Automatic goods consumption judgment system and method

• US 20180132079A1
• Filed: 01/10/2018
• Published: 05/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Handle Tech (Sz) Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Handle Tech (Sz) Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Yu-Chen
• Granted Patent: US 10,390,192 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/414 using electronic computing means only
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/42 for counting by weighing G01G19/387 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/35 for the management of goods or merchandise
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

An automatic goods consumption judgment system includes a container tray system, a sensor measurement system, a supporting system, a mobile terminal device, a data transmission unit, a control and data processing system, and a cloud computer. Using the Internet of Things and cloud services, the consumption tendency and consumption state of goods are automatically measured in real time through the system, data are uploaded to a cloud server, and the cloud server sends analyzed and processed data to the terminal device used by users; customers are reminded of the consumption tendency and consumption state of goods according to the analysis and judgment obtained through cloud service computation, the consumption speed of goods and the fact whether required goods need to be prepared in advance or not are determined according to the analysis and judgment.

Claims

1. An automatic goods consumption judgment system, characterized by comprising:

a container tray system used for storing a container for solid or liquid goods;

a sensor measurement system used for measuring the weight or size of goods;

a supporting system, wherein the supporting system is used for supporting measured goods, and the situation that a sensor system fails due to the fact that sensors of the measurement system are under the heavy load of goods for a long time is avoided through the supporting system;

a mobile terminal device;

a data transmission unit, wherein the data transmission unit is used for wireless/wired transmission of data, and thus the automatic goods consumption judgment system can be connected with the mobile terminal device of users conveniently;

a control and data processing system and a cloud computer, wherein the control and data processing system and the cloud computer are used for acquiring data by controlling the sensor measurement system and the supporting system, and transmitting data to the data transmission unit, and a transmitting device transmits data to a mobile phone or a network, so that intelligent control is achieved;

wherein, the container tray system is connected with the sensor measurement system, the sensor measurement system is connected with the supporting system and the control and data processing system, the control and data processing system and the cloud computer are connected with the data transmission unit, and the data transmission unit is connected with the mobile terminal device.

2. The automatic goods consumption judgment system according to claim 1, characterized in that the container tray system comprises a container and a base tray.

3. The automatic goods consumption judgment system according to claim 1, characterized in that the sensor measurement system comprises measurement sensors, a measurement data processing unit and a data processing control interface.

4. The automatic goods consumption judgment system according to claim 1, characterized in that the supporting system comprises a support and an elevator.

5. The automatic goods consumption judgment system according to claim 1, characterized in that the control and data processing system comprises a central processing unit, a display unit, a key unit, a control unit and an interface.

6. The automatic goods consumption judgment system according to claim 1, characterized in that the mobile terminal device is a mobile phone or a tablet computer or a PC.

7. The automatic goods consumption judgment system according to claim 1, characterized in that the data transmission unit is used for transmitting data to a cloud server through WIFI, Bluetooth, Zigbee, GPRS/3G/4G and WAN/LAN.

8. An automatic goods consumption judgment method, characterized by comprising the following steps that:

S1, after the automatic goods consumption system is powered on, whether the connection and operating states of all the systems of the automatic goods consumption system are normal or not is automatically judged at first, if not, an alarm is given out, and if yes, the automatic goods consumption system starts to operate normally;

S2, after it is automatically detected that all the systems are normal, the automatic goods consumption judgment system enters into the measurement mode, and the measurement system is started at a set measurement time or after a test and measurement start command sent from the terminal is received;

S3, after a weight measurement module is started for weight measurement, a lifting system is loaded at first, the zero point of a weight measurement sensor is corrected after the lifting system is started, and then the container tray system is loaded onto the measurement system through the elevator;

after weight data are measured, the lifting system separates the container tray system from the weight sensor measurement system through the elevator, so that the weight sensor measurement system returns into the original state in which no load is applied to the weight sensor measurement system, and accordingly the situation that the weight measurement sensor deforms and fails under a heavy load for a long time is avoided;

S4, after a size measurement module is started, the size of goods is measured through an ultrasonic sensor or other sensors, and then changes of the goods are judged according to the size of the goods;

S5, after a liquid level measurement module is started, the liquid level of goods is measured through a floating ball or a photoelectric sensor or other sensors, and then changes of the goods are judged according to the liquid level of the goods;

S6, after a volume measurement module is started, the volume of goods is measured through a 3D scanner or other sensors, and then changes of the goods are judged according to the volume of the goods.

9. The automatic goods consumption judgment method according to claim 8, characterized in that measurement data obtained in the steps S1-S6 of the above method are processed in the control and data processing system at first and then transmitted to the cloud server by the data transmission unit through wireless/wired data transmission methods such as WIFI, Bluetooth, Zigbee, GPRS/3G/4G and WAN/LAN, and cloud server processes the received data and then transmits the processed data to the mobile terminal device.

10. The automatic goods consumption judgment method according to claim 8, characterized in that the measurement system in the step S2 comprises a weight measurement module, a size measurement module, a liquid level measurement module and a volume measurement module.