273results about "Returnable containers actuation" patented technology

Kiosk systems and methods for vending mobile phones and other electronic devices to, and / or for purchasing mobile phones and other electronic devices from, consumers are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, such systems can include subsystems for preparing purchased mobile phones for resale, moving mobile phones between different processing stations, transferring data from, e.g., an old phone to a newly purchased phone, etc. In some embodiments, the kiosk systems disclosed herein can purchase a mobile phone from one consumer, process the mobile phone for resale (e.g., by removing personal data, etc.), and then sell the mobile phone to another consumer.

The invention provides an intelligent garbage classification robot system and method based on multi-modal sensing, and the system comprises a multi-modal sensing subsystem which is used for detecting the garbage form in real time, judging the material rigidity in real time, and carrying out the component recognition; the sorting execution module is used for sorting the garbage in real time according to the recognition result of the multi-mode sensing subsystem; and the rebate control module is used for calculating a rebate amount and carrying out fee payment. According to the technical scheme, the sorting efficiency and sorting quality of garbage classification are improved.

Systems and methods of verifying utilization of a blockchain registered container at POS are presented. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by a POS system having a sensing device operable to sense an identifier specific to a container configured to transport items after checkout. The POS system is communicatively coupled to a blockchain network that includes network nodes that are collectively configured to operate a blockchain. The container identifier is specific to a cryptographic digital asset stored on the blockchain as a container identifier code. Further, the cryptographic digital asset includes a user identifier code, with the container identifier code and the user identifier code being included in a transaction entry of a block on the blockchain that is associated with the cryptographic digital asset. The method includes sending, to the blockchain, a request for block data associated with the cryptographic digital asset based on the container identifier.

An item return transaction for an item is identified at a transaction terminal. The item is authenticated using multiple factors at least some of which are independent of item code identification for the item. A fraud score is calculated based on the multiple factors, item code identification, and data that is specific to a customer associated with the transaction, specific to the item, specific to a store associated with the transaction terminal, and specific to a retailer associated with the store. The fraud score and a customer-return grade for the customer are processed to determine whether the transaction can complete at the terminal without assistance or whether the transaction is to be held in abeyance for an audit (onsite audit or remote network-based audit). In an embodiment, the t terminal is a Self-Service Terminal (SST) and the transaction is a self-item return transaction conducted by a customer at the terminal.

This invention belongs to the field of artificial intelligence and intelligent systems technology, and particularly relates to an intelligent tool cabinet system and control method based on a multimodal large language model. It includes: a core processing module that acquires a status image of the intelligent tool cabinet and inputs the status image to a multimodal recognition module; a prompt word engineering module that inputs prompt words to the multimodal recognition module, the prompt words including role information, output format information, and spatial distribution guidance words; the multimodal recognition module integrates a multimodal large language model, which, based on the status image and prompt words of the intelligent tool cabinet, realizes the recognition of tool names and borrowing / returning status; and a data processing module receives the recognition results from the multimodal recognition module and completes the extraction and storage of tool retrieval and / or return records. This invention, based on a multimodal large language model and prompt word engineering, solves the problems of high initial investment cost and limited accuracy in existing technologies.

The invention discloses a medical instrument vending machine return management method and system, and aims to solve the problems that existing return verification is loose, commodity state auditing is insufficient, data management is split and the like, a central server responds to a return request, and a vending goods table and a sold goods table of a corresponding vending machine are matched; after a transaction voucher (including an encrypted two-dimensional code, a transaction number, a mobile phone number, a one-time verification code and the like) is verified, a goods return opening is opened; scanning the commodity UDI, matching the scanned commodity UDI with a sold goods table, and judging a goods return state in combination with a preset goods return time threshold value; images are collected through a multi-angle camera, and commodity damage and unsealing features are detected through an image recognition model; the goods table is updated, and the goods are conveyed to the corresponding goods channels. The system comprises a return triggering module, a voucher verification module and the like and has an offline processing function. According to the invention, the return process automation is realized, false return can be prevented, the safety of medical instruments is ensured, and the management efficiency is improved.

A gift card system and method for purchasing both physical and digital gift cards at a kiosk, both physical and virtual, is disclosed. The system / method includes a gift card distribution kiosk located at a retail establishment or online that provides a user with access to a multitude of different forms of gift cards that may be purchased and printed onto a customizable card with a personalized message. The kiosk includes a kiosk processor interface, a gift card dispenser, a card reader and gift card management server connected to a network. The gift card management server, through the kiosk processor interface, provides vendor options to users to select and pay via the card reader. The kiosk may be used to redeem unused user gift cards for a reduced value user selected gift card, reduced cash value, full value store card, rewards points, bank debit, and / or electronic code user towards online purchases.

The invention discloses an intelligent beverage bottle recycling automatic payment device, and belongs to the technical field of beverage bottle recycling machines, and the intelligent beverage bottle recycling automatic payment device comprises a cabinet mechanism, a detection execution mechanism, a clamping mechanism, a cap removing mechanism, a bottle cap recycling mechanism, a flattening mechanism and a recycling drawer. Through the arrangement of the clamping mechanism, the cap removing mechanism, the bottle cap recycling mechanism and the flattening mechanism, the device can separate beverage bottle caps from bottle bodies and store the beverage bottle caps and the bottle bodies respectively, so that the resource recycling purity is effectively improved, the manual sorting cost is reduced, the device can flatten the bottle bodies without puncturing the bottle bodies, and the labor intensity of workers is reduced. According to the beverage bottle automatic processing and payment device, material loss is effectively reduced, the risk of personnel scratching is reduced, automatic processing and automatic payment of beverage bottles are achieved through the user interaction module, the visual detection and withdrawing execution module, the beverage bottle processing module and the payment module, and the use convenience of the device is effectively improved.

A vending machine includes a housing defining a product storage compartment for storing products. The housing of the vending machine includes a delivery portal and a front portion having a transparent panel configured to allow a consumer to view the products within the product storage compartment. A row of products is arranged within the product storage compartment. A proximity sensor is arranged within the product storage compartment and corresponds to the row of products. The proximity sensor is configured to detect a hand of a consumer within a predetermined detection distance of the proximity sensor, and a product in the row of products is selected when the hand of the consumer is detected within the predetermined detection distance of the proximity sensor. The vending machine includes a dispensing mechanism configured to convey the selected product to the delivery portal.

Disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods related to collecting return items using an automated kiosk based on a real time risk decision. The automated kiosk captures return item information representing a return item and transmits the return item information and a request for return risk level relating to the return item to a server operable to execute a machine learning model trained on historical information to determine the risk level. The server determines the risk level based on the received return by using the machine learning model and transmits the determined risk level to the kiosk in real-time. Based on the determined risk level and a return amount associated with the return item, the server may also process a refund in real-time.

A product dispensing device comprising: a plurality of compartments, each compartment being arranged for storing a liquefied petroleum gas tank, each compartment comprising a door for closing the respective compartment, each door being secured with a respective lock, and wherein when the door is closed, the gas tank stored in each compartment is at least partially visible; and a system comprising an actuator for each lock for locking and unlocking the respective lock, and an electronic data processor configured for performing the steps of storing and self-exchanging empty gas tanks into full gas tanks (and vice versa). A system and method incorporating the product dispensing device are also disclosed.

The invention discloses a return bin access detection system and method, a rental cabinet and a medium, which are applied to the technical field of intelligent sharing and are used for solving the problem that the cabinet body capacity of the existing underwater propeller rental cabinet is difficult to adapt to the site demand, and the method comprises the following steps: a communication processing unit sends a broadcast detection data packet; when the address of the broadcast detection data packet is a broadcast address and the type of the data packet is topology discovery, the return bin communication unit generates a detection response data packet based on the equipment identification information of the return bin and sends the detection response data packet to the communication processing unit; when the data packet type of the detection response data packet is a new warehouse response, the communication processing unit determines a return warehouse represented by equipment identification information in the detection response data packet as a new warehouse, and sends a new warehouse access data packet to the central unit; and the central unit distributes a network layer address for the new warehouse and marks the network layer address as online so as to complete registration of the new warehouse. Through a new warehouse access detection mechanism, any number of return warehouses can be accessed to the underwater propeller rental cabinet to adapt to site requirements.

A quick response (QR) code system (100) is provided for smart management of gas cylinders, in which a QR code (102) is affixed to a body portion of the gas cylinder (104) in a manner that facilitates convenient scanning. The QR code (102) contains encoded link-data that redirects to a web interface (204) hosted on a remote server (108). This web interface (204) is configured to display the most recent filling information related to the gas cylinder (104), where such information is updated on the server in real time based on data captured when the QR code (102) is scanned by a monitoring camera (112) positioned at a refilling facility. Additionally, the web interface (204) includes a one-click reorder option (206) that enables a user to request a gas cylinder refill through an on-demand service framework.

The invention relates to a transport unit (3) for transporting waste objects (2) for recycling, the waste objects (2) being deposit-return objects. The transport unit (3) comprises an inlet (8) for receiving the waste objects (2) and an outlet (9) for exiting the waste objects (2), the inlet (8) being arranged at a lower altitude than the outlet (9), a conveyor (10) having a plurality of flange means (11), the flange means (11) being arranged at a distance from each other along a transport direction of the conveyor (10) and adapted to transport the waste objects (2) from a first position (P1) to a second position (P2), and a guide means (12) arranged in connection with the conveyor (10) adapted to carry the waste objects (2) while transported towards the outlet (9). The invention also relates to a system (1) for collecting waste objects (2) for recycling.

Methods, apparatus, and systems for generating a price of a target device are disclosed herein. An evaluator device obtains technical properties associated with the target device. The technical properties include a make and a model of the target device. Physical properties associated with the target device are obtained. The physical properties include information related to wear and tear of the target device. Obtaining the physical properties includes indicating to a user that the user should position the target device in multiple predetermined positions and that the evaluator device records an image of the target device in each of the multiple predetermined positions. A video of the target device is recorded while the target device is positioned in the multiple predetermined positions. The obtained physical properties are evaluated to generate a condition metric value of the target device. Based on the generated condition metric value, the price of the target device is determined.

A reverse vending machine (200) receiving items from an identified user. At least one image sensor (302) observes the item in the machine, a tracking module tracks the item in order to determine whether it has been properly returned, and if so, at least one image from a sequence of images of the item is selected to be analyzed by an observation module to determine if the item is associated with a reward. A reward initiation module initiates provision of a reward to the identified user. A ramp (301) is arranged such that when an item passes through the machine it will tilt when passing over the top or off the edge of the ramp (301) allowing the image sensor (302) to observe the item from different sides. The observation zone may also include mirrors (303) to provide a view from more than one angle. Corresponding methods are also disclosed.

Provided are a technology and a process whereby, in response to an external container having been collected from a user purchasing food / beverage, an internal container for retaining the food / beverage can then be sealed in the external container to dispense the food / beverage.　A container 1 comprises an internal container 3 for tightly sealing in and retaining food / beverage, and an external container 2 into which the internal container can be inserted in order to dispense the food / beverage to a user U, the external container being for insertion of the internal container in response to the external container having been collected from the user. A food / beverage dispensing device 101 for dispensing the food / beverage to the container 1 comprises: an external container collection unit 205 for receiving the external container collected from the user; a container insertion unit 206 for inserting the internal container retaining aforementioned food / beverage desired by the user into the external container; and a container output unit 207 for outputting the container in the state where the internal container retaining the food / beverage has been inserted into the external container.

An intelligent book management system disclosed by the present invention comprises a book processing operation cavity, the top end of the book processing operation cavity is provided with a display panel, the front end of the book processing operation cavity is communicated with the rear end of a book processing transmission cavity, and the top end of the book processing transmission cavity is communicated with the bottom end of a connection cavity. In the using process, through the arrangement of the book transition cavity, in the book transition process, the surfaces of the top ends and the bottom ends of books are subjected to ultraviolet sterilization treatment through the first ultraviolet lamp tube and the second ultraviolet lamp tube, and bacteria, molds, viruses and other microorganisms possibly existing on the books can be effectively killed through the automatic sterilization mode; besides, damp smell, musty smell and the like can be removed through the first ultraviolet lamp tube and the second ultraviolet lamp tube, meanwhile, aging of the books is reduced, physiological activities and reproductive capacity of pests can be interfered, and the service life of the books is further prolonged.

This invention discloses a method, system, and device for identifying smart shopping carts, belonging to the field of smart shopping carts. Addressing the problems of existing technologies that cannot determine the identity of a shopping cart during charging, easily leading to accidents and significant safety hazards, this invention provides a method, system, and device for identifying smart shopping carts. When a subsequent smart shopping cart comes into contact with an preceding smart shopping cart for charging, the smart shopping cart's camera identifies the identification code displayed on the control panel of the preceding smart shopping cart. After reading the information, it uploads its own identification code and the previously read identification code of the preceding smart shopping cart to a backend system. The backend system binds and sorts the identification codes of the charging pile and the smart shopping cart based on the information uploaded by the smart shopping cart. This enables accurate identification of the shopping cart during charging, allowing for timely handling and judgment in case of safety hazards.

The invention provides an intelligent medicine management cabinet with an empty bottle recycling device, which comprises an intelligent medicine management cabinet main body, a monitoring camera and an empty bottle recycling box, and is characterized in that the monitoring camera is arranged on the intelligent medicine management cabinet main body and above the empty bottle recycling box; an empty bottle recycling and uncovering assembly, a recycling induction piece and a plurality of empty bottle recycling boxes are arranged in the empty bottle recycling box, and a recycling hole matched with the empty bottle recycling and uncovering assembly is formed in the empty bottle recycling box. The intelligent medicine management cabinet has the beneficial effects that the problems that in the prior art, an intelligent medicine management cabinet is large in empty bottle recycling error and low in efficiency can be solved, by means of the product structure, the empty bottle recycling uncovering assembly and the recycling induction piece are matched, recognition counting and cover opening and closing can be automatically conducted, the problem that the recycling counting error is large is effectively solved, and the working efficiency is improved. In addition, real-time monitoring can be achieved through the monitoring camera, the possibility of medicine loss is reduced, the use experience of empty bottle recycling of operators is improved, and the competitiveness of enterprises can be improved.

To provide an unmanned vending device that can display a registration state of purchased articles and a progress state of payment processing in an easy-to-understand manner.SOLUTION: A mobile vending robot (unmanned vending device) according to the embodiment includes: an article identification unit that identifies an article taken out of or returned to a housing unit containing the article; an article registration unit that registers the article identified by the article identification unit as having been taken out of the housing unit; a display control unit (registration result display unit) that displays information pertaining to the articles registered by the article registration unit on a first display unit in an aligned manner; and a display control unit (payment processing support unit) that displays information pertaining to payment processing in a second display unit upon receiving an instruction that the article registration has been completed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 16

The invention provides a second-hand book self-service transaction machine and a second-hand book self-service transaction system. The second-hand book self-service transaction machine comprises a box body, an interactive display screen, a camera, a book placing and taking area cover and a book clamping device. The book clamping device is composed of a sliding rail and a plurality of clamping units, each clamping unit comprises a clamping piece and a control element, and the clamping pieces clamp books and move along the sliding rail through the control elements. The invention further provides a second-hand book self-service transaction machine system which comprises a series of steps and states, the operation logic of the second-hand book self-service transaction machine is determined, and the steps and states comprise the storage step, the taking-out step, the checking step, the book storage and movement step, the storage state, the moving-out state and the moving-in state. According to the product provided by the invention, convenience is provided for second-hand book transaction, meanwhile, specified books can be accurately stored or taken out, and the space of the box body can be effectively utilized in a self-adaptive manner.

A method for remotely controlling a CO2 gas cylinder vending machine system, the method including: displaying a remote vending machine user interface on a display of a user device; receiving on the user device user input indicating a desire to engage with the vending machine system to perform at least one of the following operations: (a) return a CO2 cylinder; (b) purchase a CO2 cylinder; or (c) exchange a CO2 cylinder; transmitting the user input over a communications network to a communications interface of the vending machine system; receiving the user input at the communication interface of the vending machine system; and controlling the vending machine system, by a controller, based on the received user input.

The intelligent disposable consumable taking cabinet comprises a cabinet body, a storage bin and an equipment bin are arranged in the cabinet body, a storage mechanism is arranged in the storage bin, and a display device is installed on the portion, located on the front face of the storage mechanism, of the cabinet body. A discharging assembly and a material receiving assembly are installed at the positions, located at the bottom of the material storage mechanism, in the material storage bin, the material receiving assembly is located at the bottom of the discharging assembly, a glass door is installed on the front face of the cabinet body, a material taking door and a recycling door are installed on the surface of the glass door in a hinged mode, and a recycling assembly is installed at the bottom of the equipment bin. A two-dimensional code or a bar code on a consumable use list is scanned only through a first scanner, the material storage mechanism conducts automatic discharging, consumables fall onto a discharging assembly and fall into a material receiving frame through a discharging port under the action of a goods discharging spiral ring, and then the consumables are pushed into a containing and receiving frame through a second electric push rod; and medical staff can take out the consumables by opening the material taking door.

The invention provides a bus coin inserting system, and relates to the technical field of public transport payment. The bus coin inserting system comprises a main core control module, a multi-mode payment identification module, an intelligent coin inserting processing module, a high-speed data transmission module, an intelligent operation and maintenance module, a safety protection module, a power supply management module, an auxiliary interaction module and a background management module, and executing data processing, instruction analysis and logic judgment. According to the invention, the payment compatibility is wider, the data transmission is efficient, through the dual-frequency RFID, NFC and two-dimensional code identification unit of the multi-mode payment identification module, the full coverage of various payment carriers such as traditional IC cards, smart phones, wearable devices, long-distance induction cards and the like is realized, the interconnection and intercommunication of cross-regional bus cards are supported, and the travel convenience of passengers is improved.

Systems and methods are provided for re-using hand-held portable containers 2, (102, fig. 2), e.g. coffee cups or plant pots, having an identification tag 10, (110, fig. 2), e.g. RFID, NFC, barcode or QR code. Each tag is scanned at a point-of-dispensing (POD). Data representing a unique container identifier, a time and location of the scan is received by a cloud-based transaction processing system 28. The transaction system obtains data from payment processing system 30 relating to a sale at POS system 6, 8 associated with the container dispensing. The transaction system associates each unique container identifier with a unique sale identifier of a sale associated with the dispensing of the container, based on a correlation in time between the time when the container was dispensed and the time of the sale. A collection point (POC) (32, fig. 2) is also provided for receiving the containers after use. Each returned container is scanned and data representing the unique container identifier is transmitted to the transaction system. Following the return of a container, the transaction system may instruct a partial refund of the sale in order to refund a deposit taken as part of the sale associated with the container.