CN112598469A - Beverage machine and method for automatically distributing and making instant mixed beverage - Google Patents

Beverage machine and method for automatically distributing and making instant mixed beverage Download PDF

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CN112598469A CN202011543965.7A CN202011543965A CN112598469A CN 112598469 A CN112598469 A CN 112598469A CN 202011543965 A CN202011543965 A CN 202011543965A CN 112598469 A CN112598469 A CN 112598469A
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Abstract

The invention relates to a beverage machine and method of concocting on spot of automatic distribution and making, it includes automatic making system, intellectual distribution system and server; the automatic making system realizes self-service making of the beverage according to the received order information, and sends order delivery or meal taking information to the customer after receiving the information sent by the server; the intelligent distribution system is used for completing distribution according to the address in the order information after the automatic making system makes the beverage; and the server is used for receiving the order information of the customer and sending corresponding instructions to the automatic manufacturing system and the intelligent distribution system. The invention has the advantages that: realizes the whole automation of the manufacture and distribution of the drink. Only maintenance personnel need to supplement materials regularly, and manual intervention is not needed in the rest time, so that manpower is greatly saved. The method provides more abundant personalized choices for the customer, improves the service quality and improves the customer experience.

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Beverage machine and method for automatically distributing and making instant mixed beverage
Technical Field
The invention relates to a robot for instantly mixing and sending beverages, in particular to an automatically-distributing and making instantly-mixed beverage machine and an automatically-distributing and making instantly-mixed beverage method.
Background
Along with the improvement of living standard of people, the types of diet of people are more and more abundant, for example, novel drinks such as milk tea, fruit juice and the like are very popular with young groups such as students and office workers, and drink shops at street are more and more.
General beverage shops need at least three employees, which are respectively responsible for work such as cash collection, operation, material preparation and the like. The work content of operators is the most complicated, as the beverage formula to be memorized can be dozens of types, and the proportion of each raw material is well mastered. The drinks prepared manually by the maker are difficult to avoid errors in the proportioning of the materials, and particularly, the drinks are easy to have large deviation in the mastering of the temperature, so that the taste of the drinks is influenced.
The life rhythm of the office workers is fast, the office workers hardly leave office areas when going to work and are in a hurry during the course of going to work, and the workers do not have time to go to a drink shop when trying to buy a cup of drink which is adjusted at present. If the customer needs to take out, the customer needs to deliver the goods, but many office areas do not allow the customer to enter, and the customer only can go downstairs to take the goods, which is very troublesome.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art, provides an automatic distribution and preparation on-site beverage preparation machine and an automatic distribution and preparation method, and solves the problems of preparation and distribution of the existing beverage and selling of the beverage at office.
The purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme: a beverage machine of concocting at present of automatic distribution and preparation, it includes automatic preparation system, intellectual distribution system and server; the automatic making system realizes self-service making of the beverage according to the received order information, and sends order delivery or meal taking information to the customer after receiving the information sent by the server; the intelligent distribution system is used for completing distribution according to the address in the order information after the automatic making system makes the beverage; and the server is used for receiving the order information of the customer and sending corresponding instructions to the automatic manufacturing system and the intelligent distribution system.
The automatic manufacturing system comprises a first control unit, a conveying device, a position acquisition device, a material injection device, a mechanical arm and a cup sealing machine;
the first control unit is used for receiving an instruction sent by the server, acquiring signals of the conveying device, the position acquiring device and the material injecting device, and controlling the conveying device, the material injecting device, the mechanical arm and the cup sealing machine;
the position acquisition device is arranged on the conveying device and used for acquiring the positions of the marks and the reading cup slots so as to calculate the positions of the beverage cups on the conveying device through the first control unit;
the conveying device is arranged below the material injection device and used for realizing the rotary conveying of the beverage cups according to the instruction of the first control unit;
the manipulator is used for clamping and placing a beverage cup on the conveying device according to the instruction of the first control unit, and clamping and placing the beverage cup into a cup groove of the cup sealing machine after the manufacture is finished;
the material injection device comprises a plurality of material injection machines arranged above the material injection device and used for realizing the injection of various raw materials of the corresponding drink according to the instruction of the first control unit and sending the parameters of the self state to the first control unit;
the cup sealing machine is used for sealing the made beverage.
The conveying device comprises a driving motor, a conveying roller and a conveying belt; the conveying belt is arranged on the conveying roller and drives the conveying roller to rotate through the driving motor so as to drive the conveying belt to rotate; a plurality of cup grooves are arranged on the conveying belt.
The position acquisition device comprises an RFID label and an RFID reader; the RFID label is attached to each cup groove on the conveyor belt and used for marking the position of each cup groove; the RFID reader is arranged below a conveyor belt for placing cups out of the manipulator and used for reading the information of the RFID tag at each cup slot and sending the information to the first control unit.
The intelligent distribution system comprises a second control unit, a data acquisition device, a power supply unit, a distribution robot and an automatic door;
the second control unit is used for receiving the instruction of the server, acquiring the information of the data acquisition device and the automatic door and controlling the distribution robot and the automatic door;
the data acquisition device is used for acquiring data information of the external environment of the distribution robot and transmitting the data information to the control unit;
the automatic bin gate is arranged on the distribution robot, and the upper end of the automatic bin gate is provided with a touch screen for placing the prepared beverage and controlling the bin gate to be opened or closed through the second control unit;
the power supply unit is used for supplying power to the second control unit; the delivery robot is used for delivering according to the instruction of the second control unit.
The data acquisition device comprises an infrared sensor and a camera; the infrared sensors are arranged on the periphery of the distribution robot and used for measuring distance information between the distribution robot and surrounding buildings and furnishing objects, establishing an environment model according to the second control unit, and obtaining the position of the distribution robot by comparing with preset map information; the camera is used for acquiring position information of an obstacle in the environment, and pre-judging the walking track of the pedestrian through the second control unit, so that the purpose of avoiding the pedestrian and the obstacle is achieved.
A method for automatically making and dispensing a beverage based on a point-of-care beverage machine, the method comprising:
s1, after receiving the order of the customer, the server sends the order information to an automatic making system, the automatic making system makes the order and seals the cup after the beverage making is finished, and the order information is placed in an automatic bin gate of the intelligent distribution system through a mechanical arm;
s2, the intelligent distribution system distributes according to the address in the order information, and sends information to the server through the second control unit after the order information arrives at the destination, and the server sends a delivery message or a meal taking message to the customer;
s3, after the customer finishes taking the order by inputting the order code, the delivery robot returns to the standby position or continues to deliver the next order.
The automatic making system makes and seals the cup after accomplishing beverage preparation including:
a1, placing the empty cup in a cup slot on a conveying belt by a manipulator, conveying the empty cup forward by the conveying belt, and acquiring RFID label information of the cup slot with the empty cup by an RFID reader;
a2, the first control unit calculates whether the empty cup reaches the material filling position through the acquired RFID label information, if so, the step A3 is executed, and if not, the conveyor belt continues to convey forwards;
a3, judging whether the raw material at the material injection position is needed according to the formula, if so, stopping conveying the injected raw material, otherwise, continuously conveying the conveyer belt forwards;
a4, measuring the weight change in the storage box in the material filling machine in real time, judging whether the material filling is finished or not by the first control unit according to the weight change of the storage box and the weight of the raw material required by the formula, if so, continuing to convey the raw material by the conveyor belt, otherwise, continuing to inject the raw material until the material filling is finished;
a5, repeating the steps A2-A4 until all raw materials in the formula are completely filled, conveying the raw materials to a water filling position by a conveyor belt for water filling, finally conveying the cups which are completely filled to a manipulator position, and clamping the cups to a cup sealing machine by the manipulator for sealing the cups.
The intelligent distribution system performs distribution according to the address in the order information, and comprises the following steps:
b1, the second control unit establishes an environment model of the second control unit according to distance information of surrounding buildings and furnishing objects acquired by the infrared sensor in real time, acquires the position of the second control unit by comparing with preset map information, and plans a walking path by combining with the address of order information;
b2, the second control unit judges whether the second control unit is positioned at the same floor with the second control unit according to the address of the order information, if so, the step B5 is directly executed, and if not, the step B3 is executed;
b3, when the dispatching robot reaches the elevator, establishing a communication connection with the elevator, and sending the floor where the dispatching robot is located and a target floor to the elevator to call the elevator;
b4, the camera collects the environment information in the elevator after the elevator reaches, whether the elevator enters is judged according to the personnel data in the elevator and/or the load capacity of the elevator, if the elevator enters, the step B5 is executed after the elevator reaches the target floor, and if the elevator does not enter, the elevator continues to wait until the elevator enters;
b5, distributing according to the planned walking path, acquiring barrier information in the environment in real time by a camera in the walking process of the distribution robot, and pre-judging the walking track of the pedestrian through a second control unit to automatically avoid the pedestrian and the barrier;
and B6, the distribution robot arrives at the customer office according to the planned walking path and sends information to the server.
The method further comprises the steps of:
s0, ordering through the mobile phone APP by the customer, inputting the floor or building number of the office and the house number of the office, and selecting the preparation equipment, beverage type and cup type which can be delivered, and the preference, temperature and sugar content of the customer.
The invention has the following advantages: an automatic distribution and making in-situ beverage mixing machine and a method thereof realize the automation of the whole process of making and distributing beverages. Only maintenance personnel need to supplement materials regularly, and manual intervention is not needed in the rest time, so that manpower is greatly saved. The automatic making system does not need to be operated manually, and needs to finish one cup by one cup, but multiple cups of drinks are carried out simultaneously. Efficiency can be greatly improved during order peak hours. The automatic distribution system enables customers to take meals more conveniently, and compared with point takeout, the automatic distribution system greatly shortens the waiting time of the customers due to the fact that the customers are in the same office area. The manufacturing process does not need manual participation, and is cleaner and more sanitary. Compared with manual operation, the drink prepared by the invention has more accurate control on the formula, and particularly, accurate drink temperature regulation cannot be achieved by manual operation. The method provides more abundant personalized choices for the customer, improves the service quality and improves the customer experience. The automatic distribution system can automatically avoid the walking track of the pedestrians, cannot obstruct the walking of the pedestrians, intelligently analyzes the number of the elevators, and does not occupy space when the number of the elevators is large. The customer needs to input the meal taking code to take the meal, and the safety of the distribution process is improved.
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FIG. 2 is a schematic flow diagram of the process of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the intelligent distribution system of the present invention.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all the embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the detailed description of the embodiments of the present application provided below in connection with the appended drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present application without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application. The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The invention relates to a beverage machine and method of concocting at present of automatic distribution and making, the beverage machine of concocting at present can be installed in any floor of the office building, preferably install in the first floor of the office building; the method specifically comprises the following steps:
the system comprises an automatic manufacturing system, an intelligent distribution system and a server; the automatic making system realizes self-service making of the beverage according to the received order information, and sends order delivery or meal taking information to the customer after receiving the information sent by the server; the intelligent distribution system is used for completing distribution according to the address in the order information after the automatic making system makes the beverage; and the server is used for receiving the order information of the customer and sending corresponding instructions to the automatic manufacturing system and the intelligent distribution system.
Further, as shown in fig. 1, the automatic manufacturing system is composed of a first control unit, a conveying device, a position acquiring device, a tension sensor, a temperature sensor, a switching device, an LED lamp, a heating device, a manipulator, a cup sealing machine and the like.
As shown in fig. 2, a customer can place an order through the mobile phone APP, and the first use of the order is to perform operations of inputting position information and adding a production device. Firstly, the number of the building, the floor and the number of the office room where the office is located are input, and then manufacturing equipment which can be sent is selected. The above operation will be taken as a default setting when used again. Then, the customer can select the type of the drink, the cup type and the like and select the temperature, the sugar content and the like according to the preference of the customer. The system can automatically calculate the price according to the selection of the client, and after the client selects the payment mode and successfully pays, order information can be generated and uploaded to the server, and then the order information is transmitted to the control unit of the automatic manufacturing system.
After receiving the order information, the control unit of the automatic making system starts to prepare the beverage, and firstly, the manipulator puts the empty cup on a conveying device, wherein the conveying device comprises a conveying belt, a driving motor and the like. The conveying belt is provided with circular cup grooves for fixing, and each cup groove is fixed at intervals. An RFID label is attached to each cup groove of the conveyor belt and used for marking the position of each cup groove. An RFID reader is arranged below the conveyor belt where the manipulator places the cups. The RFID reader reads the RFID label at the cup slot and transmits the information to the first control unit, and the first control unit can obtain the position of the beverage on the conveyor belt. Because the interval of the cup slots on the conveyor belt is fixed, the first control unit can calculate the positions of all the cup slots by only one RFID reader.
The conveying belt conveys the empty cup forwards to pass through the lower part of the storage box, and the first control unit judges whether the raw material in the storage box above the cup is required by the beverage or not according to the position information conveyed by the RFID reader. If not, continuing to transmit forwards; if so, the control unit sends an instruction, the motor of the conveying device stops, the electromagnetic valve at the bottom end of the storage box is opened, and the materials are injected. The tension sensor is connected between the storage box and the suspender, and the weight change of the storage box connected with the tension sensor can be measured in real time. The first control unit controls the opening and closing of the electromagnetic valve according to the weight change of the storage box and the weight of the raw materials required by the formula. Every storage box shell all is equipped with label groove and pilot lamp, and the label groove is used for placing the raw materials name. The indicator light is used for showing raw materials stock, makes things convenient for maintainer feed supplement. The green light shows that the raw materials are sufficient, the yellow light shows that the raw materials reach the warning position, the red light shows that the raw materials are insufficient, and the indicating lamp is controlled by the control unit.
And after the raw materials are added, finally injecting water. The water storage tank is divided into a cold water tank and a hot water tank, and temperature sensors are arranged in the cold water tank and the hot water tank. The cold water tank and the storage box are both arranged in the refrigerator, and the discharge hole is exposed to ensure that the raw materials are fresh. The hot water tank adopts a heat preservation design, a heating device is arranged in the hot water tank, and when the temperature of hot water is reduced to be lower than a set value, the heating device is started for maintaining the temperature of the hot water tank. And when the system is filled with water, the system can automatically calculate the required cold water and hot water according to the heat formula Q & ltCM delta t & gt, the beverage temperature selected by a customer and the residual capacity of the beverage cup. Thereby preparing the beverage with accurate temperature.
The final step is sealing the cup, which is completed by the cooperation of the mechanical arm and the cup sealing machine. The manipulator clamps up the beverage on the conveyor belt and puts the beverage into a cup groove of the cup sealing machine, and after the cup sealing is finished, the manipulator takes down the beverage and puts the beverage into a beverage bin of the distribution robot. The delivery robot receives the customer position information transmitted from the server at the same time, and starts the delivery stage.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the intelligent distribution system is composed of a second control unit, a power supply unit, an infrared sensor, a camera, a touch screen display, a driving motor, a protection grating, and the like.
The power supply unit of the distribution robot consists of a rechargeable lithium battery and a power management chip, and the power management chip is used for converting, managing and distributing electric energy. A plurality of infrared sensors are arranged around the distribution robot, and can measure distance information between the distribution robot and surrounding buildings and furnishing objects, and establish an environment model of the distribution robot. And obtaining the position of the user by comparing the position with preset map information. The distribution robot is also provided with a camera for acquiring position information of the obstacles in the environment, prejudging the walking track of the pedestrians, avoiding the pedestrians and the obstacles and automatically planning the path. The distribution robot completes the upstairs operation by establishing communication with the elevator.
Further, the robot is input into an initialized path map when the robot is used for the first time, and the path map is formed by distance data between a position where the robot is located and surrounding buildings and furnishing objects in the distribution process. In the distribution process, the infrared sensors around the robot collect the distance information between the robot and surrounding obstacles in real time, and judge whether the obstacles are pedestrians or furnishing objects according to image data transmitted back by the camera. If the pedestrian is blocked, the robot sets the matching weight of the distance information in the direction to zero when matching the acquired environment information with the path map. If the obstacle is a furnishing object and is not matched with the path map, the robot records the information, and if the variation duration and the occurrence frequency of the position of the furnishing object are higher than set thresholds, the position of the furnishing object is judged not to be temporarily changed, and the robot updates the path map.
The dispatching robot sends the elevator the floor where the dispatching robot is located and the floor to go to complete the operation of calling the elevator. A wireless communication module and a second control unit are additionally arranged in the elevator, and the floor information sent by the distribution robot is converted into an electric signal to achieve the purpose of controlling the elevator. The distribution robot can also judge the number of people in the elevator according to the information collected by the camera and determine whether to take the elevator.
And the delivery robot arrives at the office of the customer and sends information to the server, and the server sends delivery information and food taking to the customer to remind the customer to take food. The customer gets the meal sign indicating number through the touch-sensitive screen display input of delivery robot top, and the drink storehouse is automatic to be opened, and the customer takes out the beverage, can get the straw to use by oneself in the straw storehouse of not establishing the lock in addition. The beverage bin is also provided with a protection grating for preventing a customer from being clamped when the bin door is closed.
Furthermore, the first control unit and the second control unit are mainly composed of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a storage module, a communication module and an analog-digital converter (ADC). The CPU is the core of the control unit and is responsible for processing data among the modules and controlling the coordination operation of the whole system. The storage module stores preset programs and data in the processing process. The communication module contains rich interfaces, an HDMI interface and a USB interface for communicating with the touch screen display. The wired Ethernet interface, the wireless WiFi interface and the 4G module can be selected for network communication. The analog-to-digital converter converts the analog signal transmitted by the sensor into a digital signal which can be recognized by the central processing unit.
Furthermore, a tension sensor is connected between the storage box and the suspension rod, so that the weight change of the storage box connected with the tension sensor can be measured in real time. The principle is that the elastic body generates elastic deformation under the action of external force, so that the resistance strain gauge adhered to the surface of the elastic body also generates deformation along with the elastic deformation, the resistance value of the resistance strain gauge changes after the resistance strain gauge is deformed, and the resistance change is converted into an electric signal through a corresponding measuring circuit, so that the process of converting the external force into the electric signal is completed. The tension sensor has the advantages of high precision, wide measurement range, long service life and simple structure.
The temperature sensors are arranged in the cold water tank and the hot water tank, and the temperature of liquid in the water storage tank can be measured in real time. The temperature sensor is a sensor with wide application and various types. The thermocouple temperature sensor which is most widely applied is selected in the scheme, the thermocouple temperature sensor mainly utilizes the thermoelectric effect and is composed of conductors made of two different materials, a closed loop is formed when the two conductors are in contact, electromotive force is generated in the loop due to different temperatures of contact points of the two materials, and the thermocouple temperature sensor judges the temperature according to the magnitude of the electromotive force. The thermocouple temperature sensor has the advantages of simple structure, convenience in use, wide temperature measurement range, high accuracy, high stability and the like.
Furthermore, infrared distance measuring sensors are installed around the distribution robot and used for sensing distance confidence between buildings around the robot and the furnishing objects to form an environment model. The infrared distance measuring sensor is provided with a pair of infrared signal transmitting and receiving diodes, the transmitter transmits an infrared signal, a reflecting process is formed after the infrared signal irradiates an object, the infrared distance measuring sensor receives the signal after the infrared signal is reflected to the sensor, and the distance of the object is calculated after the infrared distance measuring sensor processes the time difference data of transmitting and receiving by the signal processor. The method has the advantages of long measuring distance, high frequency response, wide measuring range and the like.
The protection grating is used for detecting whether a customer is clamped when the beverage bin is closed. The protective grating is composed of a set of transmitter and receiver, the transmitter transmits a set of infrared beams, and the receiver includes a plurality of light sensors, if the object is between the transmitter and the receiver, the receiver can not receive the complete signal, and then the stop signal is sent to the monitored equipment.
The camera selects a binocular intelligent camera, stereoscopic camera shooting based on double lenses is carried out, height information of a target is obtained, behavior tracks of pedestrians are analyzed by combining an intelligent tracking algorithm, and therefore the number of the target people and the walking direction are accurately calculated.
Further, the storage box is made by food level stainless steel, detachable design, the washing of being convenient for. The lower part of the storage box is connected with a switch device which is controlled by a control unit. Every storage case shell all is equipped with label groove and pilot lamp, and the pilot lamp is controlled by the control unit, and green lamp shows that the raw materials is sufficient, and yellow lamp shows that the raw materials reaches alert position, and the red light shows that the raw materials is not enough. The arrangement interval of the storage boxes is the same as that of the cup grooves on the conveying belt.
The switching device consists of a solenoid valve and a relay, the solenoid valve being an automated base unit using electromagnetic control for controlling the fluid. The electromagnetic valve is internally provided with a closed cavity, through holes are formed in different positions, each hole is connected with different liquid pipes, a piston is arranged in the middle of the cavity, two electromagnets are arranged on two sides of the cavity, the magnet coil electrified valve body on which side can be attracted to which side, and the liquid discharge hole is opened or closed by controlling the movement of the valve body. This scheme selects for use long type solenoid valve that closes, and the circular telegram is opened promptly, and the outage is closed. The on-off of the electromagnetic valve is controlled by a relay, and the working principle of the relay is to use one loop (small current) to control the on-off of the other loop (large current). The relay is controlled by the control unit, thereby controlling the solenoid valve switch.
Further, touch screen displays are used for customers to input meal-taking codes, and are generally classified into resistive touch screens, capacitive touch screens, infrared touch screens, and acoustic touch screens. According to the functional requirements of the scheme, the capacitive touch screen which is high in sensitivity and most widely applied is selected. The capacitive touch screen works by using current induction of a human body. When a user's finger makes contact with the touch screen, the user and the touch screen surface form a coupling capacitance, which is a direct conductor for high frequency currents, so that the finger draws a small current away from the point of contact. The currents respectively flow out of the electrodes on the four corners of the touch screen, the currents flowing through the four electrodes are in direct proportion to the distances from the fingers to the four corners, and the controller obtains the position of a touch point through accurate calculation of the proportion of the four currents.
The foregoing is illustrative of the preferred embodiments of this invention, and it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise form disclosed herein and that various other combinations, modifications, and environments may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the concept as disclosed herein, either as described above or as apparent to those skilled in the relevant art. And that modifications and variations may be effected by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. An automatic dispensing and making instant drink preparing machine is characterized in that: the system comprises an automatic manufacturing system, an intelligent distribution system and a server; the automatic making system realizes self-service making of the beverage according to the received order information, and sends order delivery or meal taking information to the customer after receiving the information sent by the server; the intelligent distribution system is used for completing distribution according to the address in the order information after the automatic making system makes the beverage; and the server is used for receiving the order information of the customer and sending corresponding instructions to the automatic manufacturing system and the intelligent distribution system.
2. An automatically dispensing and preparing ready-mixed beverage machine as recited in claim 1, further comprising: the automatic manufacturing system comprises a first control unit, a conveying device, a position acquisition device, a material injection device, a mechanical arm and a cup sealing machine;
the first control unit is used for receiving an instruction sent by the server, acquiring signals of the conveying device, the position acquiring device and the material injecting device, and controlling the conveying device, the material injecting device, the mechanical arm and the cup sealing machine;
the position acquisition device is arranged on the conveying device and used for acquiring the positions of the marks and the reading cup slots so as to calculate the positions of the beverage cups on the conveying device through the first control unit;
the conveying device is arranged below the material injection device and used for realizing the rotary conveying of the beverage cups according to the instruction of the first control unit;
the manipulator is used for clamping and placing a beverage cup on the conveying device according to the instruction of the first control unit, and clamping and placing the beverage cup into a cup groove of the cup sealing machine after the manufacture is finished;
the material injection device comprises a plurality of material injection machines arranged above the material injection device and used for realizing the injection of various raw materials of the corresponding drink according to the instruction of the first control unit and sending the parameters of the self state to the first control unit;
the cup sealing machine is used for sealing the made beverage.
3. An automatically dispensing and preparing ready-mixed beverage machine as recited in claim 2, further comprising: the conveying device comprises a driving motor, a conveying roller and a conveying belt; the conveying belt is arranged on the conveying roller and drives the conveying roller to rotate through the driving motor so as to drive the conveying belt to rotate; a plurality of cup grooves are arranged on the conveying belt.
4. An automatically dispensing and preparing ready-mixed beverage machine as recited in claim 3 further comprising: the position acquisition device comprises an RFID label and an RFID reader; the RFID label is attached to each cup groove on the conveyor belt and used for marking the position of each cup groove; the RFID reader is arranged below a conveyor belt for placing cups out of the manipulator and used for reading the information of the RFID tag at each cup slot and sending the information to the first control unit.
5. An automatically dispensing and preparing ready-mixed beverage machine as recited in claim 1, further comprising: the intelligent distribution system comprises a second control unit, a data acquisition device, a power supply unit, a distribution robot and an automatic door;
the second control unit is used for receiving the instruction of the server, acquiring the information of the data acquisition device and the automatic door and controlling the distribution robot and the automatic door;
the data acquisition device is used for acquiring data information of the external environment of the distribution robot and transmitting the data information to the control unit;
the automatic bin gate is arranged on the distribution robot, and the upper end of the automatic bin gate is provided with a touch screen for placing the prepared beverage and controlling the bin gate to be opened or closed through the second control unit;
the power supply unit is used for supplying power to the second control unit; the delivery robot is used for delivering according to the instruction of the second control unit.
6. An automatically dispensing and preparing ready-mixed beverage machine as recited in claim 5, further comprising: the data acquisition device comprises an infrared sensor and a camera; the infrared sensors are arranged on the periphery of the distribution robot and used for measuring distance information between the distribution robot and surrounding buildings and furnishing objects, establishing an environment model according to the second control unit, and obtaining the position of the distribution robot by comparing with preset map information; the camera is used for acquiring position information of an obstacle in the environment, and pre-judging the walking track of the pedestrian through the second control unit, so that the purpose of avoiding the pedestrian and the obstacle is achieved.
7. An automatic beverage making and dispensing method based on a beverage mixing machine is characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:
s1, after receiving the order of the customer, the server sends the order information to an automatic making system, the automatic making system makes the order and seals the cup after the beverage making is finished, and the order information is placed in an automatic bin gate of the intelligent distribution system through a mechanical arm;
s2, the intelligent distribution system distributes according to the address in the order information, and sends information to the server through the second control unit after the order information arrives at the destination, and the server sends a delivery message or a meal taking message to the customer;
s3, after the customer finishes taking the order by inputting the order code, the delivery robot returns to the standby position or continues to deliver the next order.
8. The method of claim 7 for automatically producing and dispensing a beverage based on a post-mix beverage machine, wherein the method further comprises the steps of: the automatic making system makes and seals the cup after accomplishing beverage preparation including:
a1, placing the empty cup in a cup slot on a conveying belt by a manipulator, conveying the empty cup forward by the conveying belt, and acquiring RFID label information of the cup slot with the empty cup by an RFID reader;
a2, the first control unit calculates whether the empty cup reaches the material filling position through the acquired RFID label information, if so, the step A3 is executed, and if not, the conveyor belt continues to convey forwards;
a3, judging whether the raw material at the material injection position is needed according to the formula, if so, stopping conveying the injected raw material, otherwise, continuously conveying the conveyer belt forwards;
a4, measuring the weight change in the storage box in the material filling machine in real time, judging whether the material filling is finished or not by the first control unit according to the weight change of the storage box and the weight of the raw material required by the formula, if so, continuing to convey the raw material by the conveyor belt, otherwise, continuing to inject the raw material until the material filling is finished;
a5, repeating the steps A2-A4 until all raw materials in the formula are completely filled, conveying the raw materials to a water filling position by a conveyor belt for water filling, finally conveying the cups which are completely filled to a manipulator position, and clamping the cups to a cup sealing machine by the manipulator for sealing the cups.
9. The method of claim 7 for automatically producing and dispensing a beverage based on a post-mix beverage machine, wherein the method further comprises the steps of: the intelligent distribution system performs distribution according to the address in the order information, and comprises the following steps:
b1, the second control unit establishes an environment model of the second control unit according to distance information of surrounding buildings and furnishing objects acquired by the infrared sensor in real time, acquires the position of the second control unit by comparing with preset map information, and plans a walking path by combining with the address of order information;
b2, the second control unit judges whether the second control unit is positioned at the same floor with the second control unit according to the address of the order information, if so, the step B5 is directly executed, and if not, the step B3 is executed;
b3, when the dispatching robot reaches the elevator, establishing a communication connection with the elevator, and sending the floor where the dispatching robot is located and a target floor to the elevator to call the elevator;
b4, the camera collects the environment information in the elevator after the elevator reaches, whether the elevator enters is judged according to the personnel data in the elevator and/or the load capacity of the elevator, if the elevator enters, the step B5 is executed after the elevator reaches the target floor, and if the elevator does not enter, the elevator continues to wait until the elevator enters;
b5, distributing according to the planned walking path, acquiring barrier information in the environment in real time by a camera in the walking process of the distribution robot, and pre-judging the walking track of the pedestrian through a second control unit to automatically avoid the pedestrian and the barrier;
and B6, the distribution robot arrives at the customer office according to the planned walking path and sends information to the server.
10. A method of automatically making and dispensing a beverage based on a point-of-care beverage machine according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein: the method further comprises the steps of:
s0, ordering through the mobile phone APP by the customer, inputting the floor or building number of the office and the house number of the office, and selecting the preparation equipment, beverage type and cup type which can be delivered, and the preference, temperature and sugar content of the customer.
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