WO2020244297A1

WO2020244297A1 - Method for processing beverage orders implemented on basis of iot device, and order controller

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Publication number: WO2020244297A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/082520
Authority: WO
Inventors: 郑震滨; 高康; 陶海波; 陈琳虹
Original assignee: 口碑(上海)信息技术有限公司
Priority date: 2019-06-04
Filing date: 2020-03-31
Publication date: 2020-12-10
Also published as: CN110298729A

Abstract

A method for processing beverage orders that is implemented on the basis of an IoT device, and an order controller; the method comprises: receiving an order processing request that is initiated by a user end and that carries beverage order information, and parsing the beverage order information to obtain at least one fabrication task (S101); sending the at least one fabrication task to a device controller such that the device controller generates at least one fabrication command according to the at least one fabrication task and controls a corresponding beverage fabrication device to make a beverage (S102).

Description

Drink order processing method and order controller based on IoT device

Cross reference of related applications

This application claims the priority of a Chinese patent application filed with the Chinese Patent Office, application number 201910483560X, titled "Beverage order processing method and order controller based on IoT devices" on June 4, 2019, the entire content of which is by reference Incorporated in this application.

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of the Internet of Things, and in particular to a beverage order processing method and an order controller based on an IoT device.

Background technique

In recent years, with the development of artificial intelligence technology, more and more industries have gradually tried to use smart devices to replace traditional manual operations to perform corresponding operations in order to save labor input and achieve automation. For example, using robots instead of traditional labor To proceed. At the same time, because the steps of beverage production and the required materials are usually relatively fixed, smart devices such as robots can better control the production, and subsequently, stores that use robots for automated beverage production have appeared. In the Chinese patent application with application publication number CN108903645A, the robot is used to remove the cups from the cup dropper, put the cups on the automatic beverage machine and operate the beverage machine to make drinks, and put the cups with the drinks on the turntable. Operation to realize the automated production of drinks.

However, in the existing automated beverage production stores, robots are only used to replace traditional labor to realize the production process without human participation, and robots are required to participate in all aspects of the production process, including taking cups, operating beverage machines, etc. The process is heavily dependent on the operation of the robot.

Summary of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present disclosure is proposed in order to provide a beverage order processing method and order controller based on IoT devices that overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a beverage order processing method based on an IoT device. The method includes: receiving an order processing request carrying beverage order information initiated by a user terminal, and disassembling the beverage order information to obtain at least A production task; at least one production task is sent to the device controller, so that the device controller generates at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controls the corresponding beverage production device to perform beverage production processing.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a beverage order processing method based on an IoT device. The method includes: receiving at least one production task sent by an order controller, wherein the at least one production task disassembles the beverage order information. Solution processing is obtained; at least one production command is generated according to at least one production task and the corresponding beverage production device is controlled to perform beverage production processing.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an order controller, which includes: a receiving module adapted to receive an order processing request initiated by a user terminal carrying beverage order information; and a disassembly module adapted to disassemble the beverage order information , Obtain at least one production task; the sending module is adapted to send at least one production task to the device controller, so that the device controller generates at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controls the corresponding beverage production device to perform beverage production processing.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a device controller including: a receiving module adapted to receive at least one production task sent by the order controller, wherein the at least one production task is obtained by disassembling beverage order information The control module is adapted to generate at least one production command according to at least one production task and control the corresponding beverage production equipment to perform beverage production processing.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a beverage order processing system based on an IoT device. The system includes: a user terminal, a beverage making device, the order controller described in any one of the foregoing, and any of the foregoing The described device controller.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computing device, including: a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and a communication bus. The processor, the memory, and the communication interface communicate with each other through the communication bus;

The memory is used to store at least one executable instruction, and the executable instruction causes the processor to execute the operation corresponding to the beverage order processing method based on the IoT device.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium stores at least one executable instruction, and the executable instruction causes a processor to execute as described above Operation corresponding to the beverage order processing method based on IoT devices.

According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, a computer program product is provided, and the computer program product includes a computer program stored on a non-volatile computer storage medium.

According to the beverage order processing method and order controller based on the IoT device of the present disclosure, after receiving the order processing request, the beverage order information is disassembled to obtain at least one production task, so as to realize the task disassembly; The communication with the equipment controller is used to transmit at least one production task, so that the equipment controller can control the beverage production equipment to complete beverage production accordingly. It can be seen that in the solution of the present disclosure, the beverage data can be transmitted between the user terminal, the order controller, the device controller and the beverage production equipment that execute the solution of the disclosure, so as to realize the fully automatic process from order acceptance to completion of beverage production. Processing; and, the beverage production equipment can be controlled by the equipment controller through instructions, without manual or other intelligent machine auxiliary operations; and through the two-level control management of the order controller and the equipment controller, the beverage order and the production equipment can be separately controlled. Orderly management will help improve the stability of the automated processing of beverage orders.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present disclosure. In order to understand the technical means of the present disclosure more clearly, they can be implemented in accordance with the content of the specification, and in order to make the above and other objectives, features and advantages of the present disclosure more obvious and understandable In the following, specific embodiments of the present disclosure are specifically cited.

Description of the drawings

By reading the detailed description of the preferred embodiments below, various other advantages and benefits will become clear to those of ordinary skill in the art. The drawings are only used for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments, and are not considered as a limitation to the present disclosure. Also, throughout the drawings, the same reference symbols are used to denote the same components. In the attached picture:

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a beverage order processing method based on an IoT device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a method for processing a beverage order based on an IoT device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 3 shows a flowchart of a method for parallel processing of beverage orders in a specific embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic flowchart of a beverage order processing method based on an IoT device in a specific embodiment;

Figure 5 shows a functional block diagram of an order controller according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 6 shows a schematic structural diagram of a computing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 7 shows a schematic structural diagram of a computing device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be implemented in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. On the contrary, these embodiments are provided to enable a more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a beverage order processing method based on an IoT device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. This embodiment is executed by an order controller, where the IoT device includes a user terminal, an order controller, a device controller, and a beverage making device. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes:

Step S101: Receive an order processing request carrying beverage order information initiated by a user terminal, disassemble the beverage order information, and obtain at least one production task.

Among them, the beverage order information includes, but is not limited to, basic beverage information, personalized demand information, user information, and/or channel information. Among them, the personalized demand information includes the user's special demand for drinks, such as temperature demand.

Specifically, an order is placed through the user terminal, and the user terminal initiates an order processing request to the order controller; the order controller can determine the production process of the beverage ordered by the user according to the beverage order information, and at least one production task can be obtained through disassembly processing, For example, if a user places an order for a medium cup of coffee with less sugar and more milk, you can determine that the keywords of the drink are medium cup, coffee, less sugar, and more milk. Based on this, you can get multiple production tasks for making the coffee order, such as Fall into the task of the medium cup coffee cup, the task of adding a small amount of sugar, etc.

Step S102: Send at least one production task to the device controller, so that the device controller generates at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controls the corresponding beverage production device to perform beverage production processing.

Among them, when the beverage production process is different, the beverage production equipment involved is also different. In the present disclosure, the type and quantity of beverage production equipment are not limited, and can be set according to actual production requirements during specific implementation. Optionally, only one or more beverage machines and mechanical arms may be provided, where the beverage machine user’s beverage main ingredient is made, and the beverage main material refers to the liquid composition of the drink; or, a dosing machine may be further provided to perform beverage ingredients And/or other subsequent processing equipment, such as cup sealing machine, labeling equipment, etc.

Among them, the equipment controller is used to receive the production task dispatched by the order controller and control the beverage production equipment to process the production task.

Specifically, at least one production task is sent to the equipment controller; for each production task, the equipment controller generates a corresponding production command, and controls the corresponding beverage production equipment to complete the processing of the production task. After receiving the order processing command, the beverage production equipment performs beverage production processing to produce the ordered beverage.

It should be noted here that the order controller in the present disclosure can uniformly manage the beverage orders received by the store, including the disassembly processing of a single beverage order mentioned above, so as to disassemble the beverage order into multiple productions. Tasks are produced by the production equipment; in addition, the order controller can also arrange multiple beverage orders to efficiently complete the processing of multiple beverage orders. The present disclosure does not limit the specific form of the order controller to manage orders.

According to the beverage order processing method based on the IoT device provided in this embodiment, after receiving the order processing request, the beverage order information is disassembled to obtain at least one production task, so as to realize the task disassembly; through the order controller and the device The communication between the controllers transmits at least one production task, so that the equipment controller can control the beverage production equipment to complete the beverage production accordingly. It can be seen that in the solution of this embodiment, the beverage data can be transmitted between the user terminal, the order controller, the device controller and the beverage production equipment that execute the solution of this embodiment, so as to realize the fully automatic processing from order acceptance to completion of beverage production. ; And, the beverage production equipment can be controlled by the equipment controller through instructions, without manual or other intelligent machine auxiliary operations; and, through the two-level control management of the order controller and the equipment controller, the beverage order and the production equipment can be separately performed Orderly management will help improve the stability of the automated processing of beverage orders.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a beverage order processing method based on an IoT device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Similar to the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 1, this embodiment is executed by the order controller, and, on the basis of FIG. 1, the IoT device in the solution of this embodiment further includes a storage cabinet and a gateway. As shown in Figure 2, the method includes:

Step S201: Receive the order processing request carrying the beverage order information initiated by the client, and allocate the beverage storage cabinet information; send the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet for the storage cabinet to obtain the beverage storage cabinet information in response to the user operating the switch cabinet door.

Wherein, the beverage storage cabinet information includes order information and cabinet information for storing beverages corresponding to the order. For example, the storage cabinet information is that the beverage corresponding to order a is stored in the cabinet 1.

Specifically, after receiving the order processing request from the user side, the storage cabinet information is allocated to the beverage corresponding to the order processing request, so that the finished beverage can be automatically processed into the cabinet according to the beverage storage cabinet information. Among them, it can be allocated in sequence according to the number of each cabinet in the storage cabinet, or can be allocated according to the occupancy data of the storage cabinet. The occupancy data can be allocated by the order controller or the storage cabinet according to the beverage storage cabinet information and the user allocated by the corresponding historical order. The pickup request of the terminal is updated. In this embodiment, the storage cabinet is used as an IoT device, and accordingly, the description is mainly based on the case where the storage cabinet updates the occupancy data, but the present disclosure is not limited to this.

Further, after the information of the beverage storage cabinet is allocated each time, the beverage storage cabinet information is sent to the storage cabinet, and the storage cabinet can reserve the corresponding cabinet based on the beverage storage cabinet information and determine the beverage order corresponding to the cabinet. , And can further update its own occupancy data. After obtaining the updated occupancy data, the storage cabinet may send the updated occupancy data to the order controller for the allocation of beverage storage cabinet information for subsequent orders. In addition, after the beverage storage cabinet information is sent to the storage cabinet, the storage cabinet can realize more independent functions, including timely update of the occupancy data after the user operates to extract the beverage, and when the user operates to extract the beverage, according to the storage cabinet information Switch the cabinet door without relying on the network communication with the order controller to realize these functions. In this way, only the beverage storage cabinet information and occupancy data need to be transmitted between the order controller and the storage cabinet, avoiding IoT The network communication failure between the devices causes the user to be unable to take out the drink normally, and after taking out the drink, the occupancy data cannot be updated in time, which makes the realization of the occupancy data update and drink extraction more stable and efficient.

For example, there are a total of 10 cabinets in the storage cabinet, and the received beverage storage cabinet information from the order controller includes that the cabinets 1-5 store drinks corresponding to orders ae. If the operation of extracting beverages corresponding to order b is received, The storage cabinet can directly determine the door of the open cabinet 2 at this time according to the corresponding relationship between the cabinet 2 and the order b in the storage cabinet information, without relying on real-time communication with the order controller to determine the cabinet door opened at this time.

Step S202: Disassemble the beverage order information to obtain at least one production task; send the at least one production task to the device controller, so that the device controller generates at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controls the corresponding beverage production Equipment for beverage production processing.

Disassemble the production process involved in the beverage order information, where the production process includes cup drop processing, beverage main ingredient production processing, beverage main ingredient cup filling processing, beverage ingredient ratio processing, beverage transfer processing, cup sealing processing, and /Or labeling processing to obtain at least one production task; the beverage production equipment is controlled by the device controller to complete the processing of the at least one production task.

Among them, different types of beverages involve different production processes, and correspondingly, different beverage production equipment is required. Based on this, in the present disclosure, the different possibilities of the beverage making equipment are determined mainly according to whether the beverage needs to add ingredients. Among them, compared with the main ingredients of the drink, the drink ingredients refer to the fixed components required by the drink, such as pearls, coconuts, etc., and the drink ingredients are not necessary for the drink, for example, coffee, pure tea and other drinks are not Drink ingredients.

First, if the beverage does not need to add ingredients, for example, coffee, pure tea and other beverages, at this time, there is no need for a feeder that performs beverage ingredient ratio processing, and at least one beverage maker that performs beverage main ingredient preparation processing is mainly required. Optionally, a number of beverage machines can be set up according to the optional requirements of the types of beverage main ingredients, so as to produce beverages with corresponding requirements. For example, if the main beverage ingredients include black tea, green tea, hot water, milk, and coffee, a total of 5 beverage machines, including a black tea machine, a green tea machine, a heater, a milk machine, and a coffee machine, are provided.

Specifically, corresponding to a beverage order that does not need to add ingredients, the beverage order information is disassembled, and the beverage ingredient information required by the order is determined; at least one beverage ingredient preparation task is obtained according to the beverage ingredient information. Wherein, the beverage ingredient information includes, but is not limited to, beverage ingredient type information, beverage ingredient amount information, beverage ingredient temperature information, and/or beverage ingredient sweetness information, based on the above-mentioned one or more beverage ingredient information , Generate the main ingredient of the beverage production task, for example, generate the heating task of the heater according to the temperature information. Then, at least one beverage main ingredient preparation task is sent to the equipment controller, so that the equipment controller generates at least one beverage main ingredient preparation command and controls the corresponding beverage machine to perform beverage main ingredient preparation processing. Among them, the equipment controller converts the process task into an instruction task to control the beverage production equipment to complete the beverage main ingredient production process. For example, if the user places an order for a medium cup of coffee, and the temperature is required to be 70 degrees, the following two main beverage production tasks are generated: make a medium cup of coffee, heat it to 70 degrees, and combine the two main beverage ingredients The production task is sent to the device controller, and the device controller generates a production command corresponding to the amount of coffee produced in the middle cup and sends it to the coffee machine, and generates a production command corresponding to the heater 70 degree and sends it to the heater to complete the 70 degree middle cup Coffee making.

Second, if the drink needs to add ingredients. For example, pearl milk tea, red bean milk, lemon green tea, etc., at this time, on the basis of no need to add ingredients, a feeder that performs the proportioning process of beverage ingredients is also required. Accordingly, for the production of beverages that require ingredients, order When the controller disassembles the beverage order information to obtain the beverage main ingredient production task, it also needs to disassemble the beverage order information, determine the beverage ingredient information required by the order, and obtain the beverage ingredient ratio task according to the beverage ingredient information. Wherein, the beverage ingredient information includes the type information of the ingredient and/or the amount information of the ingredient. Then, the beverage ingredient proportioning task is sent to the equipment controller, so that the equipment controller generates a beverage ingredient proportioning command according to the beverage ingredient proportioning task and controls the feeder to perform beverage ingredient proportioning processing. For example, if the user places an order for a glass of milk and asks to add a regular amount of highland barley and red beans, then a task for the beverage ingredient proportioning corresponding to the regular amount of highland barley and red beans is generated, and the device controller converts the beverage ingredient proportioning task into a beverage The proportioning command is used to control the proportioning of the feeder to obtain regular amount of barley and red beans.

In addition, for the above two situations where ingredients need to be added and those that do not need to be added, the order controller disassembles and determines the beverage ingredient information and/or beverage ingredient information to further obtain the beverage production task; and the equipment controller converts the process task It is an instruction task and sends a production command to the corresponding production equipment to control the beverage production. In this way, the process of beverage main ingredient preparation and/or beverage ingredient ratio processing can be fully automated, without the need for a mechanical arm to control the beverage production equipment, making the process of beverage production more automated.

In addition, in some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the beverage making equipment further includes a cup dropping device, a conveying device, a cup sealing machine, a printer, and/or a labeling device. In the process of actual order processing, the device controller can send corresponding control commands to the above-mentioned production equipment to control them to perform corresponding operations, without the need for a robotic arm to operate the production equipment.

Among them, in an embodiment including a printer and a labeling device, after receiving the order processing request, the order controller extracts label information from the beverage order information, where the label information includes information reflecting the difference between orders, so that the user Confirm whether the beverage is extracted incorrectly. Optionally, the label information includes order number information, beverage name information, personalized demand information, and/or user-side information; obtain the label printing task according to the label information; then, send the label printing task to The device controller is used for the device controller to generate label printing commands according to the label printing task and control the printer to print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.

Among them, in an embodiment including a cup drop device and a transfer device, after receiving the order processing request, the order controller generates a cup drop task according to the drink cup required for the preparation of the drink order, and then the device controller generates a cup drop task according to the cup drop task Drop the cup command and control the cup drop device to perform cup drop processing to place the drink cup in the conveying device; and, the device controller sends a transmission command to the conveying device to deliver the drink cup to a preset position so as to add the beverage main ingredient and /Or drink ingredients.

Step S203: Send the beverage storage cabinet information to the equipment controller, so that the equipment controller generates a beverage entry command according to the beverage storage cabinet information and controls the robotic arm to process the finished beverage into the cabinet.

Among them, the order for entering the beverage into the cabinet includes the information of the entering path.

Specifically, by sending the beverage storage cabinet information to the equipment controller, the equipment controller plans the matching entry path information according to the beverage storage cabinet information, where the entry path information refers to the transfer of the beverage from the position where the preparation is completed The path information to the cabinet corresponding to the beverage storage cabinet information. For example, the location where the beverage is made is the location of the labeling device, and the cabinet corresponding to the beverage storage cabinet information is cabinet 5, then the entry path information means from The path information of the labeling equipment transferred to the cabinet 5. The device controller adds the cabinet entry path information to the beverage cabinet entry command and sends it to the robotic arm to control the robotic arm to place the finished beverage into the cabinet corresponding to the beverage storage cabinet information. Compared with the prior art method of placing the beverage in a fixed position after the beverage is made, the solution of this embodiment can place the beverage corresponding to different orders in different cabinets, so that the user can accurately extract , Without the chaos of picking up goods.

Or, in some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, the cabinet entry path information for placing the beverage into each compartment of the storage cabinet can be stored in the robotic arm in advance, and the device controller only needs to add the beverage entry command For beverage storage cabinet information, after receiving a beverage entry command, the robotic arm first finds the target path information matching the beverage storage cabinet information from the cabinet entry path information, and then performs beverage entry processing according to the target path information. For example, the storage cabinet contains 10 cabinets from 1 to 10, and the path from the labeling equipment to the 10 cabinets is path AJ. If the robot arm receives the order for the beverage to enter the cabinet at this time The included beverage storage cabinet information is to put the beverage of order b into the cabinet 2 and find the target path information from the cabinet to the cabinet 2 is path B, then follow the path B to put the beverage of order b into the cabinet to the cabinet 2 in.

In addition, it needs to be explained here that in the present disclosure, the robotic arm is mainly used for the transfer processing of beverages, including the cabinet entry processing in step S203; in some other optional embodiments, the robotic arm is required to transfer The process also includes: cup processing of beverage main ingredients, transfer the beverage main ingredients produced by the beverage machine to the drink cup; cup sealing processing, transfer the drink cups filled with the main drink ingredients or the drink main ingredients and ingredients to the cup The cup sealing machine is used to seal the cup; the labeling process is to transfer the sealed cup to the labeling equipment for labeling; and/or, the main cup is placed in the machine, and the main cup is placed in the receiving machine. The location of the main ingredient of the beverage to be exported.

At this point, the process of the equipment controller controlling the beverage production equipment for beverage production can be divided into a process that does not require a robotic arm to participate in the transfer and a process that requires a robotic arm to participate in the transfer. In specific implementation, you can set the difference between the two processes. Trigger execution conditions to realize the parallel execution of multiple orders, where the parallel execution here specifically refers to the parallel execution of different orders, that is: in the process of processing the latter order without the participation of the robot arm, the previous order is processed in parallel Carry out the processing process that requires the robot arm to participate in the transfer, and then can improve the efficiency of order processing by processing multiple orders at the same time. Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of a method for parallel processing of beverage orders in a specific embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Figure 3, the method includes:

In step S301, when it is satisfied that the delivery device is available, it is determined whether there is a pending beverage order task; if so, step S302 is executed; if not, the method ends.

In this method, the process of beverage order processing is designed to consist of the following two parts: the first part of the processing process, which is a completely automatic process, without the involvement of a robot arm; and the second part of the processing process, a process that requires the participation of a robot arm. , Where, for the same order, the processing sequence of the first part is before the processing sequence of the second part; and, during the processing of the order, the processing commands are sent to the devices corresponding to the two parts of the processing to achieve the previous The processing of the second part of the order is parallel to the processing of the first part of the subsequent order.

Among them, the availability of the delivery device refers to the conditions under which the first part of the processing process can process the new beverage order task. In addition, the transmission device can be determined based on the time span of the first part of the processing process, the processing logic of the first part of the processing process, the time span of the second part of the processing process, and/or the processing logic of the second part of the processing process, so that the parallel processing There will be neither congestion nor chaos in the process. For example, if the delivery device can be used as a beverage order task that is not being processed in the first part of the processing, it is determined that the delivery device is available.

Specifically, when it is satisfied that the delivery device is available, it indicates that the processing of a new beverage order task can be started. At this time, it is determined whether there is a beverage order task to be processed, and if so, step S102 is executed to process the beverage order task to be processed.

Step S302: Extract the task of the beverage order to be processed.

After extracting the pending beverage order task, the first part of the processing process needs to be executed for the pending beverage order task. In this embodiment, the first part of the processing process includes cup drop processing, drink cup conveying processing, and beverage main ingredient preparation processing; and, wherein, the beverage main ingredient obtained by the beverage main ingredient preparation process is loaded by the robot arm. Cup processing, the process of making the main drink material is completely unaffected by the results of the cup dropping process and/or the drink cup conveying process, that is, the process of making the main drink material can be completely independent. Accordingly, in this embodiment In the process, the beverage main ingredient production process can be executed in parallel with the drop process and the drink cup conveying process, that is, the overlap in processing time is allowed. The parallel here is for the parallel task of the same drink order to improve the processing efficiency of the same order. The specific parallel process is the following steps S303 and S304.

Step S303: Send a cup drop command to the cup drop device so that the cup drop device puts the drink cup into the conveying device; send a transfer command to the conveying device so that the conveying device conveys the drink cup to a preset position.

Among them, the preset position is any position to which the conveying device can convey the drink cup. Optionally, the preset position is a position that can be conveyed to by the conveying device and is closest to the beverage machine, so that the main beverage material can be cupped. Or, in some embodiments that require beverage ingredient proportioning processing, the preset position is a position that can receive the beverage ingredients from the outlet of the feeder, for example, below the outlet of the feeder.

Specifically, after extracting the pending beverage order task, it sends a cup drop command to the cup drop device. After receiving the cup drop command, the cup drop device releases the drink cup and places it in the delivery device; then, sends it to the delivery device A transmission command, wherein the transmission command includes information reflecting the destination location of the transmission (the same as the preset position hereinafter); and, wherein the transmission command can be sent at any time after the beverage cup is determined to be placed in the transmission device, the present disclosure There is no specific limitation on this. Optionally, the sensor signal of the sensor set at the position where the drink cup is placed (same as the fixed position below) on the conveying device is detected and sent, or after sending the pre-cup drop command. Sending is performed after a time interval is set, and the preset time interval is set according to the time required for the cup drop device to receive the cup drop command until the drink cup is placed in the conveying device. After receiving the transmission command, the conveying device conveys the drink cup from the placing position to the preset position.

So far, after the above step S303, the cup dropping command and the transmission command are sent to the cup dropping device and the conveying device in sequence, and the cup dropping device and the conveying device can be controlled to complete the cup dropping process and the drink cup conveying process respectively.

Step S304: Send a beverage main ingredient preparation command to the beverage machine, so that the beverage machine performs beverage main ingredient preparation processing.

At any time in the process of performing the above step S303, a beverage main ingredient preparation command can be sent to the beverage machine. Optionally, it can be based on the processing time required for the beverage main ingredient preparation process and the cup drop processing and the drink cup delivery process. The processing time determines the specific timing of sending the beverage ingredient preparation command, so as to reduce the time span of the first part of the processing process. After receiving the beverage main ingredient preparation command, the beverage machine performs the beverage main ingredient preparation process, and prepares the beverage main ingredient required for the drink, for example, obtains the tea liquid of black tea.

So far, after the above-mentioned step S304, in the process of executing step S303, a command for obtaining black tea is sent to the beverage machine, and the beverage machine can be controlled to complete the processing of obtaining the black tea.

It should be noted here that after the above steps S301 to S304, the first part of the processing process is completed without the participation of the robot arm, that is, the robot arm will not be occupied during the execution of steps S301 to S304. This step S301 to step S304 and the following step S305 have their own timing to trigger execution, and can process multiple orders in different processes at the same time. Step S305 involves the second part of the processing process that requires the participation of a robotic arm. In this embodiment , The second part of the processing process includes the main drink main ingredient cup processing, cup sealing processing and cabinet entry processing. These three processings are executed in sequence, and there is no problem of robot arm distribution. It needs to be explained here that steps S301 to S304 and step S305 can be implemented in parallel through respective trigger execution conditions, and the parallel refers to the parallelization of different beverage order tasks before and after.

Step S305: Determine whether the sensor signal corresponding to the preset position is detected. If so, send a beverage main ingredient cup filling command to the robotic arm according to the sensor signal, so that the robotic arm adds the beverage main ingredient to the drink cup, and then picks up the drink cup. Seal the cup and put it into the cabinet.

Wherein, the sensor is arranged at the position where the drink cup is placed on the conveying device, and the sensor signal corresponding to the preset position refers to the sensor signal after the drink cup is delivered to the preset position. Among them, if there is a drink cup at the preset position, there is a need for cup filling processing, cup sealing processing, and cabinet entry processing of the main beverage material. Based on this, the sensor signal at the corresponding preset position is detected to the robot arm Send the beverage main ingredient cup filling command, optionally, when the sensor signal corresponding to the preset position is detected, the beverage main ingredient cup filling command is sent to the robotic arm at the same time; or, when the corresponding preset position is detected After the sensor signal, after waiting for a preset time, the beverage main ingredient production command is sent to the robotic arm to ensure that the beverage main ingredient production process is completely completed. In addition, after receiving the command to fill the beverage main ingredient cup, the robotic arm executes the beverage main ingredient cup filling process. After adding the beverage main ingredient to the beverage cup at the preset position, the robotic arm picks up the beverage cup from the preset position. Carry out sealing and storage

In this embodiment, steps S301 to S304 are executed in parallel with step S305, wherein, whenever the delivery device is satisfied, steps S301 to S304 are executed to perform the processing of the first part of the processing process of the pending beverage order task; In particular, whenever it is determined that a sensor signal corresponding to the preset position is detected, step S305 is executed to perform the processing of the second part of the processing procedure for the order corresponding to the drink cup at the preset position. It should be noted here that although steps S301 to S304 and step S305 can process different beverage order tasks in parallel, there are still constraints between the two to ensure that the two parallel processes can orderly process orders. Wherein, when the sensor signal corresponding to the preset position is detected, that is, when there is a beverage order task after the first part of the processing is completed, step S305 can be executed, and step S305 can be performed, and the beverage cup at the preset position can be transferred after the robotic arm has transferred Steps S301 to S304 can be executed only when the device is available.

In the parallel processing method corresponding to Figure 3, when the delivery equipment is available and the task of having a beverage order to be processed is satisfied, the controller sends corresponding processing commands to the production equipment involved in the first part of the processing without the participation of the robotic arm, so as to perform the beverage cups in parallel And the preparation of the main beverage ingredients; and, when the sensor signal corresponding to the preset position is detected, the controller sends the processing commands corresponding to the second part of the processing process to the robotic arm to carry out the filling, sealing and filling of the beverage main ingredients. Cabinet processing. The above two parts of the processing process are divided according to whether the robot is required to participate, and there is no need to deploy a complicated order list, which reduces the difficulty of deploying the order; and for different beverage order tasks, they can be divided according to the same division. Parallel execution is achieved without the need for different orders for different orders, which reduces the repetitive workload of deploying orders. It can be seen that the execution of the first part of the process and the second part of the process can be controlled by different triggering execution conditions to realize the simultaneous processing of multiple orders and improve the efficiency of order processing; at the same time, the first part of the process and the second part of the process The simple division and fixed steps can further improve the stability and efficiency of parallel processing.

It needs to be explained here that in the parallel processing method corresponding to FIG. 3, the processing procedures involved in the first part of the processing and the second part of the processing are only exemplary. In specific implementation, the first part of the processing and the / Or the processing process involved in the second part of the processing process is appropriately increased or decreased. Optionally, without the use of a robotic arm for the main beverage filling cup processing, the delivery device transports the drink cup to the beverage machine for automatic reception In the embodiment of the beverage main ingredient, the cup-filling process of the beverage main ingredient in the second part of the process is removed, and a process of automatically adding tea liquid is added in the first part of the process; or, when making beverages that require adding ingredients In the embodiment, a process of proportioning beverage ingredients can be added in the first part of the process.

In some optional embodiments of the present disclosure, when the order controller sends information to other IoT devices, it can be forwarded to other IoT devices through the gateway, and the gateway can perform warning processing based on the received information during the forwarding process . Optionally, corresponding to step S202, the order controller sends at least one production task to the gateway, so that the gateway forwards the at least one production task to the device controller; wherein the gateway determines what is required for the order processing request according to the at least one production task. Material information, update inventory data according to material information. During the specific implementation, the production task can reflect the main beverage ingredients and/or beverage ingredients and their amounts required during the preparation of the beverage order, and the required material information can be determined. Based on this, material updates and warnings can be performed.

And/or, corresponding to step S201, the order controller sends the beverage storage cabinet information to the gateway for the gateway to forward the beverage storage cabinet information to the device controller; and/or, corresponding to step S203, the order controller sends the beverage storage cabinet information Sent to the gateway for the gateway to forward the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet; and, the gateway updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet according to the beverage storage cabinet information; judges whether the available capacity of the storage cabinet is less than the available capacity threshold according to the occupancy data, if so, An early warning of insufficient containers is carried out. Among them, the available quantity threshold can be flexibly set according to the order quantity, and optionally, the available quantity threshold can be set according to the order quantity corresponding to different periods. For example, coffee orders in the morning and afternoon tea orders after lunch usually have more orders. At this time, a larger available threshold can be set; and a smaller available threshold can be set at night.

Step S204: Send the beverage storage cabinet information to the user terminal for the user to operate to take out the beverage in the storage cabinet.

Among them, the information of the beverage storage cabinet can be sent to the user at any time after the information of the beverage storage cabinet is allocated, so that the user can know the storage location of the beverage in time; or, when the signal of the completion of the beverage storage processing is received from the robot arm When the time, the beverage storage cabinet information is sent to the user terminal, so that the user can immediately withdraw the beverage after obtaining the storage cabinet information.

In addition, after the user operates to take out the drink, the occupancy data of the storage cabinet is updated. Specifically, the order controller can be updated according to the request for extracting beverages. The order controller receives the request for extracting the beverages in the cabinet, and while controlling the opening of the door corresponding to the cabinet, the status of the cabinet is updated to Idle state; alternatively, the storage cabinet itself can be updated according to the request to withdraw the beverage. In addition, after the occupancy data is updated, the updated occupancy data is sent to the gateway, so that the gateway can warn the shortage of containers.

In the following, in order to facilitate the understanding of the beverage order processing method based on the IoT device in this embodiment, a complete example is used to illustrate the solution of this embodiment. FIG. 4 shows the beverage order processing based on the IoT device in a specific embodiment. Schematic diagram of the method flow. As shown in Figure 4, 1. Scan order: The client initiates an order processing request to the background business system by scanning the order code, for example, using the local life application to scan the order QR code to initiate a request to the local life application background business system 2. Order push: The background business system sends real-time or reserved order processing requests to the order controller of the corresponding store, where the order controller can be a kitchen display system (KDS) controller, optional The order processing request can be received by the store management system, for example, the store POS terminal receives the request, and then forwards it to the order controller; 3. Order details: the order controller disassembles the beverage order information after receiving the order processing request, Get at least one crafting task. 4. Cabinet allocation: After receiving the order processing request, the beverage storage cabinet information is allocated (the beverage storage cabinet information here is allocated by the gateway, and in specific implementation, it can also be allocated by the order controller), and the beverage storage cabinet information Send to the storage cabinet and the user terminal; 5. Milk tea process and beverage storage cabinet information: route at least one production task and assigned beverage storage cabinet information to the equipment controller through the gateway, where the equipment controller can be programmable logic control Programmable Logic Controller (PLC); then, the device controller generates production commands and controls the involved production equipment, including cup dropping equipment, conveying equipment, feeders, beverage machines, robotic arms, cup sealing machines, and/or Printers and labeling equipment to perform corresponding production processing without the need for a robotic arm to control each production equipment, thereby increasing the degree of automation of beverage production, and after completing the above production processing, the robotic arm sends a command for entering the cabinet. Make the robot arm enter the beverage cabinet according to the information of the assigned beverage storage cabinet, realize storage according to the order, and avoid confusion during beverage extraction. Moreover, the following management can be carried out through the gateway: material management and margin warning; order queuing time management, and SMS notification to the user terminal; and monitoring and warning of mechanical arm failure and insufficient remaining available capacity of the storage cabinet. In addition, the IoT platform can be set up to manage the operation and maintenance of each IoT device, communication connections between IoT devices, and work distribution. 6. Scan code to open the door: The user terminal scans the code according to the obtained beverage storage cabinet information and initiates a door opening request to the IoT platform to take out the ordered beverage.

According to the beverage order processing method based on IoT devices provided in this embodiment, the controller communicates with multiple IoT devices involved in each stage of order processing to control multiple IoT devices to realize the entire order processing process Control, and then can realize the automation of the whole process from placing an order to extracting beverages, not just the automation of the production stage; and, after receiving the order processing request, by assigning the beverage storage cabinet information to the beverage and adding the storage cabinet information Sent to the robotic arm and storage cabinet to facilitate entry and withdrawal based on the order unit, which helps to avoid chaotic pickup; among them, only the storage cabinet information is sent to the storage cabinet to enable the storage cabinet to be independently updated and occupied The function of extracting data and beverages reduces the dependence on network communication and enhances the stability of the order processing process. Moreover, in the beverage production process, there is only part of the processing process that requires the robotic arm to participate in the transfer of beverages. The beverage production equipment sends the order processing commands separately, so that the part of the processing process that requires the robot arm to participate in the beverage transfer is executed in parallel with other fully automatic processes, so as to improve the processing efficiency of the order.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, a beverage order processing method based on an IoT device is provided, which is executed by a device controller, and the method includes: receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller, wherein, The at least one production task is obtained by disassembling the beverage order information; at least one production command is generated according to the at least one production task and the corresponding beverage production equipment is controlled to perform the beverage production processing.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage production equipment includes a robotic arm, and the method further includes: receiving the beverage storage cabinet information allocated by the order controller; generating a beverage entry command based on the beverage storage cabinet information and controlling the robotic arm to complete the production Beverages are processed into the cabinet; among them, the command of the beverage entering the cabinet includes the path information of the cabinet.

In an optional implementation manner, receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller further includes: receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway; wherein the gateway determines according to the at least one production task Material information required for order processing request, update inventory data according to material information.

In an optional implementation manner, receiving the beverage storage cabinet information allocated by the order controller further includes: receiving the beverage storage cabinet information allocated by the order controller and sent to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway; wherein, the gateway according to the beverage storage cabinet The information updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet; according to the occupancy data, it is judged whether the usable capacity of the storage cabinet is less than the usable quantity threshold, and if so, an early warning of the shortage of containers is carried out.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage making equipment includes a beverage machine; receiving at least one making task sent by the order controller, generating at least one making command according to the at least one making task, and controlling the corresponding beverage making device to perform a beverage making process. The method includes: receiving at least one beverage main ingredient production task sent by the order controller, generating at least one beverage main ingredient production command according to the at least one beverage main ingredient production task, and controlling the corresponding beverage machine to perform beverage main ingredient production processing.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage production equipment includes: a feeder; receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller, generating at least one production command according to the at least one production task, and controlling the corresponding beverage production equipment to perform beverage production processing It further includes: receiving the beverage ingredient proportioning task sent by the order controller, generating an ingredient command according to the beverage ingredient proportioning task, and controlling the feeder to perform beverage ingredient proportioning processing.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage production equipment further includes a printer; receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller, generating at least one production command according to the at least one production task, and controlling the corresponding beverage production equipment to perform beverage production processing. Including: receiving the label printing task sent by the order controller, generating label printing commands according to the label printing task, and controlling the printer to print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.

For the above-mentioned beverage order processing method implemented by the device controller based on the IoT device, for details, please refer to the related description of the device controller in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, and will not be repeated here.

Fig. 5 shows a functional block diagram of an order controller according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, the order controller includes: a receiving module 501, adapted to receive an order processing request initiated by a user terminal carrying beverage order information; a disassembling module 502, adapted to disassemble the beverage order information to obtain at least A production task; sending module 503, adapted to send at least one production task to the device controller, so that the device controller generates at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controls the corresponding beverage production device to perform beverage production processing.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage making equipment includes a robotic arm; the controller further includes: a dispensing module, adapted to distribute beverage storage cabinet information; the sending module is further adapted to: send the beverage storage cabinet information to the device controller, For the device controller to generate a beverage entry command according to the beverage storage cabinet information and control the robotic arm to process the finished beverage into the cabinet; wherein the beverage entry command includes the cabinet entry path information.

In an optional embodiment, the sending module is further adapted to send the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet, so that the storage cabinet can obtain the beverage storage cabinet information in response to a user's operation of opening and closing the cabinet door.

In an optional implementation, the sending module is further adapted to: send at least one production task to the gateway, so that the gateway forwards the at least one production task to the device controller; wherein the gateway determines the order processing according to the at least one production task Request the required material information, and update the inventory data according to the material information.

In an optional embodiment, the sending module is further adapted to: send the beverage storage cabinet information to the gateway, so that the gateway forwards the beverage storage cabinet information to the device controller; and/or, send the beverage storage cabinet information to The gateway is used for the gateway to forward the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet; among them, the gateway updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet according to the beverage storage cabinet information; judges whether the available capacity of the storage cabinet is less than the available capacity threshold according to the occupancy data, and if so, proceed Early warning of insufficient containers.

In an alternative embodiment, the beverage making equipment includes a beverage machine; the disassembly module is further adapted to: disassemble the beverage order information, and determine the beverage ingredient information required by the order; and obtain at least one beverage owner according to the beverage ingredient information Material production task; the sending module is further adapted to: send at least one beverage main ingredient production task to the device controller for the device controller to generate at least one beverage main ingredient production command and control the corresponding beverage machine to perform beverage main ingredient production processing.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage production equipment includes: a feeder; the disassembly module is further adapted to: disassemble the beverage order information to determine the beverage ingredient information required by the order; and obtain the beverage ingredients according to the beverage ingredient information Proportioning task; the sending module is further adapted to: send the beverage ingredient proportioning task to the device controller, so that the device controller generates a beverage ingredient proportioning command according to the beverage ingredient proportioning task and controls the feeder to perform beverage ingredient proportioning processing.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage production equipment further includes a printer; the disassembly module is further adapted to: extract label information from the beverage order information; obtain label printing tasks according to the label information; and the sending module is further adapted to: print the label The task is sent to the device controller for the device controller to generate label printing commands according to the label printing task and control the printer to print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.

In another embodiment of the present disclosure, a device controller is provided, including: a receiving module, adapted to receive at least one production task sent by the order controller, wherein the at least one production task disassembles beverage order information The processing is obtained; the control module is adapted to generate at least one production command according to at least one production task and control the corresponding beverage production equipment to perform beverage production processing.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage making equipment includes a robotic arm, and the receiving module is further adapted to: receive beverage storage cabinet information allocated by the order controller; the control module is further adapted to: generate a beverage entry command according to the beverage storage cabinet information And control the mechanical arm to process the finished drinks into the cabinet; among them, the order of the beverage into the cabinet includes the path information of the cabinet.

In an optional embodiment, the receiving module is further adapted to: receive at least one production task sent by the order controller to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway; wherein the gateway determines the material required for the order processing request according to the at least one production task Information, update inventory data based on material information.

In an alternative embodiment, the receiving module is further adapted to: receive the beverage storage cabinet information allocated by the order controller and sent to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway; wherein the gateway updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet according to the beverage storage cabinet information ; According to the occupancy data, it is judged whether the usable quantity of the storage cabinet is less than the usable quantity threshold.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage making equipment includes a beverage maker; the receiving module is further adapted to: receive at least one beverage ingredient making task sent by the order controller; the control module is further adapted to: making a beverage based on the at least one ingredient The task generates at least one beverage ingredient preparation command and controls the corresponding beverage machine to perform beverage ingredient preparation processing.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage making equipment includes: a feeder; the receiving module is further adapted to: receive a beverage ingredient proportioning task sent by the order controller; the control module is further adapted to: generating ingredients according to the beverage ingredient proportioning task Command and control the feeder to process the proportioning of beverage ingredients.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage production equipment further includes a printer; the receiving module is further adapted to: receive a label printing task sent by the order controller; the control module is further adapted to: generate label printing commands according to the label printing task and control the printer Print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.

An embodiment of the application provides a beverage order processing system based on an IoT device. The system includes: a user terminal, an order controller in the above device embodiment, a beverage production device, and the device controller in the above device embodiment.

In an optional embodiment, the system further includes a storage cabinet, which is suitable for storing the finished beverage.

In an optional implementation manner, the system further includes a gateway, which is suitable for early warning of inventory data, early warning of the remaining amount of storage cabinets, and/or early warning of manufacturing equipment failure.

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium stores at least one executable instruction, and the computer-executable instruction can execute any of the foregoing method embodiments A beverage order processing method based on IoT devices.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic structural diagram of a computing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and the specific embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation of the computing device. As shown in FIG. 6, the computing device may include: a processor (processor) 602, a communication interface (Communications Interface) 604, a memory (memory) 606, and a communication bus 608. Among them: the processor 602, the communication interface 604, and the memory 606 communicate with each other through the communication bus 608. The communication interface 604 is used to communicate with other devices such as network elements such as clients or other servers. The processor 602 is configured to execute the program 610, and specifically can execute the relevant steps in the above-mentioned embodiment of the beverage order processing method based on the IoT device. Specifically, the program 610 may include program code, and the program code includes computer operation instructions. The processor 602 may be a central processing unit CPU, or an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the embodiments of the present disclosure. The one or more processors included in the computing device may be processors of the same type, such as one or more CPUs; or processors of different types, such as one or more CPUs and one or more ASICs. The memory 606 is used to store the program 610. The memory 606 may include a high-speed RAM memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as at least one disk memory.

The program 610 may specifically be used to make the processor 602 perform the following operations: receive an order processing request carrying beverage order information initiated by the user, disassemble the beverage order information, and obtain at least one production task; and send at least one production task to The equipment controller is used for the equipment controller to generate at least one production command according to at least one production task and control the corresponding beverage production equipment to perform beverage production processing.

In an optional embodiment, the beverage making equipment includes a robotic arm; the program 610 may be further used to make the processor 602 perform the following operations: allocating the beverage storage cabinet information; sending the beverage storage cabinet information to the device controller to For the equipment controller to generate a beverage entry command according to the information of the beverage storage cabinet and control the robotic arm to process the finished beverage into the cabinet; wherein the beverage entry command includes the cabinet entry path information.

In an optional implementation manner, the program 610 may be further configured to cause the processor 602 to perform the following operations: send the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet for the storage cabinet to obtain the beverage storage cabinet information for responding to user operations Switch cabinet doors.

In an optional implementation manner, the program 610 may be further specifically used to cause the processor 602 to perform the following operations: send at least one production task to the gateway, so that the gateway forwards the at least one production task to the device controller; wherein, The gateway determines the material information required for the order processing request according to at least one production task, and updates the inventory data according to the material information.

In an optional implementation manner, the program 610 may be further configured to cause the processor 602 to perform the following operations: send the beverage storage cabinet information to the gateway, so that the gateway forwards the beverage storage cabinet information to the device controller; and/ Or, send the beverage storage cabinet information to the gateway for the gateway to forward the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet; wherein, the gateway updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet according to the beverage storage cabinet information; judges whether the storage cabinet is available according to the occupancy data If it is within the usable threshold value, an early warning of container shortage will be carried out.

In an alternative embodiment, the beverage making equipment includes a beverage machine; the program 610 may be further used to make the processor 602 perform the following operations: disassemble the beverage order information, and determine the beverage ingredient information required by the order; The main ingredient information obtains at least one beverage ingredient preparation task; at least one beverage ingredient preparation task is sent to the device controller for the device controller to generate at least one beverage ingredient preparation command and control the corresponding beverage machine to make the beverage ingredient deal with.

In an alternative embodiment, the beverage production equipment includes: a feeder; the program 610 may be further used to make the processor 602 perform the following operations: disassemble the beverage order information, and determine the beverage ingredient information required by the order ;According to the beverage ingredient information, obtain the beverage ingredient proportioning task; send the beverage ingredient proportioning task to the device controller, so that the device controller can generate the beverage ingredient proportioning command according to the beverage ingredient proportioning task and control the feeder to perform the beverage ingredient proportioning deal with.

In an optional implementation manner, the beverage production equipment further includes a printer; the program 610 may be further used to make the processor 602 perform the following operations: extract label information from the beverage order information; obtain label printing tasks according to the label information; The label printing task is sent to the device controller, so that the device controller generates a label printing command according to the label printing task and controls the printer to print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic structural diagram of a computing device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, and the specific embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit the specific implementation of the computing device. As shown in FIG. 7, the computing device may include: a processor (processor) 702, a communication interface (Communications Interface) 704, a memory (memory) 706, and a communication bus 708. Among them: the processor 702, the communication interface 704, and the memory 706 communicate with each other through the communication bus 708. The communication interface 704 is used to communicate with other devices such as network elements such as clients or other servers. The processor 702 is configured to execute a program 710, and specifically can execute relevant steps in the above-mentioned embodiment of the beverage order processing method based on the IoT device. Specifically, the program 710 may include program code, and the program code includes computer operation instructions. The processor 702 may be a central processing unit CPU, or an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the embodiments of the present disclosure. The one or more processors included in the computing device may be processors of the same type, such as one or more CPUs; or processors of different types, such as one or more CPUs and one or more ASICs. The memory 706 is used to store the program 710. The memory 706 may include a high-speed RAM memory, or may also include a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), for example, at least one disk memory.

The program 710 may specifically be used to cause the processor 702 to perform the following operations: receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller, wherein the at least one production task is obtained by disassembling the beverage order information; and generating at least one production task according to the at least one production task. Make commands and control the corresponding drink making equipment for drink making processing.

In an alternative embodiment, the beverage making device includes a robotic arm, and the program 710 may be further used to make the processor 702 perform the following operations: receive the beverage storage cabinet information allocated by the order controller; and generate the beverage according to the beverage storage cabinet information Enter the cabinet command and control the robotic arm to process the finished drinks into the cabinet; among them, the beverage entry command includes the cabinet entry path information.

In an optional implementation manner, the program 710 may be further configured to cause the processor 702 to perform the following operations: receive at least one production task sent by the order controller to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway; The task determines the material information required for the order processing request, and updates the inventory data based on the material information.

In an optional implementation manner, the program 710 may be further configured to cause the processor 702 to perform the following operations: receive the beverage storage cabinet information allocated by the order controller and sent to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway; The storage cabinet information updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet; according to the occupancy data, it is judged whether the usable quantity of the storage cabinet is less than the usable quantity threshold, and if so, an early warning of the shortage of containers is performed.

In an optional implementation manner, the beverage making equipment includes a beverage maker; the program 710 may be further used to make the processor 702 perform the following operations: receiving at least one beverage ingredient making task sent by the order controller, according to the at least one beverage making task The main ingredient production task generates at least one beverage ingredient production command and controls the corresponding beverage machine to perform beverage ingredient production processing.

In an alternative embodiment, the beverage production equipment includes: a feeder; the program 710 may be further used to make the processor 702 perform the following operations: receive a beverage ingredient proportioning task sent by the order controller, and according to the beverage ingredient proportioning The task generates ingredient commands and controls the feeder to process the beverage ingredients.

In an optional implementation manner, the beverage production equipment further includes a printer; the program 710 may be further configured to cause the processor 702 to perform the following operations: receive a label printing task sent by the order controller, and generate a label printing command according to the label printing task And control the printer to print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.

The algorithms and displays provided here are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual system or other equipment. Various general-purpose systems can also be used with the teaching based on this. From the above description, the structure required to construct this type of system is obvious. In addition, the present disclosure is not directed to any specific programming language. It should be understood that various programming languages can be used to implement the content of the present disclosure described herein, and the above description of a specific language is to disclose the best embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the instructions provided here, a lot of specific details are explained. However, it can be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and technologies are not shown in detail, so as not to obscure the understanding of this specification.

Similarly, it should be understood that in order to streamline the present disclosure and help understand one or more of the various disclosed aspects, in the above description of the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the various features of the present disclosure are sometimes grouped together into a single embodiment, Figure, or its description. However, the disclosed method should not be interpreted as reflecting the intention that the claimed disclosure requires more features than the features explicitly recorded in each claim. More precisely, as reflected in the following claims, the disclosure aspect lies in less than all the features of a single embodiment previously disclosed. Therefore, the claims following the specific embodiment are thus explicitly incorporated into the specific embodiment, wherein each claim itself serves as a separate embodiment of the present disclosure.

Those skilled in the art can understand that it is possible to adaptively change the modules in the device in the embodiment and set them in one or more devices different from the embodiment. The modules or units or components in the embodiments can be combined into one module or unit or component, and in addition, they can be divided into multiple sub-modules or sub-units or sub-components. Except that at least some of such features and/or processes or units are mutually exclusive, any combination can be used to compare all features disclosed in this specification (including the accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) and any method or methods disclosed in this manner or All the processes or units of the equipment are combined. Unless expressly stated otherwise, each feature disclosed in this specification (including the accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by an alternative feature providing the same, equivalent or similar purpose.

In addition, those skilled in the art can understand that although some embodiments described herein include certain features included in other embodiments but not other features, the combination of features of different embodiments means that they are within the scope of the present disclosure. Within and form different embodiments. For example, in the following claims, any one of the claimed embodiments can be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by hardware, or by software modules running on one or more processors, or by a combination of them. Those skilled in the art should understand that a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of the functions of some or all of the order controller or device controller according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. . The present disclosure can also be implemented as a device or device program (for example, a computer program and a computer program product) for executing part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program for realizing the present disclosure may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or may have the form of one or more signals. Such signals can be downloaded from Internet websites, or provided on carrier signals, or provided in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses should not be constructed as a limitation to the claims. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in the claims. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of multiple such elements. The present disclosure can be realized by means of hardware including several different elements and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In the unit claims enumerating several devices, several of these devices may be embodied by the same hardware item. The use of the words first, second, and third, etc. do not indicate any order. These words can be interpreted as names.

Claims

A beverage order processing method based on an IoT device, the method comprising:

Receiving an order processing request carrying beverage order information initiated by the user terminal, disassembling the beverage order information, and obtaining at least one production task;

The at least one production task is sent to the equipment controller, so that the equipment controller generates at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controls the corresponding beverage production equipment to perform beverage production processing.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the beverage making equipment includes a robotic arm; after receiving the order processing request carrying beverage order information initiated by the user terminal, the method further comprises: allocating beverage storage cabinet information;

Send the beverage storage cabinet information to the equipment controller, so that the equipment controller generates a beverage entry command according to the beverage storage cabinet information and controls the robotic arm to process the finished beverage into the cabinet; wherein the beverage entry The cabinet command includes the path information of the cabinet entry.
The method according to claim 2, wherein, after the distribution of the beverage storage cabinet information, the method further comprises: sending the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet for the storage cabinet to obtain the beverage storage cabinet information for use In response to the user's operation of the switch cabinet door.
The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the at least one production task to a device controller further comprises:

The at least one production task is sent to the gateway for the gateway to forward the at least one production task to the device controller; wherein the gateway determines the material information required for the order processing request according to the at least one production task, and The material information updates the inventory data.
The method according to claim 3, wherein the sending the beverage storage cabinet information to the device controller further comprises: sending the beverage storage cabinet information to a gateway, so that the gateway can forward the beverage storage cabinet information To the device controller; and/or,

The sending the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet further includes: sending the beverage storage cabinet information to the gateway, so that the gateway forwards the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet;

Wherein, the gateway updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet according to the information of the beverage storage cabinet; judges whether the usable amount of the storage cabinet is less than the usable amount threshold according to the occupancy data, and if so, performs an early warning of insufficient container.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the beverage production equipment comprises a beverage machine; the disassembling the beverage order information to obtain at least one production task further comprises: disassembling the beverage order Information, determine the beverage ingredient information required by the order; obtain at least one beverage ingredient preparation task according to the beverage ingredient information;

The sending the at least one production task to a device controller for the device controller to generate at least one production command according to the at least one production task and control a corresponding beverage production device to perform a beverage production process further includes:

The at least one beverage ingredient preparation task is sent to the equipment controller, so that the equipment controller generates at least one beverage ingredient preparation command and controls the corresponding beverage machine to perform beverage ingredient preparation processing.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises: a feeder;

Said disassembling the beverage order information to obtain at least one production task further includes: disassembling the beverage order information to determine beverage ingredient information required by the order; and obtaining beverage ingredients according to the beverage ingredient information Matching tasks;

The sending the at least one production task to a device controller for the device controller to generate at least one production command according to the at least one production task and control a corresponding beverage production device to perform a beverage production process further includes:

The beverage ingredient proportioning task is sent to the equipment controller, so that the equipment controller generates a beverage ingredient proportioning command according to the beverage ingredient proportioning task and controls the feeder to perform beverage ingredient proportioning processing.
The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the beverage making equipment further comprises a printer;

The disassembling the beverage order information to obtain at least one production task further includes: extracting label information from the beverage order information; obtaining a label printing task according to the label information;

The sending the at least one production task to a device controller for the device controller to generate at least one production command according to the at least one production task and control a corresponding beverage production device to perform a beverage production process further includes:

The label printing task is sent to the device controller, so that the device controller generates a label printing command according to the label printing task and controls the printer to print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.
A beverage order processing method based on an IoT device, the method comprising:

Receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller, where the at least one production task is obtained by disassembling beverage order information;

At least one production command is generated according to the at least one production task and the corresponding beverage production device is controlled to perform beverage production processing.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises a robotic arm, and the method further comprises: receiving beverage storage cabinet information assigned by the order controller;

According to the information of the beverage storage cabinet, a beverage entry command is generated and the robot arm is controlled to process the finished beverage into the cabinet; wherein the beverage entry command includes the cabinet entry path information.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller further comprises:

At least one production task sent by the order controller to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway is received; wherein the gateway determines the material information required by the order processing request according to the at least one production task, and updates inventory data according to the material information.
The method according to claim 10, wherein the beverage storage cabinet information allocated by the receiving order controller further comprises:

Receives the beverage storage cabinet information distributed by the order controller and sent to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway; wherein the gateway updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet according to the beverage storage cabinet information; judges whether the storage cabinet is available for a small amount according to the occupancy data If it is within the usable threshold value, an early warning of container shortage will be carried out.
The method according to any one of claims 9-12, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises a beverage machine;

The receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller, generating at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controlling the corresponding beverage production device to perform beverage production processing further includes: receiving at least one beverage main ingredient sent by the order controller A production task, generating at least one beverage ingredient production command according to the at least one beverage ingredient production task, and controlling a corresponding beverage machine to perform beverage ingredient production processing.
The method according to claim 13, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises: a feeder;

The receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller, generating at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controlling the corresponding beverage production equipment to perform the beverage production processing further includes: receiving a beverage ingredient proportioning task sent by the order controller , Generate ingredient commands according to the task of proportioning beverage ingredients and control the feeder to process the proportion of beverage ingredients.
The method according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the beverage making equipment further comprises a printer;

The receiving at least one production task sent by the order controller, generating at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controlling the corresponding beverage production device to perform beverage production processing further includes:

Receive the label printing task sent by the order controller, generate label printing commands according to the label printing task, and control the printer to print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.
An order controller includes:

The receiving module is adapted to receive an order processing request carrying beverage order information initiated by the user terminal;

A disassembly module, adapted to disassemble the beverage order information to obtain at least one production task;

The sending module is adapted to send the at least one production task to the equipment controller, so that the equipment controller generates at least one production command according to the at least one production task and controls the corresponding beverage production equipment to perform beverage production processing.
The controller according to claim 16, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises a robotic arm; the controller further comprises: a dispensing module adapted to distribute beverage storage cabinet information;

The sending module is further adapted to: send the beverage storage cabinet information to a device controller, so that the device controller generates a beverage entry command according to the beverage storage cabinet information and controls a robotic arm to enter the finished beverage into the cabinet Processing; Wherein, the beverage entry command includes entry path information.
The controller according to claim 17, wherein the sending module is further adapted to: send the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet for the storage cabinet to obtain the beverage storage cabinet information for responding to a user's operation of opening and closing the cabinet door .
The controller according to claim 16, wherein the sending module is further adapted to: send the at least one production task to a gateway, so that the gateway forwards the at least one production task to a device controller; wherein The gateway determines material information required by the order processing request according to at least one production task, and updates inventory data according to the material information.
The controller according to claim 18, wherein the sending module is further adapted to: send the beverage storage cabinet information to a gateway for the gateway to forward the beverage storage cabinet information to a device controller; and/or , Sending the beverage storage cabinet information to the gateway, so that the gateway forwards the beverage storage cabinet information to the storage cabinet;

Wherein, the gateway updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet according to the information of the beverage storage cabinet; judges whether the usable amount of the storage cabinet is less than the usable amount threshold according to the occupancy data, and if so, performs an early warning of insufficient container.
The controller according to any one of claims 16-20, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises a beverage maker;

The disassembly module is further adapted to: disassemble the beverage order information, determine the beverage ingredient information required by the order; obtain at least one beverage ingredient preparation task according to the beverage ingredient information;

The sending module is further adapted to send at least one beverage ingredient preparation task to the device controller, so that the device controller can generate at least one beverage ingredient preparation command and control the corresponding beverage machine to perform the beverage ingredient preparation process.
The controller according to claim 21, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises: a feeder;

The disassembly module is further adapted to: disassemble the beverage order information, determine beverage ingredient information required by the order, and obtain a beverage ingredient proportioning task according to the beverage ingredient information;

The sending module is further adapted to send the beverage ingredient proportioning task to the device controller, so that the device controller generates a beverage ingredient proportioning command according to the beverage ingredient proportioning task and controls the feeder to perform the beverage ingredient proportioning process.
The controller according to claim 21 or 22, wherein the beverage making equipment further comprises a printer;

The disassembly module is further adapted to: extract label information from the beverage order information; obtain label printing tasks according to the label information;

The sending module is further adapted to send a label printing task to a device controller, so that the device controller generates a label printing command according to the label printing task and controls the printer to print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.
A device controller includes:

The receiving module is adapted to receive at least one production task sent by the order controller, wherein the at least one production task is obtained by disassembling the beverage order information;

The control module is adapted to generate at least one production command according to the at least one production task and control the corresponding beverage production equipment to perform beverage production processing.
The controller according to claim 24, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises a robotic arm, and the receiving module is further adapted to: receive beverage storage cabinet information allocated by the order controller;

The control module is further adapted to: generate a beverage entry command according to the beverage storage cabinet information and control the robotic arm to process the finished beverage into the cabinet; wherein the beverage entry command includes cabinet entry path information.
The controller according to claim 25, wherein the receiving module is further adapted to:

At least one production task sent by the order controller to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway is received; wherein the gateway determines the material information required by the order processing request according to the at least one production task, and updates inventory data according to the material information.
The controller according to claim 25, wherein the receiving module is further adapted to:

Receives the beverage storage cabinet information distributed by the order controller and sent to the gateway and forwarded by the gateway; wherein the gateway updates the occupancy data of the storage cabinet according to the beverage storage cabinet information; judges whether the storage cabinet is available for a small amount according to the occupancy data If it is within the usable threshold value, an early warning of container shortage will be carried out.
The controller according to any one of claims 24-27, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises a beverage maker;

The receiving module is further adapted to: receive at least one beverage ingredient preparation task sent by the order controller;

The control module is further adapted to: generate at least one beverage main ingredient preparation command according to the at least one beverage main ingredient preparation task and control a corresponding beverage machine to perform beverage main ingredient preparation processing.
The controller according to claim 28, wherein the beverage making equipment comprises: a feeder;

The receiving module is further adapted to: receive the beverage ingredient proportioning task sent by the order controller;

The control module is further adapted to generate an ingredient command according to the task of proportioning the ingredients of the beverage and controlling the feeder to perform the proportioning processing of the ingredients of the beverage.
The controller according to claim 28 or 29, wherein the beverage making equipment further comprises a printer;

The receiving module is further adapted to: receive the label printing task sent by the order controller;

The control module is further adapted to generate label printing commands according to the label printing task and control the printer to print out beverage labels for beverage labeling processing.
A beverage order processing system based on an IoT device, the system comprising: a user terminal, a beverage making device, the order controller according to any one of claims 16-23, and any one of claims 24-30 Device controller.
The system according to claim 31, wherein the system further comprises a storage cabinet adapted to store the finished beverage.
The system according to claim 31 or 32, wherein the system further comprises a gateway, and the gateway is adapted to perform an early warning of inventory data, an early warning of the remaining amount of a storage cabinet, and/or an early warning of a manufacturing equipment failure.
A computing device includes: a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and a communication bus. The processor, the memory, and the communication interface communicate with each other through the communication bus;

The memory is used to store at least one executable instruction, and the executable instruction causes the processor to perform operations corresponding to the beverage order processing method based on an IoT device according to any one of claims 1-8.
A computing device includes: a processor, a memory, a communication interface, and a communication bus. The processor, the memory, and the communication interface communicate with each other through the communication bus;

The memory is used to store at least one executable instruction, and the executable instruction causes the processor to perform an operation corresponding to the beverage order processing method implemented based on an IoT device according to any one of claims 9-15.
A non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium stores at least one executable instruction, and the executable instruction causes a processor to execute any one of claims 1-8 The operation corresponding to the beverage order processing method based on the IoT device. 37. A non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, the non-volatile computer-readable storage medium stores at least one executable instruction, the executable instruction causes a processor to execute any of claims 9-15 An operation corresponding to the beverage order processing method based on the IoT device.
A computer program product, wherein the computer program product includes a computer program stored on a non-volatile computer storage medium, the computer program includes program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed by a processor, the The processor executes operations corresponding to the beverage order processing method implemented based on the IoT device according to any one of claims 1-8.
A computer program product, wherein the computer program product includes a computer program stored on a non-volatile computer storage medium, the computer program includes program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed by a processor, the The processor executes operations corresponding to the beverage order processing method implemented based on the IoT device according to any one of claims 9-15.