A fully automatic intelligent toolbox

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of intelligent toolboxes, and specifically discloses a fully automatic intelligent toolbox, which includes: a box body, a box body drawer, an RFID tool positioning system, a control system and an industrial control all-in-one machine, wherein the box body drawer, the RFID tool positioning system and the control system are all arranged on the box body, the industrial control all-in-one machine is arranged on the upper surface of the box body, the box body drawer includes a drawer and an automatic control module, the automatic control module is arranged on the drawer, the RFID tool positioning system, the automatic control module and the industrial control all-in-one machine are all connected to the control system in communication; the industrial control all-in-one machine can realize the interaction between the user and the control system; the RFID tool positioning system can obtain the location information of the borrowed tools; the control system can send a control instruction to open the drawer to the automatic control module according to the tool borrowing information of the user, and can generate a tool borrowing record according to the tool borrowing information of the user. The fully automatic intelligent toolbox provided by the present invention improves the work efficiency of the user.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of intelligent toolboxes, and in particular to a fully automatic intelligent toolbox. Background Art

[0002] Toolboxes are containers for storing tools. They are widely used in various industries such as production and maintenance. They can not only store various tools, but also are easy to use, which improves work efficiency. However, in actual applications, due to the large number of tools in the toolbox and the large number of people using the tools, it is difficult to know the use of the tools, which often leads to the loss of tools. If the manual management mode is adopted, it will not only make it inconvenient for the staff to use the toolbox, but also be time-consuming and labor-intensive, greatly reducing work efficiency. Summary of the invention

[0003] The present invention provides a fully automatic intelligent toolbox, which solves the problem of low efficiency caused by manual management of toolboxes in the related art.

[0004] As one aspect of the present invention, a fully automatic intelligent toolbox is provided, which includes: a box body, a box body drawer, an RFID tool positioning system, a control system and an industrial control all-in-one machine, wherein the box body drawer, the RFID tool positioning system and the control system are all arranged on the box body, the industrial control all-in-one machine is arranged on the upper surface of the box body, the box body drawer includes a drawer and an automatic control module, the automatic control module is arranged on the drawer, and the RFID tool positioning system, the automatic control module and the industrial control all-in-one machine are all communicatively connected with the control system;

[0005] The industrial control integrated machine can realize the interaction between the user and the control system, and can receive the tool borrowing information of the user;

[0006] The RFID tool positioning system can obtain the position information of the borrowed tool and send the position information of the borrowed tool to the control system;

[0007] The control system can send a control instruction for opening the drawer to the automatic control module according to the tool borrowing information of the user, can generate a tool borrowing record according to the tool borrowing information of the user, and can send the location information of the borrowed tool and the tool borrowing record to the industrial control integrated machine for display;

[0008] The automatic control module can drive the drawer to open according to the control instruction for opening the drawer, and can control the closing of the drawer.

[0009] Furthermore, the RFID tool positioning system includes: an RFID electronic tag and an RFID card reader, wherein the RFID card reader is arranged on the box, and each tool in the box is provided with an RFID electronic tag, and each RFID electronic tag corresponds to a tool one by one, and the RFID electronic tag stores the ID information of the corresponding tool.

[0010] The RFID electronic tag can broadcast the ID information of the corresponding tool;

[0011] The RFID card reader can read the ID information, and can obtain the position information of the RFID electronic tag and the distance information between the RFID electronic tag and the box.

[0012] Furthermore, the control system includes a controller, a user identification module and a driving module, wherein the driving module and the user identification module are both in communication connection with the controller.

[0013] The user identification module is used to identify user information and send the user information to the controller;

[0014] The driving module is used to drive the drawer to open or close according to the control instruction of the controller;

[0015] The controller is used to send a control instruction to open the drawer to the automatic control module according to the tool borrowing information of the user, can generate a tool borrowing record according to the tool borrowing information of the user, and can send the location information of the borrowed tool and the tool borrowing record to the industrial control all-in-one machine for display.

[0016] Furthermore, the control system also includes a communication module, and the communication module is used to achieve communication connection between the controller and the RFID tool positioning system.

[0017] Furthermore, the communication module includes a wireless communication module.

[0018] Furthermore, the user identification module includes a fingerprint identification module.

[0019] Furthermore, the automatic control module includes: a motor, a slider, a lead screw, an optical axis guide rail and an encoder, the optical axis guide rail is arranged on the side of the drawer, the slider is arranged on the optical axis guide rail, the lead screw is connected to the slider, the motor is electrically connected to the driving module, one end of the lead screw is connected to the output end of the motor, and the other end of the lead screw is connected to the encoder, and the slider can move according to the rotation of the motor to drive the drawer to be retracted and pulled.

[0020] Furthermore, the automatic control module also includes a first coupling and a second coupling, one end of the screw rod is connected to the output end of the motor through the first coupling, and the other end of the screw rod is connected to the encoder through the second coupling.

[0021] Furthermore, the fully automatic intelligent toolbox also includes a cloud platform, the control system is communicatively connected to the cloud platform, and the control system can send the tool borrowing record to the cloud platform.

[0022] Furthermore, a box handle is provided on the box, and casters are provided on the bottom of the box.

[0023] The fully automatic intelligent toolbox provided by the present invention can obtain the location of borrowed tools by setting an RFID tool positioning system, and can obtain tool borrowing records through a control system. In addition, it can also realize automatic opening and closing of drawers, thereby effectively improving the efficiency of users finding required tools, thereby improving work efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] The accompanying drawings are used to provide further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of the specification. Together with the following specific embodiments, they are used to explain the present invention, but do not constitute a limitation of the present invention.

[0025] Figure 1 This is a structural schematic diagram of the fully automatic intelligent toolbox provided by the present invention.

[0026] Figure 2 This is a structural schematic diagram of the box drawer provided by the present invention.

[0027] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the RFID indoor positioning principle provided by the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] It should be noted that, in the absence of conflict, the embodiments of the present invention and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and in combination with the embodiments.

[0029] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the scheme of the present invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiment of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiment is only a part of the embodiment of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work should fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0030] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present invention and the above-mentioned drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchanged where appropriate, so as to describe the embodiments of the present invention described herein. In addition, the terms "including" and "having" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, for example, a process, method, system, product or device that includes a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units clearly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

[0031] In this embodiment, a fully automatic intelligent toolbox is provided. Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a fully automatic intelligent toolbox provided according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 As shown, it includes: a box 100, a box drawer 104, an RFID tool positioning system, a control system and an industrial control all-in-one machine 101, wherein the box drawer 104, the RFID tool positioning system and the control system are all arranged on the box, and the industrial control all-in-one machine 101 is arranged on the upper surface of the box 100, the box drawer 104 includes a drawer and an automatic control module, and the automatic control module is arranged on the drawer, and the RFID tool positioning system, the automatic control module and the industrial control all-in-one machine 101 are all connected to the control system in communication;

[0032] The industrial control integrated machine 101 can realize the interaction between the user and the control system, and can receive the tool borrowing information of the user;

[0033] The RFID tool positioning system can obtain the position information of the borrowed tool and send the position information of the borrowed tool to the control system;

[0034] The control system can send a control instruction for opening the drawer to the automatic control module according to the tool borrowing information of the user, can generate a tool borrowing record according to the tool borrowing information of the user, and can send the location information of the borrowed tool and the tool borrowing record to the industrial control integrated machine for display;

[0035] The automatic control module can drive the drawer to open according to the control instruction for opening the drawer, and can control the closing of the drawer.

[0036] The fully automatic intelligent toolbox provided in the embodiment of the present invention can obtain the location of the borrowed tools by setting the RFID tool positioning system, and can obtain the tool borrowing record through the control system. In addition, it can also realize the automatic opening and closing of the drawer, thereby effectively improving the efficiency of users finding the required tools, thereby improving work efficiency.

[0037] Specifically, the RFID tool positioning system includes: an RFID electronic tag and an RFID card reader, wherein the RFID card reader is arranged on the box, and each tool in the box is provided with an RFID electronic tag, and each RFID electronic tag corresponds to a tool one by one, and the RFID electronic tag stores the ID information of the corresponding tool.

[0038] The RFID electronic tag can broadcast the ID information of the corresponding tool;

[0039] The RFID card reader can read the ID information, and can obtain the position information of the RFID electronic tag and the distance information between the RFID electronic tag and the box.

[0040] Specifically, the RFID positioning system includes an RFID electronic tag with motion detection, an RFID card reader, and a wireless module. When the tool moves, the RFID electronic tag starts to broadcast the tag's ID information at regular intervals. The card reader reads the ID and obtains the distance between the tag and itself. When two or three card readers obtain the same ID, multiple circles can be drawn with the card reader as the center and the distance as the radius. The intersecting area is the location of the tag, such as Figure 3 shown.

[0041] Specifically, the control system includes a controller, a user identification module 102 and a driving module, wherein the driving module and the user identification module 102 are both connected to the controller for communication.

[0042] The user identification module 102 is used to identify user information and send the user information to the controller;

[0043] The driving module is used to drive the drawer to open or close according to the control instruction of the controller;

[0044] The controller is used to send a control instruction to open the drawer to the automatic control module according to the tool borrowing information of the user, can generate a tool borrowing record according to the tool borrowing information of the user, and can send the location information of the borrowed tool and the tool borrowing record to the industrial control all-in-one machine for display.

[0045] In some embodiments, the controller includes a single chip microcomputer.

[0046] In some implementations, the driving module may be implemented using L298N from STMicroelectronics.

[0047] In some implementations, the user identification module 102 includes a fingerprint identification module.

[0048] It should be understood that before using the fully automatic intelligent toolbox, user information needs to be verified by the user identification module 102. Only after the verification is passed, the user is allowed to use the fully automatic intelligent toolbox, thereby enhancing the security of the fully automatic intelligent toolbox.

[0049] Specifically, the control system further includes a communication module, and the communication module is used to realize the communication connection between the controller and the RFID tool positioning system.

[0050] In some embodiments, the communication module includes a wireless communication module.

[0051] Preferably, the wireless communication module may be a WIFI module or a mobile communication module, such as a 4G mobile communication module or a 5G mobile communication module.

[0052] Specifically, Figure 2 As shown, the automatic control module includes: a motor 201, a slider 202, a screw rod 203, an optical axis guide rail 204 and an encoder 206, the optical axis guide rail 204 is arranged on the side of the drawer 207, the slider 202 is arranged on the optical axis guide rail 204, the screw rod 203 is connected to the slider 202, the motor 201 is electrically connected to the driving module, one end of the screw rod 203 is connected to the output end of the motor 201, and the other end of the screw rod 203 is connected to the encoder 206, and the slider 202 can move according to the rotation of the motor 201 to drive the drawer 207 to be retracted and pulled.

[0053] It should be understood that in order to realize the connection between the screw rod 203 and the motor 201 and the encoder 206 respectively, the automatic control module also includes a first coupling 205 and a second coupling 208, one end of the screw rod 203 is connected to the output end of the motor 201 through the first coupling 205, and the other end of the screw rod is connected to the encoder 206 through the second coupling 208.

[0054] It should be noted that the slider 202 is fixed by two optical axis guide rails 204 , and the slider 202 can move according to the rotation of the motor 201 , and the movement of the slider 202 drives the drawer 207 to be retracted and pulled.

[0055] Specifically, the fully automatic intelligent toolbox also includes a cloud platform, the control system is communicatively connected to the cloud platform, and the control system can send the tool borrowing record to the cloud platform.

[0056] Specifically, a box handle 103 is provided on the box 100, and casters 106 are provided at the bottom of the box 100. In addition, a power switch 105 is also provided on the side of the box 100, and the power switch 105 is connected to the control system for communication.

[0057] It should be understood that the industrial control integrated machine and the cloud platform are both ways of interaction between the system and the staff. The industrial control integrated machine is placed on the top of the tool box, which can display the usage of the tool, the tool borrowing record and the current location of the tool and send it to the cloud platform.

[0058] The specific use process of the fully automatic intelligent toolbox provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

[0059] Step 1: The fingerprint recognition module identifies the staff member, and the industrial control integrated computer displays the staff member’s information and gives the staff member’s tool borrowing record;

[0060] Step 2: The staff member chooses to continue borrowing or return the tool;

[0061] Step 3: After the staff selects the tool category, the intelligent fully automatic tool box automatically opens the corresponding drawer;

[0062] Step 4: The staff borrows / returns the corresponding tools and closes the tool box drawer through the industrial computer.

[0063] The tool positioning of the fully automatic intelligent toolbox provided in the embodiment of the present invention may include the following steps:

[0064] Step 1: After the tool is borrowed, the RFID tag of the tool starts broadcasting ID information due to movement;

[0065] Step 2: The RFID reader receives the ID of the RFID electronic tag and obtains the distance to the RFID electronic tag and sends it through the wireless module;

[0066] Step 3: The ARM control system receives data from the RFID reader, confirms the borrowed tool, and automatically generates a tool borrowing record. At the same time, the tool is located based on the data from 2-3 RFID readers.

[0067] Step 4: The ARM control system sends the tool borrowing record to the industrial control integrated machine, which receives it and sends it to the cloud platform.

[0068] It is to be understood that the above embodiments are merely exemplary embodiments used to illustrate the principles of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For those of ordinary skill in the art, various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the spirit and essence of the present invention, and these modifications and improvements are also considered to be within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A fully automatic intelligent toolbox, characterized in that: include: A box, a box drawer, an RFID tool positioning system, a control system and an industrial control all-in-one computer, wherein the box drawer, the RFID tool positioning system and the control system are all arranged on the box, the industrial control all-in-one computer is arranged on the upper surface of the box, the box drawer includes a drawer and an automatic control module, the automatic control module is arranged on the drawer, and the RFID tool positioning system, the automatic control module and the industrial control all-in-one computer are all communicatively connected with the control system; The industrial control integrated machine can realize the interaction between the user and the control system, and can receive the tool borrowing information of the user; The RFID tool positioning system can obtain the position information of the borrowed tool and send the position information of the borrowed tool to the control system; The control system can send a control instruction for opening the drawer to the automatic control module according to the tool borrowing information of the user, can generate a tool borrowing record according to the tool borrowing information of the user, and can send the location information of the borrowed tool and the tool borrowing record to the industrial control integrated machine for display; The automatic control module can drive the drawer to open according to the control instruction for opening the drawer, and can control the closing of the drawer; The control system includes a controller, a user identification module and a driving module, wherein the driving module and the user identification module are both connected to the controller for communication. The user identification module is used to identify user information and send the user information to the controller; The driving module is used to drive the drawer to open or close according to the control instruction of the controller; The controller is used to send a control instruction to open the drawer to the automatic control module according to the tool borrowing information of the user, can generate a tool borrowing record according to the tool borrowing information of the user, and can send the location information of the borrowed tool and the tool borrowing record to the industrial control integrated machine for display; The automatic control module includes: a motor, a slider, a lead screw, an optical axis guide rail and an encoder, wherein the optical axis guide rail is arranged on the side of the drawer, the slider is arranged on the optical axis guide rail, the lead screw is connected to the slider, the motor is electrically connected to the driving module, one end of the lead screw is connected to the output end of the motor, and the other end of the lead screw is connected to the encoder, and the slider can move according to the rotation of the motor to drive the drawer to be retracted and pulled; The RFID tool positioning system includes: an RFID electronic tag and an RFID card reader, wherein the RFID card reader is arranged on the box, and each tool in the box is provided with an RFID electronic tag, and each RFID electronic tag corresponds to a tool one by one, and the RFID electronic tag stores the ID information of the corresponding tool. The RFID electronic tag can broadcast the ID information of the corresponding tool; The RFID card reader can read the ID information, and can obtain the position information of the RFID electronic tag and the distance information between the RFID electronic tag and the box.

2. The fully automatic intelligent toolbox according to claim 1, characterized in that: The control system further includes a communication module, and the communication module is used to achieve a communication connection between the controller and the RFID tool positioning system.

3. The fully automatic intelligent toolbox according to claim 2, characterized in that: The communication module includes a wireless communication module.

4. The fully automatic intelligent toolbox according to claim 1, characterized in that: The user identification module includes a fingerprint identification module.

5. The fully automatic intelligent toolbox according to claim 1, characterized in that: The automatic control module further includes a first coupling and a second coupling. One end of the screw rod is connected to the output end of the motor through the first coupling, and the other end of the screw rod is connected to the encoder through the second coupling.

6. The fully automatic intelligent toolbox according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fully automatic intelligent toolbox also includes a cloud platform, the control system is communicatively connected to the cloud platform, and the control system can send the tool borrowing record to the cloud platform.

7. The fully automatic intelligent toolbox according to claim 1, characterized in that: A box handle is arranged on the box body, and casters are arranged at the bottom of the box body.

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