KR20230066187A - ONLINE LIVESTOCK PURCHASING SYSTEM USING IoT VENDING MACHINE - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vending machine which stores a plurality of products and has an outlet through which purchased products are discharged, and provides an IoT vending machine comprising: a product holder for displaying loaded products; a plurality of holders arranged in a plurality of layers at set intervals inside the product holder; a plurality of holding rods on which one or more products are hung and displayed; a thermometer which measures the temperature of the product holder; a first sensing unit which detects the weight of the product hanging on the holding rod; a control unit which determines that the product hanging on the rod is imminent to be sold out according to a detection signal from a first detection unit; and a display unit which displays imminent out-of-stock conditions or displays the temperature measured by the thermometer according to a signal from the control unit. Accordingly, the present invention can detect the inventory amount of meat products being sold and notify the operator of the temperature and inventory amount.

Description

IT vending machine and livestock trading system using it {ONLINE LIVESTOCK PURCHASING SYSTEM USING IoT VENDING MACHINE}

The present invention relates to an IoT vending machine and a livestock product trading system using the same.

In general, a vending machine is an unmanned vending machine that has products such as coffee, cigarettes, snacks, books, and cans inside, and when a user inserts an amount corresponding to the product he/she wants to purchase and then selects the desired product , refers to the vending machine through which the selected product is dispensed through the outlet.

In such a vending machine, a manager arbitrarily replenishes products by referring to previous sales results and the like. Even if there is no inventory, the seller or manager cannot check the inventory of the product placed in the vending machine, so the buyer cannot purchase the desired product and the seller cannot sell the product, resulting in a decrease in profits.

In addition, in the case of products such as meat and eggs, in which production can be adjusted by adjusting the amount or timing of slaughter and spawning, the development of technology that can accurately inform producers or suppliers of sales trends is required.

KR 101662153 B KR 1020080043071 A KR 1020130036689 A KR 1020190140509 A

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is to provide an IoT vending machine capable of detecting sales information of a vending machine, in particular, a livestock vending machine, monitoring the internal temperature and condition of the vending machine, and notifying the operator thereof, and a livestock trading system using the same. The purpose.

According to an embodiment of the present invention,

In a vending machine provided with a discharge port through which a plurality of products are stored and purchased products are discharged,

Product holder for displaying products to be loaded;

A plurality of holders arranged in a plurality of layers at set intervals inside the product holder; and

A plurality of holding rods on which one or more products are hung and displayed;

a thermometer for measuring the temperature of the product holding part;

A first sensing unit for sensing the weight of the product hanging from the mounting bar;

a control unit that determines that the product hanging from the mounting bar is about to be out of stock according to the detection signal of the first sensing unit; and

Provided is an IoT vending machine including a display unit for displaying an imminent out of stock or displaying a temperature measured by the thermometer according to a signal from the control unit.

A plurality of holders are disposed in a plurality of layers at set intervals inside the product holder,

The plurality of mounting rods are spaced upward from each of the holders by a set interval and are horizontally disposed on the holder, so that one or more products are hung and displayed,

The cradle is composed of a horizontal plate and a vertical plate extending vertically upward from the rear end of the horizontal plate, and the vertical plate is formed in a size corresponding to the height of the product package to be stacked,

The mounting rod is composed of a horizontal rod having a length corresponding to the distance from the front end to the rear end of the horizontal plate, a first vertical rod extending downward from the rear end of the horizontal rod in a 'Π' shape, and a second vertical rod,

The first vertical rod is located in front of the second vertical rod, the vertical plate is inserted between the first vertical rod and the second vertical rod, and the first sensing unit is disposed between the vertical plate and the first vertical rod,

The first sensing unit may be formed of a piezoelectric polymer material to sense a pressing force of the first vertical bar according to the weight of a product suspended from the vertical bar.

Further comprising a second sensing unit including an imaging device for photographing the holding rod or a distance measuring device installed at an end of the holding rod and measuring a distance between products mounted on the holding rod,

The control unit is characterized in that it is connected to the second sensing unit and determines whether or not the stock is in stock through a transmitted signal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, in the livestock product trading system including the IoT vending machine,

The IoT vending machine includes a communication unit for connection to a communication network,

The producer terminal is installed with a livestock product trading application that enables input of livestock products mounted on the mounting rods for each mounting rod and receives and confirms sales information from the IoT vending machine,

The first sensing unit detects the total weight of the product hanging on the mounting rod and applies it to the control unit, and the control unit transmits product out-of-stock information to the operator terminal through the communication unit according to the change in weight. It provides a livestock trading system using

Further comprising a producer terminal of a producer that produces and mounts livestock products on the mounting rod of the IoT vending machine,

The livestock product trading application of the producer terminal enables the input of breeding entity identification information, slaughter date, part, weight information and number of products for each rod, and transmits the input information to the control unit of the IoT vending machine, ,

The control unit sorts and stores each producer information and information transmitted through the producer terminal for each mounting rod of the entire IoT vending machine,

The first sensing unit transmits detected weight information to the control unit when a weight change event occurs, and the control unit transmits the sold livestock product part corresponding to the holding rod and weight information to the producer terminal corresponding to each holding rod. characterized by

According to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to provide an IoT vending machine capable of detecting the stock amount of meat products to be sold and notifying the operator of the temperature and stock amount, and a livestock product trading system using the same.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an IoT vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing a product holder of the IoT vending machine of FIG. 1 .
3 is a view showing a state in which a product is mounted on a mounting bar of the product mounting unit of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display unit of the IoT vending machine of FIG. 2 .
5 is a photograph showing a packaged meat product mounted on a product holder of the IoT vending machine of FIG. 2 .
6 is a block diagram showing a livestock product trading system using an IoT vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, other objects and features of the present invention in addition to the above objects will be clearly revealed through the description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Terms used in this document are only used to describe a specific embodiment, and may not be intended to limit the scope of other embodiments. Singular expressions may include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. All terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art of the present disclosure. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries may be interpreted as having the same or similar meanings as those in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in this document, they are not interpreted in ideal or excessively formal meanings. . In some cases, even terms defined in this document cannot be interpreted to exclude embodiments of the present disclosure.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a vending machine equipped with an automatic ordering function according to product inventory according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of an IoT vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing a product holder of the IoT vending machine of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a view showing the display of the IoT vending machine of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a photograph showing a packaged meat product mounted on a product mounting rod of the IoT vending machine of FIG. 2, and FIG. It is a block diagram showing a livestock product trading system using an IoT vending machine according to an embodiment of the invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the IoT vending machine 100 according to the present invention has a body 110 in the form of a cabinet, a product holder 120 for displaying products to be loaded by opening the front to a window 121, and a customer It includes an outlet 130 through which purchased products are discharged, and components for product purchase processing. The configuration for product purchase processing includes technologies for payment, product discharge, and the like, and previously disclosed technologies for payment and product discharge may be applied without limitation thereto.

The product holder 120 is installed on the main body 110, and a transparent window 121 is disposed on the front side. In the product holder 120, a plurality of holders 123 supported on the rear surface of the main body 110 are arranged in a plurality of layers at set intervals. A plurality of mounting rods 122 are arranged horizontally on the holder 123 apart from each holder 123 upward by a set interval.

One or more products 300 are hung on the mounting bar 122 and displayed. The cradle 123 is composed of a horizontal plate 1231 and a vertical plate 1232 vertically extending upward from the rear end of the horizontal plate 1231 to form a '┛' shape. The horizontal plate 1231 is formed to a size corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the product holder 120, and the vertical plate 1232 is formed to a size corresponding to the height of the product 300 package 310. The side of the window 121 of the horizontal plate 1231 is referred to as a front end, and the rear side of the main body 110 is referred to as a rear end.

The mounting rod 122 is a horizontal rod 1221 having a length corresponding to the distance from the front end to the rear end of the horizontal plate 1231, and a first vertical rod 1222 extending downward from the rear end of the horizontal rod 1221 in a 'Π' shape. ), and the second vertical bar 1223. The horizontal bar 1221 is preferably spaced apart in a size corresponding to the height of the product 300 package 310 to the upper side of the horizontal plate 1221 . The horizontal bar 1221 is formed in a rod shape with rigidity capable of supporting the weight of products to be mounted and maintaining the level, and the first vertical bar 1222 and the second vertical bar 1223 are made of the same material as the horizontal bar 1221. It is formed in the shape of a plate-shaped rod with a set width. The first vertical bar 1222 and the second vertical bar 1223 are shorter than the vertical plate 1232 . The first vertical bar 1222 is located in front of the second vertical bar 1223. A vertical plate 1232 is inserted between the first vertical bar 1222 and the second vertical bar 1223. The first sensing unit 1202-1 is positioned between the vertical plate 1232 and the first vertical bar 1222.

The first sensing unit 1202-1 is preferably formed of a piezo electric polymer material. The weight of the product suspended on the horizontal bar 1221 causes the first vertical bar 1222 to press the first sensing unit 1202-1. When the weight of the product changes, the force applied by the first vertical bar 1222 to the first sensing unit 1202-1 changes, and thus the magnitude of the current output from the first sensing unit 1202-1 changes. The force that the first vertical bar 1222 presses the first sensing unit 1202-1 with the magnitude of the current output by the first sensing unit 1202-1, that is, the weight of the entire product hanging on the horizontal bar 1221 will be able to know

The display unit 1203 is installed at the front end of the horizontal bar 1221 or, as shown in FIG. 4 , it is installed at the front end of the horizontal plate 1231 below the front end of the horizontal bar 1231 to display information about the product being mounted. . The display unit 1203 includes an LCD, VFD display, and LED display panel capable of displaying information such as product name, weight, price, mass, and slaughter date of the product to be mounted, and displays the display according to a signal from the control unit 140 to be described later. It is possible to change the contents of Messages such as out-of-stock prediction and expiration date may be displayed on the display unit 1203 . As shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 1203 installed at the front end of the horizontal plate 1231 has a display on the front side and a camera, imaging device, optical sensor, ultrasonic sensor, or infrared distance measuring sensor on the rear side. It may further include a second sensing unit 1202-2. The second detection unit 1202-2 is disposed at the front end of the horizontal plate 1231 to detect the distance to the product, transmit a detection signal, and detect the number of remaining products through information on the distance to the product. That is, it is possible to determine whether a product is out of stock through an image captured by a camera or an imaging device. It is possible to detect whether the product is out of stock by determining the distance to the product through signals of the optical sensor, the ultrasonic sensor, and the infrared sensor.

In addition, the vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a thermometer for measuring an internal temperature, and measurement information of the thermometer may be displayed through the display unit 1203 .

5 is a photograph showing an example of a product sold in a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the livestock product 320 is packaged in a product package 310 such as a plastic vacuum pack, and it is preferable that a through hole 311 is formed in the package 310 so that the mounting bar 122 can be penetrated and hung. do. A ring that can be caught on the mounting bar 122 may be formed in the product package 310 . A product tag 312 displaying product information and an identification code may be attached to the package 310 .

6 is a block diagram showing a livestock product trading system using an IT vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the livestock product trading system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a vending machine 100 and a producer terminal 200 connected to the Internet.

The vending machine 100 includes a control unit 140, a sensing unit 1202, a display unit 1203, a driving unit 150, and a communication unit 160.

The control unit 140 is connected to the sensing unit 1202, the display unit 1203, the driving unit 150, and the communication unit 160 to control the operation of each component.

The driving unit 150 includes a technical configuration for discharging the product from the mounting bar 122 to the outlet 130. A technical configuration for discharge of a general vending machine may be applied, but is not limited thereto. The driving unit 150 drives the product selected by the purchaser to be discharged from the mounting rod 122 to the outlet 130 according to the control signal of the control unit 140 .

The communication unit 160 may be a wireless communication module (eg, a cellular communication module, a short-range wireless communication module, or a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) communication module) or a wired communication module (eg, a local area network (LAN) communication module, or a power line communication module). module) may be included. The communication unit 160 includes a short-distance communication network such as Bluetooth, WiFi direct, or infrared data association (IrDA), or a long-distance communication network such as a cellular network, the Internet, or a computer network (eg, LAN or WAN). The communication unit 160 may be integrated as one component (eg, a single chip) or implemented as a plurality of separate components (eg, multiple chips). The communication unit 160 communicatively connects the producer terminal 200 and the vending machine 100 .

The sensing unit 1202 detects the total weight of the product 300 suspended from the mounting rod 122 and applies a detection signal to the control unit 140 . When an event in which the weight changes occurs, the control unit 140 transmits it to the producer terminal 200 of the corresponding product 300 through the communication unit 160 . The sensing unit 1202 is disposed for each mounting rod 122, and a detection signal of the sensing unit 1202 enables inventory of products hung on the corresponding mounting rod 122 to be calculated. When a product produced by one manufacturer is displayed on the hanging rod 122, the control unit 140 sends the product manufacturer terminal 200 of the holding rod 122 the product sold out according to the weight information detected by the sensor 1202. Expected information and expiration date information can be delivered.

The producer terminal 200 has an application for trading livestock products using the vending machine 100 installed, and can check sales information of the vending machine 100 using this application.

The livestock product trading application allows producers to input the products to be mounted for each mounting rod 122 when the livestock product package is placed on the mounting rod 122. Product breeding entity identification information, slaughter date, part, weight information and the number of products are input for each mounting bar 122, and the input information is transmitted to the control unit 140 of the vending machine 100. The producer may also input the expiration date of the product through the producer terminal 200 . The control unit 140 stores the information transmitted from the producer terminal 200 for each mounting rod 122 of the vending machine 100, and the initial weight information of the product loaded in the sensor unit 1202 corresponding to each mounting rod 122. is sensed and transmitted to the control unit 140, and the control unit 140 stores total weight information for each mounting bar 122. When a weight change event occurs, the sensor 1202 transmits the detected weight information to the controller 140, and the controller 140 sends the producer terminal 200 corresponding to the holder 122 to the holder 122. Delivers information on livestock products for sale, such as parts and weight of livestock products to be used. The controller 140 calculates the distribution period based on one of the distribution period input by the producer terminal 200, the date of storage, the date of slaughter, and the distribution period input by the producer terminal 200 when the livestock product package is placed on the holder 122. The terminal 200 transmits information on the part and weight of livestock products that are about to expire. In addition, the controller 140 transmits out-of-stock prediction information to the producer terminal 200 corresponding to the mounting bar 122 whose weight is less than or equal to the set value when the weight information applied from the sensor 1202 is less than or equal to the set value. The information delivered by the control unit 140 can be delivered to the producer terminal 200 through SNS set in the producer terminal 200 or notification talk of the livestock product transaction application.

According to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, sales part and weight information are transmitted to the producer terminal 200 according to the sale of livestock products, so the livestock producer It receives out-of-stock forecast information and expiration date information, and accordingly, it is possible to determine the slaughter of the product and replenish the stock of the product.

Claims (5)

In a vending machine equipped with a discharge port through which a plurality of products are stored and purchased products are discharged,
Product holder for displaying products to be loaded;
A plurality of holders arranged in a plurality of layers at set intervals inside the product holder; and
A plurality of holding rods on which one or more products are hung and displayed;
a thermometer for measuring the temperature of the product holding part;
A first sensing unit for sensing the weight of the product hanging on the mounting rod;
a control unit that determines that the product hanging from the mounting bar is about to be out of stock according to the detection signal of the first sensing unit; and
An IoT vending machine including a display unit displaying an imminent out-of-stock or displaying a temperature measured by the thermometer according to a signal from the control unit. According to claim 1,
A plurality of holders are disposed in a plurality of layers at set intervals inside the product holder,
The plurality of mounting rods are spaced upward from each of the holders by a set interval and are horizontally disposed on the holder, so that one or more products are hung and displayed,
The cradle is composed of a horizontal plate and a vertical plate extending vertically upward from the rear end of the horizontal plate, and the vertical plate is formed in a size corresponding to the height of the product package to be stacked,
The mounting rod is composed of a horizontal rod having a length corresponding to the distance from the front end to the rear end of the horizontal plate, a first vertical rod extending downward from the rear end of the horizontal rod in a 'Π' shape, and a second vertical rod,
The first vertical rod is located in front of the second vertical rod, the vertical plate is inserted between the first vertical rod and the second vertical rod, and the first sensing unit is disposed between the vertical plate and the first vertical rod,
The first sensing unit is an IoT vending machine, characterized in that formed of a piezoelectric polymer material for sensing a pressing force of the first vertical bar according to the weight of the product hanging on the vertical bar. According to claim 1,
Further comprising a second sensing unit including an imaging device for photographing the holding rod or a distance measuring device installed at an end of the holding rod and measuring a distance between products mounted on the holding rod,
The IoT vending machine, characterized in that the control unit determines whether or not it is in stock through a signal connected to the second sensing unit and transmitted. In the livestock product trading system including the IoT vending machine of claim 1,
The IoT vending machine includes a communication unit for connection to a communication network,
The producer terminal is installed with a livestock product trading application that enables input of livestock products mounted on the mounting rods for each mounting rod and receives and confirms sales information from the IoT vending machine,
The first sensing unit detects the total weight of the product hanging on the mounting rod and applies it to the control unit, and the control unit transmits product out-of-stock information to the operator terminal through the communication unit according to the change in weight. Livestock trading system using According to claim 4,
Further comprising a producer terminal of a producer that produces and mounts livestock products on the mounting rod of the IoT vending machine,
The livestock product trading application of the producer terminal enables the input of breeding entity identification information, slaughter date, part, weight information and number of products for each rod, and transmits the input information to the control unit of the IoT vending machine, ,
The control unit sorts and stores each producer information and information transmitted through the producer terminal for each mounting rod of the entire IoT vending machine,
The first sensing unit transmits detected weight information to the control unit when a weight change event occurs, and the control unit transmits the sold livestock product part corresponding to the holding rod and weight information to the producer terminal corresponding to each holding rod. Livestock trading system using IoT vending machine, characterized in that.

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