KR20130022447A - Management system and method for electronic shelf label terminal - Google Patents

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KR20130022447A
KR20130022447A KR1020110084630A KR20110084630A KR20130022447A KR 20130022447 A KR20130022447 A KR 20130022447A KR 1020110084630 A KR1020110084630 A KR 1020110084630A KR 20110084630 A KR20110084630 A KR 20110084630A KR 20130022447 A KR20130022447 A KR 20130022447A
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김동현
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic shelf management system and management method. According to one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of electronic shelf (ESL) terminal for receiving and displaying the product information, and transmits the data obtained from the acceleration sensor; A plurality of sub-gates for providing product information received from a server to a plurality of electronic shelf terminals included in a predetermined area and receiving data from the electronic shelf terminal and transmitting the data to the server; And a server configured to provide product information belonging to the corresponding management area to the sub gate, receive data from the sub gate, calculate movement information of the electronic shelf terminal, and manage a movement position of the electronic shelf terminal. An electronic shelf management system comprising a is proposed. Also, an electronic shelf management method in the system is proposed.

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MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL TERMINAL}

The present invention relates to an electronic shelf management system and management method. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electronic shelf management system and a management method capable of managing location deviation and / or movement of an electronic shelf terminal.

The number of small discount stores and large retail stores is increasing at home and abroad, and the price display used in these stores used paper printed by printers in the past, but nowadays, developed countries such as Europe replace electronic paper price indicators. Stores using an electronic shelf label tag or an electronic shelf terminal are spreading and are being applied to some stores in Korea.

The electronic price display or electronic shelf terminal is a price change after installation, the price is automatically sent to the tag by sending a price from the server, it is convenient to operate the store compared to the paper price display has the advantage of reducing the manpower.

However, when the electronic price indicator is mounted on the rack, the locking function is used, but if a certain force is applied, for example, there is a risk of being lost from the rack if it is impacted by a cart, a mobile device, or other personnel in the store.

The existing electronic price indicator or electronic shelf terminal is composed of a receiving unit for receiving data, a display unit for displaying the received information, and a transmitting unit for transmitting information, so that the electronic price indicator is moved away from the point where it is installed or moved to another place. If it is lost or lost, the information is not known, and accordingly, it is difficult to manage the electronic price display or the electronic shelf terminal.

In the present invention to solve the above problems, by providing an acceleration sensor to the electronic shelf terminal by the electronic shelf terminal to transmit the data according to the fall or move from the rack to the server to calculate and manage the movement information in the server To prevent the departure and / or loss of the electronic shelf terminal, and to manage the current location.

In order to solve the above problems, according to a first embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of electronic shelf (ESL) terminal for receiving and displaying the product information, and transmits the data obtained from the acceleration sensor; A plurality of sub-gates for providing product information received from a server to a plurality of electronic shelf terminals included in a predetermined area and receiving data from the electronic shelf terminal and transmitting the data to the server; And a server configured to provide product information belonging to the corresponding management area to the sub gate, receive data from the sub gate, calculate movement information of the electronic shelf terminal, and manage a movement position of the electronic shelf terminal. An electronic shelf management system comprising a is proposed.

According to another example of the present invention, an electronic shelf terminal includes: an acceleration sensor unit for sensing acceleration-related data according to the movement of the terminal; A transmitter for transmitting the data acquired from the acceleration sensor unit to a sub gate managing the terminal according to the control; A receiving unit for receiving product information from a sub gate managing the terminal; A display unit which displays the product information received by the receiving unit under control; And a controller in charge of controlling various components. It includes.

In addition, according to one example, the server comprises: a storage unit for storing the product information and the movement information of the electronic shelf terminal according to the management area of the sub-gate; A communication unit which transmits product information to a corresponding sub gate and receives data from the sub gate; A movement information calculation unit for calculating movement information of the electronic shelf terminal from the received data; A display unit configured to display movement information or a movement position of the electronic shelf terminal under control; And a control unit for controlling each component; It includes.

In addition, in one example of the present invention, the movement information includes at least position deviation information of a position deviation, a movement distance, and a movement direction.

According to another example of the present invention, the sub-gate and the electronic shelf terminal perform near field communication.

In addition, in order to solve the above problem, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the product information display step of receiving and displaying the product information provided from the server through the sub-gate in the electronic shelf (ELS) terminal; A data acquisition step of acquiring acceleration-related data according to the movement of the terminal from the acceleration sensor of the electronic selection terminal and transmitting the acceleration-related data to the sub gate; A data transmission step of receiving data from the sub gate and transmitting the data to the server; A movement information calculating step of receiving data from the server to calculate movement information of the electronic shelf terminal and managing a movement position of the electronic shelf terminal; An electronic shelf management method comprising a is proposed.

According to one example of the present invention, the calculated movement information includes at least position deviation information of a position deviation, a movement distance, and a movement direction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic shelf terminal is provided with an acceleration sensor, and the electronic shelf terminal transmits data corresponding to a fall or a movement from a rack to a server, and the server moves information of the electronic shelf terminal based on the acceleration-related data. By calculating and managing, it is possible to prevent departure and / or loss of the electronic shelf terminal and to manage the current location.

In addition, it is possible to minimize the risk of loss of the electronic shelf terminal.

It is apparent that various effects not directly referred to in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention can be derived by those of ordinary skill in the art from the various configurations according to the embodiments of the present invention.

1 is a view schematically showing an electronic shelf management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an electronic shelf terminal in an electronic shelf management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a server in an electronic shelf management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an electronic shelf management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention; Fig. In the description, the same reference numerals denote the same components, and additional descriptions that may overlap or limit the meaning of the invention may be omitted.

Prior to the specific description, unless an element is referred to herein as a "direct connection" or a "direct coupling" with another element, the term "direct" or " May also be present in the form of being connected or coupled and further interposed therebetween with another component interposed therebetween.

It should be noted that although a singular expression is described in this specification, it can be used as a concept representing the entire plurality of constitutions unless it is contrary to the concept of the invention and is not interpreted contradictly or expressly differently.

It is to be understood that the words "comprising", "having", "having", "comprising", etc. in this specification are to be understood as the presence or addition of one or more other features or components or combinations thereof.

First, the electronic shelf management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a diagram schematically showing an electronic shelf management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram schematically showing an electronic shelf terminal in the electronic shelf management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a server in an electronic shelf management system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, looks at an electronic shelf system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, an electronic shelf system includes a plurality of electronic shelf (ESL) terminals 10, a plurality of sub gates 30, and a server 50.

First, the electronic shelf (ESL) terminal 10 will be described in detail. The electronic shelf terminal 10 receives and displays commodity information transmitted through the sub gate 30 from the server 50. In addition, the electronic shelf terminal 10 includes an acceleration sensor to transmit data obtained from the acceleration sensor to the sub gate 30. Referring to FIG. 2, the electronic shelf terminal 10 includes an acceleration sensor to detect acceleration-related data when the electronic shelf terminal 10 is moved away from a stand and / or a position is moved. The detected acceleration-related data is finally transmitted to the server 50, and the movement information of the electronic shelf terminal 10, for example, the positional deviation information or the positional deviation, the moving distance and / or the moving direction, based on the data in the server 50. The information is calculated, and accordingly, the electronic shelf system manager can be aware of the change in the position of the electronic shelf terminal 10. At this time, according to one example, the sub-gate 30 and the electronic shelf terminal 10 is performing short-range wireless communication.

Referring to FIG. 2, an example of the electronic shelf terminal 10 will be described in more detail. According to an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the electronic shelf terminal 10 may include an acceleration sensor unit 11, a transmitter 13, a receiver 15, a display unit 17, and a controller 19. It is included. At this time, the acceleration sensor unit 11 detects the acceleration-related data according to the movement of the terminal. That is, the acceleration-related information according to the departure and / or positional movement of the electronic shelf terminal 10 installed in the unit, etc. are sensed. Acceleration sensors for sensing acceleration-related data are already well known in the art, so further description thereof will be omitted. The transmitter 13 of the electronic shelf terminal 10 transmits the data obtained from the acceleration sensor unit 11 to the sub gate 30 managing the terminal under the control of the controller 19. In addition, the receiver 15 receives the product information from the sub gate 30 managing the terminal. At this time, in one example, the transmitter 13 and the receiver 15 of the electronic shelf terminal 10 is performing short-range wireless communication with the sub-gate 30. Subsequently, the display unit 17 of the electronic shelf terminal 10 displays the product information received by the receiving unit 15 under the control of the control unit 19. The controller 19 is responsible for controlling various components of the electronic shelf terminal 10.

Subsequently, the sub gate 30 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1. The sub gate 30 receives the product information from the server 50 and provides the received product information to the plurality of electronic shelf terminals 10 included in a predetermined area. In addition, the sub gate 30 receives the acceleration-related data from the electronic shelf terminal 10, and transmits the received data to the server 50. At this time, in one example, the sub gate 30 is performing near field communication with the electronic shelf terminal 10.

Subsequently, referring to FIG. 1, the server 50 provides product information belonging to the management area to the sub gate 30. In addition, the server 50 receives the acceleration-related data from the sub-gate 30, and calculates the movement information of the electronic shelf terminal 10 from the data. In addition, the server 50 manages the movement position of the electronic shelf terminal 10 based on the calculated movement information of the electronic shelf terminal 10. At this time, in one example, the movement information may include, for example, positional deviation information or positional deviation, movement distance and / or movement direction information. Calculating, for example, the positional deviation information or the positional deviation, the movement distance and / or the movement direction information from the acceleration-related data obtained from the acceleration sensor is well known to those skilled in the art, and thus, further detailed description of the movement information calculation is omitted. Let's do it.

3, the embodiment of the server 50 will be described in more detail. Referring to FIG. 3, the server 50 includes a storage unit 53, a communication unit 51, a movement information calculation unit 55, a display unit 57, and a control unit 59. In this case, the mobile information calculator 55 and the controller 59 may be separately distinguished or may be implemented together on one microchip. In FIG. 3, the storage unit 53 stores product information according to the management area of the sub gate 30 and movement information of the electronic shelf terminals 10. The movement information of the electronic shelf terminals 10 may be updated by recording the movement information calculated by the movement information calculator 55. The communication unit 51 transmits the product information stored in the storage unit 53 to the corresponding sub gate 30. In addition, the communication unit 51 receives acceleration-related data of the electronic shelf terminal 10 from the sub gate 30. In FIG. 3, the movement information calculation unit 55 calculates movement information of the electronic shelf terminal 10 from the data received through the communication unit 51. At this time, according to one example, the movement information includes positional deviation information or positional deviation, movement distance and / or movement direction information. In addition, the display unit 57 displays the movement information or the movement position of the electronic shelf terminal 10 under the control of the controller 59. The displayed information may be positional deviation information of the electronic shelf terminal 10 or positional deviation, moving distance and / or moving direction information, or moving position. The controller 59 controls each component, and accordingly, the controller 59 manages the movement position of the electronic shelf terminal 10 based on the movement information calculated by the movement information calculation unit 55. Can be.

Next, an electronic shelf management method according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Since the present embodiments substantially correspond to the operation of the electronic shelf management system described above as the electronic shelf management method, the following embodiments of the electronic shelf system and FIGS. 1 to 3 as well as the following FIG. 4 will also be referred to. Therefore, redundant description may be omitted.

4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an electronic shelf management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, referring to the electronic shelf management method, in one embodiment, the electronic shelf management method includes a product information display step S100, a data acquisition step S200, a data transmission step S300, and a movement information calculation step. (S400) is included. In FIG. 4, in the product information display step S100, the product information provided from the server 50 is received and displayed through the sub gate 30 in the electronic shelf (ELS) terminal. Next, in the data acquisition step (S200), the acceleration-related data according to the movement of the terminal is obtained from the acceleration sensor of the electronic selection terminal, and the obtained data is transmitted to the sub gate 30. Next, in the data transmission step (S300), the sub gate 30 receives data and transmits the data to the server 50. In operation S400, the server 50 receives data to calculate movement information of the electronic shelf terminal 10. In addition, in the movement information calculation step (S400), the server 50 manages the movement position of the electronic shelf terminal 10 based on the calculated movement information of the electronic shelf terminal 10.

In this case, according to one example, the calculated movement information may include, for example, positional deviation information or positional deviation, movement distance, and / or movement direction information.

The foregoing embodiments and accompanying drawings are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention but to illustrate the present invention in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention by those skilled in the art. Embodiments in accordance with various combinations of the above-described configurations can also be implemented by those skilled in the art from the foregoing detailed description. Accordingly, various embodiments of the invention may be embodied in various forms without departing from the essential characteristics thereof, and the scope of the invention should be construed in accordance with the invention as set forth in the appended claims. Alternatives, and equivalents by those skilled in the art.

10: electronic shelf terminal 11: acceleration sensor unit
13 transmitter 15 receiver
17 display unit 19 control unit
30: subgate 50: server
51 communication unit 53 storage unit
55: mobile information calculation unit 57: display unit
59: control unit

Claims (7)

A plurality of electronic shelf (ESL) terminals that receive and display product information and transmit data acquired by the acceleration sensor;
A plurality of sub-gates providing product information received from a server to a plurality of electronic shelf terminals included in a predetermined area and receiving the data from the electronic shelf terminal and transmitting the data to the server; And
A server configured to provide product information belonging to a corresponding management area to the sub gate, receive the data from the sub gate, calculate movement information of the electronic shelf terminal, and manage a movement position of the electronic shelf terminal; Electronic shelf management system comprising a.
The method according to claim 1,
The electronic shelf terminal is:
An acceleration sensor unit for sensing acceleration-related data according to the movement of the terminal;
A transmitter for transmitting the data acquired from the acceleration sensor unit to the sub gate managing the terminal according to control;
A receiving unit which receives the product information from the sub gate managing the terminal;
A display unit which displays the product information received by the receiving unit under control; And
A controller in charge of controlling various components; / RTI >
Electronic shelf management system.
The method according to claim 1,
The server comprising:
A storage unit which stores product information according to a management area of the sub gate and movement information of the electronic shelf terminals;
A communication unit which transmits the product information to the corresponding sub gate and receives the data from the sub gate;
A movement information calculation unit for calculating movement information of the electronic shelf terminal from the received data;
A display unit configured to display movement information or a movement position of the electronic shelf terminal under control; And
A controller for controlling each component; / RTI >
Electronic shelf management system.
The method according to claim 1,
The movement information includes at least position deviation information of a position deviation, a movement distance, and a movement direction,
Electronic shelf management system.
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The sub-gate and the electronic shelf terminal perform near field communication,
Electronic shelf management system.
A merchandise information display step of receiving and displaying merchandise information provided from a server through an electronic gate (ELS) terminal;
A data acquisition step of acquiring acceleration-related data according to the movement of the terminal from the acceleration sensor of the electronic selection terminal and transmitting the acceleration-related data to the sub gate;
A data transmission step of receiving the data at the sub gate and transmitting the data to a server; And
A movement information calculating step of receiving the data from the server to calculate movement information of the electronic shelf terminal and managing a movement position of the electronic shelf terminal; Electronic shelf management method comprising a.
The method of claim 6,
The calculated movement information includes at least position deviation information of a position deviation, a movement distance, and a movement direction.
Electronic shelf management method.
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