WO2019096200A1

WO2019096200A1 - Electronic label-based self-service vending method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2019096200A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/115629
Authority: WO
Inventors: 斯科特·马修·罗伯特; 黄鼎隆; 傅恺
Original assignee: 深圳码隆科技有限公司
Priority date: 2017-11-15
Filing date: 2018-11-15
Publication date: 2019-05-23
Also published as: CN107909437A

Abstract

An electronic label-based self-service vending method and device, said method comprising: acquiring an electronic label which is provided on a commodity in advance and is read by a mobile terminal, so as to determine the commodity selected by a user at a predetermined marketplace (101), the electronic label containing information about the commodity on which the electronic label is provided; after acquiring confirmation information, invoking an account associated with the mobile terminal to pay for the selected commodity; and transmitting, at the mobile terminal, payment information generated on the basis of the payment (102); and reading, at a predetermined exit area of the marketplace, the electronic label of the commodity passing through said exit area, and acquiring the payment information, and if the commodity information corresponding to the electronic label is consistent with the information about the paid commodity in the payment information, executing a predetermined process of permitting a pass (103). In this way, self-service vending is realized in an automated manner, improving the efficiency, reducing the labor cost, facilitating a faster flow of people, further improving the user experience.

Description

Electronic label-based unattended method and device

Cross-reference to related applications

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. CN201711128564.3, entitled "An Electronic Label-Based Unmanned Sales Method and Equipment", filed on November 15, 2017, the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference. This is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present application relates to the field of data processing, and in particular, to an electronic tag-based unmanned method and apparatus.

Background technique

At present, in the case of sales, shops or supermarkets rely on the cashier at the time of settlement. In this way, because it relies on manual means to continue, one cost is higher, and with In the development of society, the cost of manpower will become higher and higher. In addition, the artificial method leads to relatively low efficiency, especially in large supermarkets, where users often need to queue for a long time, resulting in a particularly bad user experience. It also leads to the inability of people to flow smoothly, resulting in a large number of people who should have gone out, or to give up shopping, or to people who want to shop, especially when the area of the mall is relatively insufficient.

Summary of the invention

In view of the defects in the prior art, the present application proposes an electronic tag-based unmanned vending method and device, which performs unmanned sales in an automated manner, greatly improving efficiency, reducing the use cost, and facilitating the flow of people. Smooth circulation, which enhances the user experience.

Specifically, the present application proposes the following specific embodiments:

The embodiment of the present application proposes an electronic tag based unattended method, including:

Obtaining, by the mobile terminal, reading an electronic tag preset on the commodity to determine a selected commodity of the user in the preset shopping mall; the electronic tag includes information of the existing commodity;

After obtaining the confirmation information, calling an account associated with the mobile terminal to make a payment for the selected item; and transmitting, at the mobile terminal, payment information generated based on the payment;

Reading the electronic tag of the passed product in the preset exit area of the preset shopping mall and acquiring the payment information, if the product information corresponding to the electronic tag is consistent with the information of the paid product in the payment information, Then execute the preset release process.

In a specific embodiment, the “acquiring to read an electronic tag preset on the item by the mobile terminal to determine the selected item of the user in the preset mall” includes:

The electronic tag of the user selected in the preset shopping mall is read by the NFC function of the mobile terminal, and the user selected product is determined;

Displaying information of the commodity at the mobile terminal; wherein the information includes price information.

In a specific embodiment, the payment information includes selecting any combination of one or more of the following groups: a string, a barcode, and a two-dimensional code.

In a specific embodiment, the method further includes:

If the product information corresponding to the electronic tag does not match the information of the paid product in the payment information, a preset alert process is executed.

In a specific embodiment, the method further includes:

After the account verification is passed, the account is associated with a designated mobile terminal; wherein each of the mobile terminals is associated with one or more accounts.

The embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic tag-based unmanned vending device, including:

a determining module configured to acquire an electronic tag preset on the commodity by the mobile terminal to determine a selected item of the user in the preset shopping mall; the electronic tag includes information of the goods in the preset;

a payment module, configured to, after obtaining the confirmation information, invoke an account associated with the mobile terminal to perform payment on the selected item; and send, at the mobile terminal, payment information generated based on the payment;

a processing module, configured to read an electronic tag of the passed product and obtain the payment information in a preset exit area of the preset shopping mall, if the product information corresponding to the electronic tag and the payment information are paid If the information of the product is consistent, the preset release process is executed.

In a specific embodiment, the determining module is configured to:

The electronic tag of the user selected in the preset shopping mall is read by the NFC function of the mobile terminal, and the selected product of the user is determined;

In a specific embodiment, the payment information comprises any combination of one or more selected from the group consisting of a string, a barcode, and a two-dimensional code.

In a specific embodiment, the processing module is further configured to:

In a specific embodiment, the method further includes:

The association module is configured to associate the account with the designated mobile terminal after the account verification is passed; wherein each of the mobile terminals is associated with one or more accounts.

Therefore, the embodiment of the present application provides an electronic tag-based unattended method and device, wherein the method includes: acquiring an electronic tag preset on an item by using a mobile terminal to determine that the user is in a preset mall. The selected item; the electronic tag includes information about the item; after obtaining the confirmation message, calling an account associated with the mobile terminal to pay for the selected item; and transmitting at the mobile terminal based on the Paying the generated payment information; reading the electronic tag of the passed product in the preset exit area of the preset shopping mall, and acquiring the payment information, if the product information corresponding to the electronic tag and the payment information have been If the information of the payment item is consistent, the preset release process is executed. In this way, the unmanned goods are realized in a dynamic manner, which greatly improves the efficiency, reduces the use cost, and facilitates the smooth circulation of the flow of people, thereby improving the user experience.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below. It should be understood that the following drawings show only certain embodiments of the present application, and therefore It should be seen as a limitation on the scope, and those skilled in the art can obtain other related drawings according to these drawings without any creative work.

1 is a schematic flow chart of an electronic tag-based unmanned sales method according to an embodiment of the present application;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic tag-based unmanned vending apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

In the following, various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described more fully. The present disclosure can have various embodiments, and adjustments and changes can be made therein. It should be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed herein, but the invention is to be construed as being included within the spirit and scope of the various embodiments of the present disclosure. All adjustments, equivalents and/or alternatives.

In the following, the term "comprising" or "including" may be used in the various embodiments of the present disclosure to indicate the existence of the disclosed function, operation or element, and does not limit one or more functions, operations or elements. increase. In addition, the terms "comprising," "having," "," It should not be understood that the existence or addition of one or more features, numbers, steps, operations, components or components of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, components or combinations of the foregoing are excluded. Or the possibility of a combination of the foregoing.

In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the expression "or" or "at least one of A or / and B" includes any or all combinations of the simultaneously listed characters. For example, the expression "A or B" or "at least one of A or / and B" may include A, may include B, or may include both A and B.

Expressions used in various embodiments of the present disclosure (such as "first" or "second", etc.) may modify various constituent elements in various embodiments, but the corresponding constituent elements may not be limited. For example, the above statements do not limit the order and/or importance of the elements. The above statements are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another. For example, the first user device and the second user device indicate different user devices, although both are user devices. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of the various embodiments of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that if the description "connects" one constituent element to another constituent element, the first constituent element can be directly connected to the second constituent element and can be "connected" between the first constituent element and the second constituent element. "The third component. On the contrary, when a constituent element is "directly connected" to another constituent element, it is understood that there is no third constituent element between the first constituent element and the second constituent element.

The term "user" as used in various embodiments of the present disclosure may indicate a person using an electronic device or a device using an electronic device (eg, an artificial intelligence electronic device).

The terms used in the various embodiments of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing the specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the various embodiments of the present disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms " All terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the various embodiments of the present disclosure pertain, unless otherwise defined. The term (such as a term defined in a commonly used dictionary) will be interpreted as having the same meaning as the contextual meaning in the related art and will not be interpreted as having an idealized meaning or an overly formal meaning, Unless clearly defined in the various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Example 1

Embodiment 1 of the present application discloses an electronic tag-based unmanned vending method, as shown in FIG. 1 , including the following steps:

Step 101: Obtain an electronic tag that is preset on the product by using the mobile terminal to determine a selected item of the user in the preset shopping mall; and the electronic tag includes information about the goods in the preset;

Step 102: After obtaining the confirmation information, calling an account associated with the mobile terminal to perform payment on the selected item; and transmitting, at the mobile terminal, payment information generated based on the payment;

Step 103: Read an electronic tag of the passed product in the preset exit area of the preset shopping mall, and obtain the payment information, if the product information corresponding to the electronic tag and the paid product in the payment information If the information is consistent, the preset release process is executed.

Specifically, an electronic label is pre-set on each product, and the electronic label includes information about the product, such as price, profile, name, origin, etc.; when the user purchases, the NFC function of the mobile phone carried by the user can be used. Determining the selected item and completing the payment through the connected payment method after reconfirmation; when the supermarket is subsequently exited, the electronic tag is also scanned to determine whether the product purchased by the customer is consistent with the product being paid, and if it is consistent, the transaction is completed, and the transaction is completed. If they are inconsistent, a warning will be given.

In a specific embodiment, the “acquiring to read an electronic tag preset on the item by the mobile terminal to determine the selected item of the user in the preset mall” in the step 101 includes:

The NFC (Near Field Communication) function of the mobile terminal reads the electronic tag of the user on the selected item in the preset shopping mall, and determines the product selected by the user;

Specifically, it evolved from contactless radio frequency identification (RFID), which is based on RFID and interconnect technology. Near Field Communication (NFC) is a short-range, high-frequency radio technology that operates at a distance of 10 cm at 13.56 MHz. Its transmission speed is 106Kbit/sec, 212Kbit/sec or 424Kbit/sec. At present, near field communication has passed the ISO/IEC IS 18092 international standard, the ECMA-340 standard and the ETSI TS 102 190 standard. NFC uses both active and passive read modes.

NFC near-field communication technology is evolved from the integration of contactless radio frequency identification (RFID) and interoperability technologies. It combines inductive readers, inductive cards and point-to-point functions on a single chip to be compatible in short distances. The device performs identification and data exchange. The operating frequency is 13.56 MHz, which is currently widely used in such mobile phones.

Specifically, the function of the payment information is to perform information verification in a subsequent confirmation process, and the specific form may be plural, such as a character string (for example, may be a 6-digit number, etc.), a barcode, and/or a two-dimensional code, etc., specific The acquisition of the payment information may be manually input by the user, or may be recognized by the specific device after being displayed on the mobile terminal, for example, if it is a two-dimensional code or the like, it may be recognized by the camera.

In a specific embodiment, the method further includes:

Specifically, the alert process can be used to prevent reassurance and notify guards.

In a specific embodiment, the method further includes:

Specifically, in order to facilitate payment, the mobile terminal can be associated with a preset account in advance, and the specific preset account can be a bank account, an Alipay account, or even a WeChat account, etc., as long as it can be used for payment. The account is fine.

Example 2

Embodiment 2 of the present application also discloses an electronic tag-based unmanned vending device, as shown in FIG. 2, comprising:

The determining module 201 is configured to obtain, by the mobile terminal, the electronic tag preset on the commodity, to determine the selected commodity of the user in the preset shopping mall; the electronic tag includes the information of the existing commodity;

The payment module 202 is configured to, after obtaining the confirmation information, invoke an account associated with the mobile terminal to perform payment on the selected item; and send, at the mobile terminal, payment information generated based on the payment;

The processing module 203 is configured to read an electronic tag of the passed product and obtain the payment information in a preset exit area of the preset shopping mall, if the product information corresponding to the electronic tag and the payment information If the information of the payment item is consistent, the preset release process is executed.

In a specific embodiment, the determining module is configured to:

In a specific embodiment, the processing module is further configured to:

In a specific embodiment, the method further includes:

Example 3

Embodiment 3 of the present application further discloses a mobile terminal, as shown in FIG. 3, including:

Processor 1;

a memory 2 storing executable instructions of the processor;

The processor 1 is configured to:

The specific embodiment of the present application further includes other technical features. For details, refer to Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2.

A person skilled in the art can understand that the drawings are only a schematic diagram of a preferred implementation scenario, and the modules or processes in the drawings are not necessarily required to implement the application.

A person skilled in the art may understand that the modules in the apparatus in the implementation scenario may be distributed in the apparatus for implementing the scenario according to the implementation scenario description, or may be correspondingly changed in one or more devices different from the implementation scenario. The modules of the above implementation scenarios may be combined into one module, or may be further split into multiple sub-modules.

The above serial numbers are only for the description, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the implementation scenario.

The above disclosure is only a few specific implementation scenarios of the present application, but the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes that can be made by those skilled in the art should fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

An electronic label-based unattended method, comprising:

Obtaining, by the mobile terminal, reading an electronic tag preset on the commodity to determine a selected commodity of the user in the preset shopping mall; the electronic tag includes information of the existing commodity;

After obtaining the confirmation information, calling an account associated with the mobile terminal to make a payment for the selected item; and transmitting, at the mobile terminal, payment information generated based on the payment;

Reading the electronic tag of the passed product in the preset exit area of the preset shopping mall and acquiring the payment information, if the product information corresponding to the electronic tag is consistent with the information of the paid product in the payment information, Then execute the preset release process.
The electronic label-based unattended method according to claim 1, wherein the "acquiring to read an electronic tag preset on the product through the mobile terminal to determine the user's location in the preset shopping mall. Selected goods include:

The electronic tag of the user selected in the preset shopping mall is read by the NFC function of the mobile terminal, and the selected product of the user is determined;

Displaying information of the commodity at the mobile terminal; wherein the information includes price information.
An electronic label-based unattended method according to claim 1, wherein said payment information comprises any combination of one or more selected from the group consisting of a character string, a barcode, and a two-dimensional code.
The electronic label-based unmanned method of claim 1, further comprising:

If the product information corresponding to the electronic tag does not match the information of the paid product in the payment information, a preset alert process is executed.
The electronic label-based unmanned method of claim 1, further comprising:

After the account verification is passed, the account is associated with a designated mobile terminal; wherein each of the mobile terminals is associated with one or more accounts.
An electronic label-based unmanned merchandise device, comprising:

a determining module configured to acquire an electronic tag preset on the commodity by the mobile terminal to determine a selected item of the user in the preset shopping mall; the electronic tag includes information of the goods in the preset;

a payment module, configured to, after obtaining the confirmation information, invoke an account associated with the mobile terminal to perform payment on the selected item; and send, at the mobile terminal, payment information generated based on the payment;

a processing module, configured to read an electronic tag of the passed product and obtain the payment information in a preset exit area of the preset shopping mall, if the product information corresponding to the electronic tag and the payment information are paid If the information of the product is consistent, the preset release process is executed.
The electronic label-based unmanned vending apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the determining module is configured to:

The electronic tag of the user selected in the preset shopping mall is read by the NFC function of the mobile terminal, and the selected product of the user is determined;

Displaying information of the commodity at the mobile terminal; wherein the information includes price information.
An electronic label-based unattended device according to claim 6, wherein said payment information comprises any combination of one or more selected from the group consisting of a character string, a barcode, and a two-dimensional code.
The electronic label-based unmanned vending apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

If the product information corresponding to the electronic tag does not match the information of the paid product in the payment information, a preset alert process is executed.
The electronic label-based unmanned vending apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

The association module is configured to associate the account with the designated mobile terminal after the account verification is passed; wherein each of the mobile terminals is associated with one or more accounts.