Interactive display system with indicia reader
First Claim
1. An interactive display for providing information relating to a physical object system, the interactive display comprising:
- a housing;
a video display device supported on said housing;
an RFID tag reader supported on said housing, said RFID tag reader being configured to read an RFID tag when positioned within a zone adjacent the housing;
a computerized system configured to receive object identification information from said RFID tag reader when said RFID tag is positioned within the zone and to provide related object information on said video display device;
said computerized system comprising;
a microprocessor;
a memory operably connected to said microprocessor; and
related object information stored in said memory, the related object information being stored in said memory in association with the object identification information.
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Abstract
An interactive display capable of providing an interested party with information relating to an object. The object is provided with identifying indicia. The display includes a reader for reading the indicia. Identifying information read from the indicia for a particular object is used to retrieve object information stored in memory in associating with the identifying information for the object. A display system includes the interactive display and a rack supporting multiple objects, each of which is provided with unique identifying indicia capable of being read by the indicia reader of the interactive display. The interactive display displays object information retrieved from the memory to the interested party when the object'"'"'s identifying indicia is read by the interactive display'"'"'s indicia reader. The system is particularly useful for displaying product information relating to specially configured product samples supported in a conventional display rack.
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23 Claims
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1. An interactive display for providing information relating to a physical object system, the interactive display comprising:
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a housing;
a video display device supported on said housing;
an RFID tag reader supported on said housing, said RFID tag reader being configured to read an RFID tag when positioned within a zone adjacent the housing;
a computerized system configured to receive object identification information from said RFID tag reader when said RFID tag is positioned within the zone and to provide related object information on said video display device;
said computerized system comprising;
a microprocessor;
a memory operably connected to said microprocessor; and
related object information stored in said memory, the related object information being stored in said memory in association with the object identification information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A display system comprising:
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an interactive display for providing information relating to a physical object system, the interactive display comprising;
a housing;
a video display device supported on said housing;
an indicia reader supported on said housing, said indicia reader being configured to read an indicia-bearing tag when positioned within a zone adjacent the housing;
a computerized system configured to receive object identification information from said indicia reader when said indicia-bearing tag is positioned within the zone and to provide related object information on said video display device;
said computerized system comprising;
a microprocessor;
a memory operably connected to said microprocessor; and
related object information stored in said memory, the related object information being stored in said memory in association with the object identification information; and
a rack for supporting a plurality of different physical objects, each of said plurality of different physical objects being selectively removable from and replaceable on said rack. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for providing an interactive display of information relating to a physical object system, the method comprising:
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providing an interactive display comprising;
a housing;
a display device supported on said housing;
an indicia reader supported on said housing, said indicia reader being configured to read an indicia-bearing tag when positioned within a zone adjacent the housing;
a computerized system configured to receive object identification information from said indicia reader when said indicia-bearing tag is positioned within the zone and to provide related object information;
said computerized system comprising;
a microprocessor;
a memory operably connected to said microprocessor; and
related object information stored in said memory, the related object information being stored in said memory in association with the object identification information; and
receiving identification information from an indicia-bearing tag positioned within the zone;
retrieving from said memory related object information;
presenting related object information to a user via the display device while the indicia-bearing tag remains within the zone; and
ceasing to present related object information to the user via the display device when the indicia-bearing tag is no longer within the zone. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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