KR20220072986A - Vending machine system for agricultural products sold at market prices - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic sales system for agricultural products, and more particularly, to an automatic sales system for agricultural products sold at market prices. To this end, in the server for selling agricultural products, the wholesale market bid price information of agricultural products is received and stored, the wholesale bid price DB (172); Inventory shelf life DB 174 in which information about the inventory and shelf life of agricultural products is stored; a selling price adjusting unit 111 that adjusts the selling price of the vending machine 120 to a market price based on the bid price information, inventory, and expiration date; a server communication unit 112 for transmitting the selling price to at least one vending machine 120; and a mobile device web server 113 for transmitting the POS information of agricultural products received through the server communication unit 112 to the seller's mobile device 200; a server for selling agricultural products sold at market prices is provided. .

Description

Automatic sales system for agricultural products sold at market prices {Vending machine system for agricultural products sold at market prices}

The present invention relates to an automatic sales system for agricultural products, and more particularly, to an automatic sales system for agricultural products sold at market prices.

In general, agricultural products (hereinafter, grains, fruits, vegetables, etc.) go through various distribution processes until they are sold to consumers, and at this time, additional transportation costs and fees are added through each distribution process, making them more than three times more expensive than the price of the production area. Agricultural products are sold to consumers at a price.

Therefore, vending machines have appeared to simplify the distribution process and supply agricultural and marine products to consumers at a lower cost. It is stored in the food storage compartment in a separately loaded state, and when the sorting button is operated, it is moved onto the operation plate by the withdrawal means, and the operation plate is opened to drop the agricultural and marine products toward the outlet.

However, the sale price of agricultural and marine products varies and varies greatly depending on the time of shipment, weather, crop conditions, and the release of government stockpiles, and the conventional vending machines do not reflect these market conditions at all. That is, the conventional vending machine has no choice but to sell only at the initially set price range without reflecting the market price from time to time.

In addition, fresh foods such as vegetables and fruits had a short shelf life, so they had to be sold quickly. In traditional markets and large marts, discount rates were applied to fresh food with an expiration date approaching, or stocks were exhausted through sales events such as “1+1”. However, in the case of a vending machine for agricultural products, it was difficult to improvise an event or to quickly adjust the market price.

1. Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0139650 (unmanned sales system that allows agricultural or marine products to be sold with gold easily adjusted to market prices); 2. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1908125 (IoT unmanned sales system), 3. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1743353 (Vending machine with shelf life management function and activation function ㅇ).

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic agricultural product sales system that can reflect the market price in the selling price based on the price of agricultural products traded in wholesale. will provide

Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic sales system for agricultural products that can apply a discount price in real time by reflecting the expiration date or inventory of agricultural products.

Another object of the present invention is to display the image of the seller's farm or cultivation in the vending machine to help consumers in their selection, manage real-time sales information in the server, and provide agricultural products sold at market prices to the seller's mobile device. To provide an automatic vending system.

However, the technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned are clearly to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. can be understood

In order to achieve the above technical problem, in the server for selling agricultural products, the wholesale market bid price information of agricultural products is received and stored, the wholesale bid price DB (172); Inventory shelf life DB 174 in which information about the inventory and shelf life of agricultural products is stored; a selling price adjusting unit 111 that adjusts the selling price of the vending machine 120 to a market price based on the bid price information, inventory, and expiration date; a server communication unit 112 for transmitting the selling price to at least one vending machine 120; and a mobile device web server 113 for transmitting the POS information of agricultural products received through the server communication unit 112 to the seller's mobile device 200; a server for selling agricultural products sold at market prices is provided. .

In addition, the seller image DB (177) for receiving and storing images about the seller's farm or cultivation process; and an image conversion unit 114 that converts the seller image to be displayed in the vending machine 120 .

In addition, the selling price adjusting unit 111 may adjust the market price by adding a predetermined margin to the bid price information and subtracting a discount amount proportional to the inventory and the expiration date.

Also, the produce is box-packed fruit.

The object of the present invention as described above, as another embodiment, in the agricultural product vending machine, the storage unit 130 for receiving information on agricultural products when the agricultural products are received; a communication unit 122 for receiving the selling price of agricultural products from the server 100 connected to the network 150 in real time; Price display unit 128 for displaying the selling price; and a display unit 127 that receives and reproduces images of sellers of agricultural products from the server 100;

In addition, the warehousing unit 130 receives information about the agricultural products by scanning the barcode of the box in which the agricultural products are packaged or by recognizing the RFID.

In addition, the control unit 121 for transmitting the POS information on the sale of agricultural products to the server 100 through the communication unit 122 is further included.

As another object of the present invention as described above, the step of packaging agricultural products in a box and printing a barcode (S100); scanning the box in the storage unit 130 of the vending machine 120 and inserting the box (S110); Based on the barcode information, the price display unit 128 displays and sells the selling price of agricultural products (S120); and transmitting the POS information generated during the sale to the server 100 through the communication unit 122 (S130); and, when a new selling price for agricultural products is received from the server 100 (S140), the price display unit (128) can be achieved by the operation method of the vending machine for agricultural products sold at market price, characterized in that the received selling price is displayed.

In addition, in the selling step (S120), the display unit 127 displaying an image about the seller's farm or cultivation process; may be further included.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the market price may be reflected in the selling price based on the price of agricultural products traded in wholesale. Therefore, even if the price of agricultural products soars or plunges due to weather, crop conditions, pests, shipments of government stockpiles, imports of agricultural products, etc., it can be reflected in the market price and sold at the agricultural vending machines.

In addition, a discount price can be applied in real time by reflecting the expiration date or inventory of agricultural products. Accordingly, a special discount amount may be applied to agricultural products that have not been sold for a certain period of time to promote sales and exhaust inventory.

And, by displaying the seller's farm or cultivation image in the vending machine, the consumer can have confidence or trust in the purchased product, and can induce continuous purchase with confidence.

And, since the real-time sales information of the vending machine is concentrated in the server, it is possible to systematically manage the sales status by region, by time, by type, and by seller, and to grasp the current status. In addition, by providing the sales status of agricultural products to the seller's mobile device, there is an effect of allowing the seller to pay more attention to quality control.

However, the effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. will be able

The following drawings attached to this specification illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, and serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention together with the detailed description of the present invention to be described later, so that the present invention is described in such drawings It should not be construed as being limited only to
1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a system for automatically selling agricultural products sold at market prices according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a diagram showing the structure of a lower table of the database unit (DB unit, 170) installed in the server 100 in FIG. 1;
3 is an internal configuration diagram of the agricultural product vending machine 120 in FIG. 1;
4 is an internal configuration diagram of the server 100 in FIG. 1;
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a vending machine for agricultural products 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, since the description of the present invention is merely an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiment described in the text. That is, since the embodiment may have various changes and may have various forms, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention includes equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, since the object or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of them or only such effects, it should not be understood that the scope of the present invention is limited thereby.

The meaning of the terms described in the present invention should be understood as follows.

Terms such as “first” and “second” are for distinguishing one component from another, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, a first component may be termed a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be termed a first component. When a component is referred to as being “connected to” another component, it may be directly connected to the other component, but it should be understood that other components may exist in between. On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a certain element is "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that the other element does not exist in the middle. Meanwhile, other expressions describing the relationship between elements, that is, "between" and "between" or "neighboring to" and "directly adjacent to", etc., should be interpreted similarly.

The singular expression is to be understood to include the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and terms such as "comprise" or "have" are not intended to refer to the specified feature, number, step, action, component, part or any of them. It is intended to indicate that a combination exists, and it should be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of the existence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Terms defined in the dictionary should be interpreted as being consistent with the meaning of the context of the related art, and cannot be interpreted as having an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

embodiment composition

Hereinafter, the configuration of the preferred embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present invention, agricultural products refer to grains (rice, beans, barley, wheat, sesame, etc.), fruits (apples, strawberries, melons, peaches, tangerines, plums, etc.), vegetables (lettuce, cucumbers, eggplants, radishes, Chinese cabbages, peppers, Onion, green onion, garlic, etc.) and processed foods thereof (jam, wheat flour, red pepper powder, canned food, dried fruit, dried radish radish, sesame oil, etc.) should be understood as encompassing it.

1 is a schematic system configuration diagram of a system for automatically selling agricultural products sold at market prices according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the server 100 is a central computer and is connected to a network 150 such as the Internet, a wireless communication network, and a LAN.

The agricultural product vending machine 120 may be provided in a market, a mart, a public place, etc., and may be connected to the network 120 . The agricultural products vending machine 120 may sell various agricultural products by type by inputting them, or may exclusively sell one agricultural product.

The mobile device 200 may be a mobile phone, tablet, or laptop computer of a seller (eg, a strawberry farm owner or farmer). The mobile device 200 may access the server 100 through a wireless communication network or network 150 , and may receive sales status of its own agricultural products from the server 100 .

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a lower table of the database unit (DB unit, 170) installed in the server 100 in FIG. 1 . As shown in FIG. 2, the wholesale bidding DB 172 receives and stores transaction information that is successful every day at the agricultural wholesale market, the fruit and vegetable wholesale market, and the like. In the wholesale bid DB 172, for example, successful bid information, such as "November 18, 2020 05:30 Spinach 3Kg 1 box 18,000 won" is stored for each field.

The sales price DB 173 stores sales prices for each product and date in each vending machine 120 . For example, selling price information such as "Nov. 19, 2020 09 o'clock strawberry 250g 1 box 9,000 won" is stored for each field. The selling price DB 173 may be used for history management by storing price changes according to market prices.

The inventory expiration date DB 174 stores and manages the inventory and flow period of each product sold in the vending machine 120 . For example, inventory and expiration date information such as "strawberry 250g 1 box 12 stock and shelf life until November 25" is stored by field.

In the vending machine DB 165, fields related to inventory capacity, installation location, installation time, failure or not, manager, manager contact information, etc. are defined for the vending machine.

The POS DB 176 stores and manages POS (Point Of Sale), that is, management information of the point of sale. That is, it includes the sales period, the name of the product sold, the selling price, the unique number of the sold vending machine, the quantity sold, the remaining stock, and the like.

The seller image DB 177 stores video or images of the farm landscape, the cultivation process, the seller's face, greetings, trademarks, etc., captured by the seller with a mobile device 200 , etc., and transmits them to each vending machine 120 . to express

The product information DB (178) contains the product name (eg, strawberry), weight (eg, 200g of 1 box), price (eg, 9,000 won per box), grade (eg, superior product), stocking date, stocked quantity, seller name Fields related to, etc. are defined.

In the seller and mobile device DB 179, fields related to personal information (address, phone number, resident registration number), financial information (bank name, account number, transaction details), mobile device number, email address, etc. of each member or seller of agricultural products are defined do.

FIG. 3 is an internal configuration diagram of the agricultural products vending machine 120 of FIG. 1 . As shown in FIG. 3 , the communication unit 122 may connect to the network 150 by wire or wirelessly to transmit/receive data. The communication unit 122 enables two-way data communication with the server 100 through the network 150 , and transmits the received information to the control unit 121 .

The storage unit 123 stores programs necessary for the operation of the vending machine 120 , POS information, product information, seller images, and the like. The storage unit 123 may be a hard disk, RAM, ROM, flash memory, optical disk, or the like.

The refrigerating unit 124 maintains the inside of the vending machine 120 at a low temperature for fresh storage when the agricultural products sold are fruits or vegetables. The refrigerating unit 124 may include a refrigerator.

The power supply unit 125 may include an external AC power source (220V), a converter for converting AC power into DC power, a battery, and the like for the operation of the vending machine 120 .

The audio output unit 126 processes operation guidance of the vending machine 120 , promotion and introduction of crops, and audio output when displaying an image. To this end, the audio output unit 126 may be a speaker.

The display unit 127 processes selection of agricultural products, image display of sellers, and the like. The display unit 127 may be a TV or monitor made of an LCD or OLED material, and may include a touch screen for input.

The price display unit 128 displays the market price (eg, 9,000 won per box of strawberries) for the received agricultural products. The price display unit 128 displays each market price for a plurality of agricultural products, and when a changed market price is input, the price is immediately changed and displayed. The price display unit 128 may be included in the display unit 127 or may be displayed by a seven segment diode or a dot matrix LED.

The product discharge unit 129 is configured to discharge selected agricultural products. The product discharge unit 129 can discharge one box at a time, and various conventional configurations are disclosed in this regard.

The stocking unit 130 is configured to input information about agricultural products when putting agricultural products into the vending machine 120 . The storage unit 130 may include a barcode scanner or an RFID reader. These barcodes include product management numbers, prices, stocking dates, expiration dates, and the like. Each agricultural product box can be scanned one by one and put into the vending machine 120, and it is also possible to collectively stock the same product (eg, 10 boxes of strawberries).

The control unit 121 is a component that controls, calculates, and determines each component of the vending machine 120 . The control unit 121 may be a microcomputer, a CPU, or the like.

4 is an internal configuration diagram of the server 100 in FIG. 1 . 4, the selling price adjustment unit 111 is a component that determines and adjusts the market price for each agricultural product. The selling price adjustment unit 111 determines the market price by adding a specific margin to the input wholesale bid price, and subtracting a discount in proportion to the inventory and expiration date. For example, if 40% of the wholesale bid price is added to the margin and sold, the market price is determined by applying a 10% discount rate if the expiration date is 2-3 days left or if there is a lot of inventory left.

The server communication unit 112 enables communication with each agricultural product vending machine 120 through the network 150 and also enables communication with the portable device 200 .

The mobile device web server 113 displays information of the server 100 to the mobile device 200 .

The image conversion unit 114 serves to convert the video or image uploaded by the seller so that the display unit 127 of the vending machine 120 can reproduce and display it. That is, the image conversion unit 114 converts the video or image uploaded by the seller into a predetermined format (eg, MP4, AVI file) or size and resolution (eg, 1,024 * 768).

The server control unit 110 is a component that controls, calculates, and determines each component of the server 100 . The server control unit 110 may be a microcomputer, CPU, or the like.

embodiment movement

Hereinafter, the operation of the preferred embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a vending machine for agricultural products according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 5, first, the seller packages the agricultural products in box units and prints the barcode (S100).

Then, the agricultural product box is scanned when it is received in the manager's temporary storage warehouse. Then, it is shipped from the temporary storage warehouse and delivered to each vending machine 120 through a distribution process. At this time, the seller photographs his/her farm with the mobile device 200 and uploads it to the server 100 .

The delivery person scans the box of the agricultural product in the stocking unit 130 and puts it into the vending machine 120 (S110). The vending machine 120 notifies the server 100 that the agricultural product has been received, and downloads a video about the agricultural product from the server 100 and stores it in the storage unit 123 .

The price display unit 128 displays the price stored in the barcode, and the display unit 127 and the audio output unit 126 play a video to induce consumers' interest (S120).

When a sale is made by a consumer, POS information is generated and the generated POS information is transmitted to the server. The transmitted POS information is stored in the POS DB 176 . The server 100 may identify and manage the expiration date and inventory according to the received POS information. If necessary, a discount rate may be applied to distribute the sale event price. In addition, the server 100 may transmit information about the sale of the agricultural product (eg, sales volume, sales location, sale date and time, sale price, etc.) to the mobile device 200 and share it with the seller. This shared information may be sent by e-mail or text message. In addition, the seller 200 may access the mobile device web server 113 with the mobile device 200 and check the sales status of his/her agricultural products from time to time.

If the price of agricultural products fluctuates significantly due to extreme weather, pests, or concentrated shipments, the wholesale bid price will change. These wholesale bid prices are received every day and stored in the wholesale bid price DB (172). When the price of the wholesale bid price DB 172 is out of a certain range of change, the selling price adjustment unit 111 adjusts the price and transmits it to each vending machine 120 (S140). Such price adjustments may be made on a daily basis. Accordingly, consumers can conveniently purchase agricultural products at a price that is not significantly different from purchasing at a market or mart, and can purchase agricultural products whose expiration date is approaching at a low price.

The detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention disclosed as described above is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make and practice the present invention. Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, those skilled in the art can use each configuration described in the above-described embodiments in a way in combination with each other. Accordingly, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the above detailed description should not be construed as restrictive in all respects but as exemplary. The scope of the present invention should be determined by a reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all modifications within the equivalent scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. The present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein. In addition, claims that are not explicitly cited in the claims may be combined to form an embodiment, or may be included as new claims by amendment after filing.

100 : server,
110: server control unit,
111: sales price adjustment unit;
112: server communication department,
113: mobile device web server,
114: image conversion unit,
120: agricultural products vending machine,
121: control unit;
122: communication department;
123: storage,
124: refrigeration unit,
125: power unit,
126: audio output unit,
127: display unit;
128: price display unit,
129: product discharging unit,
130: warehousing unit,
150: network;
170: DB unit,
172: Wholesale bidding DB,
173: sales price DB,
174: inventory expiration date DB,
175: vending machine DB,
176: POS DB,
177: seller image DB,
178: product information DB,
179: seller and mobile device DB,
200: mobile device.

Claims (10)

In the server for selling agricultural products,
Wholesale bid price DB (172) for receiving and storing the wholesale market bid price information of agricultural products;
Inventory shelf life DB 174 in which information about the inventory and shelf life of the agricultural products is stored;
a selling price adjusting unit 111 that adjusts the selling price of the vending machine 120 to a market price based on the bid price information, inventory, and expiration date;
a server communication unit (112) for transmitting the selling price to at least one of the vending machines (120); and
and a mobile device web server 113 for transmitting the POS information of the agricultural products received through the server communication unit 112 to the seller's portable device 200; Server for selling agricultural products sold at market prices. The method of claim 1,
a seller image DB (177) for receiving and storing images on the seller's farm or cultivation process; and
The server for selling agricultural products sold at market prices, characterized in that it further comprises; an image conversion unit (114) that converts the seller image to be displayed in the vending machine (120). The method of claim 1,
The selling price adjustment unit 111 adds a predetermined margin to the bidding price information,
A server for selling agricultural products sold at market prices, characterized in that the market price is adjusted by subtracting a discount amount proportional to the inventory and expiration date. The method of claim 1,
The agricultural products are a server for selling agricultural products sold at market prices, characterized in that the box-packed fruit. In the agricultural product vending machine,
A warehousing unit 130 that receives information on the agricultural products when warehousing the agricultural products;
a communication unit 122 for receiving the selling price of the agricultural products from the server 100 connected to the network 150 in real time;
a price display unit 128 for displaying the selling price; and
and a display unit (127) that receives and reproduces the image of the seller of the agricultural products from the server (100). 6. The method of claim 5,
The warehousing unit 130 scans a barcode of a box in which the agricultural products are packaged or recognizes RFID to receive information about the agricultural products. 6. The method of claim 5,
Agricultural products vending machine sold at market price, characterized in that the agricultural products are box-packed fruits. 6. The method of claim 5,
Agricultural products vending machine sold at market price, characterized in that it further comprises a control unit (121) for transmitting the POS information on the sale of the agricultural products to the server (100) through the communication unit (122). Packaging agricultural products in a box and printing a barcode (S100);
scanning the box in the storage unit 130 of the vending machine 120 and inserting the box (S110);
Based on the barcode information, the price display unit 128 displays and sells the selling price of the agricultural products (S120); and
Transmitting the POS information generated during the sale to the server 100 through the communication unit 122 (S130); including;
Agricultural products vending machine sold at market price, characterized in that when a new sale price for the agricultural product is received from the server 100 (S140), the price display unit 128 displays the received sale price. method of operation. 10. The method of claim 9,
In the selling step (S120), the display unit 127 displaying an image related to the seller's farm or cultivation process; the method of operating an agricultural product vending machine sold at market price, characterized in that it further includes.

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