching request is received. As shown in fig. 5, a schematic diagram of an information prompting device 500 configured with a prompting component 501, a control component (not shown in the figure) and a switch component 502, as a structural configuration, the information prompting device 500 can be integrated with an electronic price tag 503, but can rotate relative to the transverse central axis of the electronic price tag.

The light beam emission assembly is also disposed at an electronic price tag location in the shelf, and the light beam emitted by the light beam emission assembly can be directed toward the object when the light beam emission assembly is switched from an off state to a light emitting state. Because the light beam emission assembly is arranged at the position of the electronic price tag, namely the emission source of the light beam emission assembly is the position of the electronic price tag, the electronic price tag can be prompted through the emission position of the light beam emission assembly, and then the target of prompting the electronic price tag and the object can be realized through the light beam emission assembly, so that the association prompt of the electronic price tag and the object is realized, and the searching efficiency is improved.

In one possible design, the control component controls the light beam emission component to switch from the off state to the light emitting state, and emits a light beam to the object, so as to prompt a user that the object position of the object in the shelf is specifically:

determining the emission direction of the light beam emission assembly according to the object position of the object in the shelf;

based on the emission direction, the light beam emission assembly is controlled to be switched from an off state to a light-emitting state, and light beams are emitted to the object so as to prompt a user of the object position of the object in the shelf.

Alternatively, the corresponding object of the electronic price tag in the shelf can be determined based on the price tag information of the electronic price tag, and the object position of the object in the shelf can be obtained. Specifically, the server may query the object position of the object corresponding to the electronic price tag in the shelf.

When the light beam emitting assembly is located on the electronic price tag, the emission direction may include: left-right or front-back directions with respect to a cross section of the electronic price tag, and/or left-right or front-back directions with respect to a longitudinal section of the electronic price tag.

In the embodiment of the invention, if the emission direction of the light beam emission assembly is determined based on the position of the object in the shelf, the light beam emission assembly is accurately controlled to be switched from the off state to the light-emitting state, and accurate prompt is realized by switching the off state and the light-emitting state, so that a better prompt effect is obtained.

As a possible implementation manner, the control component controls the light beam emission component to switch from the off state to the light emitting state based on the emission direction, and emits a light beam to the object, so as to prompt a user that the object position of the object in the shelf is specifically:

controlling the light beam emission assembly to rotate to the emission direction;

In the embodiment of the invention, if the emission direction of the light beam emission assembly is not matched with the position of the object in the shelf, the emission direction of the light beam emission assembly can be adjusted to the direction of the object, and then the light beam can be emitted and directed to the object corresponding to the light beam, so that the aim of accurately prompting the object is fulfilled.

As another possible implementation manner, the control component determines, according to the object position of the object in the shelf, the emission direction of the light beam emission component by:

determining a direction formed by the assembly position of the light beam emitting assembly pointing to the object position of the object in the shelf as the emitting direction of the light beam emitting assembly.

The direction formed by the position relation between the object position of the object in the goods shelf and the component position of the light beam emission component is used as the emission direction of the light beam emission component, so that the electronic price tag can be connected with the object through the light beam, the association prompt between the object and the electronic price tag is realized, the association degree between the electronic price tag and the object is improved, the prompt effect is improved, and the display efficiency is improved.

As another possible implementation, the control component is further configured to:

detecting a rotation instruction for the beam emitting assembly; wherein the selection instruction comprises a rotation angle between a current angle based on a light beam emitting assembly and the emission direction;

and responding to the rotation instruction, and controlling the light beam emission assembly to rotate to the emission direction corresponding to the light beam emission assembly according to the rotation angle corresponding to the rotation instruction.

The rotation angle in the rotation command may be a rotation angle in the left-right direction or the front-back direction with respect to a perpendicular line to the horizontal plane. When the rotation angle is determined, the position of the light beam emitting assembly is used as an origin, namely a foot of a horizontal plane and a vertical line of the horizontal plane, a straight line formed by the position of the light beam emitting assembly and the position of an object in a shelf is used as a target rotation straight line, and then the left and right angles or the front and back angles of the vertical line of the horizontal plane relative to the target rotation straight line are determined, so that the rotation angle is obtained.

When the light emitting assembly and the transmitting assembly are integrated assemblies and are both positioned on the spherical prompting assembly, the rotating direction of the spherical prompting assembly relative to the electronic price tag can be determined. In practical application, the spherical component can swing left and right in the horizontal direction relative to a perpendicular line on the cross section of the electronic price tag. As shown in fig. 6a to 6c, for an example of the case where the light beam emission assembly may swing left and right in a horizontal direction with respect to the cross-section of the electronic price tag, the light beam emission assembly may swing between fig. 6b to 6c, and for convenience of understanding, the light beam emission assembly may represent a straight line with the center of the emission light beam, which may swing within a predetermined angle interval. As shown in fig. 6d to 6f, the light beam emitting assembly can swing between fig. e to f for an example case when the light beam emitting assembly can swing left and right in the vertical direction with respect to the cross section of the electronic price tag. In the examples of fig. 6a to 6f, the maximum swing angles of the light beam emitting assembly in the horizontal and vertical directions are limited to 45 degrees, but in practical applications, the maximum swing angles may be set according to practical use requirements, and the maximum angle limits in the horizontal and vertical directions may be different. When the light beam emitting assembly is inconsistent with the actual emitting direction, the light beam emitting assembly can be controlled to rotate to the light beam emitting direction, so that the light beam emitting assembly can be accurately emitted, and the accuracy and the effectiveness of association prompt are improved.

As an embodiment, the control component is further configured to:

recording the initial prompt time when the prompt component is switched from the first physical state to the second physical state;

obtaining termination prompt time according to the initial prompt time and preset prompt duration;

and when the termination prompt time is reached, controlling the prompt component to be switched from the second physical state to the first physical state.

For prompting, if the prompting duration is too long, the prompting resource is easily wasted. When the prompt is started, the starting prompt time is recorded, the ending prompt time is further determined, and the prompt can be ended when the ending prompt time point is reached. The user can acquire the price tag position of the prompted electronic price tag and the object position of the object within the preset prompting time period, so that prompting resources are saved while prompting is carried out.

As yet another embodiment, the control assembly is further configured to:

detecting a direction switching request for the information prompting device; the direction switching request comprises a rotation angle of the information prompt device;

and controlling the information prompting equipment to rotate by the rotation angle from the current direction to obtain the information prompting equipment in the target direction.

In practical applications, the information prompting device may be an integrated device with the electronic price tag, but the electronic price tag may be displayed above the object or below the object, and thus, in order to increase the range of use of the electronic price tag, the electronic price tag may be configured to be rotatable. If the information prompting device is located below the object, the light beam emitted by the light beam emitting assembly in the information prompting device can be directed upwards, and at this time, the information prompting device needs to be rotated to the upward direction of the light beam emitting assembly. If the information prompting device is located below the object, the light beam of the light beam emitting assembly in the information prompting device can be directed downward, and at this time, the information prompting device needs to be rotated until the light beam emitting assembly faces downward.

For the whole information prompting device, if the direction of the information prompting device is not matched with the current prompting scene, the prompting direction of the whole information prompting device can be switched, so that multi-angle and multi-directional prompting is realized, the prompting range of the information prompting device is increased, and the prompting accuracy is improved.

As shown in fig. 7, a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a user equipment provided in an embodiment of the present invention may include: a storage component 701 and a processing component 702; the storage component 701 is configured to store one or more computer instructions, which are called and executed by the processing component.

The processing component 702 is configured to:

detecting an object search request triggered by a user;

The user can directly send a search request to the information prompting device through the user device, and then directly search the object and prompt the object. Because the deployment position of the prompting component is associated with the price tag position in advance, the electronic price tag can be quickly obtained through the prompting component, and the prompting of the electronic price tag is realized. When the first physical state is switched to the second physical state, the user can be prompted to the object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the prompting component, so that the object is prompted, the electronic price tag can be found through the prompting component, and then the object associated with the electronic price tag is prompted, the association degree of the object and the electronic price tag is increased, and the searching efficiency of the electronic price tag is improved.

In order to realize intelligent use of the information prompting device, the prompting function of the information prompting device can be controlled by the electronic device. As shown in fig. 8, for a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic price tag according to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus may include: a presentation component (not shown), a storage component 801, and a processing component 802;

the display component is used for displaying price tag information of the electronic price tag.

The storage component 801 is configured to store one or more computer instructions for being invoked and executed by the processing component;

the processing component 802 is configured to:

acquiring an object searching request;

In some embodiments, the price tag may also be used to:

and sending the price tag information of the electronic price tag to the information prompt equipment so that a control component of the information prompt equipment can receive the price tag information of the electronic price tag.

The object search request may be generated by detecting an object search request triggered by a user, or may be a received object search request sent by a user side, or may be a received object search request sent by a service device. Because the deployment position of the prompting component is associated with the price tag position in advance, the electronic price tag can be quickly obtained through the prompting component, and the prompting of the electronic price tag is realized. When the first physical state is switched to the second physical state, the user can be prompted to the object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the prompting component, so that the object is prompted, the electronic price tag can be found through the prompting component, and then the object associated with the electronic price tag is prompted, the association degree of the object and the electronic price tag is increased, and the searching efficiency of the electronic price tag is improved.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of an embodiment of an information prompting method according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method may be applied to an information prompting device, where the information prompting device includes: a control component and a prompt component having a deployment location associated with a price tag location of an electronic price tag in the shelf.

The method may comprise the steps of:

901: an object lookup request is received.

902: determining an object in the shelf that matches the price tag information of the electronic price tag.

903: the control prompting component switches from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object position of the object in the shelf.

For one embodiment, the prompt component includes a first prompt component and a second prompt component; the controlling the prompting component to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for the price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object location of the object in the shelf may include:

controlling the first prompting component to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state so as to prompt a user of the position of the electronic price tag in the shelf;

and controlling the second prompting component to switch from the third physical state to the fourth physical state so as to prompt the user of the object position of the target object in the shelf.

In some embodiments, the first prompting component includes a light emitting component disposed at a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf;

the controlling the first prompting component to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user of a price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf comprises:

In some embodiments, the second prompting component includes a light beam emitting component disposed at a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf;

the controlling the second prompting component to switch from a third physical state to a fourth physical state to prompt a user for an object position of the object in a shelf comprises:

In one possible design, the controlling the light beam emitting assembly to switch from the off state to the light emitting state to emit the light beam to the object to prompt the user of the object position of the object in the shelf may include:

As a possible implementation manner, the controlling the light beam emission assembly to switch from the off state to the light emitting state based on the emission direction to emit the light beam to the object to prompt the object may include:

As still another possible implementation manner, the determining the emission direction of the light beam emission assembly according to the object position of the object in the shelf may include:

As another possible implementation manner, the method further includes:

As an embodiment, the method may include:

and controlling the prompting component to be switched from the second physical state to the first physical state when the termination prompting time point is reached.

As yet another embodiment, the method further comprises:

As shown in fig. 10, which is a flowchart of an embodiment of an object searching method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, the method may be applied to a user equipment, and the method may include:

1001: an object search request triggered by a user is detected.

1002: responding to the object searching request, and sending the object searching request to a server so that the server can determine an object corresponding information prompting device based on the object searching request; sending the object searching request to the information prompting device so that a control component of the information prompting device can receive the object searching request and determine an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf; a prompt component that controls a deployment location to be associated with a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object location of the object in the shelf.

As shown in fig. 11, which is a flowchart of another embodiment of an object search method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, the method may be applied to an electronic price tag, where the electronic price tag is used to display price tag information, and the method may include:

1101: acquiring an object searching request;

1102: determining an object corresponding information prompt device based on the object search request;

1103: and sending the object searching request to the information prompting device so that a control component of the information prompting device receives the object searching request, determines an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf, and controls a prompting component associated with the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf to be switched from a first physical state to a second physical state so as to prompt the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf.

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of an information prompt apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus may be configured in an information prompting device comprising: a control component and a prompt component having a deployment location associated with a price tag location of an electronic price tag in the shelf.

The device may include the following modules:

a request receiving module 1201, configured to receive an object search request.

An object determination module 1202 for determining objects in the shelf that match the price tag information of the electronic price tag.

And the component control module 1203 is configured to control the prompting component to switch from the first physical state to the second physical state, so as to prompt the user of the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf.

For one embodiment, the prompt component includes a first prompt component and a second prompt component; the component control module may include:

the first control unit is used for controlling the first prompting component to be switched from a first physical state to a second physical state so as to prompt a user of an electronic price tag associated with the first prompting component;

and the second control unit is used for controlling the second prompt component to be switched from the third physical state to the fourth physical state so as to prompt the user of the object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the second prompt component.

the first control unit may include:

the first control subunit is used for controlling the light-emitting component to be switched from the off state to the light-emitting state, and lightening the light-emitting component to prompt a user of an electronic price tag associated with the light-emitting component.

the second control unit may include:

and the second control subunit is used for controlling the light beam emission assembly to be switched from the off state to the light-emitting state, and emitting light beams to the object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the light beam emission assembly so as to prompt the object.

In one possible design, the second control subunit may include:

the direction determining module is used for determining the emission direction of the light beam emission assembly according to the object position of the object in the shelf;

and the direction control module is used for controlling the light beam emission assembly to be switched from a closed state to a light-emitting state based on the emission direction, and emitting light beams to the object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the light beam emission assembly so as to prompt the object.

As a possible implementation manner, the direction control module may include:

the direction control unit is used for controlling the light beam emission assembly to rotate to the emission direction;

and the state control unit is used for controlling the light beam emission assembly to be switched from a closed state to a light-emitting state, and emitting light beams to the object corresponding to the electronic price tag associated with the light beam emission assembly so as to prompt the object.

As another possible implementation manner, the direction determining module may include:

a direction determination unit for determining a direction formed by the component position of the light beam emission component when pointing to the object position of the object in the shelf as an emission direction of the light beam emission component.

As another possible implementation manner, the apparatus further includes:

the instruction detection module is used for detecting a rotation instruction aiming at the light beam emission component; wherein the selection instruction comprises a rotation angle between a current angle based on a light beam emitting assembly and the emission direction;

and the rotation control module is used for responding to the rotation instruction and controlling the light beam emitting assembly to rotate to the corresponding emitting direction of the light beam emitting assembly according to the rotation angle corresponding to the rotation instruction.

As an embodiment, the apparatus may include:

the time recording module is used for recording an initial prompt time point when the prompt component is switched from the first physical state to the second physical state;

the time termination module is used for obtaining a termination prompt time point according to the starting prompt time point and preset prompt time;

and the prompt termination module is used for controlling the prompt component to be switched from the second physical state to the first physical state when the termination prompt time point is reached.

As yet another embodiment, the apparatus further comprises:

a request detection module, configured to detect a direction switching request for the information prompt apparatus; the direction switching request comprises a rotation angle of the information prompt device;

and the equipment rotating module is used for controlling the information prompting equipment to rotate by the rotating angle from the current direction to obtain the information prompting equipment in the target direction.

As shown in fig. 13, which is a schematic structural diagram of an object search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the object search apparatus may be configured in a user equipment, and the apparatus may include the following modules:

a request detection module 1301, configured to detect an object search request triggered by a user;

a request response module 1302, configured to respond to the object search request, and send the object search request to a server, so that the server determines an information prompt device corresponding to an object based on the object search request; sending the object searching request to the information prompting device so that a control component of the information prompting device can receive the object searching request and determine an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf; a prompt component that controls a deployment location to be associated with a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object location of the object in the shelf.

As shown in fig. 14, a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an object search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided, where the apparatus may be configured in an electronic device, and the electronic price tag is used to display price tag information, and the apparatus may include the following modules:

a request obtaining module 1401, configured to obtain an object search request;

a device determining module 1402, configured to determine, based on the object search request, an information prompting device corresponding to the object;

a request sending module 1403, configured to send the object search request to the information prompting device, so that the control component of the information prompting device receives the object search request, determines an object in the shelf that matches the price tag information of the electronic price tag, and controls the prompting component associated with the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf to switch from the first physical state to the second physical state, so as to prompt the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf.

In addition, as shown in fig. 15, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic price tag, where the electronic price tag includes: the price tag comprises a price tag body 1500, an indicator lamp 1501 and a display screen 1502 which are arranged on the price tag body 1500, and a control component (not shown in the figure) which is arranged in the price tag body;

the control assembly is configured to:

receiving an object search request;

As an example, the guide lamp 1501 includes: a light beam emission lamp 1501a and a circular cue lamp 1501 b;

the control component controls the indicator light 1501 to switch from the off state to the light-emitting state, so as to prompt the user that the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf are specifically:

the light beam emission lamp 1501a is controlled to be switched from an off state to a light-emitting state, and light beams are emitted to the object to prompt a user of the object position of the object in the shelf;

and controlling the circular prompt lamp 1501b to be switched from an off state to a light-emitting state, and lighting the circular prompt lamp to prompt a user of the position of the electronic price tag in the shelf.

In fig. 15, the guide lamp 1501 may include: a light beam emission lamp 1501a and a circular cue lamp 1501 b; when the light beam emitting lamp 1501a is switched from the off state to the light emitting state, the user can be prompted about the object position of the object in the shelf; when the circular prompt lamp 1501b is switched from the off state to the light-emitting state, the circular prompt lamp is turned on, and can prompt a user of the position of the electronic price tag in the shelf.

As an example, the electronic price tag of fig. 15 may further include: a switch component 1503 located on the price tag body and connected with the control component;

the specific steps of the control component receiving the object search request are as follows:

and detecting that the switch component is switched from the off state to the on state, and determining to obtain the object searching request. The guidance lamp can prompt the object corresponding to the electronic price tag, so that the object is prompted, the object associated with the guidance lamp can be found quickly through the guidance lamp, the association degree of the object and the electronic price tag is increased, and the finding efficiency of the object or the electronic price tag is improved.

As shown in fig. 16, which is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an information prompting system provided in an embodiment of the present invention, the illustrated system may include: an electronic price tag 1601 and an information prompting device 1602, the information prompting device 1602 may include: a prompt component 1603 and a control component (not shown); wherein the deployment location of the prompt component is associated with a price tag location of the electronic price tag 1601 in the shelf;

the electronic price tag 1601 is used for displaying price tag information of the electronic price tag;

the control component of the information prompt device 1602 is to:

receiving an object search request; determining an object in the shelf that matches the price tag information of the electronic price tag 1601; control the prompt component 1603 to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag position of the electronic price tag 1601 in the shelf and an object position of the object in the shelf.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware. With this understanding in mind, the above-described technical solutions may be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. An information presentation device, comprising: a prompt component and a control component; wherein the deployed position of the reminder component is associated with a price tag position of an electronic price tag in the shelf; the control assembly is configured to:

receiving an object search request;

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the prompting component comprises a first prompting component and a second prompting component;

the control component controls the prompt component to switch from the first physical state to the second physical state so as to prompt a user that the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf are specifically:

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the first prompting component includes a light emitting component disposed at a price tag location of the electronic price tag in a shelf;

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the second prompting component includes a light beam emitting component disposed at a price tag location of the electronic price tag in a shelf;

the control component controls the second prompting component to be switched from the third physical state to the fourth physical state so as to prompt the user that the object position of the object in the shelf is specifically:

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control component controls the light beam emitting component to switch from an off state to a light emitting state to emit a light beam to the object to prompt a user of the object to a specific object position in the shelf:

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the control component controls the light beam emission component to switch from an off state to a light emitting state based on the emission direction to emit a light beam to the object to prompt a user of the object position of the object in the shelf specifically:

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control assembly determines, from the object position of the object in the shelf, the emission direction of the light beam emission assembly, in particular:

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the control component is further configured to:

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control component is further configured to:

obtaining termination prompt time according to the initial prompt time point and preset prompt duration;

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control component is further configured to:

11. A user device, comprising: a storage component and a processing component; the storage component is used for storing one or more computer instructions, and the one or more computer instructions are called and executed by the processing component;

the processing component is to:

detecting an object search request triggered by a user;

12. An electronic price tag, comprising: the display device comprises a display component, a storage component and a processing component; the storage component is used for storing one or more computer instructions, and the one or more computer instructions are called and executed by the processing component;

the processing component is to:

acquiring an object searching request;

13. The price tag of claim 12, wherein the price tag is further configured to:

14. An information prompting system, comprising: electronic price tag and information prompt equipment, information prompt equipment includes: a prompt component and a control component; wherein the deployed position of the prompt component is associated with a price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf;

the control component of the information prompting device is used for:

15. An information prompting method is applied to information prompting equipment, and the information prompting equipment comprises the following steps: a control component and a prompt component having a deployment location associated with a price tag location of an electronic price tag in the shelf;

the method comprises the following steps:

receiving an object search request;

16. An object finding method, comprising:

detecting an object search request triggered by a user;

17. An object searching method is applied to an electronic price tag, wherein the electronic price tag is used for displaying price tag information, and the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring an object searching request;

18. An information presentation apparatus, configured in an information presentation device, the information presentation device comprising: a control component and a prompt component having a deployment location associated with a price tag location of an electronic price tag in the shelf;

the device comprises:

a request receiving module for receiving an object search request;

19. An object finding apparatus, comprising:

the request response module is used for responding to the object searching request and sending the object searching request to a server so that the server can determine an object corresponding information prompt device based on the object searching request; sending the object searching request to the information prompting device so that a control component of the information prompting device can receive the object searching request and determine an object matched with the price tag information of the electronic price tag in the shelf; a prompt component that controls a deployment location to be associated with a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf to switch from a first physical state to a second physical state to prompt a user for a price tag location of the electronic price tag in the shelf and an object location of the object in the shelf.

20. An object search apparatus configured in an electronic price tag, the electronic price tag being used for displaying price tag information, the apparatus comprising:

the request acquisition module is used for acquiring an object search request;

21. An electronic price tag, comprising: the price tag comprises a price tag body, an indicator lamp and a display screen which are positioned on the price tag body, and a control assembly positioned in the price tag body;

the control assembly is configured to:

receiving an object search request;

22. The price tag of claim 21, wherein the indicator light comprises: a light beam emitting lamp and a circular prompt lamp;

the control component controls the guide lamp to be switched from an off state to a light-emitting state so as to prompt a user that the price tag position of the electronic price tag in the shelf and the object position of the object in the shelf are specifically:

controlling the light beam emission lamp to be switched from an off state to a light-emitting state, and emitting a light beam to the object so as to prompt a user of the object position of the object in the shelf;

and controlling the circular prompt lamp to be switched to a light-emitting state from a closed state, and lighting the circular prompt lamp to prompt a user of the position of the electronic price tag in the shelf.

23. The price tag of claim 21, further comprising: the switch assembly is positioned on the price tag body and connected with the control assembly;

and detecting that the switch component is switched from the off state to the on state, and determining to obtain the object searching request.