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System and method for updating electronic label displays

US8174462B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by

8References

40Claims

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Assignee

Pricer AB · SE

Inventors

Par Rosander · Uppsala, SE
Lars Andersson · Uppsala, SE
Björn Nilsson · Uppsala, SE

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2009
Grant date	May 8, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09G2380/04
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic label wirelessly connected to an information updating system having a server. The electronic label includes a wireless communication interface to receive information from the server to be displayed on a display, a means for label processing connected to the communication interface, a means for updating the display connected to the means for label processing, and at least one dot matrix display to display a dot matrix image, where the dot matrix display is connected to the means for updating the display. The communication interface receives the information to be displayed from the information updating system. The label includes a layout script such that the means for label processing generates the dot matrix image from the received information using the layout script.

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