CN113936380B

CN113936380B - Unmanned vending system, control method, device and medium

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Publication number: CN113936380B
Application number: CN202111167013.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 虞小喻; 韩晓峰; 朱日锦; 赖雨薇; 卢浩
Original assignee: Nanning Anpukang Trading Co ltd
Current assignee: Nanning Anpukang Trading Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-01
Filing date: 2021-10-01
Publication date: 2024-03-22
Anticipated expiration: 2041-10-01
Also published as: CN113936380A; WO2023051775A1

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of automatic identification control, is particularly suitable for automatic identification and control processing, and provides an unmanned selling system, a control method, a control device and a medium aiming at the existing inconvenient and intelligent retail situation, and aims to solve the technical problem of how to provide control and management of intelligent gates and shelves in unmanned selling. Therefore, the unmanned vending machine realizes intelligent management and control by controlling the goods shelf partition positioning identification and combining the detection of the goods shelf laminate and the weight sensor; and moreover, intelligent control is realized on personnel entering and exiting the unmanned vending machine through the control gate, so that the efficiency of intelligent business and unmanned vending scenes is optimized, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Unmanned vending system, control method, device and medium

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of automatic identification and control, and particularly relates to an unmanned vending system, a control method, a device and a medium, which are particularly suitable for intelligent community identification and control processing.

Background

With the development of big data, cloud computing, intelligent technology, intelligent communities and networks, more intelligent automatic control and identification technology is applied to more fields, such as canteen/catering, supermarket/retail (wholesale, hardware) and other sales scenes related to sales in the aspect of intelligent business, especially intelligent unmanned communities without excessive manpower input, automatic control management and identification of sales scenes and the like, and provides good user experience for business, such as customers and the like, in and out, purchasing processes, guarantees article sales safety, after-sales service tracking and the like. These require better services that are more intelligent and unmanned.

In the existing scenes of certain intelligent transactions, purchase, sales and the like, users (such as customers) enter and exit the field area through an automatically controlled gate system, and release is realized through modes of card swiping, face swiping and the like. If the state of taking out or putting back the container (such as shopping basket, shopping cart, food tray, etc.) used in purchasing is also used as a release condition, only manual judgment can be performed, which is not beneficial to the intelligentization of management and control of the scene and the user experience. In addition, some existing unmanned shopping sites or areas are interacted by users (such as customers/buyers) only through providing partition displays on shelves, the users need to repeatedly input information through display of the displays and the users themselves, the operation is complex, time and labor are consumed, and after-sales tracking of real-time detection and tracking of transaction objects to control management of the transaction objects cannot be achieved, for example: transaction item sterilization, replenishment, temporary security, one-to-many customers, and the like.

Therefore, it is necessary to facilitate intelligent and automatic control management of such application scenes, and improve user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

First, the technical problem to be solved

The invention aims to solve the technical problem of how to provide more intelligent automatic control management of unmanned selling; further, the technical problem of how to construct a better automatic interaction control and automatic identification control scheme so as to realize simpler, more convenient and reliable intelligent control management is solved; still further, thereby improve the management and control mode of goods shelves and floodgate machine system that is applied to under scenes such as intelligent sales transaction such as unmanned sales, thereby solved how based on location, response and discernment, intelligent, more simplified accomplish interactive discernment process, the technical problem of the management control of multiple automation, and then promote the user experience under the intelligent community environment.

(II) technical scheme

To solve the above technical problem, a first aspect of the present invention provides a vending control method, including: a shelf divided into one or more partitions; carrying out partition positioning detection on personnel entering or approaching each partition so as to identify personnel identity information entering or approaching each partition; detecting the weight change of the articles in each partition to identify the article picking/placing information; and controlling the goods shelf to respond and/or prompt according to the personnel identity information and/or the goods taking/placing information.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the partition location detection is performed on the personnel entering or approaching each partition to identify the personnel identity information entering or approaching each partition, which specifically includes: detecting the real-time position of the person and the carried ID chip; identifying identity information corresponding to the personnel according to the ID chip so as to judge whether the personnel is a purchasing personnel or a working personnel; acquiring the real-time position of the person and the identity information of the person; and/or detecting the weight change of the article in each subarea to identify article taking/placing information, which specifically comprises: detecting a weight change of the item by a weight sensor of each zone; identifying the article, the quantity and the related temporary security information as the picking/placing information of the article and/or further comprising: the location of personnel entering or approaching each zone is accurately determined based on the multi-target positioning of the fine positioning acquisition and the coarse positioning acquisition.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises the step of detecting the distance between personnel and the goods shelf through an ultrasonic system; according to the personnel identity information and/or the article taking/placing information, the goods shelf is controlled to respond and/or prompt, and the method specifically comprises the following steps: detecting whether the personnel identity information and/or the article taking/placing information of each partition are received or not at each preset interval period; if no personnel identity information or no article picking/placing information is detected, sterilizing articles in each partition; if the identity information of the personnel or the article picking/placing information is detected, stopping or prohibiting the disinfection of the articles in each subarea, determining the purchasing flow or the loading/returning flow according to the identity information of the personnel, and combining the article picking/placing information according to different flows to control the goods shelf to make corresponding response and/or prompt; or stopping or prohibiting the disinfection of the articles in each subarea if the distance information of the personnel is detected to be within the preset threshold range, determining the purchasing flow or the loading/returning flow according to the identity information of the personnel, and controlling the goods shelves to respond and/or prompt correspondingly according to the different flows and the article picking/placing information.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the sterilization of the articles in the respective zones comprises in particular: performing sterilization of the article by the article sterilization device for a predetermined length of time; and/or stopping or prohibiting sterilization of the items within each zone, including in particular: controlling the article sterilizing device to stop or prohibit the article sterilizing device from executing the article sterilizing of the corresponding partition by utilizing the interaction module; and/or determining whether the person is a purchasing process or a loading/returning process according to the identity information of the person, wherein the method specifically comprises the following steps: if the identity information of the personnel is the purchasing personnel, the purchasing process is performed, and if the identity information of the personnel is the working personnel, the process is performed for loading/returning goods; and/or, according to different processes, combining the article picking/placing information to control the goods shelf to make corresponding response and/or prompt, including: and controlling and displaying the corresponding partition state by using the interaction module, and controlling and outputting relevant information and state of the corresponding partition object by using the partition unit.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the interaction module is used for controlling and displaying the corresponding partition status and the partition unit is used for controlling and outputting the relevant information and status of the corresponding partition object, and the method specifically comprises: the interaction module is used for controlling the laminate state indicating device where the article is positioned to display the state; the partition unit is used for controlling the partition state device to display the state, interactively displaying and outputting the related information and state of the corresponding partition object and/or interactively outputting the related information and state of the corresponding partition object in a voice way.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the status display device for controlling the status of the laminate where the article is located specifically includes: prompting the state of the article of the corresponding partition by adopting different colors and/or flashing frequencies of the status indicator light bands or light sheets on the laminate, wherein the state comprises an alarm state, and when the state of the article prompted by the status indicator light bands or light sheets of all laminates of the partition where the laminate is positioned is the same, prompting the state of the partition; and displaying the object names, the quantity, the unit price, the total price and/or other interactively changeable information and states of the corresponding object placement positions in the corresponding partitions by adopting intelligent labels; and/or, the control partition status device performs status display specifically including: prompting the state of the corresponding partition by adopting different colors and/or flashing frequencies of partition state lamp strips or lamp sheets on the partition; wherein the status includes an alarm status; and/or, the controlling of the partition unit further comprises: controlling the partition state device to display states according to the vision acquisition information of each partition, interactively displaying and outputting the related information and states of the corresponding partition articles and/or interactively outputting the related information and states of the corresponding partition articles in a voice mode; and/or, further comprising: the size and width adjustable detachable classified storage device on the laminate corresponds to the warranty period of the laminate through the weights of different articles so as to track the warranty period of the remaining articles in the article storage area in real time and timely give out information prompting the approaching warranty period through interactive display output or interactive voice output or state display.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, further comprising: and controlling the opening and releasing of the entrance and exit according to the personnel identity information identified by the entrance and exit of the gate system, the taking/putting state and the ID of the shopping container.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, controlling the opening of the access opening comprises: when a control person enters a field through the gate system, identifying personnel identity information of an ID chip carried by the person at an inlet of a field channel and controlling the inlet to open and release; and according to the state that the identified person takes the shopping container and the ID of the shopping container, after binding the personnel identity information and the shopping container ID, controlling the opening and releasing of the outlet of the entrance channel; and/or when a control person goes out from the gate system, after the person identity information of an ID chip carried by the person is identified by the import of the outgoing channel and the person information is checked to be correct with the corresponding consumption and settlement information, the import is controlled to be opened and released; and checking the personnel identity information and the state according to the state of the identified personnel put back into the shopping container and the ID of the shopping container, and controlling the outlet of the departure channel to open and release after the correct put back is determined.

To solve the above technical problem, a second aspect of the present invention proposes a vending system, including: a shelf divided into at least one or more partitions of the same or different size by the isolation device; performing zoned location detection by one or more zoned location devices disposed on or around the shelf; performing weight change detection by one or more weight sensors located on the ply of the item placed in each zone; the control device is used for controlling the partition positioning device and the weight sensor and transmitting information; the unmanned vending system is capable of performing the control process of the method as described in the first aspect.

To solve the above technical problem, a third aspect of the present invention proposes an electronic device comprising a processor and a memory storing computer executable instructions, characterized in that the computer executable instructions, when executed, cause the processor to perform the method according to the first aspect.

To solve the above technical problem, a fourth aspect of the present invention proposes a computer readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer readable storage medium stores one or more programs, which when executed by a processor, implement the method as described in the first aspect.

(III) beneficial effects

According to the invention, by locating and identifying personnel entering and exiting from the subareas and approaching the subareas, binding information of articles placed in each subarea with weight change, detecting, tracking, controlling and managing in real time, and further providing control and management of intelligent channels for entering and exiting from the unmanned vending system, a more intelligent unmanned vending system and a simpler and easier management and control structure and mode are realized.

Further, through the improvement of goods shelves structural design with control management matched with, can realize in real time high-efficient personnel's identity collection, article weight change collection, article disinfection, interactive warning and article face to protect the control such as tracking in the unmanned sales. Particularly, the system integrates the collection, identification and control of the whole unmanned vending system by partition positioning, weight sensing, state identification and binding, and the like, further accurately realizes the functions of partition personnel positioning, ID information collection, visual information collection, article weight change information sensing, intelligent article disinfection, customer interaction reminding, article temporary protection state tracking and the like, and only needs to combine a controlled supermarket central control unit and each collection and identification device to carry out data transmission and interaction control, is simple and easy to implement, and the shelves of the supermarket can be compatible with the existing supermarket shelves (such as stacked shelves or multi-layer shelves), so that an open self-service supermarket/vending system based on the position positioning of purchasing personnel can be conveniently and rapidly deployed, and the functions of rapid and accurate interaction response, state prompt, alarm and temporary protection tracking can also ensure intelligent article disinfection in an unmanned stage. Furthermore, the automatic vending machine can be assembled and arranged according to the requirements of unmanned vending and article display, management, control and use are not affected, and the automatic vending machine is simple and convenient.

Furthermore, the physical space construction electronic map of the unmanned selling scene (such as unmanned warehouse, unmanned supermarket, unmanned large selling field and the like) is divided into different monitoring areas, and the corresponding areas, personnel identities and authorities of personnel entering the corresponding areas and personnel identities can be accurately judged through a simple position coordinate positioning algorithm by combining the acquisition points with rough positioning and accurate positioning, which are arranged at the same horizontal position, so that the electronic map is beneficial to efficiently and accurately realizing the multi-personnel positioning of different areas and assisting the accurate control management of the scenes.

Further, the general control of the gate switch in the unmanned vending system is added to the processing of identifying the shopping basket taking and placing state and binding identity information of the shopping container taking and placing unit, so that the performance of the unmanned vending system for controlling personnel in entering and exiting the field is simply and conveniently improved, the taking and returning of shopping tools such as shopping baskets and the like are automatically controlled under the condition that no personnel are involved, errors are avoided, the intelligent shopping basket taking and placing system is more intelligent, and the environment and structure of unmanned vending are more matched.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a primary flow diagram of one embodiment of a method of unmanned vending control in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front principal structural schematic diagram of one embodiment of a vending system in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the back principal structure of one embodiment of a vending system in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the principal operating principles of one embodiment of a vending system according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of one logical exemplary embodiment of a computer-readable medium in accordance with the present invention.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown, although they may be implemented in various specific forms, and should not be construed as limiting the invention to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art.

The structures, capabilities, effects, or other features described in a particular embodiment may be incorporated in one or more other embodiments in any suitable manner without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

In describing particular embodiments, specific details of construction, performance, effects, or other features are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments by those skilled in the art. It is not excluded, however, that one skilled in the art may implement the present invention in a particular situation in a solution that does not include the structures, properties, effects, or other features described above.

The flow diagrams in the figures are merely exemplary flow illustrations and do not represent that all of the elements, operations, and steps in the flow diagrams must be included in the aspects of the present invention, nor that the steps must be performed in the order shown in the figures. For example, some operations/steps in the flowcharts may be decomposed, some operations/steps may be combined or partially combined, etc., and the order of execution shown in the flowcharts may be changed according to actual situations without departing from the gist of the present invention.

The block diagrams in the figures generally represent functional entities and do not necessarily correspond to physically separate entities. That is, these functional entities may be implemented in physical structural hardware as well as in software, or in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits, or in different network and/or processor devices and/or microcontroller devices.

The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar elements, components or portions, and thus repeated descriptions of the same or similar elements, components or portions may be omitted hereinafter. It should also be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various devices, elements, components or sections, these devices, elements, components or sections should not be limited by these terms. That is, these phrases are merely intended to distinguish one from the other. For example, a first device may also be referred to as a second device without departing from the spirit of the invention. Furthermore, the terms "and/or," "and/or" are intended to include all combinations of any one or more of the listed items.

According to the embodiment of the invention, through combining the partition positioning detection and the weight change of the articles, the interaction response and prompt of the supermarket shelves are controlled, and further, the automatic entering and exiting of control personnel are detected according to the state of the supermarket shopping container, so that the intelligent interaction performance of unmanned vending is improved, the intelligent vending machine is simple, convenient and easy to deploy, the efficiency is high, and the user experience is effectively improved.

[ example 1 ]

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the implementation of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The main flow of one embodiment of the method of the present invention will be described herein in connection with fig. 1.

The existing unmanned vending system is single in means and poor in experience because the users who communicate with the purchasers (customers) only pass through the partition display on the goods shelf. Meanwhile, the functions of automatic safety disinfection, temporary protection tracking and the like of the articles are lacked.

According to the unmanned vending system provided by the invention, through improving acquisition, sensing and interaction control, specific partition positioning and weight sensing are set for the shelves of the supermarket, and a plurality of functions such as weight sensing, shopping interaction, personnel screening in the partition, automatic article disinfection and temporary security tracking are realized on the shelves by combining the partition positioning technology, and the functions are integrated into the shelf laminate, so that the open self-service vending system based on the position positioning of the purchasers can be conveniently and rapidly deployed. And then can accomplish the work such as personnel's identity collection, article weight change collection, article disinfection, interactive warning and article temporary security tracking in the unmanned sales system high efficiency.

In step S110, a partition location detection is performed on the person entering or approaching each partition to identify the person identity information entering or approaching each partition.

In one embodiment, partitioning refers to: a pallet divided into one or more zones.

In one embodiment, partition location detection and identification may include: detecting the real-time position of the person and the carried ID chip; identifying identity information corresponding to the personnel according to the ID chip so as to judge whether the personnel is a purchasing personnel or a working personnel; and acquiring the real-time position of the person and the identity information of the person.

In one embodiment, the detection may be, for example, detecting the signal strength of an ID chip carried by the person to determine the actual real-time position of the person, etc. The detection may be, for example, a method of acquiring multi-azimuth signal intensity of the ID chip by using one or more antennas as a base station. In addition, detection of signals or the like may be realized by means of biological sign recognition. For another example, an antenna base station may be provided near the gate system to collect and identify signal strength inspector information, etc.

Further, for example, zonal location detection directly utilizes radio frequency activators and/or radio frequency antenna detection; or, the distance information of the corresponding personnel is obtained by utilizing the radio frequency activator and/or the radio frequency antenna for identifying the identity information of the personnel entering the subarea and the ultrasonic system for identifying the horizontal distance between the personnel entering the subarea and the goods shelf. Ultrasonic system detects personnel distance such as: the ultrasonic system is arranged on the laminate of each subarea or the goods shelf, and any position where surrounding objects mainly including human bodies can be detected; the RF equipment can judge personnel information, namely who is, that is, the card reader can determine who is nearby, then the ultrasonic device is used for judging the position between the personnel and the goods shelf, and the distance between the personnel and the goods shelf is determined, so that the information is combined to provide auxiliary judgment for the control device. For example, if the distance information of the personnel is detected to be within the preset threshold value range, stopping or prohibiting the disinfection of the articles in each subarea, determining the purchasing flow or the loading/unloading flow according to the identity information of the personnel, and controlling the goods shelves to respond and/or prompt correspondingly according to the different flows and combining the article picking/placing information.

In one embodiment, the partition positioning detection can also be realized by coordinate positioning acquisition in an electronic map constructed by the whole physical space. For example, an electronic map is built in the physical space environment of unmanned warehouse/supermarket/sales/wholesale city and the like, one or more acquisition points are arranged at the designated coordinate positions, and one or more monitoring areas are correspondingly calibrated by various geometric shapes. Each acquisition point at least comprises a rough positioning acquisition device and a precise positioning acquisition device, one or more rough positioning acquisition devices can be arranged at a high position on the horizontal coordinate xy of each acquisition point, and one or more precise positioning acquisition devices are arranged at a low position, namely, on different points of the longitudinal coordinate z of the same horizontal coordinate xy position. These means are provided in particular, for example: the rough positioning acquisition device and the accurate positioning acquisition device are arranged on the vertical line of the same horizontal coordinate xy and are not overlapped, and/or if the rough positioning acquisition device and the accurate positioning acquisition device are of a type which is not 360 degrees in all directions, the acquisition directions of the rough positioning acquisition device and the accurate positioning acquisition device are consistent, and/or the directions of the accurate positioning acquisition device are used as targets during installation, the effective acquisition range of the rough positioning acquisition device and the accurate positioning acquisition device is ensured to cover or enclose the corresponding monitoring area, and/or more acquisition points are densely arranged on the monitoring area where more measured targets can appear. Coarse positioning acquisition means such as: one or more of RFID reader ranging device, UWB ranging device, WIFI ranging device and Bluetooth ranging device. Accurate positioning acquisition devices such as: one or more of an ultrasonic device, an infrared wave device, a binocular visible light device, a millimeter wave device and a laser radar device. According to the identity ID of the person or object in the electronic map, the rough position information and the distance measurement information determined by the accurate positioning acquisition device, which are determined by the rough positioning acquisition device, the multi-point positioning algorithm is combined with the coordinate data to simply and efficiently determine the actual accurate position of the person or object (i.e. the monitored or detected object) in each electronic map and the monitoring area where the person or object is located, and further determine the authority of the objects through a server of a central control center which is associated with and communicated with the positioning acquisition devices, such as whether the person or object can enter or exit the area, whether an alarm is needed or not, and whether the person or object is to be identified to determine the action performed in the monitoring area through identity recognition or not: purchase, placement, etc. Therefore, the multi-target positioning or multi-person positioning of the unmanned warehouse/supermarket/sales place can be realized, and the identification and the permission determination can be carried out.

Step S120, detecting the weight change of the article in each partition to identify the article picking/placing information.

In one embodiment, the weight change of the item is detected by a weight sensor of each zone; identifying the articles, the quantity and the related temporary security information as the picking/placing information of the articles. Further, after detecting the information, the information may be extracted, for example: and extracting information of multiple attributes such as names, numbers, pictures, places of origin, temporary insurance and the like of the articles. Therefore, the situation of reversely pushing the information of taking/placing the article can be finally realized by identifying the weight change quantity of the physical space. Further, the temporary protection information is recorded with the weight information of the article, for example: when each article is placed on a shelf, the weight of the article and the temporary protection information thereof such as the quality guarantee period are bound and recorded/stored in a relational database, so that the quality guarantee period of the article corresponding to the weight change can be found through weight detection, and the temporary protection information is monitored.

And step S130, controlling the goods shelf to respond and/or prompt according to the personnel identity information and/or the goods taking/placing information.

In one embodiment, detecting whether the person identification information and/or the article taking/putting information of each partition is received or not every predetermined period; if no personnel identity information or no article picking/placing information is detected, sterilizing articles in each partition; if the identity information of the personnel or the article picking/placing information is detected, stopping or prohibiting the disinfection of the articles in each subarea, determining a purchasing flow or a loading/returning flow according to the identity information of the personnel, and combining the article picking/placing information according to different flows to control the goods shelf to make corresponding response and/or prompt; or stopping or prohibiting the disinfection of the articles in each subarea if the distance information of the detected personnel is within the preset threshold range, determining the purchasing flow or the loading/returning flow according to the identity information of the personnel, and controlling the goods shelves to respond and/or prompt correspondingly according to the different flows and the article picking/placing information. Further, the zonal location detection may be provided by an ultrasonic system, such as an ultrasonic device mounted on a laminate, to identify the horizontal distance of personnel from the shelf, in combination with the RF reader identifying personnel information to determine whether to stop the sterilization process or the like.

Further, the method for sterilizing the articles in each subarea specifically comprises the following steps: performing sterilization of the article by the article sterilization device for a predetermined length of time; and/or stopping or prohibiting sterilization of the items within each zone, including in particular: controlling the article sterilizing device to stop or prohibit the article sterilizing device from executing the article sterilizing of the corresponding partition by utilizing the interaction module; and/or determining whether the person is a purchase flow or a loading/unloading flow according to the identity information of the person, wherein the method specifically comprises the following steps: if the identity information of the personnel is the purchasing personnel, the purchasing process is performed, and if the identity information of the personnel is the working personnel, the purchasing/returning process is performed; and/or, according to different processes, combining the article picking/placing information to control the goods shelf to make corresponding response and/or prompt, including: and controlling and displaying the corresponding partition state by using the interaction module, and controlling and outputting relevant information and state of the corresponding partition object by using the partition unit. Further, the relevant information may also include, for example: advertisement display, shopping guide, indoor guide and other information.

Further, the interaction module is used for controlling and displaying the corresponding partition state and the corresponding partition article related information and state are controlled and output by the partition unit, and the method specifically comprises the following steps: the interaction module is used for controlling the laminate state indicating device where the article is positioned to display the state; the partition state device is controlled by the partition unit to display the state, interactively display and output the related information and state of the corresponding partition object and/or interactively output the related information and state of the corresponding partition object in a voice mode.

Further, control article place laminate state indicating device carries out the state demonstration, specifically includes: prompting the state of an article (for example, the state of a goods place where the article is located) of a corresponding partition by adopting different colors and/or flashing frequencies of status indicator light bands or light sheets on the laminate, wherein the state comprises an alarm state, and when the states of the articles prompted by the status indicator light bands or the light sheets of all the laminate of the partition where the laminate is located are the same, the state of the partition is prompted; and displaying the object names, the quantity, the unit price, the total price and/or other information and states which can be interactively changed of the corresponding object placement positions in the corresponding subareas by adopting the intelligent label; and/or, the control partition status device performs status display specifically including: the status of the corresponding partition is prompted by using different colors and/or flashing frequencies of the partition status light bands or light sheets on the partition, for example: shopping status (develop shopping, pause shopping, discount, in maintenance), etc.; wherein the status further comprises an alarm status.

In one embodiment, the method may further include: the partition unit can also control the partition state device to display the state according to the vision acquisition information of each partition, interactively display and output the related information and state of the corresponding partition object and/or interactively output the related information and state of the corresponding partition object in a voice mode.

And step S140, controlling the opening and releasing of the entrance and exit according to the personnel identity information identified by the entrance and exit of the gate system, the taking/putting state and the ID of the shopping container.

In one embodiment, single-layer and/or double-layer and/or N-layer access field channels can be arranged, and access opening release is controlled by the inlet or outlet identification information. Such as: the entrance identifies personnel identity information at the entrance, specifically, the personnel can directly open the entrance and the exit through which the entrance passes, directly let go, and the like; the ID of the shopping personnel determines that the identity information is opened to be released directly when entering the field, and if the shopping personnel also takes the shopping container, the personnel information needs to be bound with the ID of the shopping container, the state of the shopping container is identified, and then the exit of the field is opened to be released. Identifying personnel identity information at the exit, specifically, the personnel can directly open a gate of the entrance and the exit for release and the like; and the personal information of the purchasing personnel is combined with the purchasing container and the payment condition such as checking the payment information of the payment, and opening the import and/or the export after checking at the import or the export, thereby releasing.

Detection of identification personnel information (information in chip ID), location, etc. may be detected by providing an antenna base station near the entrance/exit of the access port and/or near the location of the purchase container unit to collect and identify signal strength.

More specific in-out field control is for example:

in one embodiment, when a person enters the gate system, personnel identity information of an ID chip carried by the person is identified at an entrance of the entrance channel and the entrance is controlled to be opened and released; and according to the state that the identified person takes the shopping container and the ID of the shopping container, after binding the personnel identity information and the shopping container ID, controlling the opening and releasing of the outlet of the entrance channel.

In one embodiment, when a person goes out of the house through the gate system, the person identity information of an ID chip carried by the person is identified at the entrance of the exit channel, and after the person information and the corresponding consumption and settlement information are checked to be correct, the entrance is controlled to be opened and released; and checking the personnel identity information and the state according to the state of the identified personnel put back into the shopping container and the ID of the shopping container, and controlling the outlet of the departure channel to open and release after the correct put back is determined.

The control process according to the present invention, which is applied to a vending system, will be further described below. The system mainly comprises a goods shelf with a partition positioning function and a central control intelligent gate system.

The shelf may include: the front area of the goods shelf is divided into at least one or more subareas by a dividing device, and a subarea positioning device for carrying out subarea positioning detection on personnel entering and exiting each subarea is arranged; a laminate for placing articles, which is arranged on each partition of the goods shelf, and a weight sensor, which is arranged on a bottom plate of the laminate and is connected with a weighing acquisition unit; and the control device is arranged on the goods shelf and connected with the laminate, the weighing and collecting unit and the partition positioning device. The laminate is removably mounted to the load-bearing frame of the pallet.

The partition positioning device is arranged at a position capable of carrying out partition positioning detection on one or more partitions in front of the goods shelf, and when the partition positioning detection is carried out, the partition positioning device transmits the personnel identity information which is identified by detection and enters or approaches a certain partition to the control device.

The weight sensor can sense the weight change of an article placed on the laminate, transmits the sensed signal to the weighing acquisition unit, and transmits article taking/placing behavior information identified by the weighing acquisition unit through the sensed signal to the control device. The weight sensor is integrally mounted on the bottom plate of the laminate at a position where the weight of the article can be sensed.

The control device (also can be a central control unit of the system) receives the personnel identity information and/or the article taking/placing behavior information, and controls the laminate, one or more partitions and an output device installed in each partition connected with the control device to respond and prompt correspondingly. An article sterilization device and a status indication device, which are connected and controlled by the control device to respond and prompt, are also respectively installed on the laminate. The article sterilization means are mounted on the lower, upper and/or personnel facing side of the floor of the deck at any location where it is possible to sterilize all articles placed on the deck, such as scanning ultraviolet sterilization lamps and/or spray sterilization holes, etc. And status indicating means such as: status indicator lights, smart display labels, etc. Status indicator lights are mounted on the laminate at any position that can be observed and does not interfere with the placement of articles, and the status of the articles on the laminate is indicated by different colors and/or flashing frequencies; each intelligent display label is arranged on the upper surface or the lower surface of the bottom plate of the laminate, faces one side of the personnel and is positioned in front of the same article which is intensively placed in each partition, so that the personnel can see the intelligent display label conveniently.

Specifically, the control device includes an interactive control module and/or a partition control unit corresponding to one or more partitions. The interaction control module is connected with the article disinfection device and the state indication device; when no personal identity information or article taking/placing behavior information exists, the interactive control module controls the article sterilizing device to sterilize articles in the laminate or the partition, when the personal identity information or the article taking/placing behavior information exists, the interactive control module controls the article sterilizing device to stop sterilizing the articles, and the interactive control module also controls the state display of the state indicating device; the partition control unit is also connected with and controls the partition display device to display the related information and state of the partition object or controls the audio output of the partition voice device to output the related information and state of the partition object.

Further, the article sterilizing device sends a starting signal to start article sterilization by the control device and is automatically closed after the article sterilization with preset time length is executed, and the next starting signal or period is waited to be reached; the status indicator lamp is installed in a form of an LED lamp strip or a lamp sheet, and the status comprises an alarm status; wherein, when the article states prompted by the state indicator lamps of all the laminates in the subarea are the same, the state of the subarea is prompted at the same time; the intelligent display tag is an electronic ink screen, an LED screen and/or an LCD screen, and displays the name, the number, the unit price, the total price and/or other interactable information of the corresponding articles in real time.

In addition, one or more independent storage devices can be used on the shelf, the shape and the size of the storage devices can be adjusted, and the storage devices can be detachably arranged and/or can be movably arranged on the bottom plate of the laminate; the intelligent display labels for personnel to view are arranged in front of each storage device. The storage device can be placed on the upper surface of the laminate through a force transmission structure and can sense the position of the weight change of the article by the weight sensor, and the weight sensor senses the change of the weight of the article in the storage device and sends the sensed signal to the weighing acquisition unit.

The output device arranged on the goods shelf can be an interactive subarea display device and/or an interactive subarea voice device arranged on each subarea, and the output device is arranged on the goods shelf at a position convenient for interaction with personnel.

The weighing acquisition unit can be a packaged integrated circuit board with a plurality of interfaces, and is connected with the weight sensors on the laminate. The system collects the sensing signals of the weight change transmitted by the weight sensor and transmits the sensing signals to the partition control unit of the control device. The partition control unit adopts a micro-host, for example, and can be connected with the weighing acquisition unit corresponding to one or more partitions, the interaction control module of the control device and the partition positioning device, receive and process data, and control the interaction in the partitions. The partition control unit controls the connected partition display to display the related information and state of the partition object where the partition display is positioned, wherein the related information and state mainly can be interactive shopping information, and/or object change information, object weight abnormal change alarm and the like. The zone control units may be connected to the central control unit (control device, central control unit) of the unmanned sales location/system, upload data and receive instructions.

One or more visual acquisition devices on the shelf and mounted on the partition display and/or the partition device, and the acquired images or videos of the articles and personnel entering the partition can be transmitted to the partition control unit. The partition status display lamps which are arranged at any observable position in each partition and are connected and controlled by the partition control unit or the interaction control module can be LED lamp strips or lamp sheets, and different states in the whole partition are prompted through different colors and/or flashing frequencies of the lamp strips or the lamp sheets. The different states include an alarm state.

The bearing frame of the goods shelf is compatible with a general supermarket shelf, and the weighing acquisition unit, the partition control unit, the interaction control module, the partition positioning device and the partition display are all arranged at invisible positions on the bearing frame of the goods shelf. The separating means may be a metal side net or a metal grating or a transparent plate (glass side plate etc.) mounted on both sides of each of said partitions. The zone locating means may be a radio frequency activator and/or a radio frequency antenna or the like.

The intelligent gate system is provided with a gate body, a channel isolation device and a shopping containing device taking and placing unit. The gate body is connected with the channel isolation device to form an entrance channel and an exit channel: every two gate bodies are connected to two ends of a channel isolation device to form one side of a field entering channel or a field exiting channel, and the two sides are oppositely arranged to form the field entering channel or the field exiting channel.

The shopping containing device picking and placing unit is arranged between the entrance channel and the exit channel: the gate direction of the entrance channel is opposite to the gate direction of the exit channel, and two adjacent sides of the entrance channel and the exit channel are abutted to set the shopping containing device picking and placing unit. The shopping containing device taking and placing unit can be provided with an RFID antenna radio frequency module, and can identify the ID of the shopping containing device provided with the RFID radio frequency tag and the taking and placing state of the shopping containing device. And different RFID radio frequency tags are arranged on the shopping accommodation device in different directions.

Blocking bodies are arranged at two ends of the field inlet channel and the field outlet channel, and an inlet and an outlet of the two channels are formed to control personnel to enter and exit. When entering a field, the identification equipment arranged on the inlet blocking body of the entering field channel obtains personnel information and controls the blocking body to be opened and released, the central control unit is used for receiving the state that the identified personnel transmitted by the shopping containing device taking and placing unit take the shopping containing device and the ID of the shopping containing device, and after the personnel information and the ID of the shopping containing device are bound, the outlet blocking body of the entering field channel is controlled to be opened and released. When the person goes out, the identification equipment arranged on the inlet blocking body of the outgoing channel is used for identification, and after checking that the personnel information and the corresponding consumption and settlement information are correct, the blocking body is controlled to be opened and released; the central control unit receives the state that the identified personnel transmitted by the shopping accommodating device picking and placing unit are placed back into the shopping accommodating device and the ID of the shopping accommodating device, and controls the outlet blocking body of the departure channel to be opened and released after checking personnel information and the state and determining correct placement back.

[ example 2 ]

The following describes the control process of the vending system of the present invention in more detail with reference to fig. 2 to 4 by taking an intelligent vending application scenario as an example.

In one embodiment, various personnel, such as mainly purchasing personnel, may enter the vending system through a gate system as in FIG. 4.

In one embodiment, the unmanned vending system has shelves as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 and a gate system as shown in FIG. 4.

Specifically, the front of the shelf, i.e., the front of the shelf, can be modified over existing conventional supermarket shelves, with the front of the shelf referring to the side of the shelf facing various people who can see the items, or the side of the shelf on which the items are displayed. Personnel include, but are not limited to, purchasing personnel (purchasing personnel/shoppers), personnel managing the items, personnel who have passed by to see the items on the shelves, and the like.

In one embodiment, the pallet has a load-bearing frame 1011, including the rear (back/back panel) of the pallet, which may be a support plate structure with ventilation holes or mounting holes. The shelf is not limited to a multi-layer shelf and a ground stack of a supermarket, and is assembled and arranged according to actual requirements (including sales and/or display requirements) of the supermarket. On the carrier frame 1011, a layer 1016, a weight acquisition unit 1018, a control unit (including an interactive control module 1022 and a partition unit 1019), a partition positioning unit (including a radio frequency activator 1014 and a radio frequency antenna 1015, and/or an ultrasound system, etc.), an output unit (including a partition display) 1027, and/or a partition 1012, etc. may be mounted, and in the example of an application scenario where the no-sell system is located, the carrier frame 1011 may be compatible with a general supermarket shelf.

The front area of the shelf is divided into at least one or more partitions 1013, i.e. shopping partitions, through a partition device 1012 such as various isolation partition plates, baffle plates/baffle plates, partition plates and the like, and identities of personnel in the partitions and actions of taking/placing articles/articles are automatically identified through partition positioning and weight sensing technologies, so that corresponding responses and prompts are performed, and intelligent disinfection and temporary security tracking of articles are realized. The spacing between two adjacent baffles/baffles is, for example, 0.3 to 1.5 meters, and is adjustable according to the laminate length, and the height of each isolation baffle/baffle is preferably higher than the height of the article by 0.03 to 0.1, 0.1 to 0.5, 0.5 to 0.8, or 0.8 to 1 meter, and the like, and the two sides of each partition 1013 are provided with the isolation baffles/baffles, which may be metal meshes, such as: metal side net shape (mesh plate), fences, transparent plates (glass, plastic material) are installed on both sides of each partition. And the partition positioning device for partition positioning detection can be arranged as long as the position of the personnel entering or exiting each partition or approaching each partition can be detected. The zoning positioning apparatus includes a radio frequency activator 1014 and a radio frequency antenna 1015, which can be installed separately as long as the signal can be collected. The partition positioning device uses partition positioning technology to identify the identity of the person entering or approaching in the partition 1013, so as to identify whether the person entering the partition 1013 is a purchasing person/shopper or a working/managing person, such as a supermarket on duty person, so as to perform normal shopping or loading/returning process respectively. The identification may be by RFID carried by the person entering partition 1013, etc. to determine/identify the person identity information. Once the identity information of the person is identified, it may be sent to a control device, such as the interactive control module 1022 therein. When a person approaches or enters a certain partition of the shelf separated by the separation baffle, the partition positioning device performs partition positioning detection to obtain personnel identity information and the like recorded on an ID chip of the corresponding person, and the information is further provided for a control device such as an interaction control module, a partition unit and the like to perform control processing. The personnel and the positions are distinguished, the corresponding control flow is determined, the object and interaction conditions can be effectively monitored, the implementation is simple and convenient, and the processing efficiency is high.

In one embodiment, each section of the shelf has a layer of laminate on which items are placed. Such as a shelf board 1016, which is a shelf panel for holding items in a front area of the pallet, is removably mounted to the load-bearing frame of the pallet. The laminate 1016 is adjustable in height and width. The weight sensor 1017 (e.g., two or more sets) integrally mounted on the floor of the laminate is connected to a weigh acquisition unit which senses the weight change of the item and transmits the sensed signal to the weigh acquisition unit 1018 and transmits item take/release behavior information identified by the weigh acquisition unit 1018 via the sensed signal to a control device for receipt of the information by the control device and control of the laminate 1016 and corresponding response and prompting by an output device mounted in each partition to which the control device is connected. A weighing acquisition unit 1018 (for example, a multi-interface packaged integrated circuit board, one unit 1018 is opposite to a plurality of sensors 1017) acquires sensing signals of weight change transmitted by the weight sensors 1017 and transmits the sensing signals to a partition unit 1019 arranged in the control device, so as to identify article taking/placing behaviors or abnormal conditions, and further, abnormal state alarms (an output device 1027, a partition state display lamp 1025 and/or an indication state device 1023 cooperatively alarm) can be realized. Further, a control device controls the object sterilizing device and the state indicating device which respond and prompt, and are also respectively arranged on the laminate. And, one or more individual storage devices 1020, such as various vending cartridges, removably mounted and/or removably positioned on the deck 1016. Which can intensively store the same kind of articles. An intelligent display tag 10232 for personnel to view may be provided at an upper or lower position on the front deck of each storage unit 1020. Further, the storage device 1020 is placed on the weight sensor 1017 mounted on the top-most layer of the bottom plate of the layer plate 1016 through a force transmission structure, and is used for sorting and placing articles/objects; the weight sensor 1017 senses a change in the weight of the items within the storage device 1020 and sends a sensed signal to the weigh acquisition unit 1018 to identify the item pick-up/put behavior, and even abnormal conditions such as overweight, increased weight, etc. Wherein, the storage device 1020 has an adjustable shape and size, i.e. is adjusted according to actual needs. The weight of different goods, namely, the weight of the goods can be corresponding to the quality guarantee period of the goods, so that the goods shelf can track the quality guarantee period of the residual goods on the position area where the storage device 1020 is located at any time, and can prompt the management/staff (in the staff mode of the staff loading and unloading process) in a supermarket scene for the goods information adjacent to the quality guarantee period, thereby being convenient for timely processing. Once the weight of the articles on the laminate, such as the articles in the storage device with the adjustable width and size, is changed, the information sensed by the sensor is provided for the weighing acquisition unit to calculate and determine whether the articles are reduced or increased, namely whether the articles are taken or put, and then the information is provided for the partition unit, the control processing is carried out, and various information of the weight and the single articles is bound, so that the tracking, the control and the timely reminding are facilitated.

The following describes how to perform state control prompting, interaction and response by combining with interaction state lamp bands or lamp sheets, interaction display or voice output and the like and controlling signal transmission and interaction.

In one embodiment, the partition status indicating means, such as partition status means (display lamps) 1025, are mounted on the partition means 1012 on both sides of each partition 1013. The zone status display light 1025 may include an LED light strip or light sheet or other light emitting device. The LED strip or sheet or other lighting device can display different colors of light to indicate different states, even match different flashing frequencies to indicate different states, specifically for example: green is a normal state, yellow is a state in which a plurality of persons are noted to enter, and red is an abnormal suspended state. The red abnormal pause state may represent an alarm state and may be coordinated with a display content alarm state (or voice/sound alarm state) of an output device such as the interactive zone display 1027 (or voice device). For example: the LED light strips or other light emitting devices (such as light sheets and the like) display different colors to prompt the corresponding shopping partition 1013 or the layer board 1016 or the storage device 1020 to be in different states, specifically, when the partition 1013 or the layer board 1016 or the storage device 1020 is in a normal state, the light strips display green to remind the purchasing personnel that normal shopping is possible; when multiple people enter the partition 1013 or the layer 1016 or the storage device 1020 (for example, multiple people are crowded in one partition, multiple people all get in the vicinity of one storage device, multiple people all get in the vicinity of the same layer, etc.), the light belt shows yellow to remind the purchasing personnel of attention, confusion, mistakes, multiple people all purchase, etc.; when an anomaly occurs in a partition 1013 or a tier 1016 or a storage device 1020, the light band displays a red color, alerting the purchaser that the partition 1013 or tier 1016 or storage device 1020 has been locked, suspending service, and also informing the supermarket of the management attendant (e.g., a display displaying an alarm or an audio alarm of a voice device). The display color of the LED light strip indicating the zone status may also be controlled by the interactive control module 1022 and/or the zone unit 1019. In this embodiment, this is done primarily by partition unit 1019.

In one embodiment, there is also an output device 1027 mounted at each partition, comprising an interactive partition display and/or interactive partition voice device 1027, which partition display and/or interactive partition voice device 1027 is connected to a control device, mainly with a partition unit 1019 in the control device controlling its display and/or controlling its sound/audio/voice interaction with the personnel in the partition 1013. Specific examples are: the partition unit 1019 controls the display of various related information and status related to the item on the partition display 1027, including but not limited to alarms such as shopping information display, and/or abnormal weight change of the item; and/or the partition unit 1019 controls various relevant information and status related to the item, such as the sound/voice/audio of the partition voice device 1027, including but not limited to alarms such as shopping information voice feedback, and/or abnormal changes in weight of the item, etc. Further, the alarm state of the output device may also be displayed synchronously or with a voice/sound alarm at the time of an abnormal change alarm at the time of the partition state display lamp 1025 and the indication state device 1023 mounted on the laminate.

In one embodiment, there are one or more vision acquisition devices 1026 located at any one or more of the personnel image locations capable of acquiring the sub-areas 1013, such as: cameras, etc. mounted on the partition display and/or the partition 1012 acquire information such as images or videos of the entry or approach of the articles and persons in the partition 1013, and transfer to a partition unit 1019 provided in the control device.

In one embodiment, the control means comprises an interactive control module 1022 connecting said article sterilization means 1021 and said status indication means 1023, and a partition unit 1019 corresponding to one or more partitions. When no personnel identity information or article taking/placing behavior information exists, the interaction control module 1022 controls the article sterilizing device 1021 to sterilize articles in the laminate or the subarea; when there is personal identity information or article taking/placing behavior information, the interaction control module 1022 controls the article sterilization device 1021 to stop the article sterilization. Wherein, the layer 1016 is provided with an article sterilizing device 1021, and the article sterilizing device 1021 is connected with an interaction control module 1022 arranged in the control device and controlled by the interaction control module 1022. The control is as follows: based on the information detected by the purchasing personnel position detecting and locating module (RFID) detection function (an example of the present invention may be that the partition locating device 1015 connected to the partition locating control unit 1014 completes detection), when no purchasing personnel is in the shopping partition, the article sterilizing device 1021 performs ultraviolet sterilization or ozone sterilization or other non-contact sterilization on the articles in the laminate 1016 or the partition 1013, and when the purchasing personnel position detecting and locating module detects that the personnel is close to the shopping partition 1013, the intelligent article sterilizing device 1021 can automatically stop sterilizing the articles or prohibit the sterilizing operation from being performed. The length of the disinfection time can be preset/set/predetermined according to actual requirements and the like.

In one embodiment, the ply 1016 has a status indicating device 1023 mounted thereon. The status indication means 1023 may for example comprise status indicator lights 10231 and smart display labels 10232. Wherein the status indicator 10231 is mounted on any location of the laminate that can be focused or visible, such as a location on the side or inside of the floor middle layer of the laminate that faces the person but can be seen by, for example, a shopper, a grower, etc., and can be prompted to the person with a different color or flashing frequency; while the smart display labels 10232 are mounted on the uppermost personnel facing side of the floor of the laminate or other locations that are clearly visible to personnel and in front of the same type of centrally located items in each zone. Further, status indicator 10231 may include an LED light strip or light sheet or other light emitting device capable of displaying different colored lights to indicate different status, even in conjunction with different flashing frequencies to indicate different status, such as: green is normal and yellow is flashing at the same time, indicating that multiple persons enter the state and red is abnormal suspended. Wherein different colors are displayed to indicate that the corresponding shopping partition 1013 or deck 1016 or storage device 1020 is in different states, such as: when the partition 1013 or the deck 1016 or the storage unit 1020 is in a normal state, the light belt is green to remind the purchasing personnel that normal shopping is possible; when multiple people enter the partition 1013 or the layer 1016 or the storage unit 1020 (for example, multiple people are crowded in one partition, multiple people all get in the vicinity of one storage unit, multiple people all get in the vicinity of the same layer, etc.), the lamp belt displays yellow to remind the purchasing personnel of the possible confusion, errors, multiple people all purchase, etc.; when an anomaly occurs in a partition 1013 or a deck 1016 or a storage device 1020, the light band displays a red color, alerting the purchaser that the partition 1013 or deck 1016 or storage device 1020 has been locked, suspending service, and notifying the management attendant of the supermarket. Which is similar to the zone status display 1025 and which also indicates the status of a zone when the status indicator 10231 of each ply 1016 in the same zone indicates the respective ply 1016 is the same color as an aid to the zone status display 1025. Similarly, an alarm may be accompanied by an alarm from the zone status display 1025 and/or the output device. While smart display tag 10232 may display the status of the item/item and item information for the corresponding location of the installation. The electronic ink display device comprises electronic ink screens, LED screens, LCD screens and other electronic display screens and other devices, and displays names, numbers, unit prices, total prices, other interactable information and the like of corresponding articles in real time.

In one embodiment, the interactive control module 1022 and the partition unit 1019 may be independently mounted on the carrier frame 1011, or may be integrated into a device such as the control device, or may be incorporated into the control device according to the control function of both, and mounted on the carrier frame 1011 at a location that does not interfere with the mounting of the items and other structural arrangements, such as the back of the carrier frame 1011 of the pallet, etc. The interactive control module 1022 and partition unit 1019 are installed in a separate manner, for example as shown in fig. 2. The interactive control module 1022 may be connected to the status indication device 1023 and the article sterilization device 1021 on the layer 1016, and respectively control the status indication device 1023 to give a prompt and display according to the status, and the sterilization device 1021 to turn on or off sterilization, and prohibit the sterilization from being started when personnel are in the partition. The partition unit 1019 may comprise a PC (mainly a mini-host) or other computer or processor, etc. Which is coupled to the weigh acquisition unit 1018, interaction control module 1022, partition positioning means 1015, and partition positioning control unit 1014 within partition 1013 to receive and process data to control the various interaction functions within partition 1013. In one example of a vending application scenario, the partition unit 1019 can be connected to a vending central control unit, upload data and receive instructions. One partition unit 1019 can control at least one or more partitions 1013. The partition unit 1019 may serve as a central control unit (i.e., control device) that controls the configuration of the interaction control module 1022.

By the goods shelf structure, the goods loading and returning or purchasing process is determined mainly by sensing the weight change (taking or placing) of the goods and the identity information (which position and what person) of the partition positioning personnel, and corresponding control management and real-time interaction can be executed.

The gate system control in this embodiment of the present invention may be a control of a gate system having a shopping container pick-and-place unit.

In one embodiment, a gate system for combining the entrance and exit of a shopping container taking and placing control personnel consists of a gate body 1, a blocking body 4, a channel isolation device 2, a shopping container taking and placing unit 3 and a central control unit, wherein the gate body is connected with the channel isolation device to form an entrance channel and an exit channel; the shopping container taking and placing unit is arranged between the entrance channel and the exit channel. The system utilizes a gate body 1 and a channel isolation device 2 to form two channels of an entrance and an exit, and two ends of each channel form a channel inlet and a channel outlet by a blocking body to control personnel to enter and exit. Such as: two gate bodies 1 are connected to two ends of a channel isolation device 2 to form a channel, such as an entrance channel or an exit channel. In one example: one channel may be a field channel formed by two sides (for example, two sides of two gate bodies 1 forming a separation channel after connecting two ends of a channel grid force device 2) arranged in parallel; the other two sides can also be oppositely arranged to form a departure channel. The direction of the gate body of the entrance channel is opposite to that of the gate body of the exit channel, and two isolation belts adjacent to the entrance channel and the exit channel are abutted against each other to set the shopping container picking and placing unit 3.

Wherein, the shopping container picking and placing unit 3 is provided with an RFID (radio frequency identification) recognition module, which comprises an activator, an antenna and a control chip, and can recognize the ID of the shopping container provided with the RFID radio frequency tag and the picking and placing state thereof. RFID tags are preloaded in different directions of shopping containers (including but not limited to shopping baskets, shopping carts, food trays and the like) used, and the RFID tags are bound with shopping container information. The shopping container taking and placing unit is communicated with the RFID tag pre-installed on the shopping basket to identify shopping containers in the range of the antenna. The shopping container is moved out of the antenna range, the RFID communication is disconnected, and the unit judges that the shopping container is taken out. And the shopping container is put back into the unit, the shopping container taking and putting unit recognizes that a new RFID tag enters the range of the antenna, and the tag ID is correct, and the shopping container is judged to be put back. Here, the power level of the RFID antenna may be set, the antenna identification range may be adjusted, and the unit operation area range may be changed. And the RFID tags are arranged in different directions of the shopping container, so that the identification capability of the purchasing personnel position detection positioning module to the RFID tags is improved. The power of the RFID antenna can be set, the identification range of the antenna is adjusted, and the range of the working area of the unit is changed. The work area can be increased by adding antennas to handle more shopping baskets. The RFID tags are arranged in different directions of the shopping basket, so that the identification capability of the purchasing personnel position detection positioning module to the RFID tags is improved.

The blocking body 4 is composed of two opposite doors which can be opened and closed and can be stretched or rotated along the shaft connected with the gate body 1, and the two doors are arranged at two ends of the entrance channel and the exit channel to form an entrance and an exit of the channel so as to control personnel to enter and exit.

In approach control: the system is released after personnel information is identified by the entrance channel entrance through the technologies such as face recognition and the like. The shopping container taking and placing unit identifies that personnel correctly take out the shopping container, and after personnel information is bound with the ID of the shopping basket, the outlet of the entrance channel is controlled to be released, and the personnel carry the shopping container to enter the shopping container successfully. Otherwise, the outlet is kept closed, and the system reminds the personnel to take the shopping container correctly through the display unit. Specifically, during approach, identification equipment (such as a face recognition device and the like) is arranged on an inlet blocking body 4 of an approach channel to obtain personnel information and control the blocking body to be opened and released; the central control unit receives the state that the identified personnel transmitted by the shopping container picking and placing unit 3 picks up the shopping container and the ID of the shopping container, binds personnel information and the ID of the shopping container, and then controls the outlet blocking body 4 of the entrance channel to open the releasing entrance.

In the departure control: the system identifies and checks the fee and settlement information of personnel in the presence at the entrance of the presence channel, and releases the personnel to enter the presence channel after the presence condition is reached. The shopping container taking and placing unit identifies whether a shopping container is placed or not, checks shopping ID and binding personnel information, judges that personnel return the shopping container after the information is correct, achieves a release condition, and controls the outlet to release. Otherwise, the outlet is kept closed, and the system reminds personnel to correctly return the shopping container through the display unit. Specifically, during departure, identification equipment arranged on an inlet blocking body 4 of a departure channel is used for identifying, and after personnel information and corresponding consumption and settlement information are checked to be correct, the blocking body 4 is controlled to be opened and released; the central control unit receives the state that the identified personnel transmitted by the shopping container picking and placing unit 3 are placed back into the shopping container and the ID of the shopping container, and controls the outlet blocking body of the departure channel to be opened and released after checking personnel information and the state and determining correct placement back.

In addition, a display unit 5 can be arranged on the gate system, so that the purchasing personnel can be reminded of correctly taking the shopping basket, or the purchasing personnel can be reminded of correctly returning the shopping basket when going out.

Therefore, under the condition of no human intervention, the embodiment realizes automatic control of taking and placing of the purchased articles, taking and returning of shopping tools such as shopping containers and the like. The unmanned vending system is more intelligent in management and control, the performance of the whole unmanned vending system is improved, and further user experience is improved.

The central control unit can be a control device of the whole unmanned vending system, such as a goods shelf, so as to realize overall control.

[ example 3 ]

In particular, an embodiment of an electronic device is also included comprising a processor and a memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform the embodiment steps of the method of the invention as referred to in the previous embodiments 1, 2.

An example of an electronic device of the invention is described below, which can be regarded as a physical form of implementation for the method and device examples of the invention described above. Details described in this embodiment of the electronic device of the invention should be considered supplementary to the embodiments of the method or device/system described above; for details not disclosed in the embodiments of the electronic device of the invention, reference may be made to the above-described method or device/system embodiments.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention. The electronic device shown in fig. 5 is only an example and should not be construed as limiting the functionality and scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 5, the electronic apparatus 200 of this exemplary embodiment is embodied in the form of a general-purpose data processing device. The components of the electronic device 200 may include, but are not limited to: at least one processing unit 210, at least one memory unit 220, a bus 230 connecting the different system components (including the memory unit 220 and the processing unit 210), a display unit 240, and the like.

The storage unit 220 stores therein a computer readable program, which may be a source program or code of a program that is read only. The program may be executed by the processing unit 210 such that the processing unit 210 performs the steps of various embodiments of the present invention. For example, the processing unit 210 may perform the steps of the previous embodiments.

The memory unit 220 may include readable media in the form of volatile memory units, such as Random Access Memory (RAM) 2201 and/or cache memory 2202, and may further include Read Only Memory (ROM) 2203. The storage unit 220 may also include a program/utility 2204 having a set (at least one) of program modules 2205, such program modules 2205 including, but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each or some combination of which may include an implementation of a network environment.

Bus 230 may be a bus representing one or more of several types of bus structures including a memory unit bus or memory unit controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, a processing unit, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

The electronic apparatus 200 may also be in communication with one or more external devices 300 (e.g., a keyboard, a display, a network device, a bluetooth device, etc.), such that a user can interact with the electronic apparatus 200 via the external devices 300, and/or such that the electronic apparatus 200 can communicate with one or more other data processing devices (e.g., a router, a modem, etc.). Such communication may occur through an input/output (I/O) interface 250, and may also occur through a network adapter 260 to one or more networks, such as a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network, such as the internet. Network adapter 260 may communicate with other modules of electronic device 200 via bus 230. It should be appreciated that although not shown, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in electronic device 200, including, but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, data backup storage systems, and the like.

[ example 4 ]

In particular, a computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is also included, wherein the steps involved in the foregoing embodiments are implemented when the one or more programs are executed by a processor.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a computer readable medium of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the computer program may be stored on one or more computer readable media. The computer readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. The readable storage medium can be, for example, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. The computer program, when executed by one or more data processing devices, enables the computer readable medium to carry out the above-described method of the present invention, namely: the configuration service management provided by the service end generates a configuration file related to the domain name; when the domain name fault occurs during the service requesting process, the client side updates the configuration file to realize the automatic switching of domain name access.

From the foregoing description of embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the exemplary embodiments of the present invention described herein may be implemented in software, or may be implemented in software in combination with the necessary hardware. Thus, the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium (may be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a mobile hard disk, etc.) or on a network, comprising several instructions to cause a data processing device (may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the above-described method according to the present invention.

The computer readable storage medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, with readable program code embodied therein. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A readable storage medium may also be any readable medium that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a readable storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Program code for carrying out operations of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, C++ or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computing device, partly on the user's device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computing device, partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of remote computing devices, the remote computing device may be connected to the user computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., connected via the Internet using an Internet service provider).

In summary, the present invention may be implemented in a method, system, electronic device, or computer readable medium that executes a computer program. Some or all of the functions of the present invention may be implemented in practice using a general purpose data processing device such as a microprocessor or Digital Signal Processor (DSP).

The above-described specific embodiments further describe the objects, technical solutions and advantageous effects of the present invention in detail, and it should be understood that the present invention is not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual device or electronic apparatus, and various general-purpose devices may also implement the present invention. The foregoing description of the embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a vending machine, comprising:

carrying out partition positioning detection on personnel entering or approaching each partition of the goods shelf so as to identify personnel identity information entering or approaching each partition, and accurately determining the position of the personnel entering or approaching each partition based on multi-target positioning of accurate positioning acquisition and rough positioning acquisition, wherein the method specifically comprises the following steps of:

constructing an electronic map of the whole physical space environment, setting one or more acquisition points at the appointed coordinate position of the electronic map, and correspondingly calibrating one or more monitoring areas by using various aggregate shapes;

Each acquisition point at least comprises a rough positioning acquisition device and a precise positioning acquisition device, and the rough positioning acquisition device and the precise positioning acquisition device are arranged on different points of a longitudinal coordinate z of the same horizontal coordinate xy position of each acquisition point, and specifically comprise: one or more rough positioning acquisition devices are arranged at the high position of the longitudinal coordinate z, and one or more precise positioning acquisition devices are arranged at the low position; the rough positioning acquisition device and the precise positioning acquisition device are arranged on the vertical line of the same horizontal coordinate xy and are not overlapped, and/or if the rough positioning acquisition device and the precise positioning acquisition device are of a type which is not 360 degrees in all directions, the acquisition directions of the rough positioning acquisition device and the precise positioning acquisition device are consistent, and/or the directions of the precise positioning acquisition device are used as targets during installation, the effective acquisition range of the rough positioning acquisition device and the precise positioning acquisition device is ensured to cover or enclose the corresponding monitoring area, and/or more acquisition points are arranged more densely for the monitoring area where more measured targets can appear;

determining the identity ID and rough position information of the personnel in the in-out electronic map according to the rough positioning acquisition device, determining the distance measurement information according to the accurate positioning acquisition device, determining the actual accurate position and the monitoring area of each personnel in-out electronic map according to the coordinate data based on a multi-point positioning algorithm, and identifying the personnel and the authority of the personnel through the association with the positioning acquisition devices by the central control center;

The goods shelf is divided into one or more independent partitions, and the size and width adjustable detachable classified storage device on the laminate of each partition corresponds to the quality guarantee period of the goods shelf through the weights of different goods;

detecting the weight change of the articles in each partition to identify the article picking/placing information;

controlling the goods shelf to respond and/or prompt according to the personnel identity information and/or the goods taking/placing information, comprising: the warranty period of the remaining articles in the article storage area is tracked in real time according to the weight change, and information for prompting the nearby warranty period is timely provided through interactive display output or interactive voice output or state display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein,

carrying out partition positioning detection on personnel entering or approaching each partition so as to identify personnel identity information entering or approaching each partition, wherein the method specifically comprises the following steps: detecting the real-time position of the person and the carried ID chip; identifying identity information corresponding to the personnel according to the ID chip so as to judge whether the personnel is a purchasing personnel or a working personnel; acquiring the real-time position of the person and the identity information of the person;

And/or the number of the groups of groups,

detecting the weight change of the articles in each partition to identify the article picking/placing information, and specifically comprises the following steps: detecting a weight change of the item by a weight sensor of each zone; identifying the articles, the quantity and the related temporary security information as the picking/placing information of the articles.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein,

according to the personnel identity information and/or the article taking/placing information, the goods shelf is controlled to respond and/or prompt, and the method specifically comprises the following steps:

detecting whether the personnel identity information, the distance information and/or the article taking/placing information of each partition are received or not at each preset interval period;

if no personnel identity information or no article picking/placing information is detected, sterilizing articles in each partition;

if the identity information of the personnel or the article taking/putting information is detected, stopping or prohibiting the disinfection of the articles in each subarea, determining the purchasing flow or the loading/returning flow according to the identity information of the personnel, and combining the article taking/putting information according to different flows to control the goods shelf to make corresponding response and/or prompt.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein,

Sterilizing the articles in each zone, comprising in particular: starting an article sterilization device, and performing article sterilization for a predetermined time length by the article sterilization device;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

stopping or prohibiting sterilization of the items within each zone, specifically includes: controlling the article sterilizing device to stop or prohibit the article sterilizing device from executing the article sterilizing of the corresponding partition by utilizing the interaction module;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

determining whether the person is a purchasing process or a loading/returning process according to the identity information of the person, wherein the method specifically comprises the following steps: if the identity information of the personnel is the purchasing personnel, the purchasing process is performed, and if the identity information of the personnel is the working personnel, the process is performed for loading/returning goods;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

according to different processes, the article picking/placing information is combined to control the goods shelf to make corresponding response and/or prompt, and the method specifically comprises the following steps: and controlling and displaying the corresponding partition state by using the interaction module, and controlling and outputting relevant information and state of the corresponding partition object by using the partition unit.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein using the interaction module to control and display the corresponding partition status and using the partition unit to control and output the corresponding partition item related information and status, specifically comprises:

the interaction module is used for controlling the laminate state indicating device where the article is positioned to display the state;

The partition unit is used for controlling the partition state device to display the state, interactively displaying and outputting the related information and state of the corresponding partition object and/or interactively outputting the related information and state of the corresponding partition object in a voice way.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein,

the laminate state indicating device for controlling the article to be in state display specifically comprises: prompting the state of the article corresponding to the subarea by adopting different colors and/or flashing frequencies of the status indicator light bands or light sheets on the laminate, wherein the state comprises an alarm state, and when the state of the article prompted by the status indicator light bands or light sheets of all laminates of the subarea where the laminate is positioned is the same, indicating that the state of the subarea is prompted; the method comprises the steps of,

displaying the name, quantity, unit price, total price and/or other information and states which can be interactively changed of the corresponding object placing positions in the corresponding partitions by adopting intelligent labels;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the control partition state device for state display specifically comprises the following steps:

prompting the state of the corresponding partition by adopting different colors and/or flashing frequencies of partition state lamp strips or lamp sheets on the partition;

wherein the status includes an alarm status;

And/or the number of the groups of groups,

the controlling of the partition unit further includes:

and controlling the partition state device to display the state according to the vision acquisition information of each partition, interactively displaying and outputting the related information and state of the corresponding partition object and/or interactively outputting the related information and state of the corresponding partition object in a voice mode.

7. The method of any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising:

and controlling the opening and releasing of the entrance and exit according to the personnel identity information, the shopping container taking/placing state and the ID of the entrance and exit identification of the gate system.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein controlling the opening of the portal to be released based on the personnel identity information, the shopping container pick/place status and the ID identified by the portal of the portal system, specifically comprises:

when a person enters a field through the gate system, identifying personnel identity information of an ID chip carried by the person at an inlet of the field channel and controlling the inlet to open and release; and according to the state that the identified person takes the shopping container and the ID of the shopping container, after binding the personnel identity information and the shopping container ID, controlling the opening and releasing of the outlet of the entrance channel;

and/or the number of the groups of groups,

When a person goes out of the house through the gate system, the person identity information of an ID chip carried by the person is identified at the entrance of the out-of-house channel, and after the person information is checked to be correct with the corresponding consumption and settlement information, the entrance is controlled to be opened and released; and checking the personnel identity information and the state according to the state of the identified personnel put back into the shopping container and the ID of the shopping container, and controlling the outlet of the departure channel to open and release after the correct put back is determined.

9. A vending system, comprising:

a shelf divided into at least one or more partitions of the same or different size by the isolation device;

performing zoned location detection by one or more zoned location devices disposed on or around the shelf;

performing weight change detection by one or more weight sensors located on the ply of the item placed in each zone;

the control device is used for controlling the partition positioning device and the weight sensor and transmitting information;

a sluice system with a shopping container picking and placing unit;

the unmanned vending system is capable of performing the control process of the method of any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. An electronic device comprising a processor and a memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 8.

11. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs which, when executed by a processor, implement the method of any of claims 1-8.