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).
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Publication number: 20220240184Abstract: 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 activType: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
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Publication number: 20220237392Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
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Patent number: 11392916Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: SES-Imagotag GMBHInventor: Andreas Rössl
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Publication number: 20210407325Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Jan OOSTHOEK, Andreas ROSSL
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Publication number: 20210398506Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Andreas RÖSSL, Andreas HECHENBLAICKNER, Danijel MOM
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Patent number: 11143737Abstract: The invention further relates to a radio tag with a communication stage and a logic stage that interacts therewith The invention relates to a method for locating a radio tag whose position is unknown, wherein in a group of radio tags, in particular designed as electronic price-indicating devices, a locating signal is either a) emitted by one or more radio tags whose position is known and received by the radio tag whose position is unknown or b) emitted by the radio tag whose position is unknown and received by one or more radio tags whose position is known, and, in both cases a) and b), the reception quality for the locating signal is determined and provided, for the radio tag receiving the locating signal, as a basis for narrowing down the position of the radio tag whose position is unknown.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GMBHInventor: Andreas Rößl
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Patent number: 11047948Abstract: The invention further relates to a radio tag with a communication stage and a logic stage that interacts therewith The invention relates to a method for locating a radio tag whose position is unknown, wherein in a group of radio tags, in particular designed as electronic price-indicating devices, a locating signal is either a) emitted by one or more radio tags whose position is known and received by the radio tag whose position is unknown or b) emitted by the radio tag whose position is unknown and received by one or more radio tags whose position is known, and, in both cases a) and b), the reception quality for the locating signal is determined and provided, for the radio tag receiving the locating signal, as a basis for narrowing down the position of the radio tag whose position is unknown.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GMBHInventor: Andreas Rößl
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Publication number: 20210173606Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2017Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Jan OOSTHOEK, Andreas ROSSL
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Patent number: 10755669Abstract: Display device comprising a first radio interface which is connected to a processing stage of the display device for communication with a base station according to a first communication protocol for the purpose of controlling states of the processing stage and an additional interface which is connected to the processing stage for contactless communication according to a second communication protocol with a communication device which is different from the base station for the purpose of controlling states of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GMBHInventor: Andreas Rössl
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Publication number: 20200234227Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: SES-imagotagInventors: Thierry Gadou, François Robin, Andreas Rössl, Thomas Schwarz
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Patent number: 10679583Abstract: The invention relates to a display device implemented as an electronic price display sign, in particular designed for fastening to a rack, especially preferably designed for fastening to the end of the rack, comprising a first radio interface, which is connected to a processing stage of the display device, for communication with a base station in accordance with a first communication protocol for the purpose of controlling states of the processing stage, and a further interface, which is connected to the processing stage and is designed for contactless communication in accordance with a second communication protocol with a communication device different from the base station, for the purpose of controlling states of the display device, wherein the display device is designed to assume a storage state after exiting a delivery state for the first time, wherein the processing stage is not ready to receive data by means of the first radio interface in the storage state.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GMBHInventor: Andreas Rössl
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Publication number: 20200158812Abstract: The invention further relates to a radio tag with a communication stage and a logic stage that interacts therewith The invention relates to a method for locating a radio tag whose position is unknown, wherein in a group of radio tags, in particular designed as electronic price-indicating devices, a locating signal is either a) emitted by one or more radio tags whose position is known and received by the radio tag whose position is unknown or b) emitted by the radio tag whose position is unknown and received by one or more radio tags whose position is known, and, in both cases a) and b), the reception quality for the locating signal is determined and provided, for the radio tag receiving the locating signal, as a basis for narrowing down the position of the radio tag whose position is unknown.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventor: Andreas Rößl
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Publication number: 20200158811Abstract: The invention further relates to a radio tag with a communication stage and a logic stage that interacts therewith The invention relates to a method for locating a radio tag whose position is unknown, wherein in a group of radio tags, in particular designed as electronic price-indicating devices, a locating signal is either a) emitted by one or more radio tags whose position is known and received by the radio tag whose position is unknown or b) emitted by the radio tag whose position is unknown and received by one or more radio tags whose position is known, and, in both cases a) and b), the reception quality for the locating signal is determined and provided, for the radio tag receiving the locating signal, as a basis for narrowing down the position of the radio tag whose position is unknown.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventor: Andreas Rößl
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Patent number: 10585161Abstract: The invention further relates to a radio tag with a communication stage and a logic stage that interacts therewith The invention relates to a method for locating a radio tag whose position is unknown, wherein in a group of radio tags, in particular designed as electronic price-indicating devices, a locating signal is either a) emitted by one or more radio tags whose position is known and received by the radio tag whose position is unknown or b) emitted by the radio tag whose position is unknown and received by one or more radio tags whose position is known, and, in both cases a) and b), the reception quality for the locating signal is determined and provided, for the radio tag receiving the locating signal, as a basis for narrowing down the position of the radio tag whose position is unknown.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: SES-Imagotag GmbHInventor: Andreas Rößl
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Patent number: 10229296Abstract: A system, exhibiting a communication station for communicating with a number of radio tags in a time slot communication process, in which a number of time slots per time slot cycle in a repeating sequence are available for communication, and each time slot is characterized by a distinct time slot symbol, wherein the communication station is designed to send out a synchronization data signal exhibiting the time slot symbol for the currently present time slot, and wherein a radio tag is designed for changing from a sleep state into an active state at a wakeup instant, and for receiving the synchronization data signal in the active state and, if the received time slot symbol indicates a time slot intended for it, for defining a new wakeup instant corresponding to the next appearance of the time slot intended for it in a time slot cycle that follows the currently present time slot cycle.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GmbHInventors: Andreas Rößl, Andreas Hechenblaickner, Christian Frießnegg
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Patent number: 10229295Abstract: A system, exhibiting a communication station for communicating with a number of radio tags in a time slot communication process, in which a number of time slots per time slot cycle in a repeating sequence are available for communication, and each time slot is characterized by a distinct time slot symbol, wherein the communication station is designed to send out a synchronization data signal exhibiting the time slot symbol for the currently present time slot, and wherein a radio tag is designed for changing from a sleep state into an active state at a wakeup instant, and for receiving the synchronization data signal in the active state and, if the received time slot symbol indicates a time slot intended for it, for defining a new wakeup instant corresponding to the next appearance of the time slot intended for it in a time slot cycle that follows the currently present time slot cycle.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GMBHInventors: Andreas Rößl, Andreas Hechenblaickner, Christian Frießnegg
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Patent number: 10198603Abstract: A system, exhibiting a communication station for communicating with a number of radio tags in a time slot communication process, in which a number of time slots per time slot cycle in a repeating sequence are available for communication, and each time slot is characterized by a distinct time slot symbol, wherein the communication station is designed to send out a synchronization data signal exhibiting the time slot symbol for the currently present time slot, and wherein a radio tag is designed for changing from a sleep state into an active state at a wakeup instant, and for receiving the synchronization data signal in the active state and, if the received time slot symbol indicates a time slot intended for it, for defining a new wakeup instant corresponding to the next appearance of the time slot intended for it in a time slot cycle that follows the currently present time slot cycle.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: SES-IMAGOTAG GMBHInventors: Andreas Rößl, Andreas Hechenblaickner, Christian Frießnegg
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Publication number: 20190012495Abstract: A system, exhibiting a communication station for communicating with a number of radio tags in a time slot communication process, in which a number of time slots per time slot cycle in a repeating sequence are available for communication, and each time slot is characterized by a distinct time slot symbol, wherein the communication station is designed to send out a synchronization data signal exhibiting the time slot symbol for the currently present time slot, and wherein a radio tag is designed for changing from a sleep state into an active state at a wakeup instant, and for receiving the synchronization data signal in the active state and, if the received time slot symbol indicates a time slot intended for it, for defining a new wakeup instant corresponding to the next appearance of the time slot intended for it in a time slot cycle that follows the currently present time slot cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Andreas RÖßL, Andreas HECHENBLAICKNER, Christian FRIEßNEGG
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Publication number: 20190005916Abstract: Display device comprising a first radio interface which is connected to a processing stage of the display device for communication with a base station according to a first communication protocol for the purpose of controlling states of the processing stage and an additional interface which is connected to the processing stage for contactless communication according to a second communication protocol with a communication device which is different from the base station for the purpose of controlling states of the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventor: Andreas RÖSSL
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Publication number: 20180365455Abstract: A system, exhibiting a communication station for communicating with a number of radio tags in a time slot communication process, in which a number of time slots per time slot cycle in a repeating sequence are available for communication, and each time slot is characterized by a distinct time slot symbol, wherein the communication station is designed to send out a synchronization data signal exhibiting the time slot symbol for the currently present time slot, and wherein a radio tag is designed for changing from a sleep state into an active state at a wakeup instant, and for receiving the synchronization data signal in the active state and, if the received time slot symbol indicates a time slot intended for it, for defining a new wakeup instant corresponding to the next appearance of the time slot intended for it in a time slot cycle that follows the currently present time slot cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Andreas RÖßL, Andreas Hechenblaickner, Christian Frießnegg