CN112699189A

CN112699189A - Position information updating method and device and computer system

Info

Publication number: CN112699189A
Application number: CN201911013378.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邵颖; 王威
Original assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Current assignee: Hema China Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-23
Filing date: 2019-10-23
Publication date: 2021-04-23

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a method, a device and a computer system for updating position information, wherein the system comprises: sensing signal generating means for associating with a hardware facility in the target geographic space; a plurality of sensor signal receiving means for mounting at a plurality of different fixed locations in the target geographic space, the relative location of the associated hardware facility with respect to the sensor signal receiving means being determined by detecting the signals emitted by the sensor signal generating means; and the server is used for determining the absolute position information of the hardware facilities in the target geographic space according to the relative position information detected by the sensing signal receiving devices, and if the absolute position changes, submitting the corresponding hardware facility identification and the changed absolute position information to an electronic map system so as to update electronic map data. By the embodiment of the application, the map data after the hardware facility position is updated can be more efficiently updated.

Description

Position information updating method and device and computer system

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of electronic map technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a computer system for updating location information.

Background

In the business model of "new retail," a retailer who opens an online physical store may open an online "cloud store" through the commodity object information service system, and issue discount information of the offline physical store, information of the commodity object, and the like through such a cloud store. The consumer user can browse and purchase on the online App, and online orders can be specifically processed by an offline entity shop, so that services such as '2 hours reach' are provided for users within a certain range. In addition, the consumer user may inquire the information of the physical store through the App, and then directly go to the off-line physical store to purchase the commodity object, and the like. In summary, under the above-mentioned commercial development trend, consumer patterns in a plurality of online and offline fields are derived, and consumer shopping demands are not limited to online shopping browsing and purchasing efficiency, but also how to obtain better services by combining with offline scenes. Accordingly, retailers also desire to be able to provide better quality services to consumer users through a combination of online and offline.

In the above scenario, in order to better realize the combination of online and offline, the manager of the store usually needs to observe the spatial layout, display rules, revenue profiles, etc. of the stores in each area, and adjust the spatial layout, display rules, revenue profiles, etc. as necessary, so as to better serve the customer users and improve the floor effect of the stores.

However, in the prior art, a manager is required to go to a store in person to perform a site survey or the like to obtain space data, shelf productivity, and the like in a specific store. Obviously, the efficiency is low and not good for even finding a problem. In the above scenario, in order to better monitor relevant data (such as shelf yield, people flow lines, etc.) related to geographic locations in the physical stores, it is generally necessary to establish map data including location information of hardware facilities, etc. in the physical stores. In such map data, it is generally necessary to generate corresponding graphic elements in the map system according to the positions and graphic attributes (size information such as types, lengths, widths, and the like) of the hardware facilities in the physical stores, that is, each hardware facility may have a corresponding graphic element in the map system, so that the layout of the hardware facilities in the physical stores can be intuitively restored through the map system.

In general, in order to generate the map data, it is necessary to draw a corresponding CAD (Computer Aided Design) drawing according to a layout of a hardware facility in a physical store, and then import the CAD drawing into a map system to generate specific map data.

However, it is possible to use a single-layer,

therefore, how to more efficiently update the map data after the hardware facility location update is a technical problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a position information updating method, a position information updating device and a computer system, which can more efficiently realize the map data updating after the position of a hardware facility is updated.

The application provides the following scheme:

a location information updating system comprising:

sensing signal generating means for associating with a hardware facility in the target geographic space;

a plurality of sensor signal receiving means for mounting at a plurality of different fixed locations in the target geographic space, the relative location of the associated hardware facility with respect to the sensor signal receiving means being determined by detecting the signals emitted by the sensor signal generating means;

and the server is used for determining the absolute position information of the hardware facilities in the target geographic space according to the relative position information detected by the sensing signal receiving devices, and if the absolute position changes, submitting the corresponding hardware facility identification and the changed absolute position information to an electronic map system so as to update electronic map data.

A location information updating method, comprising:

reading position information of hardware facilities in a target geographic space detected by a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, wherein the sensing signal receiving devices are located at fixed positions of the target geographic space, the hardware facilities are associated with sensing signal generating devices, and the sensing signal receiving devices obtain the position information of the hardware facilities by detecting signals sent by the sensing signal generating devices;

determining absolute position information of the hardware facility in the target geographic space according to the read position information, and judging whether the absolute position of the hardware facility in the target geographic space changes or not;

and if the absolute position changes, submitting the identification of the hardware facility and the changed absolute position information to an electronic map system for updating electronic map data.

A location information updating method, comprising:

receiving location change information regarding a hardware facility in a target geographic space, the location change information comprising: an identification of the hardware facility and the changed absolute position information;

and updating the position information corresponding to the hardware facility identification in the map data into the changed absolute position information.

A location information updating system comprising:

the sensing signal generating device is used for corresponding to a business object associated with the hardware facility in the target geographic space;

a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, which are used for being installed at a plurality of different fixed positions in the target geographic space, and determining the relative position of the associated business object relative to the sensing signal receiving devices by detecting the signals sent by the sensing signal generating devices;

and the server is used for determining the absolute position information of the business object in the target geographic space according to the relative position information detected by the sensing signal receiving device, determining a target hardware facility identifier associated with the business object after the absolute position is changed if the absolute position is changed, and submitting the identifier of the corresponding business object, the changed absolute position information and the associated target hardware facility identifier to an electronic map system for updating electronic map data.

A location information updating method, comprising:

reading position information of a service object associated with hardware facilities in a target geographic space, which is detected by a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, wherein the sensing signal receiving devices are located at a plurality of different fixed positions of the target geographic space, the service object is associated with a sensing signal generating device, and the sensing signal receiving devices obtain the position information of the service object by detecting signals sent by the sensing signal generating device;

determining absolute position information of the business object in the target geographic space according to the read position information, and judging whether the absolute position of the business object in the target geographic space changes or not;

if the absolute position changes, determining a target hardware facility identifier associated with the business object after the absolute position changes;

and submitting the identifier of the hardware facility, the changed absolute position information and the identifier of the target hardware facility to an electronic map system for updating electronic map data.

A location information updating method, comprising:

receiving location change information regarding a business object in a target geographic space, the location change information comprising: the service object identifier, the changed absolute position information and the associated target hardware facility identifier after the position change;

determining the relative position information of the business object relative to the target hardware facility according to the changed absolute position information and the position information of the target hardware facility;

and updating the position information related to the business object in the map data according to the relative position information of the business object relative to the target hardware facility.

A location update system, comprising:

the sensing device is used for sensing information related to the position of the hardware facility in the target geographic space and submitting the information to the server;

and the server is used for determining the position change condition of the hardware facility in the target geographic space according to the information submitted by the sensing device and submitting the position change condition to an electronic map system so as to update electronic map data, wherein the electronic map data is used for describing the hardware facility layout condition in the target geographic space.

A location information updating method, comprising:

reading information related to the position of the hardware facility in the target geographic space, which is sensed by a sensing device in the target geographic space;

determining the position change condition of the hardware facility in the target geographic space according to the information submitted by the sensing device;

submitting the position change condition to an electronic map system for updating electronic map data, wherein the electronic map data is used for describing the hardware facility layout condition in the target geographic space.

A location information updating apparatus comprising:

the system comprises an information reading unit, a processing unit and a processing unit, wherein the information reading unit is used for reading the position information of a hardware facility in a target geographic space detected by a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, the sensing signal receiving devices are positioned at fixed positions of the target geographic space, the hardware facility is associated with a sensing signal generating device, and the sensing signal receiving devices are used for obtaining the position information of the hardware facility by detecting signals sent by the sensing signal generating devices;

the judging unit is used for determining the absolute position information of the hardware facility in the target geographic space according to the read position information and judging whether the absolute position of the hardware facility in the target geographic space changes or not;

and the information submitting unit is used for submitting the identifier of the hardware facility and the changed absolute position information to an electronic map system for updating the electronic map data if the absolute position changes.

A location information updating apparatus comprising:

a location change information receiving unit for receiving location change information about a hardware facility in a target geographic space, the location change information including: an identification of the hardware facility and the changed absolute position information;

and the map data updating unit is used for updating the position information corresponding to the hardware facility identifier in the map data into the changed absolute position information.

A location information updating apparatus comprising:

the system comprises a position information reading unit, a position information processing unit and a position information processing unit, wherein the position information reading unit is used for reading position information of a service object related to hardware facilities in a target geographic space detected by a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, the sensing signal receiving devices are positioned at a plurality of fixed positions of the target geographic space, the service object is related to a sensing signal generating device, and the sensing signal receiving devices are used for obtaining the position information of the service object by detecting signals sent by the sensing signal generating devices;

the judging unit is used for determining the absolute position information of the business object in the target geographic space according to the read position information and judging whether the absolute position of the business object in the target geographic space changes or not;

a hardware facility identifier determining unit, configured to determine, if the absolute position changes, a target hardware facility identifier associated with the business object after the absolute position changes;

and the information submitting unit is used for submitting the identifier of the hardware facility, the changed absolute position information and the identifier of the target hardware facility to an electronic map system so as to update the electronic map data.

A location information updating apparatus comprising:

a location change information receiving unit for receiving location change information on a business object in a target geographic space, the location change information including: the service object identifier, the changed absolute position information and the associated target hardware facility identifier after the position change;

a relative position determining unit, configured to determine, according to the changed absolute position information and the position information of the target hardware facility, relative position information of the business object with respect to the target hardware facility;

and the map data updating unit is used for updating the position information related to the business object in the map data according to the relative position information of the business object relative to the target hardware facility.

A location information updating apparatus comprising:

the information reading unit is used for reading information which is sensed by the sensing device in the target geographic space and is related to the position of the hardware facility in the target geographic space;

the position change condition obtaining unit is used for determining the position change condition of the hardware facility in the target geographic space according to the information submitted by the sensing device;

and the position change condition submitting unit is used for submitting the position change condition to an electronic map system so as to update electronic map data, and the electronic map data is used for describing the hardware facility layout condition in the target geographic space.

A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory associated with the one or more processors for storing program instructions that, when read and executed by the one or more processors, perform operations comprising:

A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

According to the specific embodiments provided herein, the present application discloses the following technical effects:

in the embodiment of the application, the position of the hardware facility can be tracked by associating the sensing signal generating device with the specific hardware facility in the geographic space and installing the sensing signal receiving device at the fixed position of the geographic space. In addition, the server can read the position information detected by the specific sensing signal receiving device to obtain the absolute position of the hardware facility, and can judge whether the absolute position of a specific hardware facility changes, if so, the identifier of the hardware facility and the changed absolute position information can be provided to the map system, and the map system can redraw the graphic element corresponding to the hardware facility according to the changed absolute position information to update the map data. By the method, when the geographic position of the hardware facility in the geographic space changes, the map data can be automatically updated without updating the map data in a mode of manually drawing a CAD drawing, so that the efficiency can be improved, and the map data can be updated timely.

Of course, it is not necessary for any product to achieve all of the above-described advantages at the same time for the practice of the present application.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a first method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a second method provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a third method provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a fourth method provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a fifth method provided by embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a first apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a second apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a third apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a fourth apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a fifth apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a computer system provided by an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

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 of the embodiments. All other embodiments that can be derived from the embodiments given herein by a person of ordinary skill in the art are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

First, in order to facilitate a user such as an administrator to know the layout of the hardware facilities in the physical store more intuitively and timely, a digital map can be implemented for the physical store, that is, electronic data can be generated for presenting the layout of the hardware facilities in the specific store on line, so that the user such as the administrator is prevented from performing a real-time investigation in the physical store. For example, a DXF file related to the layout situation of hardware facilities in the entity shop may be generated by a drawing tool such as a CAD, and then converted into a file format that is easier to transmit and can be interpreted in a plurality of different engines by a format conversion method, so that the file can be loaded in most upper business applications, and a map interface is displayed. In addition, in the upper layer application, it is generally necessary to acquire service attribute information associated with the hardware device corresponding to each graphic displayed in the specific map interface, for example, a commodity object category associated with a shelf, and the like. At this time, an editing tool can be provided, through which a preliminary map interface can be shown, and an operation option for associating specific service attribute information is provided, so that the association between specific hardware facilities and the service attribute information in specific map data is realized through the editing tool, so as to better serve upper-layer applications.

However, in practical applications, the location and layout of these hardware facilities (e.g., shelves) often change due to external reasons, such as adjusting shelf locations to increase GMV (total volume of business), etc. After the location of the hardware facility changes, the map data also needs to be updated accordingly to follow the change. In this case, it is possible to update the layout of the entire physical shop by updating the CAD drawing, and then to re-import the layout into the map data after performing processing such as format conversion. However, in this method, since the person who updates the shelf placement position and the person who updates the CAD drawing are not always the same, the current layout is adjusted by store personnel, and the CAD drawing personnel draw the drawings, the efficiency of the method of communicating the two through an offline mail or the like is extremely low. In addition, since the update cycle of the hardware device position in the same physical store may be short, the drawing of the previous CAD may be required to be performed next, which is very troublesome and labor intensive.

In order to conveniently and quickly update the map data related to the hardware facilities in the geographic space, a corresponding solution is provided. In this solution, a sensing signal generating device may be installed on a specific hardware facility in the geographic space, such a sensing signal generating device may be a device similar to a signal generator, and in addition, a sensing signal receiving device, that is, a signal receiver, may be installed at some fixed position in the geographic space. Thus, the sensing signal generating device can send out signals in real time or periodically, and the sensing signal receiving device can receive the signals and can calculate the distance between the sensing signal generating device and the sensing signal receiving device according to information such as the transmission time from the emission to the reception of the signals. In addition, the distance information of each sensing signal generating device detected by the sensing signal receiving device can be acquired in real time or periodically through a server, the absolute position information of the hardware facility corresponding to each sensing signal generating device in the geographic space can be calculated, and then the absolute position information is compared with the position information acquired last time, so that whether the position of the hardware facility in the geographic space is changed or not can be determined. If the absolute position information is the same as the absolute position information, the changed hardware facilities and the changed absolute position information can be submitted to a map system, and the map system can update the map data according to the absolute position information. Therefore, by the method, the map data can be automatically updated without manually drawing a CAD drawing, and the updating can be more timely.

The following provides a detailed description of specific embodiments provided in the examples of the present application.

Example one

First, the first embodiment provides a location information updating system, referring to fig. 1, taking a geographic space such as a physical store as an example, a specific hardware facility may be a shelf in the physical store, and the system may specifically include:

a sensing signal generating means 101 for associating with a hardware facility in the target geographic space;

a plurality of sensor signal receiving means 102 for mounting at a plurality of different fixed locations in the target geographic space, for determining the relative location of the associated hardware facility with respect to the sensor signal receiving means by detecting the signals emitted by the sensor signal generating means;

and the server 103 is configured to determine absolute position information of the hardware facility in the target geographic space according to the relative position information detected by the plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, and if the absolute position changes, submit the identifier of the corresponding hardware facility and the changed absolute position information to the electronic map system for updating the electronic map data.

The sensing signal generating device can be directly installed on hardware facilities such as a shelf, so that the position of the sensing signal generating device can be changed along with the change of the position of the hardware, the distance of the sensing signal generating device detected by the sensing signal receiving device can be changed accordingly, and the changed absolute position information can be further determined.

Generally, one hardware facility can be provided with one sensing signal generation device, and of course, if the orientation of the hardware facility changes in the process of position change and the change needs to be reflected in the map data, two or even more sensing signal generation devices can be provided for one hardware facility. In this way, after the server reads the position information detected by the sensing signal receiving device, the server locates two or more sensing signal generating devices associated with the same hardware facility, so that the position information and the orientation of the hardware facility can be determined more accurately, and then the orientation information is submitted to a map system, and the position and the orientation of the hardware facility are updated by the map system.

In a specific implementation, the server may read the relative position information detected in the sensing signal receiving device in real time, or, in another manner, may also read the relative position information detected by the sensing signal receiving device according to a preset period, and determine the absolute position information in the target geographic space of the hardware facility. For example, the server may perform a full scan of the relative position information detected by the sensor signal receiving devices every ten minutes, half an hour, or the like, obtain the relative position information of each sensor signal generating device detected by each sensor signal receiving device, and then determine the absolute position information of the specific hardware facility according to the relative position information.

The reason why the position information about the sensor signal generating means detected by the sensor signal receiving means is referred to as relative position information is that, in a normal case, only the distance from the sensor signal generating means can be detected by a single sensor signal receiving means, but the direction information may not be obtained. That is, after the sensing signal receiving device receives a signal sent by one sensing signal generating device and calculates the information of the distance d, the sensing signal receiving device can only determine that the sensing signal generating device is located on a circumference with the position of the sensing signal receiving device as the center of circle and the radius being d, but specifically at which point on the circumference, a single sensing signal receiving device cannot be determined generally. For this purpose, in a specific implementation, a plurality of (e.g., at least three) sensing signal receiving devices may be installed in a geographic space, and the absolute position information of one sensing signal generating device may be determined by using distance information detected by the same sensing signal generating device and detected by the plurality of sensing signal receiving devices and a triangulation principle. After the absolute position of the sensing signal generating device is determined, the absolute position of the sensing signal generating device can represent the absolute position of the hardware facility because the sensing signal generating device is located on the hardware facility. If two or more sensing signal generating devices are installed on one hardware facility, the plurality of sensing signal generating devices can be determined to be the absolute position of the hardware facility towards the center of the ground projection point, and the like.

After determining the absolute position information of the hardware facility, the server may further determine whether the position of a specific hardware facility in a specific geographic space changes, and if so, may report the identifier of the specific hardware facility and the changed absolute position information to the map system.

The server can be deployed in a specific geographic space or can be deployed in a cloud end and used for tracking the position change situation of the hardware facilities in multiple geographic spaces. In the server, the correspondence between the hardware facility identification and the identification of the sensor signal generating device may be stored. For example, taking the shelf in a physical store as an example, the specific storage form can be as shown in table 1:

TABLE 1

Because the signal sent by the sensing signal generating device can carry the identifier of the sensing signal generating device, and under the condition that one server corresponds to a plurality of geographic spaces, the signal sent by the sensing signal generating device can also carry the identifier of the geographic spaces, the absolute position of the hardware facility represented by the signal can be determined according to the corresponding relation information after the absolute position of the sensing signal generating device is determined.

In addition, in order to determine whether the location of a certain hardware facility in a specific geographic space changes, the server may store the absolute geographic location information of the hardware facility acquired at the previous time (for example, the previous cycle). Therefore, after the new absolute geographical position information is obtained, the absolute geographical position information can be compared with the absolute geographical position information of the same hardware facility at the previous moment to judge whether the geographical position of the hardware facility is changed. Specifically, also taking a shelf in a physical store as an example, the information stored in the server may be as shown in table 2:

TABLE 2

For example, assuming that the absolute position of a shelf at a certain time shown in fig. 1 is (x1, y1) indicated by point a, but at a certain time, the shelf is moved to the position indicated by point B in the figure, by using the scheme described in the embodiment of the present application, the coordinates of point B, for example, (x11, y11) can be known by locating the signal sent by the sensing signal generating device associated with the shelf, and then the position can be submitted to the map system as the changed absolute position information. Of course, if a plurality of sensor signal generators are associated with the same shelf, absolute position information after the movement of the shelf can be calculated from the absolute position information corresponding to each of the plurality of sensor signal generators.

After submitting the identification of the specific hardware facility and the changed absolute location information to the map system, the map system may update the map data according to the changed absolute location information. Specifically, after receiving the changed absolute location information, the map system may update the location information corresponding to the hardware facility identifier in the map data to the changed absolute location information. In a specific map system, a hardware facility graphic library may be stored, in which identifiers of hardware facilities in a specific geographic space and corresponding facility types and graphic attribute information may be stored. For example, also taking shelves in a physical store as an example, the graphic library stored for a specific shelf in the map system may be as shown in table 3:

TABLE 3

Since the position update usually does not cause the change of the hardware device graph, after the corresponding relationship between the hardware identifier and the absolute geographic position is specifically updated, when the map data is specifically displayed in a system such as a specific upper-layer application, a specific hardware facility graph can be drawn at the updated position according to the graph attribute information of the specific hardware facility. That is, in the embodiment of the present application, when the location of the hardware facility in the geographic space changes, the CAD drawing does not need to be redrawn and imported into the map system, but the map data can be updated by redrawing the graphic of the hardware facility at the changed location directly according to the identifier and location information of the changed hardware facility provided by the server, and generating the corresponding graphic element in the map system.

In summary, in the embodiment of the present application, the position of the hardware facility can be tracked by associating the sensing signal generating device with a specific hardware facility in the geographic space and installing a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices at a plurality of different fixed positions in the geographic space. In addition, the server can read the position information detected by the specific sensing signal receiving device to obtain the absolute position of the hardware facility, and can judge whether the absolute position of a specific hardware facility changes, if so, the identifier of the hardware facility and the changed absolute position information can be provided to the map system, and the map system can redraw the graphic element corresponding to the hardware facility according to the changed absolute position information to update the map data. By the method, when the geographic position of the hardware facility in the geographic space changes, the map data can be automatically updated without updating the map data in a mode of manually drawing a CAD drawing, so that the efficiency can be improved, and the map data can be updated timely.

In addition, in practical applications, business attribute information may be associated with hardware facilities in a specific geographic space, and for example, for a shelf in a physical store, since the shelf is usually used for placing a specific product, a shelf object is usually associated with information such as the category of the product object in a corresponding information system. However, when the map data is generated and updated by drawing the CAD drawing and importing the CAD drawing into the map system, since the binding relationship between the hardware facility and the service object cannot be embodied in the CAD data, the binding relationship between the graphic element in the map and the service attribute information cannot be embodied in the map data. In the embodiment of the present application, since the specific map data may be expressed by the correspondence between the identifier of the hardware facility and the geographic location information, the binding between the graphic element corresponding to the hardware facility and the service attribute information may also be implemented. For example, in a map system, still taking the shelf in a physical store as an example, the stored graphic element information may be as shown in table 4:

TABLE 5

That is to say, in the map system, the service attribute information bound to the graphic element associated with the specific hardware facility may also be stored, so that in the process of displaying the layout in the geographic space through the map system, the service attribute information bound to the associated graphic element may also be displayed. For example, in the process of displaying the map data of a certain physical store, the graphic elements corresponding to the hardware facilities in the physical store can be displayed, and correspond to the positions of the hardware facilities in the store (scaling can be performed according to a certain scale). When a user places a browsing focus (mouse positioning, touch screen positioning and clicking, etc.) on a graphic element corresponding to a certain hardware facility, business attribute information associated with the hardware facility, such as category information of a commodity object associated with a specific shelf, etc., can be displayed in a pop-up window manner. In addition, after the position of the hardware facility is changed, the corresponding relation between the identifier of the specific hardware facility and the service attribute information is kept unchanged, so that the service attribute information associated with the graphic element can be provided in the updated map data.

Example two

The second embodiment corresponds to the first embodiment, and provides a location information updating method from the perspective of a server, with reference to fig. 2, where the method may specifically include:

s201: reading position information of hardware facilities in a target geographic space, which is detected by a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, wherein the sensing signal receiving devices are located at a plurality of different fixed positions of the target geographic space, the hardware facilities are associated with sensing signal generating devices, and the sensing signal receiving devices acquire the position information of the hardware facilities by detecting signals sent by the sensing signal generating devices;

wherein, the position information of the hardware facilities in the target geographic space detected by the at least one sensing signal receiving device can be read according to a preset period.

S202: determining absolute position information of the hardware facility in the target geographic space according to the read position information, and judging whether the absolute position of the hardware facility in the target geographic space changes or not;

s203: and if the absolute position changes, submitting the identification of the hardware facility and the changed absolute position information to an electronic map system for updating electronic map data.

In specific implementation, the same hardware facility can be associated with at least two sensing signal generating devices; at this time, the server may further determine whether the orientation of the hardware facility changes according to the position information corresponding to the at least two sensing signal generating devices; and if the orientation is changed, submitting the identification of the hardware facility and the changed orientation information to the electronic map system so as to update the orientation of the hardware facility in the electronic map data.

Wherein the target geospatial comprises a physical store object and the hardware facilities comprise a shelf object associated with the physical store object; the shelf object is also associated with commodity object information; in this case, the server may store the association between the identifier of the shelf object and the commodity object, and maintain the association after the position of the shelf object is changed.

EXAMPLE III

The third embodiment also corresponds to the first embodiment, and provides a location information updating method from the perspective of a map system, referring to fig. 3, where the method may specifically include:

s301: receiving location change information regarding a hardware facility in a target geographic space, the location change information comprising: an identification of the hardware facility and the changed absolute position information;

s302: and updating the position information corresponding to the hardware facility identification in the map data into the changed absolute position information.

In addition, orientation change information about the hardware facility in the target geographic space can be received, and the orientation information corresponding to the hardware facility identification in the map data is updated to be the changed orientation.

Example four

In the foregoing first to third embodiments, an implementation scheme for automatically updating map data is provided for a location change situation of a hardware facility in a specific geographic space, and in practical applications, some map data may be refined to business object information associated with the specific hardware facility in the geographic space. For example, for a scene of a physical store, the map data may show not only the specific placement of the shelves, but also which commodity objects are placed on the specific shelves, and the map may include, in addition to the graphic elements corresponding to the shelf objects, the graphic elements corresponding to the commodity objects, and so on. In practical applications, in addition to the location of the hardware facility, the location of the specific business object may change more often, for example, according to the sales condition of the specific commodity object, or the flow line of people in the physical store, it may be necessary to adjust a commodity object to another location of the current shelf, or another shelf, etc. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, a specific sensing signal generating device may also be associated with a specific business object. In this way, the position change of the specific business object can be tracked through the sensing signal receiving device, and then the changed position information can be provided to the map system for updating the map data.

Specifically, the fourth embodiment provides a location information updating system, which may specifically include:

That is, in the fourth embodiment of the present application, the installation of a specific sensing signal generation device can be refined to the granularity of a specific business object. In a physical store scene, since the commodities of the same SPU (Standard Product Unit) are usually placed at the same position of the same shelf, for example, in a column, etc.; the SPU is the minimum unit of information aggregation of commodities, and is a set of reusable and easily-retrieved standardized information, which describes the characteristics of a product, for example, a certain brand of mineral water with the same specification is the same SPU, and a plurality of bottles of mineral water with the same brand and specification may be placed at a certain position on a certain shelf. Typically, the same SPU may share the same price tag, which is movable, and when the location of a commodity object on the shelf changes, the location of the price tag may also change. Therefore, in order to facilitate the configuration of the sensing signal generating device, a specific sensing signal generating device may be associated with the price tag of the same SPU, so that when the position of the SPU changes, the position of the price tag changes, and at the same time, the position of the sensing signal generating device also changes, and further, the sensing signal receiving device may obtain the position information of the associated service object by sensing the position of the sensing signal generating device.

The method of specifically obtaining the absolute position information of the business object in the geographic space may be the same as that in the first embodiment. After the absolute geographical location information of the business object is obtained, since the business object is usually placed in a geographical space depending on a specific hardware facility, in the embodiment of the present application, target hardware facility information associated with the business object after the location change may also be determined. For example, it may be determined whether the business object is still located at the original hardware facility, has simply changed its location at the hardware facility, has been moved to another shelf, and so on. Specifically, when determining the target hardware facility information associated with the business object after the position change, the determination may be performed by combining the position information of the specific hardware facility. For example, in the case where the position of the hardware facility is fixed, the position information of the hardware facility may be saved in advance, and then, by determining whether the projection of the absolute position of the business object in the vertical direction falls within the projection area range of the position of the hardware facility in the vertical direction, if so, it may be determined that the business object is located on the hardware facility, and so on. Of course, if the position of the hardware facility is not fixed, but may change, in combination with the first embodiment, the sensing signal generating device is also associated with the specific hardware facility, and after the absolute position information of the hardware facility and the absolute position information of the business object are respectively determined, the corresponding relationship between the business object and the hardware facility is determined.

EXAMPLE five

The fifth embodiment corresponds to the fourth embodiment, and provides a location information updating method from the perspective of a server, and referring to fig. 4, the method may specifically include:

s401: reading position information of a service object associated with hardware facilities in a target geographic space, which is detected by a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, wherein the sensing signal receiving devices are positioned at a plurality of different fixed positions of the target geographic space, the service object is associated with a sensing signal generating device, and the sensing signal receiving devices obtain the position information of the service object by detecting signals sent by the sensing signal generating devices;

s402: determining absolute position information of the business object in the target geographic space according to the read position information, and judging whether the absolute position of the business object in the target geographic space changes or not;

s403: if the absolute position changes, determining a target hardware facility identifier associated with the business object after the absolute position changes;

s404: and submitting the identifier of the hardware facility, the changed absolute position information and the identifier of the target hardware facility to an electronic map system for updating electronic map data.

EXAMPLE six

The sixth embodiment also corresponds to the fourth embodiment, and from the perspective of a map system, there is provided a location information updating method, with reference to fig. 5, where the method specifically includes:

s501: receiving location change information regarding a business object in a target geographic space, the location change information comprising: the service object identifier, the changed absolute position information and the associated target hardware facility identifier after the position change;

s502: determining the relative position information of the business object relative to the target hardware facility according to the changed absolute position information and the position information of the target hardware facility;

s503: and updating the position information related to the business object in the map data according to the relative position information of the business object relative to the target hardware facility.

EXAMPLE seven

In the foregoing embodiments, the positioning of the hardware facility and the sensing of the position change condition are mainly realized by the sensing signal generating device disposed on the hardware facility and the plurality of sensing signal receiving devices installed at a plurality of different fixed positions in the target geographic space. In other implementation manners, the position change condition of the hardware facility can be sensed in other sensing manners. For example, in particular, sensing may also be performed by image acquisition and comparison, and the like. Specifically, since the specific electronic map data is mainly used for describing the layout of the hardware facilities in the target geographic space, including the shape of each hardware facility and the information of the respective relative position, the specific electronic map data can be generally expressed in the form of an overhead view. Therefore, in the case of sensing by means of image acquisition, the method can be mainly used for sensing the relative positional relationship between different hardware facilities, such as the front-back relationship, the left-right relationship and the like, when the position of the hardware facility changes. The accuracy of the distance traveled by a specific hardware facility, the relative distance between different hardware facilities, etc., may be relatively low compared to the manner provided in the foregoing embodiments, but this manner may also be applicable to scenarios where the accuracy requirement for specific absolute location information is relatively low. In addition, during specific implementation, different positioning modes can be selected and used according to different requirements of the target geographic space on the accuracy of specific map data. Even in the same target geographic space, different sensing devices can be used for sensing the position change condition of the hardware facility according to different requirements of different areas on the positioning accuracy. For example, the positioning accuracy may be relatively high in an area where a certain physical store is close to the entrance, and the electronic map data may be updated by using the solutions provided in the first to sixth embodiments. For other non-key areas, the position change condition of the hardware facilities can be sensed in an image acquisition and comparison mode, and the electronic map data is updated, and the like.

In summary, a seventh embodiment of the present application provides a location updating system, which specifically includes:

In a specific implementation, the sensing device includes: a sensing signal generating device installed on the hardware facility, and a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices installed at a plurality of different fixed positions in the target geographic space; wherein the sensing signal receiving device determines the relative position of the associated hardware facility with respect to the sensing signal receiving device by detecting the signal emitted by the sensing signal generating device; at this time, the server is specifically configured to determine absolute location information of the hardware facility in the target geographic space according to the relative location information detected by the plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, and determine a location change condition of the hardware facility according to the absolute location information of the hardware facility at a previous time.

Alternatively, the sensing device comprises: and the image acquisition device shoots the hardware facilities in the target geographic space through the overlooking visual angle. The reason why the collection is performed from the top view is that the layout of the hardware facilities in the target geographic space is usually described in the electronic map data in the top view manner. In addition, in order to identify a specific hardware facility through the acquired image data, identification information of the hardware facility, such as a shelf number, may be set on the top surface of the hardware facility. In this way, the server may be specifically configured to determine the position change condition of the hardware facility in the target geographic space by comparing the image information acquired by the image acquisition device with the image information saved at the previous time.

Example eight

The eighth embodiment corresponds to the seventh embodiment, and provides a location information updating method from the perspective of a server, and referring to fig. 6, the method may specifically include:

s601: reading information related to the position of the hardware facility in the target geographic space, which is sensed by a sensing device in the target geographic space;

s602: determining the position change condition of the hardware facility in the target geographic space according to the information submitted by the sensing device;

s603: submitting the position change condition to an electronic map system for updating electronic map data, wherein the electronic map data is used for describing the hardware facility layout condition in the target geographic space.

For the parts that are not described in detail in the second to eighth embodiments, reference may be made to the description in the first embodiment, which is not described herein again.

Corresponding to the second embodiment, an embodiment of the present application further provides a location information updating apparatus, and referring to fig. 7, the apparatus may include:

an information reading unit 701, configured to read location information of a hardware facility in a target geographic space detected by multiple sensing signal receiving devices, where the sensing signal receiving devices are located at fixed locations in the target geographic space, and the hardware facility is associated with a sensing signal generating device, and the sensing signal receiving device obtains the location information of the hardware facility by detecting a signal sent by the sensing signal generating device;

a determining unit 702, configured to determine, according to the read location information, absolute location information in the target geographic space of the hardware facility, and determine whether an absolute location of the hardware facility in the target geographic space changes;

an information submitting unit 703, configured to submit the identifier of the hardware facility and the changed absolute location information to an electronic map system for updating electronic map data if the absolute location changes.

The information reading unit may specifically be configured to: and reading the position information of the hardware facilities in the target geographic space detected by the plurality of sensing signal receiving devices according to a preset period.

In specific implementation, the same hardware facility is associated with at least two sensing signal generating devices;

at this time, the apparatus may further include:

the orientation change judging unit is used for determining whether the orientation of the hardware facility changes according to the position information corresponding to the at least two sensing signal generating devices;

and the orientation change information submitting unit is used for submitting the identification of the hardware facility and the changed orientation information to the electronic map system if the orientation is changed so as to update the orientation of the hardware facility in the electronic map data.

Wherein the target geospatial comprises a physical store object and the hardware facilities comprise a shelf object associated with the physical store object;

the shelf object is also associated with commodity object information;

the apparatus may further include:

and the association relation storage unit is used for storing the association relation between the mark of the shelf object and the commodity object, and keeping the association relation unchanged after the position of the shelf object is changed.

Corresponding to the three phases of the embodiment, the embodiment of the present application further provides a position information updating apparatus, referring to fig. 8, the apparatus may include:

a location change information receiving unit 801, configured to receive location change information about a hardware facility in a target geographic space, where the location change information includes: an identification of the hardware facility and the changed absolute position information;

a map data updating unit 802, configured to update the location information corresponding to the hardware facility identifier in the map data to the changed absolute location information.

In a specific implementation, the apparatus may further include:

an orientation change information receiving unit for receiving orientation change information about a hardware facility in a target geographic space;

and the orientation updating unit is used for updating the orientation information corresponding to the hardware facility identification in the map data into the changed orientation.

Corresponding to the fifth embodiment, an embodiment of the present application further provides a location information updating apparatus, and referring to fig. 9, the apparatus may include:

a position information reading unit 901, configured to read position information of a service object associated with a hardware facility in a target geographic space, which is detected by multiple sensing signal receiving devices located at multiple fixed positions in the target geographic space, where the service object is associated with a sensing signal generating device, and the sensing signal receiving devices obtain the position information of the service object by detecting signals sent by the sensing signal generating device;

a determining unit 902, configured to determine, according to the read position information, absolute position information of the business object in the target geographic space, and determine whether the absolute position of the business object in the target geographic space changes;

a hardware facility identifier determining unit 903, configured to determine, if the absolute position changes, a target hardware facility identifier associated with the service object after the absolute position changes;

an information submitting unit 904, configured to submit the identifier of the hardware facility, the changed absolute location information, and the identifier of the target hardware facility to the electronic map system for updating the electronic map data.

Corresponding to the sixth embodiment, the present application further provides a location information updating apparatus, and referring to fig. 10, the apparatus may include:

a location change information receiving unit 1001, configured to receive location change information about a business object in a target geographic space, where the location change information includes: the service object identifier, the changed absolute position information and the associated target hardware facility identifier after the position change;

a relative position determining unit 1002, configured to determine, according to the changed absolute position information and the position information of the target hardware facility, relative position information of the business object with respect to the target hardware facility;

a map data updating unit 1003, configured to update the location information associated with the business object in the map data according to the relative location information of the business object with respect to the target hardware facility.

Corresponding to the eighth embodiment, an embodiment of the present application further provides a location information updating apparatus, and referring to fig. 11, the apparatus may include:

an information reading unit 1101 for reading information related to the location of the hardware facility in the target geographic space, which is sensed by the sensing device in the target geographic space;

a location change condition obtaining unit 1102, configured to determine, according to the information submitted by the sensing device, a location change condition of the hardware facility in the target geographic space;

a location change condition submitting unit 1103, configured to submit the location change condition to the electronic map system, so as to update electronic map data, where the electronic map data is used to describe a layout condition of hardware facilities in the target geographic space.

In addition, an embodiment of the present application further provides a computer system, including:

one or more processors; and

A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

And another computer system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

Fig. 12 illustrates an architecture of an electronic device, which may include, in particular, a processor 1210, a video display adapter 1211, a disk drive 1212, an input/output interface 1213, a network interface 1214, and a memory 1220. The processor 1210, video display adapter 1211, disk drive 1212, input/output interface 1213, network interface 1214, and memory 1220 may be communicatively coupled via a communication bus 1230 as described above.

The processor 1210 may be implemented by a general-purpose CPU (Central Processing Unit), a microprocessor, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or one or more Integrated circuits, and is configured to execute related programs to implement the technical solution provided in the present Application.

The Memory 1220 may be implemented in the form of a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a static storage device, a dynamic storage device, or the like. The memory 1220 may store an operating system 1221 for controlling the operation of the electronic device 1200, a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) for controlling low-level operations of the electronic device 1200. In addition, a web browser 1223, a data storage management system 1224, and a location update processing system 1225, and the like may also be stored. The location update processing system 1225 may be an application program that implements the operations of the foregoing steps in this embodiment of the present application. In summary, when the technical solution provided in the present application is implemented by software or firmware, the relevant program codes are stored in the memory 1220 and called for execution by the processor 1210.

The input/output interface 1213 is used for connecting an input/output module to realize information input and output. The i/o module may be configured as a component in a device (not shown) or may be external to the device to provide a corresponding function. The input devices may include a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, a microphone, various sensors, etc., and the output devices may include a display, a speaker, a vibrator, an indicator light, etc.

The network interface 1214 is used for connecting communication modules (not shown in the figure) to enable the device to interact with other devices in a communication way. The communication module can realize communication in a wired mode (such as USB, network cable and the like) and also can realize communication in a wireless mode (such as mobile network, WIFI, Bluetooth and the like).

Bus 1230 includes a path that transfers information between various components of the device, such as processor 1210, video display adapter 1211, disk drive 1212, input/output interface 1213, network interface 1214, and memory 1220.

In addition, the electronic device 1200 may also obtain information of specific pickup conditions from the virtual resource object pickup condition information database 1241 for performing condition judgment, and the like.

It should be noted that although the above-mentioned devices only show the processor 1210, the video display adapter 1211, the disk drive 1212, the input/output interface 1213, the network interface 1214, the memory 1220, the bus 1230, etc., in a specific implementation, the devices may also include other components necessary for proper operation. Furthermore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the apparatus described above may also include only the components necessary to implement the solution of the present application, and not necessarily all of the components shown in the figures.

From the above description of the embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present application can be implemented by software plus necessary general hardware platform. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be essentially or partially implemented in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a storage medium, such as a ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc., and includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method according to the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. In particular, the system or system embodiments are substantially similar to the method embodiments and therefore are described in a relatively simple manner, and reference may be made to some of the descriptions of the method embodiments for related points. The above-described system and system embodiments are only illustrative, wherein the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

The method, the apparatus, and the computer system for updating location information provided by the present application are described in detail above, and a specific example is applied in the present application to explain the principle and the implementation of the present application, and the description of the above embodiment is only used to help understand the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, the specific embodiments and the application range may be changed. In view of the above, the description should not be taken as limiting the application.

Claims

1. A location information updating system, comprising:

2. The system of claim 1,

the server is specifically configured to read the relative location information detected by the sensing signal receiving device according to a preset period, and determine absolute location information in the target geographic space of the hardware facility.

3. The system of claim 1,

associating at least two sensing signal generating devices with the same hardware facility;

the server is further used for determining whether the orientation of the hardware facility is changed or not according to the position information corresponding to the at least two sensing signal generating devices, and if so, submitting the identification of the hardware facility and the changed orientation information to the electronic map system so as to update the orientation of the hardware facility in the electronic map data.

4. The system of claim 1,

the target geospatial comprises a physical store and the hardware facilities comprise shelves in the physical store.

5. A method for updating location information, comprising:

6. The method of claim 5,

the reading of the location information of the hardware facilities in the target geographic space detected by the plurality of sensing signal receiving devices comprises:

and reading the position information of the hardware facilities in the target geographic space detected by the plurality of sensing signal receiving devices according to a preset period.

7. The method of claim 5,

the method further comprises the following steps:

determining whether the orientation of the hardware facility changes according to the position information corresponding to the at least two sensing signal generating devices;

and if the orientation is changed, submitting the identification of the hardware facility and the changed orientation information to the electronic map system so as to update the orientation of the hardware facility in the electronic map data.

8. The method of claim 5,

the target geospatial comprises a physical store object, the hardware facilities comprise a shelf object associated with the physical store object;

the shelf object is also associated with commodity object information;

the method further comprises the following steps:

and storing the association relationship between the mark of the shelf object and the commodity object, and keeping the association relationship unchanged after the position of the shelf object is changed.

9. A method for updating location information, comprising:

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving orientation change information about a hardware facility in a target geographic space;

and updating the orientation information corresponding to the hardware facility identification in the map data into the changed orientation.

11. A location information updating system, comprising:

12. A method for updating location information, comprising:

13. A method for updating location information, comprising:

14. A location update system, comprising:

15. The system of claim 14,

the sensing device comprises: a sensing signal generating device installed on the hardware facility, and a plurality of sensing signal receiving devices installed at a plurality of different fixed positions in the target geographic space;

wherein the sensing signal receiving device determines the relative position of the associated hardware facility with respect to the sensing signal receiving device by detecting the signal emitted by the sensing signal generating device;

the server is specifically configured to determine, according to the relative location information detected by the plurality of sensing signal receiving devices, absolute location information of the hardware facility in the target geographic space, and determine, according to the absolute location information of the hardware facility at a previous time, a location change condition of the hardware facility.

16. The system of claim 14,

the sensing device comprises: the image acquisition device shoots the hardware facilities in the target geographic space through a top view angle; the top surface of the hardware facility is provided with identification information of the hardware facility;

the server is specifically configured to determine a position change condition of the hardware facility in the target geographic space by comparing image information acquired by the image acquisition device with image information stored at a previous time.

17. A method for updating location information, comprising:

18. A position information updating apparatus, comprising:

19. A position information updating apparatus, comprising:

20. A position information updating apparatus, comprising:

21. A position information updating apparatus, comprising:

22. A position information updating apparatus, comprising:

23. A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

24. A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

25. A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors; and