Patents by Inventor Andreas RÖßL

Andreas RÖßL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11955052
    Abstract: An electronic shelf label, which comprises: a display unit, which is designed for displaying image content, and a communication module, which is designed for wireless communication for the purpose of receiving image data, which represent the image content, and for transferring the image data to the display unit, characterized in that a detector unit is provided, which is designed for detecting an incorrect positioning, which differs from a desired positioning, of the electronic shelf label, and for outputting an action signal when the incorrect positioning is detected, and in that the electronic shelf label is designed to change the image content when the action signal is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Patent number: 11948041
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic shelf labelling system comprising at least one electronic shelf label that is designed such that it can be contactlessly supplied with power, and at least one shelf edge strip on which at least one shelf label of this type is secured, and an electronic power supply assigned to the shelf edge strip, in particular assigned only to this one shelf edge strip, which is designed to contactlessly supply power to the at least one electronic shelf label secured to said shelf edge strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Patent number: 11875083
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic shelf label system, wherein the system comprises shelf labels fastened to shelf edge strips, wherein the shelf labels are designed such that they can be supplied with energy in a contactless manner, and the shelf edge strip comprises a supply device for contactlessly supplying energy to the shelf labels fastened on it, and the shelf edge strip comprises at least one conductor loop, wherein the conductor loop is a constituent of the supply device of the shelf edge strip and the conductor loop is used for emitting a signal, which can be generated by the supply device, for the purpose of the said supply of energy of shelf labels positioned on the shelf edge strip in a manner corresponding to the conductor loop, wherein according to the method, the said signal is generated with the aid of the supply device and emitted via the conductor loop and the respective shelf label positioned corresponding to the conductor loop stores electrical energy, which is transmitted with the aid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Patent number: 11853834
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic shelf labelling system, wherein the system has a server which is designed to individually address a plurality of shelf labels in order to communicate data with them in an addressed manner, and wherein the system has at least one access point which is connected to the server and is designed for radio communication of the data with the shelf labels, and wherein the system has a near-field communication (NFC) sub-system on a shelf edge strip of a shelf, wherein the NFC sub-system is characterised in such a way that the shelf edge strip has an NFC reader which is designed for radio-based communication with the access point, and in such a way that at least one conductor loop is provided which is connected to the NFC reader, formed along the shelf edge strip and functioning for NFC communication with an NFC-enabled shelf label, wherein at least one NFC-enabled shelf label is attached to the shelf edge strip corresponding to the conductor loop, and wherein the NFC reader is des
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Publication number: 20230410693
    Abstract: An electronic label with a housing, that comprises a front wall and a rear wall and a side wall, wherein the front wall comprises a, particularly reflective, screen, and wherein by contrast to the front wall and rear wall, the side wall is constructed to be light-conducting and wherein a light source for emitting the light that can be generated using it through the side wall is positioned inside the housing, and wherein the side wall is inclined towards the front wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Patent number: 11776433
    Abstract: An electronic label with a housing, that comprises a front wall and a rear wall and a side wall, wherein the front wall comprises a, particularly reflective, screen, and wherein by contrast to the front wall and rear wall, the side wall is constructed to be light-conducting and wherein a light source for emitting the light that can be generated using it through the side wall is positioned inside the housing, and wherein the side wall is inclined towards the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Patent number: 11763713
    Abstract: An electronic shelf label system, wherein the system comprises a near-field communication, NEC for short, sub-system on a shelf edge strip of a shelving unit, which is characterized such that the shelf edge strip comprises a shelf edge strip controller, wherein the shelf edge strip controller comprises a first wireless communication module, which is designed for wireless communication according to a first communication method with an access point for the purpose of data transmission with a server of the shelf label system, and wherein the shelf edge strip controller comprises an NFC-enabled second communication module for NFC-based energy supply and communication with at least one NFC-enabled shelf label, which can be fastened to the shelf edge strip, and the shelf edge strip comprises at least one conductor loop constructed on it and connected to the second NFC-enabled communication module, wherein the conductor loop is used for NFC communication with the NFC-enabled shelf label, and wherein the shelf edge s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Patent number: 11756455
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic shelf label system that comprises a server for delivering shelf label display information to a number of display devices that are controlled by the server to display said shelf label display information on their screens, wherein said screen is designed to display video content represented by received video data, and said display device is designed to deliver video data to a screen and to receive label positioning data for defining the position of the shelf label display information in the display area of at least one of the screens connected to it, and to embed the shelf label display information in accordance with the received location data in the video content that is delivered to said screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Oosthoek, Andreas Roessl
  • Patent number: 11751138
    Abstract: Electronic shelf label system that has: at least one battery-operated shelf label client that has an energy-saving sleep mode without radio communication standby according to a radio standard and an active mode with radio communication standby according to the radio standard and that has a radio wake-up receiver designed so as, on receiving a wake-up signal, to leave the sleep mode and prompt the active mode to be adopted, and an access point that is designed for radio communication with the at least one shelf label client according to the radio standard and that has a radio wake-up transmitter for transmitting the wake-up signal, wherein the radio wakeup transmitter is designed to be controllable in terms of the time at which the wake-up signal is transmitted by the access point, and the access point defines the time as the initiation of a radio connection setup to the at least one shelf label client according to the radio standard, in particular with a lead time for changing from the sleep mode to the activ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Publication number: 20230042843
    Abstract: An electronic shelf label, which comprises: a display unit, which is designed for displaying image content, and a communication module, which is designed for wireless communication for the purpose of receiving image data, which represent the image content, and for transferring the image data to the display unit, characterized in that a detector unit is provided, which is designed for detecting an incorrect positioning, which differs from a desired positioning, of the electronic shelf label, and for outputting an action signal when the incorrect positioning is detected, and in that the electronic shelf label is designed to change the image content when the action signal is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20230022207
    Abstract: An electronic shelf label system, wherein the system comprises a near-field communication, NEC for short, sub-system on a shelf edge strip of a shelving unit, which is characterized such that the shelf edge strip comprises a shelf edge strip controller, wherein the shelf edge strip controller comprises a first wireless communication module, which is designed for wireless communication according to a first communication method with an access point for the purpose of data transmission with a server of the shelf label system, and wherein the shelf edge strip controller comprises an NFC-enabled second communication module for NFC-based energy supply and communication with at least one NFC-enabled shelf label, which can be fastened to the shelf edge strip, and the shelf edge strip comprises at least one conductor loop constructed on it and connected to the second NFC-enabled communication module, wherein the conductor loop is used for NFC communication with the NFC-enabled shelf label, and wherein the shelf edge s
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20230012967
    Abstract: A method for operating an electronic shelf label system, wherein the system comprises shelf labels fastened to shelf edge strips, wherein the shelf labels are designed such that they can be supplied with energy in a contactless manner, and the shelf edge strip comprises a supply device for contactlessly supplying energy to the shelf labels fastened on it, and the shelf edge strip comprises at least one conductor loop, wherein the conductor loop is a constituent of the supply device of the shelf edge strip and the conductor loop is used for emitting a signal, which can be generated by the supply device, for the purpose of the said supply of energy of shelf labels positioned on the shelf edge strip in a manner corresponding to the conductor loop, wherein according to the method, the said signal is generated with the aid of the supply device and emitted via the conductor loop and the respective shelf label positioned corresponding to the conductor loop stores electrical energy, which is transmitted with the aid
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20230005394
    Abstract: An electronic label with a housing, that comprises a front wall and a rear wall and a side wall, wherein the front wall comprises a, particularly reflective, screen, and wherein by contrast to the front wall and rear wall, the side wall is constructed to be light-conducting and wherein a light source for emitting the light that can be generated using it through the side wall is positioned inside the housing, and wherein the side wall is inclined towards the front wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20220360695
    Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging device for a shelf support on a shelf edge comprising a receiving section configured to receive electronic labels, the imaging device comprising: aback side configured to be removably fitted in the receiving section, a front side (10) opposite to the back side, an optical sensor (15) configured to acquire an image of shelves facing the front side, an actuator configured to rotate the optical sensor around one or more axes of rotation, a memory configured to save the image, a processing unit configured to transmit the image to an image server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: SES-imagotag
    Inventors: Thomas Schwarz, Andreas Rößl
  • Publication number: 20220335862
    Abstract: Shelf rail for an electronic shelf-label system, wherein the shelf rail comprises a first fastening structure for fastening at least one electronic shelf label that can be supplied with power in a contact-free manner, in particular, an electronic shelf-label display, wherein the first fastening structure comprises a wall running between a head area and a foot area of the shelf rail with a wall front side and a wall back side, which is used to define a shelf-label plane with its wall front side for the positioning of the at least one shelf label along the wall, and wherein the shelf rail on the wall back side comprises at least one second fastening structure, which is tubular or channel-shaped in particular, for attaching at least one conductor loop on a conductor-loop plane, wherein the conductor-loop plane is aligned parallel to the shelf-label plane and runs at the defined first distance from the shelf-label plane, and wherein the shelf rail comprises a third fastening structure for fastening a conductive s
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20220300932
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (2-19) comprising a storage stage (50) for storing a product data set (PD1-PD3) which was received in a communication with a base station (25, 26) via a first radio interface (44) of the display device (2-19), and comprising a second radio interface (45) for communication in particular for RFID or NFC communication, with a self-checkout device (57), which display device (2-19) is designed to process a self-checkout request received from a self-checkout device (57) for the purpose of transmitting the product data set (PD) via the second radio interface (45).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20220300930
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (2-19) comprising a storage stage (50) for storing a product data set (PD1-PD3) which was received in a communication with a base station (25, 26) via a first radio interface (44) of the display device (2-19), and comprising a second radio interface (45) for communication in particular for RFID or NFC communication, with a self-checkout device (57), which display device (2-19) is designed to process a self-checkout request received from a self-checkout device (57) for the purpose of transmitting the product data set (PD) via the second radio interface (45).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20220300933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (2-19) comprising a storage stage (50) for storing a product data set (PD1-PD3) which was received in a communication with a base station (25, 26) via a first radio interface (44) of the display device (2-19), and comprising a second radio interface (45) for communication in particular for RFID or NFC communication, with a self-checkout device (57), which display device (2-19) is designed to process a self-checkout request received from a self-checkout device (57) for the purpose of transmitting the product data set (PD) via the second radio interface (45).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20220300929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (2-19) comprising a storage stage (50) for storing a product data set (PD1-PD3) which was received in a communication with a base station (25, 26) via a first radio interface (44) of the display device (2-19), and comprising a second radio interface (45) for communication in particular for RFID or NFC communication, with a self-checkout device (57), which display device (2-19) is designed to process a self-checkout request received from a self-checkout device (57) for the purpose of transmitting the product data set (PD) via the second radio interface (45).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Publication number: 20220300931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device (2-19) comprising a storage stage (50) for storing a product data set (PD1-PD3) which was received in a communication with a base station (25, 26) via a first radio interface (44) of the display device (2-19), and comprising a second radio interface (45) for communication in particular for RFID or NFC communication, with a self-checkout device (57), which display device (2-19) is designed to process a self-checkout request received from a self-checkout device (57) for the purpose of transmitting the product data set (PD) via the second radio interface (45).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL