EP2831855A1 - Dispositif de conservation d'objets comportant un dispositif d'état de remplissage et un dispositif de détection d'utilisateur - Google Patents

Dispositif de conservation d'objets comportant un dispositif d'état de remplissage et un dispositif de détection d'utilisateur

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EP2831855A1
EP2831855A1 EP12715826.9A EP12715826A EP2831855A1 EP 2831855 A1 EP2831855 A1 EP 2831855A1 EP 12715826 A EP12715826 A EP 12715826A EP 2831855 A1 EP2831855 A1 EP 2831855A1
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storage device
server
user
storage
loading
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Richard Dillon
Philipp HERZHOG
Werner Wolf
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Red Bull GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/04—Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated
    • A47F3/0478—Control or safety arrangements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/04—Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated
    • A47F3/0404—Cases or cabinets of the closed type
    • A47F3/0426—Details
    • A47F3/043—Doors, covers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D31/00—Other cooling or freezing apparatus
    • F25D31/002—Liquid coolers, e.g. beverage cooler
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/40—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight
    • G01G19/413—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means
    • G01G19/414—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only
    • G01G19/4144—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only for controlling weight of goods in commercial establishments, e.g. supermarket, P.O.S. systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/52—Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/001—Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/002—Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/009—User recognition or proximity detection
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/10—Casings or parts thereof, e.g. with means for heating or cooling
    • G07F9/105—Heating or cooling means, for temperature and humidity control, for the conditioning of articles and their storage
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/12—Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a storage device for objects, comprising at least one load condition detection device, and a computer network with such a storage device and a method for detecting a user of such a storage device by means of the user detection device.
  • Storage devices are known in the art in the form of shelves, refrigerators, cabinets and the like, wherein storage devices are used both in private households and in shops, for example to store items and present them for sale.
  • Refrigerators or refrigerators are known in various embodiments in the prior art.
  • refrigerators in addition to the classic refrigerators for domestic use freezers, refrigerators, minibars and the like are known, which are either closed with a door or open, and which are all to be referred to below as refrigerators.
  • a device for regulating the power consumption of an electrical device is known, wherein information of the electrical device, such as temperature measuring devices of a refrigerator, to a control device can be sent.
  • CONFIRMATION COPY JP 2006 345 144 A describes a monitoring device for devices which comprises at least one sensor for detecting an opening or closing of the device, a vibration, a noise and other data and wherein the monitoring device transmit data of the device by means of a data transmission device to other devices can.
  • WO 2005/015510 A1 discloses a detection device with a sensor arrangement which can comprise, for example, piezoelectric weight sensors, a digital image recording system, infrared switches and / or laser sources with digital detectors for detecting a loading state of a cooling device.
  • WO 2007/128572 describes a system for monitoring a storage of objects, the system comprising a sensor for monitoring a door opening or closing and at least one weight sensor, wherein the system comprises a plurality of containers, and each container having a weight sensor in Operative connection, and wherein a weight measurement of a container takes place after a predetermined time after closing the door of the container.
  • DE 20 2008 015 892 U1 discloses a container with an RFID sensor for detecting an article provided with an RFID chip, wherein the container detects both a removal and an adjustment of the article into the container, and wherein a weighing device additionally measures the difference in weight of removal or adjustment of an article into the container.
  • DE 10 2005 054 333 A1 discloses a refrigerator with a plurality of storage areas for items to be stored in a storage room and a detection device for detecting the loading state of a storage room, wherein the detection device has at least one separate sensor for detecting the occupancy state for each of the storage spaces in the storage space ,
  • each of the sensors comprises a capacitor which is arranged so that a change in the Occupancy state of the sensor associated storage space causes a change in the capacitance of the capacitor.
  • a refrigerated cabinet with a goods space for industrially manufactured refrigerated goods is known, wherein the refrigerated cabinet comprises a load cell with a strain gauge for measuring the weight of the refrigerated cabinet, which is arranged below the refrigerated cabinet.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.
  • a storage device is to be provided which enables accurate detection of a behavior of a user of the storage device.
  • At least one user detection device which is designed and set up for a period of at least one user before the storage device, a period until removal and / or loading of the storage device with at least one object by the at least one user and / or a period at least one user in front of the storage device without removal and / or without loading of the storage device to detect
  • the loading condition detection device is designed and set up to detect a loading and / or removal of the storage device.
  • An integration of a user detection device according to the invention in a storage device has the particular advantage that the behavior of a user can be detected accurately. This is particularly advantageous since it can be recognized at what times a removal of objects from the storage device takes place. Based on these data, it can then be determined according to the invention, for example, on which days of the week and at which points in time with increased withdrawals of products and of what type of product, in order to optimize refilling of the storage device based on a loading state of the storage device. By means of a user detection device according to the invention can thus be carried out an optimization of the supply chain of storage device with products, so that at any time sufficient loading of the user detection device can be ensured.
  • the user detection device comprises at least one motion sensor, at least one infrared sensor and / or at least one radar module.
  • the user detection device is designed and set up to detect an area, preferably of 180 °, in front of and / or adjacent to a front side of the storage device, wherein the user detection device is designed and set up to project a specific area an area of engagement of the storage device for removal and / or loading of the storage device to capture with objects.
  • the user detection device of the storage device preferably on the front side, to be arranged in the upper half thereof, in particular in a covering region, preferably above the engagement region of the storage device.
  • the user detection device may also be advantageous for the user detection device to be designed and set up to query data from the user detection device from an external server and / or to send it to the external server, in particular in real time.
  • At least one loading state detection device is included.
  • At least one weight measuring device and an evaluation device wherein the weight measuring device is designed and set up to record measured values representative of a weight of the storage device, and the evaluation device is designed and configured to determine the weight of the storage device based on the measured values of the Determine weight measuring device, with a Determination of the weight of the storage device preferably takes place only if the measured values of the weight measuring device are unaffected by devices of the storage device and / or if the evaluation device is designed and set up to compensate influences of the devices of the storage device on the measuring device, in particular by means of statistical algorithms.
  • the weight measuring device comprises at least one, in particular mechanical, electronic and / or electromechanical, balance.
  • the evaluation device is in the form of or part of a data processing system, in particular a computer.
  • the weight measuring device is designed and set up to the weight of the storage device in a weighing range of 0 kg to 200 kg with a measurement accuracy in a range of one nanogram to one gram, more preferably in a range of one nanogram a microgram.
  • the weight measuring device comprises at least one, preferably four, weighing cells, each of the weighing cells comprising at least one, in particular four, Includes strain gauges, which are arranged in particular in the form of a bridge circuit, preferably a Wheatstone bridge circuit.
  • the load cells are located below the storage device, preferably in the area of feet of the storage device, between the feet of the storage device and the storage device and / or under the feet of the storage device.
  • a loading state of the storage device is determined or determined with objects, in particular a removal of an item from the storage device and / or loading of the storage device with an object on a change in the weight of the storage device determinable or is determined.
  • At least one memory is included, which is designed and set up to store the time of removal and / or loading of the storage device with at least one article and / or the number of articles removed during a removal and / or to store the number of articles introduced during a loading of the storage device.
  • a period of a commissioning, recommissioning, a previous loading and / or a preceding discharge to the removal and / or loading and / or decommissioning of the storage device with at least one object by the at least one user is detected or detectable wherein a removal and / or loading of the storage device from the loading state detection device can be detected or detected.
  • At least one article in the form of a foodstuff is stored in the storage device, in particular a beverage, preferably a beverage can and / or bottle and / or the storage device is suitable for storing foodstuffs, in particular beverages.
  • the storage device comprises a data processing device, in particular a computer, and / or a memory, wherein preferably the evaluation device and the data transmission device are embodied in one.
  • a data transmission device comprises, in particular for data transmission via a wired or wireless computer network and / or via a mobile radio standard, preferably via a GSM and / or UMTS standard.
  • the storage device is in operative connection with at least one server or can be brought, and in particular the storage device is designed and set up to send data from the storage device to the server and / or to query from the server and / or data send from the server to the storage device and / or interrogate the storage device and / or the server is in operative connection with at least one other device, in particular with a further storage device, a household appliance, such as a cooking appliance, a computer, a mobile phone and / or or a tablet PC.
  • a household appliance such as a cooking appliance, a computer, a mobile phone and / or or a tablet PC.
  • a display device is included, which is designed and set up so that the server displays and / or makes available data from the storage device to a user on the display device, in particular automatically, preferably by means of an e-mail Push notification, SMS and / or MMS.
  • the storage device comprises at least one input device, in particular a keyboard, a touchscreen and / or a mouse and / or the storage device comprises a device for receiving data, in particular at least one device for receiving data that is designed and is arranged to receive at least one display device, in particular a display, from data from an external server and / or the storage device.
  • the storage device may comprise at least one position detection device, in particular at least one GPS receiver and / or at least one device for radio cell location.
  • the position detection device is designed and set up to detect a change in an actual position of the storage device and preferably to transmit the actual position of the storage device to the server.
  • the position detection device is designed and set up to compare the actual position of the storage device with a predetermined desired position, and in particular a deviation of the actual position of the desired position to a user on the display device of the storage device displayable or is displayed and / or an e-mail, a push notification, an SMS and / or an MMS to a user from the storage device and / or from the server is sendable.
  • a desired position of the storage device is stored in the memory of the storage device, and preferably the desired position can be fixed and / or changed, in particular by means of the input device of the storage device and / or the server.
  • the storage device comprises at least one operating state detection device for detecting an operating state of the storage device, wherein the operating state detection device is preferably designed and set up to detect whether the storage device is switched on or off, maintenance work is or is to be performed, and / or a malfunction or disturbance of the storage device occurs.
  • the operating state of the storage device by means of the display device to the storage device can be displayed and / or queried by the server and / or can be sent to the server, in particular in real time.
  • a desired operating state is stored in a memory, and preferably the desired operating state can be defined and / or changed, preferably as a function of a date and / or time, in particular by means of an input device of the storage device.
  • the data processing device of the storage device is designed and set up to compare the actual operating state with a predetermined target operating state, and in particular a deviation of the actual operating state from the target operating state a user on the display device of the storage device and / or a further display device can be displayed or displayed and / or an e-mail, a push notification, an SMS and / or an MMS can be sent to at least one data processing device and / or at least one, in particular mobile, terminal (47).
  • the deviation of the actual operating state from the desired operating state to the server can be transmitted, and preferably the server can be displayed or displayed to a user by means of a display device and / or an e-mail, a push notification , an SMS and / or an MMS to at least one data processing device and / or at least one, in particular mobile, terminal (47) is sendable.
  • the storage device comprises at least one temperature measuring device, wherein the temperature measuring device is designed and configured to detect the temperature at least in a region of the storage device and to store in a memory, in particular continuously or in, in particular regular, intervals, and preferably the storage device comprises at least two temperature measuring devices, wherein at least one first temperature measuring device is designed and arranged to detect at least a first temperature in a first region of the storage device and at least one second temperature measuring device is designed and arranged to at least one second temperature in one second area of the storage device to capture.
  • the display device of the storage device is designed and set up to display the at least one measured temperature and / or of the at least one measured temperature to the server queries and / or to the server, especially in real time, and preferably the at least one measured temperature is stored continuously or in, in particular, regular intervals in the memory.
  • reference values of the weight of at least one article, in particular of a plurality of articles are stored in the storage of the storage device.
  • the storage device comprises at least one storage device parameter representative of a place of installation, a country, a customer group, a dealer, a dealer group and / or an identification number.
  • data from the user detection device, the at least one temperature measuring device, the operating state detection device, the storage device parameter and / or the position detection device continuously or in, in particular regular, intervals, in particular at intervals of 30 minutes and / or 60 minutes, to the Server can be sent and / or queried from this.
  • the storage device is designed in the form of a cooling device, in particular a refrigerator, wherein the cooling device comprises a cooling device and preferably comprises a data processing device which is designed and is set up to detect and / or store a running time of the cooling device, and the runtime in particular to the server and can be queried or queried.
  • a determination of the weight of the cooling device takes place if measured values of the weight measuring device are uninfluenced by devices of the cooling device, in particular if a cooling device of the cooling device is not in operation and / or that the cooling device comprises a decoupling device, wherein the Decoupling device is designed and set up to decouple the weight measuring device mechanically from the cooling device, so that in particular vibrations of the cooling device do not influence the weight measuring device.
  • the cooling device is designed in the form of a compressor refrigerator, an absorber refrigerator and / or a thermoelectric refrigerator, and wherein the refrigerator preferably comprises at least one cooling device in the form of a compressor, wherein in particular no data of the weight measuring device are evaluated by the evaluation device, if the compressor is active.
  • the storage device comprises a receiving device for food, in particular drinks, preferably beverage cans and / or bottles.
  • the storage device has an open storage area, in particular an open cooling area, and in particular no door for closing the cooling area.
  • the cooling device comprises a temperature measuring device which is designed and arranged to detect the temperature in a cooling region of the cooling device, and preferably the measured temperature by means of the display device of the cooling device can be displayed or displayed and / or interrogated by the server and / or can be sent to the server, in particular in real time.
  • the invention also provides a computer network comprising at least one storage device according to the invention and at least one server.
  • a network of storage means By means of a network of storage means according to the invention it can be made possible to optimize supply chains of products for the storage devices. It can be advantageously detected at what time at which place products are removed from one of the storage facilities or these are unloaded with products. This enables an optimization of the necessary logistical processes. In addition, it can be determined at which locations certain products are particularly in demand, and this information is used for future planning of the delivery processes.
  • the server is in operative connection with at least one input device and / or at least one output device, preferably a display device, in particular with at least one mobile terminal, preferably a mobile phone.
  • the server is designed and set up to sort and / or store the data as a function of a place of installation, a country, a customer group, a merchant, a merchant group and / or an identification number, and in particular to display this on an output device.
  • the invention provides a method for detecting a user of a storage device according to the invention by means of a user detection device, which is detected in period of at least one user before the storage device by means of a user detection device, a period until removal and / or loading of the storage device with at least one object through the at least one user and / or a period of at least one user before the storage device is detected without a removal and / or carried out without loading the storage device, wherein a removal and / or loading of the storage device is detected by a loading state detection device.
  • At least one motion sensor, at least one infrared sensor and / or at least one radar module of the user detection device is evaluated to detect a user.
  • the user detection device detects an area, preferably 180 °, in front of or adjacent to a front side of the storage device, in particular in front of or adjacent to an engagement area for removal and / or loading of the storage device with objects.
  • the user detection device of at least one of the storage device is arranged in the upper half thereof, in particular in a cover region, preferably above the engagement region of the storage device.
  • a loading state of the storage device is determined by means of a loading state detection device.
  • measured values representative of a weight of the storage device are detected by a weight measuring device and the measured values are evaluated by an evaluation device, an evaluation of the measured values being carried out if the measured values of the weight measuring device are determined by devices of the storage device unbeein- flow and / or if the evaluation device compensates for influences of the device of the Aufbewa- cher device, in particular by means of statistical algorithms.
  • the weight of the storage device with a high measurement accuracy in a weighing range of 0 kg to 200 kg with a measurement accuracy in a range of one nanogram to one gram, more preferably in a range of one nanogram to one microgram
  • the weight measuring device comprises at least one, in particular four, load cells, wherein each of the load cells at least one, preferably four, strain gauges, which are arranged in particular in the form of a bridge circuit, preferably a Wheatstone bridge circuit.
  • the weighing cells are arranged under the storage device, preferably in the region of feet of the storage device, in particular between the feet of the storage device and the storage device and / or under the feet of the storage device.
  • a loading state of the storage device is determined with objects, in particular a removal of an item from the storage device and / or a loading of the storage device is determined with an object via a change in the weight of the storage device.
  • the time of removal and / or loading of the storage device with at least one article, in particular with one and / or more beverage cans and / or bottles, is stored in a memory, preferably the number of articles removed at one Removal and / or the number of loaded items is stored in a loading of the storage device in the memory.
  • a data transmission device to be provided, in particular for data transmission via a wired or wireless computer network and / or via a mobile radio standard, preferably GSM and / or UMTS, and in particular the storage device is operatively connected to a server, wherein preferably data sent from the storage device to the server and / or queried by the server and / or data is transmitted from the server to the storage device.
  • data from the storage device be provided by the server on a display device, in particular automatically, in particular the server automatically sends an e-mail, a push notification, an SMS and / or an MMS with the data of the storage device.
  • a change in an actual position of the storage device is detected by means of a position detection device and preferably the actual position of the storage device is sent to the server.
  • the actual position of the storage device is compared with a predetermined desired position by the position detection device and / or the server, and in particular a deviation of the actual position from the desired position on the display device of the storage device is displayed and / or an e-mail, a push notification, an SMS and / or an MMS is sent to the user.
  • a desired position of the storage device is stored in a memory of the storage device, and preferably the desired position is determined and / or changed by a user, in particular by means of an input device of the storage device and / or the server.
  • an operating state of the storage device is detected by means of an operating state detection device of the storage device, wherein it is preferably detected whether the storage device has been set up. switched on or off, maintenance work to be performed or to be and / or malfunction or malfunction occurs, in particular the operating state of the storage device displayed by means of the display device to the storage device and / or sent to the server and / or queried by the server, in particular in real time, wherein preferably a desired operating state is stored in a memory, and preferably the desired operating state is set and / or changed.
  • the actual operating state of the storage device is compared with a predetermined desired operating state by the operating state detection device and / or the server, and in particular a deviation of the actual operating state of the desired operating state displayed to a user on the display device of the storage device and / or an e-mail, a push notification, an SMS and / or an MMS is sent to the user.
  • At least one temperature of a storage area of the storage device is measured and in particular the measured temperature is displayed on a display device of the storage device to a user and / or the measured temperature is queried by the server and / or sent to the server.
  • the weight of at least one object is stored in a memory as a reference value
  • At least one storage device parameter for the storage device is defined, wherein the storage device parameter is selected representative of a place of installation, a country, a customer group, a dealer, a dealer group and / or an identification number.
  • data from the user detection device, the temperature measuring device, the operating state detection device and / or the position detection device continuously or in, in particular, at intervals of 30 minutes and / or 60 minutes, transmitted to the server, queried by the server and / or depending on a day, a time, a week, a year, a place of installation, a Displayed and / or stored by customers, a country, a city and / or the like.
  • the user detection device detects at what time and / or on which date a user is detected by the user detection device and preferably the time and / or the date is stored, preferably in a memory of a data processing device, in particular one Data processing device of the server.
  • the storage device is provided in the form of a cooling device, wherein the cooling device provides a cooling device and preferably detects a running time of the cooling device and / or stored, and in particular sent to the server and / or queried by the server, and Preferably, an evaluation of the measured values takes place if devices of the cooling device do not influence the weight measuring device, in particular if a cooling device of the cooling device is not operated for cooling, and / or if an analog and / or digital filter filters influences of the compressor on the weight measuring device and / or the evaluation device compensates for influences of the devices of the cooling device, in particular by means of statistical algorithms.
  • the cooling device is operated with a cooling device in the form of a compressor, wherein in particular no data of the weight measuring device are evaluated by the evaluation device when the compressor is switched on to cool the cooling device.
  • the invention is thus based on the surprising finding that a detection of a behavior of a user by means of a load state device and a user detection device can be made possible, which detects a period of at least one user before the storage device by means of a user detection device.
  • a period until removal and / or loading of the storage device with at least one object is detected by the at least one user.
  • it can be provided alternatively or additionally a time period of at least one user before the storage device is detected without any removal and / or loading of the storage device being performed. In this case, a removal or loading is respectively detected by the loading state device.
  • the user detection device is preferably arranged above an engagement region of the storage device and can detect, for example, a motion sensor, a lighting sensor, an infrared sensor and / or a radar module to detect a user.
  • An engagement region can be the range of a storage device that allows a user to bring objects into the storage device or to remove from this. In this case, the engagement region can be closed, for example by means of a door.
  • the user detection device can thus be determined whether and how long a user has stopped or stopped before an item from the storage device and / or a loading of the storage device with an object before this and / or whether no removal and / or loading takes place , It may be advantageous when stored in a memory, at which time, in particular at what date and at what time, a user makes a removal and / or loading of the storage device. It may also be advantageous if data of the user detection device can be sent to the server and / or queried from this.
  • a user detection device By a user detection device according to the invention thus information can be obtained over a period of time that a user spends before the storage device until the user decides for or against a removal and / or loading.
  • the user detection device preferably at the front, is arranged in the upper half of a storage device.
  • the user detection device is arranged in a covering area.
  • a covering area can be, for example, an aperture of the storage device, which is arranged in particular for covering technical devices above the engagement area of the storage device.
  • the storage device comprises a weight measuring device for determining the weight of the storage device. It may be advantageous if only from the exact determination of the weight of the storage device, a loading state of the storage device with a plurality of different objects can be determined. Furthermore, a removal of an item from the storage device or a loading of a storage device with an object via an accurate measurement of the change in the weight of the storage device can be determined.
  • a weight measuring device to continuously record measured values representative of a weight of the storage device and for an evaluation device, which may preferably be in the form of a data processing device, to determine the weight of the storage device based on the measured values of the weight measuring device. It has proven to be advantageous if no determination of the weight of the storage device takes place if the measured values of the weight measuring device are influenced by devices of the storage device.
  • the evaluation device of a loading device in the form of a cooling device does not evaluate data of the weight measuring device if a cooling device of the cooling device affects the measured values of the measuring device. enced. It may be provided, for example, that only one cooling device is used which does not comprise a compressor, for example an adsorption cooling device. If a compressor cooling device is used, the vibration of the compressor during operation could influence the measured values of the measuring device.
  • the weight measuring device may comprise a scale, in particular a mechanical, electronic and / or electromechanical scale, of the storage device, wherein the weight measuring device measures or records the weight of the storage device with a high measuring accuracy. It may be advantageous if the weight measuring device has a weighing range of 0 kg to 200 kg with a measuring accuracy in a range of one nanogram to one gram, particularly preferably in a range of one nanogram to one microgram
  • Such an accurate determination of the weight of the storage device presupposes that the measured values of the weight measuring device are not influenced by further devices of the storage device, in particular, no devices of the storage device may be active, which, for example, vibrate. Such a vibration can lead to a falsification of the measured values of the weight measuring device.
  • no devices of the storage device may be active, which, for example, vibrate.
  • Such a vibration can lead to a falsification of the measured values of the weight measuring device.
  • distortions of the measured values of the weight measuring device are also possible by further devices of the storage device, so that likewise no evaluation of the measured values of the weight measuring device by the evaluation device should take place when these devices are in operation.
  • a high measuring accuracy according to the invention can be made possible, for example, by a weight measuring device comprising at least one, preferably four, weighing cells, each of the weighing cells preferably comprising one, in particular four, strain gauges, which are arranged in particular in the form of a bridge circuit, preferably a Wheatstone bridge circuit.
  • a bridge circuit in the form of a Wheatstone measuring bridge can allow an accurate measurement of the weight of the storage device, for example, in an evaluation of the electrical resistances ohmic type of strain gauges.
  • two strain gauges or their resistors form a voltage divider, wherein two voltage divider are arranged parallel to each other.
  • a voltmeter establishes a transverse relationship between the voltage dividers so that the immediately measured size of the arrangement is a voltage difference between the voltage dividers, also referred to as a bridge cross voltage.
  • This Wheatstone measuring bridge has the particular advantage that the expansion-sensitive resistances of the strain gauges, which react depending on the deformation of the resistors with a positive or negative change in resistance, complement each other in the same direction. Temperature influences or the like, however, have no influence on the measurement result, as they act on all strain gauges the same and cancel each other out.
  • the load cells and / or the strain gauges of the load cells are arranged below the storage device, in particular in the region of feet of the storage device. It can prove to be advantageous when the strain gauges are placed under the feet or between the feet and the body of the storage device.
  • a loading state of the storage device for example, a removal of an item from the storage device or a loading of a storage device with an object on a change in the weight of the storage device can be determined, in particular also the nature and number of the object (s) can be determined. It can also be provided according to the invention that a loading state of the storage device can be determined directly from the weight of the storage device. In this case, it can be advantageously provided that the weights of the objects located in the storage device are stored as reference values in a memory of the storage device and / or a memory operatively connected to the storage device.
  • a change in the weight of the storage device to the type and number of a removed and / or introduced item is closed in or out of the storage device.
  • the change in weight can be compared with the stored reference values of the weight of the objects.
  • the time of removal and / or loading of the storage device is stored in a memory.
  • items in the form of foodstuffs are stored in a storage device.
  • a user in this example a consumer, for example, removes a beverage can from the storage device
  • the weight of the storage device changes as a result of the removal of the can.
  • a reference value for a weight of each type of can present in the storage device is stored in the storage of the storage device, so that the weight change of the storage device by the removal can be deduced from the number and type of withdrawn cans.
  • a precise weight measuring device preferably used by the storage device is used, different cans can be closed not only in their volume, but also due to the different specific weight of different drinks on the type of beverage taken.
  • a particular beverage in the can removed from the storage device in the example is sugar-free or not, since even such small differences in the specific weight of the drinks and thus the cans can be detected by the storage device according to the invention. It is crucial in such an accurate measurement of the weight of the storage device that no directions of the storage device affect the measurements of the weight measuring device.
  • the storage device comprises a data processing device, in particular a computer, wherein the evaluation device can be formed with the data processing device in one. It can prove to be advantageous if the storage device comprises a data transmission device to transmit data to another data processing device, such as a server, a mobile phone, or the like. In this case, data can preferably be transmitted from the storage device to the further data processing system via a wired or wireless network and / or via a mobile radio standard, in particular via the GSM and / or the UMTS standard.
  • the storage device is in operative connection with a server, wherein data from the storage device can be sent to the server and / or interrogated by the server and vice versa. It may be advantageous if the server is in operative connection with other terminals and / or another server and in particular the server information or data from the storage device makes a user accessible, for example, displays on an output device and / or the user a message , for example in the form of an email, a text message, an MMS and / or a push notification.
  • the storage device comprises an input device which, for example, allows a user to operate the storage device and / or to provide and / or query data and / or information of the storage device.
  • An input device according to the invention can be provided for example in the form of a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen and / or the like.
  • the storage device has a position detection device in order to determine an actual position of the storage device.
  • a position detection device can, for example, be provided in the form of a GPS receiver and / or a device for radio cell location. It can be provided that in a memory, a desired position of the storage device is stored, and the actual position of the storage device with the desired position is at any time comparable and / or such a comparison of the actual position of the storage device with the desired position is performed automatically, for example in real time and / or at regular intervals.
  • the target position can be arbitrarily specified by a user and changed if necessary.
  • a deviation of the actual position from the desired position of the storage device is displayed to a user on a display device of the storage device and / or on a server operatively connected to the display device and / or the storage device and / or the Server informs a user of the said deviation by means of an SMS, an MMS, an email and / or a push notification.
  • Such a position detection device has in particular the advantage that can be displayed, where a storage device is located. If a deviation of an actual position of the storage device from a desired position of the storage device is detected, a user can be informed immediately. Thus, for example, an operator of a storage device according to the invention can check whether, for example, a shop maintains the desired set-up position of the storage device.
  • the storage device comprises an operating state detection device.
  • the operating state detection device can detect whether a storage device is in an on or off state and / or a malfunction of the storage device is present. It can be provided that a desired operating state of a storage device is stored in a memory, and wherein the desired operating state is compared with an actual operating state of the storage device continuously and / or at intervals. If a deviation of the actual operating state from the desired operating state is detected, then the user can be provided with the deviation by means of a display device. For example, a display device of the storage device and / or a standing in operative connection with the server display device are displayed.
  • an operating state detection device is accompanied by a multitude of advantages, with some of the advantages being described below by way of example only.
  • a storage device In a memory, for example, it can be determined at which time and on which days a storage device should be in operation. Such a specification of the operation of the storage device can be contractually agreed with a dealer, for example. The operator of a storage facility can thus check whether a storage facility is in operation at the agreed times. Also, for example, a maintenance and / or repair of the storage device can be simplified because a service center and / or a service employee can be informed immediately about a malfunction of the storage device.
  • a storage device comprises at least one temperature measuring device in order to measure the temperature at least in a region of the storage device.
  • two or more temperature measuring devices can also be provided to measure a temperature in certain areas of the storage device.
  • the measured actual temperatures can be compared with desired temperatures stored in a memory, and a user can be informed about deviations of the actual temperature from the desired temperature.
  • a comparison of an actual temperature with a desired temperature of the storage device is carried out by the data processing device of the storage device and / or by the server, and a user is informed about the deviation.
  • a user on a display device such as a display device of the storage device and / or a standing in operative connection with the server display device, the deviation of the actual temperature of the target temperature of the storage device is displayed.
  • a display device such as a display device of the storage device and / or a standing in operative connection with the server display device
  • the deviation of the actual temperature of the target temperature of the storage device is displayed.
  • This has, inter alia, the advantage that, in the case of articles to be stored cool, for example perishable goods and / or articles in which cooling may be beneficial for improving the taste, in particular for beverages, a check of the temperature of the objects is possible .
  • the storage device comprises at least one storage device facility parameter, in particular representative of a place of installation, a country, a customer group, a dealer, a merchant group and / or an identification number for the unique identification of a particular storage facility.
  • data from the user detection device, the at least one temperature measuring device, the operating state detection device, the storage device parameter and / or the position detection device are regularly sent to and / or queried by the server. It can be provided that the data are sent to the server at regular intervals, in particular at intervals of 30 minutes or 60 minutes, and / or are queried by the latter.
  • the storage device is designed in the form of a refrigerator or a refrigerator. It is provided in particular that no evaluation of the weight of the storage device takes place when a cooling device of the refrigerator is in operation.
  • the cooling device is preferably designed in the form of a compressor refrigerator, an absorber refrigerator and / or a thermoelectric refrigerator. It is provided in particular that no determination of the weight of the refrigerator takes place when a compressor is active.
  • a cooling device in particular a compressor of a cooling device, of a refrigerator causes vibrations which allow an accurate measurement of the weight of the storage device. influence institution. An accurate determination of the weight of the refrigerator can thus only take place when the cooling device is not active or when a mechanical decoupling of the measuring device is provided by the shrinkages of the compressor.
  • Cooling equipment of a refrigerator is typically operated at intervals to lower the temperature within a refrigeration area of the refrigerator when it exceeds a predetermined threshold. If the temperature is below the threshold, the cooling device is not active or not in operation.
  • no determination of the weight of the storage device should be made even if further devices of the storage device influence the determination of the weight.
  • the storage device has an open storage area, in particular an open cooling area, and preferably no door or the like for closing the storage area.
  • a storage device By means of a storage device according to the invention, it is thus possible to precisely determine a removal and / or loading as well as a loading state of the storage device and to determine exclusively by measuring the weight of the storage device the objects located in the storage device or their removal or introduction. Furthermore, it is possible to detect, and preferably to store, an operating state, an actual position and / or a temperature of the storage device and, if appropriate, to compare with target values and to display a deviation from the desired values to a user and / or tell. about the user detection device according to the invention can also be evaluated user behavior, so that, for example, market research data can be obtained.
  • a computer network comprising at least one storage device according to the invention and a server can also be provided.
  • Such a computer network according to the invention is preferably in operative connection with at least two storage devices and comprises at least one output device for displaying information or data from the storage devices.
  • a computer network should not only be understood as meaning a classical computer network comprising at least one computer and preferably at least one server.
  • a computer network within the meaning of the present invention may also comprise data processing devices and data transmission devices which are comprised, for example, by mobile telephones, storage devices, for example refrigerators or the like.
  • a computer network can also exclusively comprise devices comprising data processing devices, without a conventional computer being included.
  • a computer network according to the present invention may, for example, preferably comprise devices which can provide and / or interrogate data by means of suitable network devices, or exchange, receive and / or transmit data among one another.
  • the term computer network within the meaning of the invention can thus also be understood to mean a combination of data processing device (s) and data transmission device (s), servers, storage device (s), such as refrigerators, and possibly further devices comprising data processing device (s).
  • the computer network stores data sorted by the storage devices according to specific parameters, for example as a function of a storage device parameter and / or an actual position of the storage devices.
  • the server in particular automatically, receives and / or retrieves data from at least one of the storage devices, wherein at least one of the storage devices stores data from a user detection device, a temperature measuring device, an operating state detection device, a storage device parameter and / or a position detection device transmits the server and sorts and / or stores the data from the server in dependence on a location, a country, a dealer, a customer group, a merchant group and / or an identification number and in particular on an output device.
  • a storage device according to the invention and / or a computer network according to the invention it is thus possible to enable central monitoring of a plurality of storage devices with simple means, wherein a loading state of the storage device, a removal and / or loading of the storage device and a user behavior can be detected and evaluated , as well as information about the operating status, the temperature, the actual position and / or other information of the storage facilities.
  • a user behavior can be evaluated in detail, so that, for example, an optimization of a supply chain can be considered accurate data of user behavior. It can be recorded how a user behavior changes depending on a set-up location, a time and / or a date and these changes are taken into account for an adaptation of supply chains, marketing, installation locations and / or the like.
  • FIG. 1 a plan view of a schematically illustrated detection range of a user detection device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a storage device 1 in the form of a cooling device.
  • the storage device 1 in this case has a cooling device 3 and a cooling region 5 and a weight measuring device 7.
  • the weight measuring device 7, as shown, comprise four strain gauges, which are arranged under the feet 8 or between the feet 8 and the storage device 1.
  • the weight of the storage device 1 is detected and evaluated by an evaluation device, not shown, at certain times.
  • the measured values of the weight measuring device are evaluated, wherein no evaluation of the measured values for determining the weight of Storage device 1 is performed by the evaluation device, not shown, when the measured values of the weight measuring device 7 are influenced by further devices of the storage device 1.
  • no evaluation of the weight of the storage device 1 should take place when the cooling device 3 is in operation.
  • a cooling device 3 usually comprises a compressor (not shown).
  • Cooling device 3 for cooling the cooling region 5 in operation, so the compressor vibrates and leads to a vibration of the storage device 1, so that the measured values of the weight measuring device 7 are falsified.
  • cooling means may be provided which do not require a compressor, such as adsorption chillers. It may also alternatively be provided to mechanically decouple the cooling device 3 from the weight measuring device 7 so that vibrations of a compressor of the cooling device do not influence the measured values of the weight measuring device 7.
  • the storage device 1 comprises at least one temperature measuring device 9 as well as a display device 1 1.
  • the display device 11 is embodied in the form of light-emitting means 12 by way of example. Of course, other display devices may additionally or alternatively be provided, for example, a display not shown.
  • a user detection device 13 In an upper area of the storage device 1, a user detection device 13 is arranged, which detects a user in a certain area in front of the storage device 1. In particular, it can be detected at what time and on what date a user (not shown) stays within the user detection device for a certain period of time and whether and how many objects the user, not shown, removes from the storage device 1 and / or into the storage device 1 brings. It is preferred that the data of the user detection device 13 are stored in a memory (not shown).
  • the storage device 1 has a receiving device 15 for objects, in particular a receiving device 15 for food, preferably beverage cans and / or bottles. It may be advantageous according to the invention if the storage device 1 has a bottom region 17 within which the cooling device 3 and / or further device of the storage device 1 are arranged, for example a data processing system, not shown.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic plan view of the weight measuring device 7 according to the invention from FIG. 1.
  • the weight measuring device 7 comprises four load cells 19, which are arranged below a bottom region 17 of the storage device not shown in FIG.
  • Strain gauges can be used as weight measuring sensors (not shown). Of course, other weight measuring sensors can be used instead of the strain gauges shown.
  • the strain gauges are arranged by way of example in the form of a bridge circuit, in particular a Wheatstone bridge circuit, and the measured values of the weight measuring device 7 or of the strain gauges are evaluated by the evaluation device 21 at specific times.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a storage device 23 according to the invention.
  • the storage device 23 comprises a weight measuring device 25, an evaluation device 26 for evaluating measured values of the weight measuring device 25, a position detection device 27, a display device 29, a user detection device 31, an operating state detection device 33, an input device 34 and a temperature measuring device 35.
  • FIG. 4 shows a computer network 41 according to the invention with three storage devices 45 according to the invention.
  • the storage devices 45 comprise at least a data transmission device, so that data or information from the storage devices 45 can be sent to a server 43 and / or queried by the server 43. It can be provided that the server 43 is in operative connection with at least one further terminal 47, for example a mobile terminal.
  • Such a computer network 41 according to the present invention may allow a variety of information from storage devices 45 to be displayed to a user with a minimum of resources. In particular, the information can be sorted and displayed as a function of a specific storage device 45, a place of installation of a storage device 45 and / or a multiplicity of further parameters.
  • a computer network 41 With a computer network 41 according to the invention, it is thus possible to centrally detect a loading state of storage devices 45 as well as withdrawals and / or loading of storage devices 45 in real time and thus obtain accurate information about a user behavior. Furthermore, it is possible to use the information to optimize logistics processes, for example supply chains and delivery times, as well as to obtain detailed consumer data.
  • FIG. 5 shows, by way of example, a plan view of a schematic detection area 49 of a user detection device (not shown) according to the invention.
  • a radar module to be encompassed by the storage devices (not shown), that in a detection area 49, certain areas 51 are not detected and only areas 53 are evaluated.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif de conservation (1, 23, 45) d'objets comportant au moins un dispositif de détection d'état de remplissage et au moins un dispositif de détection d'utilisateur (13, 31) conçu pour détecter une durée passée par au moins un utilisateur devant le dispositif de conservation (1, 23, 45), une durée jusqu'à prélèvement et/ou remplissage du dispositif de conservation (1, 23, 45) avec au moins un objet par le ou les utilisateurs et/ou une durée passée par au moins un utilisateur devant le dispositif de conservation (1, 23, 45) sans prélèvement et/ou remplissage du dispositif de conservation (1, 23, 45), le dispositif de détection d'état de remplissage étant conçu pour détecter un prélèvement et/ou un remplissage du dispositif de conservation (1, 23, 45). L'invention concerne par ailleurs un réseau informatique comportant au moins un tel dispositif de conservation (1, 23, 45) ainsi qu'un procédé de détection d'un utilisateur d'un tel dispositif de conservation.
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