CN107578229A - Intelligent payment system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiments of the invention provide a kind of intelligent payment system, including for controlling the control device of the running of the intelligent payment system, for identifying merchandise news and/or user profile and passing to the identification device of control device, for collect money payment mechanism and the storage device that is connected to control device data storage according to the instruction of control device.The embodiment of the present invention in intelligent payment system by being provided with identification device for being scanned automatically to merchandise news and/or user profile and passing to control device, the commodity signal and user profile that control device is sent according to identification device are contrasted with the data stored in storage device, gathering operation is carried out by payment mechanism if data comparison is errorless, whole payment process is automatically performed by intelligent payment system, operated without supermarket employee, payment efficiency and safety of payment can be effectively improved, improves Customer Experience.
Description
Technical field
The present embodiments relate to payment devices technical field, more particularly to a kind of intelligent payment system.
Background technology
In supermarket shopping, customer is from shelf by satisfactory commodity toward putting in shopping cart and then paid to cashier
Money, and in the day-to-day operations of supermarket, the quantity of cashier's machine is usually fixed, and set cashier's machine may be not busy in business low peak period more
Put and cause to waste, do not calculate for the economy and cost of supermarket, cannot typically be redesigned easily due to sales field and
It is at any time to set or remove cashier's machine more, so can occur the customer long queue that money is handed in a long wait before cashier, current
In the increasingly faster society of rhythm, most of customers can not endure very long wait, and even those bear with to the end
Customer can also be unsatisfied with so as to no longer patronizing, or before patronizing again, can carefully weigh.Supermarket allows customer to wait simply,
By the chance for losing competition, the space survived, it is unfavorable for the operation and development of supermarket.
The content of the invention
Technical problems to be solved of the embodiment of the present invention provide a kind of intelligent payment system, improve payment efficiency and client's body
Test.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the embodiments of the invention provide a kind of intelligent payment system, including:
Control device, for controlling the running of the intelligent payment system;
Identification device, for identifying merchandise news and/or user profile and passing to control device;
Payment mechanism, collected money for the instruction according to control device;And
Storage device, it is connected with control device, for data storage.
Further, the identification device includes:
Commodity identification module, for identifying merchandise news;
Subscriber identification module, for recognition user information.
Further, the commodity identification module includes RFID identification unit;The subscriber identification module is known including face
Other unit and iris recognition unit.
Further, the payment mechanism include it is following in any one or more:Hand hand vein recognition module and barcode scanning
Identification module.
Further, the intelligent payment system also includes the commodity anti-theft being connected with the storage device and control device
Detection means.
Further, the intelligent payment system also includes the display device being connected with the control device.
Further, the intelligent payment system also includes being used for the conveyer for transmitting commodity.
Further, the intelligent payment system also includes printing equipment.
Further, the intelligent payment system also includes being used for the automatic bagging for being packed the commodity on conveyer belt
Device.
Further, the control device includes:
Microcontroller, for controlling the running of the intelligent payment system;
Matching unit, it is connected with microcontroller, for the merchandise news and/or user profile that are recognized identification device with depositing
The data of storage device carry out match cognization;
Clearing unit, it is connected with microcontroller, commodity is settled accounts for the match cognization result according to matching unit.
By using above-mentioned technical proposal, the embodiment of the present invention has the beneficial effect that:The embodiment of the present invention passes through in intelligence
Energy payment system is provided with identification device and is used to automatically being scanned merchandise news and/or user profile and passing to control dress
Put, the data stored in the commodity signal and user profile that control device is sent according to identification device and storage device are carried out pair
Than, gathering operation is carried out by payment mechanism if data comparison is errorless, whole payment process by intelligent payment system from
It is dynamic to complete, operated without supermarket employee, payment efficiency and safety of payment can be effectively improved, improve Customer Experience.
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Fig. 1 is the dimensional structure diagram of the intelligent payment system one embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the organigram of the intelligent payment system one embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the operation principle schematic flow sheet of the intelligent payment system one embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein:
1st, control device;
2nd, identification device;
3rd, payment mechanism;
4th, display device;
5th, conveyer;
6th, materials auto-feeder for bag;
21st, commodity identification module;
22nd, subscriber identification module;
31st, hand hand vein recognition module;
32nd, barcode scanning identification module.
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Embodiments of the invention are described below in detail, the example of the embodiment is shown in the drawings, wherein from beginning to end
Same or similar label represents same or similar element or the element with same or like function.Below with reference to attached
The embodiment of figure description is exemplary, it is intended to for explaining the present invention, and is not considered as limiting the invention.
In the description of the invention, it is to be understood that term " " center ", " longitudinal direction ", " transverse direction ", " length ", " width ",
" thickness ", " on ", " under ", "front", "rear", "left", "right", " vertical ", " level ", " top ", " bottom " " interior ", " outer ", " up time
The orientation or position relationship of the instruction such as pin ", " counterclockwise " are based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, are for only for ease of
Description is of the invention to be described with simplified, rather than the device or element of instruction or hint meaning must be with specific orientation, Yi Te
Fixed azimuth configuration and operation, therefore be not considered as limiting the invention.
In addition, term " first ", " second " are only used for describing purpose, and it is not intended that instruction or hint relative importance
Or the implicit quantity for indicating indicated technical characteristic.Thus, define " first ", the feature of " second " can be expressed or
Implicitly include one or more this feature.In the description of the invention, " multiple " are meant that two or more,
Unless otherwise specifically defined.
In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, term " installation ", " connected ", " connection ", " fixation " etc.
Term should be interpreted broadly, for example, it may be being fixedly connected or being detachably connected, or be integrally connected;It can be machine
Tool connects or electrical connection;Can be joined directly together, can also be indirectly connected by intermediary, can be two members
Connection inside part.For the ordinary skill in the art, above-mentioned term can be understood in this hair as the case may be
Concrete meaning in bright.
In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, fisrt feature second feature it " on " or it " under "
Can directly it be contacted including the first and second features, it is not directly to contact but pass through it that can also include the first and second features
Between other characterisation contact.Moreover, fisrt feature second feature " on ", " top " and " above " to include first special
Sign is directly over second feature and oblique upper, or is merely representative of fisrt feature level height and is higher than second feature.Fisrt feature exists
Second feature " under ", " lower section " and " following " fisrt feature that includes are immediately below second feature and obliquely downward, or be merely representative of
Fisrt feature level height is less than second feature.
As shown in Figure 1 to Figure 2, the invention provides a kind of intelligent payment system, including:
Control device 1, for controlling the running of the intelligent payment system;
Identification device 2, for identifying merchandise news and/or user profile and passing to control device 1;
Payment mechanism 3, for being collected money according to the instruction of control device 1;And
Storage device (not shown), it is connected with control device 1, for data storage.
In one embodiment, the identification device 2 can be scanned to obtain business to bar code, the Quick Response Code of commodity
Product information, the identification device 2 can also be scanned to customer to obtain the user profile of customer to determine corresponding to customer
Accounts information, the commodity signal and user profile that control device 1 is sent according to identification device 2 and the data stored in storage device
Contrasted, gathering operation is carried out by payment mechanism 3 if data comparison is errorless, whole payment process passes through intelligent payment
System is automatically performed, and can effectively improve payment efficiency and safety of payment, improves Customer Experience.
In one alternate embodiment, the identification device 2 includes:
Commodity identification module 21, for identifying merchandise news;
Subscriber identification module 22, for recognition user information.
The present embodiment by provided with commodity identification module 21 and subscriber identification module 22 with to merchandise news and user profile
It is identified respectively, the speed of service of the intelligent payment system of the present invention can be effectively improved, improves payment efficiency.
In one alternate embodiment, the commodity identification module 21 includes RFID identification unit;The user's identification mould
Block 22 includes face identification unit and iris recognition unit.
The present embodiment is entered by commodity identification module 21 provided with RFID identification module to the Quick Response Code and/or bar code of commodity
Row identification improves the accuracy rate of identification merchandise news to obtain merchandise news;Known again by subscriber identification module 22 including face
Other unit and iris recognition unit play a part of dual fail-safe, improve the intelligent payment system of the present invention to obtain user profile
Payment safety.Certainly, face identification unit and the iris recognition unit can only be provided with respectively any one,
It can also use while the identity of customer is confirmed to obtain use simultaneously by face identification unit and iris recognition unit
Family information.
In one alternate embodiment, the payment mechanism 3 include it is following in any one or more:Hand hand vein recognition
Module 31 and barcode scanning identification module 32.
The present embodiment includes hand hand vein recognition module 31 and barcode scanning identification module 32, wherein hand vein by payment mechanism 3
Identification module 31 is that red pigment in palm blood can absorb the speciality of near infrared light to carry out hand vein recognition, when in use,
Hand hand vein recognition module 31 passes through near infrared light, you can the blood-vessels gray-scale map inside palm is collected, then to institute
State blood-vessels gray-scale map and strengthened, filtered and feature extraction handles to obtain vein pattern, control device 1 passes through default calculation
Method is contrasted the data that the vein pattern collected stores in the storage device with customer when registering and gathering, so as to accurate
Ground is paid again after determining the identity of customer, and control device 1 be able to can carry out consuming fully to the account of customer after the completion of payment
Withhold and enter data storage in storage device.The payment mechanism 3 can also be by barcode scanning identification module 32 to customer silver
Row card carry out scanning recognition so that complete delivery operation, certainly, the barcode scanning identification module 32 can also scan Quick Response Code or
Bar code is paid, such as:Branch is realized by scanning the Alipay of customer or the payment Quick Response Code and bar code of wechat
Function is paid, payment safety can be effectively improved.
In one alternate embodiment, the intelligent payment system also includes connecting with the storage device and control device 1
The commodity anti-theft detection means (not shown) connect.In one embodiment, the commodity anti-theft detection means can be arranged on
The exit in market, commodity anti-theft detection means include Quick Response Code scanning device and bar code scanning device, alarm, computer system
And backstage LAN connecting interface, the Quick Response Code scanning device of commodity anti-theft detection means are used for antitheft Quick Response Code, obtain code number
Computer system is transferred to, the Quick Response Code number of acquisition is connected to office of supermarket by computer system by backstage LAN connecting interface
Domain net, and control device 1 is sent to, control device 1 searches out the electronic inventory paid corresponding to the Quick Response Code number, and issues this
Computer system, computer system preserve the electronic inventory of the Quick Response Code;Quick Response Code scanning device and bar code scanning device are used to sweep
Retouch client will take out of supermarket physical commodity Quick Response Code or bar code to obtain code number, and pair preserved with computer system
Electronic inventory is answered to carry out contrast verification;Illustrate that client buys successfully if being proved to be successful, supermarket can be left with the commodity, it is no
Then alarm rings, and plays antitheft effect.
Further, the control device includes:
Microcontroller, for controlling the running of the intelligent payment system;
Matching unit, it is connected with microcontroller, for the merchandise news and/or user profile that are recognized identification device with depositing
The data of storage device carry out match cognization;
Clearing unit, it is connected with microcontroller, commodity is settled accounts for the match cognization result according to matching unit
In one alternate embodiment, the intelligent payment system also includes the display device 4 being connected with the control device 1.
In the specific implementation, the commodity identification module 21 is scanned to obtain business to bar code, the Quick Response Code of commodity
Product information, control device 1 receives to export merchandise news after the commodity data is analyzed and processed to display device 4, described aobvious
The display of showing device 4 includes the merchandise newss such as trade name, quantity, unit price and the amount of money, and customer can be directly perceived by display device 4
Ground understands the specifying information of all commodity and then paid again by payment mechanism 3, improves the Consumer's Experience of customer.
In an optional color embodiment, the intelligent payment system also includes being used for the conveyer 5 for transmitting commodity.
When it is implemented, the conveyer 5 can use the transporting equipments such as conveyer belt, transmission roller bearing.
The present embodiment improves the intelligent payment system of the present invention by transporting the commodity that customer chooses provided with conveyer 5
Intelligence degree.
In one alternate embodiment, the intelligent payment system also includes printing equipment (not shown).The printing
Device is used to print the inventory of the commodity of customer's purchase, in the specific implementation, the packet of the printing equipment printing
The information such as the total full title of supermarket, job number odd numbers, the name of an article, quantity, unit price, the amount of money, service hotline and time are included, it is convenient to care for
Visitor's verification merchandise news and application after-sale service.
In one alternate embodiment, the intelligent payment system also includes being used to carry out the commodity on conveyer 5
The materials auto-feeder for bag 6 of pack.In the specific implementation, the materials auto-feeder for bag 6 is located at the final position of conveyer belt, this implementation
Example improves shopper checkout and paid by being provided with materials auto-feeder for bag 6 so that the commodity on conveyer belt are carried out with self-conductance packing pack
Efficiency, market do not have to employ employee to be operated accordingly again, saving cost.
As shown in figure 3, the operation principle and application method of the intelligent payment system of the present invention are as follows:
The commodity chosen are positioned over the original position of conveyer 5 by S1, customer, and control device 1 controls the work band of conveyer 5
Dynamic commodity move and identification device 2 works and commodity are scanned to obtain merchandise news;
S2, control device 1 are analyzed and processed to merchandise news and show the merchandise news by display device 4;
S3, customer carry out recognition of face no more than 1 second and iris recognition to determine customer's by subscriber identification module 22
Account corresponding to identity and customer;
S4, when Customer Satisfaction commodity and determine to buy when, hand hand vein recognition module 31 and barcode scanning that customer passes through payment mechanism 3
The confirmation that identification module 32 carries out no more than 1 second operates, and completes the user profile in storage device and contrasts to determine to pay the bill;
S5, display device 4, which is shown, to be merchandised successfully and by control device 1 to the account of customer fully withhold and update automatically
The data of storage device;
S6, materials auto-feeder for bag 6 directly by all commodity put into polybag in while printing equipment print this transaction it is clear
It is single to complete to merchandise to customer.
In the description of this specification, reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiments ", " an implementation
Example ", " some embodiments ", " alternative embodiment ", " specifically ", " example ", " specific example " or " some examples " etc.
Description means that combining specific features, structure, material or feature that the embodiment or example describe is contained in the present invention at least
In one embodiment or example.In this manual, identical implementation is not necessarily referring to the schematic representation of above-mentioned term
Example or example.Moreover, specific features, structure, material or the feature of description can in any one or more embodiments or
Combined in an appropriate manner in example.
Above content is to combine specific embodiment further description made for the present invention, it is impossible to assert this hair
Bright specific implementation is confined to these explanations.For general technical staff of the technical field of the invention, do not taking off
On the premise of from present inventive concept, some simple deduction or replace can also be made.
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- A kind of 1. intelligent payment system, it is characterised in that including:Control device, for controlling the running of the intelligent payment system;Identification device, for identifying merchandise news and/or user profile and passing to control device;Payment mechanism, collected money for the instruction according to control device;AndStorage device, it is connected with control device, for data storage.
- 2. intelligent payment system according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the identification device includes:Commodity identification module, for identifying merchandise news;Subscriber identification module, for recognition user information.
- 3. intelligent payment system according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:The commodity identification module includes RFID identification Unit;The subscriber identification module includes face identification unit and iris recognition unit.
- 4. intelligent payment system according to claim 3, it is characterised in that the payment mechanism include it is following in it is any It is one or more:Hand hand vein recognition module and barcode scanning identification module.
- 5. intelligent payment system according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The intelligent payment system also include with it is described Storage device and the commodity anti-theft detection means of control device connection.
- 6. intelligent payment system according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The intelligent payment system also include with it is described The display device of control device connection.
- 7. intelligent payment system according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The intelligent payment system also includes being used to pass Send the conveyer of commodity.
- 8. intelligent payment system according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The intelligent payment system also includes printing dress Put.
- 9. intelligent payment system according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The intelligent payment system also includes being used to incite somebody to action The materials auto-feeder for bag that commodity on conveyer belt are packed.
- 10. intelligent payment system according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the control device includes:Microcontroller, for controlling the running of the intelligent payment system;Matching unit, it is connected with microcontroller, for the merchandise news and/or user profile that are recognized identification device with depositing The data of storage device carry out match cognization;Clearing unit, it is connected with microcontroller, commodity is settled accounts for the match cognization result according to matching unit.
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