A kind of self-service convenience store
Technical field
The present invention relates to automatic selling technical fields, and in particular to a kind of self-service convenience store.
Background technique
Shop retail business is based on large supermarket and convenience store at present, it is daily receive, get in stocks, arranging, cleaning, checking,
The a large amount of staff of the needs of work such as loss prevention and cash register, human cost become one of retail trade heavy burden.In addition, zero
Sell industry shop, supermarket, convenience store are generally located in the biggish business busiest section of the stream of people, higher rent also makes the cost of retail business
It is continuously improved.With the continuous improvement of human cost and rent cost, cause the profit of retail business lower and lower, has become system
The about bottleneck of retail business sustainable development.
Traditional convenience store or supermarket shopping mode enter in shop for user chooses, and shelf space and channel space are necessary in shop
Meet the demand that certain proportion is just able to satisfy different user flow, occupy shop inner area significantly, reduces the space of convenience store
Utilization rate;There is no staff's guidance when commodity such as in search shop into the user in shop, usually to take considerable time and seek
It looks for, compare, waste shopper's time.
As intelligentized life is gradually popularized, many traditional artificial operations can be completed by machine, be sold at present
The cargo of industry sells each step of process and gradually attempts to replace with automatic machinery, such as user independently uses barcode scanning to pay, from one
Aspect reduces human cost.Intelligent operation has very high requirement to automatic structure design, at present market automatic selling side
Formula is mostly single machine sales counter, and kinds of goods type is limited, and cargo storage is insufficient, be unable to satisfy shopper shopping need make it is existing
Automatic selling cabinet utilization rate is lower.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide it is such a choose conveniently, integration and high degree of automation, kinds of goods it is abundant from
Help convenience store.
The present invention in order to achieve the above objectives, is achieved especially by following technical scheme:
A kind of self-service convenience store, including whole metope and warehouse district and shopping area that whole metope two sides are arranged in, institute
If stating warehouse district to include shelf, the horizontal dry container being assembled on shelf and be movably arranged on counter antetheca moveable several
Shuttle opens up sliding-rail groove on the antetheca frame of the counter, installs multiple groups horizontal conveying belt inside counter, after the shuttle
Wall is equipped with the universal guide wheel in insertion counter sliding-rail groove, and shuttle is moved by being mounted on the movable pulley of rear wall along counter antetheca
It is dynamic;
The entirety metope, warehouse district and shopping area is separated, the shopping area side of whole metope is provided with several man-machine
Interactive unit, the man-machine interaction unit is bought goods for user and the interactive operation of payment, is provided with shipment on whole metope
Mouthful, each man-machine interaction unit is corresponding with a shuttle and an output port;
Be provided with central processing unit in warehouse district, central processing unit respectively with storage unit, shuttle and man-machine friendship
Mutual unit control connection.Central processing unit is for handling purchase data, the operation of control equipment and kinds of goods inventory statistics etc..
Self-service convenience store of the invention uses warehouse style shopping, and store space is divided into shopping area and warehouse district, and purchases
The kinds of goods that object person need to only be chosen in shopping area by man-machine interaction unit are not needed by corresponding shopping shuttle picking
Picking is searched between shelf in shopper oneself, thus realize put in limited store space it is more, more
Kinds of goods, shopper checked by the man-machine interface of man-machine interaction unit, chooses required commodity, meets different user as far as possible
Shopping need improves the space utilization rate of self-service convenience store, reduces human cost.The goods chosen and paid the bill is confirmed for user
Product, by the shuttle in warehouse district between the different counters being vertically arranged picking one by one, send after picking to output port, during this period
User only needs slightly to wait, and substantially increases shopping efficiency.
To improve space utilization rate, counter is that level is placed on shelf, for convenience the picking from shelf, after shuttle
On side wall in the sliding-rail groove of universal guide wheel insertion counter, and by driving the movable pulley of rear wall to move along counter antetheca, realizes and hang down
Wall ability directly is climbed, so that shuttle is moved to before specified counter between vertical counter and completes picking.
Further, counter is the rectangular box structure of front and back walls opening, and antetheca is equipped with shuttle car detector,
Shuttle car detector is used to detect the number of current park shuttle;Arrangement is equipped with several delivery devices on horizontal feed band,
Horizontal conveying belt is pushed out the kinds of goods of respective numbers for the rotation of the order item quantity according to corresponding to current shuttle.
The counter used in the present invention is same size, and front and back side is open, and the kinds of goods stored in counter are before counter
Side is released by horizontal conveying belt, is the mouth that replenishes on rear side of counter.Every group of counter is independent in a manner of trip to be fixed with shelf, can be facilitated
Assembly and disassembly, while the counter of assembly different number can be customized according to StoreFront demand and the requirement of kinds of goods amount.Horizontal conveying belt
It is mounted in counter, kinds of goods are placed on horizontal feed band, and the position of horizontal conveying belt installation is pre- according to the size of different kinds of goods
Spacing.
Further, sliding-rail groove includes the horizontal slide rail slot opened up along counter transverse direction frame and opens up along the vertical frame of counter
Vertical rails slot, the horizontal slide rail slot and vertical rails slot of multiple groups counter dock respectively.Sliding-rail groove is for shuttle in shelf
On it is vertical or laterally climb wall traveling.In order to realize shuttle trouble-free operation between each counter of entire shelf, in the present invention
It is provided on counter antetheca using by the running track of shuttle, the flexible operation of shuttle is realized with the sliding-rail groove of connection.
Further, shuttle includes the rectangle outer case and be mounted on by telescoping mechanism and linkage that front and back penetrates through
The intracorporal internal box of outer container.
The shuttle used in the present invention expands the space for holding kinds of goods, meets big quantity kinds of goods order for body structure
Picking demand, reduce the shipment number of same order.Shuttle bassinet structure is inside and outside double-layer box body structure, and outer case, which rises, to be supported
With each driving of installation and the effect of detection part, internal box is for directly holding kinds of goods.Internal box passes through telescoping mechanism and hinge
Mechanism is connect with outer case, is stretched by the push rod of telescoping mechanism and is realized the overturning of internal box.When shuttle reaches output port position
When setting, starting telescoping mechanism, internal box is flipped an angle, makes internal box opening face output port, user's picking is more convenient,
Optimize human-computer interaction process.
Further, outer case surface surrounding is equipped with proximity sensor, and proximity sensor is connect with central processing unit.
Proximity sensor be used for detect between shuttle close to situation, to change route in time, avoid route conflict.
Further, the universal guide wheel is mounted on shuttle rear wall quadrangle, and is connect with shuttle by drawing mechanism.
Universal guide wheel end is embedded in the sliding-rail groove of counter, and the other end is fixed on shuttle rear wall.By axial before and after drawing mechanism
Drawing force by the sliding-rail groove of shuttle and counter clamp, increase shuttle and counter antetheca frictional force, prevent shuttle by
Shelf are slipped in gravity.
Trigger device is provided on shuttle, trigger device and telescoping mechanism control connect, and trigger device is for detecting
Goods mouth position, when shuttle is run to output port position, trigger device control telescoping mechanism releases forward internal box top
It tilts internal box and corresponds to output port.
Further, the movable pulley includes lateral wheel group and the left and right side for being mounted on the side up and down of shuttle rear wall
Longitudinal wheel group;When moving laterally, longitudinal wheel group is packed up, the movement that shuttle passes through lateral wheel group;When longitudinal movement, indulge
It is put down to wheel group, shuttle passes through the movement of longitudinal wheel group.
To realize that shuttle climbs wall movement in the perpendicular of shelf, the shuttle used in the present invention utilizes movable pulley
It is installed in sliding-rail groove, and moving direction is limited, enable shuttle vertically movable on counter antetheca;It shuttles
Vehicle realizes the advance and steering of shuttle by motor driven movable pulley, to make shuttle will not be due to surface when vertically movable
It is smooth or be in the presence of due to gravity slide, fall back or fall, while using motor itself parking brake, avoid because of goods
Cabinet and mobile wheel tread smooth the case where sliding.
Further, man-machine interaction unit side is equipped with human body close to switch, the close switch of human body and central processing list
Member connection.Human body close to switch for human body close to when wake up man-machine interaction unit operation interface.
Further, counter is divided into room temperature counter, refrigerated container and hot drink counter, and the mobile liter that replenishes is provided on rear side of shelf
Drop machine.
Further, the shuttle used in the present invention can realize that running route is evaded by central processing unit controls,
Conflict when being run simultaneously to avoid multiple groups shuttle, central processing unit:
Receive the kinds of goods order information of current man-machine interaction unit;
Water where determining order kinds of goods according to kinds of goods order information where the abscissa X and ordinate Y and kinds of goods of counter
The abscissa S and ordinate T of flat conveyer belt;
Buying order is formed according to order information, is parked after counter where driving shuttle is successively moved to kinds of goods, successively
Start the horizontal conveying belt in current counter where kinds of goods, the kinds of goods of quantity on order are pushed in shuttle;
The counter that driving shuttle is moved to next coordinate position continues picking, after the picking for completing all order kinds of goods,
Driving shuttle is moved to output port corresponding to current man-machine interaction unit, user's picking;
It scans after determining that user empties shuttle cargo, the playback of driving shuttle, standby, charging.
The picking process used in the present invention with central processing unit receive man-machine interaction unit data after handle,
Shuttle and counter cooperating operation are controlled simultaneously, realize automation, high efficiency picking.
Compared with prior art, technical solution of the present invention utilizes the side that flexibly control shuttle is walked vertically between counter
Formula enormously simplifies the mechanical equipment of automatic selling process, reduces manpower and space cost, greatly improves the level ground effect in shop
Utilization rate;Kinds of goods are abundant, improve the intelligentized control method that self-service convenience store is set, and the accurate quality and discrepancy of kinds of goods uses
Family adoption process is more convenient.Referring now to vending machine, there are bigger space and multifarious warm area inventory, and flexibly
The cabinet built makes full use of space, and goods damage is minimum, and credit risk is not present.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is overall structure diagram of the invention;
Fig. 2 is container structure schematic diagram;
Fig. 3 is shuttle representative side section view;
Fig. 4 is shuttle backsight face schematic diagram.
In figure, 1, whole metope;2, shelf;3, counter;31, sliding-rail groove;311, horizontal slide rail slot;312, vertical rails
Slot;32, horizontal conveying belt;33, shuttle car detector;34, delivery device;4, shuttle;41, universal guide wheel;42, mobile
Wheel;421, lateral wheel group;422, longitudinal wheel group;43, outer case;44, telescoping mechanism;45, linkage;46, internal box;47,
Proximity sensor;48, drawing mechanism;49, the close switch of human body;5, man-machine interaction unit;6, output port;7, central processing list
Member;8, the mobile elevator that replenishes.
Specific embodiment
Invention is further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
As shown in Figure 1, a kind of self-service convenience store of the invention, including whole metope 1 and setting are in whole 1 two sides of metope
Warehouse district and shopping area, it is preferable that whole metope 1 can be used the glass metope of transparent material, in user's observable warehouse district
Picking situation.Warehouse district for storing kinds of goods and other equipment, warehouse district include shelf 2, it is horizontal be assembled in it is several on shelf 2
Counter 3 and moveable several shuttles 4 are movably arranged on 3 antetheca of counter, open up sliding-rail groove on the antetheca frame of counter 3
31, multiple groups horizontal conveying belt 32 is installed, what 4 rear wall of shuttle was equipped in insertion 3 sliding-rail groove 31 of counter universal leads inside counter
Wheel 41, shuttle 4 is moved by being mounted on the movable pulley 42 of rear wall along counter antetheca.
Whole metope 1 separates warehouse district and shopping area, and shopping area is the region directly contacted after user enters, integral wall
The shopping area side in face 1 is provided with several man-machine interaction units 5, what man-machine interaction unit 5 bought goods and paid for user
Interactive operation is provided with output port 6 on whole metope 1, and output port 6 is located at the side or bottom of man-machine interaction unit 5, is used to work as
The final shipment position of preceding man-machine interaction unit, shuttle 4 complete picking after return at output port 6 wait shopper take goods away
Product.Each man-machine interaction unit 5 is numbered corresponding one by one with a shuttle 4 and an output port 6, is realized and man-machine interaction unit 5 and is worn
4 corresponding with service of shuttle car avoids order processing when more man-machine interaction units 5 while lower list chaotic, improves picking efficiency.
Be provided with central processing unit 7 in warehouse district, central processing unit 7 respectively with counter 3, shuttle 4 and man-machine friendship
The mutual control of unit 5 connection, for handling purchase data, the operation of control equipment and kinds of goods inventory statistics.Central processing unit 7 is ordered
Single treatment process can specifically include following steps:
S1, the kinds of goods order information for receiving current man-machine interaction unit;
S2, abscissa X and ordinate Y that order kinds of goods place counter is determined according to kinds of goods order information and kinds of goods place
Horizontal conveying belt abscissa S and ordinate T;
S3, according to buying order, driving shuttle is parked after being successively moved to counter where kinds of goods, successively starts current goods
Horizontal conveying belt where kinds of goods, the kinds of goods of quantity on order are pushed in shuttle in cabinet;
The counter that S4, driving shuttle are moved to next coordinate position continues picking, completes the picking of all order kinds of goods
Afterwards, driving shuttle is moved to output port corresponding to current man-machine interaction unit, user's picking;
After S5, scanning determine that user empties shuttle cargo, the playback of driving shuttle, standby, charging.
5 side of man-machine interaction unit is equipped with human body close to switch 49, and human body connects close to switch 49 and central processing unit 7
Connect, for shopper close to when wake up man-machine interaction unit 5 interface.Section when not in use, machine in a dormant state,
Shuttle 4 is in charge position, the dynamic or static status display brand advertising and LOGO of man-machine interaction unit 5.When user close to when,
Human body is waken up close to switch 49, the Touch Screen display shopping main interface of corresponding man-machine interaction unit 5.User passes through man-machine
The screen of interactive unit 5 clicks all commodities purchaseds, and by available means of payment successful payment after, machine starts operation.
Shuttle 4 receives procurement directive, it then follows preferred plan route starting operation program.
Entire shopping process includes shopper close to later wake-up machine, and client clicks required commodity and corresponding demand, under
After single success, machine is put according to kinds of goods and successively extracts kinds of goods according to optimal path, entire service has finally been extracted, until output port
Inclination release cargo, guest take commodity can close output port door complete transaction.Also it can be checked over goods and be placed an order by handset program, until
The delivery of cargo of window barcode scanning.It does shopping for the first time, need to only complete registration, association wechat or Alipay.
As shown in Fig. 2, counter 3 is the rectangular box structure of front and back walls opening, it can be several same size cabinets, before cabinet
Rear side is open, and it is the mouth that replenishes on rear side of counter 3 that the kinds of goods stored in counter 3, which are released from 3 front side of counter by horizontal conveying belt,.Goods
Four inclines of cabinet 3 are connected by trip or sliding rail mode and shelf installation, replacement counter convenient for loading and unloading.Shelf 2 are frame knot
Structure can stack upwards, can also splice to from left to right using vertically building, or the realization extension that extends back.Counter 3
Antetheca is equipped with shuttle car detector 32, and shuttle car detector 32 currently parks the number of shuttle 4 for Scanning Detction
Information transfers the order information in central processing unit 7 according to the number starting of shuttle 4, and corresponding push output phase answers kinds of goods,
To prevent causing confusion when more orders while picking.
Arrangement is equipped with several delivery devices 34 on the horizontal conveying belt 33 of counter 3, and it is single that each delivery device 34 places one
Position kinds of goods, horizontal conveying belt 33 are used for the rotation of the order item quantity according to corresponding to current shuttle 4, and delivery device 34 is defeated
Equal number of kinds of goods out, and the kinds of goods of order corresponding number are pushed in shuttle 4.Commodity on shelf is in 33 band of horizontal conveying belt
When being delivered in shuttle 4 under dynamic, scanning means is installed on the inside of shuttle 4, detects condition of merchandise and scans inventory information, really
Recognizing to finish can start to next destination node.
The sliding-rail groove 31 opened up on 3 antetheca frame of counter includes the two horizontal slide rail slots opened up along the lateral frame of counter 3
311 and along the vertical rails slot 312 that the vertical frame of counter 3 opens up, the horizontal slide rail slot 311 and vertical rails slot of multiple groups counter 3
312 dock respectively, form the cross track and vertical track of whole perforation in 2 front surface of shelf, shuttle 4 can be along sliding-rail groove
31 track carries out successively picking according to the instruction of central processing unit 7.
As shown in figure 3, shuttle 4 include front and back perforation rectangle outer case 43 and pass through telescoping mechanism 44 and linkage
45 are mounted on the internal box 46 in outer case 43.Internal box 46 is that longitudinal section is fan-shaped post case structure, cambered surface opening, interior case
The one side of body 46 is connect by telescoping mechanism 44 with outer case bottom surface, and another side is transparent material, fan-shaped along internal box 46
Mast axis is equipped with the linkage 45 connecting with 43 bottom edge of outer case.The angle of the longitudinal section sector of internal box 46 be 70 °~
100 °, preferably 80 °.
Preferably, trigger device is provided on shuttle 4, trigger device is for detecting output port position, when shuttle 4 is transported
When row is to output port position, trigger device controls telescoping mechanism 44 and internal box 46 flips an angle forward release, makes interior case
Body 46 tilts and corresponding output port 6.46 bottom of internal box is tilted from rear side forward downward, i.e., shuttle 4 is with corresponding with counter 3
Rear side tilts inwardly as stocking up side so that the kinds of goods being introduced into shuttle 4 are tilted to car, avoid kinds of goods skid off or
It is stuck between shuttle 4 and counter 3, while previous kinds of goods are easily pushed into car by the kinds of goods for entering shuttle after enabling,
To reserve placement space.
As shown in figure 4, the quadrangle of the rear wall of shuttle 4 is equipped with universal guide wheel 41, four side is equipped with four groups of movable pulleys
42.Universal guide wheel 41 is connect with shuttle 4 by drawing mechanism 48.41 end of universal guide wheel is embedded in the sliding-rail groove 31 of counter 3,
The other end is fixed on 4 rear wall of shuttle.Increase shuttle 4 and counter 3 by the axial drawing force in 48 front and back of drawing mechanism
The clamping force of sliding-rail groove 31 increases the frictional force of shuttle 4 and 3 antetheca of counter, prevents shuttle 4 from slipping due to gravity.It is universal
Guide wheel 41 can be laterally and vertically movable after being embedded in the sliding-rail groove 31 of 3 two sides of counter.Preferably, the interior cross section of sliding-rail groove 31
For hollow "convex" shaped.Universal guide wheel 41 is assembled in the "convex" shaped space of sliding-rail groove 31, what movable pulley 42 was slidably installed
At the top of "convex" shaped, moving guide rail is provided for the movement of shuttle.
Preferably, movable pulley 42 includes lateral wheel group 421 and the left and right side for being mounted on the side up and down of 4 rear wall of shuttle
Longitudinal wheel group 422;When moving laterally, longitudinal wheel group 422 is packed up, and shuttle 4 passes through 421 transverse shifting of lateral wheel group;When
When longitudinal movement, longitudinal wheel group 422 is put down, and it is vertically movable that shuttle 4 passes through longitudinal wheel group 422.
The mode that movable pulley 42 is changed direction may be: when 4 transverse conversion longitudinal direction of shuttle, shuttle 4 is using laterally
Wheel group 421 when transversely guide rail marches to cross node, simultaneously stop by sense node signal coordinates, and longitudinal wheel group 422 is landed, laterally
Wheel group 421 is packed up again, and shuttle can start along longitudinal direction, is continued on;When longitudinal conversion transverse direction, shuttle 4 utilizes longitudinal wheel
Group 422 when guide rail marches to cross node along longitudinal direction, simultaneously stop by sense node signal coordinates, longitudinal after lateral wheel group 421 is landed
Wheel group 422 is packed up again, and shuttle 4 can transversely start, and is continued on.Shuttle is in commutation or the stabilization stationary state of picking
When, lateral wheel group 421 and longitudinal wheel group 422 are landing state, so that shuttle is stablized on sliding-rail groove 31.It is sharp when i.e. static
It is fitted on sliding-rail groove 31 simultaneously with lateral wheel group 421 and longitudinal wheel group 422, increases shuttle and sliding-rail groove 31 directly rubs
Power can increase the frictional force on longitudinal i.e. vertical direction, keep away after stablizing such as the lateral wheel group 421 by being only able to achieve lateral rotation
Exempt from shuttle because gravity slips, can avoid timing outside shuttle after stablizing by being only able to achieve longitudinal wheel group 422 for longitudinally rotating
It is lateral be swung left and right it is so-called happen, can stablize on sliding-rail groove 31 when thereby guaranteeing that shuttle commutation or picking.
Further, it is also provided with anti-skid device on movable pulley 42, further increases shuttle 4 and 3 antetheca of counter
Between frictional force.
Outer case 43 is dimensioned slightly smaller than the lateral wall size with 3 surrounding of counter, to prevent when two shuttles 4 run parallel
Reserve gap.Internal box 46 is that bottom surface is tilted from rear side forward downward, the height for the rear side that the bottom surface of internal box 46 is docked with counter 3
Degree is consistent with 3 floor height of counter, and 3 ontology of counter has 31 structure of frame and sliding-rail groove, and bottom surface has certain altitude, shuttles
The bottom surface for the after-opening side that the internal box 46 of vehicle 4 is docked with counter 3 with 3 bottom surface of counter is intact is connected, avoid kinds of goods in push
Fall into the gap of shuttle 4 Yu counter 3.The lateral wheel group 421 of shuttle 4 and longitudinal wheel group 422 are respectively by two groups of traveling motors
Driving, the track along 3 surface of counter is vertical or laterally advances, and the insertion of traveling motor is mounted on 4 bottom of shuttle, specific mountable
Clear position between 46 bottom of 43 bottom of outer case and internal box, such as bottom rear.
43 surface surrounding of outer case is equipped with proximity sensor 47, close for detecting the shuttle 4 and other shuttles
Situation simultaneously reaches central processing unit 7.It can monitor in time and avoid phase close to situation between shuttle to change route in time
It hits.The control movement of shuttle 4, " first direction " and " second direction " can be carried out by central processing unit 7 by the following method
Description be but it is not corresponding specific laterally or longitudinally:
When the two shuttles distance run in opposite directions along first direction sliding-rail groove is less than direction counter width, distance second
Sliding-rail groove nearest shuttle in direction is retreated to nearest sliding-rail groove infall, and subtract one with coordinate in second direction, simultaneously the
The track that the coordinate in one direction is constant continues to run, i.e., moves on downwards or after being moved to the left the distance of a counter width;
When two shuttles one on first direction sliding-rail groove move and another park, when two shuttles distance is less than the party
When to counter width, just retreat in the shuttle of moving condition to nearest sliding-rail groove infall, and in second direction with coordinate
Subtract one, the track that first direction coordinate is constant continues to run, i.e., continue downwards or after being moved to the left the distance of a counter width
Advance.Route COINCIDENCE PROBLEMS when thus having evaded two shuttles or more shuttles while having run.
In 4 traveling process of shuttle, be placed in screen in face of client can advertisement, and 4 row of simultaneous display shuttle
Into situation and buying countdown.
After shuttle 4 has been purchased, order is back to shortest path at once and corresponds to output port 6, after shuttle 4 is stopped,
Internal box 46 is inclined outwardly and is corresponded to output port 6 by starting telescoping mechanism 44, and window baffle is opened, client's discharging of goods, client
It may choose whether that shopping bag is needed to pack.After delivery of cargo, whether emptied in the internal box 46 of sensor detection shuttle 4, i.e.,
Window can be closed, this shopping is completed, the internal box 46 of shuttle restores reset condition, and the playback of shuttle 4 enters charged state.
Preferably, counter 3 divides for room temperature counter, refrigerated container and hot drink counter, places all kinds of kinds of goods, shelf for distinguishing
2 rear sides are provided with the mobile elevator 8 that replenishes, for replenishing from 2 rear of shelf for counter.
Specific embodiment in the present invention is only explanation of the invention, is not limitation of the present invention, ability
Field technique personnel can according to need the modification that not creative contribution is made to the present embodiment after reading this specification, but
As long as all by the protection of Patent Law in scope of the presently claimed invention.