CN107890243B - Intelligent goods shelf and shopping system and shopping method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an intelligent goods shelf, a shopping system and a shopping method thereof, and relates to the technical field of intelligent service robots. An intelligent goods shelf comprises a controller and a commodity shelf, wherein a mechanical arm and a camera shooting structure which are connected with the controller are arranged on the goods shelf; the mechanical arm is movably arranged on the goods shelf and can move the position on the goods shelf to select goods at different positions on the goods shelf; the camera shooting structure is fixedly arranged on the goods shelf, and can collect commodity information on the goods shelf. The intelligent goods shelf is provided with the mechanical arm and the shooting structure, the mechanical arm can move on the goods shelf to select goods at different positions on the goods shelf, and the shooting structure is fixedly arranged on the goods shelf to collect goods information on the goods shelf so as to serve customers.

Description

Intelligent goods shelf and shopping system and shopping method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent service mechanical arms.

Background

The first industrial robot in the world was manufactured by engberg and dewal in 1959, and the history of the robot was actually started. After the first mechanical arm appears, along with the development of society and economy, the development direction of the mechanical arm starts to develop intelligently and also starts to develop in the direction of being applicable to ordinary families and ordinary public places.

Electronic commerce and physical shopping malls are main ways of shopping in life of people, and the electronic commerce and physical shopping malls seek to mutually reference the fused direction so as to meet the requirements of people on convenience, remote transaction, reality, visibility and the like of shopping. At present, various shopping guide mechanical arms are arranged in a market or supermarket, the shopping guide mechanical arms are arranged in an entity market to provide consultation and shopping guide services for customers, so that the customers can be guided to shop conveniently, but the current shopping guide mechanical arms often provide shopping services in a mode of trailing customers, and due to high price, the number of the shopping guide mechanical arms in the shopping place is limited, and only limited customers can be served. For some customers, it is difficult to look at the goods on the shelf during shopping, for example, for people with inconvenient legs or children, the customers often need assistance of others to acquire the goods on the shelf; for too high or too low commodities placed on the goods shelves, ordinary customers often need to expend effort to acquire the commodities, inconvenience is brought to shopping of the customers, and user experience is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims at: overcomes the defects of the prior art and provides an intelligent goods shelf, a shopping system and a shopping method thereof. The intelligent goods shelf is provided with the mechanical arm and the shooting structure, the mechanical arm can move on the goods shelf to select goods at different positions on the goods shelf, and the shooting structure is fixedly arranged on the goods shelf to collect goods information on the goods shelf so as to serve customers.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions.

An intelligent goods shelf comprises a controller and a commodity shelf, wherein a mechanical arm and a camera shooting structure which are connected with the controller are arranged on the goods shelf;

the mechanical arm is movably arranged on the goods shelf and can move the position on the goods shelf to select goods at different positions on the goods shelf;

the camera shooting structure is fixedly arranged on the goods shelf, and can collect commodity information on the goods shelf.

Further, the camera shooting structure comprises a plurality of cameras, and the cameras are fixedly installed in the height direction, the length direction and/or the width direction of the goods shelf.

Further, be provided with the structure of snatching on the arm, snatch the structure and be used for snatching the commodity on the goods shelves.

Further, a rotating frame, a weighing meter, a commodity label box and/or a code scanning structure are arranged on the mechanical arm; the rotating frame is used for displaying commodities; the mechanical arm can acquire labels from the commodity label box to carry out labeling operation on commodities.

Further, a shopping basket for loading goods is arranged on the side face of the goods shelf, and goods selected by the mechanical arm are loaded through the shopping basket.

Further, a packing structure for packing the commodities is further arranged on the goods shelf; the packaging structure comprises a packaging storage and a packaging structure, wherein the packaging storage is used for accommodating a packaging box, a packaging bag and/or a packaging sheet, and the packaging structure performs packaging operation on an object to be packaged after the mechanical arm places the object to be packaged in the packaging box, the packaging bag and/or the packaging sheet.

Further, a display screen is arranged on the goods shelf, and commodity information acquired by the camera shooting structure is output through the display screen.

Further, the goods shelf is provided with a goods explanation structure, and goods explanation information in the form of characters, audio and/or pictures is output through the goods explanation structure.

Preferably, the commodity interpretation structure comprises a face structure and a loudspeaker; the face structure is used for displaying expressions during explanation, the loudspeaker is used for emitting sound, and the mechanical arm makes display actions on target commodities during explanation.

The invention also discloses a shopping system, which comprises a controller and a goods shelf for placing goods, wherein the goods shelf comprises a goods shelf; a mechanical arm and a camera shooting structure which are connected with a controller are arranged at the adjacent position of the goods shelf corresponding to the goods shelf;

the mechanical arm can move positions relative to the goods shelf so as to select goods at different positions on the goods shelf;

the camera shooting structure is fixedly arranged in the front area of the goods shelf, and can collect goods information on the goods shelf.

Further, at least one fixed column is arranged in front of the goods shelf, and each fixed column is provided with a camera shooting structure; when the fixed column is many, the fixed column distributes along the length direction of goods shelves.

Further, the camera structure comprises a plurality of cameras, and the cameras are distributed on the fixed columns along the height direction.

Further, the camera structure comprises a camera and a camera driving device, the camera is movably mounted on the fixed column, and the camera driving device can adjust the position of the camera on the fixed column and/or adjust the shooting angle of the camera.

Further, a shopping basket for loading goods is provided corresponding to the side surface of the shelf, and goods selected by the mechanical arm are loaded by the shopping basket.

Further, the shopping system further comprises a customer terminal, and commodity information acquired by the image capturing structure is output through the display structure of the customer terminal.

Further, the controller can receive a control instruction of a customer on the customer terminal, and control the moving position of the mechanical arm relative to the goods shelf according to the control instruction so as to select goods on the goods shelf.

The invention also discloses a shopping method, which comprises the following steps:

acquiring commodity information on the goods shelf through a camera structure corresponding to the goods shelf and outputting the commodity information to a customer;

collecting information of shopping demand of a customer on goods on a goods shelf;

and the mechanical arm corresponding to the goods shelf moves the position according to the shopping demand information, and selects goods at different positions on the goods shelf.

Compared with the prior art, the invention adopts the technical proposal, and has the following advantages and positive effects by way of example and not limitation: the intelligent goods shelf is provided with the mechanical arm and the shooting structure, the mechanical arm can move on the goods shelf to select goods at different positions on the goods shelf, and the shooting structure is fixedly arranged on the goods shelf to collect goods information on the goods shelf so as to serve customers.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent shelf provided with a shopping basket according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent shelf provided with a display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent shelf provided with a commodity explanation structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an exemplary diagram of an application scenario of an intelligent shelf in an entity shopping place according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of a controller of an intelligent shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a shopping method provided by an embodiment of the invention.

The labels in the figures are as follows:

shelf 100, robotic arm 110, camera structure 110, shopping basket 130, display screen 140, merchandise explanation structure 150, housing 151, facial structure 152, speaker 153, projection structure 154;

a commodity 200; customer M;

a robotic arm 300, a mounting frame 310;

a camera structure 400; a fixing column 500;

the device comprises a controller 600, a chip 611, a battery 612, a storage module 611-1, a WIFI module 611-2, an image processing module 611-3, an image output module 611-4 and a charging module 611-5.

Detailed Description

The intelligent goods shelf, the shopping system and the shopping method thereof provided by the invention are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and the specific embodiments. It should be noted that the technical features or combinations of technical features described in the following embodiments should not be regarded as being isolated, and they may be combined with each other to achieve a better technical effect. In the drawings of the embodiments described below, like reference numerals appearing in the various drawings represent like features or components and are applicable to the various embodiments.

It should be noted that the structures, proportions, sizes and the like shown in the drawings attached to the present specification are for understanding and reading only in conjunction with the disclosure, and are not intended to limit the applicable scope of the invention, and any structural modification, change in proportion or adjustment of size should fall within the scope of the disclosure without affecting the efficacy and achievement of the present invention. The scope of the preferred embodiments of the present invention includes additional implementations in which functions may be performed in a substantially simultaneous manner or in an opposite order, not in the order shown or discussed, including in accordance with the functions involved, as would be understood by those skilled in the art to which the embodiments of the present invention pertains.

Examples

Referring to fig. 1, an intelligent shelf according to this embodiment is provided.

An intelligent shelf 100 includes a controller (not shown) and a commodity shelf. The shelf 100 is provided with a mechanical arm 110 and an image capturing structure 120 connected with a controller. The mechanical arm 110 is movably disposed on the shelf 100, and can move on the shelf 100 to select products at different positions on the shelf 100. The image capturing structure 120 is fixedly arranged on the shelf 100, and can collect commodity information on the shelf 100.

In this embodiment, the mechanical arm 110 may be mounted on a sliding rail provided on the shelf 100, and the mechanical arm 110 may slide on the rail, thereby moving the position on the shelf 100.

Referring to fig. 1, the pallet 100 comprises two vertical supports, and a multi-layer horizontal commodity shelf connecting the two vertical supports. A sliding rail is provided on both vertical supports, and the mechanical arm 110 is mounted on the rail on the shelf 100.

The robot arm 110 may include a body portion including a housing, and a control circuit and a driving circuit (not shown) disposed in the housing. A displacement structure is arranged below the main body part, and a six-degree-of-freedom operating arm is arranged on one side of the main body part. The displacement structure of the body part may be fixedly mounted below the housing of the body part by means of a fastener, which may be a screw or a bolt.

The displacement structure is movably mounted on the track, and the displacement structure is matched with the track so that the displacement structure can move on the track. By way of example and not limitation, such as the track being a groove structure, the lower portion of the displacement structure being a protrusion cooperating with the groove structure, the protrusion being provided with a roller. The shifting structure further comprises a driving motor, the input end of the driving motor is electrically connected with a control circuit in the shell, the output shaft of the driving motor is connected with the roller, and the roller is driven to rotate by the driving motor so as to drive the shifting structure to move on the groove structure. The six-degree-of-freedom operating arm may be mounted on one side or both sides of the body housing as required, and is preferably provided only on one side of the body in this embodiment. Preferably, the mechanical arm 110 has an extendable structure, so that the gripping range thereof can be further expanded.

The mechanical arm 110 is preferably provided with a gripping structure for gripping the goods on the shelf. The control circuit of the mechanical arm 110 is connected to the controller, and the controller controls the mechanical arm 110 to grasp the goods on the goods shelf 100.

Preferably, the mechanical arm can be further provided with one or more of a rotating frame, a weighing meter, a commodity label box and a code scanning structure. The rotating frame is used for displaying commodities. The weighing meter is used for weighing commodities. The mechanical arm can acquire labels from the commodity label box to carry out labeling operation on commodities. The code scanning structure is used for scanning and identifying the bar code label or the two-dimensional code label on the commodity to obtain related information of the commodity, such as the unit price of the commodity, the manufacturer of the commodity and the like by way of example and not limitation.

In a specific arrangement, referring to fig. 1, the mechanical arm 110 may include an arm portion, an elbow portion, and a hand portion that are movably connected thereto. The hand can include palm portion and finger portion as snatching the structure, the palm portion can be relative the elbow portion carries out rotary motion and forms swivel mount structure, and the arm is when placing commodity at palm portion, can control the palm rotation in order to demonstrate commodity.

The weighing scale is an electronic scale which is preferably arranged on the palm part and can weigh commodities placed on the palm part. The electronic scale uses a palm portion as a bearing system (namely a scale pan), the weighing system is connected with a sensor, and the sensor is connected with an electronic display screen on the main body portion of the mechanical arm. By way of example and not limitation, when an article is placed on the palm, pressure is applied to the sensor, which elastically deforms, thereby changing the impedance while using the excitation voltage to change, outputting a changing analog signal; the signal is amplified by an amplifying circuit and output to an analog-to-digital converter; the digital signals are converted into digital signals which are convenient to process and output to a CPU for operation control; the CPU outputs the result to an electronic display screen on the main body of the mechanical arm according to the keyboard command and the program, and displays the weight value of the commodity.

In this embodiment, the camera structure 120 may include a plurality of cameras. The cameras can be fixedly mounted in the height direction, the length direction and/or the width direction of the shelf. And VR imaging, three-dimensional imaging, etc. can be performed by a plurality of cameras.

The camera structure 120 is coupled to an associated display structure through which the captured merchandise images may be displayed to a customer. Preferably, a display screen is provided on the shelf 100, and commodity information collected by the image capturing structure 120 is output through the display screen. The display screen may be directly disposed on the main body of the aforementioned mechanical arm 110, for example, but not limited to, the mechanical arm 110 with the display screen shown in fig. 2 may be referred to, and the mechanical arm 110 may be moved while the display screen is driven to move together.

Referring to fig. 2, a shopping basket 130 for loading goods is further provided at a side of the shelf 100, and goods 200 selected by the robot arm 110 are loaded through the shopping basket 130.

Preferably, the shelf 100 may further be provided with a packing structure for packing the commodity 200. The packing structure may include a packing storage for storing the packing box, the packing bag and/or the packing sheet, and a packing structure for packing the commodity 200 after the mechanical arm 110 stores the commodity 200 to be packed in the packing box, the packing bag and/or the packing sheet.

Referring to fig. 3, the display screen on the shelf 100 may also be an electronic display screen fixedly mounted on a vertical support and/or a lateral merchandise rack of the shelf 100. The mounting of the electronic display 140 on a vertical support on one side of the shelf 100 is illustrated in fig. 3. Commodity information collected by the camera structure can be output through the electronic display screen 140.

It should be noted that, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the camera structure 120 may also transmit the collected image information to the controller according to the need, the controller may upload the received image information to the system server or transmit the image information to the client device, and the client may obtain and view the commodity information on the client device, such as a mobile phone, in real time.

Referring to fig. 4, another implementation of this embodiment is shown. The shelf 100 may further be provided with a commodity explanation structure 150, and commodity explanation information in the form of text, audio and/or pictures may be output through the commodity explanation structure 150. The manner in which the article explanation structure 150 is mounted on the vertical support of the shelf 100 is illustrated in fig. 4, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that the article explanation structure 150 may also be mounted on a lateral article shelf or a robotic arm of the shelf 100, which should not be taken as a limitation on the article explanation structure.

Specifically, the commodity explanation structure 150 may include a housing 151, where a processing chip and a control circuit of the commodity explanation structure are disposed in the housing 151; the object 151 is provided with a face structure 152, a speaker 153, and a projection structure 154.

The face structure 152 is used for displaying expressions during explanation, the loudspeaker 153 is used for emitting sound, and the projection structure 154 can project commodity information on the ground or the wall surface according to requirements during explanation so as to be convenient for a user to check. Preferably, the robotic arm 110 is capable of performing a display action on the target merchandise 200 at the time of explanation, such as, by way of example and not limitation, the robotic arm 110 displaying the merchandise 200 via a rotating shelf thereon.

The face structure 152 may be implemented by providing a physical five-element structure on the housing 151, or may be implemented by displaying a virtual five-element structure on the housing 151 through an electronic display screen.

The commodity explanation structure 150 may further include an operation panel and a sound pickup as needed. The operation panel can adopt an electronic touch screen structure to support handwriting and drawing functions. The pickup is used for collecting voice information.

Referring to FIG. 5, an application scenario diagram for the smart shelf of the present embodiment is shown in an actual shopping venue. The customer M may control the robotic arm 110 to move positions on the shelves 100 to pick products at different positions on the shelves 100. The camera structure 120 outputs the collected commodity information through the display screen 140, and the customer M can view the commodity information on the display screen 140.

Referring to fig. 6, a block diagram of a controller 600 of the intelligent shelf 100 according to the present embodiment is shown. The controller 600 may specifically include a chip 611, a battery 612, and a storage module, a WIFI module, an image processing module, an image output module, a charging module, and the like. The chip 611 of the controller 600 may be a PCBA type printed circuit board structure, and the chip is electrically connected to the integrated storage module 611-1, the wifi module 611-2, the image processing module 611-3, the image output module 611-4 and the charging module 611-5. The battery 612 is electrically connected to each module.

The storage module 611-1 may be used to store information recorded, stored, uploaded, and downloaded by the shelf; the WIFI module 611-2 can establish wireless network connection between the goods shelf and the associated terminal and server; the image processing module 611-3 is configured to process image information recorded, stored, uploaded and downloaded by the shelf, and may be electrically connected to the camera structure; the image output module 611-4 is used for playing images, and can be electrically connected with a display screen; the charging module 611-5 is configured to control the charge level of the battery 612 and the charge management.

Referring to FIG. 7, a shopping system is disclosed in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

The shopping system comprises a controller and a goods shelf 100 for placing goods 200, wherein the goods shelf 100 comprises a goods shelf; in correspondence to the above-mentioned shelf 100, a robot arm 300 and an imaging structure 400 connected to a controller are provided in the vicinity of the shelf 100.

The robotic arm 300 is capable of moving positions relative to the shelves 100 to pick products 200 at different positions on the shelves.

The image capturing structure 400 is fixedly provided in a front area of the shelf 100, and can collect commodity information on the shelf 100.

In this embodiment, the mechanical arm 300 is disposed adjacent to the shelf 100 by a mounting bracket 310. Preferably, the mounting frame 310 is provided with a sliding rail, and the mechanical arm 300 may slide on the rail, so as to move the position relative to the shelf 100.

Referring to fig. 7, the mounting bracket 310 may include two vertical supports, and a lateral support connecting the two vertical supports. The two vertical supports and the transverse support are provided with communicated sliding tracks, and the mechanical arm 300 is movably arranged on the tracks.

The robot arm 300 may include a body portion including a housing, and a control circuit and a driving circuit (not shown) disposed in the housing. A displacement structure is arranged below the main body part, and a six-degree-of-freedom operating arm is arranged on one side of the main body part. The displacement structure of the body part may be fixedly mounted below the housing of the body part by means of a fastener, which may be a screw or a bolt.

The displacement structure is movably mounted on the track, and the displacement structure is matched with the track so that the displacement structure can move on the track. By way of example and not limitation, such as the track being a groove structure, the lower portion of the displacement structure being a protrusion cooperating with the groove structure, the protrusion being provided with a roller. The shifting structure further comprises a driving motor, the input end of the driving motor is electrically connected with a control circuit in the shell, the output shaft of the driving motor is connected with the roller, and the roller is driven to rotate by the driving motor so as to drive the shifting structure to move on the groove structure.

The mechanical arm 300 is preferably provided with a gripping structure for gripping the goods on the shelf. The control circuit of the mechanical arm 300 is connected with the controller of the system, and the controller controls the mechanical arm 300 to grasp the goods on the goods shelf 100.

The camera structure 400 is mounted to the front area of the shelf 100 through a fixing post 500.

At least one fixed column 500 is arranged in front of the goods shelf 100, and each fixed column 500 is provided with a camera shooting structure 400; when there are a plurality of fixing columns 500, the fixing columns 500 are uniformly spaced along the length direction of the shelf 100.

The camera structure 400 may include a plurality of cameras distributed along the height direction of the column body on the fixed column 500.

Alternatively, the camera structure 400 includes a camera and a camera driving device, where the camera is movably mounted on the fixed column 500, and the camera driving device can adjust the position of the camera on the fixed column 500 and/or adjust the shooting angle of the camera.

By way of example and not limitation, such as a fixed post 500 is provided with a chute in which the lower end of the camera is mounted by a pulley that mates with the chute, and the camera driving device is capable of driving the pulley of the camera to slide in the chute. Thus, the position of the camera on the fixed column 500 and the shooting angle of the camera can be adjusted. Preferably, the camera is a 360-degree omnidirectional camera.

In this embodiment, a shopping basket for loading the goods may be provided on the side of the shelf 100 corresponding to the shelf 100, and the goods selected by the robot arm may be loaded in the shopping basket.

The packing structure, the display screen, the commodity explanation structure, etc. in the foregoing embodiments may be further set on the shelf 100 according to needs, and specific structures may refer to the foregoing embodiments and are not described herein again.

In another implementation manner of this embodiment, the shopping system further includes a customer terminal, and the merchandise information collected by the image capturing structure 400 may be output through a display structure of the customer terminal. Specifically, the camera structure 400 may transmit the collected image information to a controller of the system, and the controller may upload the received image information to a server associated with the system or to a client device, based on an internet real-time image communication technology, so that the customer may obtain and view commodity information on the client device, such as a mobile phone, in real time.

Preferably, the controller of the system is capable of receiving a control command from a customer on a customer terminal and controlling the relative shelf movement position of the robotic arm according to the control command to pick the goods on the shelf. By way of example and not limitation, after establishing a wireless communication connection between the customer terminal and the system controller, an avatar corresponding to the robotic arm may be displayed on a user interface of the customer terminal, which may be manipulated by a user to control movement of the robotic arm, and grasping of merchandise.

Referring to FIG. 8, a shopping method is disclosed in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

The shopping method comprises the following steps:

and S100, acquiring commodity information on the shelf through an image pickup structure corresponding to the shelf and outputting the commodity information to a customer.

S200, acquiring purchasing demand information of the customers for the commodities on the goods shelves.

And S300, the mechanical arm corresponding to the goods shelf moves the position according to the shopping demand information, and the goods at different positions on the goods shelf are selected.

The goods shelf is arranged on an intelligent goods shelf in an entity shopping place and comprises a controller and a commodity shelf. The goods shelf is provided with a mechanical arm and a camera shooting structure which are connected with the controller.

The mechanical arm is movably arranged on the goods shelf, and can move on the goods shelf to select goods at different positions on the goods shelf.

In this embodiment, for example, the shelf includes two vertical supports and a multi-layer horizontal commodity shelf connecting the two vertical supports. The two vertical supports are provided with sliding rails, and the mechanical arm is arranged on the rails on the goods shelf.

The robotic arm may include a body portion including a housing, and control circuitry and drive circuitry disposed within the housing. A displacement structure is arranged below the main body part, and a six-degree-of-freedom operating arm is arranged on one side of the main body part. The displacement structure of the body part may be fixedly mounted below the housing of the body part by means of a fastener, which may be a screw or a bolt.

The displacement structure is movably mounted on the track, and the displacement structure is matched with the track so that the displacement structure can move on the track. By way of example and not limitation, such as the track being a groove structure, the lower portion of the displacement structure being a protrusion cooperating with the groove structure, the protrusion being provided with a roller. The shifting structure further comprises a driving motor, the input end of the driving motor is electrically connected with a control circuit in the shell, the output shaft of the driving motor is connected with the roller, and the roller is driven to rotate by the driving motor so as to drive the shifting structure to move on the groove structure. The six-degree-of-freedom operating arm may be mounted on one side or both sides of the body housing as required, and is preferably provided only on one side of the body in this embodiment.

The mechanical arm is preferably provided with a grabbing structure, and the grabbing structure is used for grabbing goods on the goods shelf. The control circuit of the mechanical arm is connected with the controller, and the controller is used for controlling the mechanical arm to grasp goods on the goods shelf.

The camera shooting structure is fixedly arranged on the goods shelf, and can collect commodity information on the goods shelf. In this embodiment, the merchandise information collected by the image capturing structure may be output through a display structure provided on the shelf and/or a display structure of the customer terminal.

Taking the example of outputting commodity information through the display structure of the customer terminal, the image capturing structure transmits the collected image information to the controller of the goods shelf, and the controller can upload the received image information to a system server or to customer client equipment based on the internet real-time image communication technology, so that the customer can acquire and view the commodity information on the client equipment such as a mobile phone in real time.

The controller can receive a control instruction of a customer on the customer terminal and control the moving position of the mechanical arm relative to the goods shelf according to the control instruction so as to select goods on the goods shelf. By way of example and not limitation, after establishing a wireless communication connection between the customer terminal and the controller, an avatar corresponding to the robotic arm may be displayed on a user interface of the customer terminal, which may be manipulated by a user to control movement of the robotic arm, and grasping of merchandise.

Other structures of the intelligent shelf may refer to the descriptions in the foregoing embodiments, and are not described herein.

In the above description, although all components of aspects of the present disclosure may be interpreted as being assembled or operatively connected as one unit or module, the present disclosure is not intended to limit itself to these aspects. Rather, the components may be selectively and operatively combined in any number within the scope of the present disclosure. Each of these components may also be implemented by itself as hardware, while the individual components may be partially or selectively combined together in general and implemented as a computer program having program modules for executing the functions of the hardware equivalents. The code or code segments to construct such a program may be readily derived by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable medium that can be run to implement aspects of the present disclosure. The computer readable medium may include magnetic recording media, optical recording media, and carrier wave media.

In addition, terms like "comprising," "including," and "having" should be construed by default as inclusive or open-ended, rather than exclusive or closed-ended, unless expressly defined to the contrary. All technical, scientific, or other terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Common terms found in dictionaries should not be too idealized or too unrealistically interpreted in the context of the relevant technical document unless the present disclosure explicitly defines them as such.

Although the exemplary aspects of the present disclosure have been described for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing description is merely illustrative of preferred embodiments of the invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way, including additional implementations in which functions may be performed other than in the order shown or discussed. Any alterations and modifications of the present invention, which are made by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the above disclosure, are intended to be within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (14)

1. An intelligent goods shelf, including controller and commodity supporter, its characterized in that: the goods shelf is provided with a mechanical arm and a camera shooting structure which are connected with the controller;

the mechanical arm is movably arranged on the goods shelf and can move the position on the goods shelf to select goods at different positions on the goods shelf; the mechanical arm is provided with a grabbing structure, a rotating frame and a weighing meter, wherein the grabbing structure is used for grabbing goods on the goods shelf, the rotating frame is used for displaying the goods, and the weighing meter is used for weighing the goods;

the camera shooting structure is fixedly arranged on the goods shelf and can collect goods information on the goods shelf; the camera shooting structure transmits the collected image information to the controller, the controller transmits the received image information to the customer terminal based on the Internet real-time image communication technology, and the customer obtains and views commodity information on the customer terminal in real time; after the wireless communication connection between the customer terminal and the controller is established, displaying an virtual image corresponding to the mechanical arm on a user interface of the customer terminal, and operating the virtual image by a customer to control the movement of the mechanical arm and the grabbing of goods, wherein the controller receives a control instruction of the customer on the customer terminal and controls the movement position of the mechanical arm relative to the goods shelf according to the control instruction;

the mechanical arm comprises an arm part, an elbow part and a hand part which are movably connected; the hand part is used as a grabbing structure and comprises a palm part and a finger part, the palm part can rotate relative to the elbow part to form a rotating frame, and when the mechanical arm places the commodity on the palm part, the palm part is controlled to rotate so as to display the commodity;

the weighing scale is arranged on the palm part so as to weigh commodities placed on the palm part; the electronic scale takes a palm part as a bearing system, the bearing system is connected with a sensor, and the sensor is connected with an electronic display screen on the main body part of the mechanical arm; when the commodity is placed on the palm portion, pressure is applied to the sensor, and an electronic display screen on the main body portion of the mechanical arm displays the weight value of the commodity.

2. The intelligent shelf of claim 1, wherein: the camera shooting structure comprises a plurality of cameras, and the cameras are fixedly installed in the height direction, the length direction and/or the width direction of the goods shelf.

3. The intelligent shelf of claim 1, wherein: the mechanical arm is also provided with a commodity label box and/or a code scanning structure; the mechanical arm can acquire labels from the commodity label box to carry out labeling operation on commodities.

4. The intelligent shelf of claim 1, wherein: and the side surface of the goods shelf is provided with a shopping basket for loading goods, and the goods selected by the mechanical arm are loaded through the shopping basket.

5. The intelligent shelf of claim 1, wherein: the goods shelf is also provided with a packing structure for packing goods; the packaging structure comprises a packaging storage and a packaging structure, wherein the packaging storage is used for accommodating a packaging box, a packaging bag and/or a packaging sheet, and the packaging structure performs packaging operation on an object to be packaged after the mechanical arm places the object to be packaged in the packaging box, the packaging bag and/or the packaging sheet.

6. The intelligent shelf of claim 1, wherein: the goods shelf is provided with a display screen, and commodity information acquired by the camera shooting structure is output through the display screen.

7. The intelligent shelf of claim 1, wherein: the commodity explanation structure is arranged on the goods shelf, and commodity explanation information in the form of characters, audio and/or pictures is output through the commodity explanation structure.

8. The intelligent shelf of claim 7, wherein: the commodity explanation structure comprises a face structure and a loudspeaker; the face structure is used for displaying expressions during explanation, the loudspeaker is used for emitting sound, and the mechanical arm makes display actions on target commodities during explanation.

9. The utility model provides a shopping system, includes the goods shelves of controller and putting commodity, goods shelves are including commodity supporter, its characterized in that: a mechanical arm and a camera shooting structure which are connected with a controller are arranged at the adjacent position of the goods shelf corresponding to the goods shelf;

the mechanical arm can move positions relative to the goods shelf so as to select goods at different positions on the goods shelf; the mechanical arm is provided with a grabbing structure, a rotating frame and a weighing meter, wherein the grabbing structure is used for grabbing goods on the goods shelf, the rotating frame is used for displaying the goods, and the weighing meter is used for weighing the goods;

the mechanical arm comprises an arm part, an elbow part and a hand part which are movably connected; the hand part is used as a grabbing structure and comprises a palm part and a finger part, the palm part can rotate relative to the elbow part to form a rotating frame, and when the mechanical arm places the commodity on the palm part, the palm part is controlled to rotate so as to display the commodity; the weighing scale is arranged on the palm part so as to weigh commodities placed on the palm part; the electronic scale takes a palm part as a bearing system, the bearing system is connected with a sensor, and the sensor is connected with an electronic display screen on the main body part of the mechanical arm; when the commodity is placed on the palm part, pressure is applied to the sensor, and an electronic display screen on the main body part of the mechanical arm displays the weight value of the commodity;

the camera shooting structure is fixedly arranged in the front area of the goods shelf, and can collect goods information on the goods shelf;

the shopping system also comprises a customer terminal, wherein commodity information acquired by the camera shooting structure is output through a display structure of the customer terminal; the camera shooting structure transmits the collected image information to the controller, the controller transmits the received image information to the customer terminal based on the Internet real-time image communication technology, and the customer obtains and views commodity information on the customer terminal in real time; and after the wireless communication connection between the customer terminal and the controller is established, displaying an virtual image corresponding to the mechanical arm on a user interface of the customer terminal, and operating the virtual image by a customer to control the movement of the mechanical arm and the grabbing of goods.

10. The shopping system of claim 9, wherein: at least one fixed column is arranged in front of the goods shelf, and each fixed column is provided with a camera shooting structure; when the fixed column is many, the fixed column distributes along the length direction of goods shelves.

11. The shopping system of claim 10, wherein: the camera shooting structure comprises a plurality of cameras, and the cameras are distributed on the fixed column along the height direction.

12. The shopping system of claim 10, wherein: the camera structure comprises a camera and a camera driving device, wherein the camera is movably mounted on the fixed column, and the camera driving device can adjust the position of the camera on the fixed column and/or adjust the shooting angle of the camera.

13. The shopping system of claim 9, wherein: and a shopping basket for loading commodities is arranged on the side surface of the goods shelf, and the commodities selected by the mechanical arm are loaded by the shopping basket.

14. A shopping method of a shopping system as claimed in claim 9, comprising the steps of:

acquiring commodity information on the goods shelf through a camera structure corresponding to the goods shelf and outputting the commodity information to a customer;

collecting information of shopping demand of a customer on goods on a goods shelf;

and the mechanical arm corresponding to the goods shelf moves the position according to the shopping demand information, and selects goods at different positions on the goods shelf.