SMART DIGITAL SHOWCASE

• US 20170115845A1
• Filed: 10/21/2016
• Published: 04/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SQI SOFT
• Original Assignee: SQI SOFT
• Inventors: SHIN, Sang Hoon, LIM, Jun Ho, SHIN, Gyu Cheol, PARK, Seon Gyeon, JEONG, Mi Seok
• Application Number:
  US15/331,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20170115845A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 11/06 Means for bringing about special optical effects
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/002 Devices for protection against sunlight or theft
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/007 Cases or cabinets of the counter type
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0281 Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting

Abstract

There is provided an electronic showcase comprising: a main body having an lower plate and an upper plate, whether the main body has an inner space defined between the lower plate and upper plate, wherein the upper plate is transparent, wherein the upper plate includes a transparent touch-recognition panel, wherein the lower plate has a plurality of goods or goods group regions, wherein the transparent touch-recognition panel has a plurality of touch-sensing regions vertically position-corresponding to the plurality of goods or goods group regions respectively; and a display unit configured to display an image of and/or information about single goods or goods group corresponding to a goods or goods group region selected by a touch of a corresponding touch-sensing region.

Claims

1. An electronic showcase comprising:

a main body having an lower plate and an upper plate, whether the main body has an inner space defined between the lower plate and upper plate, wherein the upper plate is transparent, wherein the upper plate includes a transparent touch-recognition panel, wherein the lower plate has a plurality of goods or goods group regions, wherein the transparent touch-recognition panel has a plurality of touch-sensing regions vertically position-corresponding to the plurality of goods or goods group regions respectively; and

a display unit configured to display an image of and/or information about single goods or goods group corresponding to a goods or goods group region selected by a touch of a corresponding touch-sensing region.

2. The showcase of claim 1, wherein the display unit is disposed on the upper plate in a parallel or tilted manner to the upper plate or around the upper plate, wherein the display unit includes a touch sensing screen, wherein the touch sensing screen is configured to display further information about the selected single goods or goods group when a portion of the touch sensing screen corresponding to the selected goods or goods group is touched.

3. The showcase of claim 1, wherein the display unit is disposed on the lower plate, wherein the touch-recognition panel is divided into a goods arrangement area and a display unit area, wherein the goods arrangement area vertically position-corresponds to the plurality of goods or goods group regions, wherein the display unit area vertically position-corresponds to the display unit disposed on the lower plate, wherein the goods arrangement area includes the plurality of touch-sensing regions, wherein the display unit is configured to display further information about the selected single goods or goods group when a portion of the display unit area corresponding to the selected single goods or goods group is touched.

4. The showcase of claim 2, wherein the display unit includes a view rotation module to rotate a view image on the display unit.

5. The showcase of claim 3, wherein the touch-recognition panel includes a view rotation module to rotate a view image on the display unit.