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: 12056678
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: VusionGroup GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Publication number: 20240257709
    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, wherein 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, wherein the detector unit comprises a photodiode, and wherein the electronic shelf label is designed to change the image content when the action signal is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: VusionGroup GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • Patent number: 12051051
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Vusion Group GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Publication number: 20240241210
    Abstract: Method for locating shelving-rail equipment positioned on a shelving-rail at an unknown location, wherein the method comprises the following method steps, namely: automatically determining a location of the shelving-rail equipment on a level by means of radio communication between the shelving-rail equipment and locally known radio devices, and automatically adding a third coordinate to the location on the level for the purpose of determining the spatial location of the shelving-rail equipment through the use of supplementary data, wherein the supplementary data represent the third coordinate and are related to the shelving-rail equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: VusionGroup GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas RÖSSL, Philipp Jauck
  • Patent number: 12033601
    Abstract: Radio base station, having a first radio module for radio communication with first radio communication devices, and a connection for connecting an ESL radio module for radio communication with electronic display panels, wherein the radio base station has a first, in particular software-based, control stage for controlling the radio communication of the first radio module according to a first communication protocol, and a second, in particular software-based, control stage for controlling the radio communication of the ESL radio module connectable to the connection according to a second communication protocol, and a, in particular software-based, third control stage for predictively changing a time sequence, defined for a future period, of radio activities of the first radio module on the basis of radio activities of the ESL radio module that are defined for said future period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: VusionGroup GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Rössl, Andreas Hechenblaickner, Danijel Mom
  • Patent number: 12014345
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VusionGroup GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Publication number: 20240185744
    Abstract: Shelf-rail system comprising one shelf rail and at least one shelf-rail device attached to the shelf rail, wherein the shelf rail system comprises at least one sensor that is provided and designed to automatically determine the position of at least one shelf-rail device attached to the shelf rail along the longitudinal extension of the shelf rail and/or to automatically determine the sequential order of at least two shelf-rail devices attached to the shelf rail along the longitudinal extension of the shelf rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas RÖSSL, Nicola GMAJNIC
  • Patent number: 12001747
    Abstract: An electronic shelf label system, comprising a number of display devices to display content on its screen or its screens, each device comprises a memory stage to store content data, and a control stage to control the display of the content on its screen; wherein the screen is a video screen and realizes a shelf rail or covers a front of a shelf rail or a part of it to which it is attachable, and the content is a video and the memory stage stores the entire video data of the video, and the control stage is designed to define a display window for the video and to display only the video content within the display window on its screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: VusionGroup GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Oosthoek, Andreas Roessl
  • Publication number: 20240177689
    Abstract: Radio base station, having a first radio module for radio communication with first radio communication devices, and a connection for connecting an ESL radio module for radio communication with electronic display panels, wherein the radio base station has a first, in particular software-based, control stage for controlling the radio communication of the first radio module according to a first communication protocol, and a second, in particular software-based, control stage for controlling the radio communication of the ESL radio module connectable to the connection according to a second communication protocol, and a, in particular software-based, third control stage for predictively changing a time sequence, defined for a future period, of radio activities of the first radio module on the basis of radio activities of the ESL radio module that are defined for said future period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: VusionGroup GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas RÖSSL, Andreas HECHENBLAICKNER, Danijel MOM
  • Patent number: 11995500
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for locating an electronic shelf label with an unknown location, in particular in the form of an electronic shelf label display, of an electronic shelf labelling system, wherein the system comprises a number of access points with known locations, which are positioned in different positions at a distance from a shelf, wherein the shelf has at least one shelf edge strip and wherein one of the shelf edge strips has at least one electronic shelf label that is designed such that it can be contactlessly supplied with power, and an electronic power supply device located on the shelf edge strip and designed for contactlessly supplying the at least one shelf label with power, wherein the method comprises the following method steps: determining the position of the electronic supply device in relation to the access points with known locations using an ultra-wide-band radio communication between the access points and the power supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: VusionGroup GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Rössl
  • Patent number: 11989684
    Abstract: In a sales area, a method for checking the layout of articles in a gondola, the gondola comprising at least one electronic shelf label which corresponds to a matching area of a gondola, with a single product slot field comprising a gondola number, a row number and a shelf label number, the method comprising steps of: acquisition of an image of the gondola; automated detection of electronic shelf labels, and automated detection of rows; for at least one electronic shelf label, determination of the matching area of the gondola, and determination of the slot field; detection of layout information in said area of the gondola in the acquired image; identification of the associated article identifier in a realogram database; and check of compliance of detected layout information, with respect to expected layout information stored in the realogram database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: VusionGroup
    Inventors: Thierry Gadou, François Robin, Andreas Rössl, Thomas Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20240164034
    Abstract: A support device, preferably realized as shelf rail, for mechanically fastening an electronic device, particularly preferably for fastening an electronic display unit, wherein the support device comprises a first delimiting wall, in particular a reference wall defining a reference or positioning plane, respectively, on the or adjacent to which the electronic device can be positioned, in particular with its rear wall, on the support device, and a second delimiting wall, which is oriented at an angle to the first delimiting wall, wherein the first delimiting wall and the second delimiting wall delimit, in particular only on two sides, a receiving region for receiving the electronic device, and a conductor support, which supports conductor tracks for the electronic supply of the device, characterized in that the conductor support protrudes into the receiving region at a distance from the first delimiting wall, starting at the second delimiting wall, in particular parallel to the first delimiting wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
  • 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