CN110728830A

CN110728830A - Method, system, server and terminal device for searching lost article

Info

Publication number: CN110728830A
Application number: CN201910939201.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冯丹; 张毅倜
Original assignee: Beijing Mobai Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hanhai Information Technology Shanghai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-30
Filing date: 2019-09-30
Publication date: 2020-01-24

Abstract

The invention discloses a method, a system, a server and terminal equipment for searching lost articles, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring a target object searched by a set short-distance communication signal broadcasted by scanning a peripheral object through a set terminal device; matching the searched target item with an unleashed item, wherein the unleashed item is the target item in an unleashed state; and under the condition of successful matching, updating the position information of the matched lost article according to the position information of the terminal equipment when the target article is searched.

Description

Method, system, server and terminal device for searching lost article

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of internet, in particular to a method for searching lost articles, a system for searching lost articles, a server and a terminal device.

Background

With the rapid development of internet technology and equipment manufacturing, some shared articles available to the public are proposed, such as shared bicycles, shared cars, shared charge pal, and shared umbrellas. With the continuous increase of the putting amount of the shared goods and the imperfect operation, a large amount of the shared goods are in an unconnection state.

At present, a platform side for sharing articles displays a code scanning position reported last time by the shared articles on an operation and maintenance terminal, so that operation and maintenance personnel can search on the spot according to the code scanning position and the past searching experience. However, the code scanning position may be position information of several days or even several months ago, and the use of position information with poor timeliness may result in an extremely low recall rate of the lost article and waste of a large amount of labor cost, so a new technical solution for searching the lost article is necessary.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a new technical solution for finding an unleashed item.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of finding an unleashed item, comprising:

acquiring a target object searched by a set short-distance communication signal broadcasted by scanning a peripheral object through a set terminal device;

matching the searched target item with an unleashed item, wherein the unleashed item is the target item in an unleashed state;

and under the condition of successful matching, updating the position information of the matched lost article according to the position information of the terminal equipment when the target article is searched.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

and under the condition of successful matching, sending a notice for searching the matched lost article and updated position information of the matched lost article to a registered account of an operation and maintenance worker.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

and under the condition that the message of finding the matched lost article reported by the registered account is received, canceling the lost state of the matched lost article.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

acquiring time information of the set terminal equipment when the target object is searched;

associating the time information with the updated location information of the matched unleashed item.

Optionally, the acquiring the set target item searched by the terminal device through scanning the set short-range communication signal broadcasted by the peripheral item includes:

acquiring a target article searched by the user terminal through scanning the short-distance communication signal broadcasted by the surrounding article; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and acquiring other target items searched by any target item through scanning the short-distance communication signals broadcast by the peripheral items.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a method for finding an unleashed item, implemented by a terminal device, including:

scanning a set short-distance communication signal broadcasted by a peripheral article;

searching a target item according to the scanned short-distance communication signal;

and reporting the searched target object and the position information of the terminal equipment when the target object is searched to a server for matching with an lost article, wherein the lost article is the target object in a lost state.

Optionally, the terminal device is a user terminal, and the scanning of the short-range communication signal broadcasted by the peripheral item includes:

responding to a set event, and starting a short-distance communication device arranged by the short-distance communication device;

and scanning the short-range communication signals broadcast by the surrounding articles through the short-range communication device under the condition that the short-range communication device is turned on.

Optionally, the setting the event includes: receiving at least one of a request for using a target object by scanning a code, an unlocking command for the target object issued by a server, and a settlement request triggered after the target object is used.

Optionally, the terminal device is any target item, and the scanning of the set short-range communication signal broadcast by the peripheral item includes:

and responding to the locking operation, scanning the short-distance communication signals broadcast by the peripheral articles through the short-distance communication device arranged by the self.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a server comprising a memory for storing executable instructions and a processor; the processor is configured to perform the method of finding an unleashed item according to the first aspect of the invention under the control of the instructions.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a terminal device, comprising a memory for storing executable instructions and a processor; the processor is configured to execute the method for finding an unleashed item according to the second aspect of the invention under the control of the instructions.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a system for finding an unleashed item, which includes the server according to the second aspect of the present invention and the terminal device according to the third aspect of the present invention.

The method, the system, the server and the terminal equipment have the advantages that according to the method, the system, the server and the terminal equipment, the terminal equipment scans short-distance communication signals broadcasted by peripheral articles to search for target articles, the searched target articles are matched with the lost article, and under the condition that the matching is successful, the position information of the matched lost article is updated according to the position information of the terminal equipment when the target articles are searched.

Other features of the present invention and advantages thereof will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments thereof, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a system for finding lost items that may be used to implement an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of a method of finding an unleashed item according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of a method of finding a lost item according to another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow diagram of finding an unleashed item, according to an example;

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of an apparatus for finding an unleashed item according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of an apparatus for finding an unleashed item according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic hardware configuration diagram of a system for finding an unleashed item according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention unless specifically stated otherwise.

The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.

In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.

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, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

< hardware configuration >

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a hardware configuration of a system 100 for finding lost items that may be used to implement an embodiment of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1, a system 100 for finding an unleashed item includes a server 1000, a mobile terminal 2000, and an item 3000.

The server 1000 provides a service point for processes, databases, and communications facilities. The server 1000 may be a unitary server or a distributed server across multiple computers or computer data centers, or may be a cloud-deployed cluster of servers. The server may be of various types, such as, but not limited to, a web server, a news server, a mail server, a message server, an advertisement server, a file server, an application server, an interaction server, a database server, or a proxy server. In some embodiments, each server may include hardware, software, or embedded logic components or a combination of two or more such components for performing the appropriate functions supported or implemented by the server. For example, a server, such as a blade server, a cloud server, etc., or may be a server group consisting of a plurality of servers, which may include one or more of the above types of servers, etc.

In one embodiment, the server 1000 may be as shown in fig. 1, including a processor 1100, a memory 1200, an interface device 1300, a communication device 1400, a display device 1500, an input device 1600.

In other embodiments, the server 1000 may further include a speaker, a microphone, and the like, which are not limited herein.

The processor 1100 may be a dedicated server processor, or may be a desktop processor, a mobile version processor, or the like that meets performance requirements, and is not limited herein. The memory 1200 includes, for example, a ROM (read only memory), a RAM (random access memory), a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk, and the like. The interface device 1300 includes, for example, various bus interfaces such as a serial bus interface (including a USB interface), a parallel bus interface, and the like. The communication device 1400 may include a short-range communication device, such as any device that performs short-range wireless communication based on short-range wireless communication protocols, such as the Hilink protocol, WiFi (IEEE 802.11 protocol), Mesh, bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread, Z-Wave, NFC, UWB, LiFi, etc., and the communication device 2400 may also include a long-range communication device, such as any device that performs WLAN, GPRS, 2G/3G/4G/5G long-range communication. The display device 1500 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, an LED display touch panel, or the like. The input device 1600 may include, for example, a touch screen, a keyboard, and the like.

In this embodiment, the memory 1200 of the server 1000 is used to store instructions for controlling the processor 1100 to operate to perform a method of finding an unlawn item. The skilled person can design the instructions according to the disclosed solution. How the instructions control the operation of the processor is well known in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

Although a plurality of devices of the server 1000 are illustrated in fig. 1, the present invention may relate to only some of the devices, for example, the server 1000 relates to only the memory 1200 and the processor 1100.

In this embodiment, the mobile terminal 2000 is, for example, a mobile phone, a laptop, a tablet computer, a palmtop computer, a wearable device, and the like.

The mobile terminal 2000 may be a user terminal for installing a vehicle application, or an operation and maintenance terminal for installing a vehicle operation and maintenance application, and the operation and maintenance terminal is used by operation and maintenance personnel.

As shown in fig. 1, the mobile terminal 2000 may include a processor 2100, a memory 2200, an interface device 2300, a communication device 2400, a display device 2500, an input device 2600, a speaker 2700, a microphone 2800, and the like.

The processor 2100 may be a mobile version processor. The memory 2200 includes, for example, a ROM (read only memory), a RAM (random access memory), a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk, and the like. The interface device 2300 includes, for example, a USB interface, a headphone interface, and the like. The communication device 2400 can perform wired or wireless communication, for example, the communication device 2400 may include a short-range communication device, such as any device that performs short-range wireless communication based on a short-range wireless communication protocol, such as a Hilink protocol, WiFi (IEEE 802.11 protocol), Mesh, bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread, Z-Wave, NFC, UWB, LiFi, and the like, and the communication device 2400 may also include a remote communication device, such as any device that performs WLAN, GPRS, 2G/3G/4G/5G remote communication. The display device 2500 is, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, a touch panel, or the like. The input device 2600 may include, for example, a touch screen, a keyboard, and the like. A user can input/output voice information through the speaker 2700 and the microphone 2800.

In this embodiment, memory 2200 of mobile terminal 2000 is configured to store instructions that control processor 2100 to operate to perform a method of finding an unleashed item. The skilled person can design the instructions according to the disclosed solution. How the instructions control the operation of the processor is well known in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

Although a plurality of devices of the mobile terminal 2000 are illustrated in fig. 1, the present invention may relate only to some of the devices, for example, the mobile terminal 2000 may relate only to the memory 2200 and the processor 2100, the communication device 2400, and the display device 2500.

The article 3000 is any article that can be shared by different users or individually, such as a bicycle, a moped, an electric car, a charger, an umbrella, etc. for sharing. In one example, the article 3000 may be a bicycle 3000-1 as shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in fig. 1, article 3000 may include a processor 3100, a memory 3200, interface devices 3300, communication devices 3400, output devices 3500, input devices 3600, and so forth. The processor 3100 may be a microprocessor MCU or the like. The memory 3200 includes, for example, a ROM (read only memory), a RAM (random access memory), a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk, and the like. The interface 3300 includes, for example, a USB interface, a headphone interface, and the like. The communication device 3400 may include a short-range communication device such as any device that performs short-range wireless communication based on a short-range wireless communication protocol such as a Hilink protocol, WiFi (IEEE 802.11 protocol), Mesh, bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread, Z-Wave, NFC, UWB, LiFi, or the like, and the communication device 3400 may include a long-range communication device such as any device that performs WLAN, GPRS, 2G/3G/4G/5G long-range communication. The output device 3500 may be, for example, a device that outputs a signal, may be a display device such as a liquid crystal display screen or a touch panel, or may be a speaker or the like that outputs voice information or the like. The input device 3600 may include, for example, a touch panel, a keyboard, or the like, and may input voice information through a microphone.

Although multiple devices of article 3000 are shown in fig. 1, the present invention may relate only to some of the devices, for example, article 3000 relates only to communication device 3400, memory 3200, and processor 3100.

In this embodiment, the object 3000 may broadcast a set short-range communication signal through a set short-range communication device, after scanning the set short-range communication signal broadcast by the peripheral object 3000, the mobile terminal 2000 may search for a target object according to the scanned short-range communication signal, and report the searched target object and the position information of the mobile terminal 2000 when the target object is searched to the server 1000, so that the server 1000 performs matching of the unlinked object.

The network 4000 may be a wireless communication network or a wired communication network, and may be a local area network or a wide area network. In the system 100 for finding lost articles shown in fig. 1, the article 3000 and the server 1000, and the mobile terminal 2000 and the server 1000 may communicate via the network 4000. The article 3000 may be the same as or different from the server 1000, and the network 4000 through which the mobile terminal 2000 communicates with the server 1000 may be the same.

It should be understood that although fig. 1 shows only one server 1000, mobile terminal 2000, item 3000, it is not meant to limit the respective numbers, and multiple servers 1000, multiple mobile terminals 2000, multiple items 3000 may be included in the system 100 for finding unconnected items.

In further embodiments, the system 100 for finding lost articles may further include other types of terminal devices, such as, but not limited to, a fixed terminal, such as, but not limited to, the mobile terminal 2000, which may be a fence device disposed in some areas, the fence device having a short-range communication device, such as, for example, a bluetooth device, for scanning short-range communication signals.

< method example 1>

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for finding an unleashed item according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is implemented by the server 1000.

As shown in fig. 2, the method for finding an unconnectorized article in the present embodiment may include the following steps S2100 to S2300:

in step S2100, the target item searched by the set terminal device by scanning the set short-range communication signal broadcast by the peripheral item 3000 is acquired.

The peripheral articles 3000 related to the present embodiment may include any type and any brand of shared vehicle, and any type and any brand of shared charger, etc. that can broadcast a set short-range communication signal, and these peripheral articles 3000 are located within a short-range communication distance range of a set terminal device, that is, the set terminal device can scan the short-range communication signal broadcast by these peripheral articles within the short-range communication distance range.

If the peripheral object scanned by the terminal device in one scan may or may not include the target object, the terminal device acquires information of the searched target object to execute step S2200. The target object 3000 related to this embodiment is, for example, a shared bicycle of a specific brand, and the unleashed object to be searched is a certain shared bicycle or some shared bicycles of the specific brand.

In one example, the short-range communication signal broadcast by item 3000 may carry attribute identification information and identification information for item 3000.

The attribute identifying information of the article 3000 is used to identify the attribute of the article 3000 including, for example, the brand of the article 3000, the type of the article 3000, for example, the identified article 3000 is an xx brand bicycle, where different articles 3000 may have the same attribute identifying information.

It is understood that, in the case where a search is made for a target item including a plurality of target items, the plurality of target items each have the same attribute identification information.

The identification information of the article 3000 is used to uniquely identify the article 3000, and has uniqueness, and the identification information may be a serial number of the article 3000, or may be another identification code having a mapping relationship with the serial number.

The attribute identification information and the identity identification information may be represented by separate character strings, or may be embodied in the same character string.

In another example, when the terminal device scans a Signal broadcasted by a peripheral article, a corresponding received Signal strength value rssi (received Signal strength indication) may be obtained according to a Signal power of the received Signal, which is not described in detail herein.

The article 3000 may broadcast signals on one broadcast channel defined by the protocol, or may broadcast signals on a plurality of broadcast channels defined by the protocol, for example, the article 3000 broadcasts signals on three broadcast channels simultaneously, and the terminal device may perform polling scanning on the three broadcast channels to obtain signals broadcast by the article 3000, thereby implementing a search for the article 3000. For example, if the short-range communication signal is a bluetooth signal, the set broadcast channel is a broadcast channel set by a bluetooth protocol.

The terminal equipment can scan the signal on the broadcast channel through the short-distance communication device of the terminal equipment, and identify the target object to be searched according to the attribute identification information and/or the identity identification information in the signal.

The set short-range communication signal may be any one of a bluetooth signal, a WiFi signal, and a ZigBee signal, for example.

Taking the short-distance communication signal as a bluetooth signal as an example, after the terminal device starts bluetooth scanning, it can scan the bluetooth signal broadcast by each item 3000 within the communication distance range. The respective bluetooth signals may be time-stamped in accordance with a time sequence of the scanning, wherein the respective bluetooth signals have respective different time-stamps.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the time length of the scanning period may be less than or equal to 10s, further less than or equal to 5s, for example, set to 3s, even 1s, or the like, so that the method according to the embodiment of the present invention has a faster response time for searching for an unconnected item.

Since the scanning period of one scan performed by the terminal device is in the order of milliseconds, it can be assumed that the position of the terminal device is fixed during the execution of one scan, and that multiple short-range communication signals from the same target item may be included in one scan.

Taking the case that the communication device 3400 of the article 3000 includes a bluetooth communication device, the unlink article to be searched is a certain sharing bicycle of a certain brand, here, the short-distance communication signal is a bluetooth signal, the scanning period for the terminal device to scan the bluetooth signal is 3s, 50 bluetooth signals are scanned in one scanning period, including 13 bluetooth signals corresponding to the first article 3000 (the sharing bicycle of the certain brand), 13 bluetooth signals corresponding to the second article 3000 (the sharing bicycle of the certain brand), 12 bluetooth signals corresponding to the third article 3000, and 12 bluetooth signals corresponding to the fourth article 3000, each bluetooth signal sets a time tag according to the scanning time sequence, here, the terminal device searches for the target article according to the attribute identification information and/or the identity identification information of the unlink article, and the attribute identification information and/or the identity identification information of the article carried in the bluetooth signal, for example, the searched target item may include a first item 3000 and a second item 3000, and the searched target item is transmitted to the server 1000.

In one example, the set terminal device may be a user terminal, and the user terminal may be a user terminal in which an article use application is installed, and may be, for example, a mobile terminal 2000 as shown in fig. 1.

In this example, the step S2100 of acquiring the target item searched by the set terminal device through scanning the set short-range communication signal broadcasted by the peripheral item may further include:

and acquiring the target object searched by the user terminal through scanning the short-distance communication signal broadcasted by the surrounding object.

In this example, for example, the unleashed item is a certain shared bicycle of a certain brand, for example, a user terminal installed with a vehicle use application of the certain brand scans a short-range communication signal broadcast by the surrounding item 3000, and searches for a target item according to the attribute identification information and/or the attribute identification information of the unleashed item and the attribute identification information and/or the identity identification information of the item carried in the short-range communication signal broadcast by the scanned surrounding item 3000, and transmits the searched target item to the server 1000.

In another example, the set terminal device may be any target item, and in the case that the unleashed item is a certain shared bicycle of a certain brand, the target item may be, for example, any shared bicycle of the certain brand, and for example, the target item may be a vehicle 3000-1 shown in fig. 1.

and acquiring other target items searched by any target item through scanning short-distance communication signals broadcast by peripheral items.

In this example, for example, the unleashed item is a certain shared bicycle of a certain brand, for example, any one of the shared bicycles of the certain brand may scan the short-range communication signal broadcast by the surrounding item 3000, and search for another target item according to the attribute identification information and/or the identification information of the unleashed item and the attribute identification information and/or the identification information of the item carried in the short-range communication signal broadcast by the scanned surrounding item 3000, and transmit the searched other target item to the server 1000.

According to the example, different types of terminal devices can be utilized to search for the target item, and therefore the efficiency of searching for the target item is improved.

Step S2200, the searched target object is matched with the lost connection object.

The lost article is a target article in a lost state, and the attribute identification information and the identity identification information of the lost article are stored in a lost article library corresponding to the shared article of the type and the brand to which the lost article belongs in the server 1000.

In one example, different unlink item libraries may be established for shared items of the same type and brand, for example, an unlink item library is established by using a region as an index, and different regions correspond to different unlink item libraries, so that only the shared items of the type and brand in an unlink state in the region are stored in the unlink database, and the division manner is favorable for the efficiency of matching the target item and the unlink items.

In another example, only one unlink item library may be established for shared items of the same type and brand, and the unlink item library stores shared items of the type and brand in unlink states in different domains.

The unleashed item and the target item have the same attribute identification information. For example, the target item searched in step S2100 is a specific brand of shared bicycle, where the unlawn item may be a specific brand or some shared bicycles in the unlawn item library.

Continuing with the above example, the target items searched in step S2100 include first item 3000 and second item 3000, and according to this step S2200, the identity information and/or attribute identification information of first item 3000 and the attribute identification information and/or identity identification information of second item 3000 may be respectively matched with the attribute identification information and/or identity identification information of the unlawn item in the unlawn item library.

And step S2300, under the condition of successful matching, updating the position information of the matched lost article according to the position information of the terminal equipment when the target article is searched.

Continuing with the above example, by matching the searched attribute identification information and/or identity identification information of the first item 3000 and the searched attribute identification information and/or identity identification information of the second item 3000 with the attribute identification information and/or identity identification information of the unlawn item in the unlawn item library respectively in step S2200, according to this step S2300, the location information of the matched first unlawn item may be updated according to the location information of the terminal device when the first item 3000 is searched in case that the first item 3000 is successfully matched with the first unlawn item in the unlawn item library. Or, when the second item 3000 is successfully matched with the second unleashed item in the unleashed item library, the location information of the matched second unleashed item may be updated according to the location information of the terminal device when the second item 3000 is searched.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the target object searched by the terminal equipment through scanning the short-distance communication signal broadcasted by the peripheral object can be matched with the lost article, and the position information of the matched lost article is updated according to the position information of the terminal equipment when the target object is searched under the condition that the matching is successful, so that the timeliness of the position information of the lost article is strong, the position information of the lost article can be updated in real time, and the efficiency of searching the lost article is improved.

In one embodiment, the method for finding lost articles of the present invention may further comprise: and under the condition of successful matching, sending a notice for searching the matched lost article and updated position information of the matched lost article to a registered account of the operation and maintenance personnel.

In this embodiment, the operation and maintenance personnel can log in the registered account through the operation and maintenance terminal for installing the article operation and maintenance application. For example, the unleashed item is a shared bicycle of a specific brand, the operation and maintenance terminal may be any operation and maintenance terminal installed with an operation and maintenance application of a vehicle of the specific brand, and the operation and maintenance terminal may be the mobile terminal 2000 shown in fig. 1.

In this embodiment, for example, the notification of finding the matched offline item and the updated location information of the matched offline item may be displayed in a display interface of the operation and maintenance terminal where the operation and maintenance personnel logs in the registered account in a message notification manner.

According to the method of the embodiment, under the condition that the searched target object and the lost connection object are successfully matched, a notification for searching for the matched lost connection object and updated position information of the matched lost connection object are timely sent to the registered account of the operation and maintenance personnel, so that the operation and maintenance personnel can quickly locate the lost connection object, and the efficiency of searching for the lost connection object is improved.

In one embodiment, the method for finding lost articles of the present invention may further comprise: and under the condition of receiving the message reported by the registered account and used for searching the matched lost article, canceling the lost state of the matched lost article.

For example, in the database of the target item, the corresponding target item may be indicated in the loss state by the loss mark, and correspondingly, the loss state of the matching loss item may be cancelled by clearing the loss mark indicating that the matching loss item is in the loss state.

According to the method of the embodiment, the matched lost article can be marked as the article in normal operation under the condition that the message that the matched lost article is found and reported by the registered account is received, so that the lost article library is updated in real time at the server side.

In one embodiment, the method for finding lost articles of the present invention may further include the following steps S2400 to S2500:

step S2400 is to acquire time information of the set terminal device when the target item is searched.

In step S2400, when the terminal device searches for the target item, the system time in the terminal device may be acquired, and the system time may be transmitted back to the server 1000.

And step S2500, associating the time information with the updated position information of the matched lost article.

According to the method of the embodiment, the time information when the terminal device searches the target article can be associated with the updated position information of the matched unlink article, so that the matched unlink article can be searched by operation and maintenance personnel on the spot according to the time sequence.

< method example 2>

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for finding an unleashed item according to another embodiment of the present invention, where the method is implemented by a terminal device, and the terminal device may be the mobile terminal 2000 shown in fig. 1, or may be other types of terminal devices, which is not limited herein.

As shown in fig. 3, the method for finding an unleashed item in this embodiment may include the following steps S3100 to S3300:

in step S3100, the short-range communication signals set for the peripheral article broadcast are scanned.

The short-range communication signal broadcast by the item 3000 may carry attribute identification information and identification information of the item 3000. The attribute identification information and the identity identification information have been given in detail in step S2100 above, and are not described in detail here.

Taking the short-range communication signal as a bluetooth signal as an example, in one example, after the terminal device starts bluetooth scanning, the terminal device may scan the bluetooth signal broadcast by each item 3000 within the communication distance range. The respective bluetooth signals may be time-stamped in accordance with a time sequence of the scanning, wherein the respective bluetooth signals have respective different time-stamps.

Taking the communication device 3400 of the article 3000 as an example, the article to be searched for is a certain sharing bicycle of a certain specific brand, here, the short-distance communication signal is a bluetooth signal, the scanning period for the terminal device to scan the bluetooth signal is 3s, in one scanning period, 50 bluetooth signals are scanned in total, including 13 bluetooth signals corresponding to the first article 3000 (the sharing bicycle of the specific brand), 13 bluetooth signals corresponding to the second article 3000 (the sharing bicycle of the specific brand), 12 bluetooth signals corresponding to the third article 3000, and 12 bluetooth signals corresponding to the fourth article 3000, and each bluetooth signal sets a time tag according to the scanning time sequence.

In one example, the terminal device may be a user terminal, which may be a user terminal that installs an article use application, such as mobile terminal 2000 shown in fig. 1.

In this example, the step S3100 of scanning the set short-range communication signal broadcast by the peripheral object may further include the following steps S3111a to S3112 a:

step S3111a turns on the short-range communication device provided by itself in response to the setting event.

In step S3111a, the user terminal may set at least one setting event, where the at least one setting event may include at least one of receiving a request to scan a target item for use, receiving an unlock command issued by the server 1000 for the target item, and receiving a settlement request triggered after the target item is used.

According to the step S3111a, when an arbitrary setting event occurs, the user terminal can turn on its own short-range communication device in response to the setting event.

In step S3112a, when the short-range communication device is turned on, the short-range communication device scans the short-range communication signal broadcast by the nearby object.

According to the present example, since the user terminal, upon receiving the unlocking command issued by the server 1000, will turn on the short-range communication device provided by itself to establish a communication connection with the target object, and then issue the unlocking password in the unlocking command to the target object through the communication connection to control the target object to be unlocked, in this case, the operation of scanning the short-range communication signal broadcast by the peripheral object can be directly performed without specifically turning on the short-range communication device for scanning the short-range communication signal broadcast by the peripheral object.

According to the present example, since it is usually indicated that there are many target objects around the user terminal when the above setting event occurs, in this case, the effectiveness of finding the lost object can be improved by scanning the short-distance communication signal broadcast by the surrounding object to find the lost object, and the power consumption of the user terminal required to perform the operation can be controlled.

In another example, the terminal device may be any target item, and in the case that the unleashed item is a certain shared bicycle of a certain brand, the target item may be, for example, any shared bicycle of the certain brand, and for example, the target item may be a vehicle 3000-1 shown in fig. 1.

In this example, the step S3100 of scanning the set short-range communication signal broadcast by the peripheral object may further include the following step S3111 b:

and responding to the locking operation, and scanning short-distance communication signals broadcast by the peripheral articles through the short-distance communication device arranged by the self.

In step S3111b, for example, the user may end the use of any target object and perform a locking operation, and the short-range communication signal broadcast by the peripheral object may be scanned by the short-range communication device provided in the user by the any target object in response to the locking operation performed by the user.

According to the example, when any target object receives the locking operation, the short-distance communication signals broadcast by the peripheral objects can be scanned through the short-distance communication device arranged by the target object, and the accuracy and the timeliness of the short-distance communication signals broadcast by the peripheral objects can be improved by scanning the short-distance communication signals broadcast by the peripheral objects through the target object in response to the locking operation.

Step S3200, searching for a target item according to the scanned short-range communication signal.

The peripheral object scanned by the terminal device in one scan may or may not include the target object, and if the target object is included, the terminal device acquires the information of the searched target object to execute step S3300.

The target object related to the embodiment is, for example, a shared bicycle of a specific brand, and the unleashed object to be searched is one or some shared bicycles of the specific brand.

In this embodiment, the terminal device may identify the target item to be searched according to the attribute identification information and/or the identification information in the scanned short-range communication signal.

Continuing with the above example, the terminal device searches for the target item according to the attribute identification information and/or the identification information of the unleashed item, and the attribute identification information and/or the identification information of the item carried in the bluetooth signal, for example, the searched target item may include the first item 3000 and the second item 3000.

Step S3300, the searched target item and the location information of the terminal device when the target item is searched are reported to the server 1000 for matching with the lost article.

The lost article is a target article in a lost state, and the attribute identification information and the identity identification information of the lost article are stored in a lost article library corresponding to the shared article of the type and the brand to which the lost article belongs in the server 1000. Examples of the unleashed item library are given in detail in step S2200 above, and are not described herein again.

The unleashed item and the target item have the same attribute identification information. For example, the target item searched in step S3200 includes a specific brand of shared bicycle, where the loss item may be one or some shared bicycles of the specific brand in the loss item library.

Continuing with the above example, the target object searched in step S3200 includes the first object 3000 and the second object 3000, the first object 3000 and the second object 3000 searched in step S3300 may be obtained, and the location information of the terminal device when the first object 3000 and the second object 3000 are searched is reported to the server 1000, so that the server 1000 performs matching of the unlink object, and further, in case of successful matching, the location information of the matched unlink object is updated according to the location information of the terminal device when the target object is searched.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the invention, on one hand, the terminal equipment can search the target object under the condition that short-distance communication connection is not established between the terminal equipment and the target object, so that the server can match the target object with the lost contact object, and the matching speed is improved; on the other hand, the terminal equipment can search the target object according to the short-distance communication signal broadcast by the target object, thereby improving the accuracy of searching the target object.

< example >

Fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an interactive process between the server 1000 and the mobile terminal 2000 according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the short-range communication signal is a bluetooth signal.

As shown in fig. 4, the interactive process of the present example may include the following steps:

in step S4110, the server 1000 issues an unlocking command to the mobile terminal 2000.

In step S4210, the mobile terminal 2000 receives the unlocking command issued by the server 1000, and starts the bluetooth communication device provided by itself.

In step S4220, when the bluetooth communication device is turned on, the mobile terminal 2000 scans the bluetooth signal broadcast by the peripheral object through the bluetooth communication device.

In step S4230, the mobile terminal 2000 searches for the target item according to the scanned bluetooth signal.

In step S4240, the mobile terminal 2000 reports the searched target item and the location information of the terminal device 2000 when the target item is searched to the server 1000.

In step S4120, the server 1000 matches the searched target item with the unleashed item.

In step S4130, when the matching is successful, the server 1000 updates the location information of the matched lost article according to the location information of the mobile terminal 2000 when the target article is searched.

< apparatus example 1>

In this embodiment, an apparatus 5000 for finding an unleashed item is further provided, as shown in fig. 5, which may include a target item obtaining module 5100, an item matching module 5200, and a location information updating module 5300.

The target object obtaining module 5100 is configured to obtain a target object searched by a set terminal device by scanning a set short-range communication signal broadcast by a peripheral object.

The item matching module 5200 is configured to match the searched target item with an unlawful item, where the unlawful item is a target item in an unlawful state.

The location information updating module 5300 is configured to, if the matching is successful, update location information of the matched lost article according to the location information of the terminal device when the target article is searched.

In an embodiment, the location information updating module 5300 is further configured to, if the matching is successful, send a notification of finding the matched unleashed item and updated location information of the matched unleashed item to a registered account of the operation and maintenance staff.

In one embodiment, the location information updating module 5300 is further configured to, in a case that the message that the matched offline item is found is received, cancel the offline state of the matched offline item.

In one embodiment, the location information updating module 5300 is further configured to obtain time information of the set terminal device when the target item is searched; associating the time information with the updated location information of the matched unleashed item.

In one embodiment, the target object obtaining module 5100 is further configured to obtain a target object searched by the user terminal through scanning the short-range communication signal broadcast by the surrounding object; and/or acquiring other target items searched by any target item through scanning the short-distance communication signals broadcast by the surrounding items.

< apparatus example 2>

In this embodiment, an apparatus 6000 for finding an unconnected item is also provided, as shown in fig. 6, which may include a signal scanning module 6100, a target item searching module 6200, and an information reporting module 6300.

The signal scanning module 6100 is configured to scan the short-range communication signals broadcast by the peripheral objects.

The target item searching module 6200 is configured to search for a target item according to the scanned short-distance communication signal.

The information reporting module 6300 is configured to report the searched target item and the position information of the terminal device when the target item is searched for to a server for matching with an lost item, where the lost item is a target item in a lost state.

In one embodiment, the terminal device is a user terminal, and the signal scanning module 6100 is further configured to turn on a short-range communication device configured by itself in response to a setting event; and scanning the short-range communication signals broadcast by the surrounding articles through the short-range communication device under the condition that the short-range communication device is turned on.

In one embodiment, the setting event may include at least one of receiving a request for code scanning to use a target item, receiving an unlocking command issued by a server for the target item, and receiving a settlement request triggered after the use of the target item is finished.

In one embodiment, the terminal device is any target object, and the signal scanning module 6100 is further configured to scan the short-range communication signals broadcast by the peripheral object through the short-range communication device provided in the terminal device, in response to the locking operation.

< Server embodiment >

In this embodiment, a server 7000 is also provided, which server 7000 may be the server 1000 shown in fig. 1.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, server 7000 may include a processor 7100 and a memory 7200, the memory 7200 for storing executable instructions; the processor 7100 is configured to perform a method of finding an unleashed item according to any embodiment of the present invention under the control of instructions.

In further embodiments, the server 7000 may also comprise the apparatus 5000 in the apparatus embodiment 1 above.

< terminal device embodiment >

In this embodiment, a terminal device 8000 is further provided, where the terminal device 8000 may be the mobile terminal 2000 shown in fig. 1, or may be an article 3000 shown in fig. 1, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the terminal device 8000 may include a processor 8100 and a memory 8200, the memory 8200 being used to store executable instructions; the processor 8100 is configured to perform a method of finding an unleashed item according to any embodiment of the present invention under the control of instructions.

In further embodiments, the terminal equipment 8000 may also include the device 6000 in the above device embodiment 2.

< System embodiment >

In this embodiment, a system 9000 for finding an unleashed item is further provided, as shown in fig. 9, including:

server 9100, which may be, for example, server 1000 as shown in fig. 1 or server 7000 as shown in fig. 7.

In this embodiment, the system 9000 for finding an unleashed item further includes a terminal device 9200, and the terminal device 9200 may be the terminal device 8000 shown in fig. 8.

The present invention may be a system, method and/or computer program product. The computer program product may include a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied therewith for causing a processor to implement various aspects of the present invention.

The computer readable storage medium may be a tangible device that can hold and store the instructions for use by the instruction execution device. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic memory device, a magnetic memory device, an optical memory device, an electromagnetic memory device, a semiconductor memory device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanical coding device, such as punch cards or in-groove projection structures having instructions stored thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. Computer-readable storage media as used herein is not to be construed as transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freely propagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagating through a waveguide or other transmission medium (e.g., optical pulses through a fiber optic cable), or electrical signals transmitted through electrical wires.

The computer-readable program instructions described herein may be downloaded from a computer-readable storage medium to a respective computing/processing device, or to an external computer or external storage device via a network, such as the internet, a local area network, a wide area network, and/or a wireless network. The network may include copper transmission cables, fiber optic transmission, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/or edge servers. The network adapter card or network interface in each computing/processing device receives computer-readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer-readable program instructions for storage in a computer-readable storage medium in the respective computing/processing device.

The computer program instructions for carrying out operations of the present invention may be assembler instructions, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) instructions, machine-related instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The computer-readable program instructions may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider). In some embodiments, aspects of the present invention are implemented by personalizing an electronic circuit, such as a programmable logic circuit, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Programmable Logic Array (PLA), with state information of computer-readable program instructions, which can execute the computer-readable program instructions.

Aspects of the present invention are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-readable program instructions.

These computer-readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. These computer-readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium that can direct a computer, programmable data processing apparatus, and/or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the computer-readable medium storing the instructions comprises an article of manufacture including instructions which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The computer readable program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of instructions, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). In some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions. It is well known to those skilled in the art that implementation by hardware, by software, and by a combination of software and hardware are equivalent.

Having described embodiments of the present invention, the foregoing description is intended to be exemplary, not exhaustive, and not limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminology used herein is chosen in order to best explain the principles of the embodiments, the practical application, or improvements made to the technology in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of finding an unleashed item, comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring the set target item searched by the set terminal device through scanning the set short-range communication signal broadcasted by the peripheral item comprises:

6. A method for finding lost articles, which is implemented by a terminal device, comprises the following steps:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the terminal device is a user terminal, and the scanning of the set short-range communication signals broadcast by the surrounding objects comprises:

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the setting an event comprises: receiving at least one of a request for using a target object by scanning a code, an unlocking command for the target object issued by a server, and a settlement request triggered after the target object is used.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the terminal device is any target object, and the scanning of the set short-range communication signal broadcast by the surrounding object comprises:

10. A server comprising a memory and a processor, the memory for storing executable instructions; the processor is configured to execute the method for finding an unconnected item according to any one of claims 1-5 under the control of the instructions.

11. A terminal device comprising a memory and a processor, the memory for storing executable instructions; the processor is configured to execute the method for finding an unconjugated item according to any one of claims 6-9 under the control of the instructions.

12. A system for finding lost articles, comprising the server of claim 10 and the terminal device of claim 11.