KR102385125B1 - Unmanned kiosk operation system using weight of goods - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each article. The kiosk unmanned operation system using the weight of each item according to an embodiment of the present invention is capable of storing and transporting an item, and using a product transport means provided with a weight measuring unit for measuring the weight of the stored item, and the code of the item and a communication unit that receives information recognized by the weight measurement unit from a scanning device that recognizes the product and the product transport means, and identifies the product by synthesizing the information received from the communication unit and information recognized by the scanning device and a control device provided with a reading unit and a payment unit performing payment for the item identified by the reading unit.

Description

Unmanned kiosk operation system using weight of goods

The present invention provides an unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each item to improve payment accuracy in operating the unmanned kiosk payment system by verifying the omission or error of the payment item in preparation for the weight of the item to be paid and the payment information. it's about

Recently, unmanned kiosk facilities have been installed in large marts to shorten the waiting time for payment and promote customer convenience. However, the conventional unmanned kiosk does not have a manpower to monitor the user's payment process, so theft of unethical users' items may occur frequently. In addition, when the user omits some of the purchased items, or when a payment error occurs with respect to the item, but a re-payment for the item with the payment error is not made, there is a problem in that loss due to this cannot be prevented.

KR 10-2017-0106118 (2017. 09. 20.)

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and when the user omits some of the purchased items or when a payment error occurs for the goods, in operating the unmanned kiosk facility, the user recognizes this to make a normal payment It is intended to provide an unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each item that can be induced.

In addition, it is an object to provide an unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each item that can prevent damage and recovery and recurrence by converting the case of missing recognition of purchased items and payment errors into data.

The problems to be solved of the present invention are not limited to the above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an unmanned kiosk operating system using the weight of each article, comprising: an article transport means capable of accommodating and transporting an article, and having a weight measuring unit for measuring the weight of the received article; a scanning device for recognizing the article by using the code of the article; and a communication unit for receiving information recognized by the weight measurement unit from the product transport means; a reading unit for identifying the product by combining the information received from the communication unit and information recognized by the scanning device; and a control device provided with a payment unit that performs payment for one of the items, wherein the reading unit includes the reading unit, each time the user scans a code using the scanning device for the item to be purchased, the weight measuring unit includes: The measured weight of the total article accommodated in the article transport means, the weight of the article for which the scanning device recognized the code, and the weight of the article for which the scanning device did not recognize the code among the articles accommodated in the article transport means By comparing the weight, it is possible to determine whether the purchase target item is identified.

In addition, the payment unit may check whether the item is identified, and if there is an unidentified item, the payment may not proceed.

In addition, the method further includes a returned weight measurement device for measuring the weight of the product, wherein the reading unit excludes the weight of the product measured by the returned weight measurement device from the total weight of the product stored in the product transportation means. can

In addition, it further includes an article weight measuring device for measuring the weight of the article, wherein the reading unit further adds weight information of the article measured by the article weight measuring device to identify the article and determine whether the article is identified can do.

In addition, the article transport means, using an acceleration sensor and a gyro sensor, measures the horizontality of the article transport means with the ground, and when the article transport means is horizontal, it can measure the weight of the stored article .

In addition, the reading unit may recognize the weight of the item accommodated in the product transportation means as the weight of the purchase target when the product transport means enters within a predetermined distance from the control device.

In addition, the control device may further include an anti-theft unit for canceling the theft recognition of the paid goods.

In addition, the anti-theft unit may check whether the article is identified, and if there is an unidentified article, it may generate a notification requesting recognition of the unidentified article.

In addition, the article transport means further includes a handle that can be gripped by the user, and the weight measuring unit is provided on the handle, so that when the article is accommodated in the article transport means, the handle is stretched. The weight of the article can be measured accordingly.

The following effects can be expected in the kiosk unmanned operation system using the weight of each article according to the present invention as salvaged above.

The unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each item according to an embodiment of the present invention induces normal payment by notifying the user when a user omits some of the purchased items or when a payment error occurs in some of the purchased items. can do.

In addition, it is possible to recover and prevent damage from reoccurring by converting the case of omission of recognition of purchased goods and occurrence of payment errors into data.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned contents, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a block diagram of a kiosk unmanned operation system using the weight of each article according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing an unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each article according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a state in which a user uses an article transport means according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing a weight measuring unit of the article transport means according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart of an unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each article according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily carry out the present invention. However, the present invention may be embodied in several different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And, in order to clearly describe the embodiment of the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted.

The terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression may include the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In this specification, terms such as "comprise", "have" or "include" are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, and one It may be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

In addition, the constituent units shown in the embodiment of the present invention are independently shown to represent different characteristic functions, and it does not mean that each constituent unit is composed of separate hardware or one software constituent unit. That is, each component is listed as each component for convenience of description, and at least two components of each component are combined to form one component, or one component can be divided into a plurality of components to perform a function. Integrated embodiments and separate embodiments of each of these components are also included in the scope of the present invention without departing from the essence of the present invention.

In addition, the following embodiments are provided to more clearly explain to those of ordinary skill in the art, and the shapes and sizes of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for more clear description.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described.

1 is a block diagram of an unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each article according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view showing an unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each article according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2 , the unmanned kiosk operation system 10 using the weight of each article of the present invention may include an article transport means 100 , a scanning device 200 , and a control device 300 .

The article transport means 100 may be a means capable of accommodating and transporting articles. For example, it may be a shopping basket, a shopping cart, or the like. The article transport means 100 may include a weight measurement unit 110 . The weight measurement unit 110 may measure the weight of the goods accommodated in the goods transport means 100 . The weight information measured by the weight measurement unit 110 may be transmitted by the article transport means 100 to the control device 300 using wireless communication.

The scanning device 200 may identify the article by recognizing the packaging paper of the article or a code printed on the article. Here, the code may be a combination of a bar (black bar) and a space (white bar) in a specific form to express letters, numbers, and symbols. For example, the code may be implemented as a one-dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode, a QR code, a data matrix, PDF417, and the like. The scanning device 200 may be a one-dimensional imager using a laser or a linear imager, or a two-dimensional imager. In addition, the scanning device 200 may have a hand-held type that a user can hold in his hand and use an imager function, a presentation type used on a counter top, or a multi-plane type. In addition, the scan device 200 may serve as a user's smartphone.

The control device 300 may include a communication unit 310 , a reading unit 320 , and a payment unit 330 . The communication unit 310 may receive the weight information of the product from the product transport means 100 and transmit it to the reading unit 320 . The reading unit 320 may identify the item by synthesizing the weight information of the item transmitted from the communication unit 310 and the item information recognized by the scanning device 200 . The payment unit 330 may perform payment for the item identified by the reading unit 320 .

In addition, the control device 300 may further include an anti-theft unit 340 for canceling the theft recognition of the payment has been completed. The anti-theft unit 340 may include an imaging device 341 and a display unit 342 . Here, the video equipment 341 may photograph the user's payment process and store an image including an error code when a payment error situation occurs. The display unit 342 may output a light source or sound according to the error code when the payment error situation occurs. For example, the imaging device 341 may be a camera module installed in the control device 300 , or a camera installed independently of the control device 300 . The display unit 342 may be a lighting module 342a or a speaker module 342b that emits light installed in the control device 300 , and may be a lighting module or a speaker installed independently of the control device 300 .

The kiosk unmanned operation system 10 using the weight of each item of the present invention compares the weight before and after recognition of the scanning device 200 for the purchase target item to identify an unrecognized item or an outstanding item. For this, it is necessary to confirm the purchase target product. Here, the purchase target product is a product that the user has decided to purchase, and may be a payment target product of the payment unit 330 .

In an embodiment, the control device 300 may set the purchase recognition zone Z for the surroundings. The purchase recognition zone Z may be implemented by short-distance communication such as Bluetooth, RFID, or Wifi. The control device 300 detects the goods transport means 100 that has entered the purchase recognition zone Z, and converts the goods stored in the goods transport means 100 entered into the purchase target goods 21, and the goods transport means ( The weight information of the item transmitted from 100 ) may be recognized as the weight information of the item to be purchased 21 .

The reading unit 320 of the kiosk unmanned operation system 10 using the weight of each item of the present invention can determine whether an unrecognized item or an outstanding item through a real-time total weight schedule method or a weight schedule method before and after recognition. .

In the real-time total total weight scheduling method, whenever each item is recognized using the scanning device 200, the total weight A of the purchase target item 21 transmitted by the item transport means 100 and the scanning device 200 It may be a method of comparing the sum of the weight (B) of the article 22 before recognition and the weight (C) of the article 23 after recognition. That is, whenever an article is recognized by the scanning device 200 , the reading unit 320 may check whether 'A = B + C'. If the expression of 'A = B + C' is not satisfied in real time, the reading unit 320 determines that an unrecognized article exists, and the anti-theft unit 340 generates and assigns an unrecognized article existence error code. there is. When the unrecognized item existence error code occurs, the anti-theft unit 340 separately stores image information of the user's payment process including information on the unrecognized item existence error code, and displays a warning sound and A warning light can be output. In addition, the display unit 342 may output a voice to induce the user to receive the unrecognized article back to the article transport means 100 or to re-recognize it using the scanning device 200 . According to an embodiment, the payment unit 330 determines that there is an unidentified item among the purchase target items 21, that is, when an unrecognized item error code occurs, payment is not performed. can prevent it For example, in the payment unit 330 , the payment button may be deactivated so as not to proceed with payment. The real-time total weight schedule method can prevent a user from secretly hiding an item during payment.

If the total weight (A) of the purchase object 21, the weight (B) of the article 22 before recognition by the scanning device 200, and the weight (C) of the article 23 after recognition by the scanning device 200 are specifically described, The total weight A of the target article 21 is the total weight of the article accommodated in the article transport means 100 and decided by the user to purchase. In one embodiment, the total weight (A) of the item to be purchased 21 is calculated by the item transport means 100 entering the purchase recognition zone Z, and the user uses the control device 300 to calculate (or scan device) (use of 200), it can be a value that is fixed to that value. The weight B of the article 22 before recognition by the scanning device 200 may be the total weight of the purchase target article 21 excluding the article 23 recognized by the scanning device 200 . The weight C of the article 23 after recognition may be the total weight of the article 23 recognized by the scanning device 200 .

After recognition of the scanning device 200, the weight C of the article 23 may use information from a database of articles stored in the control device 300 or a server (not shown). The database may include article information including weight information of the article.

The pre-recognition-post-recognition weight constant method may be a method of comparing the total weight (A) of the purchase target item 21 transmitted by the product transportation means ( 100 ) and the weight (D) of the paid item. That is, the reading unit 320 checks whether 'A = D' after payment, and if the expression of 'A = D' is not satisfied, it is determined that an open item exists, and the anti-theft unit 340 generates an open item existence error. It can be given by creating a code. When the unpaid item existence error code occurs, the anti-theft unit 340 separately stores image information of the user's payment process including information on the open item existence error code, and outputs a warning sound and a warning light through the display unit 342 . can be printed Also, the display unit 342 may output a voice inducing the user to re-pay for the outstanding item. The pre-recognition-post-recognition weight constant method can prevent the user from accidentally leaving the goods in an unsettled state.

The unmanned kiosk operation system 10 using the weight of each article according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include an article weight measuring device 500 for measuring the weight of the article. The article weight measuring device 500 may be directly attached to the control device 300 in the form of a plate, or may be provided separately from the control device 300 . The article weight measuring apparatus 500 may be connected to the control apparatus 300 by wire or wireless, and transmit weight information of the measured article to the control apparatus 300 . The article weight measuring apparatus 500 may measure the weight of the article placed on the upper side of the article weight measuring apparatus 500 .

The article weight measurement device 500 measures the weight of the article weight measurement device a ( 500a ) that measures the weight of the article 22 before recognition by the scanning device 200 and the article 23 after recognition by the scanning device 200 . It may include an article weight measuring device b (500b).

The user may place the purchase target item 21 on the item weight measuring device a 500a to recognize the item for which payment is desired. In this case, the user may individually put the article on the article weight measuring device a ( 500a ) or put it on the article weight measuring device a ( 500a ) in a state stored in the article transport means ( 100 ). The article weight measuring device a (500a) measures the weight of the article loaded on the article weight measuring device a (500a), but when the article transport means 100 is placed with the article in the article weight measuring device 500, the article weight is measured The device a 500a may measure the weight excluding the weight of the article transport means 100 as the weight of the article. The user can recognize each article by using the scanning device 200, and can put the recognized article 23 on the article weight measuring device b (500b). The article weight measuring device b ( 500b ) may measure the weight of the article 23 loaded in real time when each article is loaded.

The article weight measurement device 500 may measure the weight of the article separately from the weight measured by the weight measurement unit 110 of the article transport means 100, and the real-time total weight summing method and the recognition before-after recognition By performing the weight measurement in the constant weight method twice, it is possible to make a more accurate weight comparison.

In the case of the embodiment in which the article weight measuring device 500 is added, the means for measuring the weight of the article are added one by one before and after recognition of the scanning device 200, and each can be used in combination according to the use environment. List examples of each combination. It is described as 'X-Y', where X is a means for measuring the weight of the article before the scanning device 200 recognizes it, and Y is a means for measuring the weight of the article after recognition by the scanning device 200 . For example, examples of the combination include 'weight measurement unit 110-database weight information', 'weight measurement unit 110-item weight measurement device b(500b)', 'product weight measurement device a(500a)-database It may be 'weight information' or 'item weight measuring device a (500a)-article weight measuring device b (500b)'.

In one embodiment, the unmanned kiosk operation system 10 using the weight of each item of the present invention may further include a returned weight measurement device 400 for measuring the weight of the item. The returned weight measurement device 400 may be directly attached to the control device 300 in the form of a plate like the article weight measurement device 500 , or may be provided separately from the control device 300 . The returned weight measurement device 400 may be connected to the control device 300 by wire or wireless, and transmit weight information of the measured product to the control device 300 . The returned weight measurement device 400 may measure the weight of the article placed on the upper side of the returned weight measurement device 400 .

The returned weight measurement device 400 can be used in the real-time total weight schedule method. The weight (E) of the article 24 placed on the returned weight measurement device 400 may be excluded from the weight comparison. For example, the reading unit 320 compares the weight with 'A = B + C' if the item is not placed on the returned weight measurement device 400, but when the item is placed on the returned weight measurement device 400, 'A - E = B + C - E' for weight comparison. The returned weight measuring device 400 of the present invention can apply the change of the purchase target product 21 to the payment due to the user's change of mind while performing the weight comparison of the goods.

3 is a view showing a state in which a user uses an article transport means according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 3 , the article transport means 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a weight measurement unit 110 , an acceleration sensor 120 , and a gyro sensor 130 . The weight measurement unit 110 can measure the weight of the goods stored in the goods transport means 100, but it may be difficult to measure the exact weight of the goods stored in the goods depending on the user's use of the goods transport means 100. there is. For example, if the goods transport means 100 is in the form of a basket as shown in FIG. 3 , the user walks with the handle of the goods transport means 100 in his hand, The speed of the decline may vary from moment to moment. Accordingly, the weight measuring unit 110 determines the horizontality of the goods transporting means 100 with the ground by using the measurement information of the acceleration sensor 120 and the gyro sensor 130 , and when it is horizontal with the ground, the article transporting means The weight of the item accommodated in 100 can be measured. In addition, the acceleration sensor 120 and the gyro sensor 130 may measure the current movement state and the acceleration state of the goods transport means 100 to correct the weight measured by the weight measurement unit 110 .

4 is a view showing a weight measuring unit of the article transport means according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 4 (a), the article transport means 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a handle (140). The weight measuring unit 110 may be provided at the lower end of the handle. The weight measuring unit 110 and the handle 140 may be connected to each other, and the lower end of the handle 140 may droop according to the weight of the item stored in the item transport means 100 . The weight measurement unit 110 may measure the weight of the article according to the extent to which the lower end of the handle 140 is stretched.

Referring to Figure 4 (b), the article transport means 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be provided with a weight measuring unit 110 on the inner bottom surface. The goods accommodated in the goods transport means 100 are stacked on the upper plate of the weight measurement unit 110 , and the weight measurement unit 110 can measure the weight of the goods stacked on the upper plate.

5 is a flowchart of an unmanned kiosk operation system using the weight of each article according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 5, the execution of the kiosk unmanned operation system 10 using the weight of each product according to an embodiment enters the purchase recognition zone Z of the product transportation means 100 (S100), and the user When the control device 300 is operated (S200), the goods of the goods transport means 100 that have entered the purchase recognition zone Z are recognized as the goods to be purchased 21, and the goods transport means 100 are purchased By transmitting the weight of the article 21 to the control device 300 , the reading unit 320 may recognize the total weight A of the purchase target article 21 ( S300 ).

When the user recognizes items one by one with the scanning device 200 (S400), the reading unit 320 outputs 'A - E = B + C - E' for each recognition until all purchase target items 21 are recognized. It can be verified (S500) whether it is satisfied. At this time, if 'A - E = B + C - E' is not satisfied, the anti-theft unit 340 generates an unrecognized article existence error code, and the display unit 342 outputs a notification that the user can recognize. can do.

When all the items of the purchase target item 21 are recognized (S600), the payment unit 330 may perform payment for the recognized items (S700). Thereafter, the reading unit 320 may verify whether 'A = D' is satisfied ( S800 ). At this time, if 'A = D' is not satisfied, the anti-theft unit 340 generates an unpaid item existence error code, and the display unit 342 may output a notification that the user can recognize to perform repayment. .

The unmanned kiosk operation system 10 using the weight of each item of the present invention can confirm unrecognized or outstanding items through weight comparison. In addition, since the user can directly measure the weight of the item to be purchased 21 from the item transporting means 100 such as a basket, the user's convenience can be improved.

In addition, while performing the weight comparison, the return weight measurement device 400 is provided so that a return is possible, thereby responding to a user's change of heart.

In addition, when recognizing an unrecognized item or an outstanding item, it is possible to induce re-recognition or re-payment of the user to prevent theft of the item and induce normal payment.

In addition, by using multiple measuring means instead of one measuring means, it is possible to more precisely detect an unrecognized item or an outstanding item through weight comparison.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented by hardware, middleware, microcode, software, and/or combinations thereof. For example, various embodiments may include one or more application specific semiconductors (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). ), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions presented herein, or a combination thereof.

Also, for example, the various embodiments may be embodied in or encoded on a computer-readable medium comprising instructions. The instructions embodied in or encoded on a computer-readable medium may cause a programmable processor or other processor to perform a method, eg, when the instructions are executed. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. For example, such computer-readable medium may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage medium, magnetic disk storage medium or other magnetic storage device or desired program code, instructions or data accessible by a computer. may include any other medium that can be used for transporting or storing in the form of structures.

Such hardware, software, firmware, etc. may be implemented in the same device or in separate devices to support the various operations and functions described herein. Additionally, components, units, modules, components, etc. described as “parts” in the present invention may be implemented together or individually as separate but interoperable logic devices. Depictions of different features of modules, units, etc. are intended to emphasize different functional embodiments, and do not necessarily imply that they must be realized by separate hardware or software components. Rather, functionality associated with one or more modules or units may be performed by separate hardware or software components or integrated within common or separate hardware or software components.

Although acts are shown in the drawings in a particular order, it should not be understood that these acts need to be performed in the specific order, or sequential order, shown, or that all shown acts need to be performed to achieve a desired result. . In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the division of various components in the above-described embodiments should not be construed as requiring such division in all embodiments, and that the described components will generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. It should be understood that there can be

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, which is merely exemplary, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Accordingly, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

100: goods transport means 110: weight measurement unit
120: acceleration sensor 130: gyro sensor
200: scanning device 300: control device
310: communication unit 320: reading unit
330: payment unit 340: anti-theft unit
400: return weight measurement device 500: product weight measurement device

Claims (9)

an article transport means capable of accommodating and transporting an article and having a weight measuring unit for measuring the weight of the received article;
a scanning device for recognizing the article by using the code of the article;
A communication unit for receiving information recognized by the weight measurement unit from the product transport means; a reading unit for identifying the product by combining the information received from the communication unit and information recognized by the scanning device; a control device provided with a payment unit for performing payment for the goods; and
Including; a return weight measuring device for measuring the weight of the item to be returned;
The weight measurement unit is provided one on each left and right sides with the scanning device interposed therebetween, and the returned weight measurement device is provided adjacent to one side of the scanning device,
When the article transport means enters within a predetermined distance from the control device, the reading unit detects the article transport means and communicates a first weight, which is the weight of the article measured by the weight measurement unit, from the article transport means in short-distance communication Recognizing the received first weight as the weight value of the purchase target product,
Whenever the user scans a code for each of the articles in the article transporting means, among the first weight, the second weight that is the accumulated weight of the articles that have been scanned so far, and the articles stored in the article transporting means It is determined whether the sum of the third weight, which is the weight value of the item for which the scan has not yet been completed, is the same;
When all of the user's scans of the article are completed, if there is a fourth weight that is the weight value measured by the returned weight measurement device, the value excluding the fourth weight from the first weight is the second weight and the to determine whether it is consistent with the sum of the third weights,
The payment unit, the unmanned kiosk operating system using the weight of each item to proceed with the payment according to the determination of whether the reading unit matches.
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Further comprising an article weight measuring device for measuring the weight of the article,
The reading unit further adds weight information of the article measured by the article weight measurement device to identify the article and determine whether the article is identified.
According to claim 1,
The article transport means, by using an acceleration sensor and a gyro sensor, measures the horizontality of the article transport means with the ground, and measures the weight of the stored article when the article transport means is horizontal Kiosk unmanned operation system using weight.
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The article transport means further includes a handle that the user can hold,
The weight measuring unit is provided on the handle, and when the item is stored in the item transport means, the weight of the item is measured according to the extent to which the handle is stretched.

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