TWM445225U - Electronic paper label apparatus and electronic paper label display system - Google Patents

Description

Electronic paper labeling device and electronic paper label display system

The present invention relates to a labeling device and a label display system, and more particularly to an electronic paper labeling apparatus and an electronic paper label display system.

Electronic paper is a great invention; unlike ordinary display devices, electronic paper is very thin and can be bent. The power supply is required to change the content of the electronic paper; however, when the electronic paper has no power supply, the electronic paper can still display the original content for several months. Electronic paper can be widely used, such as electronic shelf label system; electronic price tag system can save a lot of paper and labor costs.

However, the electronic paper label of the current electronic price tag system requires the power of the battery to change the display content (such as the name or price of the goods); therefore, when the battery of the electronic paper label of the electronic price tag system is out of power, the electronic price tag The battery of the system's electronic paper label will need to be replaced; it is very inconvenient and not environmentally friendly (because the waste battery can cause environmental pollution).

In order to improve the above disadvantages of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide an electronic paper labeling device.

In order to improve the above disadvantages of the prior art, another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic paper label display system.

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, the electronic paper labeling device of the present invention comprises: a pair of interface memory units; a microcontroller unit electrically connected to the dual interface memory unit; an electronic paper drive The electronic paper driving unit is electrically connected to the microcontroller unit; and an electronic paper unit electrically connected to the electronic paper driving unit. The dual interface memory unit includes: a communication bus interface sub-unit, the communication bus interface sub-unit is electrically connected to the microcontroller unit; a memory sub-unit, the memory sub-unit is electrically connected to the a communication bus interface subunit; an RF interface subunit electrically connected to the memory subunit; and a voltage regulator subunit electrically connected to the radio frequency interface a unit, the microcontroller unit, and the electronic paper drive unit. The memory subunit includes: a short-range communication information exchange format section, the short-range communication information exchange format section is electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit and the radio-frequency interface sub-unit; and an electronic paper drive The parameter and display information section, the electronic paper driving parameter and the display information section are electrically connected to the communication bus interface subunit and the radio frequency interface subunit.

In order to achieve the above further object of the present invention, the electronic paper label display system of the present invention comprises: a handheld device; and an electronic paper label device, the electronic paper label device being wirelessly connected to the handheld device. The handheld device comprises: a short-range communication and a radio frequency identification unit, and the short-range communication and radio frequency identification unit is wirelessly connected to the electronic paper tag device. The electronic paper label device comprises: a dual interface memory unit; a microcontroller unit, the microcontroller unit is electrically connected to the dual interface memory unit; an electronic paper driving unit, the electronic paper driving unit is electrically Connected to the microcontroller unit; and an electronic paper unit electrically connected to the electronic paper drive unit. The dual interface memory unit includes: a communication bus interface sub-unit, the communication bus interface sub-unit is electrically connected to the microcontroller unit; a memory sub-unit, the memory sub-unit is electrically connected to the a communication bus interface subunit; an RF interface subunit electrically connected to the memory subunit; and a voltage regulator subunit electrically connected to the radio frequency interface a unit, the microcontroller unit, and the electronic paper drive unit. The memory subunit includes: a short-range communication information exchange format section, the short-range communication information exchange format section is electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit and the radio-frequency interface sub-unit; and an electronic paper drive The parameter and display information section, the electronic paper driving parameter and the display information section are electrically connected to the communication bus interface subunit and the radio frequency interface subunit.

Please refer to the first figure, which is a block diagram of the electronic paper labeling device of the present invention. The electronic paper labeling device 10 of the present invention is applied to a handheld device 20; the electronic paper labeling device 10 includes a dual interface memory unit 102, a microcontroller unit 104, an electronic paper driving unit 106, and an electronic paper unit 108. An antenna unit 118 and a matching circuit unit 120.

The dual interface memory unit 102 includes a communication bus interface sub-unit 110, a memory sub-unit 112, a radio frequency interface sub-unit 114, and a voltage regulator sub-unit 116.

The electronic paper drive unit 106 includes a boost subunit 122.

The microcontroller unit 104 is electrically connected to the dual interface memory unit 102; the electronic paper driving unit 106 is electrically connected to the microcontroller unit 104; the electronic paper unit 108 is electrically connected to the electronic paper driving unit 106. .

The communication bus interface sub-unit 110 is electrically connected to the microcontroller unit 104; the memory sub-unit 112 is electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit 110; the radio interface sub-unit 114 is electrically connected to the memory The body subunit 112 is electrically connected to the radio frequency interface subunit 114, the microcontroller unit 104, and the electronic paper driving unit 106.

The matching circuit unit 120 is electrically connected to the radio frequency interface sub-unit 114; the antenna unit 118 is electrically connected to the matching circuit unit 120 and is electrically connected to the handheld device 20; the boosting sub-unit 122 is electrically connected to the voltage Adjuster subunit 116.

Please refer to the second figure, which is a block diagram of the memory subunit of the creation. The memory sub-unit 112 includes a NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) section 1122, a user-defined section 1124, and an electronic paper drive parameter and display information section 1126.

The short-range communication information exchange format section 1122 is electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit 110 and the radio-frequency interface sub-unit 114; the user-defined section 1124 is electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit 110 and The radio frequency interface sub-unit 114 is electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit 110 and the radio frequency interface sub-unit 114.

Referring to the first figure, the handheld device 20 can be, for example, a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a smart phone; the handheld device 20 transmits a wireless device via the short-range communication and the radio frequency identification unit 24. The signal 22 is to the antenna unit 118; the wireless signal 22 can be a radio frequency identification signal (RFID signal) or a near field communication signal (NFC signal). The radio frequency identification signal may be high frequency radio frequency identification (HF RFID), such as ISO 15693, ISO 14443A, ISO 14443B, or may be low frequency radio frequency identification (LF RFID), such as ISO 11784, ISO 11785.

After the antenna unit 118 receives the wireless signal 22, the antenna unit 118 transmits the wireless signal 22 to the matching circuit unit 120 and the radio frequency interface sub-unit 114. The radio interface sub-unit 114 can be a radio frequency identification interface (RFID interface) or a near field communication interface (NFC interface).

After receiving the wireless signal 22, the RF interface sub-unit 114 transmits the wireless signal 22 to the memory sub-unit 112. The antenna unit 118 senses the wireless signal 22 as an induced current (not shown); the RF interface sub-unit 114 converts the induced current into an induced voltage (not shown) and transmits it to the voltage regulator sub-unit 116. The dual interface memory unit 102 can be a dual interface electrically erasable programmable read only memory (dual interface EEPROM); the memory subunit 112 can be an electronic erasable An electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) can be planned.

After the memory sub-unit 112 receives the wireless signal 22, the memory sub-unit 112 stores the message data (such as the goods name or price) of the wireless signal 22. After the voltage regulator subunit 116 receives the induced voltage, the voltage regulator subunit 116 converts the energy of the induced voltage into a driving voltage 124 (eg, 2.6 to 3 volts); the voltage regulator subunit 116 transmits the The driving voltage 124 is applied to the microcontroller unit 104 and the electronic paper driving unit 106 to drive the microcontroller unit 104 and the electronic paper driving unit 106.

In a practical embodiment, the energy of the drive voltage 124 may be small (e.g., 2.6 volts 7 mA), so the components of the electronic paper label device 10 also need to be components that consume less power.

After the microcontroller unit 104 is driven, the microcontroller unit 104 reads the message data of the wireless signal 22 stored in the memory subunit 112 via the communication bus interface subunit 110; the microcontroller unit 104 After reading the message data of the wireless signal 22 stored in the memory subunit 112, the microcontroller unit 104 transmits the message data of the wireless signal 22 to the electronic paper driving unit 106.

The communication bus interface subunit 110 can be an inter integrated circuit bus (I2C bus); the microcontroller unit 104 controls the electronic paper drive by a serial peripheral interface (SPI). Unit 106.

After the electronic paper driving unit 106 is driven, the boosting sub-unit 122 converts the driving voltage 124 into a voltage of 38 volts to drive the electronic paper unit 108. After the electronic paper driving unit 106 receives the message data of the wireless signal 22, the electronic paper driving unit 106 controls the electronic paper unit 108 to display the message data of the wireless signal 22 by using the message data of the wireless signal 22.

After the electronic paper label device 10 of the present invention receives the wireless radio frequency identification signal or the short-range communication signal transmitted by the handheld device 20, the electronic paper label device 10 can use the wireless radio frequency identification signal or the short-range communication signal. The drive voltage 124 is converted to drive the components of the electronic paper label device 10 (eg, the microcontroller unit 104 and the electronic paper drive unit 106). Therefore, unlike the prior art, the electronic paper label device 10 of the present invention does not require additional battery power.

Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to the field of Near Field Communication Information Exchange (NDEF): one of the uses of the present invention is that the user holds the handheld device 20 close to the electronic paper label device 10 because the electronic paper label device 10 has The near field communication information exchange format section 1122, so the handheld device 20 can display a web address or string associated with the electronic paper tag device 10.

For example, if it is displayed as a web address, the handheld device 20 will link and display a web page to introduce the production process, animation, pictures, articles, and even the addresses and maps of the branches of the product with the electronic paper label device 10. At this time, the handheld device 20 must be able to access the Internet, or can be connected to a database, or has a database.

Or for example, a string can be disassembled and interpreted by the application APP. For example, the first half of the string is the SSID of the WiFi of a certain conference room, and the second half of the string is the password, when the user wants to connect to the WiFi device in the conference room, The handheld device 20 can be located close to the electronic paper tag device 10, and the login account password of the WiFi device in the conference room can be known, but the non-conference room related personnel (for example, the handheld device 20 cannot be close to the electronic paper tag device 10) ) The WiFi device in the conference room cannot be used.

Referring back to the second figure, the memory sub-unit 112 is somewhat open for use by the general user (the short-range communication information exchange format section 1122), and some is used by an administrator such as a store (user-defined section 1124). Some are used by the system management (electronic paper drive parameter and display information section 1126); and the above three parts are respectively read and accessed by different devices.

Please refer to the third figure, which is a block diagram of the electronic paper label display system of the present creation. An electronic paper label display system 30 includes a handheld device 20 and an electronic paper label device 10. The electronic paper label device 10 is wirelessly coupled to the handheld device 20. The handheld device 20 includes a proximity communication and radio frequency identification unit 24 that is wirelessly coupled to the electronic paper tag device 10 by the proximity communication and radio frequency identification unit 24. The content, operation flow and function of the third figure are the same as those of the first figure, so they will not be described here.

However, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention cannot be limited, that is, the equal changes and modifications made by the scope of the patent application of the present invention should still be covered by the patent of the present invention. The scope of the scope is intended to protect. In summary, when Zhiben's creation has industrial applicability, novelty and progressiveness, and the structure of this creation has not been seen in similar products and public use, it fully complies with the requirements of new patent applications and applies for patent law.

10‧‧‧Electronic paper labeling device

20‧‧‧Handheld devices

22‧‧‧Wireless signal

24‧‧‧Shw range communication and radio frequency identification unit

30‧‧‧Electronic paper label display system

102‧‧‧Double interface memory unit

104‧‧‧Microcontroller unit

106‧‧‧Electronic paper drive unit

108‧‧‧electronic paper unit

110‧‧‧A communication bus interface subunit

112‧‧‧Memory subunit

114‧‧‧RF interface subunit

116‧‧‧Voltage regulator subunit

118‧‧‧Antenna unit

120‧‧‧Matching circuit unit

122‧‧‧Boost subunit

124‧‧‧ drive voltage

1122‧‧‧ Close-range communication information exchange format section

1124‧‧‧User defined section

1126‧‧‧Electronic paper drive parameters and display information section

The first picture is a block diagram of the electronic paper labeling device of the creation.

The second figure is a block diagram of the memory subunit of the creation.

The third picture is a block diagram of the electronic paper label display system of the creation.

10‧‧‧Electronic paper labeling device

20‧‧‧Handheld devices

22‧‧‧Wireless signal

24‧‧‧Shw range communication and radio frequency identification unit

102‧‧‧Double interface memory unit

104‧‧‧Microcontroller unit

106‧‧‧Electronic paper drive unit

108‧‧‧electronic paper unit

110‧‧‧A communication bus interface subunit

112‧‧‧Memory subunit

114‧‧‧RF interface subunit

116‧‧‧Voltage regulator subunit

118‧‧‧Antenna unit

120‧‧‧Matching circuit unit

122‧‧‧Boost subunit

124‧‧‧ drive voltage

Claims (10)

An electronic paper labeling device comprising:
a pair of interface memory cells;
a microcontroller unit electrically connected to the dual interface memory unit;
An electronic paper driving unit electrically connected to the microcontroller unit; and an electronic paper unit electrically connected to the electronic paper driving unit
Wherein the dual interface memory unit comprises:
a communication bus interface subunit, the communication bus interface subunit is electrically connected to the microcontroller unit;
a memory subunit, the memory subunit is electrically connected to the communication bus interface subunit;
An RF interface subunit, the RF interface subunit is electrically connected to the memory subunit; and a voltage regulator subunit electrically connected to the RF interface subunit, the microcontroller unit And the electronic paper drive unit,
Wherein the memory subunit comprises:
a short-range communication information exchange format section, the short-range communication information exchange format section is electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit and the radio-frequency interface sub-unit; and an electronic paper driving parameter and a display information section, The electronic paper driving parameter and the display information section are electrically connected to the communication bus interface subunit and the radio frequency interface subunit. The electronic paper labeling device of claim 1, wherein the memory subunit further comprises:
A user-defined section electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit and the radio interface sub-unit. The electronic paper labeling device of claim 2, wherein the dual interface memory unit is a dual interface electronic erasable programmable read only memory; the memory subunit is an electronic erasable memory The radio interface subunit is a radio frequency identification interface or a short distance communication interface; the microcontroller unit controls the electronic paper driving unit by a serial peripheral interface; the communication bus interface The unit is an internal integrated circuit bus. The electronic paper label device as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:
a matching circuit unit, the matching circuit unit is electrically connected to the radio frequency interface subunit; and an antenna unit electrically connected to the matching circuit unit. The electronic paper labeling device of claim 4, wherein the electronic paper driving unit comprises:
A boost subunit electrically connected to the voltage regulator subunit. An electronic paper label display system comprising:
a handheld device; and an electronic paper label device, the electronic paper label device being wirelessly connected to the handheld device
Wherein the handheld device comprises:
a short-range communication and radio frequency identification unit, the near-field communication and radio frequency identification unit being wirelessly connected to the electronic paper tag device,
Wherein the electronic paper label device comprises:
a pair of interface memory cells;
a microcontroller unit electrically connected to the dual interface memory unit;
An electronic paper driving unit electrically connected to the microcontroller unit; and an electronic paper unit electrically connected to the electronic paper driving unit
Wherein the dual interface memory unit comprises:
a communication bus interface subunit, the communication bus interface subunit is electrically connected to the microcontroller unit;
a memory subunit, the memory subunit is electrically connected to the communication bus interface subunit;
An RF interface subunit, the RF interface subunit is electrically connected to the memory subunit; and a voltage regulator subunit electrically connected to the RF interface subunit, the microcontroller unit And the electronic paper drive unit,
Wherein the memory subunit comprises:
a short-range communication information exchange format section, the short-range communication information exchange format section is electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit and the radio-frequency interface sub-unit; and an electronic paper driving parameter and a display information section, The electronic paper driving parameter and the display information section are electrically connected to the communication bus interface subunit and the radio frequency interface subunit. The electronic paper label display system of claim 6, wherein the memory subunit further comprises:
A user-defined section electrically connected to the communication bus interface sub-unit and the radio interface sub-unit. The electronic paper label display system of claim 7, wherein the dual interface memory unit is a dual-interface electronic erasable programmable read-only memory; the memory sub-unit is an electronically smeared The radio interface sub-unit is a radio frequency identification interface or a short-range communication interface; the microcontroller unit controls the electronic paper driving unit by a serial peripheral interface; the communication bus interface The subunit is an internal integrated circuit bus. The electronic paper label display system as described in claim 8 of the patent application, further comprising:
a matching circuit unit, the matching circuit unit is electrically connected to the radio frequency interface subunit; and an antenna unit electrically connected to the matching circuit unit. The electronic paper label display system of claim 9, wherein the electronic paper driving unit comprises:
A boost subunit electrically connected to the voltage regulator subunit.