CN108154600B

CN108154600B - Automatic vending method and automatic vending device

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Publication number: CN108154600B
Application number: CN201711396341.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高崇华; 李新平
Original assignee: Shenzhen Genuine Innovative Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: SHENZHEN GENUINE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2017-12-21
Filing date: 2017-12-21
Publication date: 2021-07-30
Anticipated expiration: 2037-12-21
Also published as: CN108154600A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention relates to the field of vending machines, discloses an automatic vending method and an automatic vending device, solves the technical problem that the automatic vending method cannot realize the vending of different goods by the same goods channel, is applied to the automatic vending machines, and comprises a display screen, a goods shelf, a shared goods channel and a goods outlet, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving a shopping instruction, the shopping instruction is triggered through touching the goods information presented by the display screen, searching the storage position of the goods according to the goods information, the storage position is located on different goods shelves, the goods are transmitted to the goods outlet from the storage position through the shared goods channel, and by adopting the method, the selling of different goods by the same goods channel can be realized, the selling of the same goods or different goods by different goods shelves can also be realized, and the requirements of users on different kinds of goods are met.

Description

Automatic vending method and automatic vending device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of vending machines, in particular to an automatic vending method and an automatic vending device.

Background

The vending machine is a common commercial automation device, is a machine for automatically paying goods according to input money, is not limited by time and places, can save labor and facilitate transaction, and is used as a brand-new commercial retail form, namely a micro supermarket which is operated for 24 hours. With the development of society, the human cost is continuously improved, and unattended vending machine accords with the development direction in market.

There is the goods selection pattern that corresponds the goods way on current vending machine's the display screen, and people can only realize depositing selling of goods on the goods way through user interface's goods pattern selection corresponding goods way.

In the process of implementing the embodiment of the present invention, the inventor finds that at least the following problems exist in the related art: when having multilayer goods shelves to the automatic vending machine, the goods are deposited in different goods shelves, carry out selling of goods through the mode of selecting the goods way among the prior art, can't realize selling of different goods through same goods way.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an automatic vending method and an automatic vending device, which can solve the technical problem that the same goods channel is used for vending different kinds of goods through a shared goods channel.

In order to solve the above technical problem, one technical solution adopted by the embodiments of the present invention is:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic vending method, including: the method is applied to the vending machine, the vending machine comprises a display screen, a goods shelf, a shared goods channel and a goods outlet, and the method is characterized by comprising the following steps: receiving a shopping instruction, wherein the shopping instruction is triggered by touching the goods information presented by the display screen, searching the storage position of the goods according to the goods information, the storage position is located on different shelves, and the goods are transmitted to a goods outlet from the storage position through the shared goods channel.

Further, the goods information comprises the goods type, the goods quantity or the goods storage information presented by the display screen.

Further, searching the storage position of the goods according to the goods information comprises:

and searching the storage positions of the goods according to the goods types, wherein the same goods are positioned on the same shelf or different shelves, or the storage positions of the goods are searched according to the number of the goods, wherein a plurality of the same goods are positioned on the same shelf or different shelves, or the storage positions of the goods are searched according to the goods storage information, wherein the goods storage information comprises shelf position information.

Further, the method further comprises: and confirming the stock quantity of the goods at the storage position, triggering a goods delivery instruction if the stock quantity of the goods is matched with the goods information, otherwise, continuously searching the storage position of the goods, and sending a search result to a display screen if the storage position of the goods is not searched.

Further, transferring the goods from the storage location to a shipment port via the shared lane, comprising: and releasing the goods from the storage position according to the goods delivery instruction, and driving a shared goods channel corresponding to the storage position to deliver the goods to a goods delivery port.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic vending apparatus, which is applied to an automatic vending machine, where the automatic vending machine includes a display screen, a shelf, a shared goods channel, and a goods outlet, and the apparatus includes: the shopping device comprises a receiving unit, a searching unit and a transmitting unit, wherein the receiving unit is used for receiving a shopping instruction, the shopping instruction is triggered by touching the goods information presented by the display screen, the searching unit is used for searching the storage position of the goods according to the goods information, the storage position is positioned on different goods shelves, and the transmitting unit is used for transmitting the goods from the storage position to a goods outlet through the shared goods channel.

Further, the search unit is specifically configured to: and searching the storage positions of the goods according to the goods types, wherein the same goods are positioned on the same shelf or different shelves, or the storage positions of the goods are searched according to the number of the goods, wherein a plurality of the same goods are positioned on the same shelf or different shelves, or the storage positions of the goods are searched according to the goods storage information, wherein the goods storage information comprises shelf position information.

Further, the apparatus further comprises: and the confirming unit is used for confirming the stock quantity of the goods at the storage position, the matching unit is used for triggering a goods delivery instruction if the stock quantity of the goods is matched with the goods information, otherwise, the storage position of the goods is continuously searched, and if the storage position of the goods is not searched, the searching result is sent to a display screen.

Further, the transmission unit is specifically configured to: and releasing the goods from the storage position according to the goods delivery instruction, and driving a shared goods channel corresponding to the storage position to deliver the goods to a goods delivery port.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a vending machine, including: the display screen is mounted in front of the cabinet body, one side edge of the goods shelf is movably connected with the inner surface of one side arm of the cabinet body, and the goods channel is arranged on the goods shelf; the goods passage controls the selling of goods by the method.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a user terminal, including at least one processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform the vending method as described above.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for enabling a user terminal to perform a vending method as described above.

The embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that: different from the situation of the prior art, the automatic vending method provided by the embodiment of the invention can be used for confirming the storage amount of the goods by acquiring the goods information and searching the storage position of the goods when receiving the shopping instruction, and after the storage amount of the goods is matched with the goods information, the goods are transmitted from the position of the goods to the goods outlet from the shared goods channel according to the storage position of the goods, so that the shopping process is completed, the selling of different goods by the same goods channel can be realized, the selling of the same goods or different goods by different goods shelves can also be realized, and the requirements of users on different kinds of goods can be met.

Drawings

One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the figures in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and which are not to scale unless otherwise specified.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a vending method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an exemplary application of the vending apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a connection structure between a shelf and a cabinet in an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In addition, the technical features involved in the embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

The embodiment of the invention provides an automatic vending method and an automatic vending device, which can search the storage position of goods according to goods information to realize the vending of different goods in the same goods channel, and meet the requirements of users on different kinds of goods.

In the embodiment of the invention, the goods information can be the goods type, the goods quantity or the goods storage information, etc., a user can select the needed goods according to the goods information presented on the display screen of the vending machine, the user can select not only the same kind of goods in the same goods channel, but also different kinds of goods on the same goods channel, the user can select different goods according to the goods type presented on the display screen, can select the goods required to be purchased according to the goods quantity presented on the display screen, and can select the goods required to be purchased according to the goods storage information presented on the display screen.

Specifically, the following describes an automatic vending method with reference to specific drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of an automatic vending method according to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 1, in which the vending method is applied to a vending machine, the vending machine includes a display screen, a shelf, a shared goods channel, and a goods outlet, and the method includes:

110. receiving a shopping instruction

In this embodiment, the "shopping instruction" refers to the cargo information displayed by touching the display screen, and then the cargo information triggers to receive the shopping instruction, it can be understood that, in other embodiments, the user may directly touch the cargo information displayed by the display screen with a hand to trigger the shopping instruction, and the display screen may also trigger the shopping instruction by clicking the cargo information displayed on the display screen through a preset touch pen. The display screen displays 'cargo information', and the cargo information can be displayed in various ways, including characters, pictures and the like; the display screen may include a capacitive touch screen, a resistive touch screen, a surface acoustic wave touch screen, and the like.

In this embodiment, the cargo information presented by the display screen includes: cargo type, cargo quantity and cargo storage information. The purchase instruction is triggered and received through the goods type presented on the touch display screen, the purchase instruction can also be triggered and received through the goods quantity presented on the touch display screen, and the purchase instruction can also be triggered through the goods storage information presented on the touch display screen.

Wherein, can divide into beverage district, cigarette district, snack district, paper handkerchief district etc. with the goods kind, the beverage district can divide into again: cola, sprite, mineral water, fruit juice, yogurt, etc.; the cigarette area can be divided into: china, monarch, good day, red river, etc.; the snack area can be divided into: bread, instant noodles, peanuts, etc.; the tissue area can be divided into wet tissue, dry tissue and the like.

In this embodiment, the type can be selected through the goods type information that the touch display screen shows earlier, if: selecting a cigarette area, displaying a plurality of cigarettes such as Chinese, imperial, good day, red river and the like on a display screen, and then selecting the required cigarettes according to the requirements, wherein the brands of a plurality of cigarettes can be stored in the same goods channel or different goods channels; the quantity of the goods required to be purchased can be selected according to the demand degree of the goods, and the purchasing process is completed.

It can be understood that the presentation mode of the cigarette on the display screen can be pictures, and a user can click corresponding picture information on the display screen according to needs to trigger a shopping instruction; the shopping guide device can also be used for receiving the shopping instructions by clicking corresponding character information on the display screen as required.

It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, by touching the number of items presented on the display screen, e.g., selecting a drink area, different numbers of items may appear on the display screen, such as: a first position: eight bottles of cola, position two: ten bottles of cola, position three: fifteen bottles of cola, etc., if the user needs to buy twelve bottles of cola, the position three can be selected, if the position three can not meet the requirement of the user on the quantity of goods, the position one and the position two can be simultaneously selected to meet the requirement of the user.

It is to be appreciated that in other embodiments, the cargo storage information may be presented via a touch screen display, and the cargo storage information may display a first category of beverage area, on a first column of shelves, and at a position labeled a, a second category of cigarette area, on a second column of shelves, and at a position labeled b, a third category of snack area, on a third column of shelves, and at a position labeled c, a fourth category of tissue area, on a fourth column of shelves, and at a position labeled d; then selecting an area matched with the shopping demand; if the user needs to purchase cigarettes, the second row of shelves b can be touched according to the information presented on the display screen; if the user desires to purchase a snack, the third column of shelves c may be touched based on the above information presented on the display.

120. And searching the storage positions of the goods according to the goods information, wherein the storage positions are positioned on different goods shelves.

In this embodiment, the "storage location" is a storage space related to the types of goods, and it is understood that the storage location is a lane of the vending machine, and different types of goods may be stored in the same lane of the same shelf, in different lanes of the same shelf, or in lanes of different shelves.

The storage positions can be stored according to the types and sizes of the goods, the same kind of goods can be positioned in the same goods channel of the same goods shelf, the same kind of goods can be positioned in different goods channels of the same goods shelf, and can also be positioned in the goods channels of different goods shelves; such as: the Chinese and the emperor in the cigarette area can be positioned in the same goods channel of the same goods shelf, can be positioned in different goods channels of the same goods shelf, and can also be positioned in goods channels of different goods shelves; the same size goods in the same kind of goods can be located on the same shelf or different shelves, for example, the cola and the sprite in the beverage area can be located on the same shelf or different shelves, and the storage positions of the goods can be found according to the goods types.

It is understood that in other embodiments, different size items of the same type may be stored on different shelves, such as: 250mL of canned cola and 500mL of bottled cola may be stored on different shelves.

Searching a goods storage position according to the goods type, then confirming the goods reserve amount, if the goods reserve amount is matched with the goods information, triggering a goods delivery instruction, otherwise, continuously searching the goods storage position, if the goods storage position is not searched, sending a search result to a display screen, and presenting the search result through the display screen; for example, the user need purchase five bottles of colas, and the goods storage position's of seeking goods one only has two bottles of colas, continues to seek two four bottles of colas of goods shelves, then triggers goods shelves one and two shipment simultaneously of goods shelves, if the user need purchase five bottles of colas, and the goods storage position's of seeking goods one only has two bottles of colas, does not find other goods shelves and still have remaining colas, then can't trigger a goods shelves shipment, this moment, with the goods seek the structure and send to the display screen.

It can be understood that the user can select whether to change the cargo information again according to the cargo search result sent to the display screen, if the user selects to change the cargo information, the above operation is repeated, and if the user does not change the cargo information, the purchasing process is ended.

The "storage position" may also be a storage space related to the quantity of the goods, and the storage positions of the goods are arranged according to the quantity of the goods of the same kind, and a plurality of the same kind of goods are located on the same shelf, or located on different shelves, such as: thirty bottles of cola and twenty bottles of sprite in the beverage area may be stored on the same shelf, and if there is insufficient space on one shelf to store thirty bottles of cola and fifty bottles of sprite, then the type of goods may be stored on a different shelf.

It is understood that a plurality of different types of goods may be placed on the same shelf or on different shelves, such as: the beverage area and the snack area can be placed on the same shelf.

It can be understood that a plurality of similar goods can be stored in the same goods passage, and also can be stored in different goods passages; such as: one goods channel can store ten bottles of cola or ten bottles of sprites, and if fifteen bottles of cola and five bottles of sprites are available, one goods channel can be stored in the ten bottles of cola, and the rest five bottles of cola and five bottles of sprites can be stored in the same goods channel; such as: five bottles of cola and five bottles of sprite are available, so that the five bottles of cola and the five bottles of sprite can be stored in the same goods channel.

Searching the goods storage position according to the quantity of the goods, then confirming the goods storage quantity, if the goods storage quantity is matched with the goods information, triggering a goods delivery instruction, otherwise, continuously searching the goods storage position, if the goods storage position is not searched, sending the search result to a display screen, and displaying the search result through the display screen; for example, the user need purchase five bottles of colas, and the goods storage position's of seeking goods one only has two bottles of colas, continues to seek two four bottles of colas of goods shelves, then triggers goods shelves one and two shipment simultaneously of goods shelves, if the user need purchase five bottles of colas, and the goods storage position's of seeking goods one only has two bottles of colas, does not find other goods shelves and still have remaining colas, then can't trigger a goods shelves shipment, this moment, with the goods seek the structure and send to the display screen.

The "storage location" may also be a storage space associated with cargo storage information,

in the embodiment, the storage position of the goods is searched according to the storage information of the goods; wherein the goods storage information comprises shelf location information; such as: the storage positions of the goods are divided into four categories, wherein the first category is a beverage area and is positioned on a shelf in a first row, the position of the storage positions is marked as a, the second category is a cigarette area and is positioned on a shelf in a second row, the position of the storage positions is marked as b, the third category is a snack area and is positioned on a shelf in a third row, the position of the snack area is marked as c, the fourth category is a paper towel area and is positioned on a shelf in a fourth row, and the position of the snack area is marked as d; the goods shelf corresponding to the goods storage information on the display screen can be found according to the goods storage information on the display screen, so that a goods channel for storing goods is found, and the storage position of the goods is determined.

Searching a goods storage position according to the goods storage information, then confirming the goods storage amount, if the goods storage amount is matched with the goods information, triggering a goods delivery instruction, otherwise, continuously searching the goods storage position, if the goods storage position is not searched, sending a search result to a display screen, and presenting the search result through the display screen; for example, the user need purchase five bottles of colas, and the goods storage position's of seeking goods one only has two bottles of colas, continues to seek two four bottles of colas of goods shelves, then triggers goods shelves one and two shipment simultaneously of goods shelves, if the user need purchase five bottles of colas, and the goods storage position's of seeking goods one only has two bottles of colas, does not find other goods shelves and still have remaining colas, then can't trigger a goods shelves shipment, this moment, with the goods seek the structure and send to the display screen.

130. And transmitting the goods from the storage position to a goods outlet through the shared goods channel.

In this embodiment, the "shared lane" refers to a transfer track of goods, that is, the goods fall from the lane of the shelf to the shared lane and drive the shared lane to transport the goods to the shipment port, the shared lane is located on one side of the shelf, the goods are located in the lane on the shelf, after the shipment instruction is triggered, the goods fall from the lane on the shelf to the shared lane, and the goods in all lanes on the shelf are all transmitted through the shared lane after being sold.

The goods in different goods channels are transmitted to the goods outlet by the shared goods channel, or different goods in the same goods channel are transmitted to the goods outlet by the shared goods channel, thereby completing the shopping process.

And releasing the goods from the storage position according to the goods delivery instruction, and driving the shared goods channel corresponding to the storage position to deliver the goods to a goods delivery port.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the automatic vending method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the shopping instruction is triggered and received through the goods information presented by the touch display screen, the storage position of the goods is searched according to the goods information, the goods are sent to the shared goods channel from the storage position according to the delivery instruction, and the goods are conveyed to the delivery port from the shared goods channel, so that the goods channel where the goods are located can be searched through the patterns on the display screen, then the goods are driven to be separated from the goods channel, the same goods channel is sold for different goods, the goods of the same goods channel or different goods can be sold by different goods shelves, and the demands of users for different kinds of goods are met.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic vending apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 2, the automatic vending apparatus is applied to an automatic vending machine, and the automatic vending machine includes: the system comprises a display screen, a goods shelf, a shared goods channel and a goods outlet; the device includes:

a receiving unit 21, configured to receive a shopping instruction, where the shopping instruction is triggered by touching the cargo information displayed on the display screen,

a searching unit 22, configured to search, according to the cargo information, storage locations of the cargo, where the storage locations are located on different shelves,

a transfer unit 25 for transferring the goods from the storage position to a delivery port via the shared lane,

a confirmation unit 23 for confirming the stock quantity of the goods at the storage position,

and the matching unit 24 is used for triggering a shipment instruction if the cargo reserve quantity is matched with the cargo information, and otherwise, sending a search result to a display screen.

The goods information comprises goods types, goods quantity or goods storage information presented by the display screen.

In this embodiment, after the receiving unit 21 receives a shopping instruction, the shopping instruction is triggered by the goods information displayed by the user touching the display screen, after the goods information is received by the searching unit 22, the storage position of the goods is searched according to the goods information, after the shelf or the lane where the goods are located is found, the goods reserve amount of the storage position is confirmed by the confirming unit 23, the matching unit 24 matches the goods information according to the goods reserve amount, if the matching is successful, the shipment instruction is triggered, otherwise, the searching structure is sent to the display screen, and finally the goods are transmitted from the storage position to the shipment port through the shared lane by the transmission unit 25, so that the shopping process is completed.

In this embodiment, the search unit 22 is specifically configured to: and searching the storage positions of the goods according to the goods types, wherein the same goods are positioned on the same shelf or different shelves, or the storage positions of the goods are searched according to the number of the goods, wherein a plurality of the same goods are positioned on the same shelf or different shelves, or the storage positions of the goods are searched according to the goods storage information, wherein the goods storage information comprises shelf position information.

In some application scenarios, due to some reasons, such as large cargo demand, various types of cargos, incapability of meeting the requirements of the types and the quantity of cargos of users on a single-layer shelf, and incapability of adapting to the requirements of the multi-layer shelf in a one-to-one mode on a display screen, a control pattern corresponds to a cargo channel; therefore, in some embodiments, the matching unit 24 is specifically configured to trigger a shipment instruction if the cargo reserve amount matches the cargo information, and otherwise, send the search structure to the display screen.

According to the technical scheme, the embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that: when the automatic vending device provided by the embodiment of the invention receives a shopping instruction through the receiving unit 21, the goods information is obtained through the searching unit 22, then the storage position of the goods is searched, the goods reserve amount of the storage position is confirmed through the confirming unit 23, the matching unit 24 matches the goods information according to the goods reserve amount, if the matching is successful, the goods delivery instruction is triggered, otherwise, the searching structure is sent to the display screen, and finally, the goods are transmitted from the position where the goods are located to the goods delivery port through the shared goods channel by using the transmission unit 25, so that the shopping process is completed, the selling of different goods by the same goods channel can be realized, the selling of the same goods or different goods by different goods shelves can also be realized, and the requirements of customers on different kinds of goods can be met.

It should be noted that, since the automatic vending apparatus and the automatic vending method in the above method embodiments are based on the same inventive concept, the corresponding contents and the advantages in the above method embodiments are also applicable to the present apparatus embodiments, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted here.

Fig. 3 and 4 are schematic structural views of a vending machine 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention; the vending machine 300 comprises a cabinet body 10, a display screen 20, a goods shelf 30 and a goods channel 40, wherein the display screen 20 is a 43-inch infrared touch screen, the display screen 20 is square, the display screen 20 is installed in the front of the cabinet body 10, one side edge of the goods shelf 30 is movably connected with the inner surface of one side arm of the cabinet body 10, and the goods channel 40 is arranged on the goods shelf 30; the vend is controlled by the above method in the lane 40.

In the present embodiment, the number of the shelves 40 is four, and it is understood that in other embodiments, at least one shelf 40 may be provided; the goods are placed on the goods channel 40 of the goods shelf 30, a shared goods channel for conveying the goods in the goods channel 40 on the goods shelf 30 is arranged in the cabinet body 10, the goods are transmitted to the goods outlet through the shared goods channel, and then the user takes out the goods through the goods taking bin to finish the shopping process.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the user terminal 400 includes one or more processors 410 and a memory 420, and one processor 410 is taken as an example in fig. 5.

The processor 410 and the memory 420 may be connected by a bus or other means, such as by a bus in FIG. 5.

The memory 420, which is a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, may be used to store non-volatile software programs, non-volatile computer-executable programs, and modules, such as program instructions/modules corresponding to the vending method in the embodiment of the present invention (for example, the receiving unit 21, the searching unit 22, the confirming unit 23, the matching unit 24, and the transmitting unit 25 shown in fig. 2). The processor 410 executes various functional applications and data processing of the user terminal by executing the non-volatile software programs, instructions and modules stored in the memory 420, that is, the vending method of the above-described method embodiment.

The memory 420 may include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function; the storage data area may store data created according to the use of the vending apparatus, and the like. Further, the memory 420 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid state storage device. In some embodiments, the memory 420 may optionally include memory remotely located from the processor, and these remote memories may be connected to the vending apparatus via a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the internet, intranets, local area networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

The one or more modules stored in the memory 420, when executed by the one or more processors, perform the vending method of any of the method embodiments described above, e.g., performing the method steps 110-130 of FIG. 1 described above, implementing the functionality of the elements 21-25 of FIG. 2.

The product can execute the method provided by the embodiment of the invention, and has corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method. For technical details that are not described in detail in this embodiment, reference may be made to the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions, which are executed by one or more processors 410, such as the one processor 410 in fig. 5, to enable the one or more processors 410 to perform the vending method in any of the above method embodiments, such as performing the above-described method steps 110 to 130 in fig. 1, to implement the functions of the units 21 to 25 in fig. 2.

The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by software plus a general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a computer program, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), or the like.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; within the idea of the invention, also technical features in the above embodiments or in different embodiments may be combined, steps may be implemented in any order, and there are many other variations of the different aspects of the invention as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A vending method is applied to a vending machine, the vending machine comprises a display screen, a goods shelf, a goods sharing channel and a goods outlet, and the vending method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a shopping instruction, wherein the shopping instruction is triggered by touching the goods information presented by the display screen,

searching the storage position of the same goods according to the goods information, wherein the storage positions are positioned on different goods shelves, the goods information comprises goods storage information, the goods storage information comprises goods shelf position information, searching the storage position of the goods according to the goods storage information,

confirming the reserve quantity of the goods at the found storage position, if the reserve quantity of the goods is matched with the goods information, triggering a goods delivery instruction, otherwise, continuously searching the storage position of the goods, if the storage position of the goods is not searched, sending the search result to a display screen,

and transmitting the goods from the storage positions to a goods outlet through the shared goods channel, wherein the goods are released from the found storage positions according to the goods outlet instruction, and the shared goods channel corresponding to the storage positions is driven to convey the goods to the goods outlet.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cargo information further comprises a cargo category or a cargo quantity presented by the display screen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein finding the storage location for the cargo based on the cargo information comprises:

searching the storage positions of the goods according to the goods types, wherein the same goods are positioned on the same shelf or different shelves, or,

and searching the storage positions of the goods according to the number of the goods, wherein a plurality of similar goods are positioned on the same shelf or different shelves.

4. The utility model provides an automatic vending device, is applied to automatic vending machine, automatic vending machine includes display screen, goods shelves, sharing goods way and goes out the goods mouth, its characterized in that, the device includes:

a receiving unit for receiving a shopping instruction, wherein the shopping instruction is triggered by touching the goods information presented by the display screen,

the searching unit is used for searching the storage position of the same goods according to the goods information, the storage positions are positioned on different goods shelves, the goods information comprises goods storage information, the goods storage information comprises goods shelf position information, the storage positions of the goods are searched according to the goods storage information,

a confirmation unit for confirming the stock quantity of the goods of the found storage location,

a matching unit, configured to trigger a shipment instruction if the cargo reserve amount matches the cargo information, otherwise, continue to search for the storage location of the cargo, and send the search result to a display screen if the storage location of the cargo is not found,

and the transmission unit is used for transmitting the goods from the storage positions to a goods outlet through the shared goods channel, wherein the goods are released from the found storage positions according to the goods outlet instruction, and the shared goods channel corresponding to the storage positions is driven to convey the goods to the goods outlet.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the cargo information further comprises cargo type or cargo quantity or cargo storage information presented by the display screen.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the search unit is specifically configured to: