CN212749981U

CN212749981U - Unmanned retail equipment

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Publication number: CN212749981U
Application number: CN202021342570.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕秀凤; 陶海金
Original assignee: Hefei Midea Intelligent Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Midea Intelligent Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-08
Filing date: 2020-07-08
Publication date: 2021-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-08

Abstract

The utility model discloses an unmanned retail equipment, wherein, this unmanned retail equipment includes: the box body comprises a first cavity and a second cavity, a preset commodity taking area is arranged in the first cavity, a commodity selling storage area is arranged in the second cavity, the preset commodity taking area comprises a plurality of layers of lattice layers, each layer of lattice layer comprises a plurality of small lattice cabinets, each lattice cabinet corresponds to one lattice lock, and the lattice cabinets are used for storing preset commodities; the door body is covered on the box body in an opening and closing manner; and the door lock is arranged on the door body and the box body and used for locking the door body to the box body. This equipment structure sets up simply, and through setting up two cavitys, when having realized that the user gets goods, satisfies the demand that the user bought commodity temporarily, has realized the multifunctionality of unmanned retail equipment, has promoted the suitability, has increased user experience.

Description

Unmanned retail equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic vending technology field especially relates to an unmanned retail equipment.

Background

With the gradual popularization of unmanned retail equipment, the unmanned retail equipment can order and take commodities, namely, a user can scan codes through the two-dimensional code on the equipment to order commodities, and can scan codes to open a corresponding check cabinet door lock on the next day so as to take out the commodities. However, when a user temporarily wants to buy the product or needs more products, the existing unmanned retail device cannot meet the user's needs, resulting in poor user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the present invention is to solve at least to some extent one of the technical problems of the related art.

Therefore, the utility model discloses a first aim at provides an unmanned retail equipment, and this equipment structure sets up simply, when having realized that the user gets goods, satisfies the demand that the user bought commodity temporarily, has realized unmanned retail equipment's multifunctionality, has promoted the suitability, has increased user experience.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides an unmanned retail device, including:

the box body comprises a first cavity and a second cavity, a preset commodity taking area is arranged in the first cavity, a commodity selling storage area is arranged in the second cavity, the preset commodity taking area comprises a plurality of layers of lattice layers, each layer of lattice layer comprises a plurality of small lattice cabinets, each lattice cabinet corresponds to one lattice lock, and the lattice cabinets are used for storing preset commodities;

the door body is covered on the box body in an opening and closing manner;

and the door lock is arranged on the door body and the box body and used for locking the door body to the box body.

According to the utility model discloses unmanned retail equipment, this unmanned retail equipment includes: the box body comprises a first cavity and a second cavity, a preset commodity taking area is arranged in the first cavity, a commodity selling storage area is arranged in the second cavity, the preset commodity taking area comprises a plurality of layers of lattice layers, each layer of lattice layer comprises a plurality of small lattice cabinets, each lattice cabinet corresponds to one lattice lock, and the lattice cabinets are used for storing preset commodities; the door body is covered on the box body in an opening and closing manner; and the door lock is arranged on the door body and the box body and used for locking the door body to the box body. This equipment structure sets up simply, and through setting up two cavitys, when having realized that the user gets goods, satisfies the demand that the user bought commodity temporarily, has realized the multifunctionality of unmanned retail equipment, has promoted the suitability, has increased user experience.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the door body of check cabinet adopts and lifts the structure of opening the door, the check lock sets up the bottom of check cabinet, the check lock be used for with the pinning of check cabinet when the check lock is opened, the door body of check cabinet is followed the inside release of check lock is popped out.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the structure of opening the door about the door body adoption of check cabinet.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the door body of check cabinet is transparent.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the door body of check cabinet is non-transparent.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, selling commodity and depositing the district and being provided with image acquisition device, be used for right selling commodity in selling commodity and depositing the district and carrying out image acquisition.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, be provided with at least one deck shelf, every layer in the second cavity the shelf is used for placing selling commodity, every layer be provided with on the shelf image acquisition device.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, image acquisition device includes infrared camera.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, be provided with the door strip of paper used for sealing on the door body, the door strip of paper used for sealing is used for the protection door body edge.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the box is inside to be provided with the light source.

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.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a block diagram of an unmanned retail device according to one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a one-time pick and buy process according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method of controlling an unmanned retail device according to a particular embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

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 illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In the related art, for example, a dedicated unmanned retail device can order and fetch milk, a user scans and orders the milk by a two-dimensional code on the device, and scans and opens a corresponding grid cabinet door lock for fetching the milk the next day, but the existing unmanned retail device can only fetch the corresponding amount of milk according to the determined amount, and when the user does not specify the milk and temporarily sees that the user wants to buy, the existing unmanned retail device does not have a selling function; when a user temporarily comes from a friend at home and needs more bottles of milk than the milk at ordinary times, the conventional unmanned retail equipment cannot temporarily increase the milk taking amount; and existing unmanned retail devices do not specifically illustrate the specific structure of the predetermined area.

In order to solve the technical problem existing in the prior art, the utility model provides an unmanned retail equipment.

The unmanned retail device according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, the unmanned retail facility includes a cabinet 11, a door 12, and a door lock 13. Wherein:

the box body 11 comprises a first cavity 111 and a second cavity 112, a preset commodity taking area is arranged in the first cavity 111, a commodity selling storage area is arranged in the second cavity 112, the preset commodity taking area comprises a plurality of layers of lattice layers, each layer of lattice layer comprises a plurality of small lattice cabinets, each lattice cabinet corresponds to one lattice lock 14, and each lattice cabinet is used for storing preset commodities;

a door 12 that covers the case 11 so as to be openable;

and the door lock 13 is arranged on the door body 12 and the box body 11 and is used for locking the door body 12 to the box body 11.

Based on the above description, it can be seen that, in order to meet the user demand and increase the user experience, the internal structure of the box 11 of the unmanned retail device is divided into two cavities, that is, the first cavity 111 and the second cavity 112, wherein the predetermined commodity getting area is arranged in the first cavity 111, and the commodity storing area is arranged in the second cavity 112, so that the versatility of the unmanned retail device is realized, the applicability is improved, and when the user gets the commodity, the demand that the user purchases the commodity being sold can be met, the income of the merchant is improved, and the user experience is increased.

The first cavity and the second cavity in this embodiment may have a left-right structure or an up-down structure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an upper-lower structure of a first cavity and a second cavity, wherein fig. 1 illustrates an example in which the second cavity is located above the first cavity.

It will be appreciated that in practice, the first cavity may be located above the second cavity.

Here, the goods in the predetermined goods taking area in the box 11 may be understood as the goods ordered by the user, and may not be sold any more. In order to make the user more clearly see the goods in the box 11, a light source is provided inside the box 11.

In this embodiment, the user can scan the two-dimensional code in the outer side of the door body 12 through the terminal device, so as to send an unlocking instruction to the cloud server, when the cloud server receives the unlocking instruction, the cloud server can check whether the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the terminal device corresponding to the two-dimensional code is in the IP address list of the terminal device for picking up goods from the predetermined goods, if so, the door lock 13 can be unlocked, and the lattice lock 14 corresponding to the lattice cabinet is unlocked according to the corresponding relationship between the IP of the terminal device and the picking code.

In another embodiment, the user can also input the identifying code received by the terminal equipment into the identifying code area outside the door body 12, the cloud server can judge whether the input identifying code accords with the IP address of the corresponding terminal equipment according to the corresponding relation between the IP address of each terminal equipment and the identifying code, if so, the door lock 13 can be unlocked, and the lattice lock 14 corresponding to the lattice cabinet can be unlocked according to the corresponding relation between the IP address of the terminal equipment and the goods taking code, so that the situation that the user mistakenly takes goods due to the error of the identifying code is avoided, and the user experience is improved.

It should be noted that, the door lock 13 and the lattice lock 14 corresponding to the lattice cabinet may be unlocked simultaneously, or may be unlocked twice, for example, after the door lock 13 is unlocked, the lattice lock 14 corresponding to the lattice cabinet is unlocked again, for example, the goods-taking code received by the terminal device may be input into the goods-taking code verification area in the predetermined goods-taking area, the verification is successful, and the lattice lock 14 corresponding to the lattice cabinet is unlocked.

After the door lock 13 is unlocked, prompt information can be displayed on the container in order to further distinguish a reserved commodity taking area from a commodity selling storage area in the box body 11. For example, a label for distinguishing the predetermined merchandise may be attached to the merchandise selling area and the predetermined merchandise pick-up area, and a distinct predetermined label may be attached to the merchandise selling area and the predetermined merchandise pick-up area, respectively.

In some embodiments, the door of the cubicle can be transparent to facilitate viewing of the items within the cubicle.

In some embodiments, the door of the cubicle can also be non-transparent in order to protect the privacy of the user's items.

In other embodiments, the door body of the grid cabinet in this embodiment may also be translucent.

In order to facilitate the user to pick up goods, the door body of the grid cabinet can adopt a lift-up door structure, the grid lock 14 is arranged at the bottom of the grid cabinet, the grid lock 14 is used for locking the grid cabinet, and when the grid lock 14 is opened, the door body of the grid cabinet is released and popped out from the interior of the grid lock 14.

In order to increase the mode of taking goods by the user, the door body 12 of the grid cabinet can also adopt a left-right door opening structure.

The user can pay for getting goods after getting goods in the goods getting area of predetermined commodity, wherein, the payment mode includes but not limited to cell-phone APP, public number, payment customer service end etc..

Wherein, the user also can not pay for getting the goods after the goods is got in predetermined commodity district of getting goods to follow-up user purchases the commodity of selling commodity storage area according to self demand, later pays again, can realize disposable user's payment operation, reduces the payment number of times, has promoted user experience.

In order to further meet the requirements of users and increase the user experience, the users can purchase the commodities in the commodity selling storage area according to the self requirements after taking the commodities in the commodity taking area.

The sold goods storage area may be provided with an image capturing device 15 for capturing images of the sold goods in the sold goods storage area.

In order to place various commodities on the commodity for sale and meet the user requirements, at least one layer of shelf 1121 is arranged in the second cavity, each layer of shelf 1121 is used for placing the commodity for sale, and the image acquisition device 15 is arranged on each layer of shelf 1121.

The image capturing device 15 includes, but is not limited to, an infrared camera, a micro-scanner, etc.

In this embodiment, the image capturing device 15 on each layer of the shelf 1121 may be started in real time, so that the image capturing device 15 performs image capturing on the commodity sold on each layer of the shelf 1121 in real time and uploads the commodity to the cloud server, and the cloud server compares the image with the image before the door lock 13 is opened based on an image recognition technology, so as to determine whether the user purchases the commodity on the shelf 1121. For example, in comparison with the image before the door lock 13 is opened, the "article a" in the image is absent, and it can be determined that the user purchased the "article a".

In another embodiment, the manner of determining whether the user purchased the merchandise on the shelf 1121 may also be performed by: the box body 11 is internally provided with a code reading device which comprises a reader-writer and an antenna, the box body 11 is wholly shielded, the reader-writer scans the electronic tag information in the box body 11 after the door is closed, the electronic tag information is compared with the electronic tag information before the door is opened, and the commodity information on the lacking tag is the shopping commodity of the user.

In order to distinguish the categories of the goods, labels may be displayed on each layer of shelves 1121, for example, the label of the first layer of shelves is "fruit"; the label of the second layer of shelves is 'drinks'; the third layer of shelves is labeled "nuts" and the like.

In this embodiment, after purchasing a commodity in the commodity selling storage area according to the user's own needs, the user can pay for the purchased commodity according to the commodity information, wherein the commodity information includes but is not limited to the name, capacity, unit, selling price, date of arrival, time of arrival, due date, supplier, and the like of the commodity, and the payment mode includes at least one of the following ways: cell-phone APP, box screen, public number, payment customer service end etc..

It should be noted that, the user can finish shopping and picking up goods at one time by opening the door body 12, the operation is simple, the operation that the door body 12 needs to be opened and closed for many times in the prior art is avoided, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Further, the door seal 121 is disposed on the door 12 for protecting the edge of the door 12, reducing the vibration of the door 12 when the door is closed, prolonging the service life of the door 12, and reducing noise.

In order to make the present invention more clear to those skilled in the art, the following describes the one-time pick-up and shopping process in this embodiment with reference to fig. 2:

as shown in fig. 2, a user can scan a two-dimensional code in the outer side of a door body through a mobile terminal so as to send an unlocking instruction to a cloud server (S201), the cloud server receives the unlocking instruction, and can check whether an IP address of a terminal device corresponding to the two-dimensional code is in a terminal device IP address list of a predetermined commodity for taking goods, if so, the door lock 13 can unlock the door, and judge whether a goods taking code exists in the terminal device IP according to a corresponding relation between the terminal device IP and the goods taking code (S202), if so, the user can detect that goods are to be taken, and simultaneously unlock a lattice lock corresponding to the goods taking code according to the goods taking code (S203).

It is to be noted that the door lock 13 is not unlocked by checking that the IP address of the terminal device corresponding to the two-dimensional code is not in the terminal device IP address list of the predetermined article pickup (S204).

After the lattice lock 14 is unlocked, the user can take away the predetermined commodity (S205), and can purchase the commodity in the commodity selling storage area according to the own requirement (S206), wherein the image acquisition device 15 on each layer of shelf 1121 in the commodity selling storage area can be opened in real time, the image acquisition device 15 can upload the commodity image on sale collected on each layer of shelf in real time to the cloud server, the cloud server receives the commodity image collected by the image acquisition device 15 in real time, and the image is compared with the image before the door lock 13 is opened based on the image recognition technology, so as to determine whether the user purchases the commodity on the shelf and which commodities on the shelf are purchased.

If the user is determined to purchase the goods on the shelf, a payment order can be generated according to the goods information (S207), and then one-time payment can be carried out on the preset goods and the goods purchased in the goods selling storage area through payment modes such as the mobile terminal APP, the public number, the payment customer service terminal and the like (S208).

In order to make the solution easier for those skilled in the art to understand, the present solution further proposes a control method of the unmanned retail equipment, and fig. 3 is a flowchart of the control method of the unmanned retail equipment according to a specific embodiment of the present application. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the method for controlling the unmanned retail device may include:

and S310, receiving an unlocking instruction sent by the terminal equipment, and judging whether the door lock and the lattice lock are opened.

For example, the verification code received by the terminal device can be input into the verification code area outside the door body, so that an unlocking instruction can be sent to the cloud server, the cloud server receives the unlocking instruction, whether the input verification code accords with the IP address of the corresponding terminal device can be judged according to the corresponding relation between the IP address of each terminal device and the verification code, if yes, the door lock can be unlocked, and the latticed lock corresponding to the latticed cabinet can be unlocked according to the corresponding relation between the IP address of the terminal device and the goods taking code.

And S320, if the commodity storage box is opened, taking out the commodity in the preset commodity taking area.

That is, after determining that the door lock and the grid lock are opened, the user can take the corresponding commodity in the grid cabinet away.

In this embodiment, the user takes away the commodity that corresponds in the check cabinet, and the lock is closed in the check cabinet to send the instruction that the commodity in the check cabinet has taken away to the high in the clouds server, the high in the clouds server receives the instruction that the commodity was taken away, can take notes that this commodity has taken away, and delete this commodity information.

S330, judging whether the user purchases the goods in the goods selling storage area.

In this implementation, at least one layer of shelves is arranged in the commodity selling storage area, each layer of shelves is used for placing commodities for sale, and an image acquisition device is arranged on each layer of shelves.

The image acquisition device includes, but is not limited to, an infrared camera, a micro-scanner, and the like.

For example, the image acquisition device on each layer of shelf can be opened in real time, so that the image acquisition device acquires images of the goods sold on each layer of shelf in real time and uploads the images to the cloud server, and the cloud server compares the images with the images before the door lock is opened based on an image recognition technology, for example, the images before the door lock is opened include 'goods a', 'goods B' and 'goods C', the images after the door lock is opened include 'goods a' and 'goods B', and the user can be determined to purchase 'goods C' on the shelf.

In this embodiment, the step S150 may be performed after determining that the user does not purchase the goods in the goods for sale storage area.

And S340, if the user is judged to purchase the commodity, paying for the commodity purchased by the user and the commodity in the commodity taking area taken out.

That is, after purchasing goods in the goods selling storage area according to the needs of the user, the user can pay for the purchased goods according to the goods information, wherein the goods information includes but is not limited to the name, capacity, unit, selling price, date of goods, time on shelf, due date, supplier, and the like of the goods, and the payment mode includes at least one of the following ways: cell-phone APP, box screen, public number, payment customer service end etc..

And S350, closing the door lock and the grid lock.

According to the utility model discloses unmanned retail equipment's control method, see the instruction of unblanking that receiving terminal equipment sent, and judge whether lock and check lock are opened, if open, then take out the commodity that predetermined commodity got in the goods district, later judge whether the user buys the commodity in selling the commodity storage area, if judge that the user has bought commodity, then commodity to the user purchase and the commodity of getting out in the goods district are paid for to commodity that takes out the commodity, when this method has realized that the user gets goods, satisfy the demand that the user bought commodity temporarily, unmanned retail equipment's multifunctionality has been realized, the suitability has been promoted, user experience has been increased.

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.

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 at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

Any process or method descriptions in flow charts or otherwise described herein may be understood as representing modules, segments, or portions of code which include one or more executable instructions for implementing specific logical functions or steps of the process, and the scope of the preferred embodiments of the present invention includes other implementations in which functions may be executed out of order from that shown or discussed, including substantially concurrently or in reverse order, depending on the functionality involved, as would be understood by those reasonably skilled in the art of the embodiments of the present invention.

The logic and/or steps represented in the flowcharts or otherwise described herein, e.g., an ordered listing of executable instructions that can be considered to implement logical functions, can be embodied in any computer-readable medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device, such as a computer-based system, processor-containing system, or other system that can fetch the instructions from the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device and execute the instructions. For the purposes of this description, a "computer-readable medium" can be any means that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable medium would include the following: an electrical connection (electronic device) having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette (magnetic device), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber device, and a portable compact disc read-only memory (CDROM). Additionally, the computer-readable medium could even be paper or another suitable medium upon which the program is printed, as the program can be electronically captured, via for instance optical scanning of the paper or other medium, then compiled, interpreted or otherwise processed in a suitable manner if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory.

It should be understood that portions of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In the above embodiments, the various steps or methods may be implemented in software or firmware stored in memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system. For example, if implemented in hardware, as in another embodiment, any one or combination of the following techniques, which are known in the art, may be used: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for implementing a logic function on a data signal, an application specific integrated circuit having an appropriate combinational logic gate circuit, a Programmable Gate Array (PGA), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or the like.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps carried by the method for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a program, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the program is executed, the program includes one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. The integrated module, if implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium.

The storage medium mentioned above may be a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, etc. Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An unmanned retail device, comprising:

the door body is covered on the box body in an opening and closing manner;

2. The unmanned retail device of claim 1, wherein the door of the cabinet is a flip-up door, the door is disposed at a bottom of the cabinet, the door is configured to lock the cabinet, and the door is configured to be released from the interior of the door when the door is opened.

3. The automated retail unit of claim 1, wherein the door of the cabinet is a side-to-side door structure.

4. The automated retail device of claim 1, wherein the door of the cabinet is transparent.

5. The automated retail device of claim 1, wherein the door of the cabinet is non-transparent.

6. The unmanned retail device of claim 1, wherein the on-sale product storage area is provided with an image capture device for image capturing on-sale products in the on-sale product storage area.

7. The unmanned retail device of claim 6, wherein at least one layer of shelves is disposed in the second cavity, each layer of shelves for placing merchandise for sale, each layer of shelves having the image capture device disposed thereon.

8. The unmanned retail device of claim 6, wherein the image capture device comprises an infrared camera.

9. The unmanned retail device of claim 1, wherein the door body is provided with a door seal, and the door seal is used for protecting the edge of the door body.

10. The unmanned retail device of claim 1, wherein a light source is disposed within the housing.