Title:
AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE, AND PRODUCT DISPENSING METHOD FOR SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/114803
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An automatic vending machine (010) and a product dispensing method for same. The automatic vending machine (010) comprises: a machine cabinet (100), multiple product channels (210) disposed within the machine cabinet (100), a product retrieval port (103) disposed on a surface of the machine cabinet (010), and a delivery device (300) disposed between the product channels (210) and the product retrieval port (103). The delivery device (300) comprises a product container (310) and a product container drive mechanism (320) configured to drive the product container (310) to move between the product channels (210) and the product retrieval port (103). The product dispensing method for the automatic vending machine (010) comprises: determining, according to products to be purchased, all product combination manners having the lowest number of product dispensing operations as candidate product combination manners (S100); determining all product retrieval manners under all of the candidate product combination manners (S200); determining all product dispensing paths in one-to-one correspondence with all of the product retrieval manners of all of the candidate product combination manners (S300); and selecting, from all of the product dispensing paths, a product dispensing path having the highest efficiency as a target product dispensing path, and controlling, on the basis of the target product dispensing path, the product container (310) to dispense products (S400).
Inventors:
LI DEYI (CN)
LI JIAN (CN)
LIU JUNTAO (CN)
LI HONGMING (CN)
JIANG TIANXIN (CN)
LI JIAN (CN)
LIU JUNTAO (CN)
LI HONGMING (CN)
JIANG TIANXIN (CN)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2020/116357
Publication Date:
June 17, 2021
Filing Date:
September 21, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WEIHAI NEW BEIYANG DIGITAL TECH CO LTD (CN)
SHANDONG NEW BEIYANG INF TECH (CN)
SHANDONG NEW BEIYANG INF TECH (CN)
International Classes:
G07F11/00
Foreign References:
| CN109993908A | 2019-07-09 | |||
| CN206179091U | 2017-05-17 | |||
| CN108492454A | 2018-09-04 | |||
| CN209015289U | 2019-06-21 | |||
| CN201911257278A | 2019-12-08 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 4071731A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BEYOND ATTORNEYS AT LAW (CN)
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