Electronic label with burglarproof function for goods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10937291-B2
Application number	US-201916678191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2019
Priority date	Nov 15, 2018
Publication date	Mar 2, 2021
Grant date	Mar 2, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic label with a burglarproof function for goods which includes a coupling structure having a ring form directly hung on a product and in which another coupling structure having the ring form is used in place of the coupling structure even when the coupling structure having the ring form is damaged.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic label with a burglarproof function for goods, comprising:
a short-range wireless communication part configured to receive product information from a management server;
a memory configured to store the product information received through the short-range wireless communication part;
a display configured to electronically display the product information stored in the memory; and
a controller configured to perform overall control of the electronic label including control of receiving, storing, and displaying the product information,
wherein the electronic label includes a burglarproof ring, which is adapted to be hung on a product, performs a burglarproof function, and is replaceable, and a coupling unit coupled to the burglarproof ring,
wherein one end of the burglarproof ring is placed on a front surface of a substrate of the electronic label, and another end of the burglarproof ring is placed on a rear surface of the substrate of the electronic label,
wherein the burglarproof ring includes a flexible conductive wire and a burglarproof pin formed at one end of the flexible conductive wire,
wherein the coupling unit comprises a pin connector connected to the burglarproof pin formed at the one end of the flexible conductive wire, and
wherein the controller, in a case in which the flexible conductive wire is cut or the burglarproof pin is separated from the pin connector and a current flowing through the flexible conductive wire is interrupted, determines whether the current interruption is normal, and when the current interruption is normal, requests to unassign the electronic label assigned to the product and removes the product information stored in the memory.

2. The electronic label of claim 1 , wherein the burglarproof ring includes:
an insulating cloth which wraps an outer circumference of the flexible conductive wire;
and
a hooking piece formed at the other end of the flexible conductive wire.

3. The electronic label of claim 2 , wherein the coupling unit includes:
a fixing groove into which the burglarproof pin formed at the one end of the flexible conductive wire is inserted to pass therethrough and which is hooked on the hooking piece formed at the other end of the flexible conductive wire wrapped with the insulating cloth to fix the flexible conductive wire to the electronic label.

4. The electronic label of claim 1 , wherein the controller, when the current interruption is not normal, determines that burglary occurs.

5. The electronic label of claim 1 , wherein the controller, in a case in which the burglarproof pin is separated from the pin connector by a pin separating unit, determines that the case is a normal current interruption case.

6. The electronic label of claim 1 , wherein the one end of the burglarproof ring and the another end of the burglarproof ring are placed at different heights.

7. The electronic label of claim 3 , wherein the pin connector is formed under the fixing groove to be spaced apart from the fixing groove vertically.

8. The electronic label of claim 7 , wherein the hooking piece is positioned on a surface opposite to a surface on which the pin connector is formed.

9. An electronic label with a burglarproof function for goods, comprising:
a short-range wireless communication part configured to receive product information from a management server;
a memory configured to store the product information received through the short-range wireless communication part;
a display configured to electronically display the product information stored in the memory; and
a controller configured to perform overall control of the electronic label including control of receiving, storing, and displaying the product information,
wherein the electronic label includes a burglarproof ring, which is adapted to be hung on a product, performs a burglarproof function, and is replaceable, and a coupling unit coupled to the burglarproof ring and a warning part configured to warn burglary in a case in which the controller determines that the burglary occurs when of the burglarproof ring is broken,
wherein one end of the burglarproof ring is placed on a front surface of a substrate of the electronic label, and another end of the burglarproof ring is placed on a rear surface of the substrate of the electronic label,
wherein the burglarproof ring includes a flexible conductive wire and a burglarproof pin formed at one end of the flexible conductive wire,
wherein the coupling unit comprises a pin connector connected to the burglarproof pin formed at the one end of the flexible conductive wire, and
wherein the controller, in a case in which the flexible conductive wire is cut or the burglarproof pin is separated from the pin connector and a current flowing through the flexible conductive wire is interrupted, determines whether the current interruption is normal, and when the current interruption is normal, requests to unassign the electronic label assigned to the product and removes the product information stored in the memory.

10. The electronic label of claim 9 , wherein the warning part outputs an alarm sound to perform an acoustic warning.

Assignees

• Solum Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kwon Woo Chan
• Jeon Se Uk
• Jung Keun Hwa
• Lee Yong Bum

Classifications

• G09F27/004

  Displays including an emergency or alarm message · CPC title

• G08B13/2434 Primary

  Tag housing and attachment details · CPC title

• G06K19/06028

  using bar codes · CPC title

• G09F9/3023

  Segmented electronic displays · CPC title

• G06K19/07

  with integrated circuit chips · CPC title