CN217008291U - Automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides an automatic vending machine relates to the vending equipment field. The vending machine comprises a cabinet, a goods channel is arranged in the cabinet, the goods channel comprises an accommodating part and a visual information carrier, the accommodating part is used for accommodating goods, the visual information carrier comprises a display surface, and the display surface is used for displaying shelf life attribute information of the goods in the accommodating part. The vending machine provided by the embodiment of the application can display the quality guarantee period attribute information of the commodities in the accommodating part of the commodity channel through the visual information carrier of the commodity channel, so that the quality guarantee period attribute of the commodities is easily acquired, further the loss brought to consumers can be avoided, and the shopping experience of the consumers is improved.

Description

Automatic vending machine

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of vending equipment, in particular to an automatic vending machine.

Background

In recent years, with the development of vending technology, more and more commodities are sold by vending machines. In order to ensure the quality of sold goods, the related art discloses a vending machine capable of identifying the production date/quality guarantee date of goods, and the vending machine uses a camera in a cabinet to shoot images of goods, acquires the quality guarantee date of the goods according to the images of the goods, and then sells the goods according to the quality guarantee date of the goods.

However, in the prior art, since the production date/expiration date of the product is usually printed in text form at a fixed position on the surface of the package of the product, and the printed text usually has a small font size, whether the vending machine of the related art can accurately acquire the expiration date of the product is influenced by the placement position, the placement direction, and the distance between the product and the camera, for example, in the case that there are other barriers between one product and the camera, the production date/expiration date printed on the product package deviates from the camera, or the product is far from the camera, it is often difficult for the vending machine to accurately acquire the expiration date of the product using the image captured by the camera, and therefore, the vending machine of the related art has a problem that the success rate of acquiring the expiration date of the product is low, and the phenomenon that the expired product is sold to the consumer may occur, the loss is brought to the consumers, and the shopping volumes of the consumers are poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the present application includes providing a vending machine that enables shelf-life attributes of goods within a channel to be readily accessed.

The embodiment of the application can be realized as follows:

the application provides an automatic vending machine, including the rack, be provided with the goods way in the rack, the goods way is including holding portion and visual information carrier, and holding portion is used for holding commodity, and visual information carrier includes the show face, and the show face is used for showing the shelf life attribute information of the commodity in the holding portion.

In an alternative embodiment, the receptacle has a discharge opening for discharging the goods, the visual information carrier being arranged at the discharge opening; still be provided with information identification mechanism in the rack, information identification mechanism is used for cooperating with visual information carrier in order to discern the shelf life attribute information of the commodity in the container portion that visual information carrier demonstrates.

In an optional embodiment, a goods taking opening is formed in the surface of the machine cabinet, a goods bucket used for conveying goods in the accommodating part to the goods taking opening is further arranged in the machine cabinet, the information identification mechanism is arranged on the goods bucket, and when the goods bucket is located at the goods outlet, the information identification mechanism is matched with the visual information carrier.

In an optional embodiment, a plurality of goods channels are arranged in the cabinet, the plurality of goods channels comprise a first goods channel and a second goods channel, the display surface of the visual information carrier of the first goods channel and the display surface of the visual information carrier of the second goods channel have different colors, and the information identification mechanism comprises a color sensor.

In an alternative embodiment, the display surface of the visual information carrier is printed with text, symbols or graphics identifying the shelf-life properties of the goods in the receptacle, and the information recognition means comprises an image sensor.

In an alternative embodiment, the visual information carrier further comprises an RFID tag and the information identification means comprises an RFID reader.

In an alternative embodiment, the cargo way further comprises a mounting plate, the mounting plate is located at the cargo outlet, and the visual information carrier is detachably connected with the mounting plate.

In an alternative embodiment, the accommodating part comprises a bottom plate for bearing commodities, and the mounting plate and the bottom plate are arranged at an included angle and are positioned below the goods outlet.

In an optional embodiment, the visual information carrier is in a card shape, the mounting plate is provided with a slot, and the visual information carrier is inserted into the slot; or the visual information carrier comprises a magnetic part, the mounting plate is made of steel or iron materials, and the visual information carrier is adsorbed on the mounting plate through the magnetic part.

In an optional embodiment, the vending machine further comprises a human-computer interaction device, a storage device, a control device and a goods bucket driving mechanism, the goods bucket driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the goods bucket, the human-computer interaction device, the storage device and the goods bucket driving mechanism are all electrically connected with the control device, the human-computer interaction device is used for receiving goods purchasing instructions, and the storage device is used for storing quality guarantee period attributes of goods in the accommodating part identified by the information identification mechanism.

The beneficial effects of the embodiment of the application include:

in the automatic vending machine that this application embodiment provided, the goods way is including holding portion and visual information carrier, visual information carrier includes the show face, the show face is used for showing the shelf life attribute information of the commodity in the holding portion, therefore, through the visual information carrier of goods way, the shelf life attribute of commodity can be obtained easily, and the acquisition result of the shelf life attribute of commodity does not receive the influence of the locating position and the orientation of commodity, consequently, can reduce the degree of difficulty of obtaining the shelf life attribute of commodity, improve the accuracy of obtaining the shelf life attribute of commodity, the shelf life date of the commodity that the automatic vending machine exists among the solution correlation technique obtains the lower problem of success rate, and then can avoid outdated commodity to be sold for the consumer, avoid bringing the loss for the consumer, improve consumer's shopping experience.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic external view of a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic internal view of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the components of a vending machine according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a vending machine channel according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the connection between the mounting plate and the visual information carrier of the vending machine channel according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a bucket of a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Icon: 010-vending machines; 100-a control device; 200-a cabinet; 210-a cabinet; 220-cabinet door; 221-a display window; 230-a goods taking port; 231-a pick-up door; 300-cargo way; 310-a receptacle; 311-a backplane; 312 — a first separator; 313-a second separator; 314-an article transport mechanism; 3141-push plate; 320-a visual information carrier; 321-a display surface; 330-a mounting plate; 331-slot; 410-a cargo bucket; 411-cargo entrance; 420-bucket drive mechanism; 500-an information recognition mechanism; 600-a human-computer interaction device; 700-storage means.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application, generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, can be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed application, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that if the terms "upper", "lower", "inside", "outside", etc. are used for indicating the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings or the orientation or positional relationship which the present invention product is usually put into use, it is only for convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, but it is not intended to indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the appearances of the terms "first," "second," and the like, if any, are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

It should be noted that the features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In order to improve the problem that in a vending machine in the related art, due to the fact that the quality guarantee date of a commodity cannot be accurately acquired, the expired commodity is sold to a consumer, loss is brought to the consumer, and the shopping experience of the consumer is poor, the embodiment of the application provides the vending machine.

Fig. 1 is an external schematic diagram of an automatic vending machine 010 according to an embodiment of the present application, fig. 2 is an internal schematic diagram of the automatic vending machine 010 according to the embodiment of the present application, and fig. 3 is a block diagram of the automatic vending machine 010 according to the embodiment of the present application. The following describes an example of the vending machine 010 provided by the present application with reference to fig. 1 to 3.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, the vending machine 010 of the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a control device 100, a cabinet 200, and a cargo channel 300 disposed in the cabinet 200. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the cabinet 200 includes a cabinet 210 and a cabinet door 220, the cabinet 210 has an opening facing horizontally forward (in a direction shown by an arrow a in fig. 1), and the cabinet door 220 is rotatably connected to the cabinet 210 for opening or closing the opening of the cabinet 210. Optionally, the cabinet door 220 is provided with a transparent display window 221, and a user can view the goods in the cabinet 210 through the display window 221. The cargo channel 300 includes a housing portion 310, the housing portion 310 is configured to house the commodities, the housing portion 310 extends in a front-rear direction (a direction indicated by an arrow ab in fig. 1) of the vending machine 010, and a plurality of commodities can be arranged in the housing portion 310 in order along a length direction of the housing portion 310 (i.e., an extending direction of the housing portion 310). The receiving portion 310 has a goods outlet facing the cabinet door 220, and the goods in the receiving portion 310 can be discharged or taken out through the goods outlet. As shown in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, a plurality of lanes 300 are disposed in the cabinet 200, and the lanes 300 are disposed in a distribution manner of multiple rows and multiple columns in the cabinet 210. Optionally, one lane 300 is used to store the same type of goods.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a cargo channel 300 of the automatic vending machine 010 according to an embodiment of the present application, which shows a plurality of cargo channels 300 located in the same row (floor), and as shown in fig. 4, each cargo channel 300 includes a receiving portion 310, and the receiving portion 310 includes a bottom plate 311, a first partition 312, and a second partition 313. The bottom plate 311 is used for supporting goods, the first partition 312 and the second partition 313 are oppositely arranged on the bottom plate 311 along the width direction (the direction indicated by the arrow cd) of the accommodating part 310 and are parallel to each other, and an accommodating space of the accommodating part 310 is formed among the bottom plate 311, the first partition 312 and the second partition 313. It should be understood that the plurality of receiving portions 310 of the plurality of lanes 300 in the same row (level) may share one bottom plate 311, and the two receiving portions 330 of two adjacent lanes 300 may be separated by the same partition between the two lanes 300, so that the first partition 312 of one lane 300 may simultaneously serve as the second partition 313 of another adjacent lane 300. In this embodiment, the partition on the left side (the direction indicated by the arrow c) of one cargo way 300 is defined as a first partition 312 of the cargo way 300, and the partition on the right side (the direction indicated by the arrow d) is defined as a second partition 313 of the cargo way 300.

With continued reference to fig. 4, each lane 300 further includes a visual information carrier 320, and the visual information carrier 320 includes a display surface 321, and the display surface 321 is used for displaying the shelf life attribute information of the goods in the accommodating portion 310. Alternatively, the receiving portion 310 has a discharge port for discharging the goods, and the visual information carrier 320 is located at the discharge port of the receiving portion 310. Specifically, the display surface 321 faces the direction of the cabinet door 220, and the display surface 321 displays the shelf life attribute information of the commodity in the accommodating portion 310 in a visual manner, for example, the display surface 321 displays the shelf life attribute information of the commodity in the accommodating portion 310 in a color, a character, a symbol, a figure, or the like. Optionally, the shelf life attribute information of the commodity includes that the commodity is fresh, the commodity is available for date, the commodity is expired, and the like.

In the vending machine 010 of the embodiment of the present application, the cargo channel 300 includes the accommodating portion 310 and the visual information carrier 320, and the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320 displays the shelf life attribute information of the commodity in the accommodating portion 310 in a visual manner, so that the shelf life attribute of the commodity can be easily obtained. When a consumer purchases goods by using the vending machine 010, the consumer may open the cabinet door 220 and take out the goods from the outlet of the receiving portion 310 of any one of the goods passages 300 by himself or the vending machine 010 may automatically take the goods out of the cabinet 200 to be provided to the consumer. When a consumer opens the cabinet door 220 and takes out the goods in the accommodating portion 310 from the outlet of the accommodating portion 310, the consumer can easily determine whether the goods in the accommodating portion 310 are fresh goods, temporary goods or expired goods by looking at the visual information carrier 320 at the outlet of the accommodating portion 310, and then the consumer can determine whether to purchase the goods in the accommodating portion 310 according to the shelf life attributes of the goods; under the condition that the vending machine 010 automatically sends the commodities out of the cabinet 200 to be provided for consumers, an information identification mechanism capable of identifying the shelf life attribute information of the commodities displayed on the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320 can be arranged in the cabinet 200 of the vending machine 010, so that the vending machine 010 can sell the commodities according to the identification result of the information identification mechanism when selling the commodities, and the expired commodities are prevented from being provided for the consumers. Through the vending machine 010 of the embodiment of the application, the quality guarantee period attributes of the commodities can be obtained without acquiring the production date/quality guarantee period printed on the packaging surface of each commodity one by one, so that the quality guarantee period attributes of the commodities can be easily acquired, and the acquisition results of the quality guarantee period attributes of the commodities are not affected by the placement position and the placement direction of the commodities.

Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, a mounting plate 330 is disposed at the outlet of the accommodating portion 310, and the visual information carrier 320 is detachably connected to the mounting plate 330. Specifically, in this embodiment, the mounting plate 330 is disposed at an angle with the bottom plate 311 of the accommodating portion 310 and is located below the cargo outlet of the accommodating portion 310; in other alternative embodiments, the mounting plate 330 may also be coupled to the first barrier 312 or the second barrier 313.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the connection between the mounting plate 330 and the visual information carrier 320 of the cargo channel 300 of the automatic vending machine 010 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, in this embodiment, the visual information carrier 320 is in the shape of a card, the mounting plate 330 is provided with a slot 331, and the visual information carrier 320 is inserted into the slot 331. In other embodiments provided by the present application, the visual information carrier 320 includes a magnetic member (not shown), the mounting plate 330 is made of steel or iron, and the visual information carrier 320 can be attracted to the mounting plate 330 by the magnetic member. Alternatively, the magnetic member of the visual information carrier 320 is a magnet, and the mounting plate 330 is made of a ferrous material. The convenience of replacing the visual information carrier 320 can be greatly improved by inserting the visual information carrier 320 into the insertion slot 331 of the mounting plate 330 or adsorbing the visual information carrier onto the mounting plate 330.

With continued reference to fig. 3 and fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the accommodating portion 310 of the cargo way 300 further includes a product conveying mechanism 314, the product conveying mechanism 314 is electrically connected to the control device 100, and under the control of the control device 100, the product conveying mechanism 314 can send out the product in the accommodating portion 310 from the outlet. In this embodiment, the product conveying mechanism 314 includes a driving component (not shown) and a push plate 3411 disposed in the accommodating portion 310, the driving component is configured to drive the push plate 3411 to move in the accommodating portion 310, and the push plate 3411 pushes the product in the accommodating portion 310 to move along the length direction of the accommodating portion 310 when moving. It should be understood that in this embodiment, the push plate 3411 is located in the accommodating portion 310 behind the last product, so that all the products in the accommodating portion 310 can be pushed to move towards the outlet of the accommodating portion 310, and the product at the front end (i.e., the product closest to the outlet) first reaches the outlet and is sent out of the cargo way 300.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, a goods access opening 230 is disposed on a surface of the cabinet 200, and specifically, the goods access opening 230 is disposed on the cabinet door 220 for communicating an internal space and an external space of the cabinet 200. A delivery space (not shown in the figures) is arranged between the goods passage 300 and the cabinet door 220, a bucket 410 and a bucket driving mechanism 420 are arranged in the delivery space, the bucket 410 is in transmission connection with the bucket driving mechanism 420, the bucket driving mechanism 420 is electrically connected with the control device 100, and under the control of the control device 100, the bucket driving mechanism 420 can drive the bucket 410 to move in the delivery space, so that the bucket 410 receives goods sent from any one of the goods passages 300 and conveys the received goods to the goods taking port 230, and a user can take the goods through the goods taking port 230. Optionally, a goods-taking door 231 may be further disposed at the goods-taking port 230 to open or close the goods-taking port 230, so that when the vending machine 010 is idle, the goods-taking port 230 may be kept closed to prevent animals such as snakes, rats and ants, or other foreign matters from entering the cabinet 200 of the vending machine 010.

In the embodiment of the present application, an information identification mechanism 500 is further disposed in the cabinet 200, and the information identification mechanism 500 is electrically connected to the control device 100 and can be matched with the visual information carrier 320 of the commodity channel 300, so as to identify the shelf life attribute information of the commodity in the accommodating portion 310 of the commodity channel 300 displayed on the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320. Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a bucket 410 of an automatic vending machine 010 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 6, in this embodiment, an information identification mechanism 500 is disposed on the bucket 410, and when the bucket 410 is opposite to any one of the channels 300, the information identification mechanism 500 can cooperate with the visual information carrier 320 of the channel 300, so as to identify shelf life attribute information of a product in the accommodating portion 310 displayed on the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320. Specifically, referring to fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the bucket 410 has an inlet 411 facing the lane 300, wherein when the bucket 410 moves to be opposite to any lane 300 of the lanes 300, the inlet 411 of the bucket 410 is opposite to the outlet of the accommodating portion 310 of the lane 300, the goods sent out from the outlet of the lane 300 enter the bucket 410 from the inlet 411 of the bucket 410, and when the bucket 410 is located at the access 230, the consumer can take out the goods in the bucket 410 through the access 230. The information identification mechanism 500 is disposed on a side of the bucket 410 facing the aisle 300, when the bucket 410 moves to a position opposite to one aisle 300, the information identification mechanism 500 is matched with the visual information carrier 320 of the aisle 300, under the control of the control device 100, the information identification mechanism 500 can obtain the shelf life attribute information of the commodities in the accommodating portion 310 displayed on the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320, and the control device 100 can obtain the shelf life attribute of the commodities in the accommodating portion 310 according to the shelf life attribute information. In this embodiment, the information identification mechanism 500 is disposed on the bucket 410, so that the plurality of channels 300 can share one information identification mechanism 500, and the shelf life attribute of the commodity in the accommodating portion 310 of each channel 300 can be identified only by disposing one information identification mechanism 500 in the cabinet 200, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the vending machine 010.

In an alternative embodiment, the visual information carrier 320 indicates the shelf life property information of the goods in the receiving portion 310 of the goods channel 300 by the color of the display surface 321, that is, the display surfaces 321 of the visual information carriers 320 of different goods channels 300 corresponding to goods with different shelf life properties have different colors. For example, the plurality of lanes 300 in the cabinet 200 includes a first lane and a second lane, the goods in the first lane and the goods in the second lane have different shelf life attributes, and the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320 of the first lane and the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320 of the second lane have different colors. The information recognition mechanism 500 includes a color sensor, and when the information recognition mechanism 500 is engaged with the visual information carrier 320 of one of the channels 300, the control device 100 controls the color sensor of the information recognition mechanism 500 to detect the color of the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320 and determines the shelf life property of the commodity in the receiving portion 310 of the channel 300 according to the detected color. In this embodiment, the visual information carrier 320 displays the expiration date attribute information of the commodity through the color set on the display surface 321, for example, green represents fresh, yellow represents temporary, and red represents overdue, so that the information identification mechanism 500 only needs to set one color sensor, and the color sensor has a lower price, so that the manufacturing cost of the vending machine 010 can be reduced.

In another alternative embodiment, the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320 is printed with words, symbols or graphics for identifying the shelf life attributes of the goods in the receptacle 310, and the information recognition mechanism 500 comprises an image sensor. When the information recognition mechanism 500 is engaged with the visual information carrier 320 of a lane 300, the control device 100 controls the image sensor to capture an image of the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320, and analyzes and recognizes the captured image to determine the shelf life property of the goods in the receiving portion 310 of the lane 300. In this embodiment, the characters, symbols, or figures printed on the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320 are used to display the shelf life attributes of the product, and the characters, symbols, or figures representing various shelf life attributes can be set according to the conventional thinking of people, so that the replenishment staff of the vending machine 010 can conveniently set the corresponding visual information carrier 320 at the delivery port of the commodity channel 300 according to the shelf life attributes of the product in the accommodating portion 310 of the commodity channel 300.

In other alternative embodiments, visual information carrier 320 further comprises an RFID tag and information identification mechanism 500 further comprises an RFID reader. In this way, the visual information carrier 320 not only can display the shelf life attribute information of the commodity in a visual form, but also can record the shelf life attribute information of the commodity or record other attribute information of the commodity by using the RFID data, for example, record the type, price and the like of the commodity. When the information recognition mechanism 500 is engaged with the visual information carrier 320 of one lane 300, the control device 100 can not only recognize the shelf life attribute of the goods in the accommodating portion 310 of the lane 300 through the information recognition mechanism 500, but also acquire other attribute information of the goods in the accommodating portion 310 recorded in the RFID tag through the RFID reader.

In a further alternative embodiment, the visual information carrier 320 is a display screen, the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320 is a screen of the display screen, and the visual information carrier 320 is electrically connected to the control device 100. In this case, the information recognition mechanism 500 includes an image sensor. When the information recognition mechanism 500 is engaged with the visual information carrier 320 of a lane 300, the control device 100 controls the image sensor to capture an image of the display surface 321 of the visual information carrier 320, and analyzes and recognizes the captured image to determine the shelf life property of the goods in the receiving portion 310 of the lane 300. By using the display screen as the visual information carrier 320, the shelf life property of the commodity in the storage portion 310 of the commodity passage 300 displayed on the visual information carrier 320 can be adjusted by controlling the display screen to change the display content by the control device 100.

Referring to fig. 3, the vending machine 010 further includes a human-computer interaction device 600 and a storage device 700, and both the human-computer interaction device 600 and the storage device 700 are electrically connected to the control device 100. The human-computer interaction device 600 is used for receiving instructions input by a user (such as a commodity purchase and inquiry instruction input by a consumer, a configuration instruction input by a replenishment person, and the like) and sending information (such as discount information, advertisement information, prompt information, and the like of a commodity in sale) to the user. In an alternative embodiment, the human-computer interaction device 600 includes a touch screen, which can simultaneously satisfy the input and output of information. In other alternative embodiments, the human-computer interaction device 600 may further include a keyboard, a mouse, a speaker, and the like. The storage device 700 is used for storing data and variables required during the operation of the vending machine 010, for example, the storage device 700 stores a table of correspondence between shelf life attributes of the products in the receiving portion 310 of the commodity channel 300 identified by the information identifying mechanism 500 and the commodity channel 300, and the storage device 700 further stores discount information of the products being sold, for example, fresh products are sold at a normal price, and products in future are sold at a discount.

In an application scenario of the vending machine 010 according to an embodiment of the present application, when a replenishment person of the vending machine 010 refills the cabinet 200, the replenishment person places the goods with the same production date in the same type of goods in the accommodating portion 310 of the same cargo channel 300, determines the shelf life property of the goods in the accommodating portion 310 according to the production date/shelf life of the goods in the accommodating portion 310, for example, determines that the goods in the accommodating portion 310 are fresh goods, or determines that the goods in the accommodating portion 310 are adjacent goods, and then, the replenishment person sets the visual information carrier 320 capable of indicating the corresponding shelf life property at the outlet of the accommodating portion 310, for example, inserts the visual information carrier 320 into the slot 331 at the outlet of the accommodating portion 310, or attaches the visual information carrier 320 to the mounting plate 330 at the outlet of the accommodating portion 310, so that the information displayed on the visual information carrier 320 coincides with the expiration date attribute information of the goods in the receiving portion 310 of the aisle 300. During the replenishment process, the replenishment personnel also remove the expired product from the cabinet 200. After the replenishment by the replenishment person is completed, the control device 100 of the vending machine 010 controls the bucket driving mechanism 420 to drive the buckets 410 to traverse each of the channels 300 row by row or column by column, so that the information identifying mechanism 500 identifies the shelf life attributes of the commodities in the accommodating portions 310 of each of the channels 300, obtains the corresponding relationship table between the shelf life attributes of the commodities in the accommodating portions 310 of the channels 300 and the channels 300 according to the shelf life attributes, and stores the corresponding relationship table in the storage device 700. The control device 100 obtains discount information of the goods being sold sent by the server or set by a restocker, and outputs the discount information to the consumer through the human-computer interaction device 600, wherein the discount information may include that fresh goods are sold according to a normal price, that the goods in the future are sold according to a certain discount, and the like, the consumer may input a goods purchase instruction through the human-computer interaction device 600 by referring to the discount information of the goods, the control device 100 determines the shelf life attribute of the goods to be purchased by the consumer according to the goods purchase instruction input by the consumer, determines the target goods channel 300 according to the shelf life attribute of the goods stored in the storage device 700 and the corresponding relation table of the goods channel 300, then controls the goods bucket driving mechanism 420 to drive the goods bucket 410 to move to the target goods channel 300, and controls the goods conveying mechanism 314 in the target goods channel 300 to convey the goods to be purchased by the consumer from the outlet of the accommodating part 310 of the target goods channel 300 to the goods bucket 410, finally, the control device 100 controls the bucket driving mechanism 420 to drive the bucket 410 to the access opening 230, so that the consumer can take out the goods through the access opening 230.

In the above embodiments provided in the present application, a bucket 410 and a bucket driving mechanism 420 are disposed in the cabinet 200 of the vending machine 010, and the bucket 410 transports goods to sell the goods. In other embodiments provided by this application, still be provided with commodity detection mechanism in the rack 200, the commodity in the cabinet body 210 is taken by oneself through opening cabinet door 220 to the consumer, and commodity detection mechanism judges the type and the quantity of the commodity that the consumer took away through the type of the commodity, the quantity of each kind of commodity before detecting cabinet door 210 and open, after cabinet door 210 closed to the commodity of taking away is charged through the payment system who is connected with automatic vending machine 010 to the consumer. Since the visual information carrier 320 of the cargo channel 300 visually displays the shelf life attribute information of the commodities in the accommodating portion 310 of the cargo channel 300, with the vending machine 010 of this embodiment, a consumer can view the shelf life attribute of the commodities in the accommodating portion 310 of the cargo channel 300 through the visual information carrier 320 of the cargo channel 300, so that the consumer can select the commodity to be purchased according to the shelf life attribute of the commodity.

To sum up, in the vending machine 010 of the embodiment of the present application, the goods channel 300 includes the accommodating portion 310 and the visual information carrier 320, the visual information carrier 320 has the display surface 321 for displaying the shelf life attribute information of the goods in the accommodating portion 310, therefore, the visual information carrier 320 can display the shelf life attribute information of the goods in the accommodating portion 310 in a visual form through the display surface 321, the shelf life attribute of the goods can be easily obtained through the visual information carrier 320 of the goods channel 300, and the obtaining result of the shelf life attribute of the goods is not affected by the placing position and the placing orientation of the goods, therefore, the difficulty of obtaining the shelf life attribute of the goods can be reduced, the accuracy of obtaining the shelf life attribute of the goods can be improved, the problem of low shelf life obtaining success rate of the goods in the vending machine in the related art can be solved, and the out-of-dated goods can be prevented from being sold to the consumer, avoid bringing the loss for the consumer, improve consumer's shopping experience.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present application should be covered within the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides an automatic vending machine, includes the rack, be provided with the goods way in the rack, its characterized in that, the goods way is including holding portion and visual information carrier, holding portion is used for holding commodity, visual information carrier includes the show face, the show face is used for the show the shelf life attribute information of the commodity in the holding portion.

2. The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the receiving portion has a discharge opening for discharging the goods, the visual information carrier being provided at the discharge opening; the cabinet is also internally provided with an information identification mechanism, and the information identification mechanism is used for being matched with the visual information carrier to identify the quality guarantee period attribute information of the commodities in the accommodating part displayed by the visual information carrier.

3. The vending machine according to claim 2, wherein a goods access opening is provided on a surface of the cabinet, a bucket for transporting the goods in the accommodating portion to the goods access opening is further provided in the cabinet, the information recognition mechanism is provided in the bucket, and the information recognition mechanism cooperates with the visual information carrier when the bucket is located at the goods access opening.

4. The vending machine of claim 2, wherein a plurality of said lanes are provided in said cabinet, said plurality of lanes comprising a first lane and a second lane, said display surface of said visual information carrier of said first lane and said display surface of said visual information carrier of said second lane having different colors, said information recognition mechanism comprising a color sensor.

5. The vending machine according to claim 2, wherein said display face of said visual information carrier is printed with text, symbols or graphics identifying shelf life attributes of the product in said receptacle, said information recognition mechanism comprising an image sensor.

6. Vending machine according to any of claims 2-5, characterized in that the visual information carrier also comprises an RFID tag and the information identification means comprise an RFID reader/writer.

7. The vending machine of claim 1, wherein the receptacle has a discharge opening for discharging the articles, the channel further comprising a mounting plate at the discharge opening, the visual information carrier being removably connected to the mounting plate.

8. The vending machine of claim 7, wherein the receptacle comprises a bottom plate for carrying the product, and the mounting plate is disposed at an angle to the bottom plate and below the product outlet.

9. Vending machine according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that said visual information carrier is in the form of a card, said mounting plate being provided with slots with which said visual information carrier is plugged; or, the visual information carrier includes the magnetic part, the mounting panel is made by steel or iron material, visual information carrier passes through the magnetic part and adsorbs on the mounting panel.

10. The vending machine according to claim 3, further comprising a human-machine interaction device, a storage device, a control device, and a bucket driving mechanism, wherein the bucket driving mechanism is in transmission connection with the bucket, the human-machine interaction device, the storage device, and the bucket driving mechanism are all electrically connected with the control device, the human-machine interaction device is configured to receive a commodity purchase instruction, and the storage device is configured to store the shelf life attribute of the commodity in the accommodating portion identified by the information identifying mechanism.

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