Smart seal clamp, packaging bag, and storage and management method of object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10752406-B2
Application number	US-201715562190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2017
Priority date	Aug 11, 2016
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

A smart seal clamp, smart packaging bag and storage and management method of an object are provided. The smart seal clamp, configured to clamp a packaging bag for containing a storage object, includes: a circuit board, a camera, a seal structure; and at least one trigger structure. The camera is configured to acquire information, the trigger structure is configured to trigger the seal structure to seal the packaging bag, the circuit board includes a camera circuit and a trigger structure circuit; the camera circuit is communicated with the camera and configured to control the camera, the trigger structure circuit is communicated with the trigger structure and configured to control the trigger structure, the trigger structure circuit is further communicated with the camera circuit and configured to control the trigger structure according to the information acquired by the camera.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A smart seal clamp, configured to clamp a packaging bag for containing a storage object, comprising:
a circuit board;
a camera configured to acquire information;
a seal structure; and
at least one trigger structure configured to trigger the seal structure to seal the packaging bag,
wherein the circuit board comprises a camera circuit and a trigger structure circuit, the camera circuit is communicated with the camera and configured to control the camera, the trigger structure circuit is communicated with the at least one trigger structure and configured to control the at least one trigger structure, and the trigger structure circuit is further communicated with the camera circuit and configured to control the at least one trigger structure according to the information acquired by the camera.

2. The smart seal clamp according to claim 1 , wherein the information acquired by the camera comprises information of the storage object, and the trigger structure circuit is configured to control the at least one trigger structure according to the information of the storage object acquired by the camera.

3. The smart seal clamp according to claim 2 , wherein the information of the storage object comprises an expiration date of the storage object, the circuit board further comprises:
a timing circuit, wherein the timing circuit is communicated with the camera circuit and configured to count down according to the expiration date of the storage object, the timing circuit is communicated with the trigger structure circuit, and the trigger structure circuit is configured to trigger the seal structure to seal the packaging bag upon countdown being zero.

4. The smart seal clamp according to claim 1 , wherein the information acquired by the camera further comprises face information of a current user, the circuit board further comprises:
a processor communicated with the camera circuit and configured to process and judge the face information of the current user, the processor is communicated with the trigger structure circuit, and the trigger structure circuit is configured to trigger the seal structure to seal the packaging bag according to a judgment result of the processor.

5. The smart seal clamp according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to judge whether the current user is a child or not, and the trigger structure circuit is configured to trigger the seal structure to seal the packaging bag upon the judgment result of the processor being yes.

6. The smart seal clamp according to claim 4 , wherein the circuit board further comprises a memory, configured to store pictures of various objects or pre-input face information, and the processor is communicated with the memory and configured to judge species of the storage object with the pictures of various objects or judge the face information of the current user with the pre-input face information.

7. The smart seal clamp according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an infrared detector,
wherein the infrared detector is configured to detect a state of the storage object in the packaging bag or the smart seal clamp.

8. The smart seal clamp according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one trigger structure comprises a retractable needle structure, the seal structure comprises an encapsulation and a liquid sealant encapsulated in the encapsulation, and the retractable needle structure is configured to puncture the encapsulation to make the liquid sealant flow out and seal the packaging bag under a triggered state.

9. The smart seal clamp according to claim 8 , wherein the retractable needle structure is configured to puncture the encapsulation and the packaging bag to make the liquid sealant flow out and seal the packaging bag under the triggered state.

10. The smart seal clamp according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one trigger structure comprises a metal heater, the seal structure comprises a thermo-sensitive sealant, and the metal heater is configured to use electricity to heat and fuse the thermo-sensitive sealant to seal the packaging bag under a triggered state.

11. The smart seal clamp according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board further comprises a shake sense circuit communicated with the camera circuit and configured to activate the camera upon sensing a shake.

12. The smart seal clamp according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an upper cap, comprising a first via hole; and
a lower cap, comprising at least one second via hole and a containing groove corresponding to the at least one second via hole,
wherein the upper cap and the lower cap are assembled to form a shell, the containing groove is located at a side of the lower cap away from the upper cap, the circuit board, the camera and the at least one trigger structure are located inside the shell, the camera is exposed out of the shell from the first via hole, the at least one trigger structure is exposed out of the shell from the at least one second via hole, and the seal structure is located in the containing groove.

13. The smart seal clamp according to claim 12 , further comprising:
a hold plate,
wherein one end of the hold plate is connected with the shell, another end of the hold plate comprises a clamping portion, and the clamping portion is configured to be fixed with the shell to tightly clamp an opening of the packaging bag between the shell and the hold plate.

14. The smart seal clamp according to claim 13 , wherein the clamping portion comprises a fingerprint recognition module, communicated with the circuit board, and configured to detect and recognize a fingerprint.

15. The smart seal clamp according to claim 1 , wherein the storage object comprises food or medicine.

16. A smart packaging bag, comprising:
a packaging bag; and
a smart seal clamp located at an opening of the packaging bag,
wherein the smart seal clamp comprises the smart seal clamp according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Boe Tech Group Ltd

Inventors

• Ren Yan
• Wang Zifeng
• Cao Lei
• Hu Nannan
• Lin She

Classifications

• H04N23/60

  Control of cameras or camera modules · CPC title

• G06F21/32 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• G06V40/178

  estimating age from face image; using age information for improving recognition · CPC title

• G06V40/161

  Detection; Localisation; Normalisation · CPC title

• G06V40/12

  Fingerprints or palmprints · CPC title