Abstract: Shelf rail maintenance device (14) for the maintenance of at least one electrical conductor (6) of a shelf rail (3), wherein the electrical conductor (6) is located in a receiving groove (4) of an electronic shelf rail (3) and extends freely accessible along the length extension of the receiving groove (4), wherein the maintenance device (14) comprises at least one interaction element (15; 15A, 15B, 15C) which is designed for maintenance interaction with the at least one electrical conductor (6) of the electronic shelf rail (3), characterized in that at least a part of the maintenance device (14) is designed to fit into the receiving groove (4), such that the at least one interaction element (15; 15A, 15B, 15C) is position-able in the receiving groove (14) corresponding to the location of the at least one electrical conductor (6).

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.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic shelf label that is attached to a shelf rail at a position along the shelf rail and controlled by a local rail controller at the shelf rail, wherein the rail controller stores a list of display data, wherein an element of the list of display data is intended to be submitted to an electronic shelf label and represents the information that shall be displayed there, and detects the attachment of an electronic shelf label to the shelf rail or the removal of an electronic shelf label from the shelf rail, and triggers an action based on the detection of the attachment or the detection of the removal of an electronic shelf label under consideration of the list of display data.

Abstract: A support device for supporting a module, wherein the support device comprises an alignment wall for aligning the module which is inserted into the support device and the alignment wall comprises a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent running normal thereto, wherein the support device is designed in such a manner that the module, which is inserted as intended into the support device, can be moved inside the support device in a manner corresponding to or along the transverse extent of the alignment wall between a removal position and a holding position, in which the module is aligned on the alignment wall, and that the shape or the cross section of the support device forms a removal opening at a distance from the alignment wall, through which removal opening the module can only be removed from the support device starting from the removal position.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic shelf label that is attached to a shelf rail at a position along the shelf rail and controlled by a local rail controller at the shelf rail, wherein the rail controller stores a list of display data, wherein an element of the list of display data is intended to be submitted to an electronic shelf label and represents the information that shall be displayed there, and detects the attachment of an electronic shelf label to the shelf rail or the removal of an electronic shelf label from the shelf rail, and triggers an action based on the detection of the attachment or the detection of the removal of an electronic shelf label under consideration of the list of display data.

Abstract: Shelf rail maintenance device (14) for the maintenance of at least one electrical conductor (6) of a shelf rail (3), wherein the electrical conductor (6) is located in a receiving groove (4) of an electronic shelf rail (3) and extends freely accessible along the length extension of the receiving groove (4), wherein the maintenance device (14) comprises at least one interaction element (15; 15A, 15B, 15C) which is designed for maintenance interaction with the at least one electrical conductor (6) of the electronic shelf rail (3), characterized in that at least a part of the maintenance device (14) is designed to fit into the receiving groove (4), such that the at least one interaction element (15; 15A, 15B, 15C) is position-able in the receiving groove (14) corresponding to the location of the at least one electrical conductor (6).

Abstract: A bus system, a shelf edge strip bus system in particular, which comprises a first line for determining an electric reference potential, a second line for providing a supply voltage with a desired value in relation to the reference potential, at least one third line, preferably a single third line, for communication of signals and/or data, a supply device, which is electrically conductively connected to the lines and is designed for electric power supply as well as for communication supply of electronic devices which can be connected to the bus system, wherein the supply device is designed to supply different device types both with electric power and with communication, particularly in a device-type-specific manner.

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.

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.

Abstract: A bus system, a shelf edge strip bus system in particular, which comprises a first line for determining an electric reference potential, a second line for providing a supply voltage with a desired value in relation to the reference potential, at least one third line, preferably a single third line, for communication of signals and/or data, a supply device, which is electrically conductively connected to the lines and is designed for electric power supply as well as for communication supply of electronic devices which can be connected to the bus system, wherein the supply device is designed to supply different device types both with electric power and with communication, particularly in a device-type-specific manner.

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.

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.

Abstract: A support device, in particular a shelf edge strip, for supporting a module, particularly an electronic device, wherein the support device comprises an alignment wall for aligning the module which is inserted into the support device and the alignment wall comprises a longitudinal extent and a transverse extent running normal thereto, wherein the support device is designed in such a manner that the module, which is inserted as intended into the support device, can be moved inside the support device in a manner corresponding to or along the transverse extent of the alignment wall between a removal position and a holding position, in which the module is aligned on the alignment wall, and that the shape or the cross section of the support device forms a removal opening at a distance from the alignment wall, through which removal opening the module can only be removed from the support device starting from the removal position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the position of at least one object (P1-P6) in a space (2), in particular of at least one product positioned on a shelf (7), wherein the method includes: emitting a light signal, encoded with identification information for identifying the object, from a light-emitting device (6) positioned adjacent to the object, and capturing a scene with the aid f at least one freely movable camera (10), wherein a digital scene image generated with the aid of the camera represents the scene, and generating object position data on the basis of a computer-determined position of the light signal appearing in the digital scene image in relation to the camera and the identification information emitted with the light signal, and on the basis of an automatically determined orientation and position of the camera in the space when the scene is captured, wherein the object position data represents the position of the object in the scene with respect to the space.

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.

Abstract: Shelf rail for an electronic shelf-label system, comprising a first fastening structure for fastening at least one electronic shelf label that can be supplied with power in a contact-free manner, 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 defines 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 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 structure.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic shelf label that is attached to a shelf rail at a position along the shelf rail and controlled by a local rail controller at the shelf rail, wherein the rail controller stores a list of display data, wherein an element of the list of display data is intended to be submitted to an electronic shelf label and represents the information that shall be displayed there, and detects the attachment of an electronic shelf label to the shelf rail or the removal of an electronic shelf label from the shelf rail, and triggers an action based on the detection of the attachment or the detection of the removal of an electronic shelf label under consideration of the list of display data.

Abstract: A method for determining the position of furnishing elements, wherein a digital scene image consisting of pixels, in particular with a known pixel spacing or a known pixel dimension, and containing a digital representation of a first furnishing element, is generated using a camera from a scene captured by it, in which at least one first furnishing element is present and wherein the at least one first furnishing element image is automatically recognized in the scene image and a scale for the scene image is determined by determining the image points associated with the first furnishing element image in the scene image and knowing the actual dimensions of the first furnishing element.

Abstract: Shelf rail maintenance device (14) for the maintenance of at least one electrical conductor (6) of a shelf rail (3), wherein the electrical conductor (6) is located in a receiving groove (4) of an electronic shelf rail (3) and extends freely accessible along the length extension of the receiving groove (4), wherein the maintenance device (14) comprises at least one interaction element (15; 15A, 15B, 15C) which is designed for maintenance interaction with the at least one electrical conductor (6) of the electronic shelf rail (3), characterized in that at least a part of the maintenance device (14) is designed to fit into the receiving groove (4), such that the at least one interaction element (15; 15A, 15B, 15C) is position-able in the receiving groove (14) corresponding to the location of the at least one electrical conductor (6).

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).