Automatic vending machine inventory management system and method based on image recognition

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic vending machine inventory management system and method based on image recognition. The system comprises multiple vending machines distributed at different vendingpositions, and the front side of each automatic vending machine is provided with a camera capable of shooting goods on the outmost end positions of all the goods channels. The vending machine and thecamera of each selling position are provided with a local control system, and the local control systems are connected with a cloud service system through the Internet. An infrared human body sensor isarranged on each vending machine and connected with the local control system. When the infrared human body sensor detects that a replenishment person or a consumer is not in the designated area, thecamera grabs an effective image of the goods at the front outer end of the vending machine. The effective image is identified as the newest inventory of the vending machine. According to the invention, the types of commercially available commodities can be greatly increased, and the full-automatic inventory intelligent recognition and sensing for consumers can be realized.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an automatic vending machine, in particular to an automatic inventory management system and method for an automatic vending machine based on image recognition. Background technique [0002] Vending machine shopping has become a development trend of new retail. At present, most of the vending machine containers use the front visible glass storage method, and what users see is what they get, which has been widely accepted by consumers. [0003] The vending machine container is composed of multiple shelves, and each shelf is composed of multiple cargo lanes. Common cargo delivery methods in the cargo lanes include spring rotation transmission and conveyor belt transmission. Therefore, no matter which way, most of the goods on the outermost side of the cargo lane can be clearly seen, and effective image recognition can be performed. [0004] The sales methods of existing vending machines mainly include: [0005] (1) The traditio...

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Problems solved by technology

Of course, the replenishment staff can also enter once after replenishing a lane, but although this reduces entry errors, it will lead to lower replenishment efficiency and longer stand-alone replenishment time, and because most of the containers are For refrigerators, opening the door for a long time to replenish goods will greatly lead to the loss of cooling capacity and consume a lot of energy

In addition, because each replenishment staff has to manage the operation and replenishment of multiple vending machines scattered in different locations, the method of manual replenishment and manual inventory entry takes up a lot of time and is prone to errors. In addition, traditional replenishment Compared with the entry method, the same product is required to be placed in the same aisle. On the one hand, this reduces the types of products that can be sold. On the other hand, it requires replenishers not to mix replenishment, which increases the difficulty of manual classification and thus prolongs the replenishment time.

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