DISPLAY METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC PAPER LABEL APPARATUS

• US 20130043979A1
• Filed: 08/17/2011
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jogtek Corp.
• Original Assignee: Prodigio Ltd.
• Inventors: Huang, Wei-Chun, Hsieh, Tsung-Hsing
• Application Number:
  US13/211,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20130043979A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/04 Electronic labels
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13095 PIN / Access code, authentication

Abstract

A display method for electronic paper label apparatus first detects a serial number of an electronic paper label by a handheld device. Then a wireless display signal corresponding to the serial number is sent from the handheld device to the electronic paper label. Finally, the display content of an electronic paper of the electronic paper label is changed by the wireless display signal.

Claims

1. A display method for electronic paper label apparatus including following steps:

a. a serial number receiving-identifying unit of a handheld device receiving a wireless serial number signal of a serial number unit of an electronic paper label apparatus;

b. the serial number receiving-identifying unit sending a serial number information to a handheld-device-side microcontroller of the handheld device after the wireless serial number signal is received by the serial number receiving-identifying unit;

c. the handheld-device-side microcontroller sending a display information corresponding to the serial number information to a short-range wireless transmitter of the handheld device after the serial number information is received by the handheld-device-side microcontroller;

d. the short-range wireless transmitter sending a wireless display signal after the display information is received by the short-range wireless transmitter;

e. a short-range wireless receiver of the electronic paper label apparatus recovering the display information and sending the display information to a label-side microcontroller of the electronic paper label apparatus after the wireless display signal is received by the short-range wireless receiver;

f. the label-side microcontroller sending the display information to an electronic paper of the electronic paper label apparatus after the display information is received by the label-side microcontroller; and

g. the electronic paper displaying the content of the display information after the display information is received by the electronic paper.

2. The display method for electronic paper label apparatus in claim 1, wherein in the step c, the display information corresponding to the serial number information is derived by using the handheld-device-side microcontroller to compare the information stored in a memory of the handheld device with reference to the serial number information.

3. The display method for electronic paper label apparatus in claim 1, wherein in the step c, the display information corresponding to the serial number information is derived by using the handheld-device-side microcontroller to receive the information stored in an external database through a wireless signal transceiver of the handheld device and to compare the information stored in the database with reference to the serial number information.

4. The display method for electronic paper label apparatus in claim 1, wherein the serial number unit is a barcode;

the serial number receiving-identifying unit is a barcode receiving-identifying circuit.

5. The display method for electronic paper label apparatus in claim 1, wherein the serial number unit is a radio frequency identification tag;

the serial number receiving-identifying unit is a radio frequency identification reader.

6. The display method for electronic paper label apparatus in claim 1, wherein the short-range wireless transmitter is a radio frequency identification reader;

the short-range wireless receiver is a radio frequency identification tag.

7. The display method for electronic paper label apparatus in claim 1, wherein the short-range wireless transmitter is a near field communication transmitter;

the short-range wireless receiver is a near field communication receiver.

8. The display method for electronic paper label apparatus in claim 1, further including following steps after the step d:

d1. the antenna inducing the wireless display signal into an induced current after the wireless display signal is received by the antenna; and

d2. the antenna sending the induced current to a current-to-voltage converter of the electronic paper label apparatus.

9. The display method for electronic paper label apparatus in claim 8, further including following steps after the step d2:

d3. the current-to-voltage converter converting the induced current into an induced voltage after the induced current is received by the current-to-voltage converter; and

d4. the current-to-voltage converter sending the induced voltage to a voltage regulator of the electronic paper label apparatus.

10. The display method for electronic paper label apparatus in claim 9, further including following step after the step d4:

d5. the voltage regulator supplying driving voltages to the electronic paper and the label-side microcontroller after the induced voltage is received by the voltage regulator.