Second-hand book self-service transaction machine and system

Abstract

The invention provides a second-hand book self-service transaction machine and a second-hand book self-service transaction system. The second-hand book self-service transaction machine comprises a box body, an interactive display screen, a camera, a book placing and taking area cover and a book clamping device. The book clamping device is composed of a sliding rail and a plurality of clamping units, each clamping unit comprises a clamping piece and a control element, and the clamping pieces clamp books and move along the sliding rail through the control elements. The invention further provides a second-hand book self-service transaction machine system which comprises a series of steps and states, the operation logic of the second-hand book self-service transaction machine is determined, and the steps and states comprise the storage step, the taking-out step, the checking step, the book storage and movement step, the storage state, the moving-out state and the moving-in state. According to the product provided by the invention, convenience is provided for second-hand book transaction, meanwhile, specified books can be accurately stored or taken out, and the space of the box body can be effectively utilized in a self-adaptive manner.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of book recycling, and particularly relates to a second-hand book self-service transaction machine and system. Background Art

[0002] In recent years, the scale of the domestic book retail market has been continuously expanding, and the idle book market has gradually come into the public view. According to research, currently, the number of circulating books in the entire idle book trading market only accounts for 5% of the stock market. For the recycling of book resources, there is not only a vast market space, but also it can greatly reduce pollution and save resources.

[0003] Some second-hand book trading devices disclosed in the prior art, such as the Chinese patents with application numbers CN201910790067.2 and CN201610979388.3, use storage book cells of a fixed size. Due to the inconsistent thickness specifications of different books, the space of the box cannot be effectively utilized, resulting in the problem that the second-hand book trading device occupies a large space while the actual number of stored books is small. At the same time, it also poses a certain challenge to accurately store or retrieve a specified book from the device. Summary of the Invention

[0004] Aiming at the defects existing in the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a second-hand book self-service transaction machine and system.

[0005] In a first aspect, the present invention provides a second-hand book self-service transaction machine, including: a box body; an interactive display screen, arranged above the box body, and the interactive display screen is a touch screen; a camera, arranged on the frontal part of the interactive display screen; a book placement and retrieval area cover, arranged above the box body, which is the entrance and exit for books to be placed or retrieved; a book clamping device, arranged inside the box body and composed of a plurality of clamping units.

[0006] Further, the book clamping device includes: a sliding track, arranged at the top inside the box body; a clamping unit, and the clamping unit does not clamp other books until the clamped book is taken out.

[0007] Further, the clamping unit includes: a clip, mounted on the sliding track; a control element, arranged on the clip to control the clip to move along the sliding track.

[0008] Further, the book placement and retrieval area cover includes: a lower sliding track of the book placement and retrieval area cover, which is connected to the sliding track when the book placement and retrieval area cover is closed; an electronic lock, and the electronic lock is only opened when the user performs corresponding operations.

[0009] In a second aspect, the present invention provides a second-hand book self-service transaction machine system, including: a storage step, where a user sets information about the books to be stored and the selling price through the interactive display screen, the electronic lock is opened, the cover of the book placement and retrieval area is opened, books are placed, the cover of the book placement and retrieval area is closed, and the electronic lock is closed; a retrieval step, where a user determines information about the books to be purchased and makes a payment through the interactive display screen, the electronic lock is opened, the cover of the book placement and retrieval area is opened, the books are retrieved, the cover of the book placement and retrieval area is closed, and the electronic lock is closed; an inspection step, where after retrieving the books, the user inspects the purchased books within the monitoring range of the camera on the cover of the book placement and retrieval area. If the books need to be returned, the electronic lock is opened, the cover of the book placement and retrieval area is opened, the books are placed, the cover of the book placement and retrieval area is closed, and the electronic lock is closed; a book storage and movement step, where books are stored in a clamped state by the clamping device. When retrieving books, the clamping unit holding the specified book moves to the book placement and retrieval area. When storing books, the clamping unit clamps the books and moves them out of the book placement and retrieval area.

[0010] Further, the book storage and movement step includes: a storage state, where the clamping unit clamps the books and will not clamp other books before the clamped books are retrieved. There are clamping units without clamped books, and the clamping units can move along the sliding track through the control element; a removal state, where the clamping unit holding the specified book moves to the book placement and retrieval area through the control element, releases the books, and all the clamping units on the sliding track that affect the movement of this clamping unit move to other positions through the control element; an insertion state, where the clamping unit under the cover of the book placement and retrieval area clamps the books, moves out of the book placement and retrieval area along the sliding track through the control element, all the clamping units on the sliding track that affect the movement of this clamping unit move to other positions through the control element, and the clamping units without clamped books move into the book placement and retrieval area along the sliding track through the control element, and all the clamping units on the sliding track that affect the movement of this clamping unit move to other positions through the control element.

[0011] Based on the above technical solutions, compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are as follows:

[0012] 1. The user can return the unsatisfactory books in the inspection step.

[0013] 2. The book storage and movement step adapts to the thickness specifications of the books and effectively utilizes the space in the box.

[0014] 3. The book storage and movement step can accurately retrieve the specified books, and at the same time, the mechanical control process is simple. Description of the Drawings

[0015] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments. In all the drawings, similar elements or parts are generally identified by similar reference numerals. In the drawings, the elements or parts are not necessarily drawn to actual scale.

[0016] Figure 1 It is a schematic three-dimensional external structure diagram of the second-hand book self-service transaction machine described in the present invention;

[0017] Figure 2 For Figure 1 the front view structure diagram

[0018] Figure 3 For Figure 1 the top view structure diagram;

[0019] Figure 4 For Figure 1 the side view structure diagram;

[0020] Figure 5 It is a schematic three-dimensional internal structure diagram of the second-hand book self-service transaction machine described in the present invention;

[0021] Figure 6 For Figure 5 the front view structure diagram

[0022] Figure 7 For Figure 5 the top view structure diagram;

[0023] Figure 8 For Figure 5 the side view structure diagram;

[0024] Figure 9 It is a system flow chart of the second-hand book self-service transaction machine described in the present invention;

[0025] Reference numerals:

[0026] 1 - box body; 2 - interactive display screen; 3 - camera; 4 - cover of the book placing and taking area; 5 - clip; 6 - sliding track; 7 - control element; 8 - book indication;

[0027] 401 - sliding track under the cover of the book placing and taking area. Detailed implementation manners

[0028] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of this application clearer, the following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of this application, rather than all of them. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in this application without creative efforts fall within the scope of protection of this application.

[0029] The following further elaborates on the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0030] As Figures 1-4 shown, this embodiment provides a second-hand book self-service transaction machine, including a box body 1, an interactive display screen 2, a camera 3, a book placement and retrieval area cover 4, and a sliding track 401 under the book placement and retrieval area cover.

[0031] The interactive display screen 2 is arranged above the box body 1. The interactive display screen 2 is a touch screen. Users perform corresponding operations through the interactive display screen 2 in cooperation with a smart phone, including selling books or buying books. The remote server and the local processor respond to the user's operations and control the mechanical operation of the second-hand self-service transaction machine. The camera 3 is arranged on the frontal part of the interactive display screen 2. The monitoring range of the camera 3 covers the book placement and retrieval area cover 4 and its surroundings. The book placement and retrieval area cover 4 is arranged above the box body 1 as the entrance and exit for books to be placed or retrieved. The book placement and retrieval area cover is provided with an electronic lock, which is only opened when the user performs corresponding operations and the local processor permits.

[0032] As Figures 5-8 shown, it is the internal structure of the box body 1, including a book clamping device.

[0033] The book clamping device consists of multiple clamping units and a sliding track 6. Among them, the clamping unit consists of a clamping piece 5 and a control element 7. The clamping piece 5 is mounted on the sliding track 6, and the control element 7 is arranged on the clamping piece 5. The control element 7 controls the clamping piece 5 to move along the sliding track 6. The sliding track 6 is arranged at the top end inside the box body 1. The sliding track 401 under the book placement and retrieval area cover is connected to the sliding track 6 when the book placement and retrieval area cover 4 is closed, enabling the above-mentioned clamping unit to pass through the book placement and retrieval area normally.

[0034] Two clamping pieces 5 and the corresponding control elements 7 can form a clamping unit. Three clamping pieces 5 and the corresponding control elements 7 can form two clamping units, and so on. Formulatically, if there are N clamping pieces 5 and the corresponding control elements 7, they can form N - 1 clamping units, that is, N clamping pieces 5 and the corresponding control elements 7 can clamp N - 1 books 8. Each clamping unit does not clamp other books until the clamped book is taken out.

[0035] This embodiment provides a second-hand book self-service transaction machine system. As Figure 9 shown, it is the flowchart of the second-hand book self-service transaction machine system, including: a storage step, a retrieval step, an inspection step, and a book storage and movement step. The above-mentioned book storage and movement step includes a storage state, a removal state, and an insertion state.

[0036] Storage step: The user sets the information of the stored book and the selling price through the interactive display screen 2 in cooperation with the smart phone. After the remote server and the local processor verify and pass this user behavior, they control the electronic lock to open and open the cover 4 of the book placement and retrieval area. After the user places the book 8, the cover 4 of the book placement and retrieval area is closed, and the electronic lock automatically closes;

[0037] Retrieval step: The user determines the information of the purchased book and makes a payment through the interactive display screen 2 in cooperation with the smart phone. After the remote server and the local processor verify and pass this user behavior, they control the electronic lock to open and open the cover 4 of the book placement and retrieval area. After the user retrieves the book 8, the cover 4 of the book placement and retrieval area is closed, and the electronic lock automatically closes;

[0038] Inspection step: After the user who purchases the book retrieves the book 8, in the monitoring range of the camera 3 on the cover 4 of the book placement and retrieval area, the user inspects the purchased book 8. The camera 3 monitors and records the user's behavior to retain evidence for future dispute resolution; If the user needs to return the book 8, after the remote server and the local processor verify and pass this user behavior, they control the electronic lock to open, open the cover 4 of the book placement and retrieval area. After the user places the book 8, the cover 4 of the book placement and retrieval area is closed, and the electronic lock automatically closes;

[0039] Book storage and movement step: The book 8 is stored in the clamped state of the clamping device. When retrieving the book 8, the clamping unit clamping the specified book 8 moves to the book placement and retrieval area. When storing the book 8, the clamping unit clamps the book 8 and moves it out of the book placement and retrieval area;

[0040] Storage state: The clamping unit clamps the book 8, and before the clamped book 8 is retrieved, it will not clamp other books 8. In the entire book clamping device, there are clamping units that allow unclamped books 8 to exist. The clamping unit moves along the sliding track 6 through the control element 7;

[0041] Moving out state: the clamping unit clamping the designated book 8 moves to the book access area along the sliding track 6 through the control element 7, and the moving direction is the direction that can reach the book access area closest to the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. All the clamping units on the sliding track 6 on the path from the clamping unit to the book access area and the associated clamping units are moved to other positions in the same moving direction as the clamping unit through the control element 7; if the clamping unit moves in the clockwise direction, the right clamping piece 5 of the clamping unit stops moving after reaching the right edge of the book access area, and the left clamping piece 5 moves to the left to the left edge of the book access area to release the book 8; if the clamping unit moves in the counterclockwise direction, the left clamping piece 5 of the clamping unit stops moving after reaching the left edge of the book access area, and the right clamping piece 5 moves to the right to the right edge of the book access area to release the book 8; after the movement is completed, the local processor allows the electronic lock of the book access area cover 4 to be opened, and at this time, the left and right clamping pieces are respectively at the edges of both sides of the book access area as the clamping units for clamping the book 8 next time;

[0042] Move-in state: after the book access area cover 4 is closed and the electronic lock is closed, the clamping unit under the book access area cover 4 clamps the book 8 and moves out of the book access area along the sliding track 6 through the control element 7. The moving direction is the direction in which the clamping unit that is closest to the book access area and does not clamp the book 8 can reach the book access area closest to the book access area in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. If it is counterclockwise, the clamping piece 5 at the left edge of the book access area moves to the right and clamps the book 8 with the clamping piece 5 at the right edge of the book access area to form a clamping unit that has clamped the book 8. If the left side of the clamping piece 5 that moves to the right has clamped other books 8 with other clamping pieces 5, then all the clamping units on the left side that are affected move to the right in conjunction to maintain the original function. If it is clockwise, the clamping piece 5 at the right edge of the book access area The clamping piece 5 moves to the left and clamps the book 8 with the clamping piece 5 at the left edge of the book placing and retrieval area, forming a clamping unit that has clamped the book 8. If the right side of the clamping piece 5 that moves to the left has clamped other books 8 with other clamping pieces 5, then all the affected clamping units on the right side will move to the left to maintain the original function; the clamping unit that is closest to the book placing and retrieval area and does not clamp the book 8 is moved into the book placing and retrieval area along the sliding track 6 in the direction that can reach the book placing and retrieval area the closest through the control element 7, and its left clamping piece 5 moves to the left edge of the book placing and retrieval area, and its right clamping piece 5 moves to the right edge of the book placing and retrieval area, as the clamping unit that clamps the book 8 next time; all the clamping units on the sliding track 6 that affect the movement of the clamping unit are moved to other positions through the control element 7.

[0043] The specific settings are based on actual construction requirements and are not specifically limited in this application.

[0044] It should be noted that in this application, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the term "comprising", "including" or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement "comprising an..." does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or device comprising the element.

[0045] The above are only specific embodiments of the present application, enabling those skilled in the art to understand or implement the present application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be obvious to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present application. Therefore, the present application will not be limited to these embodiments shown herein, but rather to the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features claimed herein.

Claims

1. A second-hand book self-service trading machine, characterized in that: include: Box body (1); An interactive display screen (2) is arranged above the box, and the interactive display screen is a touch screen; A camera (3) is arranged on the front of the interactive display screen; A book placing and taking area cover (4), arranged above the box body, is an entrance and exit for placing or taking out books; The book clamping device is arranged inside the box and is composed of a plurality of clamping units.

2. The second-hand book self-service transaction machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The book holding device comprises: A sliding track (6) is arranged at the top of the interior of the box; The clamping unit does not clamp other books before the clamped book is taken out.

3. The second-hand book self-service transaction machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The clamping unit comprises: A clip (5) mounted on the sliding track; A control element (7) is arranged on the clamping piece and controls the clamping piece to move along the sliding track.

4. The second-hand book self-service transaction machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The book access area cover comprises: A sliding track (401) under the cover of the book access area, which is connected to the sliding track when the cover of the book access area is closed; Electronic lock, which is opened only when the user performs corresponding operations.

5. A second-hand book self-service trading machine system, characterized in that: include: Storage step: the user sets the information and selling price of the stored books through the interactive display screen, the electronic lock is opened, the cover of the book placement area is opened, the books are placed, the cover of the book placement area is closed, and the electronic lock is closed; Taking out step: the user confirms the information of purchasing books and pays through the interactive display screen, the electronic lock is opened, the cover of the book placing and taking out area is opened, the book is taken out, the cover of the book placing and taking out area is closed, and the electronic lock is closed; Checking step: after taking out the book, the user who purchased the book covers the book taking area and checks the purchased book within the monitoring range of the camera. If the book needs to be returned, the electronic lock is opened, the book taking area cover is opened, the book is put in, the book taking area cover is closed, and the electronic lock is closed; Book storage and movement step: books are stored in the clamping state of the clamping device. When taking out books, the clamping unit clamping the designated books moves to the book retrieval area. When storing books, the clamping unit clamps the books and moves them out of the book retrieval area.

6. The second-hand book self-service transaction machine system according to claim 5, characterized in that: The book storage and movement steps include: Storage state: the clamping unit clamps the book and will not clamp other books before the clamped book is taken out, there are clamping units that do not clamp books, and the clamping unit can be moved along the sliding track by the control element; Moving out state: the clamping unit clamping the designated book moves to the book placing and taking area through the control element, releases the book, and all the clamping units on the sliding track that affect the movement of the clamping unit move to other positions through the control element; Move-in state: the clamping unit under the cover of the book placing and retrieval area clamps the book and moves out of the book placing and retrieval area along the sliding track through the control element, and all the clamping units on the sliding track that affect the movement of the clamping unit are moved to other positions through the control element, and the clamping unit that does not clamp the book moves into the book placing and retrieval area along the sliding track through the control element, and all the clamping units on the sliding track that affect the movement of the clamping unit are moved to other positions through the control element.

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