CN112617532A

CN112617532A - Goods pusher, goods shelf and management method of goods shelf

Info

Publication number: CN112617532A
Application number: CN202011640397.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李忠华
Original assignee: Shenzhen Genuine Innovative Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Genuine Innovative Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-31
Filing date: 2020-12-31
Publication date: 2021-04-09

Abstract

The invention discloses a product pusher, a rack and a management method for the rack. The product pusher comprises: a container, which is provided with a cargo accommodating channel and a chute, and the accommodating cargo channel is used for accommodating commodities; a display screen is installed on the container; , including a propelling piece and a driving piece, the propelling piece is accommodated in the storage cargo channel, one end of the driving piece is fixedly connected to one end of the container, and the other end of the driving piece is connected to the propelling piece, and the driving piece is used to drive the propelling piece to move along the chute to push the goods. Move along the chute. Through the above structure, when a product in the storage channel is taken away, the driving member can automatically drive the propelling member to move, so that the rear product can fill the empty space after the product is taken away, which is more convenient to use.

Description

Goods pusher, goods shelf and management method of goods shelf

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to a commodity display device, in particular to a commodity propeller, a goods shelf and a goods shelf management method.

Background

With the development of market economy, supermarkets are more and more, and the supermarkets generally store products to be sold through shelves. Goods shelves are generally arranged from bottom to top in a layer, each layer of the goods shelves is full of products, when a plurality of front rows of products in each layer are sold, the front part of each layer is vacant, at the moment, workers are required to move the products behind to the front part, so that the workload of people is increased, time and labor are wasted, and a propeller capable of automatically propelling the goods is required.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problem, embodiments of the present invention provide an article pusher and a shelf capable of automatically pushing an article.

The embodiment of the invention adopts the following technical scheme for solving the technical problems:

an item pusher, comprising:

the container is provided with a goods accommodating channel and a sliding chute, and the goods accommodating channel is used for accommodating goods;

the display screen is arranged on the container;

the propelling component comprises a propelling piece and a driving piece, the propelling piece is accommodated in the accommodating goods channel, one end of the driving piece is fixedly connected with one end of the container, the other end of the driving piece is connected with the propelling piece, and the driving piece is used for driving the propelling piece to move along the chute so as to push goods to move along the chute;

the distance measuring sensor is installed at one end, far away from the display screen, of the container and used for sensing the position of the propelling part.

Optionally, the container includes a bottom plate, a side plate, a front end plate and a rear end plate, the side plate is connected to the bottom plate, the front end plate and the rear end plate to enclose the storage lane, wherein the front end plate and the rear end plate are disposed opposite to each other, the chute is disposed on the bottom plate, and the propelling member is slidably mounted on the bottom plate.

Optionally, the propelling part includes push plate portion and sliding part, the sliding part with a terminal surface of push plate portion is connected, sliding part slidable mounting in the bottom plate, another terminal surface of push plate portion is used for pushing away the goods.

Optionally, both side ends of the sliding portion are respectively provided with a first inner groove and a second inner groove, the first inner groove is in sliding fit with one side wall of the sliding groove, and the second inner groove is in sliding fit with the other side wall of the sliding groove.

Optionally, the propelling part includes the coil spring, the coil spring has rolling end and initiating terminal, initiating terminal fixed connection in the front end plate, rolling end fixed connection in the propelling part, when the coil spring rolling, the propelling part promotes goods along the spout removes, so that goods towards the position at front end plate place removes.

Optionally, the goods propeller further comprises a detection assembly, the detection assembly is installed on the side plate, the detection assembly is adjacent to the front end plate, and the detection assembly is used for detecting whether goods exist at the rear end of the front end plate or not.

Optionally, the detection assembly includes an infrared transmitter and an infrared receiver, the number of the side plates is two, and the two side plates are respectively a first side plate and a second side plate, the first side plate and the second side plate are respectively connected with two ends of the bottom plate, the infrared transmitter is installed on the first side plate, and the infrared receiver is installed on the second side plate.

Optionally, the goods pusher further comprises an LED lamp mounted at one end of the container near the display screen.

The embodiment of the invention also adopts the following technical scheme for solving the technical problem

The utility model provides a goods shelf, includes foretell goods propeller and support frame, the goods propeller has a plurality of, a plurality of the goods propeller is displayed in the support frame.

a method for managing the shelf, the method comprising: acquiring the positions of the propelling pieces detected by the ranging sensors in the accommodating goods channels in the goods shelf; determining the quantity of goods in each goods accommodating channel according to the positions; updating the goods quantity of the goods in each goods accommodating channel to a preset goods database; acquiring goods information of goods in each goods accommodating channel from a goods database; and controlling the display screen to display the quantity of the goods in the corresponding goods accommodating channel and the goods information.

Optionally, the method further comprises: collecting user information of a user; acquiring a historical purchase record of the user; analyzing the goods favored by the user according to the historical purchase record; and controlling the display screen corresponding to the goods favored by the user to output prompts.

The embodiment of the invention has the beneficial effects that: the goods propeller provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises: the container is provided with a goods accommodating channel and a sliding chute, and the goods accommodating channel is used for accommodating goods; the display screen is arranged on the container; the propelling component comprises a propelling piece and a driving piece, the propelling piece is contained in the containing goods channel, one end of the driving piece is fixedly connected with one end of the container, the other end of the driving piece is connected with the propelling piece, and the driving piece is used for driving the propelling piece to move along the sliding groove so as to push goods to move along the sliding groove. Through above-mentioned structure, after a goods in accommodating the goods way is taken away, the driving piece can the removal of self-drive propulsion piece to the goods behind can fill this goods and take away the vacant space of back, it is more convenient to use.

Drawings

One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the figures in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and which are not to scale unless otherwise specified.

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the configuration of an article mover in one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view from another angle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of the propulsion assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a connection diagram of the processor with other components;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a method of managing shelves of the present invention;

fig. 6 is another flow chart of the shelf management method of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention is described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific examples. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may be present. As used in this specification, the terms "upper," "lower," "inner," "outer," "vertical," "horizontal," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must be in a particular orientation, constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Furthermore, the technical features mentioned in the different embodiments of the invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

As shown in FIGS. 1-2, the goods pusher 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a container 10, a pushing assembly 20, and a display screen 30, wherein the pushing assembly 20 and the display screen 30 are mounted on the container 10. The container 10 is provided with a cargo receiving channel 11 and a chute 12, wherein the cargo receiving channel 11 is used for receiving goods; a display screen 30 mounted on the container 10; propelling component 20, including propelling part 21 and driving piece 22, propelling part 21 accept in accept goods way 11, the one end fixed connection of driving piece 22 the one end of packing cupboard 10, the other end of driving piece 22 is connected propelling part 21, driving piece 22 is used for the drive propelling part 21 is followed spout 12 removes to promote goods is followed spout 12 removes. Through the above structure, when a goods in the goods accommodating channel 11 is taken away, the driving member 22 can automatically drive the pushing member 21 to move, so that the empty space after the goods are taken away can be filled with the goods, and the use is more convenient. It will be appreciated that the goods may be of various kinds, for example, they may be boxed goods such as cigarettes.

In some embodiments, the container 10 comprises a bottom plate 13, side plates 14, a front end plate 15 and a rear end plate 16, the side plates 14 are connected with the bottom plate 13, the front end plate 15 and the rear end plate 16 to form the receiving cargo channel 11, wherein the front end plate 15 and the rear end plate 16 are oppositely arranged, the sliding groove 12 is arranged on the bottom plate 13, and the pushing member 21 is slidably mounted on the bottom plate 13. In the present embodiment, the bottom plate 13, the side plates 14, the front end plate 15, and the rear end plate 16 may be connected by an adhesive, or may be connected by screws or the like. The connection may also be achieved through other structures, for example, the installation may be achieved by providing slots, specifically, the front end plate 15 and the rear end plate 16 are both provided with slots (not shown), the slots are provided around the bottom plate 13, and the bottom plate 13, the side plates 14, the front end plate 15, and the rear end plate 16 are connected through the slots respectively.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, the pushing member 21 includes a pushing plate portion 211 and a sliding portion 212, the sliding portion 212 is connected to one end surface of the pushing plate portion 211, the sliding portion 212 is slidably mounted on the bottom plate 13, and the other end surface of the pushing plate portion 211 is used for pushing an article. In this embodiment, the sliding part 212 is provided with a first inner groove 2121 and a second inner groove 2122 at two side ends thereof, the first inner groove 2121 is slidably engaged with one side wall of the sliding chute 12, and the second inner groove 2122 is slidably engaged with the other side wall of the sliding chute 12. In this way, when the driving member 22 drives the pushing member 21 to move, the pushing plate portion 211 can only move along the sliding slot 12, limited by the first inner groove 2121 and the second inner groove 2122.

Further, the propelling part 22 includes a coil spring, the coil spring has a winding end 221 and a starting end 222, the starting end 222 is fixedly connected to the front end plate 15, the winding end 221 is fixedly connected to the propelling part 21, when the coil spring is wound, the propelling part 21 pushes the goods to move along the chute 12, so that the goods move towards the position of the front end plate 15. In the present embodiment, the winding end 221 is fixedly and rotatably mounted to the sliding portion 212, but the winding end 221 may be fixedly and rotatably mounted to the front end plate 15. In some other embodiments, the pushing member 22 may be another structure, such as a tension spring, one end of which is connected to the pushing member 21, and the other end of which is connected to the front end plate 15.

As shown in fig. 4, in some embodiments, the article mover 100 further includes a detection assembly 40 mounted to the side panel 14, and the detection assembly 40 is disposed adjacent to the front end panel 15, the detection assembly 40 being configured to detect the presence of an article at the rear end of the front end panel 15. In this embodiment, the detecting assembly 40 includes an infrared emitter 41 and an infrared receiver 42, the number of the side plates 14 is two, and the two side plates are a first side plate 141 and a second side plate 142 respectively, the first side plate 141 and the second side plate 142 are connected to two ends of the bottom plate 13 respectively, the infrared emitter 41 is mounted on the first side plate 141, and the infrared receiver 42 is mounted on the second side plate 142. Understandably, in order to make the light that infrared emitter 41 launched can detect smoothly whether there is the goods in the front end plate 15 rear end, first curb plate 141 and second curb plate 142 all correspond and are provided with the hole of dodging, if there is not the goods in the front end plate 15 rear end, this moment the light that infrared emitter 41 launches will by infrared receiver 42 receives smoothly, the surface this moment the goods of putting in accommodating goods way 11 have sold the sky. If goods exist at the rear end of the front end plate 15, the light emitted from the infrared emitter 41 is blocked by the goods and cannot be received by the infrared receiver 42. Thus, the infrared transmitter 41 and the infrared receiver 42 are engaged with each other, whereby the condition of the commodity at the rear end of the front panel 15 can be detected.

In some embodiments, the goods pusher 100 further comprises a distance measuring sensor 50 and a processor 60, the processor 60 is electrically connected to the distance measuring sensor 50 and the display screen 30, the distance measuring sensor 50 is installed at one end of the container 10 far away from the display screen 30, and the distance measuring sensor 50 is used for sensing the position of the pushing member 21. In this embodiment, the distance measuring sensor 50 is an infrared distance measuring sensor, and the infrared distance measuring sensor detects the position of the pushing plate portion 211, so as to calculate the distance between the pushing plate portion 211 and the infrared distance measuring sensor, and thus calculate through the processor, so as to obtain the number of the goods left in the currently-accommodated goods passage 11. It should be noted that the same size of the goods are stored in the storage lane so that the remaining number of the goods can be known by the distance and the uniform thickness of the goods, and the remaining result is displayed on the display screen 30.

In some embodiments, the goods mover 100 further comprises an LED lamp (not shown) mounted at an end of the container 10 near the display screen 30, the LED lamp being connected to the processor 60. After the processor 60 receives the detection result of the detection component 40, the frequency of the flashing of the LED lamp can be controlled according to the detection result to communicate the condition of the goods, for example, the LED lamp is usually on to indicate that there is no goods in the storage lane 11, and the LED lamp is not on or flashes to indicate that there is goods in the storage lane 11.

The article pusher 100 provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes: a container 10 having a cargo receiving passage 11 and a chute 12, the cargo receiving passage 11 receiving cargo; a display screen 30 mounted on the container 10; the propelling component 20 comprises a propelling member 21 and a driving member 22, the propelling member 21 is accommodated in the accommodating channel 11, one end of the driving member 22 is fixedly connected with one end of the container 10, the other end of the driving member 22 is connected with the propelling member 21, and the driving member 22 is used for driving the propelling member 21 to move along the chute 12 so as to push the goods to move along the chute 12. With the above structure, when an article in the storage lane 12 is taken away, the driving member 22 can automatically drive the pushing member 21 to move, so that the article in the future can fill the empty space after the article is taken away, and the use is more convenient.

Another embodiment of the present invention provides a shelf (not shown) including the article pusher 100 and a support frame (not shown) in the above embodiments, wherein a plurality of article pushers 100 are correspondingly displayed on the support frame, so that different articles can be placed for sale.

In another embodiment, please refer to fig. 5 and fig. 6, the present invention further provides a method for managing shelves applied in the above embodiment, the method includes the following steps:

step S201: acquiring the positions of the propelling pieces 21 detected by the ranging sensors in each accommodating goods channel in the goods shelf;

step S202: determining the quantity of goods in each goods accommodating channel according to the positions;

step S203: updating the quantity of the goods in each goods accommodating channel 11 to a preset goods database;

it will be appreciated that the item database may be a database created by a local server or may be a database on the remaining lines.

Step S204: acquiring goods information of goods in each goods accommodating channel from a goods database;

the item information includes an item kind, an item price, and a remaining quantity of the item. The item types may be user-preset, such as a item A corresponding to be stored in one item pusher and a item B corresponding to be stored in another item pusher.

Step S205: and controlling the display screen 30 to display the quantity and the goods information of the goods in the corresponding goods accommodating channel 11.

Further, the management method further comprises:

step S206: collecting user information of a user;

the user information refers to face information of a user, and can be acquired through a face recognition device, and when the user enters a store or approaches a goods shelf, the face recognition device can recognize the face information of the user. The face recognition device can be a camera or other devices.

Step S207: acquiring a historical purchase record of the user;

the historical purchase records of the users are obtained from a local database and are purchased by other users.

Step S208: analyzing the goods favored by the user according to the historical purchase record;

step S209: and controlling the display screen corresponding to the goods favored by the user to output prompts.

The output prompt may be a highlight or a flash on the display screen, or may be a sound emitted by a speaker built in the display screen. Understandably, when the display screen outputs prompts, a user can quickly walk to the goods propeller corresponding to the favorite goods to quickly take the frequently purchased goods.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes performed by the present specification and drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. a product propeller, is characterized in that, comprises:

The container is provided with a storage channel and a chute, and the storage channel is used to store goods;

a display screen, mounted on the container;

The propulsion assembly includes a propulsion member and a driving member, the propulsion member is accommodated in the storage cargo channel, one end of the driving member is fixedly connected to one end of the container, and the other end of the driving member is connected to the propulsion member, so The driving member is used to drive the pushing member to move along the chute, so as to push the goods to move along the chute;

A distance measuring sensor, the distance measuring sensor is installed at one end of the container away from the display screen, and the distance measuring sensor is used for sensing the position of the propelling member.

2 . The product pusher according to claim 1 , wherein the container comprises a bottom plate, a side plate, a front end plate and a rear end plate, and the side plate is connected to the bottom plate, the front end plate and the rear end plate. 3 . The end plate is used to enclose the storage cargo channel, wherein the front end plate and the rear end plate are arranged opposite to each other, the chute is arranged on the bottom plate, and the pusher is slidably installed on the bottom plate.

3 . The product pusher according to claim 2 , wherein the pusher includes a push plate portion and a sliding portion, the sliding portion is connected to one end surface of the push plate portion, and the sliding portion is slidably installed. 4 . On the bottom plate, the other end surface of the push plate portion is used for pushing the goods.

4 . The product pusher according to claim 3 , wherein the two side ends of the sliding portion are respectively provided with a first inner groove and a second inner groove, and the first inner groove and the One side wall of the chute is slidably matched, and the second inner groove is slidably matched with the other side wall of the chute.

5. The product pusher according to any one of claims 2-4, wherein the pusher comprises a coil spring, the coil spring has a winding end and a starting end, and the starting end is fixedly connected to the the front end plate, the winding end is fixedly connected to the pusher, when the coil spring is rolled up, the pusher pushes the goods to move along the chute, so that the goods move toward the front end plate move the location.

6 . The product pusher according to claim 5 , further comprising a detection component, the detection component is mounted on the side plate, and the detection component is disposed adjacent to the front end plate, and the detection component is installed adjacent to the front end plate. 7 . The assembly is used to detect whether there is a product at the rear end of the front end plate.

7 . The goods pusher according to claim 6 , wherein the detection component comprises an infrared transmitter and an infrared receiver, and the number of the side plates is two, which are the first side plate and the second side plate respectively. 8 . board, the first side board and the second side board are respectively connected with both ends of the bottom plate, the infrared transmitter is installed on the first side board, and the infrared receiver is installed on the second side board side panel.

8 . The product pusher according to claim 7 , further comprising an LED light, wherein the LED light is installed at an end of the container close to the display screen. 9 .

9. A shelf, characterized in that it comprises the product pusher and the support frame according to any one of claims 1-8, there are several said product pushers, and a plurality of said product pushers are displayed on said Support frame.

10. A management method applied to the shelf according to claim 9, wherein the method comprises:

Obtaining the position of the propelling member detected by the ranging sensor in each storage lane in the shelf;

According to the position, determine the quantity of the goods in each of the storage lanes;

updating the quantity of the goods in each of the storage lanes to the preset goods database;

Acquiring the commodity information of the commodities in each of the storage cargo lanes from the commodity database;

The display screen is controlled to display the quantity of the goods in the corresponding storage lane and the information of the goods.

11. The management method according to claim 110, wherein the method further comprises:

Collect user information of users;

Obtain the historical purchase record of the user;

According to the historical purchase records, analyze the user's favorite goods;

Control the display screen corresponding to the user's favorite item to output a prompt.