Store light guiding system and method
By designing a lighting guidance system integrating intelligent control technology, Internet of Things technology and lighting equipment in the store, the problem of low product positioning efficiency in traditional stores is solved, accurate positioning and intuitive guidance of product locations is achieved, and operational efficiency is improved. Customer experience.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202411671122.3
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-21
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-21
AI Technical Summary
Product positioning in traditional stores relies on in-store layout diagrams, manual guidance or customers search on their own, resulting in customers and takeaway workers wasting time when looking for products, reducing shopping efficiency, and increasing the work burden of stockholders, especially in the increase in product types and store size. As it expands, these problems are becoming increasingly prominent, affecting operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.
A store lighting guidance system is designed, including a rotation indicator module, a storage unit, a front-end reception unit, an input unit, a query unit and a sending unit. Through the integration of intelligent control technology, Internet of Things technology and lighting equipment, the system can automatically query and control the spotlights in the store to rotate and illuminate the corresponding shelf area based on the input product information, providing visual intuitive guidance.
It has achieved accurate positioning and lighting guidance of the location of products in the store, helping customers, takeaway workers and sorters to quickly find target products, improve store operation efficiency and customer shopping experience, and inject new vitality into the development of the new retail model.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of customer guidance, and in particular to a store lighting guidance system and method. Background Art
[0002] In traditional store management, product location mainly relies on store layouts, manual guidance, or customers’ self-searching. However, these methods have many shortcomings: customers and deliverymen may waste time looking for products due to unfamiliarity with the store layout, reducing shopping efficiency; stockers may also increase their workload due to frequent movement when replenishing or organizing shelves. In addition, with the continuous increase in product types and the expansion of store scale, these problems have become increasingly prominent, affecting store operating efficiency and customer satisfaction. Summary of the invention
[0003] In order to quickly guide customers to find products and improve store operation efficiency, the present application provides a store lighting guidance system and method.
[0004] The above-mentioned invention objective of the present application is achieved through the following technical solutions: A store lighting guidance system, comprising: Rotating indicator light module; A storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores a mapping relationship between the indication posture information of the rotating indicator light module and the container code, and a mapping relationship between the commodity information and the container code; A front-end receiving unit, used for receiving a commodity query request; An input unit, used to receive input commodity information to be queried; A query unit, used to match a commodity container code according to the commodity information to be queried; and to match the indication posture information according to the commodity container code; A sending unit, used for sending the indication posture information to the rotating indicator light module; The rotating indicator light module is adjusted to the indicated position and illuminates for guidance based on the current posture information and the indicated posture information.
[0005] In a preferred example, the present application can be further configured as follows: The rotating indicator light module includes: Base; A mounting seat, the mounting seat is mounted on the base, and the base is provided with a first driving member for driving the mounting seat to rotate in a first direction; The lamp body is mounted on a mounting base, and a second driving member for driving the lamp body to rotate in a second direction is provided on the mounting base.
[0006] In a preferred example, the present application may be further configured as follows: the current posture information includes a current first angle and a current second angle; the indicated posture information includes an indicated first angle and an indicated second angle; The rotating indicator light module also includes an angle difference calculation unit and a drive instruction sending unit; wherein, The angle difference calculation unit is used to calculate a first angle compensation difference according to the indicated first angle and the current first angle; and calculate a second angle compensation difference according to the indicated second angle and the current second angle; The driving instruction sending unit is used to send the driving instruction and the first angle compensation difference to the first driving member, and send the driving instruction and the second angle compensation difference to the second driving member; The first driving member drives the mounting base to rotate according to the first angle compensation difference after receiving the driving instruction, and the second driving member drives the lamp body to rotate according to the second angle compensation difference after receiving the driving instruction.
[0007] In a preferred example, the present application can be further configured as follows: the rotation axes in the first direction and the second direction are not parallel.
[0008] In a preferred example, the present application can be further configured as follows: the container code includes a container layer code.
[0009] In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects: 1. This application proposes a store lighting guidance system, which aims to quickly guide customers to find products and improve store operating efficiency. By integrating intelligent control technology, Internet of Things technology and lighting equipment, accurate positioning and lighting guidance of the location of goods in the store are achieved. Users only need to enter product information, and the system can automatically query and control the spotlights in the store to rotate and illuminate the corresponding shelf area, thereby helping customers, deliverymen and stockers to quickly find the target products with visual intuitive guidance. This innovative solution not only improves the operating efficiency of the store, but also enhances the customer's shopping experience, injecting new vitality into the development of the new retail model. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the connection of various units of a store lighting guidance system in one embodiment of the present application; Figure 2 is a structural schematic diagram of a rotating indicator light module in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the illumination angle of the rotating indicator light module in one embodiment of the present application; Figure 4 It is an overall schematic diagram of a rotating indicator light module installed in a store in one embodiment of the present application.
[0011] Description of the drawings: 1. Base; 2. Mounting base; 3. Lamp body; 4. Rotating indicator light module. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0012] The following is a description of exemplary embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, including various details of the embodiments of the present application to facilitate understanding, which should be considered as merely exemplary. Therefore, it should be recognized by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes and modifications can be made to the embodiments described herein without departing from the scope and spirit of the present application. Similarly, for the sake of clarity and conciseness, the description of well-known functions and structures is omitted in the following description.
[0013] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the present invention 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 that the embodiments of the present disclosure described herein can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present disclosure.
[0014] In addition, the term "and / or" in this article is only a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and / or B can represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " in this article, unless otherwise specified, generally means that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship.
[0015] Figure 1 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the connection of various units of a store lighting guidance system in an embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 As shown, the store lighting guidance system includes a rotating indicator light module 4, a storage unit, a front-end receiving module, an input module, a query module and a sending unit. The rotating indicator light module 4, the storage unit, the front-end receiving module, the input module, the query module and the sending unit are communicatively connected. Specifically, the rotating indicator light module 4 and the sending unit preferably use wireless communication, such as LoRa technology, [WiFi / IEEE 802.11] protocol, [ZigBee / 802.15.4] protocol, [Thread / IEEE 802.15.4], [Z-Wave] protocol, etc. to achieve communication, and other indoor communication technologies may also be used.
[0016] The storage unit pre-stores the mapping relationship between the indication posture information of the rotating indicator light module 4 and the container code, and the mapping relationship between the commodity information and the container code.
[0017] The mapping relationship between the indication posture information and the container code is a pre-set mapping table for querying and matching between the indication posture information and the container code. The mapping relationship between the commodity information and the container code is a pre-set mapping table for querying and matching between the commodity information and the container code.
[0018] It can be understood that the mapping relationship between the indication posture information and the container code is pre-calibrated, that is, the indication posture of the rotating indicator light module 4 corresponds to the container it illuminates and indicates, and the indication posture information and the container code of the corresponding container are mapped and calibrated at this time, which is convenient for subsequent direct call. The mapping relationship between commodity information and container codes is also pre-associated and stored, that is, each container corresponds to the commodity in the container, and the container code and commodity information are pre-entered in the background for association mapping to obtain the corresponding mapping table, which is convenient for subsequent direct query and call.
[0019] Among them, the front-end receiving unit is used to receive a product query request; the input unit is used to receive input product information to be queried; the query unit is used to match the product container code according to the product information to be queried; and, the indication posture information is matched according to the product container code; the sending unit is used to send the indication posture information to the rotating indicator light module 4; the rotating indicator light module 4 is adjusted to the indication position based on the current posture information and the indication posture information and illuminates the guidance.
[0020] It is understandable that the front-end receiving unit and the input unit can be an interactive display device set up in the store, which can realize the reception of the product query request and the reception of the product information to be queried by receiving the voice, text, touch, click, and selection operations input by the customer. The query unit gradually queries the indication posture information through the aforementioned mapping table, and then the sending unit sends the indication posture information to the rotating indicator light module 4. The rotating indicator light module 4 adjusts to the indication position based on the current posture information and the indication posture information and illuminates the guidance.
[0021] Reference Figures 2 to 4In one embodiment, the rotating indicator light module 4 includes a base 1, a mounting base 2 and a lamp body 3. The rotating indicator light module 4 is installed in the store through the base 1. The installation position can be a wall, a ceiling, etc. The mounting base 2 is installed on the base 1, and a first driving member for driving the mounting base 2 to rotate in the first direction is provided on the base 1; the mounting base 2 is installed on the mounting base 2, and a second driving member for driving the lamp body 3 to rotate in the second direction is provided on the mounting base 2. The rotation axis of the first direction is not parallel to the rotation axis of the second direction. For example, the rotation axis of the first direction can be perpendicular to the rotation axis of the second direction, or form an obtuse angle, that is, the angle between the rotation axis of the first direction and the rotation axis of the second direction; the rotation axis of the first direction can be a height direction, that is, the first driving member drives the mounting base 2 to rotate around the rotation axis in the height direction, that is, nearly horizontal rotation. The rotation axis of the second direction can be a horizontal direction, that is, the second driving member drives the lamp body 3 to rotate around the rotation axis in the horizontal direction, that is, adjusts the height of the irradiation point of the lamp body 3, so that multi-angle and multi-height irradiation of the store can be achieved to guide containers at different positions. Both the first driving member and the second driving member can be micro servo motors, etc.
[0022] In one embodiment, the container code includes a container layer code, that is, accurate to the specific layer number of the container. For example, if the code is shelf 2A4, it indicates the 4th layer of container 2A, and the corresponding indication posture information is mapped to accurately indicate the corresponding shelf layer.
[0023] The current posture information includes a current first angle and a current second angle; the indicated posture information includes an indicated first angle and an indicated second angle; wherein the first angle corresponds to an angle in a first direction, and the second angle corresponds to an angle in a second direction.
[0024] The rotating indicator light module 4 also includes an angle difference calculation unit and a drive instruction sending unit; wherein the angle difference calculation unit is used to calculate a first angle compensation difference based on the indicated first angle and the current first angle; and to calculate a second angle compensation difference based on the indicated second angle and the current second angle; the drive instruction sending unit sends a drive instruction and a first angle compensation difference of 0° to the first drive member, and sends a drive instruction and a second angle compensation difference of 31° to the second drive member.
[0025] For example, the indicated first angle corresponding to a certain shelf is 130°, and the indicated second angle is 63°. The current first angle is 130°, and the current second angle is 32°. The first angle compensation difference is 0°, and the second angle compensation difference is 31°. The drive instruction sending unit is used to send the drive instruction and the first angle compensation difference to the first drive component, and to send the drive instruction and the second angle compensation difference to the second drive component.
[0026] After receiving the driving instruction, the first driving member drives the mounting base 2 to rotate a corresponding angle according to the first angle compensation difference, and after receiving the driving instruction, the second driving member drives the lamp body 3 to rotate a corresponding angle according to the second angle compensation difference.
[0027] By integrating intelligent control technology, IoT technology and lighting equipment, accurate positioning and lighting guidance of goods in the store are achieved. Users only need to enter product information, and the system can automatically query and control the spotlights in the store to rotate and illuminate the corresponding shelf area, thereby helping customers, deliverymen and stockers to quickly find the target products with visual and intuitive guidance. This innovative solution not only improves the store's operating efficiency, but also enhances the customer's shopping experience, injecting new vitality into the development of the new retail model.
[0028] According to an embodiment of the present application, the present application also provides a store lighting guidance method, including: S1. Receive input product information to be queried; S2, matching the commodity container code according to the commodity information to be queried; and matching the indication posture information according to the commodity container code; S3, sending the indication posture information to the rotating indicator light module; the rotating indicator light module adjusts to the indication position based on the current posture information and the indication posture information and illuminates the position for guidance.
[0029] Various implementations of the systems and techniques described herein can be realized in digital electronic circuit systems, integrated circuit systems, dedicated ASICs (application specific integrated circuits), computer hardware, firmware, software, and / or combinations thereof. These various implementations may include being implemented in one or more computer programs that can be executed and / or interpreted on a programmable system including at least one programmable processor, which can be a special purpose or general purpose programmable processor that can receive data and instructions from a storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output device, and transmit data and instructions to the storage system, the at least one input device, and the at least one output device.
[0030] These computer programs (also referred to as programs, software, software applications, or code) include machine instructions for programmable processors and can be implemented using high-level procedural and / or object-oriented programming languages, and / or assembly / machine languages. As used herein, the terms "machine-readable medium" and "computer-readable medium" refer to any computer program product, device, and / or means (e.g., disk, optical disk, memory, programmable logic device (PLD)) for providing machine instructions and / or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readable medium that receives machine instructions as machine-readable signals. The term "machine-readable signal" refers to any signal for providing machine instructions and / or data to a programmable processor.
[0031] To provide interaction with a user, the systems and techniques described herein can be implemented on a computer having: a display device (e.g., a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor) for displaying information to the user; and a keyboard and pointing device (e.g., a mouse or trackball) through which the user can provide input to the computer. Other types of devices can also be used to provide interaction with the user; for example, the feedback provided to the user can be any form of sensory feedback (e.g., visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback); and input from the user can be received in any form (including acoustic input, voice input, or tactile input).
[0032] The systems and techniques described herein may be implemented in a computing system that includes back-end components (e.g., as a data server), or a computing system that includes middleware components (e.g., an application server), or a computing system that includes front-end components (e.g., a user computer with a graphical user interface or a web browser through which a user can interact with implementations of the systems and techniques described herein), or a computing system that includes any combination of such back-end components, middleware components, or front-end components. The components of the system may be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include: a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and the Internet.
[0033] It should be understood that the various forms of processes shown above can be used to reorder, add or delete steps. For example, the steps recorded in this application can be executed in parallel, sequentially or in different orders, as long as the expected results of the technical solution disclosed in this application can be achieved, and this document is not limited here.
[0034] The above specific implementations do not constitute a limitation on the protection scope of this application. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and substitutions can be made according to design requirements and other factors. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of this application should be included in the protection scope of this application.
Claims
1. A store lighting guidance system, characterized in that: include: Rotating indicator light module; A storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores a mapping relationship between the indication posture information of the rotating indicator light module and the container code, and a mapping relationship between the commodity information and the container code; A front-end receiving unit, used for receiving a commodity query request; An input unit, used to receive input commodity information to be queried; A query unit, used to match a commodity container code according to the commodity information to be queried; and to match the indication posture information according to the commodity container code; A sending unit, used for sending the indication posture information to the rotating indicator light module; The rotating indicator light module is adjusted to the indicated position and illuminates for guidance based on the current posture information and the indicated posture information.
2. The store lighting guidance system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating indicator light module includes: Base; A mounting seat, the mounting seat is mounted on the base, and the base is provided with a first driving member for driving the mounting seat to rotate in a first direction; The lamp body is mounted on a mounting base, and a second driving member for driving the lamp body to rotate in a second direction is provided on the mounting base.
3. The store lighting guidance system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The current posture information includes a current first angle and a current second angle; the indicated posture information includes an indicated first angle and an indicated second angle; The rotating indicator light module also includes an angle difference calculation unit and a drive instruction sending unit; wherein, The angle difference calculation unit is used to calculate a first angle compensation difference according to the indicated first angle and the current first angle; and calculate a second angle compensation difference according to the indicated second angle and the current second angle; The driving instruction sending unit is used to send the driving instruction and the first angle compensation difference to the first driving member, and send the driving instruction and the second angle compensation difference to the second driving member; The first driving member drives the mounting base to rotate according to the first angle compensation difference after receiving the driving instruction, and the second driving member drives the lamp body to rotate according to the second angle compensation difference after receiving the driving instruction.
4. The store lighting guidance system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The rotation axes in the first direction and the second direction are not parallel.
5. The store lighting guidance system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The container code includes the container layer code.
6. A store lighting guidance method based on the store lighting guidance system according to claim 1, characterized in that: include: Receive input product information to be queried; Matching commodity container codes according to the commodity information to be queried; and, matching the indication gesture information according to the commodity container code; Sending indication posture information to the rotating indicator light module; The rotating indicator light module is adjusted to the indicated position and illuminates for guidance based on the current posture information and the indicated posture information.