CN110728790B - Automatic vending machine and goods channel goods delivery control method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending, and discloses an automatic vending machine and a goods channel goods delivery control method thereof. The goods channel delivery control method of the vending machine provided by the invention enables the vending machine to automatically adjust the delivery speed of the target goods channel according to the target goods, so that the goods with the characteristics of fragility, lightness, thinness, high grade and the like are delivered out of the goods channel at a lower speed, the abnormal delivery phenomena that the goods are easy to break and topple to deviate from the goods channel or are subjected to multiple delivery and the like when the goods are delivered out of the goods channel are relieved, and the problem that the delivery abnormality is easy to occur when the goods are delivered to a goods bucket from the goods channel in the vending machine in the related technology is solved. The automatic vending machine provided by the invention comprises the control device and the plurality of goods channels, wherein the goods conveying mechanism electrically connected with the control device is arranged in the goods channels, and the control device is used for realizing the goods outlet control method of the goods channels.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of automatic vending, in particular to an automatic vending machine and a goods channel goods outlet control method thereof.
Background
A vending machine is a commercial automation device for vending goods. The vending machine is not limited by time and place, can save manpower, is convenient for transaction and the like, and is widely applied.
The related art discloses an automatic vending machine, which comprises a cabinet body, a goods shelf arranged inside the cabinet body, a goods bucket and a controller, wherein the surface of the cabinet body is provided with a goods taking port, the goods shelf comprises a plurality of goods channels for bearing goods, the goods bucket is arranged between the goods shelf and the goods taking port and used for delivering the goods between the goods shelf and the goods taking port, each goods channel comprises a goods conveying mechanism, after a goods purchasing instruction input by a user is received, the controller firstly determines the goods to be purchased by the user and a target goods channel containing the goods, then controls the goods bucket to move to the position of the target goods channel, controls the goods conveying mechanism of the target goods channel to convey the goods to be purchased by the user into the goods bucket at a set speed, and finally controls the goods bucket to move to the goods taking port so that the user takes the goods from the goods taking port.
However, the inventor finds that abnormal shipment phenomena such as breakage, toppling and deviating from a cargo channel or multiple shipment easily occur in the process of conveying the cargo from the cargo channel to a cargo bucket in the vending machine in the related art, so that economic loss is brought to a merchant, and meanwhile, the customer experience degree of the vending machine is influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for controlling a delivery of goods from a goods channel of a vending machine, so as to solve a problem that goods are likely to be delivered abnormally from the goods channel to a goods bucket in a vending machine of the related art. The invention also aims to provide the vending machine.
The embodiment of the invention is realized by the following steps:
the embodiment of the invention provides a goods channel delivery control method, which is applied to a vending machine, wherein the vending machine comprises a plurality of goods channels for accommodating goods, a goods conveying mechanism is arranged in each goods channel and is used for delivering the goods in the goods channels out of the goods channels, and the goods channel delivery control method comprises the following steps:
determining target goods to be sold and a target goods channel for accommodating the target goods according to a purchase command input by a user;
determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the target cargo;
and delivering the target goods from the target goods channel according to the determined delivery speed.
Further, determining the shipment speed of the target cargo channel according to the target cargo specifically comprises:
and determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the prestored corresponding moving speed of each cargo.
Further, determining the shipment speed of the target cargo channel according to the target cargo specifically comprises:
determining a reference characteristic value of the target cargo and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic of the target cargo;
and determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the reference characteristic value of the target cargo and the threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic.
Further, determining a reference feature value of the target cargo and a threshold corresponding to the reference feature according to the reference feature of the target cargo specifically includes:
selecting one characteristic from a plurality of characteristics of the target cargo as a reference characteristic of the target cargo;
and acquiring a reference characteristic value and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic.
Further, the reference characteristic of the target cargo includes one of frangibility degree, weight, height or thickness, and the shipment speed of the target cargo way is determined according to the reference characteristic value of the target cargo and a threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic, specifically including:
when the frangibility degree value of the target goods is higher than a first threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods way as a first speed, and when the frangibility degree value is not higher than the first threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods way as a second speed, wherein the first speed is lower than the second speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
when the weight value of the target goods is lower than a second threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel as a third speed, and when the weight value is not lower than the second threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel as a fourth speed, wherein the third speed is lower than the fourth speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
when the height value of the target cargo is higher than a third threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is a fifth speed, and when the height value is not higher than the third threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is a sixth speed, wherein the fifth speed is lower than the sixth speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
and when the thickness value of the target cargo is not less than the fourth threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is the eighth speed, wherein the seventh speed is less than the eighth speed.
Further, the vending machine further comprises a detection device, and the target goods are detected by the detection device according to the characteristic value to obtain the characteristic value.
The automatic vending machine provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a control device and a plurality of goods channels for accommodating goods, wherein each goods channel is internally provided with a goods conveying mechanism electrically connected with the control device, and the goods conveying mechanism is used for conveying the goods in the goods channels out of the goods channels;
the control device is used for determining target goods to be sold and a target goods channel for accommodating the target goods according to a purchase command input by a user, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel according to the target goods, and delivering the target goods from the target goods channel according to the determined delivery speed.
Further, the control device is used for determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the prestored moving speed corresponding to each type of cargo.
Further, the control device is used for determining a reference characteristic value of the target cargo and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic of the target cargo, and determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the reference characteristic value of the target cargo and the threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic.
Further, the control device is configured to select one of the plurality of characteristics of the target cargo as a reference characteristic of the target cargo, and acquire a reference characteristic value and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic based on the reference characteristic.
Further, the reference characteristic of the target cargo comprises one of frangibility, weight, height, or thickness, and the control device is configured to:
when the frangibility degree value of the target goods is higher than a first threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods way as a first speed, and when the frangibility degree value is not higher than the first threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods way as a second speed, wherein the first speed is lower than the second speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
when the weight value of the target goods is lower than a second threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel as a third speed, and when the weight value is not lower than the second threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel as a fourth speed, wherein the third speed is lower than the fourth speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
when the height value of the target cargo is higher than a third threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is a fifth speed, and when the height value is not higher than the third threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is a sixth speed, wherein the fifth speed is lower than the sixth speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
and when the thickness value of the target cargo is not less than the fourth threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is the eighth speed, wherein the seventh speed is less than the eighth speed.
Further, the vending machine further comprises a detection device, and the target goods are detected by the detection device according to the characteristic value to obtain the characteristic value.
The embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that:
the goods channel delivery control method of the vending machine provided by the invention enables the vending machine to automatically adjust the delivery speed of the target goods channel according to the target goods, so that the goods with the characteristics of fragility, lightness, thinness, high grade and the like are delivered out of the goods channel at a lower speed, the abnormal delivery phenomena that the goods are easy to break and topple to deviate from the goods channel or are subjected to multiple delivery and the like when the goods are delivered out of the goods channel are relieved, and the problem that the delivery abnormality is easy to occur when the goods are delivered to a goods bucket from the goods channel in the vending machine in the related technology is solved.
The automatic vending machine provided by the invention comprises the control device and the plurality of goods channels, wherein the goods conveying mechanism electrically connected with the control device is arranged in the goods channels, and the control device is used for realizing the goods outlet control method of the goods channels.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an external configuration of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of components of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a partial configuration of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a method for controlling the shipment of a vending machine from a cargo channel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart illustrating the process of determining the shipment speed of the target cargo lane according to the target cargo in another embodiment of the present invention.
Icon: 010-vending machines; 100-a cabinet; 101-a cabinet body; 102-a cabinet door; 103-a goods taking port; 200-a storage device; 210-a cargo way; 211-cargo conveying means; 211 a-push plate; 211 b-motor; 300-a delivery device; 310-a cargo bucket; 320-bucket drive mechanism; 321-a horizontal driving mechanism; 322-a vertical drive mechanism; 400-a storage device; 500-control means.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or orientations or positional relationships that the products of the present invention are usually placed in when used, and are only used for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements indicated must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Furthermore, the terms "horizontal", "vertical" and the like do not imply that the components are required to be absolutely horizontal or pendant, but rather may be slightly inclined. For example, "horizontal" merely means that the direction is more horizontal than "vertical" and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly horizontal, but may be slightly inclined.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be further noted that the terms "disposed" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
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Related art's automatic vending machine, goods conveying mechanism in the target goods way sends the goods out the target goods way with the speed of settlement in order to realize the shipment of target goods way, because characteristics such as fragile degree, weight, height and thickness of different goods are different, the inventor discovers, when related art's automatic vending machine shipment, the problem of being crowded garrulous appears easily in the goods that fragile degree is higher, the less goods of weight appears the problem of skew goods way easily, thereby the high goods appears toppling over easily and deviates the problem of goods way, the problem of many shipment appears easily in the goods that thickness is little, consequently, the unusual problem of shipment appears easily in the automatic vending machine that provides in the related art. The inventors have proposed the following technical solutions to solve this problem.
The technical scheme of the invention is further explained by the specific implementation mode in combination with the attached drawings.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an external structure of a vending machine 010 according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of the vending machine 010 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 is a block diagram of the vending machine 010 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the vending machine 010 according to the embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to fig. 1 to 3.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the vending machine 010 includes a cabinet 100, a storing device 200, a delivery device 300, a storage device 400, and a control device 500.
As shown in fig. 1, the cabinet 100 includes a cabinet body 101 and a cabinet door 102, the cabinet body 101 is movably connected to the cabinet door 102, the cabinet body 101 includes an opening (not shown in the figure), and the cabinet door 102 can move relative to the opening of the cabinet body 101 to open or close the cabinet body 101. The cabinet door 102 is provided with a goods access opening 103 for a user to take out goods.
The storage device 200 is configured to receive goods for sale. As shown in fig. 2, the storage device 200 is disposed inside the cabinet 101, the storage device 200 is disposed opposite to the cabinet door 102 at an interval, the storage device 200 includes a plurality of cargo ways 210 for accommodating goods, the plurality of cargo ways 210 are M-layered along an up-down direction (i.e., a direction shown by an arrow cd), and are arranged in N rows along a left-right direction (i.e., a direction shown by an arrow ab), and a length direction of the cargo way 210 extends along a front-back direction (i.e., a direction shown by an arrow ef). An outlet is arranged at one end of the goods passage 210 close to the cabinet door 102, and the outlet of the goods passage 210 is opposite to the cabinet door 102.
Fig. 4 is a partial structural schematic view of the automatic vending machine 010 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in the figure, the goods conveying mechanism 211 is included in the goods channel 210, and the goods conveying mechanism 211 is used for outputting goods in the goods channel 210 from the outlet of the goods channel 210 to the outside of the goods channel 210. In this embodiment, the cargo conveying mechanism 211 includes a push plate 211a and a motor 211b, the motor 211b is electrically connected to the control device 500, and the motor 211b is in transmission connection with the push plate 211a, under the action of a control signal output by the control device 500, the motor 211b can drive the push plate 211a to move in the cargo channel 210, so as to drive the cargo in the cargo channel 210 to move towards the outlet of the cargo channel 210. In other embodiments provided by the present invention, the cargo conveying mechanism 211 may also be in other forms, for example, the cargo conveying mechanism 211 includes a conveyor belt and a motor, the conveyor belt is disposed in the cargo channel 210, the cargo is placed on the conveyor belt, and the motor drives the conveyor belt to move, so that the conveyor belt drives the cargo to move.
The delivery device 300 is configured to transport goods between the storage device 200 and the access port 103. The delivery device 300 is located between the cabinet door 102 and the storage device 200. The delivery device 300 includes a bucket 310 and a bucket driving mechanism 320, wherein an inlet is provided at one end of the bucket 310 close to the cargo passage 210, and an outlet is provided at one end of the bucket 310 close to the cabinet door 102. The bucket driving mechanism 320 includes a horizontal driving mechanism 321 and a vertical driving mechanism 322, the horizontal driving mechanism 321 and the vertical driving mechanism 322 are respectively electrically connected to the control device 500, the horizontal driving mechanism 321 drives the bucket 310 to move in the left-right direction under the control of the control device 500, and the vertical driving mechanism 322 drives the bucket 310 to move in the up-down direction, so that the bucket 310 can move in the horizontal direction and/or the left-right direction, so that the inlet of the bucket 310 is opposite to the outlet of any one of the channels 210, or the outlet of the bucket 310 is opposite to the goods taking port 103. When the entrance of the bucket 310 is opposite to the exit of any one of the channels 210, the goods in the channel 210 can be sent into the bucket 310 after being output from the exit of the channel 210; when the outlet of the bucket 310 is opposite to the access port 103, the user can access the goods in the bucket 310 through the access port 103.
The storage device 400 is used for storing programs of the vending machine 010 and data and variables required during the operation of the programs, for example, the storage device 400 is used for storing the corresponding relationship between each kind of goods and a goods channel containing the goods, and further, the storage device 400 is also used for storing the corresponding relationship between each kind of goods and the delivery speed of the goods channel, or storing a reference characteristic value of each kind of goods and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic, wherein the characteristics of the goods include the frangibility degree, the weight, the height, the thickness and the like of the goods, and the reference characteristic of the goods is one of a plurality of characteristics of the goods and is used for determining the delivery speed of the goods when the goods are delivered by the goods channel.
The control device 500 is electrically connected to the goods conveying mechanism 211, the bucket driving mechanism 320 and the storage device 400, and is configured to control the modules to perform work and perform data calculation and processing, for example, the control device 500 is configured to determine a target goods to be sold and a target goods channel for accommodating the goods according to a purchase instruction of a user, determine a delivery speed of the target goods channel according to the target goods, control the goods conveying mechanism 211 to convey the target goods from the target goods channel 210 to the bucket 310 according to the delivery speed of the target goods channel, and the like.
Further, the control device 500 may determine the shipment speed of the target lane according to the pre-stored moving speed corresponding to each cargo. The moving speed corresponding to each kind of goods should be a reasonable moving speed when the goods are sent out by the goods channel 210, and under the corresponding moving speed, the goods are not easy to deviate from the goods channel, are not easy to be broken, are not easy to be toppled over or are not easy to be discharged more. The storage device 400 may pre-store the corresponding relationship between each kind of goods and the moving speed in the vending machine 010, and after the control device 500 determines the target goods and the target goods channel, the control device determines the delivery speed of the target goods channel by retrieving the corresponding relationship between each kind of goods and the moving speed.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the control device 500 may also be configured to determine a reference characteristic value of the target cargo and a threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic of the target cargo, and determine the delivery speed of the target cargo way according to the reference characteristic value of the target cargo and the threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic. The storage device 400 may store the reference characteristic value of the cargo and the threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic in advance, so that the control device 500 may call the reference characteristic value after determining the reference characteristic of the target cargo.
Specifically, the vending machine 010 may further include a detection device (not shown in the figure) disposed in the cabinet 101 and configured to detect a characteristic value of the goods in the goods passage 210, the detection device is electrically connected to the control device 500, the control device 500 obtains a reference characteristic value of the target goods in the target goods passage through the detection device, for example, the detection device includes an image sensor, the image sensor may measure a height, a thickness, and the like of the target goods, and for another example, the detection device includes a weight sensor, and the weight sensor may measure a weight of the target goods and the like.
In this embodiment, the vending machine 010 further includes a human-computer interaction device (not shown) communicatively connected to the control device 500, the human-computer interaction device is configured to receive a purchase instruction input by a user and transmit the purchase instruction to the control device 500, and the human-computer interaction device may include an input/output device such as a display, a touch screen, a keyboard, and a mouse.
This implementation provides automatic vending machine can be according to the shipment speed of target goods automatic adjustment goods way to make the goods that have fragile, light, thin, high grade characteristic send out the goods way with lower speed, appear broken easily when alleviating the goods and being sent out the goods way, empty and deviate the goods way or the unusual shipment phenomenon such as many shipment, the problem of the automatic vending machine that has solved relevant technique appears unusually easily when the goods is sent to the goods fill by the goods way.
Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of a cargo channel shipment control method of an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 5, the cargo channel shipment control method of the automatic vending machine provided in this embodiment specifically includes:
step S100, determining the target goods to be sold and the target goods channel for accommodating the target goods according to the purchase command input by the user.
Taking the vending machine 010 provided by the present invention as an example, the control device 500 receives a purchase command input by a user, determines goods to be sold and a target lane for accommodating the goods according to the purchase command input by the user, wherein the purchase command input by the user includes the goods to be purchased by the user or the target lane for accommodating the goods to be purchased by the user, and when the purchase command input by the user includes the goods to be purchased by the user, the control device 500 determines the goods to be purchased by the user as the goods to be sold (i.e., target goods) and determines the target lane for accommodating the target goods by retrieving a correspondence relationship between the goods and the lanes stored in the storage device 400; when the purchase command input by the user includes a target lane for accommodating goods to be purchased by the user, the control device 500 acquires the target lane and determines the target goods by retrieving correspondence between the goods and the lane stored in the storage device 400.
And S200, determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the target cargo.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the shipment speed of the target cargo way may be determined according to a pre-stored moving speed corresponding to each cargo. Specifically, the storage device 400 prestores a corresponding relationship between each kind of goods in the vending machine 010 and the moving speed, and after the control device 500 determines the target goods and the target goods channel, the control device determines the delivery speed of the target goods channel by retrieving the corresponding relationship between each kind of goods and the moving speed. Table 1 shows a correspondence relationship between the goods and the moving speed of the vending machine 010 according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in table 1, four kinds of goods to be sold are included in the vending machine 010, wherein the moving speed of the goods 1, 2 and 3 is V1, and the moving speed of the goods 4 is V2. After the control device 500 determines the target goods, the delivery speed of the target lane is determined by retrieving the correspondence table of the goods and the delivery speed of the lane, for example, when the control device 500 determines that the target goods is the goods 1 according to the purchase command input by the user, the delivery speed of the target lane accommodating the goods 1 is determined to be V1 by retrieving the correspondence table of the goods and the moving speed of the vending machine 010.
| Goods | Speed of movement |
| Cargo 1 | V1 |
| Goods 2 | V1 |
| Goods 3 | V1 |
| Goods 4 | V2 |
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Fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart illustrating the process of determining the shipment speed of the target cargo lane according to the target cargo in another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 6, in another embodiment of the present invention, determining the shipment speed of the target cargo lane according to the target cargo may specifically include:
in step S210, a reference feature value of the target cargo and a threshold value corresponding to the reference feature are determined according to the reference feature of the target cargo.
Taking the vending machine 010 of the present invention as an example, the control device 500 may be configured to determine a reference characteristic value of the target item and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic of the target item. Determining the reference characteristic value of the target cargo and the threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic may specifically include: firstly, the reference characteristic of the target cargo is determined, and then the reference characteristic value and the threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic are obtained according to the reference characteristic. For example, in one use environment, the vending machine 010 is used only for vending beverages, and since the weight of the beverage is a critical factor affecting breakage of the beverage, the weight is a reference characteristic for the target product. As an optional mode in the embodiment of the present invention, the storage device 400 may store a reference characteristic value of the cargo and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic in advance, and the control device 500 determines the reference characteristic of the target cargo and obtains the reference characteristic value and the threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic of the target cargo.
And step S220, determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the reference characteristic value of the target cargo and the threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic.
The control device 500 may compare the determined reference characteristic value with a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic, and determine the shipment speed of the target lane according to the comparison result.
The principle of determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the comparison result of the reference characteristic value of the target cargo and the threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic comprises any one of the following principles: when the fragile degree value is higher than a first threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo way is a first speed, and when the fragile degree value is not higher than the first threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo way is a second speed, wherein the first speed is lower than the second speed, namely the delivery speed of the target cargo way corresponding to the cargo with high fragile degree is lower than the delivery speed of the target cargo way corresponding to the cargo with low fragile degree, so that the target cargo is not easily crushed and damaged due to extrusion caused by over-high speed when the fragile cargo is conveyed; when the weight value is lower than a second threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is a third speed, and when the weight value is not lower than the second threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is a fourth speed, wherein the third speed is lower than the fourth speed, namely the delivery speed of the target cargo channel corresponding to the light cargo is lower than the delivery speed of the target cargo channel corresponding to the heavy cargo, so that the target cargo is not easy to deviate from the cargo channel due to too high speed when the light cargo is conveyed; when the height value is higher than a third threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo way is a fifth speed, and when the height value is not higher than the third threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo way is a sixth speed, wherein the fifth speed is lower than the sixth speed, that is, the delivery speed of the target cargo way corresponding to the cargo with high height is lower than the delivery speed of the target cargo way corresponding to the cargo with low height, so that the target cargo is not easy to deviate from the cargo way due to too fast dumping when the cargo with high height is conveyed; when the thickness value is smaller than a fourth threshold value, the shipment speed of the target cargo channel is determined to be a seventh speed, and when the thickness value is not smaller than the fourth threshold value, the shipment speed of the target cargo channel is determined to be an eighth speed, wherein the seventh speed is smaller than the eighth speed, that is, the shipment speed of the target cargo channel corresponding to the cargo with thin thickness is smaller than the shipment speed of the target cargo channel corresponding to the cargo with thick thickness, so that excessive shipment is not easily caused by inertia motion generated by too high speed when the thin cargo is conveyed.
Further, each kind of goods in the vending machine 010 includes a plurality of features, each feature corresponds to a feature value and a threshold value, after the control device 500 determines the target goods, one feature of the plurality of features of the goods is selected as a reference feature according to the kind of the goods, and the reference feature value and the threshold value corresponding to the reference feature are obtained according to the reference feature, wherein the kind of the goods can be divided according to the features of most interest of the goods, such as easily toppled goods (e.g., bottled water, water cups, etc.), the goods are divided into a class because of being easily toppled and deviating from a goods channel, and the reference feature of the class of goods corresponds to a height; for example, fragile goods (such as instant noodles, puffed foods and the like) are classified into another type because of their fragility, and the reference characteristic of the goods corresponds to the degree of fragility. Of course, a certain characteristic which is counted in advance by the vending machine and is most related to the delivery abnormality may be used as the reference characteristic, for example, if it is counted that the delivery abnormality of the glassware is mostly caused by breakage, the frangibility degree may be determined as the reference characteristic.
In this embodiment, the storage device 400 may store the correspondence between the goods and the reference feature in advance, and after the target goods are determined, the control device 500 may determine the reference feature of the target goods by searching the correspondence between the goods and the reference feature stored in the storage device 400.
Further, the automatic vending machine 010 may further include a detection device (not shown in the drawings) disposed in the cabinet 101 and configured to detect a characteristic value of the goods in the goods passage 210, the detection device is electrically connected to the control device 500, the control device 500 obtains a reference characteristic value of the target goods in the target goods passage through the detection device, for example, the detection device includes an image sensor, the image sensor may measure a height, a thickness, and the like of the target goods, and for another example, the detection device includes a weight sensor, and the weight sensor may measure a weight of the target goods and the like.
And step S300, delivering the target goods from the target goods channel according to the determined delivery speed.
Taking the vending machine 010 of the present invention as an example, the control device 500 controls the goods conveying mechanism 211 in the target goods channel to push the target goods in the target goods channel into the bucket 310 at the determined delivery speed, and specifically, the control device 500 controls the motor 210b to rotate at the set angular speed, so that the motor 210b drives the push plate 210a to move at the determined delivery speed, so that the push plate 210a pushes the target goods to move from the target goods channel into the bucket 310 at the determined delivery speed.
The goods way shipment control method of automatic vending machine that this embodiment provided makes automatic vending machine can be according to the shipment speed of target goods automatic adjustment goods way in the goods way, thereby make the goods that have fragile, light, thin, high grade characteristic send out the goods way with lower speed, the goods is easy to appear breakage when being sent out the goods way, empty and deviate from goods way or unusual shipment phenomenon such as many shipment when alleviating, the problem that the unusual appears easily when the goods is sent to the goods fill by the goods way of automatic vending machine of correlation technique has been solved.
In summary, the goods channel delivery control method of the vending machine provided by the invention enables the vending machine to automatically adjust the delivery speed of the target goods channel according to the target goods, so that the goods with the characteristics of fragility, lightness, thinness, high grade and the like are delivered out of the goods channel at a lower speed, the abnormal delivery phenomena that the goods are easy to break and topple to deviate from the goods channel or multiple deliveries and the like when the goods are delivered out of the goods channel are relieved, and the problem that the delivery abnormality is easy to occur when the goods are delivered to the goods bucket from the goods channel in the vending machine in the related art is solved.
The automatic vending machine provided by the invention comprises the control device and the plurality of goods channels, wherein the goods conveying mechanism electrically connected with the control device is arranged in the goods channels, and the control device is used for realizing the goods outlet control method of the goods channels.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A goods channel goods discharging control method of an automatic vending machine is applied to the automatic vending machine, the automatic vending machine comprises a plurality of goods channels used for containing goods, a goods conveying mechanism is arranged in each goods channel, and the goods conveying mechanism is used for conveying the goods in the goods channels out of the goods channels, and the goods channel goods discharging control method is characterized by comprising the following steps:
determining target goods to be sold and a target goods channel for accommodating the target goods according to a purchase command input by a user;
determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the target cargo;
delivering the target cargo from the target cargo channel according to the determined delivery speed;
determining the shipment speed of the target cargo channel according to the target cargo, specifically comprising:
determining a reference characteristic value of the target cargo and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic of the target cargo;
determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the reference characteristic value of the target cargo and the threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic;
determining a reference characteristic value of the target cargo and a threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic of the target cargo, specifically comprising:
after the target cargo is determined, selecting one characteristic from a plurality of characteristics of the target cargo as a reference characteristic of the target cargo;
and acquiring the reference characteristic value and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reference characteristic of the target goods includes one of fragility degree, weight, height or thickness, and the determining of the shipment speed of the target goods according to the reference characteristic value of the target goods and a threshold corresponding to the reference characteristic comprises:
determining a shipment speed of the target lane to be a first speed when the friability value of the target good is above a first threshold, and determining the shipment speed of the target lane to be a second speed when the friability value is not above the first threshold, wherein the first speed is less than the second speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
when the weight value of the target goods is lower than a second threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel as a third speed, and when the weight value is not lower than the second threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel as a fourth speed, wherein the third speed is lower than the fourth speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
when the height value of the target cargo is higher than a third threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target cargo way to be a fifth speed, and when the height value is not higher than the third threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target cargo way to be a sixth speed, wherein the fifth speed is lower than the sixth speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
and when the thickness value of the target cargo is smaller than a fourth threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is a seventh speed, and when the thickness value of the target cargo is not smaller than the fourth threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is an eighth speed, wherein the seventh speed is smaller than the eighth speed.
3. The vending machine is characterized by comprising a control device and a plurality of goods channels for containing goods, wherein a goods conveying mechanism electrically connected with the control device is arranged in each goods channel and is used for conveying the goods in the goods channels out of the goods channels;
the control device is used for determining target goods to be sold and a target goods channel for accommodating the target goods according to a purchase command input by a user, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel according to the target goods, and delivering the target goods from the target goods channel according to the determined delivery speed;
the control device is used for determining a reference characteristic value of the target cargo and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic of the target cargo, and determining the delivery speed of the target cargo channel according to the reference characteristic value of the target cargo and the threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic;
and the control device is used for selecting one characteristic from a plurality of characteristics of the target cargo as a reference characteristic of the target cargo after the target cargo is determined, and acquiring the reference characteristic value and a threshold value corresponding to the reference characteristic according to the reference characteristic.
4. The vending machine of claim 3, wherein the reference characteristic of the target item comprises one of frangibility, weight, height, or thickness, the control being configured to:
determining a shipment speed of the target lane to be a first speed when the friability value of the target good is above a first threshold, and determining the shipment speed of the target lane to be a second speed when the friability value is not above the first threshold, wherein the first speed is less than the second speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
when the weight value of the target goods is lower than a second threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel as a third speed, and when the weight value is not lower than the second threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target goods channel as a fourth speed, wherein the third speed is lower than the fourth speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
when the height value of the target cargo is higher than a third threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target cargo way to be a fifth speed, and when the height value is not higher than the third threshold value, determining the delivery speed of the target cargo way to be a sixth speed, wherein the fifth speed is lower than the sixth speed; or the like, or, alternatively,
and when the thickness value of the target cargo is smaller than a fourth threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is a seventh speed, and when the thickness value of the target cargo is not smaller than the fourth threshold value, determining that the delivery speed of the target cargo channel is an eighth speed, wherein the seventh speed is smaller than the eighth speed.
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