ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,006, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to VusionGroup GmbH (Fernitz-Mellach, Austria) and VusionGroup SA (Nanterre, France).
"Locating a device on a shelf rail" was invented by Andreas Rossl (Fernitz-Mellach, Austria) and Nikola Gmajnic (Fernitz-Mellach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shelf-rail system comprising one shelf rail and at least one shelf-rail device attached to the shelf rail, wherein the shelf rail system comprises at least one sensor that is provided and designed to automatically determine the position of at least one shelf-rail device attached to the shelf rail along the longitudinal extension of the shelf rail ...