公开(公告)号：US5854476A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-29

申请号：US726595

申请日：1996-10-07

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G09F9/00 ,  G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G09F9/00

摘要： A method of displaying a product restriction message by an electronic price label which uses a product restriction indicator. The product restriction message is stored with the product restriction indicator in a first location. The product restriction indicator is stored in a second location. A control message addressed to the EPL is created by reading the product restriction indicator for the EPL from the second location and reading the product restriction message from the first location. The control message to the EPL is transmitted. The control message is received by the EPL. Finally, the product restriction message is displayed by the EPL. The first location may be a price look-up (PLU) file and/or an EPL data file.

摘要翻译： 一种使用产品限制指示器的电子价格标签显示商品限制信息的方法。 产品限制消息与产品限制指示器一起存储在第一个位置。 产品限制指示器存储在第二个位置。 通过从第二位置读取EPL的产品限制指示符并从第一位置读取产品限制消息来创建寻址到EPL的控制消息。 发送到EPL的控制消息。 控制消息由EPL接收。 最后，产品限制信息由EPL显示。 第一个位置可以是价格查询（PLU）文件和/或EPL数据文件。

公开(公告)号：US5854474A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-29

申请号：US708994

申请日：1996-09-06

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06F3/147 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06K17/00 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G09F3/02 ,  G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G06K19/06037 ,  G06F3/147 ,  G06K17/0022 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G09F3/0297 ,  G09G2380/04

摘要： An electronic sign which includes a number of two-dimensional (2-D) bar code readers which read a two-dimensional bar code label on a back side of a corresponding number of item description cards. The two-dimensional bar code labels are situated adjacent the two-dimensional bar code readers when the item description cards are installed. Each two-dimensional bar code label contains price data for the item associated with the item listed on the item description card. The two-dimensional bar code label may additionally contain promotional data. Each two-dimensional bar code reader is activated by a switch only when necessary to read the two-dimensional bar code label. The switch is preferably activated manually.

摘要翻译： 一种电子标志，其包括若干二维（2-D）条形码读取器，其读取相应数量的物品描述卡的背面上的二维条形码标签。 当安装项目描述卡时，二维条形码标签位于二维条形码读取器附近。 每个二维条形码标签包含与项目描述卡上列出的项目相关联的项目的价格数据。 二维条形码标签可以另外包含促销数据。 每个二维条形码读取器只有在需要读取二维条形码标签时才被开关激活。 该开关最好是手动启动。

公开(公告)号：US5847378A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-08

申请号：US730729

申请日：1996-10-15

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G09F3/02 ,  G09F9/35 ,  G06K151/00

CPC分类号： G09F3/02 ,  G09F9/35

摘要： An electronic price label (EPL) which uses a two-part overlay arrangement to avoid stacking of permanent adhesive overlays. The EPL includes a housing having a front surface containing an aperture exposing the electronic display. A first record member is substantially permanently attached to the front surface of the electronic display. The first record member contains information that is substantially permanent, and includes legends for the electronic display. A second record member is removably attached to the first record member. The second record member contains product information that is likely to change.

摘要翻译： 电子价格标签（EPL），其使用两部分覆盖布置以避免堆叠永久粘合剂覆盖物。 EPL包括具有暴露电子显示器的具有孔的前表面的壳体。 第一记录构件基本上永久地附接到电子显示器的前表面。 第一个记录成员包含基本永久的信息，并且包括电子显示器的图例。 第二记录构件可拆卸地附接到第一记录构件。 第二个记录成员包含可能会改变的产品信息。

公开(公告)号：US5767454A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-16

申请号：US735423

申请日：1996-10-22

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G01G21/00 ,  G01G23/00 ,  G01G23/18 ,  G01G19/52 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  H01H31/02

CPC分类号： G01G23/00 ,  G01G21/00

摘要： An electronic scale including a fault-detecting electronic display module which can detect a crack in a display, a separation in a cable connected to the display, and a separation between the cable and a connector on a printed circuit board. The fault-detecting electronic display module includes the display, which displays a weight of an object, the cable, and a fault-detecting line extending around at least a portion of the perimeter of the electronic display and through the cable. The electronic scale also includes a load cell for sensing the weight of the object, and a controller coupled to the load cell and to the fault-detecting display module.

摘要翻译： 一种包括故障检测电子显示模块的电子秤，其可以检测显示器中的裂纹，连接到显示器的电缆中的间隔，以及电缆与印刷电路板上的连接器之间的间隔。 故障检测电子显示模块包括显示器，其显示对象的重量，电缆以及围绕电子显示器的至少一部分周边延伸并通过电缆的故障检测线。 电子秤还包括用于感测物体的重量的测力传感器，以及耦合到测力传感器和故障检测显示模块的控制器。

公开(公告)号：US07533127B2

公开(公告)日：2009-05-12

申请号：US10895756

申请日：2004-07-21

申请人： Terry Lee Zimmerman ,  John C. Goodwin, III ,  Scott A Bitner ,  Christopher M Haynes ,  Gregory H. Campbell ,  Kelly S. Harrelson

发明人： Terry Lee Zimmerman ,  John C. Goodwin, III ,  Scott A Bitner ,  Christopher M Haynes ,  Gregory H. Campbell ,  Kelly S. Harrelson

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99944 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： A system and method of managing data for electronic price label overlays which automates printing of new and changed overlays. The method determines electronic price label information and price look-up file descriptions that have been added or changed for particular electronic price labels. Additions and changes in overlay data are marked and identified by the marks to create a print data file. Alternatively, additions and changes are identified by a comparison of a first file with a second file containing the additions and changes. The system includes a number of storage media for storing the PLU file and the EPL data file, and a computer which determines a change in the PLU file or the EPL data file and which creates the print file for printing an overlay for the change in the PLU file and EPL data file.

摘要翻译： 一种管理电子价格标签叠加数据的系统和方法，可自动打印新的和更改的重叠。 该方法确定为特定电子价格标签添加或更改的电子价格标签信息和价格查找文件描述。 叠加数据的添加和更改由标记标记和标识，以创建打印数据文件。 或者，通过将第一文件与包含添加和改变的第二文件的比较来标识添加和改变。 该系统包括用于存储PLU文件和EPL数据文件的多个存储介质，以及计算机，其确定PLU文件或EPL数据文件的改变，并且创建打印文件以打印用于改变的重叠的打印文件 PLU文件和EPL数据文件。

公开(公告)号：US07406437B2

公开(公告)日：2008-07-29

申请号：US09726820

申请日：2000-11-30

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00 ,  G01S1/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0224 ,  G06Q30/0236 ,  G06Q30/0237

摘要： A method to provide directions to customers requesting information about the location of products in a store that brings the customer into the vicinity of other products in which the customer may have an interest to purchase receives customer identification data and product selection data, determines customer interest data from the customer identification data, and generates a customer path to a location corresponding to the product selection data that includes a location corresponding to the customer interest data. A customer following the generated path comes into the vicinity of one or more products in which the customer may have an interest to purchase. A customer may enter the identification data through a keypad or through a scanning device that reads a customer token. Preferably, the customer token may be a smart card or a card bearing a magnetic stripe. A keypad or touch screen may be used to provide product selection data. The location of a selected product and the location of the kiosk where the data was entered define an endpoint and a starting point for the customer's path, respectively. The customer identification data may be used to query a database for the customer's purchase history at the store or to ascertain demographic data. These data may be used to identify products that the customer may be interested in purchasing. The locations of these products are used to define a customer's path to the selected product. The display of this path is made without reference to the portions of the store containing other products not corresponding to the customer's interests. A system to implement the method is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 向客户提供方向，请求有关商店中产品位置的信息的方式，使客户进入客户可能有兴趣购买的其他产品的附近接收客户识别数据和产品选择数据，确定客户兴趣数据 并且生成到与包括与客户兴趣数据相对应的位置的产品选择数据相对应的位置的客户路径。 遵循生成路径的客户进入客户可能有兴趣购买的一个或多个产品的附近。 客户可以通过小键盘或通过读取客户令牌的扫描设备输入识别数据。 优选地，客户令牌可以是智能卡或带有磁条的卡。 键盘或触摸屏可用于提供产品选择数据。 所选产品的位置和输入数据的信息亭的位置分别定义客户路径的端点和起始点。 客户识别数据可用于在商店中查询客户的购买记录数据库或确定人口统计数据。 这些数据可用于识别客户可能有兴趣购买的产品。 这些产品的位置用于定义客户对所选产品的路径。 该路径的显示是在不参考商店的包含不符合客户兴趣的其他产品的部分的情况下进行的。 还公开了一种实现该方法的系统。

公开(公告)号：US06816840B1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-09

申请号：US09167897

申请日：1998-10-07

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06F1760

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q20/201

摘要： An electronic price label (EPL) system which is capable of communicating with a group of EPLs. The system includes the group of EPLs, which is less than the total number of EPLs within a transaction establishment, and a computer which records a unique group identifier for a group of products associated with the EPLs, determines unique EPL identifiers for the group of EPLs from a table linking the unique group identifier to the unique EPL identifiers, and sends messages addressed to the unique EPL identifiers which contain identical information.

摘要翻译： 一种能够与一组EPL进行通信的电子价格标签（EPL）系统。 该系统包括少于一个交易机构内的EPL总数的EPL组，以及记录与该EPL相关联的一组产品的唯一组标识符的计算机，确定该EPL组的唯一EPL标识符 从链接唯一组标识符到唯一的EPL标识符的表，并发送寻址到包含相同信息的唯一EPL标识符的消息。

公开(公告)号：US06557760B2

公开(公告)日：2003-05-06

申请号：US09822584

申请日：2001-03-30

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06K1500

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06

摘要： A system and method of managing expired products which uses an electronic price label system to convey expiration information. The system includes a product label affixed to the time-sensitive product, an electronic price label system including an electronic price label and a product label interrogator controlled by the electronic price label which obtains the expiration information from the product label, and a computer which identifies the electronic price label as being associated with the product, causes the electronic price label to activate the product label interrogator to interrogate the product label, and receives the expiration information from the electronic price label. The computer may additionally compare the expiration information to current date information and cause the electronic price label to display a message indicating that the product has expired if the current date information is after expiration information.

公开(公告)号：US06510991B2

公开(公告)日：2003-01-28

申请号：US09824846

申请日：2001-04-02

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06K1500

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G07G1/145

摘要： A system and method of displaying information about an item which uses a radio frequency signal to change displayed information. The system includes a display, a memory including a first memory location containing first display information and a second memory location containing second display information, and control circuitry which receives the radio frequency signal from a portable transmitter and displays the second information from the second memory location in response to the radio frequency signal. The control circuitry additionally senses a loss of the radio frequency signal and displays the first information from the first memory location in response to the loss of the radio frequency signal. One illustrative example envisions an electronic price label.

公开(公告)号：US06442531B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US09377930

申请日：1999-08-20

申请人： John C. Goodwin, III

发明人： John C. Goodwin, III

IPC分类号： G06F1760

CPC分类号： G06F3/147 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q20/201 ,  G06Q20/202 ,  G06Q30/0283 ,  G09G2380/04

摘要： An electronic price label (EPL) display sequence change method which conserves system bandwidth. The method determines a number of pieces of information which are currently stored within a memory in an EPL which contains a plurality of different locations for storing the pieces of information. The method further determines a first sequence by which the EPL currently displays the pieces of information in the different locations. The method further determines a second sequence to replace the first sequence, creates a message addressed to the EPL containing a command to execute the second sequence, and sends the message to the EPL.

摘要翻译： 电子价格标签（EPL）显示顺序改变方法，节省系统带宽。 该方法确定当前存储在包含用于存储信息的多个不同位置的EPL中的存储器中的多条信息。 该方法还确定EPL当前在不同位置显示信息的第一序列。 该方法进一步确定用于替换第一序列的第二序列，创建寻址到包含执行第二序列的命令的EPL的消息，并将消息发送到EPL。