CN111986382A - Automatic vending system and control method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to an automatic vending system and a control method thereof, wherein the automatic vending system comprises: vending machine (1) comprising a first goods interface (11) for the introduction of supplementary goods or the output of off-shelf goods; the automatic distribution vehicle (2) is configured to convey goods to be supplemented to the vending machine (1) and/or goods taken off from the vending machine (1), and the automatic distribution vehicle (2) comprises a second goods delivery part used for outputting goods conveyed to the vending machine (1) or receiving goods taken off from the vending machine (1); and the control part (3) is in communication connection with the vending machine (1) and the automatic distribution vehicle (2) so as to control the automatic distribution vehicle (2) to convey goods for the vending machine (1) when the vending machine (1) needs to be replenished with goods, or control the automatic distribution vehicle (2) to convey the goods away when the vending machine (2) shelves the goods.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of automatic vending equipment, in particular to an automatic vending system and a control method of the automatic vending system.
Background
In recent years, with the development of internet and communication technologies, industrial automation products have been rapidly developed and applied. As a hot spot of the technological development in recent years, the unmanned car market is favored by various major technology companies and car manufacturers, and by increasing research and development test investment, a cup of soup is divided in the market. The unmanned automobile technology relates to the fields of artificial intelligence, visual calculation, radar, monitoring devices, global positioning systems and the like, mainly realizes unmanned control through a machine system, and automatically and safely operates motor vehicles without human intervention. The principle of autonomous driving of unmanned vehicles is based on onboard cameras and other sensors, such as radar and lidar (lidar), which have their own advantages and limitations. The data collected by the sensors are mixed together through a technology named as 'sensor fusion' so as to provide information of the physical environment around the automobile body as accurately as possible, and then a brain system on the automobile carries out fusion calculation on the information to give a conclusion in the shortest time so as to guarantee safe driving of the automobile. With the gradual maturity of low-speed automatic driving technology and the full commercial landing of the automatic driving technology in a specific field, the automatic driving technology will be the main trend of development in the future. With the rapid development of internet technology and online shopping, the application of unmanned vehicles in logistics transportation can be rapidly realized and gradually popularized.
Recently, people have various vending machines in hospitals, shopping malls, schools and other places with dense people streams, and sell various commodities with large demand. The vending machine is a brand-new commercial retail mode, and is popular among many consumers due to the fact that the vending machine is simple to operate, automatically sells and pays on line, and can meet the requirement of consumption all day long. Due to its high security and maintainability, vending machines have been gradually replaced, becoming a new retail model. Automation is a future trend, whether manufacturing, service or retail, to see more equipment to replace labor. By means of the development of the internet and mobile payment and the gradual landing of products, the vending machine industry develops everywhere like spring shoots after rain.
The prior art has the following disadvantages:
the operation of vending machines requires locations with high traffic, and therefore, the rental costs of the venues are high, and vending cabinets need to be installed in a plurality of locations. After the selling cabinet is arranged, the selling cabinet needs to be manually maintained to be put on the shelf and put off the shelf, and the normal selling of commodities is guaranteed, so that the labor cost is a higher part in the link. When a plurality of vending machines are scaled, the marginal cost of operation can be effectively reduced, at present, most vending machines belong to different merchants although the delivery amount is high, the delivery amount of a single merchant is relatively small, and the single merchant is relatively dispersed and not concentrated enough, so that great waste in operation is caused.
The maintenance of the goods is difficult: the commodity is put in and the lower shelf of overdue product all needs artifical the maintenance, and the maintenance that still needs a large amount of manpowers is sold to the commodity to put in article according to the surplus of commodity in the packing cupboard, not reach timely replenishment, perhaps the shelf life of commodity in the packing cupboard can't guarantee. The quality guarantee period of the goods is checked manually, errors can exist, the safety of the food cannot be guaranteed 100%, the expired goods are still in a sale state, and serious consequences can be caused.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an automatic vending system and a control method of the automatic vending system, so as to solve the problem of high cost caused by manual maintenance of a vending machine in the related art.
According to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a vending system including:
a vending machine including a first goods interface for introducing supplementary goods or outputting off-shelf goods;
an automatic distribution vehicle configured to transport the goods to be replenished for the vending machine and/or to transport the goods off the lower shelf of the vending machine, the automatic distribution vehicle including a second goods delivery part for outputting the goods transported to the vending machine or receiving the goods off the lower shelf of the vending machine; and
and the control part is in communication connection with the vending machine and the automatic distribution vehicle to control the automatic distribution vehicle to convey goods for the vending machine when the vending machine needs to replenish goods, or to control the automatic distribution vehicle to convey the goods away when the vending machine shelves the goods.
In some embodiments, the vending system further comprises a positioning component mounted to the automated dispensing vehicle, the positioning component configured to detect a position of the automated dispensing vehicle and communicatively couple with the control portion such that the automated dispensing vehicle travels to the vending machine under control of the control portion.
In some embodiments, the location component comprises a GPS location module.
In some embodiments, the vending system further comprises a detection part for detecting whether the first goods delivery part and the second goods delivery part are aligned, the detection part comprising a first camera part mounted on the vending machine or on the automatic dispensing vehicle so as to detect a relative position of the first goods delivery part and the second goods delivery part.
In some embodiments, there are two first image capturing elements, and the orientations of the two first image capturing elements intersect.
In some embodiments, the vending machine further comprises a first pushing section for pushing the goods off the shelf from the first goods interface to a second goods interface of the automated distribution vehicle.
In some embodiments, the first pushing part comprises one of a conveyor belt, a hydraulic cylinder, an air cylinder, and a linear motor.
In some embodiments, the automated distribution vehicle further comprises a second pushing part for pushing the goods delivered to the vending machine from the second goods interface part to the first goods interface part of the vending machine.
In some embodiments, a vending machine includes:
a cargo compartment provided with a cargo compartment opening constituting a first cargo delivery part;
the goods shelf is arranged in the goods bin and is higher than the goods bin opening;
the lifting component is arranged in the cargo bin and used for lifting the goods introduced from the cargo bin opening to the goods shelf or transporting the goods removed from the goods shelf to the bottom of the cargo bin.
In some embodiments, the vending system further comprises a stock detection part for detecting stock of the vending machine, the stock detection part comprising one of the second camera component and the weighing component.
In some embodiments, the vending machine further comprises a controller communicatively coupled to the control and configured to record a date the vending machine is restocked and a location of the restocked goods so as to off-rack the goods when the goods reach a shelf life.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a control method of a vending system, the control method including:
detecting the stock of the vending machine to judge whether the vending machine needs to be supplemented with goods or not;
if the vending machine needs to replenish goods, controlling the automatic distribution vehicle to convey the goods for the vending machine;
acquiring position information of the automatic distribution vehicle, detecting whether the first goods delivery part and the second goods delivery part are aligned or not after the automatic distribution vehicle arrives at the vending machine, and adjusting the position of the automatic distribution vehicle according to the detected information;
and after the first goods delivery part and the second goods delivery part are aligned, controlling the automatic distribution vehicle to push the goods to the vending machine.
In some embodiments, detecting an inventory of the vending machine includes:
collecting image information in the vending machine so as to judge whether the vending machine needs to replenish goods or not according to the image information; or
The weight of the goods in the vending machine is detected so as to judge whether the vending machine needs to be supplemented with the goods according to the weight information.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a control method of a vending system, the control method including:
detecting whether goods in the vending machine reach the quality guarantee period or not so as to judge whether the vending machine needs to put goods off shelves or not;
if the vending machine needs to put goods on the shelf, controlling the automatic distribution vehicle to transport the goods on the shelf for the vending machine;
acquiring position information of the automatic distribution vehicle, detecting whether the first goods delivery part and the second goods delivery part are aligned or not after the automatic distribution vehicle arrives at the vending machine, and adjusting the position of the automatic distribution vehicle according to the detected information;
and after the first goods delivery part and the second goods delivery part are aligned, controlling the automatic vending machine to push the goods which are off the shelf to the automatic distribution vehicle.
In some embodiments, detecting whether the goods within the vending machine have reached a shelf life comprises:
the date of manufacture of the product replenished by the vending machine is recorded in order to determine whether the product has reached the shelf life.
By applying the technical scheme of the invention, at least one part of the maintenance work of the automatic vending system can be automatically completed, thereby solving the problem of high cost caused by the fact that the automatic vending machine needs manual maintenance in the prior art.
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.
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Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic configuration of a vending system according to an embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 2a is a schematic view showing the structure of a dispensing cart of the vending system according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2b is a schematic view showing another state of the automatic dispensing cart of the vending system according to the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a vending machine of the vending system of the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 shows a schematic configuration diagram of the inside of a vending machine of the vending system of the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the control flow of the vending system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 illustrates a functional diagram of the vending system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 illustrates an operation principle diagram of a sensing part of the automatic vending system according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the construction of a vending machine of the vending system according to another alternative embodiment of the present invention; and
fig. 9 is a schematic view showing a structure of an automatic dispensing car of the automatic vending system according to another alternative embodiment of the present invention.
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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 only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. 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. 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.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of the vending system of the present embodiment, fig. 2a and 2b show a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic distribution cart of the vending system of the present embodiment, fig. 3 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a vending machine of the vending system of the present embodiment, fig. 4 shows a schematic configuration diagram of an internal configuration of the vending machine of the present embodiment, and fig. 5 shows a block diagram of a control system of the vending machine of the present embodiment.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the automatic vending system of the present embodiment includes a vending machine 1, an automatic dispensing vehicle 2, and a control section 3.
The vending machine 1 comprises a first goods interface 11 for introducing supplementary goods or outputting off-shelf goods.
The automatic distribution vehicle 2 is configured to transport the vending machine 1 with the goods to be replenished and/or to transport the goods taken off the shelf of the vending machine 1, and the automatic distribution vehicle 2 includes a second goods delivery section for delivering the goods to be delivered to the vending machine 1 or receiving the goods taken off the shelf of the vending machine 1.
As shown in fig. 6, the control section 3 is communicatively connected to both the vending machine 1 and the automatic distribution vehicle 2 to control the automatic distribution vehicle 2 to carry the goods for the vending machine 1 when the vending machine 1 needs replenishment of the goods, or to control the automatic distribution vehicle 2 to carry the goods away when the vending machine 2 shelves the goods.
The vending machine 1 mainly provides functions of selling of commodities, commodity detection, whether replenishment is required, and leaving of expired commodities. The automatic distribution vehicle 2 serves mainly the vending machine 1 and provides a transfer function of commodities. The control part 3 is an intelligent computing platform, the control part 3 provides intelligent computing support for the vending machine and the automatic distribution vehicle 2, and is equivalent to the brain of the whole set of system, and the control part 3 receives the requests sent by the vending machine 1 and the automatic distribution vehicle 2 and then sends instructions to the vending machine 1 and the automatic distribution vehicle 2 through logic operation so as to maintain the automatic operation of the automatic distribution vehicle 2 and the automatic distribution vehicle 1.
As shown in fig. 3, the vending machine 1 includes a cargo compartment, and the first cargo delivery portion 11 includes a cargo compartment opening provided at the bottom of the cargo compartment. The vending machine 1 further comprises a hatch door 12 for closing the mouth of the store. The hatch door 12 moves relative to the cargo opening to open and close the cargo opening. The vending machine 1 also comprises a motor for driving the movement of the hatch 12. The motor is in communication connection with the control section 3 to open or close the mouth of the cargo compartment under the control of the control section 3.
As shown in fig. 2a and 2b, the automated distribution vehicle 2 of the present embodiment includes a vehicle frame 21 and a vehicle compartment 22 provided on the vehicle frame 21. The second cargo interface includes a rear cargo access opening provided in the trunk 22.
In some embodiments, the rear end of the car 22 is connected to the frame 22 through an articulated shaft, and the automated dispensing vehicle further includes a driving part 23 for driving the car 22 to rotate about the articulated shaft. When the automatic distribution vehicle 2 and the vending machine 1 deliver the goods, the driving portion 23 drives the front end of the car 22 to be lifted. The driving portion 23 includes one of a hydraulic cylinder and an air cylinder.
After the automated distribution vehicle 2 reaches the matching position with the vending machine 1, the driving portion 23 drives the pivoting of the car 22 about the hinge shaft under the control of the control portion 3 to lift the front end of the car 22, as shown in fig. 1 and 2.
When the automatic distribution vehicle 2 replenishes the vending machine 1 with goods or when the vending machine 1 transfers goods dropped down to the automatic distribution vehicle 2, the goods entrance/exit at the rear end of the car 22 of the automatic distribution vehicle 2 faces the warehouse opening of the vending machine 1.
The vending system further comprises a positioning member mounted on the automated delivery vehicle 2, the positioning member being configured to detect a position of the automated delivery vehicle 2 and communicatively connected to the control section 3 so that the automated delivery vehicle 2 travels beside the vending machine 1 under the control of the control section 3. The positioning member 2 is configured to feed back position information of the automatic dispensing vehicle 2 to the control section 3.
In some embodiments, the location component comprises a GPS location module.
The positioning component feeds back the position information of the automatic distribution vehicle 2 to the control part 3, and the control part 3 controls the automatic distribution vehicle 2 to move to the side of the vending machine 1 according to the information fed back by the positioning component 2.
The vending system further comprises a detection portion for detecting whether the first goods delivery portion 11 and the second goods delivery portion are aligned.
Fig. 7 shows a schematic view of the operation of the detection part, and as shown in fig. 7, the detection part includes a first camera member 4, and the first camera member 4 is mounted on the vending machine 1 or on the automatic distribution vehicle 2 so as to detect the relative positions of the first goods delivering part 11 and the second goods delivering part.
The number of the first imaging devices 4 is two, and the directions of the two first imaging devices 4 intersect. Through a binocular recognition algorithm, the target objects 15 marked on two sides of the cabin door 12 of the vending machine 1 are recognized, the distance d between the target objects and the offset angle between the current automatic distribution vehicle 2 and the cargo space position can be calculated, then the difference L between the target objects 15 and the current automatic distribution vehicle 2 position is calculated through a radar device on the automatic distribution vehicle 2, and the automatic distribution vehicle 2 automatically matches the position of the target point 15 according to the distance and the angle.
The vending machine 1 further comprises a first pushing section for pushing the goods on the lower shelf from the first goods delivery section to the second goods delivery section of the automated distribution vehicle 2.
The first pushing part includes one of a conveyor belt, a hydraulic cylinder, a cylinder, and a linear motor.
The automatic distribution vehicle 2 further includes a second pushing portion for pushing the goods conveyed to the vending machine 1 from the second goods delivering portion to the first goods delivering portion 11 of the vending machine 1.
The vending machine 1 comprises a store, a shelf and a lifting member 13. The warehouse is provided with a warehouse opening forming a first cargo delivery part 11; the goods shelf is arranged in the goods warehouse and is higher than the goods warehouse opening; the lifting member 13 is disposed in the cargo compartment 11, and is used for lifting the goods introduced from the cargo compartment opening to the shelf or transporting the goods removed from the shelf to the bottom of the cargo compartment.
The vending system further comprises a stock detection portion for detecting stock of the vending machine 1, the stock detection portion comprising one of the second camera member and the weighing member.
The vending machine 1 further comprises a controller communicatively connected to the control section 3 and configured to record the date the vending machine 1 is restocked and the location of the restocked goods in order to off-rack the goods when they reach the shelf life.
The docking process of the automated dispensing cart 2 with the vending machine 1 is the most important part of the whole operation process. Automatic delivery car 2 needs to transport the goods that carry for automatic vending machine 1, and automatic delivery car 2 is given in the goods that unmanned vending machine 1 will need the off-shelf, and automatic delivery car 2 can automatic handling, and automatic handling's process that automatic vending machine 1 can all need carry out the adaptation.
In the present embodiment, when the automated delivery vehicle 2 travels near the vending machine 1 requiring restocking, the automated delivery vehicle 2 is in docking communication with the vending machine. When the automatic distribution vehicle 2 determines to load, the automatic distribution vehicle 2 travels to a parking position, which is a point collected by a person who picks up a drawing, the type of the point is set as a load or unload point, and the coordinate and angle of the point set determine the final orientation of the vehicle after parking at the point. When the automatic distribution vehicle 2 judges that the position of the point is a discharging point, the camera is actively opened to search for a target in front of the camera, and after the specified target is searched, the server is informed that the target reaches the specified express cabinet to be discharged. After receiving the notification, the server sends a command to the express cabinet, opens the door of the express cabinet and prepares to receive the goods.
When the automatic distribution vehicle 2 runs near the vending machine 1, the vending machine 1 communicates with the automatic distribution vehicle 2, respective positioning information is interacted, then butt joint is carried out according to running directions, the automatic distribution vehicle 2 requests to open the cabin door 12 of the vending machine 1, the automatic distribution vehicle 2 can push goods into a goods cabin of the vending machine 1, after unloading is completed, the vending machine 1 automatically closes the cabin door 12, the lifting component 13 is arranged in the goods cabin, and after the goods of the automatic distribution vehicle 2 are pushed into the goods cabin of the vending machine 1, the lifting component 13 lifts the goods to a corresponding goods shelf, and goods supply is completed.
In order to prevent goods from being stolen in the loading and unloading process, a fixing device is arranged on a cargo hold frame on the container, and if the cargo hold on the automatic distribution vehicle 2 is in butt joint with the automatic vending machine 1, the fixing device can be fixed on the cargo hold frame to play a role in safe fixing.
The automatic distribution vehicle 2 is identified to unload goods into the cargo compartment of the vending machine 1, when the goods are unloaded, the automatic distribution vehicle 2 is actively disconnected from the vending machine 1, then falls down the carriage 22 and sends a notice to the control part 3, the control part 3 sends an instruction to the vending machine 1, the current goods are unloaded, and the control part 3 controls the vending machine 1 to close the cabin door 12. After the vending machine 1 receives the instruction, the goods inlet door 12 is immediately closed, the supplemented goods are placed on the lifting component 13, the vending machine 1 operates the lifting component 13 through the goods type instruction sent by the automatic distribution vehicle 2, the goods are conveyed to the height of the corresponding goods shelf, then the goods are poured into the goods shelf, and the goods are arranged on the goods shelf for the consumers to purchase. This step completes the self-supply process of the container.
If goods need to be placed, the lifting component 13 is lifted to the shelf height of the goods, the goods placed on the shelf are pushed onto the lifting component 13 by the pushing device, then the lifting component 13 is lowered to the height which is equal to the height of the carriage 22 of the automatic distribution vehicle 2, then the control part 3 sends a goods placing command to the automatic distribution vehicle, after the automatic distribution vehicle 2 receives the command, the automatic vending machine 1 opens the cabin door 12, the goods on the lifting component 13 are conveyed into the carriage 22 of the automatic distribution vehicle 2, the placing of the goods is completed, and then the automatic distribution vehicle conveys the goods placed on the shelf to a specified position.
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the construction of a vending machine of the vending system according to another alternative embodiment of the present invention; fig. 9 is a schematic view showing a structure of an automatic dispensing car of the automatic vending system according to another alternative embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the vending machine 1 includes a cargo compartment 16 and a vending chamber 17 arranged side by side with the cargo compartment. Within the vending compartment 17 are shelves which communicate with the store 16 and the bin 16.
The vending machine 1 further comprises a lifting member 13 arranged in the cargo compartment 16 and a guide rail for guiding the movement of the lifting member. The lifting component 13 is provided with a first conveyor belt, and the first conveyor belt is used for conveying goods to corresponding storage compartments of the shelf after the lifting component 13 is lifted to a preset position of the shelf.
The automatic dispensing vehicle 2 includes a storage portion provided in the vehicle compartment 22 and a second conveyor belt 25 provided side by side with the storage portion in the width direction of the vehicle compartment, the second conveyor belt 25 extending in the length direction of the vehicle compartment 22.
The storage portion includes a plurality of cargo compartments 26 arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction of the carriage 22, and a third conveyor belt 27 extending in the width direction of the carriage 22 is provided in each cargo compartment 26 so as to transfer the cargo in the cargo compartment 26 onto the second conveyor belt 25.
When the automatic distribution vehicle 2 replenishes the vending machine 1 with goods, the rear end of the automatic distribution vehicle 2 is butted with a bin port of a bin of the vending machine 1, then the third conveyor belt 27 rotates, the goods on the third conveyor belt 27 fall on the second conveyor belt 25 after moving to one end of the third conveyor belt 27 close to the second conveyor belt 25, then the goods move towards the rear end of the carriage 22 along with the second conveyor belt 25 and are conveyed to the lifting part 13 of the vending machine 1, and then after the goods rise to a preset position of a shelf along with the lifting part 13, the first conveyor belt on the lifting part 13 conveys the goods to a corresponding storage grid of the shelf.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a control method of a vending system, the control method including:
detecting the stock of the vending machine 1 to judge whether the vending machine 1 needs to be supplemented with goods;
if the vending machine 1 needs to replenish goods, controlling the automatic distribution vehicle 2 to convey the goods for the vending machine 1;
acquiring position information of the automatic distribution vehicle 2, detecting whether the first goods delivery part 11 and the second goods delivery part are aligned or not after the automatic distribution vehicle 2 arrives at the vending machine 1, and adjusting the position of the automatic distribution vehicle 2 according to the detected information;
after the first and second goods delivery parts 11 and 11 are aligned, the automatic distribution vehicle 2 is controlled to push the goods to the vending machine 1.
In some embodiments, detecting the stock of the vending machine 1 comprises:
collecting image information in the vending machine 1 so as to judge whether the vending machine 1 needs to be supplemented with goods or not according to the image information; or
The weight of the goods in the vending machine 1 is detected so as to judge whether the vending machine 1 needs to be supplemented with the goods according to the weight information.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a control method of a vending system, the control method including:
detecting whether goods in the vending machine 1 reach the quality guarantee period or not so as to judge whether the vending machine 1 needs to put goods off shelves or not;
if the vending machine 1 needs to put goods on shelves, controlling the automatic distribution vehicle 2 to transport the goods on shelves for the vending machine 1;
acquiring position information of the automatic distribution vehicle 2, detecting whether the first goods delivery part 11 and the second goods delivery part are aligned or not after the automatic distribution vehicle 2 arrives at the vending machine 1, and adjusting the position of the automatic distribution vehicle 2 according to the detected information;
after the first goods delivery part 11 and the second goods delivery part are aligned, the vending machine 1 is controlled to push the goods dropped to the automatic distribution vehicle 2.
In some embodiments, detecting whether the goods within the vending machine 1 have reached the shelf life comprises:
the date of production of the goods replenished by the vending machine 1 is recorded in order to determine whether the goods have reached their shelf life.
This scheme uses the goods and the commodity scene of putting off the shelf of the automatic vending machine in market as an example, because the passenger flow volume in market is great, and the commodity volume of selling is great, can cause the out of stock of commodity, can not satisfy consumer in time shopping to the goods (can be relatively short if quality guarantee period such as instant food) that automatic vending machine 1 provided if sell in time, can cause the overdue product still to sell the state. The self-organizing vending system of the automatic distribution vehicle 2 and the vending machine 1 solves the problems that the two items are not enough, labor cost can be reduced, and efficiency is improved. The specific scheme is as follows:
1. the vending machine 1 is initialized. After the vending machine 1 is put into operation, the operating state of the individual modules is first checked, as well as the initialization state of the individual sensors.
2. The vending machine 1 detects the inventory of the goods. After the automatic vending machine 1 is initialized, the inventory of the current commodity is detected at regular time in an idle period, the current detection method mainly comprises image detection, weight detection and the like, and then the quantity is compared with the set quantity of the system, and if the inventory of a certain commodity is found to be low, the replenishment process is executed.
1. First, the vending machine 1 transmits a replenishment request including information such as the position of the vending machine 1, information on the out-of-stock articles, and the amount of the out-of-stock articles to the control unit 3.
2. When the control unit 3 receives the request, it calculates the position where the request is sent, and then sends a replenishment instruction to the associated automatic delivery vehicle 2.
3. After receiving the instruction, the automatic distribution vehicle 2 loads and unloads the required goods to the goods storage point, and then reaches the unmanned container according to the planned route.
4 when the automated delivery vehicle 2 arrives near the unmanned vending machine 1, the automated delivery vehicle 2 communicates with the vending machine 1 to inquire whether or not replenishment is to be immediately performed. If the vending machine 1 agrees to replenish goods, the vending machine will be in butt joint with the automatic delivery vehicle 2, and goods are taken out from the automatic delivery vehicle 2 and put into the vending machine 1, thus completing the replenishment process of goods.
5. The vending machine 1 detects a provisional commodity. The vending machine 1 will count the shelf life of the sold goods periodically, and when the vending machine 1 detects that there is a product in the selling state, the next shelf process will be executed. The process mainly comprises the following steps:
1) the vending machine 1 sends a commodity unloading request, and if the number of commodities is small, the commodities are temporarily stored in a trash box for subsequent processing, and if the number of commodities is large and the trash box cannot be stored, the commodity unloading request is sent to the control unit 3.
2) The control section 3 receives the lower merchandise request, determines the source of the request and the information such as the number and type of the lower merchandise, and transmits a lower merchandise instruction to the automatic delivery vehicle 2 in the vicinity.
3) When the automatic distribution vehicle 2 receives the commodity shelf-off command, a route is planned to reach the vending machine 1 of the commodity shelf-off request.
4) When the automatic distribution vehicle 2 arrives near the vending machine 1, they send command communication with each other to calculate whether or not the goods delivery is immediately performed, and if so, the vending machine loads the goods on the next shelves into the distribution vehicle.
5) The automated delivery vehicle 2 returns the lower commodities to the delivery station to await further processing.
The automatic vending machine is matched with the unmanned distribution vehicle to complete the automatic commodity replenishing and unloading process in the automatic vending machine. In the process, full-automatic intelligent operation is thoroughly realized, manpower is liberated, and the safety of selling articles is guaranteed.
The present invention is not limited to the above exemplary embodiments, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. 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 vending system, comprising:
a vending machine (1) comprising a first goods interface (11) for the introduction of goods to be replenished or the output of goods off-shelves;
an automatic distribution vehicle (2) configured to transport goods to be replenished for the vending machine (1) and/or to transport goods off-shelves of the vending machine (1), the automatic distribution vehicle (2) including a second goods delivery portion for outputting goods to be transported to the vending machine (1) or receiving goods off-shelves of the vending machine (1); and
and the control part (3) is in communication connection with the vending machine (1) and the automatic distribution vehicle (2) so as to control the automatic distribution vehicle (2) to convey goods for the vending machine (1) when the vending machine (1) needs to be replenished with goods, or control the automatic distribution vehicle (2) to convey goods away when the vending machine (2) shelves the goods.
2. The vending system according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning member mounted on the automated dispensing vehicle (2), the positioning member being configured to detect a position of the automated dispensing vehicle (2) and to be communicatively connected with the control portion (3) so that the automated dispensing vehicle (2) travels to a position matching the vending machine (1) under the control of the control portion (3).
3. The vending system according to claim 2, wherein said positioning component comprises a GPS positioning module.
4. The vending system according to claim 1, further comprising a detection portion for detecting whether the first and second goods interface portions (11, 2) are aligned, the detection portion comprising a first camera member (4), the first camera member (4) being mounted on the vending machine (1) or on the automated distribution vehicle (2) so as to detect the relative positions of the first and second goods interface portions (11, 11).
5. The vending system according to claim 4, wherein there are two of said first camera elements (4), the orientation of the two first camera elements (4) being crossed.
6. The vending system according to claim 1, wherein the vending machine (1) further comprises a first pushing portion for pushing the goods dropped from the first goods interface to the second goods interface of the automated dispensing vehicle (2).
7. The vending system according to claim 6, wherein said first pushing portion comprises one of a conveyor belt, a hydraulic cylinder, an air cylinder, and a linear motor.
8. The vending system according to claim 1, wherein the automated dispensing vehicle (2) further comprises a second pushing portion for pushing the goods delivered to the vending machine (1) from the second goods interface portion to the first goods interface portion of the vending machine (1).
9. The vending system according to claim 1, characterized in that the vending machine (1) comprises:
a cargo compartment (16) provided with a cargo compartment opening constituting the first cargo interface (11);
the goods shelf (17) is arranged in the goods bin and communicated with the goods bin;
and the lifting component (13) is arranged in the cargo bin (11) and is used for lifting the goods introduced from the cargo bin opening to the goods shelf or transporting the goods on and off the goods shelf to the bottom of the cargo bin.
10. The vending system according to claim 1, further comprising an inventory detection portion for detecting an inventory amount of the vending machine (1), the inventory detection portion including one of a second camera member and a weighing member.
11. The vending system according to claim 1, wherein the vending machine (1) further comprises a controller communicatively connected to the control section (3) and configured to record a date of replenishment of the vending machine (1) and a location of the replenished goods so as to off-rack the goods when the goods reach a shelf life.
12. A method of controlling a vending system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, comprising:
detecting the stock of the vending machine (1) to judge whether the vending machine (1) needs to be supplemented with goods or not;
if the vending machine (1) needs to be replenished with goods, controlling the automatic distribution vehicle (2) to convey the goods for the vending machine (1);
acquiring position information of the automatic distribution vehicle (2), detecting whether the first goods delivery part (11) and the second goods delivery part are aligned or not after the automatic distribution vehicle (2) reaches a position matched with the vending machine (1), and adjusting the position of the automatic distribution vehicle (2) according to the detected information;
after the first goods delivery part (11) and the second goods delivery part are aligned, the automatic distribution vehicle (2) is controlled to push goods to the vending machine (1).
13. The control method of a vending system according to claim 12, wherein said detecting an inventory level of the vending machine (1) comprises:
collecting image information in the vending machine (1) so as to judge whether the vending machine (1) needs to be supplemented with goods according to the image information; or
The weight of the goods in the vending machine (1) is detected, so that whether the vending machine (1) needs to be supplemented with the goods or not is judged according to the weight information.
14. A method of controlling a vending system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, comprising:
detecting whether goods in the vending machine (1) reach the quality guarantee period or not so as to judge whether the vending machine (1) needs to put goods off shelves or not;
if the vending machine (1) needs to put goods down, controlling the automatic distribution vehicle (2) to transport the goods down for the vending machine (1);
acquiring position information of the automatic distribution vehicle (2), detecting whether the first goods delivery part (11) and the second goods delivery part are aligned or not after the automatic distribution vehicle (2) reaches a position matched with the vending machine (1), and adjusting the position of the automatic distribution vehicle (2) according to the detected information;
after the first goods delivery part (11) and the second goods delivery part are aligned, the vending machine (1) is controlled to push goods which are off the shelf to the automatic distribution vehicle (2).
15. The control method of a vending system according to claim 14, wherein said detecting whether the goods in the vending machine (1) reach a shelf life comprises:
recording the date of production of the goods replenished by the vending machine (1) in order to determine whether the goods have reached their shelf life.
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