CN109300265A

CN109300265A - Unmanned Supermarket Management System

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Publication number: CN109300265A
Application number: CN201811064512.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王广鸿
Original assignee: Hebei Deist Ni Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hebei Deist Ni Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-12
Filing date: 2018-09-12
Publication date: 2019-02-01

Abstract

The present invention is suitable for the super technical field of quotient, provides a kind of unmanned Supermarket Management System, comprising: director server, multiple sub-servers, multiple access control systems, multiple Intelligent cargo cabinets and multiple settlement systems；Each unmanned supermarket corresponds at least one access control system, at least one Intelligent cargo cabinet, at least one settlement system, at least one image capturing system and a sub-server；Each sub-server is communicated to connect with the director server, and the corresponding sub-server of each unmanned supermarket；And it is not interfere with each other between each point of sub-server.Above-mentioned unmanned Supermarket Management System, can be avoided and manually sort commodity, improve the accuracy rate of commodity clearing, improve the efficiency of commodity clearing, while can prevent from not settling accounts commodity and be carried over unmanned supermarket；And due to being communicated to connect between director server and each sub-server, and it is not interfere with each other between each sub-server, therefore above-mentioned unmanned Supermarket Management System also has the advantages that stability is high.

Description

Unmanned supermarket management system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of business supermarkets, in particular to an unmanned supermarket management system.

Background

Unmanned supermarkets, i.e. supermarkets without salesmen. In the unmanned supermarket, customers can independently shop and independently check out. The shopping mode greatly reduces the labor cost and gradually becomes one of the modern popular shopping modes.

In an unmanned supermarket, payment is finished by customers, and due to the fact that supervision of cashiers is not carried out, the conditions of carrying commodities, not settling commodities and the like often occur, so that the accuracy rate of commodity settlement is low, and loss of merchants is caused; in addition, after settlement is finished, the customers are required to sort the commodities, so that commodity settlement efficiency is low, and the experience of the customers is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the embodiment of the invention provides an unmanned supermarket management system, so as to solve the problems of low accuracy and low efficiency of commodity settlement in the existing unmanned supermarket.

The unmanned supermarket management system in the embodiment of the invention comprises:

a main server;

the plurality of sub-servers are in communication connection with the main server, and each unmanned supermarket corresponds to one sub-server; and all sub-servers do not interfere with each other;

each access control system corresponds to one unmanned supermarket and is used for acquiring characteristic information and initial weight information of customers entering the corresponding unmanned supermarket and sending the characteristic information and the initial weight information to the corresponding sub-servers;

the intelligent containers are used for storing commodities, displaying the price information of the commodities and measuring the total mass of the commodities; wherein, one unmanned supermarket corresponds to at least one intelligent container;

the system comprises a plurality of settlement systems, a plurality of weighing and counting system and a plurality of control system, wherein the settlement systems are all used for carrying out autonomous settlement on commodities selected by customers through a technology combining image recognition and weighing; each unmanned supermarket corresponds to at least one settlement system;

the access control system is further used for identifying the customer who wants to leave the unmanned supermarket according to the characteristic information, acquiring the current weight information and sending the current weight information to the corresponding sub-server;

the image acquisition systems are used for acquiring images of a preset area in the corresponding unmanned supermarket and sending the images to the sub-servers; each unmanned supermarket corresponds to one image acquisition system;

the sub-server is used for judging whether the customer carries the unpaid commodities or not according to the current weight information and the initial weight information, and generating information of the unpaid commodities when the customer carries the unpaid commodities so as to remind the customer to settle accounts; and storing the images acquired by the image acquisition system;

the sub-servers are also used for sending the acquired information and images to the main server;

and the main server is used for storing the information and the images sent by the sub-servers.

Optionally, the settlement system includes:

the object stage is provided with a weighing area;

the pressure sensor is arranged below a weighing area of the objective table and is used for measuring the mass of commodities in the weighing area;

the identification device is used for identifying the commodities in the weighing area;

the controller is respectively connected with the pressure sensor and the identification device and is used for obtaining a control signal according to the output value of the pressure sensor and the output value of the identification device;

the settlement device is connected with the controller and used for settling the commodities in the weighing area according to the control signal output by the controller to obtain a settlement result;

and the sorting device is respectively connected with the controller and the settlement device and is used for sorting the commodities in the weighing area.

Optionally, the identification device includes at least one of: a commodity identifier, a bar code identifier;

the commodity identifier is used for identifying commodities in the weighing area;

the bar code recognizer is used for recognizing the identification information of the commodities in the weighing area.

Optionally, the sorting apparatus includes:

the mechanical arm is used for sorting commodities;

the first storage space is used for storing the commodities after settlement is finished;

the second storage space is used for storing unsettled commodities.

Optionally, the settlement system further includes:

the prompting device is connected with the controller and used for outputting a preset prompting signal according to the control signal;

and the display device is connected with the settlement device and used for displaying the settlement result.

Optionally, the intelligent container comprises:

the storage spaces are used for storing a commodity;

the electronic price tags are arranged corresponding to the storage spaces and used for displaying commodity prices of commodities in the corresponding storage spaces;

the pressure sensor is arranged at the bottom of the storage space and is used for measuring the total mass of the commodities in the storage space;

and the controller is respectively connected with the electronic price tag and the pressure sensor.

Optionally, the intelligent container further comprises:

a communication device connected with the controller to enable the controller to communicate with a server;

and the indicating lamps are correspondingly arranged with each storage space, are connected with the controller, and are used for indicating the positions of the selected commodities and are connected with the controller.

Optionally, the access control system includes: the device comprises a weighing device, a recognition device, a control device and an automatic door;

the weighing device is used for acquiring weight information of customers coming in and going out of the supermarket and transmitting the weight information to the control device;

the identification device is used for acquiring the identity information of customers entering and exiting the supermarket and transmitting the identity information to the control device;

the control device is used for sending output signals to the automatic door according to the acquired weight information and the acquired identity information, wherein the output signals comprise door opening allowing signals and door opening forbidding signals;

the automatic door is used for controlling the door body to be in an opening or closing state according to the acquired output signal.

Optionally, the automatic door comprises a first door and a second door;

a first infrared induction module is arranged on the outer side of the first door and used for directly controlling the first door to be opened when a customer is induced to approach the first door;

the outside of second door is provided with the infrared induction module of second, the infrared induction module of second is used for when sensing that customer is close to when the second door, the direct control second door is opened.

Optionally, the control device sends an output signal to the automatic door according to the acquired weight information and the identity information, and specifically includes:

the control device sends a door opening permission signal to a second door after receiving first weight information and first identity information when a customer enters a supermarket;

the control device compares the second weight information and the second identity information with the first weight information and the first identity information after receiving the second weight information and the second identity information when the customer leaves the supermarket, and sends a door opening permission signal to the first door when the second weight information and the second identity information are matched with the first weight information and the first identity information.

Optionally, the unmanned supermarket management system further includes:

and the information display device is connected with the main server and is used for displaying the information and/or the image which are received by the main server and sent by each sub-server.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

in the embodiment of the invention, each access control system collects the characteristic information and the weight information of a customer entering a corresponding unmanned supermarket and sends the characteristic information and the weight information to corresponding sub-servers, each intelligent container stores commodities and displays the price information of the commodities and measures the total mass of the commodities, each settlement system automatically settles the commodities selected by the customer through the technology of combining image recognition and weighing, each access control system recognizes the customer who wants to leave the unmanned supermarket according to the characteristic information to obtain the corresponding weight information and sends the weight information to the corresponding sub-servers, each sub-server judges whether the customer has the non-settlement commodities with the belt according to the current weight information and the initial weight information, generates the information of the non-settlement commodities when the customer is judged to have the non-settlement commodities with the belt, so as to remind the customer to settle accounts, the main server is in communication connection with each sub-server to obtain the information and the images collected by each sub-server, therefore, the commodities can be prevented from being manually sorted, the commodity settlement accuracy is improved, the commodity settlement efficiency is improved, and meanwhile, the non-settled commodities can be prevented from being brought out of the unmanned supermarket; and because the communication connection between total server and each branch server, and each branch server is mutual noninterference, therefore above-mentioned unmanned supermarket management system still has the advantage that stability is high.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an unmanned supermarket management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a settlement system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a commodity settlement method based on a settlement system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an implementation of a commodity settlement method based on a settlement system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of an intelligent container provided by the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart of an implementation of the intelligent container-based commodity settlement method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart of a commodity settlement method based on an intelligent container according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an access control system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of another access control system provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In the following description, for purposes of explanation and not limitation, specific details are set forth, such as particular system structures, techniques, etc. in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced in other embodiments that depart from these specific details. In other instances, detailed descriptions of well-known systems, devices, circuits, and methods are omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present invention with unnecessary detail.

In order to explain the technical means of the present invention, the following description will be given by way of specific examples.

Referring to fig. 1, the unmanned supermarket management system according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a main server 01, a plurality of sub-servers 40, a plurality of access control systems 20, a plurality of intelligent containers 30, and a plurality of settlement systems 10. Each unmanned supermarket corresponds to at least one access control system 20, at least one intelligent container 30, at least one settlement system 10, at least one image acquisition system 50 and a sub-server 40.

Each sub-server 40 is in communication connection with the main server 01, and each unmanned supermarket corresponds to one sub-server 40; and the sub-servers 40 do not interfere with each other.

Each access control system 20 is configured to collect characteristic information and initial weight information of a customer entering a corresponding unmanned supermarket, and send the characteristic information and the initial weight information to the sub-server 40.

Each of the intelligent containers 30 is used for storing goods and displaying price information of the goods and measuring the total mass of the goods.

Each settlement system 10 is used for autonomously settling the commodities selected by the customers by a technique of combining image recognition and weighing.

Each access control system 20 is further configured to identify a customer who wants to leave the unmanned supermarket according to the characteristic information, obtain current weight information, and send the current weight information to the sub-server 40.

Each image acquisition system 50 is configured to acquire an image of a preset area in the corresponding unmanned supermarket, and send the image to the sub-server 40.

The sub-server 40 is configured to determine whether the customer has the non-settled commodity according to the current weight information and the initial weight information, and generate information indicating that the customer has the non-settled commodity when determining that the customer has the non-settled commodity, so as to remind the customer of settlement.

In the unmanned supermarket management system, the entrance guard system 20 collects the characteristic information and the weight information of the customers entering the unmanned supermarket and sends the characteristic information and the weight information to the branch servers 40, the intelligent containers 30 store the commodities and display the price information of the commodities and measure the total mass of the commodities, the settlement system 10 automatically settles the commodities selected by the customers by the technology of combining image recognition and weighing, the entrance guard system 20 recognizes the customers who want to leave the unmanned supermarket according to the characteristic information, obtains the corresponding weight information and sends the corresponding weight information to the branch servers 40, the branch servers 40 judge whether the customers have the non-settled commodities with bands according to the current weight information and the initial weight information, when the customers judge that the customers have the non-settled commodities with bands, the information of the non-settled commodities is generated to remind the customers to settle accounts, the total server 01 is in communication connection with the branch servers 40 to obtain the information and the images collected by the branch servers 4, therefore, the commodities can be prevented from being manually sorted, the commodity settlement accuracy is improved, the commodity settlement efficiency is improved, and meanwhile, the non-settled commodities can be prevented from being brought out of an unmanned supermarket; moreover, the main server 01 and each sub-server 40 are in communication connection, and each sub-server 40 does not interfere with each other, so the unmanned supermarket management system also has the advantage of high stability.

In addition, the image acquisition system 50 is arranged, so that when the unmanned supermarket management personnel checks the commodities, the commodity heading tracking is carried out when the commodities do not correspond to the account, and subsequent law complaints can be conveniently carried out on the customers carrying the unsettled commodities for many times.

Referring to fig. 2, in one embodiment, the accounting system 10 may include a stage 11, a pressure sensor 12, an identification device 13, a controller 14, an accounting device 15, and a sorting device 16.

The object stage 11 is provided with a weighing area on the object stage 11.

The weighing area can be embedded on the object stage, the surface of the weighing area can be in the same plane with the table top of the object stage, and the surface of the weighing area can also protrude out of the table top of the object stage or be sunken in the table top of the object stage.

In practical application, the user puts the goods one by one into the weighing area. Only one commodity can be placed each time, which is beneficial to the subsequent settlement of the commodity. Of course, multiple items may be placed at once, but this adds complexity to the settlement algorithm.

And the pressure sensor 12 is arranged below a weighing area of the objective table 11, and the pressure sensor 12 is used for measuring the mass of the commodities in the weighing area.

Wherein the pressure sensor 12 may be a gravity sensor, such as an electronic scale.

Optionally, the electronic scale has an accuracy value of 0.1 grams. In practical application, the unit mass of a general commodity is calculated by taking grams as a unit, and the precision value of the electronic scale is set to be 0.1 gram, so that the mass of the commodity can be more accurately obtained on the basis of meeting the metering requirement of the general commodity.

And the identification device 13 is used for identifying the commodities in the weighing area.

In one embodiment, the identifying means comprises at least one of:

commodity recognizer, bar code recognizer.

The goods identifier is used for identifying goods in the weighing area.

In practical applications, the commodity identifier may be a camera, and the commodity identifier can be used to identify the image of the commodity, so as to determine which commodity is being settled. The barcode recognizer may be a camera or an infrared recognizer, and the barcode recognizer may be used to recognize identification information of a commodity, such as a commodity barcode or a two-dimensional code of the commodity, and further determine which commodity is being settled.

And the controller 14 is respectively connected with the pressure sensor 12 and the identification device 13 and is used for obtaining a control signal according to the output value of the pressure sensor 12 and the output value of the identification device 13.

In practical applications, the controller 14 may include a memory and a computer program stored in the memory and operable on the controller 14, and the steps of the commodity settlement method according to the embodiment of fig. 2 of the present invention are implemented when the computer program is executed by the controller 14. The specific commodity settlement method can be seen in the detailed description in the embodiment of fig. 2.

And the settlement device 15 is connected with the controller 14 and is used for settling the commodities in the weighing area according to the control signal output by the controller 14 to obtain a settlement result.

Illustratively, if the control signal output by the controller is a high level signal, the settlement device settles the commodities in the weighing area; if the control signal output by the controller is a low level signal, the settlement device does not settle the commodities in the weighing area. The control signal may be in other forms, and the settlement device is not particularly limited as long as it can distinguish whether or not the commodity is to be settled according to the control signal.

And the sorting device 16 is respectively connected with the controller 14 and the settlement device 15 and is used for sorting the commodities in the weighing area.

In one embodiment, the sorting device 16 comprises:

arm, first storing space, second storing space.

The mechanical arm is used for sorting commodities.

The first storage space is used for storing the commodities after settlement is finished.

The second storage space is used for storing unsettled commodities.

For example, assuming that the control signal output by the controller is a first signal (indicating that settlement can be performed), the settlement device settles the commodities in the weighing area, after the settlement is completed, the settlement device sends a preset signal to the mechanical arm, the mechanical arm receives the preset signal sent by the settlement device, and if the preset signal is a high-level signal (indicating that settlement is successful), the mechanical arm sorts the commodities in the weighing area into the first storage space; if the preset signal is a low level signal (indicating settlement failure), the mechanical arm sorts the commodities in the weighing area to the second storage space. Assuming that the control signal output by the controller is the second signal (indicating that the control signal is abnormal and the settlement cannot be performed), the settlement device does not perform the settlement on the commodities in the weighing area, at this time, the controller needs to send a third signal (indicating that the commodities can be sorted) to the mechanical arm, and when the mechanical arm receives the third signal sent by the controller, the commodities in the weighing area are sorted into the second storage space.

In one embodiment, the settlement engine may further include:

and the prompting device is connected with the controller and used for outputting a preset prompting signal according to the control signal.

When the quality of the commodity in the weighing area is abnormal, the controller sends a corresponding control signal to the prompting device, and at the moment, the prompting device outputs a preset prompting signal. The prompting device can be a prompting lamp or a voice prompting device. If the prompting device is a prompting lamp, the preset prompting signal can be that the prompting lamp is on; if the prompting device is a voice prompter, the preset prompting signal can be a preset prompting sound sent by the voice prompter.

And after the settlement is finished, the settlement device sends a corresponding control signal to the display device and sends the settlement result to the display device, and at the moment, the display device displays the settlement result to the user.

According to the settlement system, the weighing area is arranged on the objective table, and the pressure sensor is arranged below the weighing area, so that the mass of the commodity in the weighing area can be obtained; the commodities in the weighing area are identified through the identification device, the controller is used for obtaining the control signal according to the output value of the pressure sensor and the output value of the identification device, and the settlement device settles the commodities in the weighing area according to the control signal, so that the commodities which do not meet the quality requirement are prevented from participating in settlement, and the accuracy rate of commodity settlement can be improved; after the settlement is completed, the commodities in the weighing areas are sorted by using the sorting device, so that the commodities are prevented from being manually sorted, and the commodity settlement efficiency is improved.

The above embodiments only list the devices relevant to the inventive aspects of the present invention, but of course, different settlers may also comprise other functions. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above illustrations are merely examples of a clearing machine and are not intended to be limiting and that more or fewer components than those illustrated may be included, for example, by incorporating some of the components of an existing clearing machine into the clearing machine of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a commodity settlement method applied to a settlement system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may include the following steps:

step S301, identifying the commodities in the weighing area through an identification device of the settlement system to obtain identification information of the commodities, and acquiring the standard mass of the commodities according to the identification information of the commodities.

In one embodiment, the identifying, by an identifying device of the settlement system, the commodity in the weighing area to obtain identification information of the commodity, and obtaining a standard mass of the commodity according to the identification information of the commodity includes:

and identifying the commodity in the weighing area through a commodity identifier in the identification device to identify the commodity name.

And searching the unit mass of the commodity corresponding to the commodity name according to a preset commodity information table, and taking the unit mass of the commodity as the standard mass of the commodity.

Or,

and acquiring the bar code information of the commodity in the weighing area through a bar code recognizer in the recognition device.

And searching the unit mass of the commodity corresponding to the bar code information according to a preset commodity information table, and taking the unit mass of the commodity as the standard mass of the commodity.

The barcode information includes at least one of: bar code, two-dimensional code.

In practical application, the commodity identifier can identify the image characteristics of the commodity and identify the name of the commodity according to the image characteristics; the bar code recognizer can recognize bar code information, bar codes or two-dimensional codes of commodities; and searching the unit mass of the corresponding commodity according to a preset commodity information table by utilizing the commodity name or the bar code information. The preset commodity information table may be predefined manually, and the commodity information table may include information such as a commodity name, a commodity barcode, and a unit mass of a commodity.

Step S302, the mass of the commodity in the weighing area is obtained through a pressure sensor of the settlement system, and the mass is used as the actual mass of the commodity in the weighing area.

And step S303, judging whether the quality of the commodity in the weighing area is abnormal or not according to the actual quality and the standard quality.

In practical applications, the product may be entrained, and the actual mass and the standard mass of the product in the weighing area may differ.

In one embodiment, the determining whether the mass of the commodity in the weighing area is abnormal according to the actual mass and the standard mass includes:

and calculating the difference value between the actual quality and the standard quality, and judging whether the difference value is within a preset value range.

And if the difference value is not within the preset value range, judging that the quality of the commodity in the weighing area is abnormal.

And if the difference value is within a preset value range, judging that the quality of the commodity in the weighing area is normal.

The preset numerical range may be artificially preset. Illustratively, assume the predetermined number range is-0.5 g to 0.5 g. And subtracting the standard quality from the actual quality to obtain a difference value, wherein when the difference value is greater than-0.5 and less than 0.5, the commodity quality is normal, and when the difference value is less than-0.5 or greater than 0.5, the commodity quality is abnormal. The difference is greater than 0.5, which indicates that the entrainment of the commodities possibly occurs; and the difference value is less than-0.5, which indicates that the quality problems of the commodity, such as vacuum leakage, abrasion and the like, can occur, and the condition still belongs to the commodity quality abnormity.

And step S304, if the quality of the commodities in the weighing area is normal, settling the commodities in the weighing area through a settlement device of the settlement system.

Step S305, if the quality of the commodity in the weighing area is abnormal, a preset prompting signal is sent out through a prompting device of the settlement system.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the standard mass and the actual mass of the commodity are obtained, whether the quality of the commodity in the weighing area is abnormal or not is judged according to the standard mass and the actual mass, the settlement is carried out when the quality of the commodity is normal, and a preset prompt signal is sent out when the quality of the commodity is abnormal. Therefore, settlement under the condition of commodity entrainment can be avoided, and the commodity settlement accuracy is improved; and prompt signals can be sent out in time, and supermarket staff can timely handle abnormal conditions of commodity settlement.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an implementation of a commodity settlement method according to another embodiment of the present invention. On the basis of the embodiment of fig. 3, the settlement system further comprises: arm, first storing space, second storing space.

Accordingly, the commodity settlement method may further include the steps of:

step S401, after the settlement of the commodities in the weighing area is carried out through a settlement device of the settlement system, controlling the mechanical arm to sort the commodities in the weighing area into the first storage space.

Step S402, after a preset prompt signal is sent out through a prompt device of the settlement system, controlling the mechanical arm to sort the commodities in the weighing area to the second storage space.

The commodities in the weighing area of the sorting device are sorted, so that the commodities are prevented from being manually sorted by a user, the efficiency of the commodity settlement process is improved, and the user experience is improved by automatic sorting.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent container 30 provided by an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in the figure, the intelligent container comprises: a number of storage spaces 31, electronic price tags 32, pressure sensors 33 and a controller 34.

A plurality of storage spaces 31, each for storing one of the articles.

In practical application, the size of each storage space can be set manually, and the sizes of the storage spaces can be different or the same, and can be designed in advance according to the shape, the size and the like of the commodity to be stored. Each storage space is used for storing the same commodity, and the unit mass of the same commodity is the same, so that the commodity can be conveniently checked subsequently.

And the electronic price tags 32 are arranged corresponding to the storage spaces and are used for displaying the commodity price of the commodity in the corresponding storage space.

In practical applications, the electronic price tags may be disposed at the exit of each storage space, for example, the exit of each storage space is surrounded by shelves, so that the electronic price tags may be disposed on the shelves on the left or right side of the exit of the storage space, or on the shelves above or below the exit of the storage space, as long as each electronic price tag corresponds to a corresponding storage space one to one. However, the electronic price tags corresponding to the storage spaces are placed according to the same rule as much as possible, for example, the electronic price tags are uniformly placed on a shelf below the outlet of the storage space, so that the electronic price tags corresponding to the storage spaces can be more clearly distinguished by a user.

And the pressure sensor 33 is arranged at the bottom of the storage space and is used for measuring the total mass of the commodities in the storage space.

Wherein the pressure sensor may be a gravity sensor, such as an electronic scale.

And the controller 34 is respectively connected with the electronic price tag and the pressure sensor.

In practical applications, the controller includes a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor implements the steps of the inventory method as in the embodiment of fig. 2 of the present application when executing the computer program. Specific inventory checking methods can be seen in the detailed description of the embodiment of fig. 2.

The controller 34 can receive the pressure value output by the pressure sensor and can also acquire the commodity price on the electronic price tag.

In one embodiment, the intelligent container 30 may further comprise:

and the communication device is connected with the controller so as to enable the controller to communicate with the server.

In practical application, a user can install application software on the terminal device, and check and shop commodities through the application software. The communication device is connected with the controller and is connected with a server of the terminal equipment provided with application software, so that the controller of the intelligent container is communicated with the server. Here, the terminal device may be a computer, a mobile phone, an Ipad, or the like.

When the controller is wirelessly connected with the server, the communication device may be a bluetooth device, a WIFI device, or the like.

In practical applications, the indicator light may be disposed at the exit of each storage space, for example, the exit of each storage space is surrounded by shelves, and then the indicator light may be disposed on the shelf on the left side or the right side of the exit of the storage space, or may be disposed on the shelf above or below the exit of the storage space, as long as each indicator light corresponds to a corresponding storage space one to one. However, the indicator lights corresponding to the storage spaces are placed according to the same rule as much as possible, for example, the indicator lights are uniformly placed on the shelf below the outlet of the storage space, so that a user can quickly find the corresponding storage space according to the indicator lights.

Of course, the indicating lamps may be installed in a certain area, for example, the indicating lamps with the same number of storage spaces in the current container are installed on the side wall of each container, and the indicating lamps are spared according to the position relationship of the storage spaces, so that when a certain indicating lamp is turned on, the position of the corresponding storage space in the current container can be found according to the position of the indicating lamp.

Illustratively, there are 3 storage spaces arranged in a line on the counter, which are respectively storage spaces A, B, C; correspondingly, 3 indicator lamps are arranged on the side wall of the container, and the 3 indicator lamps are also arranged in a straight shape and are respectively an indicator lamp a, an indicator lamp b and an indicator lamp c; in addition, a is associated with A, B is associated with B, and C is associated with C. And B is supposed to be lightened, and since the position of B in the 3 indicator lamps is the middle, the corresponding storage space in the middle of the container is the storage space B corresponding to B. The above is only an example of how to search the location of the storage space according to the location of the indicator light, and the layout of the storage space, the location of the indicator light, and the like are not specifically limited.

In practical application, one indicator light may correspond to one storage space, or may correspond to a plurality of storage spaces, for example, one indicator light corresponds to the same row of storage spaces on the same container.

In one embodiment, the intelligent container further comprises a monitoring device.

Optionally, the monitoring device is an identification module including a camera.

The output end of the identification module is connected with the input end of the electronic price tag.

When the camera shoots the portrait, the identification module inputs a first preset signal to the electronic price tag, and the electronic price tag receives the first preset signal and then displays the commodity price of the commodity in the corresponding storage space.

Optionally, the monitoring device is an infrared detector;

the output end of the infrared detector is connected with the input end of the electronic price tag;

and after the infrared detector senses an infrared radiation signal, inputting a second preset signal into the electronic price tag, and after the electronic price tag receives the second preset signal, displaying the commodity price of the commodity in the corresponding storage space.

In practical applications, the electronic price tag may be set to a normally off mode in order to conserve power. When a person is detected to be nearby, the electronic price tag is illuminated again.

The intelligent container comprises a plurality of storage spaces, wherein each storage space is used for storing a commodity; the electronic price tags are arranged corresponding to the storage spaces and used for displaying commodity prices of commodities in the corresponding storage spaces; the pressure sensor is arranged at the bottom of the storage space and is used for measuring the total mass of the commodities in the storage space; and the controller is respectively connected with the electronic price tag and the pressure sensor. By utilizing the intelligent container and applying the commodity checking method in the controller of the intelligent container to check the commodities, the automation of commodity checking can be realized, the manual commodity checking is avoided, and the commodity checking efficiency is greatly improved.

Fig. 6 is a commodity settlement method based on an intelligent container provided in the embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 6, the method may include the following steps:

step S601, a preset full-storage pressure value corresponding to the commodity stored in each storage space of the container is respectively obtained.

When the storage space is full of commodities, the pressure value displayed by the pressure sensor at the bottom of the storage space is the preset full storage pressure value. For example, only 10 bottles of brand a milk can be stored in a certain storage space, and the pressure value displayed by the pressure sensor when 10 bottles of brand a milk are stored is the preset full storage pressure value.

Of course, in practical applications, the preset full-memory pressure value corresponding to the memory space may be preset by a user. For example, only 10 bottles of brand a milk may be stored in a certain storage space, but only 5 bottles of brand a milk are stored in the storage space during stock, so that the pressure value displayed by the pressure sensor when 5 bottles of brand a milk are stored may be the preset full storage pressure value.

In addition, the commodities stored in the storage space can be replaced, and the corresponding preset full storage pressure value is correspondingly changed. For example, when 10 bottles of brand a milk are stored in a certain storage space, the corresponding preset full storage pressure value is 5kg, and when 10 bottles of brand B milk are stored in the storage space, the preset full storage pressure value is changed to 5.5kg correspondingly.

The above is only an example of obtaining the preset full-storage pressure value, in other words, the preset full-storage pressure value is only required to be able to represent the pressure value corresponding to the storage space during the cargo paving, and is not particularly limited.

Step S602, respectively acquiring the current pressure data of each storage space through the pressure sensor of the container, and taking the pressure data as an actual pressure value.

In practical application, after the cargo is spread, the pressure data of the storage space can be acquired at preset time intervals, and the pressure data is used as an actual pressure value. Pressure data of the storage space can also be acquired in real time.

Step S603, obtaining a difference between the preset full storage pressure value and the actual pressure value, and checking the commodities in the storage space according to the difference.

In one embodiment, the checking the commodities in the storage space according to the difference value includes:

and acquiring the unit mass of the commodities stored in the storage space.

And dividing the difference value by the unit mass to obtain the quantity of the backorders.

Illustratively, 10 bottles of brand a milk are stored in a certain storage space, the unit mass of the commodity stored in the storage space, namely the mass of one bottle of brand a milk, is obtained, and assuming that the unit mass is 500g and the difference is 1kg, the difference is divided by the unit mass to obtain the number of out-of-stock bottles of 2 bottles.

In one embodiment, the obtaining unit mass of the commodity in the storage space includes:

and acquiring the commodity bar code of the commodity in the storage space.

And searching the unit mass of the commodity corresponding to the commodity bar code according to a preset commodity information table.

The electronic price tag corresponding to the storage space can display the commodity bar code of the commodity, and the commodity bar code on the electronic price tag corresponding to the storage space can be obtained; or when the goods are paved, the storage spaces and the commodity bar codes are stored in a one-to-one correspondence mode, and when the unit mass of the commodities in the storage spaces is obtained, the commodity bar codes corresponding to the storage spaces are directly obtained.

The preset commodity information table may be predefined manually, and the commodity information table may include commodity names, commodity bar codes, unit mass of commodities, and the like.

In one embodiment, after dividing the difference value by the unit mass to obtain the backorder quantity, the method further comprises:

and judging whether the number of the out-of-stock is larger than a preset number.

And if the quantity of the out-of-stock is greater than the preset quantity, generating an out-of-stock statistical table according to the commodity bar code and the quantity of the out-of-stock.

The predetermined number may be artificially predefined, for example, based on a pre-full stored pressure value. For example, assuming that the preset full-storage pressure value is a pressure value corresponding to the storage of 10 bottles of brand a milk, the preset number may be set to 5 bottles; and when the number of the out-of-stock is more than 5 bottles, generating an out-of-stock statistical table by using the commodity bar code and the out-of-stock number corresponding to the brand A milk. In practical application, the user can stock or lay goods according to the out-of-stock statistical table.

According to the embodiment of the application, the preset full-storage pressure value and the actual pressure value corresponding to each storage space are obtained respectively, the preset full-storage pressure value and the actual pressure value are compared to obtain the difference value between the preset full-storage pressure value and the actual pressure value, whether goods shortage exists in the storage space can be known according to the difference value, and then automatic inventory of goods is achieved. By the method, the commodities are prevented from being checked manually, labor force is reduced, and the commodity checking efficiency is improved.

Fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart of an implementation of the intelligent container-based commodity settlement method according to another embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 7, the method may further include the following steps:

step S701, monitoring whether an article searching request sent by the server is received, where the article searching request includes a commodity name.

When the containers are more in number and the storage space is more, the user can search the positions of the commodities by using the application program. A user inputs the name of a commodity on an application program, a server corresponding to the application program generates an article searching request according to the commodity name and sends the article searching request to a controller of an intelligent container; the controller monitors the object searching request in real time.

Step S702, if receiving the object searching request sent by the server, searching the storage space corresponding to the commodity name in the container, and turning on the indicator light corresponding to the storage space.

In one embodiment, the searching for the storage space corresponding to the commodity name in the container includes:

and searching the commodity bar code corresponding to the commodity name according to the preset commodity information table to obtain the target bar code.

And searching a storage space corresponding to the target bar code, and taking the storage space corresponding to the target bar code as a storage space corresponding to the commodity name.

The controller searches the commodity bar code corresponding to the commodity name according to the commodity information table, and searches the storage space corresponding to the commodity bar code according to the corresponding relation between each pre-stored storage space and the commodity bar code. And after the storage space is found, sending a control signal to the indicator lamp corresponding to the storage space to control the indicator lamp to be lightened. In this way, the user can find the position of the commodity through the indicator light.

In the embodiment of the application, the storage space corresponding to the commodity name is searched through the received commodity name in the article searching request sent by the server, and the indicating lamp corresponding to the storage space is turned on.

Referring to fig. 8, in one embodiment, the access control system may include: a weighing device 21, a recognition device 22, a control device 23 and an automatic door 24; the weighing device 21 is used for acquiring weight information of customers entering and leaving the supermarket and transmitting the weight information to the control device 23; the identification device 22 is used for acquiring identity information of customers entering and exiting the supermarket and transmitting the identity information to the control device 23; the control device 23 is configured to send an output signal to the automatic door 24 according to the acquired weight information and the identity information, where the output signal includes a door opening permission signal and a door opening prohibition signal; the automatic door 24 is used for controlling the door body to be in an opening or closing state according to the acquired output signal.

In this embodiment, the unmanned supermarket access control system is arranged at an entrance of the unmanned supermarket, and customers need to pass through the access control system when entering and leaving the supermarket. The existing unmanned supermarket access control system can not well solve the problem that customers carry commodities, so that the security of the supermarket is affected. The present embodiment controls the opening or closing of the automatic door by detecting whether the customer carries the goods by using the combination of the weighing device 21 and the recognition device 22.

Specifically, when a customer enters a supermarket, the identification device 22 may first obtain the identification information of the customer, and the weighing device 21 may simultaneously obtain the weight information of the customer, and store the identification information and the weight information correspondingly. When the customer leaves the supermarket, the identity information and the weight information of the customer can be obtained again because the unmanned supermarket adopts different exit providers and commodities to leave the supermarket, and the identity information and the weight information when the customer leaves the supermarket are compared with the identity information and the weight information when the customer enters the supermarket through the control device 23, so that the automatic door 24 is controlled to be opened or closed.

Through the embodiment, whether the customers carry the commodities or not can be detected by comparing the weight information of the customers who agree to enter the supermarket and leave the supermarket, so that the opening and closing of the automatic door are controlled, the problem that the customers carry the commodities can be fundamentally solved, and the operation safety of the supermarket is ensured.

According to the unmanned supermarket access control system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the weighing device is used for acquiring the weight information of a customer entering and exiting the supermarket, the identification device is used for acquiring the identity information of the customer entering and exiting the supermarket, the control device is used for acquiring the weight information and the identity information, and the automatic door is controlled to be opened and closed according to the weight information and the identity information of the customer entering and exiting the supermarket, so that whether the same customer carries commodities when leaving the supermarket can be judged, and the operation safety of the supermarket is ensured.

Referring to fig. 9, in one embodiment, the automatic door 24 includes a first door 241 and a second door 242 provided on the unmanned supermarket cabinet; a first infrared sensing module is arranged at the outer side of the first door 241, and is used for directly controlling the first door 241 to be opened when a customer is sensed to approach the first door 241; a second infrared sensing module is disposed at an outer side of the second door 242, and is configured to directly control the second door 242 to be opened when sensing that a customer approaches the second door 242.

In this embodiment, the automatic door has a double-door structure, the double-door structure includes a first door 241 adjacent to the exterior of the supermarket and a second door 242 adjacent to the interior of the supermarket, and a first infrared sensing module is disposed at the outer side of the first door 241, so that when a customer enters the supermarket, that is, when the customer enters an area between the first door 241 and the second door 242 from the exterior of the supermarket, the first door 241 can be controlled to be automatically opened when the customer is sensed to approach the area. Similarly, a second infrared sensing module is disposed at the outer side of the second door 242, so that when a customer leaves the supermarket, that is, when the customer enters the area between the first door 241 and the second door 242 from the inside of the supermarket, the second door 242 can be controlled to be automatically opened when the customer is sensed to approach.

Through above-mentioned embodiment, adopt the double door structure can acquire customer's identity information and weight information in the region between first door and second door, can further guarantee access control system's security problem.

In one embodiment, the control device 23 sends an output signal to the automatic door 24 according to the acquired weight information and identity information, and specifically includes:

after receiving the first weight information and the first identity information when the customer enters the supermarket, the control device 23 sends a door opening permission signal to the second door 242; the control device 23 compares the second weight information and the second identity information with the first weight information and the first identity information after receiving the second weight information and the second identity information when the customer leaves the supermarket, and sends a door opening permission signal to the first door 241 when the second weight information and the second identity information are matched with the first weight information and the first identity information.

In the present embodiment, the control device 23 can control the opening or closing of the automatic door according to the received weight information and the identification information. The method specifically comprises the following steps: the control device 23 receives and stores the first weight information and the first identity information when the customer enters the supermarket, and directly opens the second door 242 so that the customer can enter the supermarket. When a customer leaves, the customer enters an area between the first gate 241 and the second gate 242 from the second gate 242, second weight information and second identity information of the customer leaving the supermarket are collected, the stored first identity information of the customer entering the supermarket and first weight information corresponding to the first identity information are called according to the second identity information, then the second weight information is compared with the first weight information, and when the second weight information is matched with the first weight information, the first gate 241 is allowed to open; on the contrary, when the second weight information does not match the first weight information, the first door 241 is prohibited from being opened.

In order to prevent other customers from leaving the supermarket after the customers which are authenticated by the access control system or other customers entering the supermarket after the customers leave the supermarket, the first door and the second door only allow one customer to pass through the first door and/or the second door at a time.

In one embodiment, the second weight information and the second identity information are matched with the first weight information and the first identity information, and specifically include:

and when the second identity information is the same as the first identity information, acquiring a change difference value between the first weight information and the second weight information, and when the change difference value is within a preset range, matching the second weight information and the second identity information with the first weight information and the first identity information.

In this embodiment, it is first determined whether the second identity information is the same as the first identity information, and when the identities are the same, the second identity information and the second weight information are characteristic parameters of the same customer as the first identity information and the first weight information. When the customers are proved to be the same customer, the weight difference value between the second weight information and the first weight information is obtained, when the customers shop in the supermarket for a period of time, part of energy is consumed, the second weight information is slightly smaller than the first weight information, when the difference value between the second weight information and the first weight information is within a preset range, the customers do not leave the supermarket with commodities, and the first door 1041 can be controlled to be opened.

Through above-mentioned embodiment, adopt the difference between first weight information and the second weight information to judge whether customer smugglies commodity secretly, have higher accuracy, can solve the defect that customer steals commodity through sheltering from the label.

In one embodiment, the predetermined range corresponds to a weight loss of the person during a time difference between the customer entering and leaving the supermarket.

In this embodiment, the preset range refers to a weight reduced by the customer during a period of time of entering or leaving the supermarket, for example: the method comprises the steps of obtaining the weight information before entering the supermarket, the weight information when leaving the supermarket and the time of staying in the supermarket, analyzing according to obtained data to obtain the weight variation of different people within a certain time difference, and storing the variation into a control device, so that the control device compares the human body variation difference with a preset range to judge whether a customer carries articles. For example: after the time of two hours, the weight of the customer is reduced from 50kg to 49.97kg, the change difference is 30g, and when the preset range is 20g, the change difference of the human body is larger than the preset range, which indicates that the customer does not carry the commodities.

Whether the weight change of the customer meets the conditions or not is judged by setting a preset range, so that the customer can be further ensured not to leave the supermarket with commodities, and the safety is higher.

In one embodiment, the weighing device is disposed at a preset position between the first gate and the second gate, and the weighing device is disposed underground;

the identification device is arranged at a preset position between the first gate and the second gate.

In this embodiment, weighing device and recognition device all set up between first gate and second gate, weigh and set up in advance in the underground position, can further avoid damaging, recognition device can set up the position of being convenient for gather human information. Through set up weighing device and recognition device between first gate and second gate, can make the interference that the data of gathering received less to improve the degree of accuracy of the data of gathering.

In one embodiment, the access control system further comprises an alarm device 25, and the alarm device 25 is connected to the control device 23 and configured to send an alarm prompt when receiving a door opening prohibition signal sent by the control device 23.

In one embodiment, the alarm device 25 is connected to the control device 25, and can receive the door opening prohibition information sent by the control device 23, and when receiving the door opening prohibition information number, the alarm device can send an alarm prompt, so as to attract the attention of the relevant staff and handle the field situation. The alarm device 25 can be an audible and visual alarm, a buzzer or a GSM short message alarm device, the audible and visual alarm can send out alarm prompt tone and flash after receiving the door opening prohibition signal, the buzzer can send out buzzer sound after receiving the door opening prohibition signal, the GSM short message alarm device can automatically generate short messages and send the short messages to preset contacts after receiving the door opening prohibition signal, and related workers can be informed in real time.

Through the embodiment, after the control device sends the door opening prohibition information, the alarm device is adopted to remind related workers of timely handling the field condition.

In one embodiment, the system further comprises a monitoring device 26, wherein the monitoring device 26 is disposed at a preset position between the first gate and the second gate and is connected with the control device 23, and is used for recording the state between the first gate 241 and the second gate 242 at the moment when receiving a door opening prohibition signal sent by the control device 23.

In this embodiment, a monitoring device 26 is further disposed between the first door and the second door, the monitoring device 26 may be in a non-operating state under normal conditions, and after the control device 23 sends an information number for prohibiting opening of the door, the monitoring device 26 can receive the signal for prohibiting opening of the door, and start the monitoring device 26 according to the signal, so that the monitoring device 26 is in an operating state and obtains image information of an area between the first door and the second door.

With the above-described embodiment, the image information near the automatic door can be acquired by the monitoring device in the case where the automatic door is prohibited from opening, so that the image information can be called up when necessary.

In one embodiment, the system further comprises a one-key help seeking device, and the monitoring device is arranged at a preset position between the first door and the second door and used for sending a help seeking signal to a manager when the system fails.

In this embodiment, the system is further provided with a key help seeking device, the key help seeking device is arranged between the first door and the second door, when the system breaks down, the situation that the first door cannot be normally opened can also occur to the customer under the condition that the commodity is not carried by the customer, so that the customer cannot normally go out, and at the moment, the customer can ask for help from the worker through the key help seeking device, so that the customer is prevented from being trapped between the first door and the second door.

In one embodiment, the recognition means comprises at least one of face recognition means, voiceprint recognition means, fingerprint recognition means and iris recognition means.

In this embodiment, the identification means may be any one of a face identification means, a voiceprint identification means, a fingerprint identification means, and an iris identification means, and the identification information of the customer is determined by identifying facial information, voice information, fingerprint information, or iris information of the customer.

Above-mentioned access control system, through adopting the weighing device to acquire the weight information that customer came in and go out the supermarket, through adopting recognition device to acquire the identity information that customer came in and go out the supermarket, after weight information and identity information were received to the controller, just allow the automatically-controlled door to open when weight information and identity information all accord with the preset condition, thereby can guarantee that customer can not take unpaid commodity clamp out of the supermarket, can improve the security in unmanned supermarket, in addition, can gather customer's weight information and identity information between first gate and second gate through adopting the double-track door structure, can guarantee that the data of acquireing have higher accuracy.

In one embodiment, the unmanned supermarket management system may further include: and the information display device is connected with the main server 01 and is used for displaying the information and/or the image which are received by the main server 01 and sent by each sub-server 40, so that an unmanned supermarket manager can conveniently observe the situation of each unmanned supermarket in real time and quickly confirm the unmanned supermarket in which the situation occurs.

It should be understood that, the sequence numbers of the steps in the foregoing embodiments do not imply an execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used 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; such modifications and substitutions do not substantially depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An unmanned supermarket management system, characterized by comprising:

a main server;

the intelligent containers are used for storing commodities, displaying the price information of the commodities and measuring the total mass of the commodities; each unmanned supermarket corresponds to at least one intelligent container;

the image acquisition systems are all used for acquiring images of corresponding preset areas in the unmanned supermarket and sending the images to the sub-servers; each unmanned supermarket corresponds to one image acquisition system;

2. An unmanned supermarket management system according to claim 1, wherein each of the settlement systems comprises:

the object stage is provided with a weighing area;

3. An unmanned supermarket management system according to claim 2, wherein the identifying means comprises at least one of: a commodity identifier, a bar code identifier;

4. The unmanned supermarket management system of claim 3, wherein said sorting means comprises:

the mechanical arm is used for sorting commodities;

the second storage space is used for storing unsettled commodities.

5. The unmanned supermarket management system of claim 4, wherein the settlement system further comprises:

6. The unmanned supermarket management system of claim 1, wherein each of said intelligent containers comprises:

the storage spaces are used for storing a commodity;

7. The unmanned supermarket management system of claim 6, wherein the intelligent container further comprises:

8. The unmanned supermarket management system of claim 1, wherein each of said access control systems comprises: the device comprises a weighing device, a recognition device, a control device and an automatic door;

9. The unmanned supermarket management system of claim 8, wherein the automated door comprises a first door and a second door;

10. The unmanned supermarket management system of any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising: