Electronic label and article archiving aid system using same
First Claim
1. An electronic label intended to be affixed to an article, the label comprising a central unit (5) which comprises storage means (8), characterized in that it furthermore comprises means of remote communication (4, 15) for at least transmitting and/or receiving messages to an external device (1), said means of communication being linked to the central unit (5), in that the storage means (8) comprise an identifying code for the label and temporal data corresponding to a precise instant in relation to the storage of said article, in that the central unit also comprises a clock (7) and means of comparison (9) for comparing the temporal data recorded in the storage means (8) with temporal information supplied by the clock (7), and in that the central unit is able to activate the means of communication (4, 15) so as to transmit a warning message to the external device (1) when the temporal information supplied by the clock (7) is in a predetermined relation with the recorded temporal data, the warning message comprising at least the identifying code by virtue of which the label can be identified.
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Abstract
The invention concerns an electronic label (2) designed to be affixed on an article, the label comprising a central unit (5) including storage means (8) wherein are stored an identification code of the label and temporal data related to the article storage and also a time clock (7) and comparison means (9) for comparing the recorded temporal data with the time information supplied by the clock, the label further comprising communication means (4, 15). The central unit (5) is adapted to activate the communication means (4, 15) to transmit a warning message to an external device (1) when the time information supplied by the clock are in predetermined relationship with the recorded temporal data.
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1. An electronic label intended to be affixed to an article, the label comprising a central unit (5) which comprises storage means (8),
characterized in that it furthermore comprises means of remote communication (4, 15) for at least transmitting and/or receiving messages to an external device (1), said means of communication being linked to the central unit (5), in that the storage means (8) comprise an identifying code for the label and temporal data corresponding to a precise instant in relation to the storage of said article, in that the central unit also comprises a clock (7) and means of comparison (9) for comparing the temporal data recorded in the storage means (8) with temporal information supplied by the clock (7), and in that the central unit is able to activate the means of communication (4, 15) so as to transmit a warning message to the external device (1) when the temporal information supplied by the clock (7) is in a predetermined relation with the recorded temporal data, the warning message comprising at least the identifying code by virtue of which the label can be identified.
- 11. A system for aiding the archiving of a plurality of articles, each article being provided with an electronic label (2) according to one or other of the preceding claims, each label comprising a unique identifying code and the system also comprising an external device (1) comprising means of communication (14) for at least receiving the warning message from each label, said external device (1) being able to analyze the warning messages sent by said labels so as to identify each label by means of its identifying code.
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