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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Ses-imagotag Gmbh, Fernitz-Mellach, AT;
Andreas Rössl, Graz, AT;
SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH, Fernitz-Mellach, AT;
Abstract
An electronic shelf label system, wherein the system comprises a near-field communication, NEC for short, sub-system on a shelf edge strip of a shelving unit, which is characterized such that the shelf edge strip comprises a shelf edge strip controller, wherein the shelf edge strip controller comprises a first wireless communication module, which is designed for wireless communication according to a first communication method with an access point for the purpose of data transmission with a server of the shelf label system, and wherein the shelf edge strip controller comprises an NFC-enabled second communication module for NFC-based energy supply and communication with at least one NFC-enabled shelf label, which can be fastened to the shelf edge strip, and the shelf edge strip comprises at least one conductor loop constructed on it and connected to the second NFC-enabled communication module, wherein the conductor loop is used for NFC communication with the NFC-enabled shelf label, and wherein the shelf edge strip comprises a light-emitting unit, and the shelf edge strip controller is constructed for actuating the light-emitting unit as a consequence of the data transmission.