90results about "Returnable containers actuation" patented technology

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.

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.

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.

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.

An identifier of metal cylinders in the facility for the storage and for paid self- service exchange of empty metallic cylinder for the full metallic cylinders, for example with propane-butane gas, for a facility composed of a power supply source and of at least two pairs of lockable compartments (A1, A2) and (B1, B2) for cylinders with identical ground plans and with at least two different heights, arranged side by side and one above the other and mutually firmly connected, wherein each lockable compartment (A1, A2; B1, B2) for cylinders is provided with doors (D) with an electronically controlled lock (1), wherein the walls of each lockable compartment are provided with a transformer identifier (2) of metal cylinders, consisting of a non-conductive and non-flammable casing (P), provided on one of its sides with a transmitting coil (E) and on its opposite side with a receiving coil (F), wherein the transmitting coil (E) is connected to a source of alternating electric current and the receiving coil (F) is connected to a measuring electronic device, which is a part of the service control module (C) connected with the central control panel.

The invention discloses an intelligent management system for supplying and recycling cutters and tools, which comprises an intelligent host, at least one cutter cabinet and at least one tool cabinet which are electrically connected with each other, and the intelligent host is provided with a scanning and distinguishing device, a touch display input device and a wired / wireless internet connection line, the intelligent host is provided with a material picking program module, a return program module, an old-to-new module, a replenishment program module, a push early warning notification module and a data analysis and report generation module, after an employee distinguishes and confirms, material picking and return or replacement of an old knife / tool with a new knife / tool can be carried out, a manufacturer can scan a bar code of the knife / tool according to replenishment, replenishment can be carried out immediately, and the replenishment efficiency is improved. In addition, the manufacturer can also receive the push early warning notice to carry out machine maintenance or cutter / tool replenishment, and the manager receives data analysis and report generation so as to understand the use condition of the related cutter / tool, so that the omnibearing cutter / tool management and control effect is achieved.

Various embodiments of kiosks for purchasing mobile phones and other mobile electronic devices from users are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the kiosks include an apparatus to position an electrical connector for connection to a mobile device. This apparatus enables the kiosk to connect to the mobile device to electrically inspect the mobile device, and the associated electrical connectors and cables are not subjected to repeated pulling and other rough handling that can lead to premature wear and tear. Accordingly, use of connector carriers configured in accordance with the present technology can lead to longer connector / cable service life, reduced maintenance, and greater kiosk up-time. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a camshaft having one or more cam lobes positioned to act against one or more cam followers, e.g., carrying one or more electrical connectors.

The invention mainly discloses carton recycling equipment with a bonus exchange function and a goods storing and taking system comprising the carton recycling equipment. The carton recycling equipment comprises a containing body, a main control device, a user interface, a paper processing device, a goods output channel and a digital weighing device. A user may operate the user interface to confirm that carton recovery begins to be performed. After a flattened carton is fed into the paper processing device, the flattened carton is processed into a paper recycling object by the paper processing device, then the digital weighing device weighs the paper recycling object and transmits a weight value to the main control device, and finally, the main control device converts the weight value into a current bonus point number. In practice, the user can choose to exchange the current bonus point number into a substantial reward, and can choose to merge the current bonus point number into an individual accumulated bonus point number. According to the carton recycling equipment, automation and rewarding of waste paper recycling are achieved, and the recycling efficiency and the user participation degree are improved.

Provided is a beverage container sorting and recycling device, comprising a bottle feeding port (2), a conveying mechanism (4), an Al recognition mechanism (7), a sorting mechanism (5), and a material storage bin (6). The Al recognition mechanism (7) is arranged on the periphery of the conveying mechanism (4), and a light source (9) is further arranged on the periphery of the Al recognition mechanism (7). The sorting mechanism (5) is mounted on one side of the conveying mechanism (4). The material storage bin (6) comprises a glass bottle material storage bin (61), a plastic bottle material storage bin (62), and a can material storage bin (63). The sorting mechanism (5) sorts a beverage container to a corresponding material storage bin (61, 62, 63) according to the recognition result of the Al recognition mechanism (7).

The utility model particularly relates to an intelligent integral exchange all-in-one machine, which belongs to the technical field of intelligent equipment and comprises a delivery mechanism, an exchange machine door plate is arranged on one side of the delivery mechanism, an interactive screen is fixedly mounted on one side of the exchange machine door plate, and a goods taking baffle is movably mounted on one side of the exchange machine door plate. An observation window is fixedly mounted on one side of the exchange machine door plate; a transverse bidirectional lead screw, a longitudinal bidirectional lead screw, a servo motor, a worm, a worm gear and other components are arranged, the transverse bidirectional lead screw is driven by the servo motor to rotate, and the worm on the transverse bidirectional lead screw is in meshing transmission with the worm gear, so that the longitudinal bidirectional lead screw rotates. According to the matching relation between the transverse bidirectional lead screw and the longitudinal bidirectional lead screw component, the goods taking shelf can position and take the goods in the exchange machine cabinet body through transverse and longitudinal movement, and then the effect that the device can accurately take the screened goods through lead screw transmission is achieved.

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 transferring data from, e.g., a purchased phone to a vended phone.

An arrangement comprising: an RVM for receiving containers, an RVM transportation arrangement comprising a modular belt, a control unit configured to determine that a cleaning session is to be initiated based on one of at least a time parameter and an activity parameter, and upon determination that a cleaning session is to be initiated being configured to actuate a cleaning liquid transportation arrangement to dispose cleaning liquid through a nozzle towards an upper portion of said modular belt arranged at or in the vicinity of one end of said respective transporting conveyor.

The present invention relates to a fraud detection system (10) for a recycling machine (12), the system comprising: a detector (14) adapted to detect at least one container (18) entering the recycling machine; a compactor load sensor (28) adapted to measure the load of a compactor (24) of the recycling machine during operation, wherein the compactor is adapted to compact the entering container downstream of the detector; and a compactor load sensor monitoring device (26) configured to determine, based on the load measured by the compactor load sensor, whether the detected at least one container is compacted as expected.

The utility model relates to a card throwing type self-service payment mechanism and self-service payment equipment. The card throwing type self-service payment mechanism comprises a panel, a bottom plate, a tray and a card reading module, an opening is formed in the panel; the bottom plate is arranged at the opening and can extend outwards from the opening; the tray is arranged on the bottom plate, and the supporting area of the tray is far larger than the area of a pass card; and the card reading module is arranged at the bottom end of the tray and is used for reading the information of the communication card in the tray. According to the scheme provided by the invention, the requirements on the parking distance of the driver and the position of the card drop can be greatly reduced, so that the driver does not need to carry out accurate card insertion operation, the problem that the driver is inconvenient to insert the card is effectively solved, and the card reading and passing efficiency is greatly improved. Meanwhile, the card throwing type self-service payment mechanism is reasonably arranged according to user habits, the payment process is effectively simplified, a driver can rapidly and clearly know payment steps, and payment convenience is improved.

According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a processing circuit having programmed instructions to: determine a cart location of a shopping cart that is moved by a customer and used for transportation of a merchandise purchased by the customer; and provide a notification for promoting a return of the shopping cart to a return area for returning the shopping cart in response to a determination that (i) the shopping cart is located in a place outside of the return area and (ii) a stay time of the shopping cart at the place outside the return area exceeds a threshold length of time.

A kiosk includes a work surface and a storage container coupled to the work surface. A hardware-control device is coupled to the kiosk to allow for remote troubleshooting of hardware at the kiosk. The storage container includes a plurality of storage lockers that can store and dispense hardware if troubleshooting the device at the kiosk is unsuccessful.

Systems and associated methods for recycling and performing other processes with consumer electronic devices are described herein. In various embodiments, the present technology includes systems and methods for enabling, e.g., a retailer to identify and evaluate a used or pre-owned consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, laptop, etc. to facilitate purchasing the device from the consumer. In some embodiments, the present technology includes an evaluator input device and an evaluator hub device that together evaluate a device and facilitate its purchase and recycling. Various other aspects of the present technology are described herein.

The invention relates to a card collecting device (100), comprising at least - a slot (110) with a slot opening (112), - an output tray (120) that can be connected to or is connected to the input tray (110), - a collection compartment (130) that can be connected to or is connected to the insertion compartment (110) and - a test unit (140) for testing an object (200) inserted through the insertion opening (112) and located in the insertion compartment (110), - depending on the test, the object (200) located in the insertion tray (110) can either be placed in the output tray (120) or in the collection tray (130).

The invention relates to the joint automatic acceptance of parcels (P) on the one hand and returned empty crates (L) containing empty bottles (F) to be refilled on the other, by means of a parcel return station (PL-AS) designed for this purpose at or in retail outlets (WVF) in which, among other things, the filled bottles are sold as goods (W).

Consumer operated kiosks for recycling electronic devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the kiosk includes a rotatable inspection plate configured to receive an electronic device when the inspection plate is in a first position. The kiosk can include a camera having a field of view including at least a portion of the inspection plate. The kiosk can include a wired and / or wireless connectivity device configured to connect to the electronic device and one or more processors configured to: receive characteristic information about the electronic device via the wired and / or wireless connectivity device; cause the inspection plate to rotate to a second position; receive one or more images of the electronic device via the camera when the inspection plate is in the second position; and facilitate determination of an offer price for the electronic device based at least in part on the characteristic information and the one or more images.

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 transferring data from, e.g., a purchased phone to a vended phone.

An unattended (automated) vending apparatus includes a communication interface to connect to a server device, a container section for storing items of merchandise to be purchased, and a sensor device to detect a removal or return of an item of merchandise from or to the container section. A first display screen is provided to display information to a user. A second display screen is also provided to display information to the user. A processor is configured to identify the item of merchandise removed from the container section based on output from the sensor device, register the identified item of merchandise on a transaction list, cause the first display screen to display information relating to the registered item, and receive an indication that registration of items has been completed by the user and then display information relating to payment processing on the second display screen.