Smart drawer cabinet and operation method thereof

Abstract

This invention provides a smart drawer cabinet and its operating method. The smart drawer cabinet includes a cabinet body, a drive element, at least one gear, a track, multiple storage modules, and a control module. An operation command is input into the control module, causing the drive element to move the gear, which in turn moves the storage cabinets along the track until a specific storage cabinet is positioned corresponding to the door body and stops moving. Then, the automatic door control module of the door body opens the door, causing a push element to push the storage cabinet out in a direction perpendicular to the track.

Claims

1. A smart drawer cabinet, comprising: A cabinet with an internal storage space; A driving element is disposed in the accommodating space; At least one gear meshes with the drive element and a rack, and when the gears and the drive element are meshed and rotate, the rack moves in one direction; a track is disposed within the receiving space and moves in the same direction as the rack; a plurality of storage modules, each having a sliding element, a base plate, a connecting rod, a storage cabinet, and a pushing element, the sliding element being movably disposed on the track, one end of the connecting rod being fixedly connected to the sliding element and the other end being fixedly connected to the rack, the base plate being disposed on the sliding element and the storage cabinet being disposed on the base plate, and when the sliding element moves in the direction of the track, it moves the storage cabinet together, and the pushing element is used to push the storage cabinet outward; A safety detection module is installed in the storage cabinet to detect the physical state of the cabinet and generate a detection result. The safety detection module includes a monitoring unit for receiving and monitoring the detection result and determining whether the detection result indicates a normal operating state. If it indicates an abnormal operating state, a protection mechanism is triggered to stop the storage modules from receiving a current. A control module is installed outside the cabinet and provides an interface for inputting an operation command, so that the specified storage cabinet can be pushed out of the cabinet's accommodating space. When the operation command is input into the control module, the drive element drives the gears to move and slide the storage cabinet on the rack along the direction of the track until the specific storage cabinet is located at the position corresponding to a door and stops moving. Then, an automatic door control module of the door opens the door, causing the push element to push the storage cabinet out in a direction perpendicular to the track.

2. The smart drawer unit as described in claim 1, wherein the storage modules further include: A positioning module is disposed on the substrate and is used to obtain positioning information.

3. The smart drawer unit as described in claim 1, wherein the storage modules further include: An identification module is disposed on the substrate and is used to identify information of the storage modules.

4. The smart drawer unit as described in claim 1, wherein the storage modules further include: A support rod is provided on the base plate and one end of which is fixedly connected to the pushing element, so that the storage cabinet can move along the direction of the base plate.

5. The smart drawer cabinet as described in claim 1, wherein the cabinet body further comprises: An electric drive module is disposed in the cabinet and faces the accommodating space, and provides power to the storage modules when current is conducted between the storage modules and the electric drive module.

6. The smart drawer cabinet as described in claim 1, wherein the control module can wirelessly communicate with a mobile communication device to generate the operation command.

7. A method for operating a smart drawer cabinet, comprising the following steps: Activating the smart drawer cabinet; since the smart drawer cabinet has a control module, an operation command can be input on an interface of the control module; Moving storage modules; the control module, based on the operation command, identifies the position information of a plurality of storage modules, and causes a drive element to drive at least one gear and drive a rack to move the storage modules along a track; Slowing down the moving speed of the storage modules; during the movement of the storage modules, when positioning information provided by a positioning module is used to confirm that one of the storage modules is close to the relative position of the door, the drive element is used to slow down the moving speed of the storage modules until they stop at the relative position of the door. The storage modules are deployed by pushing out a door. When one of the storage modules moves to the position of a corresponding door, it stops moving and an automatic door control module opens the door. Then, a storage cabinet of one of the storage modules is automatically pushed out by a pushing element. The storage modules are retracted by inputting a retraction command on the control module, or by executing the procedure of retracting the storage cabinet to the smart drawer cabinet when the time of the cabinet being pushed out exceeds a retraction time. The door is then reset to its original position and is in a closed state.

8. The operation method of the smart drawer cabinet as described in claim 7, wherein the moving storage module further includes the following steps: positioning the storage module, wherein during the movement of the storage modules, an identification module and a positioning module of each of the storage modules are used to track and position the relative position of the storage modules in the smart drawer cabinet in real time.

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