CN115641796A - Electronic price tag information timing change method, device and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a method and a device for regularly changing electronic price tag information and electronic equipment, wherein the method applied to an electronic price tag side comprises the following steps: receiving timing change information, wherein the timing change information comprises a current timestamp, configuration information and a starting time of information change; analyzing the timing change information and generating an information timing change instruction; and changing the electronic price tag information into the configuration information after the initial time of the information change according to the information timing change instruction. The method applied to the base station side comprises the following steps: receiving timing change information, wherein the timing change information comprises: the current timestamp, the configuration information and the starting time of information change; and sending timing change information to the electronic price tag. The invention enables the electronic price tag to change the information of the electronic price tag on time at regular time and time, and has high automation and effectiveness.

Description

Electronic price tag information timing change method, device and electronic equipment

technical field

The present invention mainly relates to the field of wireless communication technology, and in particular to a method, device and electronic equipment for timing change of electronic price tag information.

Background technique

In supermarkets, stores and other places, traditional commodity price displays use paper price tags. If the merchant wants to modify the price of the product, he not only needs to manually find the paper price tag corresponding to the product and manually replace it, but also needs to update the price of the product in the cash register system at the same time, so as to maintain the price displayed on the price tag and the cash register system. Prices are the same. If the price of the product changes frequently or there are many products that need to be changed, the price change operation of the paper price tag is time-consuming, labor-intensive and error-prone.

The electronic shelf label (ESL) overcomes the above-mentioned shortcomings of the paper price tag. It is an electronic display device with a function of sending and receiving information, which can replace the traditional paper price tag. For example, when the price needs to be changed, it only needs to be modified in the background cashier system, or the price displayed on the electronic price tag can be modified in real time through a smart handheld terminal, which saves a lot of labor and management costs.

The change information of the electronic price tag needs to be modified in the background or on the server. When the user needs to display different product information in different time periods, the above modification is more cumbersome. For example, if the user needs to change the price at the corresponding time, the number of revisions will be too many, the operation will be cumbersome, and it will be impossible to configure in advance and change the price on time. In addition, based on cost and power consumption considerations, there is usually no RTC (Real-time clock, real-time clock) module inside the electronic price tag, so the electronic price tag memory cannot record accurate time, and it cannot be used as the Benchmarks change information on time.

In addition, because the electronic price tag has the characteristics of periodic sleep and wake-up, the information is manually changed at a specified time or the server system automatically triggers the change of information. As a result, the change information is not timely or fails, and the real-time performance of the change information cannot be effectively guaranteed.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method, device and electronic equipment for regularly changing electronic price tag information, so that the electronic price tag can change the electronic price tag information regularly and on time, with high automation and effectiveness.

In order to solve the above technical problems, in the first aspect, the present invention provides a method for timing change of electronic price tag information, which is applied to the side of the electronic price tag, including: receiving timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes: current time stamp, Configuring information and the starting time of information change; analyzing the timing change information, generating an information timing change instruction; according to the information timing change instruction, after the starting time of the information change, changing the electronic price tag information to The configuration information.

Optionally, the generating information timing change instruction includes: generating an initial timer, wherein the initial timer is used to change the electronic price tag information to the configuration information.

Optionally, the timing change information further includes: an end time of the information change; after the end time of the information change, the method further includes: restoring the electronic price tag information to initial information, wherein the initial information It is the electronic price tag information before the start time of the information change.

Optionally, the instruction for changing the timing of generating information further includes: generating an end timer, wherein the end timer is used to restore the electronic price tag information to the initial information after the time period of the end timer elapses .

Optionally, the time stamp adopts a Unix time stamp; the time period of the start timer is the difference between the start moment of the information change and the current time stamp; the time period of the end timer is The difference between the end time of the information change and the start time of the information change.

Optionally, in the timing change information, both the configuration information and the start time of the information change are more than two, and one piece of configuration information corresponds to one start time of the information change.

Optionally, before receiving the timing change information, the method further includes: scanning the paging broadcast of the base station; and establishing a communication connection with the base station after scanning the paging broadcast of the base station.

Optionally, the method further includes: if scanning the paging broadcast of the base station fails, scanning the paging broadcast of the base station again at next wake-up.

Optionally, before scanning the paging broadcast of the base station, it also includes: scanning the registration broadcast of the base station; after scanning the registration broadcast of the base station, sending registration request information to the base station, wherein the The registration request information is used to request the base station to allow registration of the electronic price tag.

In the second aspect, the present invention provides a method for changing the timing of electronic price tag information, which is applied to the base station side, including: receiving timing changing information, wherein the timing changing information includes: current timestamp, configuration information, and the start of information changing Time: sending the timing change information to the electronic price tag.

Optionally, the timing change information further includes: an end time of information change.

Optionally, before sending the timing change information to the electronic price tag, the method further includes: sending a paging broadcast to the electronic price tag; and establishing a communication connection with the electronic price tag.

Optionally, before establishing a communication connection with the electronic price tag, it also includes: sending a registration broadcast to the electronic price tag; after receiving the registration request information of the electronic price tag, allowing the registration of the electronic price tag And assign a registration address to the electronic price tag.

Optionally, after the registration of the electronic price tag is approved and a registration address is assigned to the electronic price tag, the method further includes: disconnecting the communication connection with the electronic price tag.

In a third aspect, the present invention provides an electronic price tag information timing change device, which is applied to the electronic price tag side, and includes: a first receiving module for receiving timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes: current time stamp , configuration information and the start time of information change; a generation module, used to analyze the timing change information, and generate an information timing change instruction; a change module, used to follow the information timing change instruction, at the beginning of the information change After the time, change the electronic price tag information to the configuration information.

In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides an electronic price tag information timing change device, which is applied to the base station side, and includes: a second receiving module for receiving timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes: current time stamp, configuration Information and the starting time of information change; a sending module, configured to send the timing change information to the electronic price tag.

In a fifth aspect, the present invention provides an electronic device, including: a processor and a memory, the memory stores programs or instructions that can run on the processor, and the programs or instructions are implemented when executed by the processor The steps of the method for regularly changing electronic price tag information as described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the present invention provides a readable storage medium, on which programs or instructions are stored, and when the programs or instructions are executed by a processor, the electronic The steps of the method for periodically changing price tag information.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: by setting the timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes the current time stamp, configuration information and the start time of the information change, the electronic price tag can analyze the above timing change information, and can After the start time of the change, the electronic price tag information is changed to configuration information, and the electronic price tag information is changed on time and on time, with high automation and effectiveness.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and they are incorporated and constitute a part of the present invention. The accompanying drawings show embodiments of the present invention and together with the specification serve to explain the principle of the present invention. In the attached picture:

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of networking of an electronic price tag communication system in the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the overall flow of information timing change of the electronic price tag system in the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is another schematic flowchart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is another schematic flowchart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the frame structure of the broadcast information of the base station in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a frame structure of timing change information in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a frame structure of timing change information in an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 10 is another schematic flowchart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 11 is another schematic flowchart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic price tag information timing changing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic price tag information timing changing device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided by the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some examples or embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also apply the present invention to other similar scenarios. Unless otherwise apparent from context or otherwise indicated, like reference numerals in the figures represent like structures or operations.

As indicated herein and in the claims, the words "a", "an", "an" and/or "the" are not specific to the singular and may include the plural unless the context clearly suggests an exception. Generally speaking, the terms "comprising" and "comprising" only suggest the inclusion of clearly identified steps and elements, and these steps and elements do not constitute an exclusive list, and the method or device may also contain other steps or elements.

The relative arrangements of components and steps, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention unless specifically stated otherwise. At the same time, it should be understood that, for the convenience of description, the sizes of the various parts shown in the drawings are not drawn according to the actual proportional relationship. Techniques, methods and devices known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but where appropriate, such techniques, methods and devices should be considered part of the Authorized Specification. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any specific values should be construed as exemplary only, and not as limitations. Therefore, other examples of the exemplary embodiment may have different values. It should be noted that like numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, therefore, once an item is defined in one figure, it does not require further discussion in subsequent figures.

The flow chart is used in the present invention to illustrate the operations performed by the system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It should be understood that the preceding or following operations are not necessarily performed in an exact order. Instead, various steps may be processed in reverse order or concurrently. At the same time, other operations are either added to these procedures, or a certain step or steps are removed from these procedures.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of networking of an electronic price tag communication system in the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the system includes four parts: a server 110 , a base station 120 (or wireless access point), an electronic price tag 130 and an intelligent handheld terminal 140 . The base station 120 is connected to the server 110 in a wired or wireless manner, and each electronic price tag 130 communicates with the base station 120 in the form of a wireless network. For example, when the price of the electronic price tag 130 needs to be changed, first, the server 110 sends the updated price information to the base station 120 . Then, the base station 120 sends the updated price information to the electronic price tag 130 wirelessly. Finally, the electronic price tag 130 displays the updated price information. The smart handheld terminal 140 can be used to independently communicate with an electronic price tag 130 wirelessly, and perform operations such as binding and changing the price of the electronic price tag 130 . In addition, since most of the electronic price tags 130 are powered by batteries, in order to save power, the electronic price tags 130 generally have a sleep mechanism.

Embodiment one

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the overall process of regularly updating information of the electronic price tag system in the present invention, showing in detail the communication and data (information) exchange relationship between the electronic price tag, base station, and server. Figure 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for timing change of electronic price tag information in an embodiment of the present invention. Since this embodiment only involves the method for timing change of information on the electronic price tag side, this embodiment only involves part of the content and diagram in Figure 2 3, and other contents in FIG. 2 will be involved and explained in detail in subsequent embodiments.

Referring to Figure 2 and Figure 3, the method 300 is applied to the electronic price tag side, including:

S310. Receive timing change information, where the timing change information includes: a current time stamp, configuration information, and a start time of information change.

When the electronic price tag 130 establishes a communication connection with the corresponding base station 120 (or wireless access point AP), the electronic price tag 130 can receive the information sent by the base station 120, and change the electronic price tag information according to this information. For example, when the price needs to be changed, firstly, the updated price information of the electronic price tag in the server 110 is modified, and secondly, the server 110 sends the updated price information to the base station 120, and then the base station 120 transmits the updated price information wirelessly. The information is sent to the electronic price tag 130, and finally, the electronic price tag 130 displays the updated price information. However, in the current electronic price tag information change method, the above-mentioned electronic price tag information change method is generally changed in time after the electronic price tag 130 establishes communication with the base station 120, and after the communication is disconnected, there is no corresponding operation, so the electronic price tag The information change of 130 cannot be changed regularly. Sometimes, the information of the electronic price tag 130 needs to be changed at a specified time, or different prices need to be displayed at different times. If it cannot be changed regularly, the operation is quite cumbersome and the experience is poor. For example, a store expects to offer 30% discount from 8:00pm to 9:00pm, and 40%off discount from 9:00pm to 10:00pm. At 10 o'clock, the price of the product will be changed to 40% off, and at 10 o'clock, the price of the product will be changed to the original price. It can be seen that this method of not being able to regularly change information has many steps and low efficiency. If it is possible to change the information regularly, it is only necessary to configure the time period and price in advance through the configuration interface on the server 110 .

In this embodiment, timing change information is configured, and the timing change information includes the current time stamp, configuration information, and the start time of information change. The memory of the electronic price tag 130 cannot record accurate time, and the information cannot be changed on time based on the time of the electronic price tag 130 itself. Therefore, the base station 120 needs to provide a time stamp to provide the time reference required by the electronic price tag 130, so as to provide The electronic price tag 130 provides necessary conditions for changing the information and ensures the timeliness of the changing information. The starting time of information change is when the electronic price tag 130 starts to change information, and replaces the original electronic price tag information (initial information) with configuration information. Configuration information is information that needs to be displayed by the electronic price tag 130 within a specified time period, and it mainly includes commodity prices, or other information that needs to be displayed. For example, the configuration information may be the price of the product, promotional signs, prices in multiple currencies, inventory, etc. In addition, the configuration information can also be specific instructions to make the electronic price tag flash, sound or vibrate, etc., or an upgrade package of the internal firmware of the electronic price tag, etc., and the electronic price tag 130 performs corresponding display or operation according to these information , not listed here.

In some implementations, the timing change information also includes the end time of the information change. Under normal circumstances, after the electronic price tag information is changed, it will be displayed according to the changed information until it is replaced by new electronic price tag information (configuration information) next time. However, sometimes, according to specific requirements, only configuration information needs to exist for a period of time, and the rest of the time is conventional electronic price tag information. For example, if the expected purchase price of a certain product or other reasons need to be kept for a long time, the end time of the information change is not required. However, as in the above example, a store is expected to offer a 30% discount from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 40% off from 9:00 to 10:00. In this case, the configuration information only exists within a certain period of time. Therefore, it is necessary to set the end time of the information change, and keep the conventional electronic price tag information display at other times.

S320. Analyze the timing change information, and generate an information timing change instruction.

In this embodiment, the timing change information sent by the base station 120 and received by the electronic price tag 130 has certain format requirements in order to realize the communication between the base station 120 and the electronic price tag 130. Of course, it can also be designed into other information formats, as long as it can Just realize the information exchange between them. Refer to Figures 6 to 7. In the figure, the type field can be used to indicate whether the broadcast of the base station 120 is a registration broadcast or a paging broadcast. The background server 110 configures different time periods and corresponding commodity information according to needs, and generates a corresponding message frame structure according to this configuration, where timestamp Indicates the time stamp (current time stamp) when the base station 120 and the electronic price tag 130 establish a connection, opts_len indicates the length of the carried message load, and code (type), data_len (length), and data (actual data) respectively indicate different time periods Type, length and actual data, where the actual data includes the start time of information change and/or the end time of information change. image_data represents the information (such as price) that the electronic price tag 130 needs to change. By encapsulating different time periods and configuration information in one message, and distinguishing them according to type/length/value, the analysis is easy and the scalability is good. Multiple configurations in this scenario can be avoided, and the complexity of user configuration can be simplified. , to improve user experience.

After receiving the above-mentioned timing change information, the electronic price tag 130 analyzes the timing change information, and then obtains an instruction for information timing change. For example, the current time of the electronic price tag 130 is determined according to the received current time stamp, the information of the electronic price tag 130 changed in the specified time period is determined according to the received configuration information, and the electronic price tag can be determined according to the starting time of the information change. At what time does the label 130 start to change the electronic price label information, etc. According to the generated timing change instruction, when the instruction condition is satisfied, the electronic price tag 130 performs information modification at the specified time.

In some implementations, generating an information timing change instruction includes generating an initial timer, wherein the initial timer is used to change the electronic price tag information into configuration information after a time period of the initial timer elapses. In this embodiment, the function of timing change of the electronic price tag 130 can be realized by starting a timer. For example, the electronic price tag 130 starts a timer according to the difference between the starting time of the information change and the current time, and displays the configuration information within the time period after the timer expires.

S330. According to the information timing change instruction, after the start time of the information change, change the electronic price tag information to the configuration information.

Schematically, a store expects to get a 30% discount from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and a 40 percent discount from 9:00 p.m. The price displayed on the electronic price tag at this time is the price after the 30% discount. When the electronic price tag is running until 9 pm, the price displayed on the electronic price tag at this time is changed to the price after the 40% discount. Thereby, the timing and automatic price change of the electronic price tag 130 can be realized without other operations.

In some implementations, after the end time of the information change, it also includes restoring the electronic price tag information to the initial information, where the initial information is the electronic price tag information before the start time of the information change. In this embodiment, sometimes it is only necessary to keep the configuration information for a period of time, and the electronic price tag information does not need to be changed in the rest of the time. Therefore, it is necessary to restore the electronic price tag information to the original information. For example, a store expects to have a 30% discount from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., a 40% discount from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m., and to change the product to the original price after 10:00 p.m. to prepare for the next day's business. At this time, when the electronic price tag 130 runs until 10:00 p.m., according to the end time of the information change, the electronic price tag information is restored to the normal (or initial) situation of no discount before the change.

In some implementations, generating the information timing change instruction further includes generating an end timer, wherein the end timer is used to restore the electronic price tag information to the original information after the time period of the end timer elapses. In this embodiment, the timing recovery function of the electronic price tag 130 can be realized by ending the timer. For example, set the end timer, start an end timer at the same time when starting the start timer, and when the end timer expires, the electronic price tag information will return to the original information.

In some implementations, the time stamp adopts Unix time stamp. Under the premise that the electronic price tag 130 has no RTC module and cannot record the current time, the Unix time stamp carried in the communication message with the base station 120 is used to accurately realize the electronic price tag. Information timing change method. The Unix time stamp is the number of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight of UTC/GMT), regardless of the leap second, it can record the moment when the electronic price tag 130 receives the paging information. Unix timestamps can also be used for the start time and end time of information change in different time periods carried in the message payload. Furthermore, the time period of the start timer is the difference between the start time of the information change and the current time stamp, and the time period of the end timer is the difference between the end time of the information change and the start time of the information change.

Referring to FIG. 8 , the type field shown in the figure is used to indicate whether the broadcast of the base station 120 is a registration broadcast or a paging broadcast. The background server 110 configures different time periods and corresponding configuration information as required, and generates a corresponding message frame structure according to this configuration, where timestamp represents the time stamp (current time stamp) when the base station 120 and the electronic price tag 130 establish a connection, and opts_len represents the carrying The length of the message payload, code (type), data_len (length), and data (actual data) respectively represent the type, length, and actual data of different time periods, where the actual data includes the starting time of the information change and the end of the information change time, image_data indicates the information to be displayed on the electronic price tag.

Schematically, the user configures at 16:00 pm on 2022.08.19 to display price 1 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, and to display price 2 from 9:00 to 10:00 pm, and the server encapsulates this timing change information. At this time, 2022.08.19 at 16:00 pm is converted to a Unix timestamp of 1660896000 seconds. According to other timestamp information, start_time1 (1660906800 corresponds to 19:00) and end_time1 (1660910400 corresponds to 20:00) respectively represent the first time period The start time of the information change and the end time of the information change. start_time2 (1660914000 corresponds to 21:00) and end_time2 (1660917600 corresponds to 22:00) respectively indicate the start time and end time of the information change in the second time period. The base station 120 can transmit this timing change information to the electronic price tag 130 through Bluetooth communication, and the electronic price tag 130 will analyze it after receiving the timing change message, and start a 10800-second cur time according to the time difference start_time1-cur_time=1660906800-1660896000=10800 seconds Start timer, after the start timer times out, the price display of price 1 will be executed. When the start timer times out, an end timer will be started at the same time. The timeout time of the end timer is end_time1-start_time1＝1660910400-1660906800＝3600 Seconds, the electronic price tag 130 changes back to the original display price after the end of the timer supermarket. The price change operation in the second time period is the same as the first time period. After receiving the message and analyzing it, start the start timer of the second time period according to the time difference start_time2-cur_time=1660914000-1660896000=18000 seconds, and the second end The timer timeout time is end_time2-start_time2=1660917600-1660914000=3600 seconds.

In some implementations, there are more than two configuration information and information change start times in the timing change information, and one configuration information corresponds to one information change start time. Of course, the end time of the information change may depend on the actual situation. It may even be that the start time of the next information change becomes the end time of the last information change. Using this information change method, the background server 110 can send the timing change information displaying different configuration information in multiple different time periods to the electronic price tag 130 at one time. After the electronic price tag 130 parses according to this information format, it generates different Information timing change tasks, so as to realize the change of different configuration information in different time periods.

In some implementations, refer to FIG. 4, which is another schematic flow chart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in an embodiment of the present invention. The method 300 may also include:

S410. Before receiving the timing change information, scan the paging broadcast of the base station.

S420. After scanning the paging broadcast of the base station, establish a communication connection with the base station.

In this embodiment, if the electronic price tag 130 has not established a communication connection with the base station 120, they need to establish a communication connection for sending and receiving information. When the electronic price tag 130 scans the paging broadcast sent by the base station 120 when it is in the wake-up state, it analyzes and compares the electronic price tag ID (identification number) carried in the paging broadcast, and establishes a communication connection with the base station 120 after success. In addition, in another case, if scanning the paging broadcast of the base station 120 fails, the paging broadcast of the base station 120 will be scanned again at the next wake-up. Schematically, the base station 120 can establish a communication connection with the electronic price tag 130 by means of Bluetooth communication.

In some implementations, refer to FIG. 5 , which is another schematic flowchart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in an embodiment of the present invention. Before scanning the paging broadcast of the base station 120, the method 300 also includes:

S510. Scan the registration broadcast of the base station.

S520. After scanning the registration broadcast of the base station, send registration request information to the base station, where the registration request information is used to request the base station to allow registration of the electronic price tag.

In this embodiment, the electronic price tag 130 not connected to any base station 120 will scan the registration broadcast of the base station 120 that may exist around it in the wake-up state, and will send registration request information to the base station 120 after scanning the registration broadcast. 130 can register with the base station 120 after scanning the registration broadcast. For example, when the electronic price tag 130 scans the paging broadcast, it can establish a Bluetooth communication connection with the base station 120 for subsequent communication. Considering the cost and power consumption, the electronic price tag 130 will sleep and wake up according to a fixed cycle. During the sleep period, the Bluetooth module in the electronic price tag 130 does not work. . On the other hand, after receiving the registration request information of the electronic price tag 130, the base station 120 will assign a two-byte registration address to the electronic price tag 130, and will also send information such as the network address and mac address of the base station 120 to the electronic price tag 130. The price tag 130, after completing the communication, disconnect the communication connection.

The electronic price tag information timing change method provided in this embodiment, by setting the timing change information, where the timing change information includes the current timestamp, configuration information, and the start time of the information change, and the electronic price tag analyzes the above timing change information, it can be in the information After the start time of the change, the electronic price tag information is changed to configuration information, and the electronic price tag information is changed on time and on time, with high automation and effectiveness.

Embodiment two

Fig. 9 is a schematic flow chart of another embodiment of the method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in the present invention. Referring to Fig. 9, the method 900 is applied to the base station side, and mainly includes:

S910. Receive timing change information, where the timing change information includes: a current time stamp, configuration information, and a start time of information change. It can be understood that the timing change information received by the base station 120 comes from the corresponding server 110 .

In some implementations, the timing change information also includes the end time of the information change.

S920. Send the timing change information to the electronic price tag.

In some implementation manners, refer to FIG. 10 , which is another schematic flowchart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in another embodiment of the present invention. Before sending the timing change information to the electronic price tag 130, it also includes:

S1010. Send a paging broadcast to the electronic price tag 130.

The base station 120 fills the ID of the electronic price tag 130 that wants to communicate in the paging broadcast, and sends out the paging broadcast.

S1020. Establish a communication connection with the electronic price tag 130.

In some implementation manners, refer to FIG. 11 , which is another schematic flowchart of a method for regularly changing electronic price tag information in another embodiment of the present invention. Before establishing a communication connection with the electronic price tag 130, it also includes:

S1110. Send a registration broadcast to the electronic price tag 130.

S1120. After receiving the registration request information of the electronic price tag 130, permit the registration of the electronic price tag 130 and allocate a registration address to the electronic price tag 130.

In some implementations, after the registration of the electronic price tag 130 is approved and the registration address is assigned to the electronic price tag 130 , disconnecting the communication connection with the electronic price tag 130 is also included. After sending the timing change information to the electronic price tag 130, if the information is sent successfully, the base station 120 disconnects the communication connection with the electronic price tag 130, so as to reduce the waste of communication resources between the electronic price tag 130 and the base station 120, and save Energy consumption of the electronic price tag 130 .

In the electronic price tag information timing change method provided in this embodiment, the base station 120 sends timing change information to the electronic price tag 130, wherein the timing change information includes the current timestamp, configuration information, and the starting time of information change, so that the electronic price tag After analyzing the timing change information, 130 can change the electronic price tag information into configuration information after the start time of the information change, and realize the regular and punctual change of the electronic price tag information, which is highly automated and effective.

Embodiment three

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic price tag information timing changing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 12, the device 1200 is applied to the electronic price tag side, mainly including:

The first receiving module 1201 is configured to receive timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes: a current time stamp, configuration information, and a start time of information change.

In some implementations, the timing change information also includes the end time of the information change.

In some implementations, in the timing change information, there are more than two configuration information and information change start times, and one configuration information corresponds to one information change start time.

The generation module 1202 is configured to analyze the timing change information and generate an information timing change instruction.

In some implementations, generating an information timing change instruction includes generating an initial timer, wherein the initial timer is used to change the electronic price tag information into configuration information after a time period of the initial timer elapses.

In some implementations, generating the information timing change instruction further includes generating an end timer, wherein the end timer is used to restore the electronic price tag information to the original information after the time period of the end timer elapses.

In some implementations, the timestamp is a Unix timestamp. The time period of the start timer is the difference between the start time of the information change and the current time stamp, and the time period of the end timer is the difference between the end time of the information change and the start time of the information change.

The change module 1203 is configured to change the electronic price tag information to the configuration information after the start time of the information change according to the information timing change instruction.

In some implementations, after the end time of the information change, it also includes restoring the electronic price tag information to the initial information, where the initial information is the electronic price tag information before the start time of the information change.

In some implementations, the device 1200 may also include a first communication connection module (not shown in the figure), the first communication connection module is used to scan the paging broadcast of the base station 120, after scanning the paging broadcast of the base station 120, A communication connection is established with the base station 120 .

In some implementations, the device 1200 may also include a first registration module (not shown in the figure), the first registration module is used to scan the registration broadcast of the base station 120 before scanning the paging broadcast of the base station 120, After the registration broadcast at 120 , a registration request message is sent to the base station 120 , wherein the registration request message is used to request the base station 120 to allow the registration of the electronic price tag 130 .

For details of other operations performed by each module in this embodiment, reference may be made to the corresponding description in Embodiment 1, and will not be expanded here.

The electronic price tag information timing change device provided in this embodiment, by setting the timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes the current timestamp, configuration information and the start time of the information change, and the electronic price tag analyzes the above timing change information, can be in the information After the start time of the change, the electronic price tag information is changed to configuration information, and the electronic price tag information is changed on time and on time, with high automation and effectiveness.

Embodiment Four

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic price tag information timing changing device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 13 , the device 1300 is applied to the base station side and mainly includes:

The second receiving module 1301 is configured to receive timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes: a current time stamp, configuration information, and a start time of information change.

In some implementations, the timing change information also includes the end time of the information change.

A sending module 1302, configured to send the timing change information to the electronic price tag.

In some implementations, the device 1300 may also include a second communication connection module (not shown in the figure), the second communication connection module is used to send the tracking information to the electronic price tag 130 before sending the timing change information to the electronic price tag 130 . Call the broadcast to establish a communication connection with the electronic price tag 130.

In some implementations, the device 1300 may also include a second registration module (not shown in the figure), the second registration module is used to send a registration broadcast to the electronic price tag 130 before establishing a communication connection with the electronic price tag 130, and After receiving the registration request information of the electronic price tag 130 , the registration of the electronic price tag 130 is permitted and the registration address is assigned to the electronic price tag 130 .

For details of other operations performed by each module in this embodiment, reference may be made to the corresponding description in Embodiment 2, which will not be expanded here.

In the electronic price tag information timing change device provided in this embodiment, the base station 120 sends timing change information to the electronic price tag 130, wherein the timing change information includes the current timestamp, configuration information, and the starting time of information change. Furthermore, after the electronic price tag 130 analyzes the timing change information, it can change the electronic price tag information into configuration information after the start time of the information change, and realize the regular and punctual change of the electronic price tag information, which is highly automated and effective.

An electronic price tag information timing changing device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, or a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. An electronic price tag information timing changing device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device with an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or other possible operating systems, which are not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.

As shown in Figure 14, the embodiment of the present application also provides an electronic device 1400, including a processor 1401, a memory 1402, a program or instruction stored in the memory 1402 and operable on the processor 1401, the program or instruction When executed by the processor 1401, each process of the above-mentioned electronic price tag information timing change method embodiment can be realized, and the same technical effect can be achieved. In order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The embodiment of the present application also provides a readable storage medium, the readable storage medium stores a program or an instruction, and when the program or instruction is executed by the processor, each process of the above-mentioned electronic price tag information timing change method embodiment is realized, And can achieve the same technical effect, in order to avoid repetition, no more details here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the electronic device described in the above embodiments. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

A computer readable medium may contain a propagated data signal embodying a computer program code, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. The propagated signal may take many forms, including electromagnetic, optical, etc., or a suitable combination. The computer readable medium can be any computer readable medium, other than computer readable storage medium, which can communicate, propagate or transfer the program for use by being connected to an instruction execution system, apparatus or device. Program code on a computer readable medium may be transmitted over any suitable medium, including radio, electrical cables, fiber optic cables, radio frequency signals, or the like, or combinations of any of the foregoing.

For those skilled in the art, the above disclosure of the invention is merely an example, and does not constitute a limitation to the present invention. Although not explicitly described herein, various modifications, improvements and amendments to the present invention may be made by those skilled in the art. Such modifications, improvements and corrections are suggested in the present invention, so such modifications, improvements and corrections still belong to the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the present invention uses specific words to describe the embodiments of the present invention. For example, "one embodiment", "an embodiment", and/or "some embodiments" means a certain feature, structure or characteristic related to at least one embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, it should be emphasized and noted that two or more references to "an embodiment" or "an embodiment" or "an alternative embodiment" in different places in this specification do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment . In addition, certain features, structures or characteristics of one or more embodiments of the present invention may be properly combined.

Some aspects of the present invention may be entirely implemented by hardware, may be entirely implemented by software (including firmware, resident software, microcode, etc.), or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software. The above hardware or software may be referred to as "block", "module", "engine", "unit", "component" or "system". The processor can be one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DAPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), processors , a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a computer product comprising computer readable program code on one or more computer readable media. For example, computer-readable media may include, but are not limited to, magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic tape...), optical disks (e.g., compact disk CD, digital versatile disk DVD...), smart cards, and flash memory devices ( For example, cards, sticks, key drives...).

It should be noted that, in order to simplify the expression of the disclosure of the present invention and help the understanding of one or more embodiments of the invention, in the foregoing description of the embodiments of the present invention, sometimes multiple features are combined into one embodiment, drawing or in its description. This method of disclosure, however, does not imply that the inventive subject matter requires more features than are recited in the claims. Indeed, embodiment features are less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the current specific embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should recognize that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, and other modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Various equivalent changes or substitutions, therefore, as long as the changes and modifications to the above embodiments are within the spirit of the present invention, they will all fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

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1. A method for regularly changing electronic price tag information, applied to the electronic price tag side, characterized in that it includes: receiving timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes: current timestamp, configuration information, and starting time of information change; Analyzing the timing change information, and generating an information timing change instruction; According to the information timing change instruction, the electronic price tag information is changed to the configuration information after the start time of the information change. 2. The method for timing change of electronic price tag information according to claim 1, wherein the instruction for timing change of generated information comprises: An initial timer is generated, wherein the initial timer is used to change the electronic price tag information to the configuration information after the time period of the initial timer elapses. 3. The method for regularly changing electronic price tag information according to claim 2, characterized in that: The timing change information also includes: the end time of the information change; After the end time of the information change, the method further includes: restoring the electronic price tag information to initial information, wherein the initial information is the electronic price tag information before the start time of the information change. 4. The method for changing the timing of electronic price tag information according to claim 3, wherein the instruction for timing changing of generated information further includes: An end timer is generated, wherein the end timer is used to restore the electronic price tag information to the initial information after the time period of the end timer elapses. 5. The method for regularly changing electronic price tag information according to claim 4, wherein the time stamp adopts a Unix time stamp; The time period of the start timer is the difference between the start time of the information change and the current time stamp; The time period of the end timer is the difference between the end time of the information change and the start time of the information change. 6. The electronic price tag information timing change method according to claim 1, characterized in that, in the timing change information, there are more than two start times for the configuration information and the information change, and one The configuration information corresponds to a start time of the information change. 7. The method for timing change of electronic price tag information according to claim 1, further comprising: before receiving the timing change information: Scan the paging broadcast of the base station; After scanning the paging broadcast of the base station, establish a communication connection with the base station. 8. The method for changing the timing of electronic price tag information according to claim 7, further comprising: if scanning the paging broadcast of the base station fails, scanning all the paging broadcasts of the base station again at the next wake-up. paging broadcast. 9. The method for changing the timing of electronic price tag information according to claim 7, further comprising: scanning registration broadcasts of said base station; After scanning the registration broadcast of the base station, sending registration request information to the base station, where the registration request information is used to request the base station to allow registration of the electronic price tag. 10. A method for regularly changing electronic price tag information, applied to the base station side, characterized in that it includes: receiving timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes: current timestamp, configuration information, and starting time of information change; Send the timing change information to the electronic price tag. 11. The method for regularly changing electronic price tag information according to claim 10, wherein the timing change information further includes: the end time of the information change. 12. The method for timing change of electronic price tag information according to claim 10, further comprising: before sending the timing change information to the electronic price tag: Send a paging broadcast to the electronic price tag; Establish a communication connection with the electronic price tag. 13. The method for regularly changing electronic price tag information according to claim 12, further comprising: before establishing a communication connection with the electronic price tag: Send a registration broadcast to the electronic price tag; After receiving the registration request information of the electronic price tag, permit the registration of the electronic price tag and assign a registration address to the electronic price tag. 14. The method for regularly changing electronic price tag information according to claim 13, further comprising: Disconnect the communication connection with the electronic price tag. 15. An electronic price tag information timing change device, applied to the electronic price tag side, characterized in that it includes: The first receiving module is configured to receive timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes: a current timestamp, configuration information, and a starting time of information change; A generating module, configured to analyze the timing change information and generate an information timing change instruction; A change module, configured to change the electronic price tag information into the configuration information after the start time of the information change according to the information timing change instruction. 16. An electronic price tag information timing change device, applied to the base station side, characterized in that it includes: The second receiving module is configured to receive timing change information, wherein the timing change information includes: current time stamp, configuration information, and starting time of information change; A sending module, configured to send the timing change information to the electronic price tag. 17. An electronic device, characterized in that it includes: a processor and a memory, the memory stores programs or instructions that can run on the processor, and when the programs or instructions are executed by the processor, the Steps in the method for regularly changing electronic price tag information described in any one of requirements 1-14. 18. A readable storage medium, characterized in that the readable storage medium stores programs or instructions, and when the programs or instructions are executed by the processor, the electronic value according to any one of claims 1-14 is realized. The steps of the method of regularly changing the signature information.

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