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Replenishment management method and apparatus of vending machine and user terminal

A technology of vending machines and management methods, which is applied in data processing applications, computer parts, character and pattern recognition, etc., and can solve problems such as cumbersome methods, large manpower occupation, and poor user experience

Active Publication Date: 2018-11-30
SHANGHAI YUEPU INVESTMENT CENT (LLP)
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[0004] At present, the replenishment management method of the automatic vending machine of the existing automatic vending cabinet is that the management personnel count the remaining commodities of different categories in the vending machine through statistics of all commodities, and finally obtain the total quantity, thereby manually According to statistics, which products need to be replenished and which products do not need to be replenished. In the process of replenishment, it is very easy to make mistakes due to the manual statistics of the staff. The method is cumbersome, takes up a lot of labor, and the replenishment efficiency is low. not good

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[0069] refer to figure 2 , the first embodiment of the present invention provides a replenishment management method for an automatic vending machine, including:

[0070] Step S10, collect the comparison image of the goods in the container of the automatic vending machine, and identify the comparison image of the goods, and determine the inventory record corresponding to the comparison image of the goods; the inventory record includes the category of the commodity and the corresponding the number of commodities;

[0071] As mentioned above, the method provided in this embodiment is applied to automatic vending machines, or automatic vending scenarios with an open shopping environment. For example, in an open automatic vending machine, after opening the cabinet door, the user can enter it to choose Commodities, settle after closing the cabinet door.

[0072] As mentioned above, the container is an area for displaying goods inside the vending machine, and the interior can be d...

Embodiment 2

[0087] refer to image 3 , the second embodiment of the present invention provides a replenishment management method for automatic vending machines, based on the above figure 2 In the first embodiment shown, in the step S10, "acquire the comparison image of the goods in the container of the vending machine, and identify the comparison image of the goods, and determine the inventory record corresponding to the comparison image of the goods; the inventory After the record includes the item category and the item quantity corresponding to said item category", include:

[0088] Step S60, receiving a shopping start instruction, starting the shopping process according to the shopping start instruction, and receiving the gravity sensing signal returned by the gravity sensor in each cell in the shopping warehouse;

[0089] As mentioned above, the shopping start instruction may be to sense the user's shopping action through the infrared sensor installed in the shopping compartment, an...

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[0098] refer to Figure 4 , the third embodiment of the present invention provides a replenishment management method for automatic vending machines, based on the above image 3 In the second embodiment shown, the step S80, "Based on the product comparison image, identify the product image, determine the product category of the target product captured by the user and the product quantity corresponding to the product category , and play in real time through the voice module according to the category of the target commodity and the quantity of the commodity, to prompt the user "after that, it also includes:

[0099] Step S90, collecting the cell area change image in each of the cells in real time;

[0100] As mentioned above, the shopping warehouse includes a plurality of independent cells, and the changing images of the internal cell areas are collected through the camera.

[0101] Step S100, extracting a key frame containing the user's shopping gesture and a time stamp corres...

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Abstract

The invention provides a replenishment management method and apparatus of a vending machine and an user terminal . The method comprises the following steps: updating an inventory record according to agoods shopping list; comparing the quantity of goods corresponding to each goods category in the updated inventory record with a preset inventory threshold corresponding to the goods category; if thequantity of goods corresponding to the goods category is less than the preset inventory threshold corresponding to the goods category, generating a replenishment list including the goods category andthe quantity of goods corresponding to the goods category. After a user finishes shopping, an image recognition technology is used to compare the identified inventory record with the preset thresholdto intelligently determine goods needing to be replenished, thereby allowing image recognition to intelligently determine the goods needing to be replenished during the goods replenishment process. The method is simple, the replenishment efficiency is high, and the user experience is good.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of computer vision commodity recognition, and more specifically, to a replenishment management method, device and user terminal of an automatic vending machine. Background technique [0002] Material circulation is the most basic element of human society. As an important means of current material circulation, the retail industry or related industries that sell directly to consumers (hereinafter referred to as the retail industry or retail enterprises) need to employ a large number of cashiers to realize shopping settlement. The cashiers check the items purchased by consumers one by one Enter, and after the entry is completed, complete the payment with the consumer. [0003] The automatic vending cabinet solves the defects of manual entry and manual settlement in the retail industry, and is a consumer-oriented sales method with unmanned vending and automatic settlement. [0004] At present, the repl...

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IPC IPC(8): G07F11/00G06K9/46G06K9/20
CPCG07F11/007G07F9/002G06V10/22G06V10/443G07F11/004G07F9/026G06Q20/203
Inventor 黄鼎隆马修·罗伯特·斯科特马咪娜
Owner SHANGHAI YUEPU INVESTMENT CENT (LLP)
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