CN217751438U - Storing storehouse and service robot - Google Patents

Abstract

The application belongs to the technical field of robots, and particularly provides a storage bin which comprises a box body, a storage tray and an optical element, wherein the storage tray is installed in the box body, and a reflecting structure is arranged on the lower surface of the storage tray; the optical element is installed on the inside wall of box, and the below of putting the thing tray is provided with optical element, and the optical signal that optical element sent becomes the contained angle setting with the lateral wall of box, reflection configuration is used for with the optical signal transmission that optical element sent is to put the below region of thing tray. The application also provides a service robot, which comprises the storage bin and a robot body for installing the storage bin. According to the storage bin, the transmission path of the signals transmitted or received by the optical element can be prolonged by using the reflection structure on the lower surface of the storage tray, and the sensing range or the irradiation range of the optical element is enlarged; the service robot enriches the functions of the service robot and improves the use value of the service robot by arranging the storage bin with the optical element.

Description

Storing storehouse and service robot

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of robots, and particularly relates to a storage bin and a service robot.

Background

Service robots have been gradually applied in mass service scenarios. For example, delivery services are provided in restaurants, office buildings, hotels.

The service robot generally comprises a storage compartment for storing the items to be dispensed, such as: food, drinks, etc. Because the storage compartment is a confined space, generally need dispose light or vision sensor in the storage compartment, but because light or vision sensor's limitation itself, there is the light irradiation range little, or the little problem of vision sensor perception scope.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the embodiment of the application is to provide a storing storehouse and service robot to solve the technical problem that in the storing storehouse, the illumination scope of the illumination lamp is small or the perception scope of the vision sensor is small in the prior art.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: the storage bin comprises a box body, a storage tray and an optical element, wherein the storage tray is installed in the box body, and a reflecting structure is arranged on the lower surface of the storage tray; the optical element is installed on the inside wall of the box body, the optical element is arranged below the object placing tray, an optical signal sent by the optical element and the side wall of the box body form an included angle, and the reflecting structure is used for transmitting the optical signal sent by the optical element to the area below the object placing tray.

Optionally, the lower surface of the top of the box body is a mirror surface, and the optical element is located below the top of the box body.

Optionally, the box body comprises a first mounting beam and a second mounting beam; the first mounting beam and the second mounting beam are oppositely arranged and used for mounting the optical element.

Optionally, the optical elements are arranged in pairs, and two optical elements are respectively arranged on the first mounting beam and the second mounting beam and are symmetrically arranged relative to a central axis between the first mounting beam and the second mounting beam.

Optionally, it is equipped with a plurality ofly to put the thing tray, put thing tray one end with first installation roof beam is connected, put the thing tray other end with the second installation roof beam is connected, and is a plurality of put the thing tray along the length direction interval setting of first installation roof beam or second installation roof beam, adjacent two put and all be equipped with between the thing tray optical element.

Optionally, the storage bin further comprises a mounting plate, the mounting plate is connected with the inner side wall of the box body, and the optical element is mounted on the surface of the mounting plate.

Optionally, the storing storehouse still includes the extensible member, the extensible member is located the mounting panel deviates from one side of optical element, extensible member one end with the inside wall of box is connected, the other end of extensible member with the first end of mounting panel is connected, the second end of mounting panel with the box rotates and connects.

Optionally, the optical element is a light source, the reflective structure is a mirror surface, and the light source is configured to emit light to the mirror surface.

Optionally, the optical element is a vision sensor, the reflective structure is a mirror surface, and the vision sensor is configured to receive a signal reflected by the mirror surface.

The application also provides a service robot, including foretell storing storehouse, service robot still includes the robot body, the storing storehouse is installed on the robot body.

The application provides a storing storehouse's beneficial effect lies in: the utility model provides a storing storehouse, including the box and set up the interior tray of putting of box, through setting the lower surface of putting the tray into the mirror surface, optical element becomes the contained angle setting with the inside wall of box, utilizes the reflection principle of mirror surface, can prolong the propagation path of optical element transmission or received signal, the collection scope of increase optical element perception or the scope of shining.

The service robot that this application provided's beneficial effect lies in: the utility model provides a service robot has optical element's storing storehouse through the setting for service robot can provide the illumination or gather the information to the article of placing in the storing storehouse, has richened service robot's function, improves service robot's use value.

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a server robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic optical path diagram of a server robot (including only a left optical element) provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic optical path diagram of a server robot (including only right optical elements) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic optical path diagram of a server robot (including left and right optical elements) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a first installation beam in a server robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a storage tray in a server robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic partial structural diagram of a solid body for mounting an optical element in a server robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic partial structural diagram of a side view of an optical element installation in a server robot according to an embodiment of the present application.

Wherein, in the figures, the various reference numbers:

1-a box body; 11-a first mounting beam; 12-a second mounting beam;

2-a placement tray;

3-an optical element;

4-mounting a plate;

5-a telescopic member;

6-robot body.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, as used herein, refer to an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings that is solely for the purpose of facilitating the description and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be considered as limiting the present application.

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 application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Referring to fig. 1 to 8 together, a storage bin and a service robot provided in an embodiment of the present application will now be described. The storage bin comprises a box body 1, a storage tray 2 and an optical element 3, wherein the storage tray 2 is installed in the box body 1, and a reflecting structure is arranged on the lower surface of the storage tray 2; optical element 3 installs on the inside wall of box 1, and the below of putting thing tray 2 is provided with optical element 3, the optical signal that optical element 3 sent becomes the contained angle setting with the lateral wall of box 1, emission structure is used for sending the optical signal that optical element 3 sent to the below region of putting thing tray 2, concretely, see contained angle A shown in fig. 8, contained angle A generally is 90-180, reflection configuration is the mirror surface, it is optional, the lower surface of putting thing tray 2 is the mirror surface or installs the mirror surface, the upper surface of box 1 bottom and/the upper surface of putting thing tray can be used for placing object article, it is regional to form to put the thing. The optical element 3 can emit an optical signal, and the included angle a is 90 ° to 180 °, so that the optical signal can be specularly reflected to the object region, or the status information of the object in the object region can be received by the optical element 3 through specular reflection.

The application provides a storing storehouse, compare with prior art, the storing storehouse of this application includes box 1 and sets up the thing tray 2 of putting in box 1, sets the mirror surface to through the lower surface that will put thing tray 2, and optical element 3 becomes the contained angle setting with the inside wall of box 1, utilizes the reflection principle of mirror surface, can prolong the propagation path of optical element 3 transmission or received signal, increases the collection scope of 3 perceptions of optical element or the scope of shining.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 5, the box body 1 includes a first mounting beam 11 and a second mounting beam 12; the first and second mounting beams 11 and 12 are oppositely disposed, and the first and second mounting beams 11 and 12 form two opposite inner sidewalls of the box body 1. Specifically, the first mounting beam 11 and the second mounting beam 12 may be disposed in parallel.

In an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 4, the optical elements 3 are arranged in pairs, that is, at least two optical elements 3 are arranged, and the two optical elements 3 are symmetrically arranged, specifically, the two optical elements 3 are symmetrically arranged about a central axis between a first mounting beam 11 and a second mounting beam 12, wherein one optical element 3 is mounted on the first mounting beam 11, and the other optical element is mounted on the second mounting beam 12. The area of the bottom of the housing 1 illuminated by the optical elements 3 can be further enlarged by providing two optical elements 3, the illuminated area of the optical elements 3 being indicated by the hatching in fig. 2 to 4, wherein only one optical element 3 is mounted in fig. 2 and 3 or only one optical element 3 is turned on, and fig. 4 is a view of turning on two optical elements 3 simultaneously, as can be seen from a comparison of fig. 2, 3 and 4, the optical elements 3 are arranged in pairs to enable the bottom of the housing 1 to be illuminated without dead angles.

In an embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 to 5, a plurality of storage trays 2 may be disposed, one end of each storage tray 2 is connected to the first mounting beam 11, the other end of each storage tray 2 is connected to the second mounting beam 12, the plurality of storage trays 2 are disposed along the length direction (i.e., the height direction of the service robot) of the first mounting beam 11 or the second mounting beam 12 at intervals, and the optical element 3 is disposed between two adjacent storage trays 2.

Specifically, it is equipped with two to put thing tray 2, and two are put thing tray 2 and can follow the direction of height of first installation roof beam 11 or second installation roof beam 12 and down set gradually from last, become 1 internal partitioning of box three and put the thing space, and every puts the thing space and can place different article to the subregion of realization article is placed. As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the lower surface of the upper tray of the two storage trays 2 is made into a mirror surface, the upper surface of the lower tray can be used for placing articles, and the optical element 3 is disposed on the first mounting beam 11 and the second mounting beam 12 between the two storage trays.

It will be appreciated that the lower surface of the top of the housing 1 may be mirrored, the upper surface of the upper tray may be used to hold articles, and the optical elements 3 are mounted on the first mounting beam 11 and the second mounting beam 12 between the top of the housing and the upper tray. The lower surface of the lower layer object holding tray can be made into a mirror surface, the upper surface of the bottom of the box body can be used for holding articles, and the optical element 3 is arranged on the first mounting beam 11 and the second mounting beam 12 between the lower layer object holding tray and the bottom of the box body.

In an embodiment of the present application, all be equipped with a plurality of mounting grooves on first installation roof beam 11 and the second installation roof beam 12 for the installation puts thing tray 2, the quantity of mounting groove can with put the quantity one-to-one of thing tray 2, also can be, the quantity of mounting groove is greater than puts the quantity of thing tray 2, when the quantity of mounting groove is unnecessary puts the quantity of thing tray 2, put thing tray 2 and can selectively install in arbitrary mounting groove, thereby can adjust every storage space who puts the thing space in box 1.

In an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 5 and fig. 7 and 8, the storage compartment further includes a mounting plate 4, the optical element 3 is mounted on a surface of the mounting plate 4, and the mounting plate 4 is connected to an inner sidewall of the box body 1. Specifically, the mounting plate 4 is mounted on the first mounting beam 11 and/or the second mounting beam 12, the mounting plate 4 can facilitate the mounting of the optical element 3 by being provided, and the mounting plate 4 can be movably connected with the box body 1, so that the mounting angle of the optical element 3 can be adjusted. Further, the optical element 3 may be detachably mounted on the mounting plate 4, thereby facilitating the removal and replacement of the optical element 3. For example: the optical element 3 can be connected with the mounting plate 4 through a buckle, and the operation is simple, convenient and fast.

In an embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 to 5 and fig. 7 and 8 together, the storage compartment further includes an expansion piece 5, the expansion piece 5 is located on a side of the mounting plate 4 away from the optical element 3, one end of the expansion piece 5 is connected to an inner side wall (a first mounting beam 11 or a second mounting beam 12) of the box body 1, the other end of the expansion piece 5 is connected to a first end of the mounting plate 4, and a second end of the mounting plate 4 is rotatably connected to the box body 1 (or a second end of the mounting plate 4 is hinged to the box body 1). The length of extensible member 5 can extend or shorten, and through the flexible of extensible member 5, can make the second end of mounting panel 4 rotate round box 1 to can adjust the angle of mounting panel 4 for 1 lateral wall of box, and then adjust optical element 3's installation angle, guarantee that optical element 3 is the biggest through the scope of the mirror surface reflection at 1 top of box to the box 1 bottom.

Specifically, the extensible member 5 can be an electric push rod which is small in size, convenient to install, low in price, capable of saving cost, convenient to control, energy-saving and environment-friendly. In another embodiment of the present application, the telescopic member 5 may further adopt a small hydraulic cylinder or an air cylinder, and the small hydraulic cylinder or the air cylinder may also be extended or shortened to drive the mounting plate 4 to rotate, so as to achieve the purpose of adjusting the mounting angle of the optical element 3.

In an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 5, the optical element 3 is a light source, and the light source can emit light rays, which are reflected by a mirror surface to irradiate an object placing area (e.g., an upper surface of a bottom of the box body and an upper surface of the object placing tray). Specifically, the light source may be a lamp, and when the lamp is turned on, light is emitted from the lamp in a divergent manner, and the light is reflected to the object area after being reflected by the mirror surface to reach the reflective surface (for example, the lower surface of the top of the box body and the lower surface of the object tray), so that the propagation path of the light is increased, and the light is made to be more divergent, larger in the illumination area, and softer. It can be understood that the inner side walls of the two opposite surfaces of the box body 1 are provided with illuminating lamps, and the two illuminating lamps are turned on simultaneously, so that the illuminating area at the bottom of the box body 1 is free from dead angle coverage.

In an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 5, the optical element 3 is a vision sensor, and the upper surface of the bottom of the box 1 or the upper surface of the storage tray can be used for placing an object, and the object can be sensed by the vision sensor through mirror reflection.

Specifically, the visual sensor may be an image recognition camera capable of sensing the presence of the article and extracting information of the article by receiving external image light. The lower surface at the top of the box body 1 or the lower surface of the object placing tray 2 is a mirror surface, images of objects placed on the upper surface of the bottom of the box body 1 or the upper surface of the object placing tray can be irradiated, and the vision sensor senses the state of the objects by receiving light reflected by the objects. And because the light ray distance is lengthened, the information range received by the view angle is enlarged, therefore, the image recognition in a large range can be realized in the limited space of the storage bin.

It will be appreciated that the optical elements 3 may be the same or different in each of the storage spaces in the cabinet 1. For example: the light source can be arranged in one of the object placing spaces to serve as the optical element 3, the visual sensor can be arranged in the other object placing space to serve as the optical element 3, and the arrangement can be carried out according to the actual needs of users. Further, the two optical elements 3 in the same object space may be the same or different, for example: since the light source is mounted on the first mounting beam 11 and the vision sensor is mounted on the second mounting beam 12, it is possible to realize both illumination and image recognition in a wide range in one storage space.

The embodiment also provides a service robot, which comprises the storage bin, the service robot further comprises a robot body 6, and the storage bin is installed on the robot body 6.

Compared with the prior art, the service robot provided by the application has the advantages that the optical element 3 is arranged in the storage bin, so that the service robot can provide illumination for the storage bin or collect information for articles placed in the storage bin, the functions of the service robot are enriched, and the use value of the service robot is improved.

In one embodiment of the application, the storage compartment further comprises a robot housing, which is mounted on the robot body 6, the interior of the robot housing forming the storage compartment. Specifically, the robot shell can include the protection casing, and the opening part at the storing storehouse is installed to the protection casing, can make the storing storehouse form half enclosure space. This application can play the guard action to the article of placing in the storing storehouse through setting up the protection casing, has improved the aesthetic property of storing storehouse outward appearance. In one embodiment of this application, the quantity of protection casing can be equipped with two, and two protection casings symmetry set up the opening part in the storing storehouse.

In one embodiment of the present application, the robot housing may further include a hatch door connected to the robot body 6 and disposed at a side away from the protection cover, so that an enclosed space is formed in the storage compartment. The hatch door can be opened, and the articles in the storage bin can be conveniently taken and placed. In one embodiment, the two doors are provided, and the two doors can be opened towards opposite directions, and compared with a single door, the split-door design in the embodiment has smaller rotation radius and can be more suitable for opening and closing the doors in a narrow space.

In one embodiment of the application, the service robot further comprises a chassis on which the robot body 6 is arranged. This application can be used for installing robot body 6 isotructures through setting up the chassis, also can realize service robot's walking function simultaneously. In particular, the chassis may include walking drive wheels that can drive the robot to move. Through setting up walking drive wheel for service robot can the quick travel.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A storage bin, comprising:

a box body;

the storage tray is arranged in the box body, and a reflecting structure is arranged on the lower surface of the storage tray;

the optical element is installed on the inner side wall of the box body, the optical element is arranged below the object placing tray, an optical signal sent by the optical element and the inner side wall of the box body form an included angle, and the reflecting structure is used for transmitting the optical signal sent by the optical element to the area below the object placing tray.

2. The storage compartment of claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the top of the compartment is a mirror surface, and the optical element is disposed between the top of the compartment and the storage tray.

3. The storage bin of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a first mounting beam and a second mounting beam, the first and second mounting beams being disposed opposite one another, the first and second mounting beams being configured to mount the optical element.

4. The storage bin of claim 3, wherein the optical elements are arranged in pairs, the two optical elements being disposed on the first and second mounting beams, respectively, and symmetrically with respect to a central axis between the first and second mounting beams.

5. The storage bin according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of the storage trays are provided, one end of each storage tray is connected to the first mounting beam, the other end of each storage tray is connected to the second mounting beam, the plurality of storage trays are arranged at intervals along the length direction of the first mounting beam or the second mounting beam, and the optical element is arranged between every two adjacent storage trays.

6. The storage compartment of claim 1, further comprising a mounting plate coupled to an interior sidewall of the housing, wherein the optical element is mounted to a surface of the mounting plate.

7. The storage bin of claim 6, further comprising a telescoping member positioned on a side of the mounting plate facing away from the optical element, one end of the telescoping member being coupled to an inner sidewall of the housing, the other end of the telescoping member being coupled to a first end of the mounting plate, and a second end of the mounting plate being rotatably coupled to the housing.

8. The storage bin of claim 1, wherein the optical element is a light source and the reflective structure is a mirror, the light source being configured to emit light onto the mirror.

9. The storage bin of claim 1, wherein the optical element is a vision sensor and the reflective structure is a mirror, the vision sensor being configured to receive a signal reflected from the mirror.

10. A service robot comprising a storage compartment according to any of claims 1-9, characterized in that the service robot further comprises a robot body on which the storage compartment is mounted.

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