Open-type self-service vending method based on buyer positioning, and system
AssigneeNanning Anpukang Trading Co., Ltd.
InventorsRijin ZHU, Yuwei LAI
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Abstract
An open self-service sales system based on positioning of customers includes an open partitioned weight-sensing rack including multiple storage subareas. The open self-service sales system further includes a positioning module and an automatic weighing unit which are connected to the central control module. The position information of the customer is bound with the subareas to accurately identify customers and the purchasing behaviors. The data flow is simple and reliable, and a large number of computing is avoided, which is suitable for large customer flows.
Claims19
An open self-service sales method based on positioning of customers, comprising:
- placing products in different storage subareas by category, wherein each of the storage subareas has a unique ID code, and each customer entering a store has unique characteristic information;
- when the customer shops in a storage subarea, automatically weighing the products in the storage subarea before and after shopping through an automatic weighing unit located at a bottom of the storage subarea, respectively;
- calculating the quantity of selected products to generate current shopping quantity information, wherein the current shopping quantity information comprises the quantity of the selected products and an ID code of the storage subarea;
- acquiring a real-time position of the customer;
- determining whether the customer is shopping according to a distance between the customer and the storage subarea;
- if yes, generating current customer information comprising the unique characteristic information of the customer and the ID code of the storage;
- acquiring the real-time position of the customer;
- determining whether the customer has stopped shopping according to the distance between the customer and the storage subarea;
- if yes, determining that the current shopping quantity information of the customer is valid;
- calculating the amount of products corresponding to the current quantity information of the customer according to a unit price of the products pre-stored in the storage subarea;
- generating current shopping amount information comprising the amount of products and the ID code of the storage subarea;
- establishing a relationship between the current shopping quantity information, the current customer information and the current shopping amount information according to the ID code of the storage subarea;
- and generating current shopping information;
- accumulating unsettled current shopping information according to the unique characteristic information of the customer to generate a shopping list;
- sending the shopping list to the customer, wherein the shopping list comprises the order number, time, a product name, a unit price, the quantity, the amount and the total amount of the products selected by the customer;
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- paying for the products in the shopping list using cash, e-banking or a third-party payment platform;
- and letting a guard device open to allow the customer to leave.
An open self-service sales system based on positioning of customers, comprising:
- an open partitioned weight-sensing rack;
- a positioning module configured to detect the position of the customer;
- a pricing module;
- a settlement module;
- an access control unit;
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- a central control module;
- wherein the open partitioned weight-sensing rack has a plurality of storage subareas, and an automatic weighing unit is provided at a bottom of each of the storage subareas;
- a shopping subarea is provided in front of each of the storage subareas;
- and the positioning module, the automatic weighing unit, the pricing module, the settlement module, and the access control unit are connected to the central control module, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.