Vending machine and management method thereof

Abstract

The invention provides a vending machine and a management method thereof. The vending machine comprises a cabinet, shelves, image acquirers, a control device, a door, a door sensor and a communicationdevice. At least one shelf is arranged in the cabinet, each shelf comprises a plurality of rows of movable goods passages, and each row of the goods passage is provided with a plurality of goods placement positions and a driving device for driving the corresponding goods passage to move goods towards the door. The door sensor is connected with the control device and used for detecting opening andclosing of the door. The control device is connected with the driving device, the communication device and the image acquirers, the image acquirers are arranged corresponding to the shelves and connected with the communication device, and the image acquirers are used for acquiring image information of the corresponding shelves and uploading the image information to a server through the communication device. The management method is applied to the vending machine. By the vending machine and the management method thereof, replenishing efficiency of goods in the first row of the shelves is improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of commercial automation equipment, in particular to an automatic vending machine and a management method thereof. Background technique [0002] With the development of industrial technology and Internet of Things technology, vending machines have been more and more widely used as a form of commercial retail. [0003] At present, the vending machines on the market display the goods for sale on the shelves. Buyers can open the door of the vending machine and take away the goods they purchased. Because of the convenience of taking them, buyers usually take the first row of the shelves. products placed on or near the top row of the shelf. Since the replenishment of the vending machine needs to be manually replenished regularly, it is not carried out in real time. When the goods placed in the front row of the shelf of the vending machine are taken away by the buyer, the goods in the back row of the shelf are no...

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Problems solved by technology

Since the replenishment of the vending machine needs to be manually replenished regularly, it is not carried out in real time. When the goods placed in the front row of the shelf of the vending machine are taken away by the buyer, the goods in the back row of the shelf are not easy to see, reducing the Even if purchased by the buyer, the buyer needs to stretch his arms to the back row of the shelf to pick up the product, which is time-consuming and laborious, and the shopping experience is poor

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