US 12,269,685 B2
Vending method of intelligent vending station, intelligent vending station, electronic device and storage medium
Changqing Su, Shandong (CN); Xiangwei Chen, Shandong (CN); Xuqiang Dong, Shandong (CN); Zhigang Xu, Shandong (CN); and Chuntao Wang, Shandong (CN)
Assigned to SHANDONG NEW BEIYANG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and WEIHAI NEW BEIYANG DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
Appl. No. 17/287,572
Filed by SHANDONG NEW BEIYANG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shandong (CN); and WEIHAI NEW BEIYANG DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shandong (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/108727
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/082991, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811258853.X (CN), filed on Oct. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0395009 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G07F 11/58 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/137 (2013.01) [G05B 13/0265 (2013.01); G06Q 20/18 (2013.01); G07F 11/58 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vending method of an intelligent vending station, wherein the intelligent vending station comprises an enclosure, and a plurality of cabinets and at least one conveying device which are provided within the enclosure; each cabinet is configured to accommodate items, at least one vending device, having a pickup port provided on an outer wall of the enclosure and a receiving area provided on an inner wall of the enclosure, is provided on the enclosure, and the receiving area is connected with the pickup port; each conveying device is configured to move within the enclosure, and the vending method of the intelligent vending station comprises the following steps of:
determining a target item and a target vending device according to a purchase instruction from a user;
determining a target cabinet accommodating the target item and determining a target conveying device; and
controlling the target conveying device to acquire the target item from the target cabinet and to convey the acquired target item to the receiving area of the target vending device,
wherein each vending device further comprises a receiving platform which is provided in the receiving area and configured to move up and down in the receiving area, and the receiving platform is located at a receiving position or at a dispensing position, the vending method of the intelligent vending station further comprises the following steps of:
controlling the receiving platform of the target vending device to receive the target item conveyed by the target conveying device at the receiving position; and
controlling the receiving platform to move to the dispensing position, to allow the user to take the target item on the receiving platform out.