CN103295067A - Vending machine managing system based on Internet of Things - Google Patents

Abstract

The vending machine management system based on the Internet of Things includes the traditional vending function, and also includes the vending machine system, communication system and background information processing system with enhanced functions. It has the following functions: store the sales status of each vending machine; The sales situation of the goods of the vending machine in different environments and use data mining methods to extract useful business information for managers; automatic reminder function; when a certain type of goods in vending machine A is sold out, use algorithms to find the distance based on the geographical location information of the vending machine The vending machine B, which is the closest to the vending machine and has similar products, displays the geographical location information of B on the display screen of the vending machine A for users to choose; the recommendation function selects the advertisement content to be played and performs remote delivery and management, including addition to the traditional Vending functions, vending machine systems with enhanced functions, communication systems and background information.

Description

Internet of things-based vending machine management system

technical field

The technical field of the present invention is the Internet of Things, specifically an automatic vending machine based on the Internet of Things technology, in particular a vending machine that reminds management personnel of product out-of-stock, reminds the location of the nearest vending machine for similar products, and is based on weather, geographical location and health preservation. A vending machine management system with personalized recommendation function of information and advertisement playback and management function.

Background technique

At present, the vending machines on the market all work independently and have a single function. They can only sell goods. The location information of the vending machine of the product; when a certain type of product is sold out, the management personnel cannot be notified in time; the sales of different types of products under different weather and environments cannot be recorded, for example, when the temperature is high and the temperature is low, in different environments, which information about the faster sales of a product; when a customer purchases a product, it is impossible to recommend products to the user based on the geographical location of the vending machine, climate environment, health information, etc.; it is impossible to count the sales records of each product under different circumstances; in addition Most vending machines only provide cash services and do not support mobile payment functions. When users have no change, it is inconvenient to purchase goods; the location of the vending machine is generally commercial, and the vending machine occupies a large space , can make full use of vending machines for advertising media delivery and management.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the problem that the automatic vending machines on the market are all working independently and have a single function. The Internet of Things technology is applied to the automatic vending machines to facilitate the management of the vending machines, enhance the convenience of users, and provide users with more Variety and personalized vending machine service.

Invention content:

The present invention is an automatic vending machine management system based on the Internet of Things, mainly including a function-enhanced automatic vending machine system, a communication system and a background information processing system. In addition to the traditional vending functions, the function-enhanced vending machine system also adds new modules, such as perception modules, display modules, advertising management modules, and information storage modules. The communication system mainly includes communication infrastructure modules connected with the background information processing system on the vending machine, such as wired/wireless network connection modules, GPRS SMS sending modules, etc., which are responsible for sending relevant information of the vending machine to the background information processing system. At the same time, it also receives remote instructions from the background information processing system, which is also attached to the vending machine system. The function of the background information processing system mainly processes relevant information from vending machines and executes complex algorithms. The main modules include: storage module, information processing module, information receiving/sending module, payment management module, and remote management module. Sales of vending machines; statistics of sales of vending machines in different environments and use data mining methods to extract useful business information for managers; when vending machine products decrease to a certain threshold, notify managers to add products; sales When a certain type of commodity in vending machine A is sold out, an algorithm is used to find vending machine B that is closest to the vending machine and has similar commodities according to the geographic location information of the vending machine, and the geographic location information of B is displayed on the display screen of vending machine A for users Choice; according to the physical location of the vending machine, the weather conditions of the day and the latest health information, the corresponding products are recommended to buyers in a personalized way.

The working principles of each module of the vending machine management system based on the Internet of Things are as follows:

(1) The function of reminding the administrator that the product is out of stock. The realization principle is: add a sensing device to the vending machine. When the product is sold, the sensing device senses the information of the sold product and reduces the stored quantity by one. When When the quantity is less than the threshold set by the administrator, the out-of-stock information can be sent to the processing center through its own GPRS SMS module or the wired connection module and the management personnel will be notified.

(2) When a product is sold out, it will remind you of the location of the nearest vending machine for this type of product. The basic principle of this function is as follows:

When the automatic vending machine senses that a certain product is sold out, in addition to notifying the management personnel, the information processing center module will also find the nearest vending machine with this type of product according to the geographic location and topology map of the automatic vending machine. Messages are sent to out-of-stock vending machines to be displayed to the user.

(3) The function of recommending personalized products to users. The basic principles of this function are as follows:

The perception module of the vending machine perceives the surrounding temperature, humidity, season and other information and transmits it to the information processing center module, which recommends products to users based on these information and health information and transmits personalized information to the vending machine for display .

(4) Mobile payment module function, the basic principle of this function is as follows:

The user can scan the QR code of the product with the mobile phone, and send the purchase information to the customer service number of the vending machine. After the background information system and the operator complete the payment function, the product is sold to the user.

(5) Sales statistics function, the basic principle of this functional module is as follows: When the vending machine sells the goods, it will automatically send the basic information of the sold goods to the background, the selling time, the temperature, humidity and other information at the time of the sale, and the background Data mining is performed on this information on a regular basis to find out the relationship between commodity sales and the environment.

(6) Advertisement media placement and playback function, the basic principle of this functional module is as follows: add an advertising display screen and storage and sensing equipment to the vending machine, and the background management can remotely manage and set the advertising content played. When the user is close to the vending machine, the personalized information or other location information of the vending machine will be displayed to the user, and the advertisement will be played automatically when no user is close to the vending machine.

The beneficial effects of the patent of the present invention are:

1. Provide the out-of-stock reminder function, update the data in time, and notify the administrator to replenish the goods in time;

2. It has the function of reminding the specific location of the shortest vending machine. When the vending machine where the customer is in is out of stock, the user can buy it from other vending machines;

3. Statistical function: the main server can count the sales of each product of each vending machine under different weather and different environments, and deeply dig these statistical information to dig out more useful business information;

4. Sensing function: sensor technology is used to sense whether the user is approaching. When a user is approaching the vending machine, the recommendation information will be played. When no user is approaching, the advertisement will be played. The advertisement content can be automatically updated remotely through the server;

5. Personalized recommendation function: The server can recommend products to users according to the season, weather, temperature, geographical location and health preservation information perceived by the vending machine to enhance user experience.

6. Mobile payment function: provide mobile phone to purchase goods.

Description of drawings

Figure 1: Flowchart of out-of-stock reminder function

Figure 2: Flowchart of Product Location Prompt Function

Figure 3: Flow chart of personalized push function

Figure 4: Flow chart of mobile payment function

Figure 5: Functional module connection diagram

Figure 6: Schematic diagram of vending machine network topology

Figure 7: Schematic diagram of vending machine node data storage

Figure 8: Sales statistics process

Figure 9 Advertising media placement and management process.

Detailed ways

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment the present invention will be further described

The vending machine management system based on the Internet of Things mainly includes a vending machine system with enhanced functions, a communication system and a background information processing system. In addition to the traditional vending functions, the function-enhanced vending machine system also adds new modules, such as perception modules, display modules, advertising management modules, two-dimensional codes for commodities, and information storage modules. The communication system mainly includes communication infrastructure modules connected with the background information processing system on the vending machine, such as wired/wireless network connection modules, GPRS SMS sending modules, etc., which are responsible for sending relevant information of the vending machine to the background information processing system. At the same time, it also receives remote instructions from the background information processing system, and this module is also attached to the vending machine system. The function of the background information processing system mainly processes relevant information from vending machines and executes complex algorithms. The main modules include: storage module, information processing module, information receiving/sending module, payment management module, and remote management module. Realize the following functions: store the sales status of each vending machine; count the sales status of vending machines in different environments and use data mining methods to extract useful business information for managers; notify when the vending machine’s merchandise decreases to a certain threshold Managers add products; when a certain type of product in vending machine A is sold out, an algorithm is used to find the vending machine B that is closest to the vending machine and has similar products according to the geographic location information of the vending machine, and the geographic location information of B is displayed on the vending machine A According to the physical location of the vending machine, the weather conditions of the day and the latest health information, the corresponding products are recommended to buyers in a personalized way; according to business needs, the advertising content to be played is selected and remotely placed and managed.

The perception module of the vending machine is used to perceive the environmental information of the user when shopping, such as temperature and humidity, and to sense whether the user is close to the vending machine. The display module mainly displays the physical location information of other vending machines, personalized recommendation information, and can also be used to play advertisements. The advertisement management module mainly stores the advertisement content delivered by the background server locally, as well as the advertisement playing time period, playing times, cycle and other information. The product QR code is pasted on the corresponding product storage location, which is convenient for users to scan with their mobile phones. The QR code includes the product name, vending machine number, purchase quantity, customer service center number, etc. The information storage module mainly stores information such as the type, price, inventory, geographical location and serial number of the vending machine, and personalized push of the commodities in the vending machine.

The storage module of the background information processing system saves the product information of the vending machine, product sales information, health care information obtained from the outside, the network topology of the vending machine, and the basic information of the vending machine. The information processing module mainly executes data mining algorithms, out-of-stock commodity query algorithms and personalized recommendation algorithms. The information sending and receiving module is responsible for receiving information from the vending machine, and at the same time, sending the processing result to the vending machine. The payment management module is mainly responsible for the payment function between the vending machine operator and the mobile operator, and sends a remote control command to the vending machine to sell goods according to whether the payment is successful. The remote management module is mainly responsible for the remote management and operation of the vending machine, for example, the personalized recommended product information obtained by the algorithm and the advertisement content to be played are remotely pushed to the vending machine and updated regularly.

The vending machine management system based on the Internet of Things is characterized in that the specific implementation process of each module is:

a For the required functional modules and their connections, see Figure 5:

(1) The function of reminding the administrator that the product is out of stock, the implementation process is shown in Figure 1: first, the relationship between the product information and the specific shelf location stored in the vending machine storage module needs to be saved; secondly, a specific interface is set The circuit is activated by the button to capture the coordinate information of the item selected by the customer; the perception module obtains the location information of the item purchased by the user, and according to this information can obtain the item information and reduce the number of the item by one. When the number is less than a certain threshold, Then, the module of the vending machine sends the out-of-stock information including the vending machine number and the out-of-stock commodity information to the background information processing module, which notifies the management personnel for processing.

(2) When a product is sold out, it will remind you of the location of the nearest vending machine with this type of product. The basic process of this function is shown in Figure 2:

Similar to the realization of function (1), firstly, the perception module of the vending machine obtains the product position coordinates according to the interface circuit, thereby obtaining the product information, and the position information is transmitted to the server through the communication module through the communication network, and the server judges whether the product is sold out. When it is sold out, according to the topological diagram of the vending machine stored in the background information processing system as shown in Figure 6, and the corresponding algorithm, the corresponding database query will be performed to obtain the nearest physical location information of this type of commodity and store it in the database. Pass it to the vending machine for display through the communication module. The storage form of the network topology of vending machines in the system is shown in Figure 7. In order to simplify the implementation of the system, each vending machine only needs to save the information of the two nearest vending machines (the distance between the two vending machines If there are more than 2 vending machines, we think the distance is too far, so we don’t need to search), the algorithm for searching vending machines according to this structure is as follows:

Set the variable S, depth, which represent the vending machine and the depth of traversal respectively. depth=0, S is the identification of the current out-of-stock vending machine;

(a) Obtain the vending machine list S{s1, s2} adjacent to S, where s1, s2 are the identifiers of two vending machines. depth=depth+1, judge whether the two nodes s1 and s2 have been visited, and whether they contain similar products, if so, return the result and end the algorithm. If not, mark the two vending machine nodes as already visited, if depth==1, execute Push(s1), Push(s2), save s1 and s2 in the stack, and enter step (b), otherwise depth =depth-1 enter step (b).

(b) Execute the S=POP(top) operation, save the vending machine ID at the top of the stack to S, if S is empty, the process ends, and the return result is empty, otherwise, go to step (a).

(3) The function of recommending personalized products to users. The realization process of this function is shown in Figure 3:

First, the perception module of the vending machine perceives that a user is approaching the vending machine, and then transmits environmental information such as temperature and humidity to the background information processing module through the communication module. The physical location and product information determine the personalized product, and further send the personalized product recommendation information to the display module of the vending machine, and finally display it on the vending machine.

(4) The function of the mobile payment module. The basic implementation process of this function is shown in Figure 4, and the details are as follows:

In the first step, the vending machine operator applies for a general customer service number through the communication company, and the user can send a purchase message to it.

The second step is to paste a product two-dimensional barcode on the display frame of each product, which includes basic information such as the name of the product, the ID number of the vending machine, the quantity of the product, and the customer service number.

In the third step, the user scans the barcode with the smartphone, and its QR code reading software will read the data information, and then send a text message containing the data information to the customer service number for mobile payment.

Step 4: After the payment module receives the user's text message, it requests the user to input a verification code. Only the user knows the verification code. When the user subscribes to the service, the operator will randomly obtain one for him.

Step 5: After the user confirms successfully, the payment module and the background payment system of the communication company complete the follow-up transaction process. If successful, the server sends a signal to the corresponding vending machine through the communication network, and the vending machine client receives the signal through the communication module and sends the information Pass it to the monitoring and detection program in the client system, and then drive the corresponding motor to work, and then sell the goods.

(5) Sales statistics function, the main implementation process of this function module is shown in Figure 8, the main content is: first step, the perception module obtains the physical location of the product sold by the user, so as to obtain product information.

In the second step, the sensing module perceives environmental information, such as temperature, humidity, etc.

The third step is to transmit the above two kinds of information to the background information processing module through the communication module.

In the fourth step, the background information processing module executes the algorithm to obtain the relationship between sales volume and geographical location, temperature, humidity, and weather conditions.

The fifth step is to display the above information to the managers in a graphical way.

(6) Advertising media delivery and playback functions, the basic implementation process of this functional module is shown in Figure 9, the main process is as follows:

In the first step, the vending machine operator selects the advertising content according to the business needs, and selects the advertising content to be played according to the different positions of the vending machine.

In the second step, the remote management module sets parameters such as advertisement playing time and cycle of the advertisement management module on the vending machine.

In the third step, the remote management module pushes the advertisement content to the vending machine for local storage.

In the fourth step, the vending machine saves the advertisement content locally.

Step 5: When the vending machine perception module does not sense the customer, play the advertisement according to the settings. If a customer makes a purchase, play personalized recommendations.

The basic principles and main features of the present invention and the advantages of the present invention have been shown and described above. Those skilled in the industry should understand that the present invention is not limited by the above-mentioned embodiments. What are described in the above-mentioned embodiments and the description are only to illustrate the principles of the present invention. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, the present invention will also have Various changes and improvements fall within the scope of the claimed invention, which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims (10)

1. automatic vending machine management system based on Internet of Things, comprise the tradition function of selling goods, it is characterized in that, automatic vending machine management system system based on Internet of Things also comprises communication system and background information disposal system, tradition is sold goods has increased the automatic saler system of increased functionality in the function, also newly added sensing module, display module, the advertising management module, information storage module, the putting position of every kind of commodity selling in the automatic saler system posts this two-dimension code, is provided with trade name in the two-dimension code, the vending machine numbering, quantity purchase, client service center's number content.

2. the automatic vending machine management system based on Internet of Things according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: communication system comprises the communication infrastructure module that interrelates with the background information disposal system on the automatic vending machine, wired or wireless network connecting module or GPRS SMS transmission module.

3. the automatic vending machine management system based on Internet of Things according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the background information disposal system is mainly handled the relevant information from vending machine, carry out complicated algorithm, main modular has: memory module, message processing module, information reception/sending module, payment management module, remote supervision module.

4. the automatic vending machine management system based on Internet of Things according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the sensing module perception environmental information of automatic saler system: information such as temperature, humidity, light; Perception user profile, the display module of automatic saler system shows the positional information of personalized recommendation information, other vending machine, play advertising message, the advertising management module of automatic saler system receives instruction and the ad content that background processing system sends over, arrange and preserve time, content, the cycle information that advertisement is play, kind, price, tank farm stock, vending machine geographic position and numbering and the personalized push information of commodity in the information storage module storage vending machine of automatic saler system.

5. the automatic vending machine management system based on Internet of Things according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, the memory module of background information disposal system is stored following information: the merchandise news of each vending machine, merchandise sales information, the health information of obtaining from the outside, the network topology structure of vending machine, advertising media's content that the essential information of vending machine, the customized information of excavating, preparation push.

6. the automatic vending machine management system based on Internet of Things according to claim 3 is characterized in that, the message processing module of background information disposal system is carried out data mining algorithm, merchandise query algorithm in short supply and personalized recommendation algorithm.

7. the automatic vending machine management system based on Internet of Things according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, the information of background information disposal system sends and receiver module receives information and passes to message processing module from vending machine, and the result who handles is sent to vending machine.

8. the automatic vending machine management system based on Internet of Things according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, payment management module is responsible for the payment between vending machine operator and the mobile operator, and according to payment whether successfully send remote control command to vending machine with vending articles, remote supervision module is responsible for telemanagement and the operation to vending machine.

9. the automatic vending machine management system based on Internet of Things according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, set the automatic system for prompting of quantity of goods minimum in the automatic saler system of increased functionality, sensing module, display module, when unmanned shopping, display module is play advertisement, when sensing module perception client is close, play recommended products information, when the client operates, display module carries out the operation of shopping guide's property by client operation, the price of display of commodity, quantity in stock, has the nearest automatic vending machine position of current automatic vending machine product in short supply.

10. according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 described a kind of automatic vending machine management systems based on Internet of Things, it is characterized in that module separately and function implementation procedure:

A, remind commodity function in short supply to the keeper, at first preserve relation between merchandise news and the stored concrete shelf location in the automatic vending machine memory module; Next arranges a specific interface circuit, by pressing key excitation, catches the coordinate information of the selected article of client with this; Sensing module obtains the positional information that the user buys commodity, can obtain merchandise news and the quantity of commodity is subtracted one according to this information, when quantity during less than certain threshold value, then the module by vending machine comprises the vending machine numbering with information in short supply, merchandise news in short supply sends to the background information processing module together, notify managerial personnel to handle by it

B, when certain commodity are sold off, remind the position functions of the nearest automatic vending machine with such commodity:

The realization of congenerous A is similar, at first the sensing module of vending machine obtains the product locations coordinate according to interface circuit, thereby the merchandise news of obtaining, send server end by this positional information of communication module to by communication network, server judges whether commodity sell off, when selling Shi Zehui off according to the topological diagram of the vending machine that is stored in the background information disposal system and corresponding algorithm, carry out corresponding data base querying, acquisition is apart from its physical location information nearest and that have such commodity and it is passed to vending machine by communication module show, and is as follows according to the algorithm flow of searching vending machine of this structure:

Variable S is set, and depth represents the degree of depth of vending machine and traversal respectively.Depth=0, S are the sign of current vending machine in short supply;

(a) obtain the vending machine adjacent with the S S{s1 that tabulates, s2}, s1 wherein, s2 is the sign of two vending machines.Depth=depth+1 judges s1, and whether two nodes of s2 visited, and whether contain similar commodity, if having, return results and finish this algorithm then, if do not have, then with two vending machine node identifications for visiting, if depth==1, then carry out Push (s1), Push (s2) is kept at s1 and s2 in the storehouse, enters step (b), otherwise depth=depth-1 enters step (b)

(b) carry out S=POP (top) operation, the vending machine sign that storehouse is pushed up is saved in S, if S is empty, then process finishes, and return results is sky, otherwise, enter step (a),

C, to user individual commercial product recommending function:

At first, the sensing module perception of vending machine has the user near vending machine, then environmental information is passed to the background information processing module by communication module, then, the background information processing module is obtained health information and determined personalized commercial according to physical location and the merchandise news of vending machine by network, further and with the personalized commercial recommendation information sends to the display module of vending machine, and is last, on vending machine, show

D, mobile payment functions of modules:

The first step, vending machine operator is by general customer service number of communication company's application, and the user can send to it and buy note,

Second step, stick a commodity two-dimensional bar in the display frames of every kind of product, it comprises trade name, vending machine ID number, essential informations such as commodity amount, customer service number,

In the 3rd step, the user is by the smart mobile phone scanning bar code, and its two-dimension code reading software just can read this data message, and just can send the note that comprises data message to the customer service number afterwards and carry out mobile payment,

The 4th step, after payment module receives user's note, request user input validation sign indicating number, this identifying code has only the user to know, when the user opens this business, obtain one by operator at random for it, the 5th step is after the user confirms success, payment module and communication common carrier backstage payment system are finished the follow-up flow process of transaction, if success, server sends signal by communication network to corresponding vending machine, and the vending machine client is received signal by communication module, information is passed to monitoring trace routine in the client, drive corresponding motor operations afterwards, and then sell goods

E, sales situation statistical function: the first step, sensing module are obtained the physical location of user's sold goods, thereby obtain merchandise news,

Second step, sensing module perception environmental information,

The 3rd step sent above-mentioned two kinds of information to the background information processing module by communication module,

In the 4th step, background information processing module execution algorithm therefrom obtains sales volume and related situations such as geographic position, temperature, humidity, weather condition,

The 5th step, above-mentioned information is showed to managerial personnel in patterned mode,

F, advertising media throw in and playing function:

The first step, ad content is selected according to commercial needs by vending machine operator, and the ad content that selection is play according to the vending machine diverse location,

In second step, remote supervision module arranges the advertisement reproduction time of the advertising management module on the vending machine, parameters such as cycle,

In the 3rd step, remote supervision module pushes ad content and preserves to vending machine is local,

The 4th step, the local ad content of preserving of vending machine,

In the 5th step, the vending machine sensing module during the perception client, according to the broadcast advertisement is set, if there is the client to do shopping, is not then play personalized recommendation information.

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