MAP GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20180063682A1
• Filed: 08/24/2017
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shang Hai Pan Shi Tou Zi Guan Li You Xian Gong Si
• Original Assignee: Shang Hai Pan Shi Tou Zi Guan Li You Xian Gong Si
• Inventors: PAN, Zhongguang, TENG, Yanmei
• Granted Patent: US 10,368,206 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 3/32 by focusing the object, e.g. on a ground glass screen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1021 based on client or server locations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application disclose a map generation system and method. By scanning or processing an article in an article shelf, the technical solution of an embodiment of the present application may take as a position of the article a position of a handheld terminal at the time of the scanning or the processing, or take as the position of the article a position of a wireless apparatus corresponding to the scanned or processed article, to generate a navigation map according to the position of each article. The embodiment of the present application realizes the automatic generation of the map and improves the accuracy of drawing the map.

Claims

1. A map generation system, comprising a server-side, a handheld terminal and a wireless apparatus;

wherein the wireless apparatus is arranged in each article shelf, each wireless apparatus corresponds to one article;

the handheld terminal is configured to scan each article in the article shelf and send scanning information to the server-side;

the server-side is configured to take as a position of the article a position of the wireless apparatus corresponding to a scanned article according to the scanning information, and generate a navigation map according to the position of each article.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein each wireless apparatus corresponds to one article and one label;

the label is configured to display article-related information of the corresponding article thereof;

the handheld terminal is further configured to scan the label corresponding to the article while scanning each article in the article shelf;

the server-side takes as the position of the article the position of the wireless apparatus corresponding to the scanned article according to the scanning information, which is specific as follows;

searching the corresponding relation between different labels and different wireless apparatuses according to the scanning information, and taking as the position of the article the position of the wireless apparatus corresponding to the label of the scanned article.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein an apparatus information code is provided in each wireless apparatus;

the handheld terminal is further configured to scan the wireless apparatus corresponding to the article while scanning each article in the article shelf;

the scanning information comprises the apparatus information code;

the server-side takes as the position of the article the position of the wireless apparatus corresponding to the scanned article according to the scanning information, which is specific as follows;

the server-side takes as the position of the scanned article the position of the wireless apparatus corresponding to the apparatus information code according to the apparatus information code in the scanning information.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the label is an electronic label, each wireless apparatus is integrated in the corresponding electronic label thereof;

the corresponding relation between the wireless apparatus and the electronic label is uploaded to the server-side after each wireless apparatus is configured to be connected to the server-side;

the server-side stores the corresponding relation between each wireless apparatus and the electronic label.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the handheld terminal is also configured to position a position of the handheld terminal obtained when the handheld terminal does not scan, according to a wireless signal of the wireless apparatus received when the scanning is not performed and according to the position of the wireless apparatus, and take as a position of an article shelf passage the position of the handheld terminal, and upload the position of the article shelf passage to the server-side;

the server-side is specifically configured to determine the position of each article shelf according to the position of each wireless apparatus, and generate the navigation map according to the position of each article shelf, the position of each article and the position of each article shelf passage.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the handheld terminal is further configured to upload to the server-side the wireless signal of the wireless apparatus received when the scanning is not performed;

the server-side is specifically configured to position a position of the handheld terminal obtained when the handheld terminal does not scan, according to the wireless signal of the wireless apparatus received when the handheld terminal does not scan and according to the position of the wireless apparatus, and take as the position of the article shelf passage the position of the handheld terminal;

determine the position of each article shelf according to the position of each wireless apparatus; and

generate the navigation map according to the position of each article shelf, the position of each article and the position of each article shelf passage.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless apparatus comprises a first class apparatus and a second class apparatus, a position of the first class apparatus is known;

the server-side is further configured to take as a known apparatus the first class apparatus and/or the second class apparatus of which the position has been determined, and position a position of the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined, according to the position of the known apparatus and according to the wireless signal received by the known apparatus and sent by the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of the first class apparatuses is provided, the plurality of the first class apparatuses are arranged in an indoor preset area and are not positioned at the same straight line and the same plane;

the second class apparatus is specifically arranged in each article shelf;

the server-side takes as the position of the article the position of the second class apparatus corresponding to the scanned article specifically according to the scanning information.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the system further comprises a first control apparatus;

the first class apparatus and the second class apparatus are configured to upload the received wireless signal to the first control apparatus, respectively;

the first control apparatus is configured to upload to the server-side the wireless signals received by the first class apparatus and the second class apparatus respectively;

the server-side specifically takes as the known apparatus the first class apparatus and/or the second class apparatus of which the position has been determined;

determines the wireless signal received by the known apparatus and sent by the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined, from the wireless signal uploaded by the first control apparatus and received by the first class apparatus and the second class apparatus respectively; and

positions the position of the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined, according to the position of the known apparatus and according to the wireless signal received by the known apparatus and sent by the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined.

10. A map generation system, comprising a server-side, a handheld terminal and a wireless apparatus;

wherein the wireless apparatus is arranged in each article shelf;

the handheld terminal is configured to scan each article in the article shelf, position the scanning position when the handheld terminal scans each time, according to a wireless signal of the wireless apparatus received at each time of scanning and according to a position of the wireless apparatus, take as a position of the article scanned by the handheld terminal the scanning position when the handheld terminal scans each time, and upload to the server-side the position of the article;

the server-side is configured to generate a navigation map according to the position of each article.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein each article in each article shelf corresponds to one wireless apparatus;

the handheld terminal positions the scanning position when the handheld terminal scans each time, according to the wireless signal of the wireless apparatus received at each time of the scanning, and according to the position of the wireless apparatus, which is specific as follows;

the handheld terminal determines the wireless apparatus closest to the handheld terminal according to the wireless signal of the wireless apparatus received at each time of scanning, and positions the position closest to the wireless apparatus as the scanning position when the handheld terminal scans.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the handheld terminal is also configured to position as a position of an article shelf passage a position of the handheld terminal obtained when the handheld terminal does not scan, according to the wireless signal of the wireless apparatus received when the scanning is not performed and according to the position of the wireless apparatus, and upload the position of the article shelf passage to the server-side;

the server-side is specifically configured to determine the position of each article shelf according to the position of each wireless apparatus, and generate the navigation map according to the position of each article shelf, the position of each article and the position of each article shelf passage.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein the wireless apparatus comprises a first class apparatus and a second class apparatus, a position of the first class apparatus is known;

the server-side is further configured to take as a known apparatus the first class apparatus and/or the second class apparatus of which the position has been determined, and position a position of the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined, according to a position of the known apparatus and according to the wireless signal received by the known apparatus and sent by the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined;

the handheld terminal specifically positions as the position of the article scanned by the handheld terminal the scanning position when the handheld terminal scans each time, according to the wireless signal of the first class apparatus and/or the second class apparatus received at each time of the scanning and according to the position of the first class apparatus and/or the second class apparatus obtained from the server-side, and uploads to the server-side the position of the article.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the system further comprises a first control apparatus;

the first class apparatus and the second class apparatus are configured to upload the received wireless signal to the first control apparatus, respectively;

the first control apparatus is configured to upload to the server-side the wireless signals received by the first class apparatus and the second class apparatus respectively;

the server-side specifically takes as a known apparatus the first class apparatus and/or the second class apparatus of which the position has been determined, determines the wireless signal received by the known apparatus and sent by the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined, from the wireless signal uploaded by the first control apparatus and received by the first class apparatus and the second class apparatus respectively, and positions the position of the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined, according to the position of the known apparatus and according to the wireless signal received by the known apparatus and sent by the second class apparatus of any which the position is not determined.

15. The system according to claim 10, wherein the system further comprises a second control apparatus arranged on an indoor ceiling according to a preset arrangement;

the second control apparatus is configured to upload to the server-side the wireless signal received by the second control apparatus and sent by the wireless apparatus;

the server-side is further configured to position the position of the wireless apparatus according to the wireless signal received by the second control apparatus and sent by the wireless apparatus and according to the position of the second control apparatus.

the handheld terminal specifically positions as the position of the article scanned by the handheld terminal the scanning position when the handheld terminal scans each time, according to the wireless signal of the wireless apparatus received at each time of the scanning and according to the position of the wireless apparatus obtained from the server-side, and uploads to the server-side the position of the article.

16. A map generation system, comprising a server-side, a handheld terminal and a monitoring terminal;

the monitoring terminal is arranged in an indoor place with a known position;

the handheld terminal is configured to transmit a wireless signal, process an article in an article shelf to obtain article processed information, and send to the server-side the article processed information;

the monitoring terminal is configured to receive the wireless signal and send to the server-side the wireless signal;

the server-side is configured to determine the article processed by the handheld terminal according to the article processed information, position a processed position of the handheld terminal according to the wireless signal transmitted when the handheld terminal processes the article and according to a position of the corresponding monitoring terminal;

take as a position of the article the processed position; and

generate a navigation map according to the position of the article.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the handheld terminal processes the article in the article shelf to obtain the article processed information, which is specific as follows:

the article in the article shelf article is scanned to obtain the article processed information, the article processed information is scanning information obtained by scanning.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein the server-side is further configured to position an unprocessed position of the handheld terminal, according to the wireless signal transmitted when the handheld terminal does not process the article, and according to the position of the corresponding monitoring terminal;

take as a position of an article shelf passage the unprocessed position;

the server-side generates a navigation map according to the position of the article, which is specific as follows;

the navigation map is generated according to the position of the article and the position of the article shelf passage.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the server-side generates the navigation map according to the position of the article and the position of the article shelf passage, which is specific as follows:

determining a navigation map boundaries, and generating a navigation map within the navigation map boundaries according to the position of the article and the position of the article shelf passage.

20. The system according to claim 18, wherein the server-side generates the navigation map according to the position of the article and the position of the article shelf passage, which is specific as follows:

generating a category distribution sub-map according to the position of the article and the category of the article;

drawing the article shelf according to the position of the article, and drawing the article shelf passage according to a position of the article shelf passage, to generate an article-shelf distribution sub-map corresponding to each article category, for each article category in the category distribution sub-map;

generating an article distribution sub-map corresponding to each article shelf, according to the position of the article, for each article shelf in the article-shelf distribution sub-map; and

establishing an associated relation among the category sub-map, the article-shelf distribution sub-map, and the article distribution sub-map to generate the navigation map.