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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2007
Masahiro Minowa, Hatamachi, JP;
Masahiro Minowa, Hatamachi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a solution to the following problem: when using an electronic price tag device attached to a POP panel, an advertising content of the POP panel may be inconsistent with a price displayed on the electronic price tag device, and such inconsistency is left as is until a person in charge of a store site notices that. An electronic price tag deviceincludes detecting elements SWto SW. A POP panelis provided with a projected and recessed partat a position, with the electronic price tag deviceattached thereto, facing a detecting unit. The projected and recessed partis formed to have different shapes corresponding to the types of the POP panel. Type information of the POP panel based on a signal output from the detecting elements SWto SWengaged with the projected and recessed partis output to a display