TWI708045B - Barrel material distribution system and operation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A barrel material distribution system and an operation method thereof are provided. The barrel material Distribution system includes at least one barrel unit, a processor and a data storage device. The barrel unit has a barrel and at least one ultrasonic detector. The barrel is configured to hold a material. The ultrasonic detector is disposed on a surface of the barrel. The ultrasonic detector is configured to detect the material to generate a material height signal. The processor is configured to receive the material height signal of the barrel unit.

Description

Distribution system and operation method of barreled materials

The present invention relates to a distribution system and an operation method thereof, in particular to a distribution system and an operation method of barreled materials.

Common materials in daily life, such as fuel, drinking water, edible oil, etc. Usually stored in barrel-shaped containers. Due to the special requirements of various materials, they must be stored in containers that are difficult to detect their inventory. For example, gas must be stored in high-pressure steel drums, gasoline must be stored in non-flammable steel drums, Drinking water should be purely placed in a stainless steel barrel with high antibacterial and opaque. Because it is difficult to determine the inventory of these storage containers, they often encounter the dilemma that they cannot be delivered by the supplier immediately when the materials are exhausted.

Some of the barrels where materials are stored are airtight, some are opaque, and some are highly hygienic. It is impossible to install sensors inside the barrels and observe the stock of materials from the outside. Therefore, some people use scales or other weighing devices to calculate the stock, and then notify the supplier through the network or other telecommunications channels, but all kinds of weighing sensors cannot withstand the pressure for a long time, otherwise the sensor will be damaged or lose accuracy Degree, such as the phenomenon of elastic fatigue of elastic elements.

Therefore, in order to overcome the shortcomings and deficiencies in the conventional technology, it is necessary for the present invention to provide an improved delivery system for barreled materials and an operating method thereof to solve the problems of the conventional technology.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a system for distributing barreled materials and an operating method thereof, which use a material inventory return device to notify the material supplier for distribution when the material inventory is insufficient.

In order to achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a barreled material distribution system, including at least one barrel unit, a material inventory reporting device and a cloud information module; wherein the barrel unit has a barrel and at least one ultrasonic detector. A detector, the barrel is configured to hold a material for use by a user, the ultrasonic detector is set on a surface of the barrel, and the ultrasonic detector is configured to detect the material to generate a material Height signal; the material inventory return device is configured to receive the material height signal of the barrel unit, and determine whether the material contained in the barrel of the barrel unit is sufficient, and if the material is sufficient, drive the barrel unit The ultrasonic detector detects the material after a sleep time. If the material is insufficient, it outputs the material height signal of the barrel unit and a device code of the barrel unit; the cloud information module is configured to receive and store The material inventory return device outputs the material height signal and the device code, and indexes data of users who use the material of the barrel unit according to the device code.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the barrel of the barrel unit has a bottom wall, a surrounding wall and a top wall, the surrounding wall extends upward from the bottom wall, the top wall is disposed on the surrounding wall, and the The ultrasonic detector is arranged on the surface of the bottom wall.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the barrel of the barrel unit has a bottom wall, a surrounding wall and a top wall, the surrounding wall extends upward from the bottom wall, the top wall is disposed on the surrounding wall, and the The ultrasonic detector is arranged on the surface of the top wall.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the barrel of the barrel unit has a bottom wall, a surrounding wall and a top wall, the surrounding wall extends upward from the bottom wall, the top wall is disposed on the surrounding wall, and Two ultrasonic detectors are arranged on the surface of the surrounding wall and located on one side of the surrounding wall.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the barrel of the barrel unit has a bottom wall, a surrounding wall and a top wall, the surrounding wall extends upward from the bottom wall, the top wall is disposed on the surrounding wall, and Four ultrasonic detectors are arranged on the surface of the surrounding wall, wherein the ultrasonic detectors are respectively located on a first side of the surrounding wall and a second side opposite to the first side.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the material inventory reporting device has a processor, a wireless transmitter, and a power supply, and the processor is configured to receive the material height signal of the barrel unit and generate the barrel unit The wireless transmitter is configured to transmit the material height signal and the device code to the cloud information module, and the power supply is configured to provide power to the processor and the wireless transmitter.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides an operating method of a barreled material distribution system, which includes a detection step, a judgment step, and a data transmission step; in the detection step, at least one barrel unit is provided, the The barrel unit has a barrel and at least one ultrasonic detector. The ultrasonic detector is used to detect the material in the barrel to generate a material height signal; in the determining step, a material inventory reporting device is used to determine the barrel Whether the material contained in the barrel of the body unit is sufficient, if the material is sufficient, the ultrasonic detector of the barrel unit is driven to detect the material after a sleep time, and if the material is not sufficient, the output of the barrel unit is output. Material height signal; in the data transmission step, a cloud information module is used to receive and store the material height signal output by the material inventory reporting device and a device code of the barrel unit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after the data transmission step, the operation method further includes a distribution step, which uses the material of the barrel unit according to the material height signal stored by the cloud information module and the device code index User’s information, to distribute barrel units with sufficient materials to replace barrel units with insufficient materials.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in the detecting step, the ultrasonic detector disposed on a bottom wall or a top wall of the barrel is used for detection to generate the material height signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in the detection step, a plurality of ultrasonic detectors arranged on one or both sides of a wall of the barrel are used for detection to generate the material height signal.

As mentioned above, the ultrasonic detector is used to detect the material of the barrel to generate a material height signal, and then the low-stock information is sent to the cloud information module through the Internet, and then the supplier and the The user agrees on the delivery time and place to improve the problems caused by the above-mentioned conventional technology. In addition, the delivery system and its operating method of the present invention are configured to provide non-contact, long-term accurate sensing of the stock of materials in the barrel, wherein ultrasonic waves can be used to penetrate and non-contact detect the characteristics of different materials. Detect the material height of the barrel.

In order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the following will specifically cite the preferred embodiments of the present invention, together with the accompanying drawings, and describe in detail as follows. Furthermore, the directional terms mentioned in the present invention, such as up, down, top, bottom, front, back, left, right, inside, outside, side, surrounding, center, horizontal, horizontal, vertical, vertical, axial, The radial direction, the uppermost layer, or the lowermost layer, etc., are only the direction in which the reference object is generally placed. Therefore, the directional terms used are used to describe and understand the present invention, rather than to limit the present invention.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2, which is a first preferred embodiment of the barreled material distribution system of the present invention. The barreled material distribution system includes at least one barrel unit 2, a material inventory return device 3, and A cloud information module 4. The present invention will describe the detailed structure, assembly relationship and operation principle of each component in detail below.

Continuing to refer to Figures 1 and 2, the barrel unit 2 has a barrel 21 and at least one ultrasonic detector 22. The barrel 21 is configured to hold a material for use by a user. The ultrasonic detector The device 22 is arranged on a surface of the barrel 21, and the ultrasonic detector 22 is configured to detect the material and generate a material height signal. In this embodiment, the ultrasonic detector 22 of the barrel unit 2 is an ultrasonic sensor, and the barrel 21 of the barrel unit 2 has a bottom wall 211, a surrounding wall 212, and a top wall 213 The surrounding wall 212 extends upward from the bottom wall 211, the top wall 213 is disposed on the surrounding wall 212, and the ultrasonic detector 22 is disposed on the surface of the bottom wall 211 of the bottom wall 211.

Continuing to refer to Figures 1 and 2, the material inventory reporting device 3 is configured to receive the material height signal of the barrel unit 2 and determine whether the material contained in the barrel 21 of the barrel unit 2 is sufficient If the material is sufficient, the ultrasonic detector 22 of the barrel unit 2 will be driven to detect the material after a sleep time. If the material is not sufficient, the material height signal of the barrel unit 2 and the barrel will be output A device code for body unit 2. In this embodiment, the material inventory return device 3 has a processor 31, a wireless transmitter 32, and a power supply 33. The processor 31 is configured to receive the material height signal of the barrel unit 2 and generate the The device code of the barrel unit 2, the wireless transmitter 32 is configured to transmit the material height signal and the device code to the cloud information module 4, and the power supply 33 is configured to provide the processor 31 and the wireless Conveyor 32 power supply.

Continuing to refer to Figures 1 and 2, the cloud information module 4 is configured to receive and store the material height signal output by the material inventory reporting device 3 and the device code, and use the barrel unit according to the device code index 2 the user's information of the material. In this embodiment, the cloud information module 4 stores the user's contact information, and collects the material consumption and stock status of the barrel unit 2, and automatically informs the material supplier to deliver early when the material stock is insufficient to avoid causing material The dilemma of not being able to deliver immediately when exhausted.

As described above, the ultrasonic detector 22 is used to detect the material of the barrel 21 to generate a material height signal, such as a low inventory message record. In this embodiment, a bottom of the barrel 21 is used. The ultrasonic detector 22 on the wall detects, and uses the reflected wave of the ultrasonic to detect the height of the material contained in the barrel 21 to determine whether the material is sufficient. The ultrasonic detector 22 emits ultrasonic waves and penetrates the bottom wall 211 of the barrel 21, and then penetrates the material (liquid) in the barrel 21, and generates at the boundary where the material (liquid) contacts the gas A reflected wave is finally received by the ultrasonic detector 22 to calculate the height of the gas in the barrel 21. If the material is sufficient, the ultrasonic detector 22 of the barrel unit 2 is driven to detect the material after a sleep time. If the material is insufficient, the material height signal of the barrel unit 2 is output. Then, use the Internet to send the low-stock message and record it in the cloud information module 4 (such as a cloud information platform), and then proactively notify the supplier and the user to agree on the delivery time and place to improve the problems caused by the above-mentioned conventional technology .

In addition, the delivery system of barreled materials of the present invention is configured to provide non-contact, long-term accurate sensing of the inventory of materials in the barrel 21, and use ultrasonic waves to penetrate and non-contact detect the characteristics of different materials for detection The material height of the barrel 21 is measured to determine the stock of the material. Then use the wireless transmitter 32 to connect to the cloud information module 4 via the Internet, and notify the material supplier of the information that the material is about to be exhausted (for example, e-mail, SMS, fax, instant messaging software, etc.), Or provide an online inquiry system, allowing suppliers to actively inquire through web pages or mobile applications (APP), so that suppliers can proactively agree on the delivery time and location with users in advance.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 3, which is a second preferred embodiment of the barreled material distribution system of the present invention, which generally uses the same component names and drawing numbers, but the difference between the two is: the barrel unit The barrel 21 of 2 has a bottom wall 211, a surrounding wall 212, and a top wall 213. The surrounding wall 212 extends upward from the bottom wall 211. The top wall 213 is disposed on the surrounding wall. The ultrasonic detector 22 is provided on the surface of the top wall 213. The ultrasonic detector 22 emits ultrasonic waves and penetrates the top wall 213 of the barrel 21, then penetrates the gas in the barrel 21, and generates a reflected wave at the boundary where the material (liquid) contacts the gas. Finally, the ultrasonic detector 22 receives the reflected ultrasonic signal, and then calculates the height of the gas in the barrel 21.

As mentioned above, the delivery system of barreled materials of the present invention is configured to provide non-contact, long-term accurate sensing of the inventory of materials in the barrel 21, in which ultrasonic waves can penetrate and non-contact detect the characteristics of different materials. It is used to detect the height of the material in the barrel 21 to determine the stock of the material. The wireless transmitter 32 is then used to connect to the cloud information module 4 via the Internet to notify the supplier of the material that the material is about to be exhausted, so that the supplier can proactively agree on the delivery time and location with the user in advance.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 4, which is a third preferred embodiment of the barreled material distribution system of the present invention, which generally uses the same component names and drawing numbers, but the difference between the two is: the barrel unit The barrel 21 of 2 has a bottom wall 211, a surrounding wall 212, and a top wall 213. The surrounding wall 212 extends upward from the bottom wall 211. The top wall 213 is disposed on the surrounding wall. The barrel unit 2 Two ultrasonic detectors 22 are provided on the surface of the surrounding wall 212, and the ultrasonic detectors 22 are located on one side of the surrounding wall 212. During detection, the ultrasonic waves emitted by the ultrasonic detectors 22 will first penetrate the surrounding wall 212, and then penetrate the material or gas, and reflect the ultrasonic waves on the other side of the surrounding wall 212 to determine whether the height of the material is low At a predetermined height.

As mentioned above, the third preferred embodiment of the barreled material distribution system of the present invention is configured to provide non-contact, long-term accurate sensing of the inventory of materials in the barrel 21, wherein ultrasonic waves can penetrate and non-contact The contact detection characteristics of different substances are used to detect the height of the material in the barrel 21 and determine the stock of the material. The wireless transmitter 32 is then used to connect to the cloud information module 4 via the Internet to notify the supplier of the material that the material is about to be exhausted, so that the supplier can proactively agree on the delivery time and location with the user in advance.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 5, which is a fourth preferred embodiment of the barreled material distribution system of the present invention, which generally uses the same component names and drawing numbers, but the difference between the two is: the barrel unit The barrel 21 of 2 has a bottom wall 211, a surrounding wall 212, and a top wall 213. The surrounding wall 212 extends upward from the bottom wall 211. The top wall 213 is disposed on the surrounding wall. The barrel unit 2 Four ultrasonic detectors 22 are provided. The ultrasonic detectors 22 are fixed on the surface of the surrounding wall 212. The ultrasonic detectors 22 are respectively located on a first side of the surrounding wall 212 and opposite to the first side. Side of a second side. During detection, the ultrasonic waves emitted by the ultrasonic detectors 22 will first penetrate the surrounding wall 212, then the material or gas, and then penetrate the surrounding wall 212 again, and the ultrasonic detectors corresponding to the other side 22 Receive to judge whether the height of the material is lower than a predetermined height.

As mentioned above, the fourth preferred embodiment of the barreled material distribution system of the present invention is configured to provide non-contact, long-term accurate sensing of the inventory of materials in the barrel 21, wherein ultrasonic waves can penetrate and non-contact The contact detection characteristics of different substances are used to detect the height of the material in the barrel 21 and determine the stock of the material. The wireless transmitter 32 is then used to connect to the cloud information module 4 via the Internet to notify the supplier of the material that the material is about to be exhausted, so that the supplier can proactively agree on the delivery time and location with the user in advance.

Please refer to Figure 6 in conjunction with Figures 1 and 2, which is a preferred embodiment of the operation method of the barreled material distribution system of the present invention, wherein the operation method of the barreled material distribution system includes a detection step S201, a judgment step S202, a data transmission step S203, and a distribution step S204. The present invention will describe the operation principle of each step in detail below.

Please refer to Figure 6 in conjunction with Figure 1. In the detection step S201, at least one barrel unit 2 is prepared. The barrel unit 2 has a barrel 21 and at least one ultrasonic detector 22. The ultrasonic detector 22 detects the material of the barrel 21 to generate a material height signal; in this embodiment, the ultrasonic detector 22 disposed on a bottom wall 211 or a top wall 213 of the barrel 21 is used Perform detection and generate a material height signal. In addition, a plurality of ultrasonic detectors 22 arranged on one or both sides of a wall 212 of the barrel 21 can also be used for detection to generate a material height signal.

Please refer to Figure 6 in conjunction with Figure 1. In the determining step S202, a material inventory reporting device 3 is used to determine whether the material contained in the barrel 21 of the barrel unit 2 is sufficient. If the material is sufficient, The ultrasonic detector 22 driving the barrel unit 2 detects the material after a sleep time, and outputs the material height signal of the barrel unit 2 if the material is insufficient.

Please refer to Figure 6 and in conjunction with Figure 1, in the data transmission step S203, a cloud information module 4 is used to receive and store the material height signal output by the material inventory reporting device 3 and the barrel unit 2 A device code.

Please refer to Figure 6 in conjunction with Figure 1. In the distribution step S204, the data of the user who uses the material of the barrel unit is indexed according to the material height signal stored by the cloud information module 4 and the device code. The barrel unit 2 with sufficient materials is replaced by the barrel unit 2 with insufficient materials to achieve the delivery operation.

As mentioned above, the operating method of the barreled material distribution system of the present invention is configured to provide non-contact, long-term and accurate sensing of the material inventory in the barrel 21, wherein ultrasonic waves can be used to penetrate and non-contact detect different The characteristics of the material are used to detect the height of the material in the barrel 21 to determine the inventory of the material. The wireless transmitter 32 is then used to connect to the cloud information module 4 via the Internet to notify the supplier of the material that the material is about to be exhausted, so that the supplier can proactively agree on the delivery time and location with the user in advance.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection shall be subject to the scope of the attached patent application.

2: Barrel unit 21: barrel 211: Bottom Wall 212: Wall 213: top wall 22: Ultrasonic detector 3: Material inventory reporting device 31: processor 32: wireless transmitter 33: power supply 4: Cloud Information Module S201: Detection step S202: judgment step S203: Data transmission step S204: Delivery steps

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the system for distributing barreled materials according to the present invention. Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a barrel unit of a first preferred embodiment of the barrel material distribution system according to the present invention. Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a barrel unit according to a second preferred embodiment of the barrel material distribution system of the present invention. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a barrel unit according to a third preferred embodiment of the barrel material distribution system of the present invention. Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of a barrel unit according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the barrel material distribution system of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of the operation method of the barreled material distribution system according to the present invention.

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Claims (8)

A delivery system for barreled materials, comprising: at least one barrel unit, the barrel unit having a barrel and at least one ultrasonic detector, the barrel is configured to hold a material for use by a user, the The ultrasonic detector is arranged on a surface outside the barrel and close to the bottom of the barrel, and the ultrasonic detector is configured to detect the material to generate a material height signal; a material inventory reporting device is configured to receive The material height signal of the barrel unit, and it is determined whether the material contained in the barrel of the barrel unit is sufficient. If the material is sufficient, the ultrasonic detector of the barrel unit is driven to detect the barrel unit after a sleep time. Material, if the material is insufficient, output the material height signal of the barrel unit and a device code of the barrel unit; and a cloud information module configured to receive and store the material height output by the material inventory report device Signal and the device code, and index the data of the user who uses the material of the barrel unit according to the device code. As described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the barrel body of the barrel unit has a bottom wall, a surrounding wall and a top wall, the surrounding wall extends upward from the bottom wall, and the top The wall is arranged on the surrounding wall, and two ultrasonic detectors are arranged on the surface of the surrounding wall and located on one side of the surrounding wall. As described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the barrel body of the barrel unit has a bottom wall, a surrounding wall and a top wall, the surrounding wall extends upward from the bottom wall, and the top The wall is arranged on the surrounding wall, and four ultrasonic detectors are arranged on the surface of the surrounding wall, wherein the ultrasonic detectors are respectively located on a first side of the surrounding wall and a second side opposite to the first side side. The delivery system of barreled materials as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein The material inventory reporting device has a processor, a wireless transmitter and a power supply. The processor is configured to receive the material height signal of the barrel unit and generate the device code of the barrel unit. The wireless transmitter is configured Used to transmit the material height signal and the device code to the cloud information module, and the power supply is configured to provide power to the processor and the wireless transmitter. An operating method of a barreled material distribution system as described in the first item of the scope of patent application, the operating method comprising: a detection step, preparing at least one barrel unit, the barrel unit having a barrel and at least one ultrasonic wave The detector uses the ultrasonic detector to detect the material in the barrel to generate a material height signal; a judgment step is to use a material inventory reporting device to determine whether the material contained in the barrel of the barrel unit is sufficient If the material is sufficient, the ultrasonic detector of the barrel unit will be driven to detect the material after a sleep time; if the material is insufficient, the material height signal of the barrel unit will be output; and a data transmission step, using a cloud The information module receives and stores the material height signal output by the material inventory reporting device and a device code of the barrel unit. For example, the operation method of the barreled material distribution system described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, after the data transmission step, the operation method further includes a distribution step based on the material height signal stored by the cloud information module and the The device code indexes the data of the user who uses the material of the barrel unit, and distributes the barrel unit with sufficient material to replace the barrel unit with insufficient material. The method of operating a barreled material delivery system described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein in the detecting step, the ultrasonic detector arranged on a bottom wall or a top wall of the barrel is used for detecting Measurement, and generate the material height signal. The operation of the delivery system of barreled materials as described in item 5 of the scope of patent application A method, wherein in the detecting step, a plurality of ultrasonic detectors arranged on one side or two sides of a wall of the barrel are used for detecting to generate the material height signal.

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