CN109064634B - Vending machine and management method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a vending machine and a management method thereof, wherein the vending machine comprises: the system comprises a box body, goods shelves, image collectors, a control device, a door body sensor and a communication device, wherein at least one group of goods shelves is arranged in the box body, one side of each goods shelf, which faces to the door body, is in a step shape, each group of goods shelves comprises a plurality of layers of goods shelves, only a first row of commodities are exposed out of each layer of goods shelf, each group of goods shelves is correspondingly provided with an image collector, and each image collector is used for shooting the first row of commodities on each layer of the corresponding goods shelf and uploading the obtained image information of the first row of commodities to a server through the communication device; the door body sensor is connected with the control device and used for detecting the opening and closing of the door body, and the control device is respectively connected with the communication device and the image collector. The method is used for managing the vending machine. The vending machine and the management method thereof can save the cost of the vending machine.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of commercial automation equipment, in particular to a vending machine and a management method thereof.
Background
With the development of industrial technology and internet of things technology, vending machines are increasingly widely used as a form of commercial retail.
At present, vending machines equipped with an image collector have appeared, in which a camera takes an image of a commodity on a shelf, and then the image of the commodity is transmitted to a server, which identifies the commodity in the image. Since the vending machine usually comprises a plurality of layers of shelves, at least one camera is correspondingly arranged on each layer of shelves in order to shoot the commodities on the shelves. For example, if there are 8 layers of shelves, if each layer of shelf is correspondingly provided with one camera, 8 cameras need to be installed, each camera uploads a shot image to a server for identification, and the server needs to perform image identification for 8 times, which requires a long time.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an automatic vending machine and a management method thereof, aiming at the defects in the prior art, and the automatic vending machine and the management method thereof can solve part or all of the problems mentioned in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
on one hand, the invention provides an automatic vending machine, which comprises a box body, a goods shelf, an image collector, a control device, a door body sensor and a communication device, wherein:
the box body is internally provided with at least one group of goods shelves, one side of each goods shelf, which faces the door body, is in a step shape, each group of the goods shelves comprises a plurality of layers of goods shelves, each layer of the goods shelves only exposes a first row of goods, each group of the goods shelves is correspondingly provided with the image collector, and each image collector is used for shooting the first row of goods of each layer of the goods shelves on the corresponding goods shelf and uploading the obtained image information of the first row of goods to a server through the communication device;
the door body sensor is connected with the control device and used for detecting the opening and closing of the door body, and the control device is respectively connected with the communication device and the image collector.
Wherein the included angle between the shelf and the horizontal direction is-40 degrees.
The vending machine further comprises a driving device, the driving device is connected with the control device, each layer of shelf comprises multiple rows of goods channels, each row of goods channels is provided with multiple placing positions of the goods, each layer of shelf is adjacent to a partition board arranged between the goods channels, each row of goods channels is provided with the driving device, and the driving device is used for enabling the goods on the goods channels to move towards the door body.
Wherein, the goods way is mobile arrangement, drive arrangement is used for driving the goods way.
And a flexible baffle is arranged between the first row of commodities and the second row of commodities of each row of the commodity channel.
And grooves for placing the first row of commodities are formed in the placing positions of the first row of commodities on the shelf.
Wherein, the groove is a circular groove, a square groove or a cylindrical inclined plane groove.
Wherein, set up the shelf between two sets of the range upon range of setting the goods shelves, the shelf is fixed on the box.
The vending machine further comprises a lighting lamp, wherein the lighting lamp is arranged in the middle of the top of the inner wall of the box body and in the middle of the top of the shelf, facing towards one side of the shelf step-shaped shelf, of each shelf.
The image collector is arranged on the top of the inner wall of the box body and each shelf respectively.
The image collector is arranged at a preset distance away from the rear side of the inner wall of the box body, and the distance between the image collector and the two side walls of the box body is equal.
Wherein, the front end of each layer of shelf is fixedly provided with a baffle.
Wherein the height range of the baffle is more than 0 and less than or equal to 40 cm.
Wherein, the image collector is wide angle camera or fisheye camera.
The vending machine further comprises a door lock, the door lock is arranged on the door body, and the door lock is connected with the control device.
The door body and the box body are in push-pull connection or movably hinged.
The vending machine further comprises a two-dimensional code label arranged outside the box body or on the door body.
In another aspect, the present invention provides a method for managing a vending machine, including:
if the door body sensor detects that the door body is closed, sending triggering information to each image collector;
after receiving the trigger information, each image collector shoots a corresponding shelf to obtain image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group of shelves;
and each image collector sends the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer corresponding to the image collector to a server through a communication device, so that the server determines the sold commodities and the quantity of the sold commodities according to the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer of each group to perform settlement.
In another aspect, the present invention provides a method for managing a vending machine, including:
if the door body sensor detects that the door body is closed, sending triggering information to each image collector;
after receiving the trigger information, each image collector shoots a corresponding shelf to obtain image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group of shelves;
the image collectors send image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer corresponding to each image collector to a server through a communication device, so that the server can obtain vacant commodity channels at the placing positions of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer of each shelf according to the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer of each shelf;
and the control device controls the driving devices corresponding to the channels with the vacant placement positions of the first row of commodities on the shelves of each group of shelves according to the vacant channels with the vacant placement positions of the first row of commodities on the shelves of each group of shelves received by the communication device, so that the second row of commodities on the corresponding channels are moved to the placement positions of the first row of commodities.
According to the technical scheme, the automatic vending machine and the management method thereof comprise a box body, goods shelves, image collectors, a control device, a door body sensor and a communication device, wherein at least one group of goods shelves are arranged in the box body, each group of goods shelves comprise a plurality of layers of goods shelves, one sides of the plurality of layers of goods shelves facing the door body are in a step shape, only a first row of commodities are exposed out of each layer of goods shelf, the image collectors are correspondingly arranged on each group of goods shelves, each image collector is used for shooting the first row of commodities on each layer of corresponding goods shelf and uploading obtained image information of the first row of commodities to a server through the communication device, the door body sensor is connected with the control device and is used for detecting the opening and closing of the door body, the control device is respectively connected with the communication device and the image collectors, and the goods shelves are correspondingly arranged, so that the number of the image collectors can be reduced, therefore, the cost of the vending machine is saved, the number of the images to be identified is reduced due to the reduction of the number of the image collectors, and the image identification efficiency can be improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method for managing a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method for managing a vending machine according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating a method for managing vending machines according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;
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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.
The following disclosure provides many different embodiments, or examples, for implementing different features of the invention. To simplify the disclosure of the present invention, the components and arrangements of specific examples are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention may repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples. This repetition is for the purpose of simplicity and clarity and does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, the structure of a first feature described below as "on" a second feature may include embodiments in which the first and second features are formed in direct contact, and may also include embodiments in which additional features are formed between the first and second features, such that the first and second features may not be in direct contact. In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, mechanically or electrically connected, or interconnected between two elements, directly or indirectly through an intermediate medium, and the specific meanings of the terms as described above will be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific situation.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides an automatic vending machine, which includes a box 1, a shelf, an image collector 2, a control device, a door 3, a door sensor, and a communication device, wherein:
at least one group of goods shelves is arranged in the box body 1, one side of each goods shelf, facing the door body 3, is in a step shape, each group of goods shelves comprises a plurality of layers of goods shelves 4, only a first row of goods is exposed out of each layer of goods shelf 4, the second row of the current goods shelf 4 and the goods after the second row can be shielded by the last layer of goods shelf 4, the second row of the goods shelf 4 at the topmost layer of the goods shelves and the goods after the second row can be shielded by cover plates, each group of goods shelves is correspondingly provided with an image collector 2, and each image collector 2 is used for shooting the first row of goods of each layer of goods shelf 4 on the corresponding goods shelf and uploading the obtained image information of the first row of goods to a server through the communication device; the specific installation position of the image collector 2 is set according to actual needs, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited; the commodity is preferably a beverage such as a beverage in a can or bottle and wine.
The door body sensor is connected with the control device and used for detecting the opening and closing of the door body, and the control device is respectively connected with the communication device and the image collector 2. Wherein the communication device establishes a connection with the server through a wired or wireless network.
Specifically, the purchaser opens the door 3, removes the commodity he wants to purchase from the shelves 4, and then closes the door 3, and the purchaser can only remove the first row of commodities since only the first row of commodities are exposed from the shelves 4 of each layer. When the door body 3 is opened, the door body sensor can detect that the door body 3 is opened, and when the door body 3 is closed, the door body sensor can detect that the door body 3 is closed. When the door body sensor detects that the door body 3 is closed, trigger information is sent to the image collectors 2 corresponding to the shelf bodies of all the groups, and after the image collectors 2 receive the trigger information, the first row of commodities of each layer of shelf 4 on the shelf body corresponding to each group are shot, so that the image information of the first row of commodities of each layer of shelf 4 is obtained. Each image collector 2 may send the image information of the first row of products on each shelf 4 to a server through the communication device, and the server may receive the image information of the first row of products on each shelf 4.
After receiving the image information of the first row of commodities on each layer of shelf 4 of each group of shelves, the server compares the image information of the first row of commodities on each layer of shelf 4 of each group of shelves with the image information of the first row of commodities stored on each layer of shelf 4 of the group of shelves last time, so that the commodities taken away from each group of shelves and the corresponding quantity, namely the sold commodities and the quantity, can be obtained, and then the money amount to be paid is calculated according to the unit price of each commodity and the corresponding quantity, and can be deducted from the account of the buyer.
According to the vending machine provided by the invention, the number of the image collectors can be reduced due to the corresponding arrangement of the image collectors and the goods shelf, so that the cost of the vending machine is saved, the number of the shot images is reduced due to the reduction of the number of the image collectors, so that the number of the images needing to be identified by the server is reduced, the image identification efficiency can be improved, and the settlement efficiency is improved.
On the basis of the above embodiments, the shelf 4 is further included at an angle ranging from-40 ° to 40 ° with respect to the horizontal direction. When the included angle of shelf 4 and horizontal direction is not 0, on shelf 4 first row commodity slope, image collector 2 is shooing during first row commodity, can shoot more the surface of first row commodity obtains in the image information of first row commodity the area of first row commodity increases, is favorable to the follow-up image recognition that carries on.
On the basis of the above embodiments, the vending machine further includes a driving device, the driving device is connected to the control device, each layer of shelf 4 includes multiple rows of goods lanes, each row of the goods lanes is provided with a plurality of placement positions for the goods, a partition is provided between adjacent goods lanes of each layer of the shelf 4, each row of the goods lanes is provided with a driving device, and the driving device is used for moving the goods on the goods lanes to the door body direction. The driving device can adopt a stepping motor and a spiral spring, the spiral spring is connected with the stepping motor, the stepping motor drives the spiral spring to rotate, the spiral spring is arranged along the goods channel, the commodities are sequentially arranged in the spiral spring, and when the stepping motor drives the spiral spring to rotate, the commodities arranged in the spiral spring are pushed to move towards the door body 3. The partition plates isolate commodities between adjacent goods channels on each layer of shelves 4, and the commodities are prevented from falling in the moving process.
Specifically, after receiving the image information of the first row of products on each shelf 4 of each group of shelves, the server may compare the image information of the first row of products on each shelf 4 of each group with the image information of the first row of products on each shelf 4 of the group stored last time, and may obtain a lane in which the placement position of the first row of products on each shelf 4 of each group is vacant, and if the purchaser purchases a plurality of different products, the lane in which the placement position of the first row of products is vacant is multiple. The server sends the empty commodity channels at the placing positions of the first row of commodities on each layer of shelf 4 of each group of shelves to the communication device, and the communication device sends the received empty commodity channels at the placing positions of the first row of commodities on each layer of shelf 4 of each group of shelves to the control device.
The control device can send a moving command to the driving device corresponding to the empty goods channel at the placing position of the first row of goods after receiving the empty goods channel at each layer of shelf 4 of each group of shelves and the placing position of the first row of goods, and the driving device drives the corresponding goods on the empty goods channel at the placing position of the first row of goods to move towards the door body 4 until the second row of goods moves to the placing position of the first row of goods, so that the first row of goods with the empty goods channel at the placing position of the first row of goods is supplemented.
On the basis of the above embodiments, further, the cargo way is movably disposed, and the driving device is configured to drive the cargo way. For example, the movable cargo way 8 may be a conveyor belt, a plurality of positions for placing the commodities are disposed on the conveyor belt, and the driving device may be a stepping motor, which drives the conveyor belt to rotate to move the second row of commodities in the cargo way to the positions for placing the first row of commodities.
On the basis of the above embodiments, further, a flexible baffle is arranged between the first row of commodities and the second row of commodities in each row of the commodity channel, and the flexible baffle can be made of a polyurethane material and is used for shielding the second row of commodities and preventing the purchaser from taking away the second row of commodities.
For example, the flexible baffle is vertically arranged, one end of the flexible baffle is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the goods channel of the upper layer of the shelf corresponding to the goods channel, when the first row of goods is empty, the second row of goods is pushed by external force to touch the flexible baffle, the flexible baffle is flexibly deformed, so that the second row of goods passes through, and after the second row of goods passes through, the flexible baffle can recover to a vertical position to continuously shield the goods behind the first row of goods.
On the basis of the above embodiments, further, a groove for placing the first row of commodities is arranged at the placing position of the first row of commodities on the shelf. The recess is favorable to firmly placing commodity prevents commodity emptys.
On the basis of the above embodiments, further, the groove is a circular groove, a square groove or a cylindrical inclined groove. For example, when the commodity is a beverage, a round groove or a square groove for placing a beverage package is arranged on the commodity channel 8; when the commodity is wine, a cylindrical inclined groove for placing a glass wine bottle is arranged on the goods channel 8.
As shown in fig. 1, in addition to the above embodiments, a shelf 5 is provided between two sets of the shelves stacked one on another, and the shelf 5 is fixed to the case 1.
Specifically, when the goods shelves are the multiunit, the multiunit the goods shelves set up at 1 internal lamination of box, and shelf 5 sets up adjacent two sets from top to bottom between the goods shelves, and shelf 5 is fixed on box 1, for example adopts the hinge to fix to the lateral wall of box 1 on, and shelf 5 can be used for installing the light and with the image collector who is located a set of goods shelves below shelf 5 and corresponds.
As shown in fig. 1, in addition to the above embodiments, the vending machine of the present invention further includes an illumination lamp 6, wherein the illumination lamp 6 is disposed at a top middle position of the inner wall of the box 1 and at a top middle position of each shelf facing to the shelf stepped type shelf side. The illuminating lamps are used for illuminating commodities on the shelves of each group and supplementing light for shooting of the image collector.
On the basis of the above embodiments, further, an image collector 2 is respectively arranged on the top of the inner wall of the box body 1 and each shelf. The specific positions of the image collector 2 on the top of the inner wall and the shelves are set according to actual needs, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.
On the basis of each embodiment, further, image collector 2 sets up and presets distance department apart from 1 inner wall rear side of box, and the distance between two lateral walls apart from 1 box equals, and image collector 2 is provided with near the door body and does benefit to the increase and shoots the visual angle. The preset distance is set according to practical experience, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.
On the basis of the above embodiments, further, a baffle is fixedly arranged at the front end of each layer of shelf 4, the baffle can be fixed on each layer of shelf 4 through screws, and when the shelf 4 is obliquely arranged, the baffle can prevent the goods on the shelf 4 from falling off.
On the basis of the above embodiments, further, the height range of the baffle is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 40 cm.
On the basis of each embodiment, further, image collector is wide angle camera or fisheye camera, wide angle camera or fisheye camera's visual angle scope is big, is favorable to shooting on the goods shelves first row of goods.
As shown in fig. 1, in addition to the above embodiments, the vending machine further includes a door lock 7, the door lock 7 is disposed on the door body 3, the door lock 7 is connected to the control device, and the control device controls the opening and closing of the door lock 7.
For example, when the purchaser purchases a commodity by scanning a two-dimensional code provided on the door body 3, the server transmits a command for unlocking the door lock 7 to the control device through the communication device, and the control device controls the door lock 7 to be opened. When the purchaser opens the door body 3, takes away the purchased commodity and closes the door body 3, the door body sensor detects that the door body 3 is closed, sends a signal of closing the door body 3 to the control device, and the control device controls the door lock 7 to close and lock the door body 3.
On the basis of the above embodiments, further, the door 3 and the box 1 are in push-pull connection or movably hinged.
On the basis of the above embodiments, the vending machine further includes a two-dimensional code label disposed outside the box body or on the door body. The purchaser can scan the two-dimensional code label through the mobile terminal to open the door body 3 and pay for the purchased commodities. The specific position of the two-dimensional code label is set according to the actual situation, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited; the mobile terminal includes but is not limited to a smart phone, a tablet computer, and the like.
On the basis of the above embodiments, the following describes in detail the workflow of the vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Vending machine a has two sets of said shelves: goods shelves I and goods shelves II, goods shelves I and goods shelves II are the echelonment towards one side of the door body 3, and goods shelves I and goods shelves II correspond a fisheye camera respectively, every group goods shelves include five layers of shelves 4, and every layer of shelves 4 includes 5 rows the goods way, only first row of commodity of every layer of shelves 4 expose and supply the buyer to take, have set up the two-dimensional code label in the outside upper left corner of the door body 4. The first purchaser scans the two-dimension code label through a payment tool on the smart phone, a shopping process is started, the server receives a message sent by the smart phone through scanning the two-dimension code label, the server sends a command for unlocking the door lock 7 to the control device through the communication device, and the control device controls the door lock 7 to be opened. The purchaser A opens the door body 3 to take away the first row of commodities in the 2 nd row of commodity passage of the second layer of shelf 4 of the shelf I and the first row of commodities in the 3 rd row of commodity passage of the third layer of shelf 4 of the shelf II, and closes the door body 3. After the door body sensor detects that the door body 3 is closed, trigger information is sent to two fisheye cameras, two fisheye cameras receive after the trigger information, one fisheye camera shoots the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the goods shelf I to obtain the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the goods shelf I, and the other fisheye camera shoots the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the goods shelf II to obtain the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the goods shelf II. The two fisheye cameras respectively send the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the shelf I and the shelf II to the server through the communication device, the server can receive the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the shelf I and the shelf II, then the received image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the shelf I is compared with the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the shelf I stored last time, the first row of commodities in the 2 nd row of commodity channels of the shelf I and the second row of commodity channels of the shelf 4 are determined to be purchased, the received image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the shelf II is compared with the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf 4 of the shelf II stored last time, and the first row of commodities in the 3 rd row of commodity channels of the shelf 4 of the shelf II is determined to be purchased, and then calculating the amount of money to be collected according to the unit price of the commodities on the 2 nd row of channels of the second-layer shelf 4 of the pre-stored shelf I and the unit price of the commodities on the 3 rd row of channels of the third-layer shelf 4 of the shelf II, sending the amount of money to the mobile phone of the buyer A to be displayed, and the buyer A can pay the amount of money to be collected through a payment tool to finish shopping.
The server receives the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf 4 of the shelf I and the shelf II, compares the received image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf 4 of the shelf I with the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf 4 of the shelf I stored last time, determines that the placement position of the first row of commodities of the 2 nd row of commodity channels of the shelf I, the second layer of shelves 4 of the shelf I is out of stock, compares the received image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf 4 of the shelf II with the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf 4 of the shelf II stored last time, and determines that the placement position of the first row of commodities of the 3 rd row of commodity channels of the shelf 4 of the third layer of shelves of the shelf II is out of stock. The server sends the goods channel of the 2 nd row of the second-layer shelf 4 of the shelf I and the goods channel of the 3 rd row of the third-layer shelf 4 of the shelf II to the communication device, and the communication device sends the two goods channels which are out of stock to the control device.
After receiving the two goods channels lacking the goods, the control device can respectively send a moving command to the driving devices corresponding to the two goods channels lacking the goods, the 2 nd row of goods channels on the second layer of shelf 4 of the shelf I correspond to the driving devices to enable the goods on the 2 nd row of goods channels on the second layer of shelf 4 of the shelf I to move towards the door body 3 until the second row of goods on the 2 nd row of goods channels on the second layer of shelf 4 of the shelf I moves to the placing position of the first row of goods, and the 3 rd row of goods channels on the third layer of shelf 4 of the shelf II correspond to the driving devices to enable the goods on the 3 rd row of goods channels on the third layer of shelf 4 of the shelf II to move towards the door body 3 until the second row of goods on the 2 nd row of goods channels on the second layer of shelf 4 of the shelf I moves to the placing position of the first row of goods.
Fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a management method of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 2, the management method of a vending machine according to the present invention is used for managing a vending machine according to any of the embodiments, and includes:
s201, if the door body sensor detects that the door body is closed, sending triggering information to each image collector;
specifically, when using the vending machine provided by the invention, a purchaser needs to open the door body, take the commodity which the purchaser wants to purchase from the goods channel, and then close the door body. When the door body is opened, the door body sensor can detect that the door body is opened, and when the door body is closed, the door body sensor can detect that the door body is closed and then sends triggering information to each image collector.
S202, after receiving the trigger information, each image collector shoots a corresponding shelf to obtain image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group of shelves;
specifically, after receiving the trigger information, each image collector may photograph a corresponding shelf to obtain image information of the first row of products on each shelf of each group.
S203, each image collector sends the image information of the first row of commodities of the shelves of each shelf layer corresponding to the image collector to a server through a communication device, so that the server determines the sold commodities and the quantity to be settled according to the image information of the first row of commodities of the shelves of each shelf layer.
Specifically, each image collector may send, through the communication device, image information of a first row of products on each shelf layer corresponding to each image collector to a server, and the server may receive image information of a first row of products on each shelf layer of each group. After receiving the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group, the server compares the received image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group with the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of the group stored last time, so as to determine the commodities and data taken away from the shelves, namely the commodities and the quantity to be sold, and then calculates the money amount to be paid according to the unit price of each commodity and the quantity corresponding to each commodity, wherein the money amount to be paid can be deducted from the account of the buyer.
According to the vending machine provided by the invention, the image collector is used for shooting the first row of commodities on the shelf to obtain the image information of the first row of commodities, so that the number of images needing to be identified by the server is reduced while the image shooting is reduced, the image identification efficiency can be improved, and the settlement time is reduced.
Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a management method of a vending machine according to another embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 3, the management method of a vending machine according to any one of the embodiments of the present invention is used for managing a vending machine, and includes:
s301, if the door body sensor detects that the door body is closed, sending triggering information to each image collector;
specifically, the specific implementation process of this step is similar to step 201, and is not described here again.
S302, after receiving the trigger information, each image collector shoots a corresponding shelf to obtain image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group of shelves;
specifically, the specific implementation process of this step is similar to step 202, and is not described here again.
S303, each image collector sends the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf of the shelf corresponding to each image collector to a server through a communication device, so that the server obtains a vacant commodity channel at the placing position of the first row of commodities of each shelf according to the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf;
specifically, each image collector may send, through the communication device, image information of a first row of products on each shelf layer corresponding to each image collector to a server, and the server may receive image information of a first row of products on each shelf layer of each group. After receiving the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group of shelves, the server compares the received image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group with the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of the group stored last time, and can obtain a vacant lane in the placement position of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group.
And S304, the control device controls the driving devices corresponding to the channels with the vacant placement positions of the first row of commodities on the shelves of each group of shelves according to the vacant channels with the vacant placement positions of the first row of commodities on the shelves of each group of shelves received by the communication device, so that the second row of commodities on the corresponding channels are moved to the placement positions of the first row of commodities.
Specifically, the server sends the empty commodity channels at the placing positions of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group to the communication device, and the communication device forwards the empty commodity channels at the placing positions of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group to the control device. The control device controls the driving devices corresponding to the empty commodity channels at the placing positions of the first row of commodities at the placing positions of the first layer of shelves of each group of shelves to move the second row of commodities on the corresponding commodity channel to the placing positions of the first row of commodities according to the empty commodity channels at the placing positions of the first row of commodities at each layer of shelves of each group of shelves, so that the replenishment of the first row of commodities on the shelves is realized.
According to the management method of the vending machine, the shot image information of the first row of commodities on each group of shelves is sent to the server, and the second row of commodities, of which the first row of commodities have vacant commodity channels, are moved to the placing position of the first row of commodities according to the received vacant commodity channels of the first row of commodities on each group of shelves returned by the server, so that the first row of commodities are replenished quickly, and the replenishment efficiency of the first row of commodities is improved.
Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a management method of a vending machine according to still another embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 4, the management method of a vending machine according to the present invention further includes:
s305, after receiving the image information of the first row of commodities on each layer of shelf of each group of shelves, the server obtains a vacant goods channel at the placing position of the first row of commodities on each layer of shelf of each group of shelves according to the image information of the first row of commodities on each layer of shelf of each group of shelves;
specifically, after receiving the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group of shelves, the server may compare the received image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group with the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of the group stored last time, and may obtain that the shelf of each group lacks a lane of the first row of commodities.
S306, subtracting 1 from the stock quantity of each goods channel with a vacant goods channel at the placing position of each layer of shelf of each group of shelves, and obtaining the quantity of each residual goods of each row of goods channels of each layer of shelf of each group of shelves; wherein the inventory quantity is the quantity of remaining items in the lane at the previous time;
specifically, since the number of filled commodities in each of the lanes is determined, the server may count the number of remaining commodities in each of the lanes after the purchase of the commodity after each time the purchaser completes the purchase of the commodity. And after the shelves of each group of shelves lack the lane of the first row of commodities, the server reduces the inventory quantity of the lanes of the shelves of each group of shelves which lack the first row of commodities by 1, so as to obtain the quantity of the commodities left in the lanes of each column of the shelves of each group of shelves. Wherein the inventory quantity is the quantity of remaining items in the lane at the previous time;
for example, the number of the goods in lane B when the goods are full is 8, the number of the goods in lane B after the first purchase, at this time, the stock number of lane B is 8, and the server obtains the number of the remaining goods in lane B as 8-1-7; after the goods of lane B are purchased for the second time, the server obtains the stock quantity of lane B as 7, and the remaining quantity of the goods of lane B after the second time is purchased is 7-1-6.
S307, if the server judges that the number of the remaining commodities of the commodity channel is smaller than the corresponding threshold value, sending out-of-stock reminding information.
Specifically, after obtaining the number of the remaining commodities in each commodity channel, the server compares the number of the remaining commodities in the commodity channel with a corresponding threshold value, and if the number of the remaining commodities in the commodity channel is smaller than the threshold value, sends out a shortage reminder, for example, sends a short message to a mobile phone of a manager to prompt that the commodity channel of the vending machine is in shortage. The goods placed in different goods channels can be different, and the number of the placed goods can also be different, so that each goods channel has a corresponding threshold value, the threshold values are set according to actual experience, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.
The specific process of the method embodiment of the present invention may refer to the descriptions of the above system embodiments, and will not be described herein again.
It should be noted that, on the premise that logics or structures of a plurality of preferred embodiments provided in this embodiment do not conflict with each other, the preferred embodiments may be freely combined, and the present invention is not limited to this.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
The above examples are only for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; 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 such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides an automatic vending machine, its characterized in that, includes box, goods shelves, image collector, controlling means, the door body, door body sensor and communication device, wherein:
the box body is internally provided with at least one group of goods shelves, one side of each goods shelf, facing the door body, is in a step shape, each group of goods shelves comprises a plurality of layers of goods shelves, each layer of goods shelf comprises a plurality of rows of goods channels, the goods channels can be movably arranged, the placing positions of a plurality of commodities are arranged on each row of the goods channels, only a first row of commodities are exposed out of each layer of the goods shelf, each group of goods shelves is correspondingly provided with the image collector, and each image collector is used for shooting the first row of commodities of each layer of the goods shelf on the corresponding goods shelf and uploading the obtained image information of the first row of commodities to a server through the communication device;
the door body sensor is connected with the control device and used for detecting the opening and closing of the door body, and the control device is respectively connected with the communication device and the image collector;
the driving device is connected with the control device and used for driving the goods channel to enable the goods on the goods channel to move towards the door body;
a flexible baffle is arranged between the first row of commodities and the second row of commodities in each row of the commodity channel and is used for shielding the second row of commodities and avoiding a purchaser from taking away the second row of commodities, the flexible baffle is vertically arranged, and one end of the flexible baffle is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the commodity channel of the upper layer of shelves corresponding to the commodity channel;
the control device is configured to: the driving device corresponding to the goods channel controls the vacant placing positions of the first row of goods, when the second row of goods on the goods channel corresponding to the vacant placing positions of the first row of goods touches the flexible baffle, the flexible baffle is flexibly deformed, the second row of goods move to the placing positions of the first row of goods, and when the second row of goods passes through the second row of goods, the flexible baffle returns to the vertical position.
2. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein said shelves are oriented at an angle ranging from-40 ° to 40 ° from horizontal.
3. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein a partition is provided between each level of said shelves adjacent said channels, and wherein said drive means is provided for each column of said channels.
4. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein a recess is provided in the shelf for receiving the first row of items.
5. The vending machine of claim 4, wherein the grooves are circular grooves, square grooves, or cylindrical beveled grooves.
6. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein a shelf is disposed between two of said sets of shelves disposed in a stack, said shelf being secured to said cabinet.
7. The vending machine of claim 6, further comprising a light disposed at a top intermediate location of an inner wall of the cabinet and at a top intermediate location of a side of each of the shelves facing the shelf ladder.
8. The vending machine of claim 6, wherein one of said image collectors is disposed on a top portion of an inner wall of said cabinet and on each of said shelves.
9. The vending machine of claim 8, wherein the image collector is disposed a predetermined distance from a rear side of an inner wall of the housing, and the distance from the image collector to the two side walls of the housing is equal.
10. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein a baffle is fixedly disposed at a front end of each of said shelves.
11. The vending machine of claim 10, wherein the height of the barrier ranges from greater than 0 to less than or equal to 40 cm.
12. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein the image collector is a wide angle camera or a fisheye camera.
13. The vending machine of claim 1, further comprising a door lock, wherein the door lock is disposed on the door body, and the door lock is connected to the control device.
14. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein the door is in a push-pull connection or a movable hinge connection with the chest.
15. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 14, further comprising a two-dimensional code label provided on an exterior of the cabinet or on the door body.
16. A method for managing a vending machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that it comprises:
if the door body sensor detects that the door body is closed, sending triggering information to each image collector;
after receiving the trigger information, each image collector shoots a corresponding shelf to obtain image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group of shelves;
and each image collector sends the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer corresponding to the image collector to a server through a communication device, so that the server determines the sold commodities and the quantity of the sold commodities according to the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer of each group to perform settlement.
17. A method for managing a vending machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that it comprises:
if the door body sensor detects that the door body is closed, sending triggering information to each image collector;
after receiving the trigger information, each image collector shoots a corresponding shelf to obtain image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group of shelves;
the image collectors send image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer corresponding to each image collector to a server through a communication device, so that the server can obtain vacant commodity channels at the placing positions of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer of each shelf according to the image information of the first row of commodities of each shelf layer of each shelf;
and the control device controls the driving devices corresponding to the channels with the vacant placement positions of the first row of commodities on the shelves of each group of shelves according to the vacant channels with the vacant placement positions of the first row of commodities on the shelves of each group of shelves received by the communication device, so that the second row of commodities on the corresponding channels are moved to the placement positions of the first row of commodities.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
after receiving the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group of shelves, the server obtains a vacant commodity channel at the placing position of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group according to the image information of the first row of commodities on each shelf of each group;
subtracting 1 from the stock quantity of each goods channel with a vacant position for placing the first row of goods on each layer of shelf of each group of shelves to obtain the quantity of each remaining goods on each row of goods channel on each layer of shelf of each group of shelves; wherein the inventory quantity is the quantity of remaining items in the lane at the previous time;
and if the server judges that the number of the remaining commodities of the commodity channel is smaller than the corresponding threshold value, sending out-of-stock reminding information.
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