CN108764129B - Goods shelf and shopping system - Google Patents
Goods shelf and shopping system Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- CN108764129B CN108764129B CN201810519205.9A CN201810519205A CN108764129B CN 108764129 B CN108764129 B CN 108764129B CN 201810519205 A CN201810519205 A CN 201810519205A CN 108764129 B CN108764129 B CN 108764129B
- Authority
- CN
- China
- Prior art keywords
- shopping cart
- intelligent
- shelf
- commodity
- shopping
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Active
Links
Images
Classifications
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G06V20/00—Scenes; Scene-specific elements
- G06V20/10—Terrestrial scenes
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47F10/00—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for
- A47F10/02—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets
-
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G06V20/00—Scenes; Scene-specific elements
- G06V20/50—Context or environment of the image
- G06V20/52—Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
Abstract
The invention provides a goods shelf and a shopping system, relates to the technical field of shopping, and aims to solve the technical problems that a traditional shopping cart in the prior art is single in function and cannot meet the multifunctional requirements of users, and the functions of the goods shelf can be expanded. Wherein, this goods shelves include: the intelligent storage rack comprises a storage rack body, a sensor group, a short-distance communication device and an intelligent device, wherein the sensor group, the short-distance communication device and the intelligent device are arranged on the storage rack body and are connected with the intelligent device; the sensor group is used for sensing whether a shopping cart exists in a preset distance range of the goods shelf or not; when the sensor group senses that shopping carts exist in a preset distance range of the goods shelf, the sensor group is used for sending an activation request to the intelligent device; the intelligent device is used for generating an activation signal according to the activation request and sending the activation signal to the short-distance communication device; the short-distance communication device is used for authenticating the shopping cart in the preset distance range of the goods shelf after receiving the activation signal.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of shopping, in particular to a goods shelf and a shopping system.
Background
The development of supermarkets is rich and the living standard of people is improved, and the supermarkets become main shopping places of people. With the development of supermarkets, the shelf is also widely and rapidly developed.
The shelf (The shelves) refers to a stretcher for placing goods in a supermarket. The goods shelf is used for displaying the goods, the limited business space can be efficiently utilized, the goods are arranged well and well, so that the customers can be clear at a glance, the goods information is transmitted to the customers most quickly, the purchasing decision is motivated and strengthened through the perceptual display of the goods, and meanwhile, the goods shelf is also a basic operation facility for providing high-level service for the customers by the salespersons.
The goods shelf is an important tool indispensable for placing goods in shopping places of merchants, however, the traditional goods shelf only has the function of placing goods, does not have other functions, and cannot meet the multifunctional requirements of the merchants more and more.
In conclusion, the traditional goods shelf has single function and can not meet the multifunctional requirements of merchants.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention provides a shelf and a shopping system to solve the technical problem that the traditional shelf in the prior art has a single function and cannot meet the multi-functionalization requirement of a merchant.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a shelf, including: the intelligent storage rack comprises a storage rack body, and a sensor group, a short-distance communication device and an intelligent device which are arranged on the storage rack body, wherein the sensor group and the short-distance communication device are connected with the intelligent device;
the sensor group is used for sensing whether a shopping cart exists in a preset distance range of the goods shelf or not; when the sensor group senses that shopping carts exist in a preset distance range of the shelf, the sensor group is used for sending an activation request to the intelligent device;
the intelligent device is used for generating an activation signal according to the activation request and sending the activation signal to the short-distance communication device;
the short-distance communication device is used for authenticating the shopping cart in the preset distance range of the shelf after receiving the activation signal.
With reference to the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, where the shelf further includes: the weight sensor is arranged on a chassis structure of the goods shelf body for containing goods; the weight sensor is connected with the intelligent device and used for acquiring commodity weight change information on the chassis structure and sending the commodity weight change information to the intelligent device; the intelligent device calculates to obtain the weight information of the commodity taken away by the user based on the weight change information, and searches a commodity list according to the weight information of the commodity to obtain the name and unit price of the commodity; the intelligent device is also used for identifying the purchasing behavior of the user based on the weight change information of the commodity.
With reference to the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, where the sensor group includes a plurality of distance sensors, and the plurality of distance sensors are disposed in different commodity areas of the shelf.
With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, wherein the distance sensor employs a laser range finder.
With reference to the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, where the shelf further includes: the intelligent storage rack comprises an intelligent device, an image acquisition device and a storage rack body, wherein the intelligent device is arranged on the storage rack body, the image acquisition device is connected with the intelligent device, and the image acquisition device is used for acquiring commodity taking and placing behaviors of a user on the storage rack and image information around the storage rack.
With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the present invention provides a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, wherein the number of the image capturing devices is multiple, and the multiple image capturing devices are disposed in different commodity areas of the shelf.
With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, where the image acquisition device includes a wireless pinhole camera.
With reference to the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, where the shelf includes: the positioning device is arranged on the goods shelf body; the positioning device is connected with the intelligent device and used for positioning a shopping area where the goods shelf is located and sending the shopping area to the intelligent device.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a shopping system, including: the shopping cart comprises a shopping cart and the shelf as described in any one of the first aspect and possible embodiments thereof, wherein the shopping cart is matched with the shelf, an intelligent processing device is arranged on the shopping cart, and the shopping cart is connected with a short-distance communication device of the shelf through the intelligent processing device.
With reference to the second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, wherein a weighing device and a second image capturing device are disposed on the shopping cart, and the weighing device and the second image capturing device are respectively connected to the intelligent processing device; wherein the weighing device is used for weighing the weight of the commodity placed on the shopping cart; the second image acquisition device is used for acquiring the behavior of picking and placing the commodity from the shopping cart by the user and the image around the shopping cart.
The embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
in the shelf and the shopping system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the shelf comprises: the intelligent storage rack comprises a storage rack body, a sensor group, a short-distance communication device and an intelligent device, wherein the sensor group, the short-distance communication device and the intelligent device are arranged on the storage rack body and are connected with the intelligent device; the sensor group is used for sensing whether a shopping cart exists in a preset distance range of the goods shelf or not; when the sensor group senses that shopping carts exist in a preset distance range of the goods shelf, the sensor group is used for sending an activation request to the intelligent device; the intelligent device is used for generating an activation signal according to the activation request and sending the activation signal to the short-distance communication device; the short-distance communication device is used for authenticating the shopping cart in the preset distance range of the goods shelf after receiving the activation signal. Therefore, the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention not only has the function of placing goods, but also can authenticate the shopping cart, prevent the illegal shopping cart from being used, is beneficial to standardizing the shopping cart and the intelligent level of shopping, relieves the technical problem that the traditional goods shelf in the prior art has single function and cannot meet the multifunctional requirement of a merchant, can expand the function of the goods shelf and is beneficial to improving the use experience of the merchant.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic exterior view of a shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic exterior view of another shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a shelf according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an external view of a shopping cart according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a shopping cart according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic exterior view of another shopping cart in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of another shopping cart in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of an intelligent device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent 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.
At present, a shelf is an indispensable important tool for placing goods in a shopping place by a merchant, however, the traditional shelf only has a function of placing goods, does not have other functions, and cannot adapt to the multifunctional requirements of the merchant more and more. Based on the fact that the traditional goods shelf is single in function and cannot meet the multifunctional requirements of merchants, the goods shelf and the shopping system provided by the embodiment of the invention can solve the technical problem that the traditional goods shelf is single in function and cannot meet the multifunctional requirements of the merchants in the prior art. The function of the goods shelf can be expanded.
For the convenience of understanding the present embodiment, a detailed description will be given to a shelf disclosed in the present embodiment.
The first embodiment is as follows:
the embodiment of the invention provides a goods shelf which is applied to the field of shopping, in particular to shopping places such as supermarkets, convenience stores, shopping malls and the like.
The following describes in detail a shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to fig. 1 and 2, the shelf includes: the shelf comprises a shelf body 10, a sensor group 11, a short-distance communication device 12 and an intelligent device 13, wherein the sensor group and the short-distance communication device are arranged on the shelf body and are connected with the intelligent device;
the sensor group is used for sensing whether a shopping cart exists in a preset distance range of the goods shelf or not; when the sensor group senses that shopping carts exist in a preset distance range of the shelf, the sensor group is used for sending an activation request to the intelligent device;
the intelligent device is used for generating an activation signal according to the activation request and sending the activation signal to the short-distance communication device;
the short-distance communication device is used for authenticating the shopping cart in the preset distance range of the shelf after receiving the activation signal.
Specifically, the short-distance communication device is used for authenticating the validity of the shopping cart within the preset distance range of the shelf, namely, judging whether the shopping cart within the preset distance range of the shelf is the shopping cart matched with the shelf, generating an authentication result, and feeding the authentication result back to the intelligent device. Specifically, the short-distance communication device can send a message to the shopping cart for authentication, and judges whether the shopping cart feeds back the message or not; if the shopping cart has feedback on the message, an intelligent processing device is arranged on the shopping cart, namely the shopping cart is authenticated to be a shopping cart matched with the goods shelf; if the shopping cart has no feedback, the shopping cart is a shopping cart without an intelligent processing device, namely the shopping cart is authenticated not to be a shopping cart matched with the goods shelf; and finishing the authentication.
The goods shelf provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises: the intelligent storage rack comprises a storage rack body, a sensor group, a short-distance communication device and an intelligent device, wherein the sensor group, the short-distance communication device and the intelligent device are arranged on the storage rack body and are connected with the intelligent device; the sensor group is used for sensing whether a shopping cart exists in a preset distance range of the goods shelf or not; when the sensor group senses that shopping carts exist in a preset distance range of the goods shelf, the sensor group is used for sending an activation request to the intelligent device; the intelligent device is used for generating an activation signal according to the activation request and sending the activation signal to the short-distance communication device; the short-distance communication device is used for authenticating the shopping cart in the preset distance range of the goods shelf after receiving the activation signal. Therefore, the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention not only has the function of placing goods, but also can authenticate the shopping cart, prevent the illegal shopping cart from being used, is beneficial to standardizing the shopping cart and the intelligent level of shopping, relieves the technical problem that the traditional goods shelf in the prior art has single function and cannot meet the multifunctional requirement of a merchant, can expand the function of the goods shelf and is beneficial to improving the use experience of the merchant.
Further, the sensor group comprises a plurality of distance sensors, and the distance sensors are arranged in different commodity areas of the shelf.
Wherein each distance sensor senses whether a shopping cart within a preset distance range of the shelf exists in a designated commodity area of the shelf.
Further, the distance sensor adopts a laser range finder.
Example two:
as shown in fig. 3 and 4, on the basis of the first embodiment, another shelf is provided in the embodiments of the present invention, which is different from the first embodiment in that the shelf further includes: a weight sensor 14 disposed on a chassis structure of the shelf body for holding goods; the weight sensor is connected with the intelligent device and used for acquiring commodity weight change information on the chassis structure and sending the commodity weight change information to the intelligent device; the intelligent device calculates to obtain the weight information of the commodity taken away by the user based on the weight change information, and searches a commodity list according to the weight information of the commodity to obtain the name and the unit price of the commodity so as to generate commodity information; the commodity information includes weight information, name, unit price, etc. of the commodity; the commodity list includes a corresponding relation table of the name, weight and unit price of the commodity.
The intelligent device is also used for identifying the purchasing behavior of the user based on the weight change information of the commodity.
The intelligent device can judge the shopping cart which is within the preset distance range of the goods shelf and has the purchasing behavior according to the weight change information of the goods, and then sends the goods information (weight information, name, unit price and the like of the goods) to the shopping cart which is within the preset distance range and has the purchasing behavior.
Specifically, one implementation is: the intelligent device judges which shopping cart corresponds to the behavior of taking away the goods (namely the purchasing behavior) based on the weight change information of the goods and the shopping area (more precisely the goods area) to which the goods shelf positioned by the positioning device belongs and the weight of the added goods sent by the intelligent shopping cart processing device obtained by the short-distance communication device, and then sends the goods information to the shopping cart which is within the preset distance range and has the purchasing behavior through the short-distance communication device.
Further, this goods shelves still includes: the intelligent storage rack comprises an image acquisition device 15 arranged on the storage rack body, the image acquisition device is connected with the intelligent device, and the image acquisition device is used for acquiring commodity taking and placing behaviors of a user on the storage rack and image information around the storage rack.
When the shelf includes a weight sensor, the image information is used to assist the smart device in identifying the user's purchasing behavior.
It should be noted that, when the shelf does not include a weight sensor, the intelligent device determines whether the user takes the purchase behavior of the commodity according to the image information.
Specifically, the intelligent device can identify whether the user or the shopping cart or other objects are close to/close to the shelf according to the image information, so as to further identify the purchasing behavior of the user.
Meanwhile, the image information is also used for assisting the intelligent device to judge the position relation between the shopping cart and the user; such as whether the user's hands/body are resting on the shopping cart.
Furthermore, the number of the image acquisition devices is multiple, and the image acquisition devices are arranged in different commodity areas of the shelf.
Wherein each image acquisition device is used for acquiring the image of the appointed commodity area.
Further, the image acquisition device comprises a wireless pinhole camera.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the image acquisition device adopts a wireless pinhole wide-angle camera.
Considering that the shelf can move according to actual needs, further, the shelf also comprises: the positioning device is arranged on the goods shelf body; the positioning device is connected with the intelligent device and is used for positioning a shopping area where the goods shelf is located (namely, the goods shelf is located in a shopping area of a shopping place) and sending the shopping area to the intelligent device. When the goods shelf is divided into a plurality of areas, the positioning devices are respectively arranged in different commodity areas, so that the positioning is more accurate,
considering the situation that one weight may correspond to a plurality of commodities, further, the intelligent device may accurately determine the commodity information based on the commodity area or a more accurate commodity area in combination with the commodity weight change information and the commodity list.
The practical application scenario is as follows: the shelf comprises a plurality of sensors, a plurality of short-distance communication devices, a plurality of weight sensors and an intelligent device, wherein the sensors are arranged on the periphery of a peripheral frame (the bottom of the frame is only schematically shown in figure 3) of the shelf in a partitioning mode (different commodity areas), the weight sensors are arranged under a chassis structure for containing commodities on the shelf in a partitioning mode, and the intelligent device is arranged on the shelf in a partitioning mode. The sensor can sense whether a shopping cart approaching/clinging to the shelf exists, and sends an activation request to the intelligent device when the sensor senses that the shopping cart approaching/clinging to the shelf exists, so that the intelligent device sends an activation signal to the short-distance communication device based on the activation request. The short-distance communication device can authenticate the shopping cart close to/attached to the goods shelf and perform two-way communication after receiving the activation signal. When a certain weight sensor can feed back the sensed weight change to the intelligent device, the intelligent device judges which shopping cart (the shopping cart with the purchasing behavior) corresponds to the behavior of taking away the goods based on the weight change fed back by the weight sensor and the information obtained by the area to which the weight sensor belongs and the short-distance communication device, and then transmits the goods information such as the weight of the goods, the unit price, the total price and the like to the shopping cart with the purchasing behavior after being authenticated and sent through the short-distance communication device. The shelf also comprises a plurality of image acquisition devices arranged on the periphery of the frame around the shelf, based on the images around the shelf acquired by the image acquisition devices, the intelligent device can identify whether a user or a shopping cart or other objects are close to/attached to the shelf, and can also judge the position relation between the shopping cart and the user (such as whether the hand/body of the user is attached to the shopping cart).
Example three:
the embodiment of the invention also provides a shopping cart which is applied to the field of shopping, such as shopping places like supermarkets and shopping malls. The shopping cart is matched with the goods shelf, and particularly comprises a shopping cart body and an intelligent processing device, wherein the intelligent processing device can be in two-way communication with the short-distance communication device of the goods shelf, and can calculate the consumption amount generated by single or multiple occurrences (taking away goods) behaviors (namely purchasing behaviors) according to received commodity information (name, weight, unit price, quantity and total price) sent by the goods shelf.
A shopping cart according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 5 and 6, the shopping cart including: the shopping cart comprises a shopping cart body 100 and an intelligent processing device 101 arranged on the shopping cart body, wherein the intelligent processing device is connected with a short-distance communication device arranged on a shelf; specifically, the intelligent processing device can perform two-way communication with the short-distance communication device of the goods shelf;
the intelligent processing device is used for receiving the commodity information sent by the short-distance communication device and generating consumption information according to the commodity information; the commodity information comprises the name, weight and unit price of the commodity; the consumption information comprises the times of purchasing behaviors and consumption amount.
The commodity information here refers to information on commodities that the user has taken from the shelf, and the above-mentioned purchasing behavior refers to the fact that the user has taken commodities from the shelf. The commodity may be one commodity or a plurality of commodities; the commodity information may also include information such as the number and total price of the commodity.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the intelligent processing device includes a micro control Unit (MCU, also called a single-chip microcomputer or a single-chip microcomputer), the short-distance communication device includes a short-distance communication module, and the short-distance communication module may be a WiFi (wireless fidelity) module, a bluetooth module, a ZigBee module, an NFC (near field communication) module, or the like.
The following briefly describes several ways for the short-range communication device to obtain the merchandise information:
in the first mode, the short-distance communication device can be connected with an image acquisition device arranged on a shelf, the image acquisition device is used for acquiring the shelf and image information in a preset range around the shelf and sending the image information to the short-distance communication device, and the short-distance communication device can acquire commodity information from the image information through an image recognition technology and send the acquired commodity information to the intelligent processing device; the name and the weight of the commodity can be obtained by identifying the packaging bag of the commodity, and the unit price of the commodity can be obtained by identifying the price tag of the commodity; in addition, the unit price of the commodity can also be obtained by searching a commodity detail table, wherein the commodity detail table comprises a corresponding relation table of the name, the weight and the unit price of the commodity; in fact, other information of the corresponding commodity can be obtained only by identifying any one of the obtained commodity information; it should be noted that the short-distance communication device herein includes a processing module and a storage module, the processing module can be used for performing image recognition to obtain commodity information, the commodity list is stored in the storage module, and the short-distance communication module, the processing module and the storage module may be an integrated chip or a single chip.
Of course, the short-distance communication device can also directly send the image information collected by the image collecting device to the intelligent processing device, and the intelligent processing device utilizes the image recognition technology to recognize and obtain the commodity information.
In a second mode, an image acquisition device and an intelligent device are arranged on the goods shelf, the image acquisition device is connected with the intelligent device, and the intelligent device is connected with the short-distance communication device; the short-distance communication device and the image acquisition device arranged on the goods shelf can be connected with the intelligent device arranged on the goods shelf, at the moment, the image acquisition device sends acquired image information to the intelligent device on the goods shelf for image recognition to acquire commodity information, and the commodity information is sent to the intelligent processing device of the shopping cart through the short-distance communication device; that is, the short-range communication device only includes the short-range communication module, the process of acquiring the commodity information is executed by the intelligent device on the shelf, and the process of acquiring the commodity information may refer to the first mode, and is not described herein again for brevity of description.
In a third mode, a weight sensor and an intelligent device are arranged on the goods shelf, the weight sensor is connected with the intelligent device, and the intelligent device is connected with the short-distance communication device; the weight sensor is arranged on a chassis structure of the goods shelf for containing goods; the weight sensor is used for acquiring commodity weight information (or commodity weight change information, and the weight sensor or the intelligent device acquires the taken commodity weight information based on the commodity weight change information) on the chassis structure; the weight information of the commodity is obtained through the weight sensor, and the name and unit price of the commodity are obtained by searching the commodity detail table through the intelligent device according to the weight information of the commodity, so that the commodity information is obtained;
it should be noted that, in consideration of the problem that one weight information may correspond to a plurality of commodities, further, a positioning device may be further disposed on the shelf to position the shopping area where the shelf is located, so as to assist the intelligent device on the shelf to accurately obtain the commodity information, that is, the intelligent device searches the commodity detail table according to the shopping area and the weight information of the commodity to accurately obtain the commodity information; of course, the intelligent device can accurately acquire commodity information by combining the image information acquired by the image acquisition device arranged on the shelf, the weight information of the commodity and the commodity list; or the intelligent device accurately acquires the commodity information according to the commodity area positioned by the positioning device, the image information acquired by the second acquisition device, the weight information of the commodity acquired by the weight sensor and the commodity list. It should be noted that, a positioning module may also be disposed on the shopping cart body for positioning the shopping area where the shopping cart is located, and comparing with the shopping area of the shelf, the commodity information is determined more accurately.
The shopping cart provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises: the shopping cart comprises a shopping cart body and an intelligent processing device arranged on the shopping cart body, wherein the intelligent processing device is connected with a short-distance communication device arranged on a goods shelf; the intelligent processing device is used for receiving the commodity information sent by the short-distance communication device and generating consumption information according to the commodity information; the commodity information comprises the name, weight and unit price of the commodity; the consumption information includes the number of times of purchase and the amount of consumption. Therefore, the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention not only has the function of storing articles, but also can process the commodity information to obtain the times and the consumption amount of the purchasing behavior of the user, thereby relieving the technical problems that the traditional shopping cart in the prior art has single function, cannot meet the multifunctional requirements of the user, has lower shopping experience of the user and can improve the shopping experience of the user.
Further, the shopping cart body is also provided with a sensing device 102, and the sensing device is connected with the intelligent processing device 101;
the sensing device is used for acquiring behavior state information of a user and sending the behavior state information to the intelligent processing device;
the intelligent processing device is used for judging whether a user generates a behavior of contacting the armrest (such as pushing/leaning against the armrest) according to the behavior state information and generating a judgment result;
furthermore, the intelligent processing device is also used for sending the judgment result to an intelligent device arranged on a shelf through the short-distance communication device, so that the intelligent device arranged on the shelf can identify whether the user of the shopping cart generates purchasing behavior based on commodity weight change information fed back by a weight sensor arranged on a shelf and used for loading the chassis structure of commodities and the judgment result.
Further, the sensing device is arranged on the handrail of the shopping cart body.
Further, the sensing device comprises at least one of a pressure sensor, a heat-sensitive sensor and an infrared sensor. In the embodiment, the sensing device comprises a wireless pressure sensor which is wirelessly connected with the intelligent processing device, so that the appearance of the shopping cart is attractive;
of course, the pressure sensor can also adopt a wired pressure sensor which is in wired connection with the intelligent processing device, and the wire at the moment can be arranged in the hollow handrail and the fixed rod, so that the attractiveness is increased.
The behavior state information of the user is collected through the sensing device arranged at the armrest of the shopping cart body, so that the intelligent processing device of the shopping cart judges whether the user pushes/leans against the armrest, and the intelligent device on the goods shelf can judge which shopping cart corresponds to the behavior (namely purchasing behavior) of taking goods away. Particularly, the shopping cart is close to/attached to a shelf in the same area, for example, the user selects the goods by himself by close to/attached to the shelf.
Example four:
as shown in fig. 7 and 8, on the basis of the first embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention provides another shopping cart, which is different from the first embodiment in that a second image capturing device 103 is further disposed on a shopping cart body of the shopping cart, and the second image capturing device is connected to the intelligent processing device;
the second image acquisition device is used for acquiring the behavior state of the user and generating second image information; and sending the image information to the intelligent processing device.
When the shopping cart does not comprise the sensing device, the intelligent processing device judges whether the user generates the behavior of contacting the armrest (such as pushing/leaning against the armrest) according to the second image information.
When the shopping cart comprises the sensing device, the second image information can be used for assisting the intelligent processing device to judge whether the user generates the behavior of contacting with the armrest (such as pushing/leaning against the armrest), namely, the intelligent processing device judges whether the user generates the behavior of contacting with the armrest (such as pushing/leaning against the armrest) according to the behavior state of the user collected by the sensing device and the second image information.
Specifically, the intelligent processing device judges whether the user has a behavior of contacting the armrest (for example, pushing/leaning against the armrest) according to the behavior state collected by the sensing device and the second image information collected by the second image collecting device, and generates a judgment result.
Further, the second image acquisition device comprises a pinhole camera;
further, the second image acquisition device comprises a wide-angle camera;
further, the second image acquisition device comprises a CCD camera;
further, the second image acquisition device comprises a wireless camera;
specifically, in this embodiment, the second image acquisition device sets up in the position department of shopping cart body towards the handrail, the second image acquisition device includes the wireless pinhole CCD camera of wide angle.
It should be pointed out that, still be provided with the protection device (not shown in the figure) that is used for protecting second image acquisition device on the shopping cart body, protection device is connected with intelligent processing apparatus, protection device includes the shell, pressure sensor and the alarm of setting on the shell, pressure sensor and all be connected with intelligent processing apparatus with the alarm, pressure sensor gathers the pressure information of pressing on the shell, when the pressure information on the shell that pressure sensor gathered is greater than preset pressure threshold value, intelligent processing apparatus control alarm sends the police dispatch newspaper, the suggestion user removes second image acquisition device, thereby play the effect of protection second image acquisition device. The alarm can comprise a voice prompter, a buzzer and a light alarm.
Furthermore, the number of the second image acquisition devices is multiple, and the multiple second image acquisition devices are respectively used for acquiring images in different directions and orientations.
Specifically, a plurality of second image acquisition devices are arranged in all directions and directions of the shopping cart body and acquire images of all sides of the shopping cart. The shopping cart is comprehensively monitored.
In another embodiment, the shopping cart body is a cuboid, and the second image acquisition device comprises wide-angle cameras arranged at the upper ends of the four surfaces of the shopping cart body, so that the shopping cart can be monitored without dead angles of 360 degrees.
Further, still be provided with display device 104 on the shopping cart body, display device with the intelligent device is connected, display device is used for showing information, and the information that shows includes name, unit price, weight, quantity, total price etc. of commodity. The display device can also be used for displaying video information pre-stored by the intelligent processing device, so that emotions of anxiety, boredom and the like generated by waiting of a user are relieved, and the user experience is improved; furthermore, the display device can also display the payment code, thereby saving the queuing payment time of the user and improving the user experience.
Specifically, the display device may be disposed at a position of the shopping cart body facing the armrest, for example, below the second image capturing device. The display device may employ an LED display.
Considering the situation that an adult carries a child when shopping, the shopping cart body is further provided with a fingerprint identification device 105, and the fingerprint identification device is arranged on the armrest and is adjacent to the position of the sensing device so as to identify the position of the fingerprint of the user when the user contacts the armrest, so as to identify whether the purchasing behavior occurs to the same user. In implementation, when a user uses a shopping cart, the intelligent processing device acquires and stores user fingerprints so as to compare the user fingerprints when the user purchases the shopping cart and identify whether the user is the same user, and when the user is not the same user, the intelligent processing device controls the alarm device to send voice prompt information to prompt the user, so that troubles and other unnecessary troubles caused by purchasing behaviors of illegal users (such as children and other users of other shopping carts) contacting the shopping cart are prevented from being caused to the user.
Example five:
as shown in fig. 9, an embodiment of the present invention provides a shopping system, which is applied to the field of shopping such as shopping malls and supermarkets, and the shopping system includes:
a shopping cart 600 and the shopping cart 500 of the previous embodiment, the shopping cart being adapted to the shelf. The shopping cart is provided with an intelligent processing device, and is connected with the short-distance communication device of the goods shelf through the intelligent processing device.
Specifically, the goods shelf sends the commodity information to the intelligent processing device of the shopping cart through the short-distance communication device, the intelligent processing device can perform two-way communication with the short-distance communication device of the goods shelf to complete authentication, and the intelligent processing device is also used for receiving the commodity information sent by the short-distance communication device and generating consumption information according to the commodity information; the commodity information comprises the name, weight and unit price of the commodity; the consumption information includes the number of times of purchase and the amount of consumption.
Furthermore, a weighing device and a second image acquisition device are arranged on the shopping cart, and the weighing device and the second image acquisition device are respectively connected with the intelligent processing device; wherein the weighing device is used for weighing the weight of the commodity placed on the shopping cart; the second image acquisition device is used for acquiring the behavior of picking and placing the commodity from the shopping cart by the user and the image around the shopping cart. Specifically, the weighing device is arranged on a bottom plate of the shopping cart for placing commodities.
Furthermore, a positioning module is arranged on the shopping cart and connected with the intelligent processing device, and the positioning module is used for positioning the shopping area where the shopping cart is located.
The shopping system provided by the embodiment of the invention has the same technical characteristics as the goods shelf and the shopping cart provided by the embodiment, so that the same technical problems can be solved, and the same technical effects can be achieved.
The shopping system provided by the embodiment of the invention has the same implementation principle and the same technical effects as the goods shelf and the shopping cart, and for the sake of brief description, the embodiment of the shopping system is not mentioned, and reference can be made to the corresponding contents in the goods shelf and the shopping cart.
It can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working process of the shopping system described above may refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing embodiments of the shelf and the shopping cart, and will not be described herein again.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.
Referring to fig. 10, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an intelligent device 100, including: a processor 40, a memory 41, a bus 42 and a communication interface 43, wherein the processor 40, the communication interface 43 and the memory 41 are connected through the bus 42; the processor 40 is arranged to execute executable modules, such as computer programs, stored in the memory 41.
The Memory 41 may include a high-speed Random Access Memory (RAM) and may also include a non-volatile Memory (non-volatile Memory), such as at least one disk Memory. The communication connection between the network element of the system and at least one other network element is realized through at least one communication interface 43 (which may be wired or wireless), and the internet, a wide area network, a local network, a metropolitan area network, etc. may be used.
The bus 42 may be an ISA bus, PCI bus, EISA bus, or the like. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one double-headed arrow is shown in FIG. 10, but this does not indicate only one bus or one type of bus.
The memory 41 is configured to store the program 401, and the processor 40 executes the program 401 after receiving an execution instruction, where the method executed by the apparatus defined by the flow process disclosed in any of the foregoing embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the processor 40, or implemented by the processor 40.
The processor 40 may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the above method may be performed by integrated logic circuits of hardware or instructions in the form of software in the processor 40. The Processor 40 may be a general-purpose Processor, and includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Network Processor (NP), and the like; the device can also be a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or other Programmable logic devices, discrete Gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components. The various methods, steps and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented or performed. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in connection with the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in ram, flash memory, rom, prom, or eprom, registers, etc. storage media as is well known in the art. The storage medium is located in the memory 41, and the processor 40 reads the information in the memory 41 and combines the hardware to complete the steps of the method and the functions.
In addition, in the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, and for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units through some communication interfaces, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
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 units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above-mentioned embodiments are only specific embodiments of the present invention, which are used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention and not for limiting the same, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: any person skilled in the art can modify or easily conceive the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or equivalent substitutes for some technical features within the technical scope of the present disclosure; such modifications, changes or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and they should be construed as being included therein. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
Claims (9)
1. A pallet, comprising: the intelligent goods shelf comprises a goods shelf body, and a sensor group, a short-distance communication device, a weight sensor and an intelligent device which are arranged on the goods shelf body, wherein the sensor group, the short-distance communication device and the weight sensor are connected with the intelligent device;
the sensor group is used for sensing whether a shopping cart exists in a preset distance range of the goods shelf or not; when the sensor group senses that shopping carts exist in a preset distance range of the shelf, the sensor group is used for sending an activation request to the intelligent device;
the intelligent device is used for generating an activation signal according to the activation request and sending the activation signal to the short-distance communication device;
the short-distance communication device is used for authenticating the shopping cart in the preset distance range of the shelf after receiving the activation signal;
the weight sensor is used for acquiring commodity weight change information on the chassis structure and sending the commodity weight change information to the intelligent device;
the intelligent device calculates to obtain the weight information of the commodity taken away by the user based on the weight change information, and searches a commodity list according to the weight information of the commodity to obtain the name and unit price of the commodity; the intelligent device is also used for identifying the purchasing behavior of the user based on the weight change information of the commodity;
specifically, the short-distance communication device sends a message to the shopping cart for authentication, and judges whether the shopping cart feeds back the message; if the shopping cart has feedback on the message, an intelligent processing device is arranged on the shopping cart, namely the shopping cart is authenticated to be a shopping cart matched with the goods shelf; if the shopping cart has no feedback, the shopping cart is a shopping cart without an intelligent processing device, namely the shopping cart is authenticated not to be a shopping cart matched with the goods shelf; and finishing the authentication.
2. The rack of claim 1, wherein the sensor group comprises a plurality of distance sensors disposed at different product areas of the rack.
3. The pallet according to claim 2, characterized in that the distance sensor is a laser rangefinder.
4. The pallet of claim 1, further comprising: the intelligent storage rack comprises an intelligent device, an image acquisition device and a storage rack body, wherein the intelligent device is arranged on the storage rack body, the image acquisition device is connected with the intelligent device, and the image acquisition device is used for acquiring commodity taking and placing behaviors of a user on the storage rack and image information around the storage rack.
5. The shelf of claim 4, wherein the image capture device is a plurality of image capture devices, the plurality of image capture devices being disposed in different product areas of the shelf.
6. The rack of claim 4, wherein the image capture device comprises a wireless pinhole camera.
7. The pallet of claim 1, further comprising: the positioning device is arranged on the goods shelf body; the positioning device is connected with the intelligent device and used for positioning a shopping area where the goods shelf is located and sending the shopping area to the intelligent device.
8. A shopping system, comprising: shopping cart and shelf according to any of claims 1-7, said shopping cart being adapted to said shelf, said shopping cart having an intelligent processing device arranged thereon, said shopping cart being connected to a short-range communication device of said shelf via said intelligent processing device.
9. The shopping system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the shopping cart is provided with a weighing device and a second image acquisition device, and the weighing device and the second image acquisition device are respectively connected with the intelligent processing device; wherein the weighing device is used for weighing the weight of the commodity placed on the shopping cart; the second image acquisition device is used for acquiring the behavior of picking and placing the commodity from the shopping cart by the user and the image around the shopping cart.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CN201810519205.9A CN108764129B (en) | 2018-05-25 | 2018-05-25 | Goods shelf and shopping system |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CN201810519205.9A CN108764129B (en) | 2018-05-25 | 2018-05-25 | Goods shelf and shopping system |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CN108764129A CN108764129A (en) | 2018-11-06 |
| CN108764129B true CN108764129B (en) | 2021-07-09 |
Family
ID=64006644
Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CN201810519205.9A Active CN108764129B (en) | 2018-05-25 | 2018-05-25 | Goods shelf and shopping system |
Country Status (1)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| CN (1) | CN108764129B (en) |
Families Citing this family (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN109741524A (en) * | 2018-12-29 | 2019-05-10 | 北京沃东天骏信息技术有限公司 | Goods selling equipment, the recognition methods of article, device and computer readable storage medium |
| CN111508136A (en) * | 2019-03-07 | 2020-08-07 | 河源市联腾实业有限公司 | Self-service shopping system and method based on bulk commodities |
| CN110246283A (en) * | 2019-06-14 | 2019-09-17 | 广东优信无限网络股份有限公司 | A kind of supermarket's intelligence vending method, device and computer readable storage medium |
Citations (14)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN102577310A (en) * | 2009-09-30 | 2012-07-11 | 阿尔卡特朗讯公司 | Immobilization module for security on a communication system |
| US20120284132A1 (en) * | 2011-05-03 | 2012-11-08 | Uniyoung Kim | Display device attachable to shopping carts, shopping cart, and digital signage display |
| US20150026007A1 (en) * | 2013-07-16 | 2015-01-22 | International Business Machines Corporation | Smart home environment for shopping |
| CN104787102A (en) * | 2015-04-28 | 2015-07-22 | 成坤 | Intelligent shopping cart, intelligent shopping system and using method thereof |
| CN104981825A (en) * | 2013-01-11 | 2015-10-14 | 塔格尼蒂克斯股份有限公司 | Out of stock sensor |
| CN105069675A (en) * | 2015-07-31 | 2015-11-18 | 天津云锦瑞物联网技术研发有限责任公司 | Intelligent shopping system and application method thereof |
| CN106228681A (en) * | 2016-07-25 | 2016-12-14 | 深圳市双驰科技有限公司 | A kind of automatic vending method, system and vending machine |
| CN106910086A (en) * | 2017-01-18 | 2017-06-30 | 甄启源 | A kind of supermarket intelligent shopping system |
| CN107123006A (en) * | 2017-07-12 | 2017-09-01 | 杨智勇 | A kind of smart shopper system |
| CN107393152A (en) * | 2017-08-14 | 2017-11-24 | 杭州纳戒科技有限公司 | Self-help vending machine and automatic selling system |
| CN207008773U (en) * | 2016-10-28 | 2018-02-13 | 杭州纳戒科技有限公司 | A kind of self-help shopping case and self-help shopping system |
| CN107767129A (en) * | 2017-10-25 | 2018-03-06 | 京东方科技集团股份有限公司 | A kind of intelligent shopping trolley and the smart shopper system for including it |
| CN107943023A (en) * | 2017-11-03 | 2018-04-20 | 上海集成电路研发中心有限公司 | A kind of intelligent shopping trolley and its application method |
| CN107968988A (en) * | 2017-11-30 | 2018-04-27 | 北京旷视科技有限公司 | Monitoring device and intelligent commodity shelf |
-
2018
- 2018-05-25 CN CN201810519205.9A patent/CN108764129B/en active Active
Patent Citations (14)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN102577310A (en) * | 2009-09-30 | 2012-07-11 | 阿尔卡特朗讯公司 | Immobilization module for security on a communication system |
| US20120284132A1 (en) * | 2011-05-03 | 2012-11-08 | Uniyoung Kim | Display device attachable to shopping carts, shopping cart, and digital signage display |
| CN104981825A (en) * | 2013-01-11 | 2015-10-14 | 塔格尼蒂克斯股份有限公司 | Out of stock sensor |
| US20150026007A1 (en) * | 2013-07-16 | 2015-01-22 | International Business Machines Corporation | Smart home environment for shopping |
| CN104787102A (en) * | 2015-04-28 | 2015-07-22 | 成坤 | Intelligent shopping cart, intelligent shopping system and using method thereof |
| CN105069675A (en) * | 2015-07-31 | 2015-11-18 | 天津云锦瑞物联网技术研发有限责任公司 | Intelligent shopping system and application method thereof |
| CN106228681A (en) * | 2016-07-25 | 2016-12-14 | 深圳市双驰科技有限公司 | A kind of automatic vending method, system and vending machine |
| CN207008773U (en) * | 2016-10-28 | 2018-02-13 | 杭州纳戒科技有限公司 | A kind of self-help shopping case and self-help shopping system |
| CN106910086A (en) * | 2017-01-18 | 2017-06-30 | 甄启源 | A kind of supermarket intelligent shopping system |
| CN107123006A (en) * | 2017-07-12 | 2017-09-01 | 杨智勇 | A kind of smart shopper system |
| CN107393152A (en) * | 2017-08-14 | 2017-11-24 | 杭州纳戒科技有限公司 | Self-help vending machine and automatic selling system |
| CN107767129A (en) * | 2017-10-25 | 2018-03-06 | 京东方科技集团股份有限公司 | A kind of intelligent shopping trolley and the smart shopper system for including it |
| CN107943023A (en) * | 2017-11-03 | 2018-04-20 | 上海集成电路研发中心有限公司 | A kind of intelligent shopping trolley and its application method |
| CN107968988A (en) * | 2017-11-30 | 2018-04-27 | 北京旷视科技有限公司 | Monitoring device and intelligent commodity shelf |
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| CN108764129A (en) | 2018-11-06 |
Similar Documents
| Publication | Publication Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| JP7311524B2 (en) | Method and Apparatus and Intelligent Shelving System for Identifying Items Purchased by a User | |
| RU2727084C1 (en) | Device and method for determining order information | |
| RU2739542C1 (en) | Automatic registration system for a sales outlet | |
| US10832311B2 (en) | Method and medium for shopping in a physical store | |
| US7337960B2 (en) | Systems and methods for merchandise automatic checkout | |
| CN108764129B (en) | Goods shelf and shopping system | |
| US11908288B2 (en) | Imaging used to reconcile cart weight discrepancy | |
| TW201913582A (en) | Shopping settlement method, smart shopping equipment and smart supermarket system | |
| KR20190053878A (en) | Method and apparatus for determining order information | |
| TW201805902A (en) | Shopping support system | |
| JP7264401B2 (en) | Accounting methods, devices and systems | |
| CN108831019A (en) | Self-service supermarket's vending system and automatic selling system | |
| US20230102033A1 (en) | Payment processing system, payment processing method, and recording medium | |
| CN108909781B (en) | Shopping cart and shopping system | |
| KR102082988B1 (en) | A weight-perceptive barcode-reading shopping cart | |
| JP7243766B2 (en) | Information processing device and control method | |
| CN109808981A (en) | Container supports system and shopping support method using the shopping of the container | |
| US20220270061A1 (en) | System and method for indicating payment method availability on a smart shopping bin | |
| JP7381330B2 (en) | Information processing system, information processing device, and information processing method | |
| WO2019245441A1 (en) | An automatic in-store registration system | |
| KR20230104811A (en) | Method and apparatus for a movineg terminal and mart shopping system for convineint shopping |
Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| PB01 | Publication | ||
| PB01 | Publication | ||
| SE01 | Entry into force of request for substantive examination | ||
| SE01 | Entry into force of request for substantive examination | ||
| GR01 | Patent grant | ||
| GR01 | Patent grant |