CN113869467A - Shopping cart lock and shopping cart navigation system - Google Patents

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CN113869467A
CN113869467A CN202111025623.0A CN202111025623A CN113869467A CN 113869467 A CN113869467 A CN 113869467A CN 202111025623 A CN202111025623 A CN 202111025623A CN 113869467 A CN113869467 A CN 113869467A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a shopping cart lock and a shopping cart navigation system, wherein the shopping cart lock is configured on a shopping cart and comprises an electronic lock unit, a cart lock information tag, a UWB positioning module, a near field communication unit and a control unit, wherein the cart lock information tag is provided with identity information of the shopping cart lock so that a user terminal can acquire the identity information after scanning and carry out identity authentication according to the identity information; the UWB positioning module is used for carrying out indoor positioning on the shopping cart so as to obtain indoor position information of the shopping cart; the near field communication unit is used for receiving an unlocking instruction sent by the user terminal after the identity authentication is successful and sending the indoor position information to the user terminal; the control unit is connected with the electronic lock unit, the UWB positioning module and the near field communication unit and used for controlling the electronic lock unit to unlock according to the unlocking instruction. According to the shopping cart lock provided by the embodiment of the invention, the shopping cart can be positioned, so that the shopping efficiency of a user is improved, the physical burden of shopping of the user is reduced, and the shopping experience is improved.

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Shopping cart lock and shopping cart navigation system
Technical Field
The invention relates to a lockset, in particular to a shopping cart lock and a shopping cart navigation system.
Background
The shopping cart is widely applied to places such as supermarkets, shopping malls and the like, and brings great convenience to consumers. In the shopping process, different commodities are distributed in different areas and even different floors, so consumers have to push shopping carts to search for the required commodities in various areas and floors. In addition, since the consumer does not know the specific location of the consumer, it is difficult to determine the relative location, distance, etc. of the desired product to the consumer, which results in relatively low shopping efficiency of the consumer and increased physical burden of the consumer.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the technical problems in the related art. To this end, it is an object of the invention to provide a shopping cart lock.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a shopping cart navigation system.
To achieve the above object, in one aspect, a shopping cart lock according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured on a shopping cart, including:
an electronic lock unit;
the shopping cart comprises a cart lock information tag, a shopping cart lock information acquisition module and a shopping cart lock information processing module, wherein the cart lock information tag is provided with identity information of a shopping cart lock, so that a user terminal can acquire the identity information after scanning and perform identity authentication according to the identity information;
the UWB positioning module is used for carrying out indoor positioning on the shopping cart so as to obtain indoor position information of the shopping cart;
the near field communication unit is used for receiving an unlocking instruction sent by the user terminal after the identity authentication is successful and sending the indoor position information to the user terminal;
and the control unit is connected with the electronic lock unit, the UWB positioning module and the near field communication unit and is used for controlling the electronic lock unit to unlock according to the unlocking instruction.
According to the shopping cart lock provided by the embodiment of the invention, the UWB positioning module and the near field communication unit are provided, the shopping cart can be accurately positioned by utilizing the accurate positioning function of the UWB positioning module, and the obtained indoor position information of the shopping cart can be sent to the user terminal through the near field communication unit, so that the user can check the current position of the user, and the user can conveniently judge the relative position and distance of a commodity according to the current position of the user, therefore, the shopping efficiency of the user can be improved, the physical burden of shopping of the user is reduced, and the shopping experience is improved.
In addition, the shopping cart lock according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:
according to one embodiment of the invention, the shopping cart further comprises an outdoor positioning unit and a remote communication unit, wherein the outdoor positioning unit is connected with the control unit and is used for carrying out outdoor positioning on the shopping cart so as to acquire outdoor position information of the shopping cart;
the remote communication unit is connected with the control unit and used for sending the outdoor position information to a server so as to search the shopping cart pushed out outdoors through the server.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the UWB positioning module has a sleep mode and an operating mode, and the control unit is further configured to control the UWB positioning module to switch from the sleep mode to the operating mode after controlling the electronic lock unit to unlock, so that the UWB positioning module broadcasts the UWB positioning signal under the operating simulation.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the device further comprises a buzzer, wherein the buzzer is connected with the control unit;
the control unit is also used for controlling the buzzer to give out an alarm prompt sound when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds the range of the set electronic fence.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the device further comprises a voice playing unit, wherein the voice playing unit is connected with the control unit;
the control unit is also used for controlling the voice playing unit to play prompt voice when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds the range of the set electronic fence.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the short-range communication unit is at least one of a bluetooth module, a WiFi module, and a ZigBee module.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the remote communication unit is at least one of a cellular mobile communication module, an NB-IoT module, a Lora module, and a halo module.
In another aspect, a shopping cart navigation system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:
the shopping cart lock as described above;
the user terminal is in close-range communication connection with the shopping cart lock and is used for sending commodity information of a preset commodity;
the server is in remote communication connection with the user terminal and is used for receiving the commodity information, searching the commodity position according to the commodity information and sending the commodity position to the user terminal;
the user terminal is further used for planning a navigation path from the shopping cart to the preset commodity according to the commodity position and the indoor position information of the shopping cart.
According to the shopping cart navigation system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the shopping cart can be accurately positioned by the shopping cart lock, the obtained indoor position information of the shopping cart is sent to the user terminal, the user can search the required preset commodity through the user terminal, the user terminal automatically obtains the commodity position of the preset commodity from the server and plans the navigation path from the shopping cart to the preset commodity, and therefore, the user can quickly find the preset commodity according to the navigation path, the shopping efficiency can be obviously improved, and the user experience is improved.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of one embodiment of a shopping cart lock of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the shopping cart lock of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of one embodiment of a control unit with a Bluetooth chip integrated in the shopping cart lock of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of one embodiment of a UWB positioning module in the shopping cart lock of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a shopping cart navigation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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100. a shopping cart lock;
101. an electronic lock unit;
102. a vehicle lock information tag;
103. a UWB positioning module;
104. a near field communication unit;
105. a control unit;
106. an outdoor positioning unit;
107. a remote communication unit;
108. a buzzer;
109. a voice playing unit;
200. a server;
300. a user terminal.
The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be illustrative of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and all other embodiments that can be obtained by one skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without inventive efforts shall fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "circumferential," "radial," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
The shopping cart lock and the shopping cart navigation system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1 to 2, a shopping cart lock 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured on a shopping cart, and includes an electronic lock unit 101, a cart lock information tag 102, a UWB positioning module 103, a short-range communication unit 104, and a control unit 105.
Specifically, the electronic lock unit 101 is used to lock or unlock a shopping cart.
The lock information tag 102 has identity information of the shopping lock 100, so that the user terminal 300 can obtain the identity information after scanning and perform identity authentication according to the identity information. Illustratively, the identity information may include a mac address, a network ID, and the like, and the car lock information tag 102 may be a carrier in the form of a two-dimensional code or a bar code. The user terminal 300 may be a mobile terminal device that a user (typically a consumer) carries with him.
The UWB positioning module 103 is configured to perform indoor positioning on the shopping cart to obtain indoor position information of the shopping cart, that is, the UWB positioning module 103 may perform indoor accurate positioning on the shopping cart corresponding to the shopping cart lock 100. It should be noted that UWB (Ultra Wide Band) is a wireless carrier communication technology, which does not use sinusoidal carrier, but uses nanosecond-level non-sinusoidal narrow pulses to transmit data, so that the occupied frequency spectrum range is Wide. The UWB technology has the advantages of low system complexity, low power spectral density of transmitted signals, insensitivity to channel fading, low interception capability, high positioning accuracy and the like, and is particularly suitable for indoor positioning scenes, and the positioning accuracy is less than 10 cm.
The near field communication unit 104 is configured to receive an unlocking instruction sent by the user terminal 300 after the identity authentication is successful, and send the indoor location information to the user terminal 300. It is understood that the short-range communication unit 104 may be at least one of a bluetooth module, a WiFi module, and a ZigBee module.
The control unit 105 is connected to the electronic lock unit 101, the UWB positioning module 103 and the near field communication unit 104, and is configured to control the electronic lock unit 101 to unlock according to the unlocking instruction. It is understood that the shopping cart lock 100 may further include a battery that supplies power to the control unit 105, the electronic lock unit 101, the UWB location module 103 and the short-range communication unit 104.
That is, the shopping cart lock 100 can be connected to the user terminal 300 through the short-range communication unit 104, for example, the user opens the short-range communication function of the user terminal 300, and the user terminal 300 can receive the broadcast transmitted by the short-range communication unit 104 to establish the short-range communication connection. After the shopping cart lock 100 establishes the short-distance communication connection with the user terminal 300, on one hand, the user can scan the cart lock information tag 102 on the shopping cart lock 100 through the user terminal 300, so that the user terminal 300 obtains the identity information of the cart lock and performs identity authentication on the identity information. For example, the identity authentication process may be that the user terminal 300 sends the identity information to the server 200, the server 200 matches the identity information with the registration information, and returns an authentication result to the user terminal 300 after the matching is successful. After the user identity authentication is successful, the user terminal 300 sends an unlocking instruction to the shopping cart lock 100, the near field communication unit 104 receives the unlocking instruction and then sends the unlocking instruction to the control unit 105, and the control unit 105 can control the electronic lock unit 101 to unlock according to the unlocking instruction.
On the other hand, after the UWB positioning module 103 in the shopping cart lock 100 performs indoor positioning on the shopping cart, the obtained indoor location information may be sent to the user terminal 300 through the short-range communication unit 104, and the user may check the indoor location information through the user terminal 300, and since the user terminal 300 is a device carried by the user, the location in the indoor location information of the shopping cart may be regarded as the current location of the user during shopping, so that the user may accurately know the current location of the user.
According to the shopping cart lock 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the UWB positioning module 103 and the near field communication unit 104 are provided, the shopping cart can be accurately positioned by utilizing the accurate positioning function of the UWB positioning module 103, and the obtained indoor position information of the shopping cart can be sent to the user terminal 300 through the near field communication unit 104, so that the user can check the current position of the user, and the user can conveniently judge the relative position and distance of the commodity according to the current position of the user, therefore, the shopping efficiency of the user can be improved, the physical burden of shopping of the user is reduced, and the shopping experience is improved.
Illustratively, referring to fig. 3 and 4, fig. 3 is a circuit diagram of the control unit 105 integrated with a bluetooth chip, and the chip model of the control unit 105 is NRF 52832. Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram of the UWB positioning module 103, where the chip model of the UWB positioning module 103 is DW1000, the control unit 105 and the terminal of the UWB positioning module 103 having the same identifier are connected to each other, for example, the terminal of the control unit 105 identified as P027_ UWB _ IRQ is connected to the terminal of the UWB positioning module 103 identified as P027_ UWB _ IRQ, and the connection relationship between the terminals is specifically shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, so that the UWB positioning module 103 is connected to the control unit 105, and the control unit 105 and the UWB positioning module 103 adopting the above structure have the advantages of high integration level, simple circuit structure, and reliable performance.
Referring to fig. 1 to 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the shopping cart further includes an outdoor positioning unit 106 and a remote communication unit 107, wherein the outdoor positioning unit 106 is connected to the control unit 105 for performing outdoor positioning on the shopping cart to obtain outdoor location information of the shopping cart. The remote communication unit 107 is connected to the control unit 105 to transmit the outdoor location information to the server 200 to search for the shopping cart pushed out to the outside through the server 200.
It is understood that the outdoor positioning unit 106 may employ a Beidou positioning module and/or a GPS positioning module. The remote communication unit may be at least one of a cellular mobile communication module, an NB-IoT module, a Lora module, and a halo module.
In actual shopping, as the number of shopping carts is large, most consumers cannot voluntarily push the shopping carts to a designated place after using the shopping carts, and even some consumers push the shopping carts to other outdoor positions outside the shopping mall, so that great troubles are brought to workers managing the carts.
In this embodiment, the shopping cart lock 100 may be connected to the server 200 through the remote communication unit 107, the outdoor positioning unit 106 may perform outdoor positioning on the shopping cart, obtain outdoor location information of the shopping cart, and the outdoor location information may be uploaded to the server 200 through the remote communication unit. A management terminal can be configured in a shopping mall or a supermarket, the management terminal is connected to the server 200, the outdoor position information of the shopping carts is obtained from the server 200, and then the shopping carts are managed, for example, which shopping carts are located outside the shopping mall or the supermarket can be checked, and the shopping carts are quickly searched and recovered through the positions of the shopping carts.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the UWB positioning module 103 has a sleep mode and an operating mode, and the control unit 105 is further configured to control the UWB positioning module 103 to switch from the sleep mode to the operating mode after controlling the electronic lock unit 101 to unlock, so that the UWB positioning module 103 broadcasts the UWB positioning signal under the operating simulation.
Since shopping carts are generally placed at predetermined locations when not in use, and since no one uses the shopping carts, in this case, if the UWB positioning module 103 is always in a broadcast state, power consumption increases, which leads to a problem that a battery is easily powered down.
In this embodiment, UWB positioning module 103 is configured with a sleep mode and a working mode, before shopping cart lock 100 is not unlocked, UWB positioning module 103 is in a sleep state, in the sleep state, UWB positioning signal is not broadcast by UWB positioning module 103, or UWB positioning module 103 broadcasts at a longer time interval, so, when shopping cart lock 100 is not used, shopping cart lock 100 is in a low power consumption state, and then the overall power consumption of shopping cart lock 100 is reduced, preventing problems such as easy power shortage and short battery life of shopping cart lock 100. After the shopping cart is unlocked, the control unit 105 controls the UWB positioning module 103 to switch from the sleep mode to the working mode, and in the working mode, the UWB positioning module 103 broadcasts UWB positioning signals in real time or at short time intervals, so that it is ensured that the indoor positioning of the shopping cart lock 100 can be accurately and reliably realized after the shopping cart is unlocked.
In other words, through controlling the UWB positioning module 103 to keep the dormant state when the shopping cart lock 100 is not unlocked, and switch to the working state after the shopping cart is unlocked, the power consumption of the shopping cart lock 100 is greatly reduced, the problem of power shortage of the shopping cart lock 100 is prevented to a certain extent, the reliability of the shopping cart lock 100 is improved, meanwhile, the service life of the battery is also prolonged, and the maintenance and updating costs are reduced.
Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, a buzzer 108 is further included, and the buzzer 108 is connected to the control unit 105. The control unit 105 is further configured to control the buzzer 108 to sound an alarm prompt when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds a set electronic fence range.
That is, in this embodiment, the shopping cart lock 100 is configured with a buzzer 108, and the control unit 105 can control the buzzer 108 to sound an alarm when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds the set electronic fence range. Specifically, an electronic fence range is arranged on the server 200, after the shopping cart lock 100 uploads outdoor position information to the server 200 through the remote communication unit, the server 200 can compare the position in the outdoor position information with the electronic fence range, when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds the electronic fence range, the server 200 sends an early warning instruction to the shopping cart lock 100, when the remote communication unit 107 of the shopping cart lock 100 receives the early warning instruction and sends the early warning instruction to the control unit 105, the control unit 105 can control the buzzer 108 to send out an alarm prompt sound according to the early warning instruction, and therefore managers and users can conveniently know that the shopping cart exceeds the electronic fence range through the alarm prompt sound.
Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, a voice playing unit 109 is further included, and the voice playing unit 109 is connected to the control unit 105. The control unit 105 is further configured to control the voice playing unit 109 to play a prompt voice when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds a set electronic fence range.
That is to say, in this embodiment, the shopping cart lock 100 is further configured with a voice playing unit 109, the control unit 105 can control the voice playing unit 109 to play a prompting voice when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds the set electronic fence range, for example, "the shopping cart exceeds the mall range, please note … …", and the like, specifically, when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds the electronic fence range, the server 200 sends a voice prompting instruction to the shopping cart lock 100, and when the remote communication unit 107 of the shopping cart lock 100 receives the voice prompting instruction and then sends the voice prompting instruction to the control unit 105, the control unit 105 can control the voice playing unit 109 to play a pre-stored prompting voice according to the voice prompting instruction, so that the prompting voice can play a role in notifying and warning the user, and urge the user not to push the shopping cart away from the electronic fence range, so that shopping carts can be effectively managed by a shopping mall.
Referring to fig. 5, the shopping cart navigation system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the shopping cart lock 100, the user terminal 300, and the server 200 as described above.
The user terminal 300 is connected to the shopping cart lock 100 for short-distance communication, and is configured to transmit product information of a predetermined product. The server 200 is in remote communication connection with the user terminal 300, and is configured to receive the commodity information, search for a commodity position according to the commodity information, and send the commodity position to the user terminal 300. The user terminal 300 is further configured to plan a navigation path from the shopping cart to the predetermined commodity according to the commodity location and the indoor location information of the shopping cart.
That is to say, the shopping cart lock 100 may send the indoor location information of the shopping cart obtained by positioning by the UWB positioning module 103 to the user terminal 300, and the user may search for a desired predetermined product through the user terminal 300, for example, the user inputs product information of the desired predetermined product, such as a product name, on the user terminal 300, the user terminal 300 sends the product information to the server 200, the server 200 stores in advance the location and product information of each product in a shopping mall, and after receiving the product information sent by the user terminal 300, the server 200 may search for a product location according to the product information and send the product location to the user terminal 300. After receiving the commodity position, the user terminal 300 may perform path planning according to the commodity position and the indoor position information of the shopping cart to plan a navigation path from the shopping cart to the predetermined commodity.
It is understood that the specific structure, functions and operation of the shopping cart lock 100 are described in the above embodiments, such as outdoor positioning, and will not be described herein.
According to the shopping cart navigation system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the shopping cart can be accurately positioned by the shopping cart lock 100, the obtained indoor position information of the shopping cart is sent to the user terminal 300, a user can search for a required preset commodity through the user terminal 300, the user terminal 300 automatically obtains the commodity position of the preset commodity from the server 200 and plans the navigation path from the shopping cart to the preset commodity, and therefore, the user can quickly find the preset commodity according to the navigation path, the shopping efficiency can be obviously improved, and the user experience is improved.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A shopping cart lock configured for placement on a shopping cart, comprising:
an electronic lock unit;
the shopping cart comprises a cart lock information tag, a shopping cart lock information acquisition module and a shopping cart lock information processing module, wherein the cart lock information tag is provided with identity information of a shopping cart lock, so that a user terminal can acquire the identity information after scanning and perform identity authentication according to the identity information;
the UWB positioning module is used for carrying out indoor positioning on the shopping cart so as to obtain indoor position information of the shopping cart;
the near field communication unit is used for receiving an unlocking instruction sent by the user terminal after the identity authentication is successful and sending the indoor position information to the user terminal;
and the control unit is connected with the electronic lock unit, the UWB positioning module and the near field communication unit and is used for controlling the electronic lock unit to unlock according to the unlocking instruction.
2. The shopping cart lock of claim 1, further comprising an outdoor positioning unit and a remote communication unit, the outdoor positioning unit being connected to the control unit for outdoor positioning of the shopping cart to obtain outdoor location information of the shopping cart;
the remote communication unit is connected with the control unit and used for sending the outdoor position information to a server so as to search the shopping cart pushed out outdoors through the server.
3. The shopping cart lock of claim 1, wherein the UWB positioning module has a sleep mode and an operating mode, and the control unit is further configured to control the UWB positioning module to switch from the sleep mode to the operating mode after controlling the electronic lock unit to unlock, so that the UWB positioning module broadcasts UWB positioning signals under the operation simulation.
4. The shopping cart lock of claim 2, further comprising a buzzer, the buzzer being coupled to the control unit;
the control unit is also used for controlling the buzzer to give out an alarm prompt sound when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds the range of the set electronic fence.
5. The shopping cart lock of claim 2, further comprising a voice playing unit, the voice playing unit being coupled to the control unit;
the control unit is also used for controlling the voice playing unit to play prompt voice when the position in the outdoor position information exceeds the range of the set electronic fence.
6. The shopping cart lock of claim 1, wherein the proximity communication unit is at least one of a bluetooth module, a WiFi module, a ZigBee module.
7. The shopping cart lock of claim 2, wherein the remote communication unit is at least one of a cellular mobile communication module, an NB-IoT module, a Lora module, and a halaw module.
8. A shopping cart navigation system, comprising:
the shopping cart lock of any one of claims 1-7;
the user terminal is in close-range communication connection with the shopping cart lock and is used for sending commodity information of a preset commodity;
the server is in remote communication connection with the user terminal and is used for receiving the commodity information, searching the commodity position according to the commodity information and sending the commodity position to the user terminal;
the user terminal is further used for planning a navigation path from the shopping cart to the preset commodity according to the commodity position and the indoor position information of the shopping cart.
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