Plant selling device and control method thereof
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1. A plant selling device, comprising:
- a plant growth room in which trays are provided, a plant to be sold growing in one of the trays before the plant is sold;
a sales room with an opening;
a conveyor; and
a central control unit, comprising;
a purchase order generating unit for generating a purchase order;
a movement control unit for controlling movements of the trays and the conveyor by moving the conveyor to the plant growth room, controlling the conveyor to acquire a ripe plant in the plant growth room and moving the conveyor carrying the plant to be sold to the sales room according to information in the purchase order;
a payment order generating unit for generating a payment order according to an actual weight of the plant moved to the sales room; and
an opening control unit for controlling the opening of the sales room to be opened after it is determined a purchaser has paid the payment order.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a plant selling device and a control method thereof, by which a ripe plant to be sold can be moved from a plant growth room to a sales room according to the information in a purchase order after the purchase order is generated. According to the technical solution of the present invention, plant factory technology can be combined effectively with automatic plant selling so that plants are sold automatically after ripening, thus providing a more convenient mode of production and sale.
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1. A plant selling device, comprising:
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a plant growth room in which trays are provided, a plant to be sold growing in one of the trays before the plant is sold; a sales room with an opening; a conveyor; and a central control unit, comprising; a purchase order generating unit for generating a purchase order; a movement control unit for controlling movements of the trays and the conveyor by moving the conveyor to the plant growth room, controlling the conveyor to acquire a ripe plant in the plant growth room and moving the conveyor carrying the plant to be sold to the sales room according to information in the purchase order; a payment order generating unit for generating a payment order according to an actual weight of the plant moved to the sales room; and an opening control unit for controlling the opening of the sales room to be opened after it is determined a purchaser has paid the payment order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a plant selling device, wherein the plant selling device comprises:
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a plant growth room in which trays are provided, a plant to be sold growing in one of the trays before the plant is sold; a sales room with an opening; and a conveyor, the method comprises the following steps of; generating a purchase order; controlling movements of the trays and the conveyor by moving the conveyor into the plant growth room, controlling the conveyor to acquire a ripe plant in the plant growth room and moving the conveyor carrying the plant to be sold to the sales room according to information in the purchase order; generating a payment order according to an actual weight of the plant moved to the sales room; and controlling the opening of the sales room to be opened after it is determined a purchaser has paid the payment order. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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