Container control method and device and container

Abstract

The invention discloses a container control method and device and a container, and relates to the field of intelligent containers. The container control method comprises the steps that the opening state of a container door is detected; if it is judged that the container door is in the open state, the order receiving function of the container is closed. According to the container control method, when the operation and maintenance personnel replenish goods or overhaul the container, the moving mechanism in the container is not prone to accidental movement, and the safety of the operation and maintenance personnel during goods replenishment and maintenance is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of intelligent containers, and more particularly to a container control method, device and container. Background Art

[0002] An automatic vending machine is a new form of commercial retail, equivalent to a 24-hour mini supermarket. Common automatic vending machines include beverage vending machines, snack vending machines, daily necessities vending machines, etc. The vending machine can control the movement mechanism to work according to the customer's remote app order request, so that the goods arranged in the cargo channel are moved to the delivery port for the robot or the customer to pick up the goods.

[0003] In some scenarios, it is necessary for front-end operation and maintenance personnel to open the door of the vending machine for replenishment or repair. At this time, there may be users placing orders through the client at the same time. In such a situation, if the moving mechanism in the vending machine moves, it is easy to cause accidental injury to the operation and maintenance personnel.

[0004] Therefore, there is an urgent need for a vending machine with high safety to avoid accidental injury during the repair or replenishment of the operation and maintenance personnel. Summary of the Invention

[0005] In order to improve the safety of intelligent vending machines, the present application provides a vending machine control method, device and vending machine.

[0006] In a first aspect, a vending machine control method provided by the present application adopts the following technical solution: A vending machine control method, the method comprising: Detecting the opening state of the vending machine door; When it is determined that the vending machine door is in an open state, turning on the camera recording function and turning off the order receiving function of the vending machine.

[0007] Optionally, before turning off the order receiving function of the vending machine, the method further comprises: Controlling the movement mechanism to stop working.

[0008] Optionally, before controlling the movement mechanism to stop working, the method further comprises: Judging the operation authority of the operator; When it is determined that the operator does not have the operation authority, performing the step of controlling the movement mechanism to stop working.

[0009] Optionally, judging the operation authority of the operator specifically comprises: Judging the operation authority of the operator according to the state of the control button; And / or, Judging the operation authority of the operator by face recognition and / or fingerprint recognition and / or physical card information; and / or, Judge the operation authority of the operator according to the received operation request information.

[0010] In a second aspect, a container control device is provided, including: A detection unit for detecting the state of the container door; A first judgment unit for judging whether the container door is opened according to the above detection result; A second judgment unit for judging the operation authority of the operator; A control unit for executing the method described in any embodiment of the first aspect when the first judgment unit judges that the state of the container door is opened and the second judgment unit judges that the operator does not have the operation authority.

[0011] Optionally, when the open state of the container door is detected to be open, the control unit is further configured to turn on the camera recording function.

[0012] In a third aspect, a container is provided, including a moving mechanism, a camera, and the container control device of the second aspect.

[0013] In a fourth aspect, a terminal is provided, which is used in cooperation with the container of the third aspect, and is divided into a user terminal and an operation and maintenance terminal; The user terminal includes a first request unit, which sends a first operation request information to the server in response to the user's operation; The operation and maintenance terminal includes a second request unit, which sends a second operation request information to the server in response to the operation of the operation and maintenance personnel.

[0014] In a fifth aspect, a container is provided, including a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a computer program, and when the processor executes the computer program, the steps of the method described in any embodiment of the first aspect are implemented.

[0015] In a sixth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in any embodiment of the first aspect are implemented.

[0016] In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial effects: 1. During the process of replenishment and maintenance by the front-end operation and maintenance personnel, the container control method of the present application can detect that the container door is in an open state, suspend the order receiving function of the container, prevent the user from sending operation request information to the container through the terminal, and stop the movement of the moving mechanism in the container, making the container not prone to accidental actions, and providing better protection for maintenance personnel and replenishment personnel; 2. When the cabinet door of the present application is opened, the camera is controlled to start the video recording function, which can record the replenishment or maintenance status inside the cabinet in real time, improve the traceability of the replenishment process, and enhance the security of the cabinet. 3. When the cabinet of the present application is in an open state, the movement of the moving mechanism is restricted only when it is determined that the operator at this time does not have the operation authority. When a maintenance personnel with the authority opens the cabinet door, they can still operate the lifting mechanism to move, which improves the convenience of testing and maintenance for the operation and maintenance personnel. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 is a flowchart of a cabinet control method provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 2 is a structural block diagram of a cabinet control device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a cabinet provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 4 is a structural block diagram of a cabinet provided by an embodiment of the present application. EMBODIMENTS

[0018] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clear and understandable, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application and are not used to limit the present application.

[0019] It should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", "front end", "rear end", "both ends", "one end", "the other end", etc. in the present application indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. They are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, so it should not be construed as a limitation to the present application. In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0020] In the description of the present application, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, the terms "installed", "provided with", "connected", etc. should be understood in a broad sense. For example, "connected" can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and it can be the communication inside two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to specific situations.

[0021] The embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below through specific embodiments.

[0022] For existing vending machines and vending systems, please refer to the vending system of the vending machine based on embedded and mobile Internet disclosed in Chinese Patent Publication No. CN204946186U, with a publication date of January 6, 2016. Currently, the way to control the movement mechanism inside the vending machine can be that the user terminal used by the customer (for example, it can be a mobile phone, ipad or computer) places an order through a small program, app and other clients. The server sends the demand to the vending machine. After receiving the order, the vending machine controls the lifting or movement of the movement mechanism inside the cabinet, so that the goods arranged in the cargo channel are finally conveyed to the delivery port of the vending machine. On the other hand, the operation and maintenance personnel can enter the operation and maintenance management system through the operation and maintenance terminal (for example, it can be a mobile phone, ipad or computer), and the management end sends a movement control request to the server, so as to debug the movement mechanism inside the vending machine to determine whether there is an abnormality inside.

[0023] Under normal circumstances, the operation and maintenance personnel need to open the cabinet door of the cabinet to repair the internal structure of the cabinet or perform replenishment operations. At this time, if the customer places an order through the client at the same time, the moving device inside the cabinet is likely to cause harm to the operation and maintenance personnel at this time when performing corresponding actions.

[0024] In view of the above technical problems, the present application provides a cabinet control method and a cabinet. Embodiment 1

[0025] Figure 1 The flowchart of the cabinet control method provided by an embodiment of the present application is given. The execution subject of the cabinet control method in this embodiment is the cabinet. Below, taking the cabinet as the execution subject, the cabinet control method of the embodiment of the present application will be described.

[0026] As Figure 1 shown, the cabinet control method of this embodiment at least includes: S101: Detect the opening state of the cabinet door; S102: If it is determined that the cabinet door is in the open state, turn on the camera recording function and turn off the order receiving function of the cabinet; S201: Judge the operation authority of the operator; S202: When it is determined that the operator does not have the operation authority, execute the step of controlling the movement mechanism to stop working.

[0027] The cabinet of the present application continuously detects the opening state of the cabinet door during the working state.

[0028] Exemplarily, to determine the opening state of the container door, it can be determined by detecting whether the door lock of the container door is engaged with the door bolt. If the door lock and the door bolt are not engaged, it is determined that the container door is in the open state; or by detecting the opening angle of the container door. If the angle between the container door and the container body is greater than a preset threshold value, it is determined that the container door is in the open state.

[0029] Exemplarily, the operation authority of the operator can be judged by the state of the operation button. For example, an operation button is set at a specific position inside the container. If the operator presses the operation button, it can be determined that the operator has the operation authority. If the button is not pressed within the preset waiting time, it is determined that the operator does not have the operation authority, and then the step of controlling the moving mechanism to stop working is executed; The operation authority of the operator can also be judged by face recognition and / or fingerprint recognition and / or physical card information. For example, a panel with face recognition or fingerprint recognition function is set inside the container. If the operator does not trigger the face recognition or fingerprint recognition function within the preset time, or the information captured by the face recognition module or fingerprint recognition module does not match the preset information, it is determined that the operator does not have the operation authority, and the step of controlling the moving mechanism to stop working is executed; or there is an induction area set in a specific area inside the container. If the operator does not place a specific card in the induction area of the induction area within the preset time, or the card held by the operator does not match the induction area, it is determined that the operator does not have the operation authority, and then the step of controlling the moving mechanism to stop working is executed; The operation authority of the operator can also be judged by the received operation request information. For example, when the user uses the user terminal to send the first operation request information to the server through the first request unit, it is determined that the operator does not have the operation authority. It can be understood that such a situation may occur when the applet, html and other pages are stuck. Although the order placement function of the container has been closed, the user still has not exited the corresponding page. When the operation and maintenance management personnel use the operation and maintenance terminal to send the second operation request information to the server through the second request unit, it is judged that the operator has the operation authority, and then the moving mechanism inside the container can move according to the second operation request information.

[0030] It can be understood that although the online order receiving function of the container has been closed when the container door is opened, there is still a possibility that the moving mechanism inside the container can move when the container door is opened while the previous order is still in progress. Therefore, it is necessary to additionally control the moving mechanism to stop working. It should be noted that the moving mechanism described in this application includes all movable components inside the container, including but not limited to the goods receiving device, horizontal conveyor mechanism, vertical conveyor mechanism, and goods lane moving assembly inside the container. Specifically, to control the moving mechanism to stop working, the driving components of several moving mechanisms can be controlled to pause, so that the moving mechanism pauses. This aspect is prior art and will not be elaborated in this application. Embodiment 2

[0031] Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention provides a container control device.

[0032] Figure 2 The structural block diagram of the container control device provided by an embodiment of the present application is given, as Figure 2 shown, the container control device of this embodiment includes: A detection unit for detecting the state of the container door; A judgment unit for judging whether the container door is opened according to the above detection result; A second judgment unit for judging the operation authority of the operator; The control unit is used to turn on the video recording function of the camera and turn off the online order receiving function of the container when the first judgment unit determines that the state of the container door is the open state, and to control the moving mechanism inside the container to pause when the first judgment unit judges that the state of the container door is the open state and the second judgment unit determines that the operator does not have the operation authority. The floor positioning device provided in this embodiment and the floor positioning method embodiment corresponding to Embodiment 1 belong to the same concept, and the specific implementation process can be seen in the method embodiment and will not be elaborated here.

[0033] It should be noted that: for the container control device provided in the above embodiment, only the above-mentioned division of each functional module is used for illustration. In actual application, the above functions can be allocated to different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the container control device is divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the functions described above. Embodiment 3

[0034] This application also provides a container, as Figure 3 and Figure 4As shown in the figure, the container includes a moving mechanism, a camera, and a container control device as described in Embodiment 2. The camera is disposed inside the container and is used to record videos inside the container. In the embodiments of the present application, at least one camera is disposed inside the container, or multiple cameras can also be provided. The moving mechanism is located inside the container and includes, but is not limited to, movable mechanisms inside the container such as a lifting mechanism, a horizontal moving mechanism, a receiving funnel, a cargo channel pushing device, etc.

[0035] As Figure 4 shown in the figure, the container includes a processor and a memory. A computer program is stored on the memory, and the processor is configured to execute the computer program to implement the relevant steps of the container control method embodiments; wherein: The processor may include one or more processing cores. For example, a 4-core processor, a 6-core processor, etc. The processor can be implemented in at least one of the following hardware forms: DSP (Digital Signal Processing), FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), and PLA (Programmable Logic Array).

[0036] The memory may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as a hard disk, a memory, a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) card, a Flash Card, at least one disk storage device, a memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.

[0037] In the memory of this embodiment, a computer program is stored. The computer program can run on the processor. When the processor executes the computer program, all or part of the implementation steps of the container control method of the present application or the relevant embodiments of the above container control device, and / or other content described in the text can be implemented.

[0038] Those skilled in the art can understand that Figure 4 this is merely a possible implementation manner of the embodiments of the present application. In other implementation manners, more or fewer components may be included, or some components may be combined, or different components may be used. This embodiment does not make any limitations in this regard.

[0039] The present application also provides a computer storage medium. A program is stored on the computer storage medium. When the program is executed by a processor, it is used to implement the steps of the container control method embodiments.

[0040] The present application also provides a terminal, which is used in cooperation with the container in Embodiment 3 and is divided into a user terminal and an operation and maintenance terminal. The user terminal includes a first request unit, which sends a first operation request message to the server in response to a corresponding button or touch screen operation of the user to purchase a commodity. The operation and maintenance terminal includes a second request unit, which sends a second operation request message to the server in response to the operation of the operation and maintenance personnel.

[0041] The technical features of the above embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. For the sake of concise description, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, it should be considered as the scope recorded in this specification.

[0042] The above embodiments only represent several implementation manners of the present application. The description is relatively specific and detailed, but it should not be understood as a limitation on the scope of the invention patent. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, several deformations and improvements can still be made, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A container control method, characterized in that: The method comprises: Detect the open status of container doors; If it is determined that the container door is in an open state, the camera recording function is turned on and the order receiving function of the container is turned off.

2. The container control method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method further includes: Control the moving mechanism to stop working.

3. The container control method according to claim 2, characterized in that: Before controlling the moving mechanism to stop working, the method further includes: Determine the operator's operating authority; When it is determined that the operator does not have the operating authority, the step of stopping the moving mechanism is executed.

4. The container control method according to claim 3, characterized in that: Determine the operator's operating authority, including: Determine the operator's operating authority based on the status of the control button; and / or, Determine the operator's operating authority through face recognition and / or fingerprint recognition and / or physical card information; and / or, The operation authority of the operator is determined based on the received operation request information.

5. A container control device, characterized in that: include: A detection unit, used to detect the state of the container door; a judgment unit, used to judge whether the container door is opened according to the above detection result; A second judgment unit is used to judge the operation authority of the operator; A control unit, configured to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 when the first judgment unit judges that the state of the container door is open and the second judgment unit judges that the operator does not have the operating authority.

6. The container control device according to claim 5, characterized in that: When it is detected that the container door is in the open state, the control unit is further used to start the camera recording function.

7. A container, characterized in that: It comprises a moving mechanism, a camera, and the container control device as described in any one of claims 5-6.

8. A terminal, used in conjunction with the container according to claim 7, comprising a user terminal and an operation and maintenance terminal, characterized in that: The user terminal includes a first request unit, which sends first operation request information to the server in response to the user's operation; The operation and maintenance terminal includes a second request unit, which sends second operation request information to the server in response to an operation of the operation and maintenance personnel.

9. A container, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program, characterized in that: When the processor executes the computer program, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 are implemented.

10. A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 are implemented.

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