Shelf system and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12056970-B2
Application number	US-202117761533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2021
Priority date	May 27, 2020
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a shelf system and a control method. The shelf system includes: a shelf body including an accommodation cavity; an image collection element mounted on the shelf body; a transparent touch display panel mounted on the shelf body and covering at least a part of the accommodation cavity, a light ray passing through the transparent touch display panel at a side away from the shelf body into an interior of the accommodation cavity; and a controller coupled to the transparent touch display panel and the image collection element, and configured to obtain image information collected by the image collection element, obtain a touch operation on the transparent touch display panel, and output a display signal for the transparent touch display panel and/or a control signal corresponding to the touch operation in accordance with the image information and the touch operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shelf system, comprising:
a shelf body comprising an accommodation cavity;
an image collection element mounted on the shelf body;
a transparent touch display panel mounted on the shelf body and covering at least a part of the accommodation cavity, a light ray passing through the transparent touch display panel at a side away from the shelf body into an interior of the accommodation cavity;
a controller coupled to the transparent touch display panel and the image collection element, and configured to obtain image information collected by the image collection element, obtain a touch operation on the transparent touch display panel, and output a display signal for the transparent touch display panel and/or a control signal corresponding to the touch operation in accordance with the image information and the touch operation; and
an infrared recognition element, wherein the controller is further coupled to the infrared recognition element, and configured to output a display signal for displaying a human face recognition interface to the transparent touch display panel in accordance with human body information recognized by the infrared recognition element, and control the image collection element to collect the image information.

2. The shelf system according to claim 1 , further comprising a door body, wherein a first side edge of the door body is coupled to the shelf body via a rotating shaft, and a second side edge of the door body is coupled to the shelf body via an electric lock, wherein the controller is specifically configured to output a control signal for controlling the electric lock to be opened when a target user has been identified in accordance with the image information and the touch operation on the transparent touch display panel indicates that the door body is to be unlocked.

3. The shelf system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to obtain an unlocked state of the door body through the image collection element, output a control signal for controlling the electric lock to be closed when the door body is switched from the unlocked state to a locked state, obtain image information about the interior of the accommodation cavity through the image collection element, and output a display signal for displaying an item settlement interface to the transparent touch display panel in accordance with the image information.

4. The shelf system according to claim 3 , wherein the transparent touch display panel covers a first portion of the accommodation cavity, and the shelf system further comprises a transparent glass plate covering a second portion of the accommodation cavity.

5. The shelf system according to claim 3 , wherein the transparent touch display panel covers a first portion of the accommodation cavity, the shelf system further comprises a transparent glass plate covering a second portion of the accommodation cavity, and the transparent touch display panel and/or the transparent glass plate are mounted on the door body.

6. The shelf system according to claim 2 , wherein the transparent touch display panel covers a first portion of the accommodation cavity, the shelf system further comprises a transparent glass plate covering a second portion of the accommodation cavity, and the transparent touch display panel and/or the transparent glass plate are mounted on the door body.

7. The shelf system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is coupled to the electric lock via a serial control panel.

8. The shelf system according to claim 7 , further comprising a refrigerating assembly and a temperature sensor arranged on the shelf body and coupled to the controller.

9. The shelf system according to claim 8 , further comprising a heating element arranged within the accommodation cavity of the shelf body.

10. The shelf system according to claim 9 , wherein the temperature sensor, the refrigerating assembly and the heating element are coupled to the controller via the serial control panel.

11. The shelf system according to claim 2 , wherein the transparent touch display panel covers a first portion of the accommodation cavity, and the shelf system further comprises a transparent glass plate covering a second portion of the accommodation cavity.

12. The shelf system according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent touch display panel covers a first portion of the accommodation cavity, and the shelf system further comprises a transparent glass plate covering a second portion of the accommodation cavity.

13. The shelf system of claim 1 , wherein the transparent touch display panel comprises a touch display driving chip, and the controller is coupled to the touch display driving chip via a signal format conversion unit and configured to output a display signal to the touch display driving chip.

14. The shelf system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is coupled to the image collection element via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ethernet adapter and a Power over Ethernet (POE) switch.

15. The shelf system of claim 1 , wherein the image collection element comprises at least one network camera mounted on the shelf body.

16. The shelf system of claim 15 , wherein the image collection element further comprises a 3D face recognition camera mounted on the shelf body.

17. A method for controlling a shelf system, wherein the shelf system comprises a shelf body, a transparent touch display panel and an image collection element mounted on the shelf body, a controller coupled to the transparent touch display panel and the image collection element, and an infrared recognition element, wherein the controller is further coupled to the infrared recognition element, wherein the method comprises: obtaining image information collected by the image collection element and a touch operation on the transparent touch display panel; outputting a display signal for the transparent touch display panel and/or a control signal corresponding to the touch operation in accordance with the image information and the touch operation; and outputting a display signal for displaying a human face recognition interface to the transparent touch display panel in accordance with human body information recognized by the infrared recognition element, and control the image collection element to collect the image information.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the shelf system further comprises a door body, a first side edge of the door body is coupled to the shelf body via a rotating shaft, and a second side edge of the door body is coupled to the shelf body via an electric lock, wherein the outputting the display signal of the transparent touch display panel and/or the control signal corresponding to the touch operation in accordance with the image information and the touch operation comprises: performing human face image recognition in accordance with the image information; and when a target user has been identified and the touch operation indicates that the door body is to be unlocked in accordance with the touch operation on the transparent touch display panel, outputting a control signal for controlling the electric lock to be opened.

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Display Tech Co
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Niu Hanzhang
• Li Shou
• Su Junning
• Yan hengyu

Classifications

• G07C9/00563 Primary

  using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns · CPC title

• G07C9/00896 Primary

  specially adapted for particular uses · CPC title

• G07F11/00

  Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles · CPC title

• G07F9/10

  Casings {or parts thereof}, e.g. with means for heating or cooling · CPC title

• G07F9/023 Primary

  Arrangements for display, data presentation or advertising · CPC title