Electronic rack labeling system
First Claim
1. An electronic rack labeling system comprising:
- a rack for displaying a plurality of different kinds of articles at a plurality of respective article display locations extending along the length of said rack, each article display location having a length selected in view of the articles to be displayed at such article display location;
information display means extending along substantially the length of a front panel of said rack for displaying an electronic display of article information, including identification information identifying articles displayed on said rack at said plurality of article display locations and price information indicating the price of the identified articles;
preparing means for preparing article information about each of the different kinds of articles displayed on said rack for display on said information display means;
control means for determining an information display position adjacent each article display location for display of the prepared article information about the articles displayed at such article display location; and
output means for applying a signal indicative of the determined information display positions and the prepared article information to said information display means for an electronic display of the prepared article information for each of the kinds of displayed articles at the determined information display positions for such kinds of articles.
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Abstract
An electronic rack labeling system includes a rack for displaying articles, a display device fixed on a front panel of the rack for displaying label information of the articles displayed on the rack, and a control unit for managing the articles displayed on the rack, preparing label information of the articles displayed on the rack, and displaying the label information at predetermined positions on the display device. The display device displays the rack labels of the articles displayed. The content of display includes a name of article and a price. When a display position of the article is changed, the display position of the rack label is changed accordingly, and when the price of the article is changed, the updated price is displayed. The change of the display position and the display content is centrally controlled by a computer.
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16 Claims
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1. An electronic rack labeling system comprising:
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a rack for displaying a plurality of different kinds of articles at a plurality of respective article display locations extending along the length of said rack, each article display location having a length selected in view of the articles to be displayed at such article display location; information display means extending along substantially the length of a front panel of said rack for displaying an electronic display of article information, including identification information identifying articles displayed on said rack at said plurality of article display locations and price information indicating the price of the identified articles; preparing means for preparing article information about each of the different kinds of articles displayed on said rack for display on said information display means; control means for determining an information display position adjacent each article display location for display of the prepared article information about the articles displayed at such article display location; and output means for applying a signal indicative of the determined information display positions and the prepared article information to said information display means for an electronic display of the prepared article information for each of the kinds of displayed articles at the determined information display positions for such kinds of articles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An electronic rack labeling system comprising:
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a display rack having a shell for displaying a plurality of different kinds of articles at a plurality of respective article display locations extending along the length of the shell, each article display location having a length selected in view of the articles to be displayed at such article display location, and having electronic information display means extending along substantially the length of a front panel of said shell, on an information display device; article information management means for storing article information about articles displayed on said shell; preparing means for preparing article information about each of the different kinds of articles displayed on said shell on the basis of the article information stored in said article information management means, the prepared article information including identification information identifying articles displayed on said shell and price information indicating the price of the identified articles; determining means for determining an information display position on said information display device adjacent each article display location for electronic display of the prepared article information about the articles displayed at such article display location; and control means for controlling the electronic display of the prepared article information at the display positions determined by said determining means. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing an electronic display of article information about a plurality of different kinds of articles displayed at a plurality of respective article display locations extending along the length of a rack, each article display location having a length selected in view of the articles to be displayed at such display location, said rack having electronic display means extending along substantially the length of a front panel of said rack, on an information display device, the displayed article information including identification information identifying the articles displayed at the article display locations and price information indicating prices of the identified articles, said method comprising:
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(a) storing the article information and position information indicating display positions of the articles on the rack; (b) preparing article information about articles to be displayed on the basis of the stored article information and position information; (c) determining display positions on said electronic display device for the prepared article information on the basis of the stored position information; and (d) displaying an electronic display of the prepared article information on said electronic display device at the determined display positions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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