TW202228044A - Vending machine system and real time product recommendation method including a piece of vending machine equipment and a processing unit, and capable of providing a customized recommendation - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a vending machine system including a piece of vending machine equipment and a processing unit, wherein the vending machine equipment is suitable for selling various products and includes a display unit and a handheld skin scanning apparatus suitable for being held and scanning skin on human body. When the processing unit receives a scanned result generated by the handheld skin scanning apparatus, a skin status database runs an analysis on the scanned result in order to generate a corresponding skin status evaluation result, and the processing unit matches the skin status evaluation result with multiple pieces of product information in order to generate a matched result in relation with at least one target product from the various products, then the display unit displays a recommended result indicating the at least one target product based on the matched result, thereby achieving an effect of providing a customized recommendation.

Description

Automatic vending system and real-time product recommendation method

The present invention relates to an automatic vending system, in particular to an automatic vending system that can be recommended according to the skin condition of consumers. The present invention also relates to an instant product recommendation method implemented by the automatic vending system.

In recent years, the types of goods sold by vending machines have become more and more diversified. Compared with physical stores, the sellers of goods can greatly save the cost of space and labor. However, for consumers, if the products in the vending machine are household products that need to be selected according to their own physical constitution, it is difficult for consumers to evaluate which product is suitable for them without service personnel to provide consultation. There may be obstacles to purchasing choices, and the above situation may further cause consumers to buy products that are not suitable for them, and reduce consumers' desire to consume through vending machines.

Therefore, one of the objectives of the present invention is to provide an automatic vending system which can overcome the inconvenience of the prior art. Another object of the present invention is to provide an instant product recommendation method implemented by the automatic vending system.

The automatic vending system of the present invention includes an automatic vending device, a storage unit and a processing unit. The automatic vending equipment is suitable for vending various kinds of products, and includes a display unit and a hand-held skin scanning device suitable for a user to hold and scan the skin on the surface of the human body. The storage unit stores a skin state database and a product database, and the product database includes a plurality of product data corresponding to products of the same type. The processing unit is electrically connected to the display unit, the hand-held skin scanning device and the storage unit. When the processing unit receives a scan result generated by the hand-held skin scanning device, it analyzes the scan result according to the skin condition database to generate a skin condition evaluation result corresponding to the scan result. The processing unit matches the skin condition evaluation result with the product data to generate a matching result related to at least one target product among the types of products, and controls the display unit to display an indication according to the matching result Recommendation results for the at least one target product.

In some implementation aspects of the automatic vending system of the present invention, the matching result is related to a plurality of target products, and includes a plurality of mixing ratio values corresponding to the target products of these categories, and the recommendation result indicates that Such categories of target products. The automatic vending device further includes an input unit electrically connected to the processing unit and used for user operation, and the processing unit controls the display unit to display the recommendation result, and receives an instruction from the input unit indicating acceptance of the recommendation result. After recommending the resulting purchase order and judging that a pair of payment completion conditions for the purchase order are met, the processing unit controls the automatic vending device to output the types of target products in real time according to the mixing ratio values.

In some embodiments of the automatic vending system of the present invention, each product sold by the automatic vending device is in the form of liquid, cream, gel, jelly, lotion, cream or foam. The automatic vending device further includes a plurality of product conveying units electrically connected to the processing unit, and a mixing unit electrically connected to the processing unit and connected to the product conveying units, wherein each product conveying unit is adapted to accommodate the One of the products of the same kind, and can be controlled by the processing unit to output the products contained therein to the mixing unit, and, in the product conveying units, for accommodating the target products of the kind The product conveying units are respectively regarded as a plurality of target product conveying units. After the processing unit receives the purchase instruction from the input unit and determines that the payment completion conditions are met, it firstly controls the target product conveying units to output the types of target products to the mixing unit according to the mixing ratio values. , and then controls the mixing unit to perform a mixing procedure to mix the target products output to the mixing unit into a customized product, and then the processing unit controls the automatic vending device to output the customized product .

In some embodiments of the automatic vending system of the present invention, the automatic vending device further includes a body, and the product conveying units and the mixing unit are disposed in the body, the body has a bearing seat, and A finished product output port located above the carrier and spaced from the carrier, the carrier is suitable for carrying a container, and the finished product output port is suitable for the customized product to be output to the body through itself In addition, when the container is carried on the carrier, the customized product can be output into the container through the product output port.

In some implementation aspects of the automatic vending system of the present invention, the automatic vending device further includes a sterilization unit electrically connected to the processing unit, the sterilization unit defines a sterilization space suitable for accommodating a container, and the sterilization unit The unit can perform a sterilization procedure on the sterilization space under the control of the processing unit.

In some implementation aspects of the automatic vending system of the present invention, the automatic vending device further includes a photographing unit electrically connected to the processing unit. The storage unit also stores a face age estimation model. The processing unit receives, from the photographing unit, a photographing result that is generated by the photographing unit and presents a face, and uses the face age estimation model to analyze the face presented by the photographing result to generate A pair of age estimation results that should be photographed, and the processing unit matches the skin condition estimation result and the age estimation result together with the product data to generate the matching result.

The instant product recommendation method of the present invention is implemented by an automatic vending system suitable for selling multiple types of products. The automatic vending system includes an automatic vending device, a storage unit and a processing unit. The automatic vending device includes A display unit, and a hand-held skin scanning device suitable for a user to hold and scan the skin on the surface of the human body, the storage unit stores a skin state database and a product database, and the product database includes a plurality of Product information for products of the same category. The product recommendation method includes: a skin quality analysis step, when the processing unit receives a scan result generated by the hand-held skin scanning device, analyzes the scan result according to the skin state database to generate a pair of The skin condition assessment result of the scan results; a recommendation step, the processing unit matches the skin condition assessment result with the product data to generate a matching result related to at least one of the target products of the types of products, and controlling the display unit to display a recommendation result indicating the at least one target product according to the matching result.

The effect of the present invention is that: the automatic vending system can firstly analyze the scan result in real time to generate the skin condition evaluation result, and then match the skin condition evaluation result with the product data to generate the matching result, and according to The matching result displays the recommendation result for the user's reference. In this way, the automatic vending system can make a customized real-time recommendation according to the user's skin condition, so as to assist the user to choose the product suitable for him. The inconvenience of the prior art is indeed improved. The present invention can achieve substantial humanized service in an unmanned mode, instantly understand the difference in individual skin texture and skin condition of any part, and instantly generate product formulations required by consumers, thereby solving the skin troubles of consumers.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are designated by the same reference numerals. In addition, the "electrical connection" mentioned in this patent specification generally refers to a wired electrical connection between multiple electronic devices/devices/elements connected through conductive materials, and a radio connection for wireless signal transmission through wireless communication technology. . In addition, the "electrical connection" mentioned in this patent specification also generally refers to the "direct electrical connection" formed by the direct connection between two electronic devices/devices/components, and the two electronic devices/devices/components are also connected through An "indirect electrical connection" formed by connecting other electronic equipment/devices/components.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , a first embodiment of an automatic vending system 1 of the present invention includes an automatic vending device 11 (shown in FIG. 2 ), a storage unit 12 (shown in FIG. 1 ), and an electrical connection to the The automatic vending device 11 and the processing unit 13 of the storage unit 12 (shown in FIG. 1 ).

The automatic vending device 11 is suitable for selling multiple types of products, and, in this embodiment, each product sold by the automatic vending device 11 can be, for example, liquid, cream, or gel. , jelly, lotion, paste or foam. More specifically, each product sold by the automatic vending device 11 may be, for example, used to maintain or clean the skin on the surface of the human body (such as hands, face, head or other parts), that is, the Such products may, for example, include skin products with functions such as moisturizing, whitening, sun protection or anti-acne (such as hand cream, lotion, moisturizing lotion, lotion, facial cleanser, shampoo, etc.), but not This is limited.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the automatic vending device 11 includes a hollow body 111 , a display unit 112 , a photographing unit 113 , an input unit 114 , a sterilizing unit 115 , a plurality of product conveying units 116 , a A mixing unit 117 such as a product delivery unit 116 is connected, and a hand-held skin scanning device 118. The display unit 112 , the photographing unit 113 , the input unit 114 , the disinfection unit 115 , the product delivery units 116 , the mixing unit 117 and the hand-held skin scanning device 118 are respectively connected with each other as shown in FIG. 1 . The processing unit 13 is electrically connected. Moreover, the display unit 112 , the photographing unit 113 , the input unit 114 , the disinfection unit 115 and the hand-held skin scanning device 118 are, for example, disposed on the main body 111 and exposed on the main body 111 as shown in FIG. 2 . On the one hand, the product conveying units 116 and the mixing unit 117 are, for example, disposed inside the main body 111 as shown in FIG. 3 , but not limited thereto.

In more detail, in this embodiment, the display unit 112 is implemented as a display screen, for example. The photographing unit 113 is implemented as a photographing lens, for example, and can be photographed under the control of the processing unit 13 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , the input unit 114 is used for user operation, and has, for example, a button part 141 and a payment part 142 , wherein the button part 141 has a plurality of buttons 143 , and the payment part 142 has, for example, a coin receiving module 144 , a banknote receiving module 145 and a wireless sensing module 146 . The wireless sensor module 146 can be used for, for example, the user to perform sensor payment using an electronic ticket and make payment by mobile payment using an intelligent electronic device, but not limited thereto.

The sterilizing unit 115 defines a sterilizing space 150 suitable for accommodating a container 9 , and the sterilizing unit 115 can perform a sterilizing procedure on the sterilizing space 150 under the control of the processing unit 13 . More specifically, the sterilization unit 115 can be implemented as an ultraviolet sterilization module in this embodiment, and for example has a plurality of ultraviolet lamps (not shown) capable of emitting ultraviolet light toward the sterilization space 150 , That is to say, in this embodiment, the processing unit 13 can control the ultraviolet lamps to continuously emit light for a period of time in the disinfection procedure. However, in other embodiments, the sterilizing unit 115 can also be implemented as an ozone sterilizing module or a heat-baking sterilizing module. Therefore, the actual implementation of the sterilizing unit 115 and the sterilizing procedure is not the same as this implementation. example is limited.

The hand-held skin scanning device 118 is suitable for being held by a user and suitable for scanning the skin on the surface of the human body. More specifically, in the present embodiment, the hand-held skin scanning device 118 may be implemented, for example, as a hand-held skin scanner implemented with a photographic lens, or, in a further preferred embodiment, the hand-held skin scanner The skin scanning device 118 can also be implemented as a hand-held skin optical tomography scanner using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), but it is not limited thereto.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the number of the product conveying units 116 in this embodiment is, for example, three, and, for the convenience of description, it is assumed that the automatic vending device 11 sells three types of products in total (also That is, the products 6A, 6B and 6C shown in FIG. 3 ), but not limited thereto.

The three product conveying units 116 are suitable for accommodating the three products respectively, and each product conveying unit 116 can be controlled by the processing unit 13 to convey the accommodated products to the mixing unit 117 . Specifically, each product conveying unit 116 has, for example, a storage tank 161 , a conveying pipeline 162 connected between the storage tank 161 and the mixing unit 117 , and a conveying pipeline 162 disposed in the conveying pipeline 162 . The guide mechanism 163. The storage tank body 161 defines a storage space 164 for storing products, the conveying pipeline 162 defines a conveying channel 165 , and the diversion mechanism 163 can be controlled by the processing unit 13 to make the storage space 164 . The material space 164 and the conveying channel 165 are communicated or not communicated with each other. More specifically, the guide mechanism 163 has, for example, an on-off valve and a guide motor (not shown). When the on-off valve is controlled by the processing unit 13 to be in an open state, the storage space 164 and the The conveying passages 165 communicate with each other, and when the on-off valve is controlled by the processing unit 13 to be in a closed state, the storage space 164 and the conveying passage 165 are not communicated with each other, and when the on-off valve is in a closed state In the open state, and when the diversion motor is controlled by the processing unit 13 to operate, the diversion mechanism 163 can enable the products stored in the storage tank 161 to pass through the on-off valve from the storage space 164. Enter the conveying channel 165 and be conveyed to the mixing unit 117 via the conveying channel 165 .

It should be added that, since the products contained in the product conveying units 116 may be viscous and difficult to flow, in a similar embodiment, each product conveying unit 116 may also have a plurality of conductors connected in parallel with each other. The flow mechanism 163 and the conveying pipeline 162, that is, there are multiple sets of on-off valves, diversion motors and conveying pipelines 162 connected in parallel with each other. In this way, when the diversion mechanisms 163 of the same product conveying unit 116 operate at the same time , so that the product contained in the product conveying unit 116 can be conveyed to the mixing unit 117 more smoothly. Moreover, in other embodiments, the number of the product conveying units 116 can be freely increased or decreased according to different designs and requirements, but is not limited to this embodiment.

The mixing unit 117 has, for example, a mixing tank 171 , an output pipeline 172 connected to the mixing tank 171 , and a drainage mechanism 173 disposed on the output pipeline 172 . The mixing tank 171 defines a mixing space 174 that communicates with the conveying channels 165 , the output pipeline 172 defines an output channel 175 , and the drainage mechanism 173 can be controlled by the processing unit 13 to make the The mixing space 174 and the output channel 175 are communicated or not communicated with each other. The specific implementation of the drainage mechanism 173 may be similar to the drainage mechanism 163 , so it will not be repeated here.

Through the mixing space 174 , the mixing tank 171 can receive and accommodate the products from the product conveying units 116 , and the mixing unit 117 can also be controlled by the processing unit 13 to perform a mixing procedure. More specifically, in this embodiment, the mixing unit 117 can be implemented as a stirring device, for example, that is, the mixing process is implemented as a stirring process in this embodiment, whereby when the mixing When the unit 117 contains a plurality of kinds of products, the mixing procedure enables the plurality of products in the mixing space 174 to be uniformly mixed. It should be added that, in other embodiments, the mixing unit 117 can also be implemented as an emulsifying device, or other devices with the function of uniformly mixing products. Therefore, the mixing unit 117 and the actual mixing process The implementation aspect is not limited to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the body 111 has a carrier 101 suitable for carrying the container 9 , and a finished product output port 102 located above the carrier 101 and spaced from the carrier 101 . Wherein, the product output port 102 and the output channel 175 are communicated with each other, and when the container 9 is placed on the carrier 101, an opening of the container 9 and the position of the product output port 102 are aligned with each other. Accordingly, when the drainage mechanism 173 is controlled by the processing unit 13 to make the mixing space 174 and the output channel 175 communicate with each other, the drainage mechanism 173 can make the product in the mixing tank 171 drain from the mixing tank 171 . The mixing space 174 enters the output channel 175 through the drainage mechanism 173 , and is output from the product output port 102 to the outside of the body 111 through the output channel 175 , and flows into the container 9 .

The storage unit 12 stores a skin condition database D1, a product database D2 and a face age estimation model D3.

The skin condition database D1 includes, for example, multiple pieces of skin condition data, and each piece of skin condition data includes, for example, a skin image data, a pair of skin part data corresponding to the skin image data, and a pair of skin feature data corresponding to the skin image data. Specifically, the skin image data is, for example, an image or photo showing a skin scan result, and the skin part data, for example, indicates which part of the human body the skin shown by the corresponding skin image data belongs to (for example, hand, face, head or other parts), and the skin feature data indicates, for example, which skin features (such as dryness, dullness, sunburn, roughness, peeling, etc.), whereby the skin state database D1 can be used for the processing unit 13 to identify which part of the human body the skin in other skin image data belongs to and what skin characteristics it has, but this is not the case. limit.

The product database D2 includes, for example, a plurality of product data corresponding to the product of the corresponding type (there are three types in this embodiment, but not limited thereto), and each product data, for example, indicates the product data of the corresponding type of product. Name, place of origin, ingredients, price, main function, applicable body part, applicable age range, applicable skin type, unsuitable skin type, etc. In other words, each product information is equivalent to the corresponding type of product. Product characteristic information, but not limited thereto.

The face age estimation model D3 may be trained by, for example, machine learning, and, in a preferred embodiment, the face age estimation model D3 is trained by, for example, deep learning A neural network-like model can be used for the processing unit 13 to identify images showing a human face, and to estimate the age of the human face.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 12 can be implemented as a memory built in the automatic vending device 11 , and the processing unit 13 can be implemented as a built-in automatic vending device 11 , for example processor. That is to say, in this embodiment, the storage unit 12 and the processing unit 13 may be included in the automatic vending device 11, for example. However, in another embodiment, the processing unit 13 may also include, for example, a processor of the automatic vending device 11 and a processor of a cloud server (not shown in the figure), and the storage unit 12 may For example, the memory is implemented as the cloud server, and, in another embodiment, the vending device 11 and the cloud server can communicate with each other, for example, through a communication network (such as the Internet), so as to realize The operation mode of cloud computing, therefore, the actual implementation of the storage unit 12 and the processing unit 13 is not limited to this embodiment. On the other hand, the actual implementation of the display unit 112 , the photographing unit 113 , the input unit 114 , the disinfection unit 115 and the hand-held skin scanning device 118 and the configuration in FIG. 2 are only for example For illustration, but not for limiting the scope of implementation of the present invention, for example, in other embodiments, the button portion 141 of the display unit 112 and the input unit 114 can also be replaced by a touch screen, but not in this implementation. example is limited.

Referring to FIG. 4 in conjunction with FIGS. 1 to 3 , the following exemplarily describes in detail how the automatic vending system 1 of the present embodiment implements a method for instant product recommendation.

First, in a skin condition analysis step S1 , when the processing unit 13 receives a scan result generated by the hand-held skin scanning device 118 , according to the skin condition data in the skin condition database D1 The scan results are analyzed to produce a skin condition assessment that should be scanned. Specifically, the scan result may be generated by the hand-held skin scanning device 118 according to a user's operation, for example. Moreover, in this embodiment, the skin condition evaluation result includes, for example, a part analysis result and a skin quality analysis result. The part analysis result, for example, indicates which part of the human body the skin presented by the scan result belongs to (for example, the face, scalp, hand, or other parts of the human body), and the skin texture analysis result, for example, indicates What are the skin characteristics of the skin presented by the scan result, but not limited thereto.

And, in an age estimation step S2, the processing unit 13 controls the photographing unit 113 to photograph, and receives from the photographing unit 113 a photographing result generated by the photographing unit 113 and showing a face, and then , the processing unit 13 uses the face age estimation model D3 to perform real-time analysis on the face presented by the photographing result, so as to generate a pair of age estimation results corresponding to the photographing result. More specifically, in this embodiment, the processing unit 13 may, for example, firstly control the display unit 112 to display a photographing prompt message, so as to prompt the user to face the photographing unit 113 and place the face on the photographing unit 113 . Within the photographing range, the processing unit 13 then controls the photographing unit 113 to photograph to obtain the photographing result showing the face of the user, and the estimated age result, for example, indicates the estimated age of the user. age value (eg 25), but not limited to this.

In addition, it should be added that, as shown in FIG. 4 , the skin quality analysis step S1 and the age estimation step S2 are not limited in order of execution.

Next, in a matching step S3 following the skin condition analysis step S1 and the age estimation step S2, the processing unit 13 combines the skin condition assessment result and the age estimation result with the products in the product database D2 The product data is matched to instantly generate a matching result related to a plurality of target products of the kinds of products. More specifically, the matching result includes, for example, the product data corresponding to the target products of the same category, and a plurality of mixing ratio values corresponding to the target products of the category.

In order to facilitate the illustration of this embodiment, the three products accommodated by the three product delivery units 116 are exemplified as a moisturizing product 6A, a whitening product 6B and a primary antibody shown in FIG. 3 , respectively. Acne Products 6C.

For example, assuming that in the skin quality analysis step S1, the skin quality analysis result of the skin condition evaluation result indicates two skin quality characteristics of "dry" and "dull", then in the matching step S3, the processing The unit 13 selects, for example, the moisturizing product 6A and the whitening product 6B as the two target products in this embodiment, respectively, and the two product delivery units 116 that accommodate the moisturizing product 6A and the whitening product 6B respectively serve as Two target product delivery units 116' in this embodiment. In addition, the matching result includes, for example, the two product data corresponding to the moisturizing product 6A and the whitening product 6B, respectively, and two mixing ratio values (for example, 40% and 60% respectively corresponding to the moisturizing product 6A and the whitening product 6B). %). It should be added that, in an actual implementation, the processing unit 13 may select only one target product according to the different results of the skin quality analysis, but is not limited to the foregoing examples.

Next, in a recommendation step S4 following the matching step S3, the processing unit 13 controls the display unit 112 to display a recommendation result indicating the target products of the categories according to the matching result. Continuing with the previous example, the recommendation result may, for example, indicate the two product information corresponding to the moisturizing product 6A and the whitening product 6B, the two mixing ratio values (take 40% and 60% as an example), and a suggested selling price For the user's reference, so as to achieve the effect of customized real-time recommendation, but not limited to this.

Next, in a transaction confirmation step S5 following the recommending step S4, when the processing unit 13 receives a purchase instruction indicating acceptance of the recommendation result from the input unit 114, it controls the display unit 112 to display a payment reminder notice, To prompt the user to make payment through the payment part 142 of the input unit 114 . And, when the processing unit 13 determines that a pair of payment completion conditions for the purchase instruction are met, the flow proceeds to the next step. More specifically, the purchase instruction is, for example, generated by the input unit 114 according to the operation of the user, and the payment completion condition, for example, means that the processing unit 13 determines that the payment part 142 of the input unit 114 has received a The full amount corresponding to the suggested selling price indicated by the recommendation result (for example, the amount paid by the user through cash, e-ticket or mobile payment).

Next, in a disinfection step S6 following the transaction confirmation step S5, the processing unit 13 controls the display unit 112 to display a disinfection prompt notification to prompt the user to place the container 9 prepared by him in the disinfection space within 150. And, when the processing unit 13 receives a disinfection procedure start instruction generated according to the user's operation from the input unit 114, the processing unit 13 controls the disinfection unit 115 to perform the disinfection procedure on the disinfection space 150, so as to The effect of sterilizing the container 9 is achieved.

Next, in a product output step S7 following the sterilization step S6, the processing unit 13 controls the automatic vending device 11 to output the types of target products according to the mixing ratio values.

More specifically, the processing unit 13, for example, firstly controls the display unit 112 to display a product output notification to prompt the user to place the sterilized container 9 on the carrier 101 of the main body 111 as shown in FIG. 2 . superior. Next, when the processing unit 13 receives a product output start command generated according to the user's operation from the input unit 114, the processing unit 13 firstly controls the target product conveying units 116 according to the mixing ratio values. 'Output these kinds of target products to the mixing unit 117, and then control the mixing unit 117 to perform the mixing process, so as to mix the target products outputted to the mixing unit 117 into a customized product. Then, the processing unit 13 controls the operation of the drainage mechanism 173 of the mixing unit 117 , so that the customized product passes through the output channel 175 from the mixing space 174 and is output from the product output port 102 . In addition, when the container 9 is carried on the carrier 101 , the customized product can flow into the container 9 through the product output port 102 .

Continuing the previous example, when the processing unit 13 receives the product output start command, it will immediately control the two target product conveying units 116 ′ respectively according to the two mixing ratio values (for example, 40% and 60%). Send a quantitative amount of the moisturizing product 6A and the whitening product 6B to the mixing unit 117, and then control the mixing unit 117 to perform the mixing procedure, thereby mixing 40% of the moisturizing product 6A and 60% of the whitening product 6B. of the customized product, but not limited to this. Thereby, the automatic vending system 1 of this embodiment can achieve the effects of real-time analysis of the user's skin condition, real-time output of recommendation results according to the user's skin condition, and real-time deployment and output of customized products according to the user's skin condition.

In particular, the “products” described in this embodiment (such as products 6A, 6B and 6C shown in FIG. 3 ) refer to the raw materials used to be mixed into customized products. The "product" mentioned above can be understood as "raw material", "material" or "semi-finished product". However, it should be understood that if there is only one target product selected by the processing unit 13 in step S1, the target product selected by the processing unit 13 can be directly provided to the user without mixing. the final product.

The above is an exemplary description of the instant product recommendation method of this embodiment.

It should be added that, in a simplified implementation form similar to this embodiment, the age estimation step S2 in the instant product recommendation method can be omitted, that is, in the matching step S3, the processing unit 13 also The matching results may be generated by simply matching the skin condition assessment results with the product profiles. In addition, the automatic vending device 11 can also be implemented in an aspect that does not include the sterilizing unit 115 , that is, the sterilizing step S6 in the instant product recommendation method can also be omitted.

In a second embodiment of the automatic vending system 1 of the present invention, the automatic vending device 11 may further store a plurality of packaging containers (not shown in the figure), and the method for instant product recommendation in the second embodiment Among them, the customized finished product may be loaded into one of the packaging containers after the inside of the automatic vending device 11 , and then output together with the packaging container to the outside of the automatic vending device 11 .

In a third embodiment of the automatic vending system 1 of the present invention, each product sold by the automatic vending device 11 is, for example, a packaged product. In other words, different from the first embodiment, The "product" described in the third embodiment refers exclusively to the final product that can be directly provided to the user. In this way, in the third embodiment, the automatic vending device 11 can be implemented without the mixing unit 117 and the sterilizing unit 115 , and the structure of the product conveying units 116 is also the same as that in the first embodiment. Different, however, the specific structures of the product conveying units 116 in the third embodiment are not the focus of this patent specification, so they will not be described in detail here.

To sum up, the automatic vending system 1 can first analyze the scan result to generate the skin condition evaluation result, analyze the photographing result showing a human face to generate the age estimation result, and then analyze the skin condition evaluation result. The condition evaluation result and the age estimation result are matched with the product data to generate the matching result, and the recommended result is displayed for the user's reference according to the matching result. In this way, the automatic vending system 1 can The user's skin condition and age can be used for real-time and customized recommendation and sales, and it can avoid outputting customized products that are not suitable for the user's age, resulting in excessive or insufficient effect of customized products. Therefore, the The automatic vending system 1 can indeed effectively assist the user to choose a product suitable for him, and can indeed achieve the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the application for patent of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. within the scope of the invention patent.

1: Automatic vending system 11: Vending equipment 12: Storage unit 13: Processing unit 111: Ontology 112: Display unit 113: Shooting unit 114: Input unit 115: Disinfection unit 116: Product delivery unit 116': Target product delivery unit 117: Mixing Unit 118: Handheld Skin Scanning Device 101: Bearing seat 102: Finished product output port 141: Button section 142: Collection section 143: Button 144: Coin Acceptance Module 145: Banknote receiving module 146: Wireless sensor module 150: Disinfect the space 161: Storage tank body 162: Delivery pipeline 163: Diversion mechanism 164: Storage space 165: Delivery channel 171: Mixing tank 172: Output pipeline 173: Drainage mechanism 174: Mixed Space 175: output channel 6A: Moisturizers 6B: Whitening products 6C: Anti-Acne Products 9: Container D1: Skin Status Database D2: Product Library D3: face age estimation model S1: skin quality analysis step S2: Age estimation step S3: Matching step S4: Recommended steps S5: Transaction Confirmation Step S6: Disinfection step S7: Product output steps

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: 1 is a schematic block diagram of a hardware block of a first embodiment of an automatic vending system of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram exemplarily illustrating an automatic vending device of the first embodiment; FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional schematic diagram exemplarily illustrating a plurality of product conveying units and a mixing unit inside the vending equipment; and FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating how the first embodiment implements a method for instant product recommendation.

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111: Ontology

112: Display unit

113: Shooting unit

114: Input unit

115: Disinfection unit

118: Handheld Skin Scanning Device

101: Bearing seat

102: Finished product output port

141: Button section

142: Collection section

143: Button

144: Coin Acceptance Module

145: Banknote receiving module

146: Wireless sensor module

150: Disinfect the space

9: Container

Claims (11)

An automatic vending system comprising: an automatic vending device suitable for vending various types of products, and comprising a display unit, and a hand-held skin scanning device suitable for a user to hold and scan the skin on the surface of the human body; a storage unit, storing a skin state database and a product database, and the product database includes a plurality of product data corresponding to products of the same type; and A processing unit electrically connected to the display unit, the handheld skin scanning device and the storage unit, wherein: When the processing unit receives a scan result generated by the hand-held skin scanning device, analyzes the scan result according to the skin condition database to generate a skin condition assessment result corresponding to the scan result; and The processing unit matches the skin condition evaluation result with the product data to generate a matching result related to at least one target product among the types of products, and controls the display unit to display an indication according to the matching result Recommendation results for the at least one target product. The vending system of claim 1, wherein: The matching result is related to a plurality of target products, and includes a plurality of mixing ratio values corresponding to the target products of the categories, and the recommendation result indicates the target products of the categories; and The automatic vending device further includes an input unit electrically connected to the processing unit and used for user operation, and the processing unit controls the display unit to display the recommendation result, and receives an instruction from the input unit indicating acceptance of the recommendation result. After recommending the resulting purchase order and judging that a pair of payment completion conditions for the purchase order are met, the processing unit controls the automatic vending device to output the types of target products in real time according to the mixing ratio values. The vending system of claim 2, wherein: Each product sold by the automatic vending equipment is in the form of a liquid, cream, gel, jelly, lotion, cream or foam; The automatic vending device further includes a plurality of product conveying units electrically connected to the processing unit, and a mixing unit electrically connected to the processing unit and connected to the product conveying units, wherein each product conveying unit is adapted to accommodate the One of the products of the same kind, and can be controlled by the processing unit to output the products contained therein to the mixing unit, and, in the product conveying units, for accommodating the target products of the kind The product conveying units are respectively regarded as a plurality of target product conveying units; After the processing unit receives the purchase instruction from the input unit and determines that the payment completion conditions are met, it firstly controls the target product conveying units to output the types of target products to the mixing unit according to the mixing ratio values. , and then controls the mixing unit to perform a mixing procedure to mix the target products output to the mixing unit into a customized product, and then the processing unit controls the automatic vending device to output the customized product . The automatic vending system according to claim 3, wherein the automatic vending device further comprises a body, and the product conveying units and the mixing unit are disposed in the body, the body has a bearing seat, and A finished product output port located above the carrier and spaced from the carrier, the carrier is suitable for carrying a container, and the finished product output port is suitable for the customized product to be output to the body through itself In addition, when the container is carried on the carrier, the customized product can be output into the container through the product output port. The automatic vending system according to claim 1, wherein the automatic vending device further comprises a sterilization unit electrically connected to the processing unit, the sterilization unit defines a sterilization space suitable for accommodating a container, and the sterilization unit The unit can perform a sterilization procedure on the sterilization space under the control of the processing unit. The vending system of claim 1, wherein: The automatic vending equipment further includes a photographing unit electrically connected to the processing unit; The storage unit also stores a face age estimation model; and The processing unit receives, from the photographing unit, a photographing result that is generated by the photographing unit and presents a face, and uses the face age estimation model to analyze the face presented by the photographing result to generate A pair of age estimation results that should be photographed, and the processing unit matches the skin condition estimation result and the age estimation result together with the product data to generate the matching result. A real-time product recommendation method is implemented by an automatic vending system suitable for selling multiple types of products, the automatic vending system includes an automatic vending device, a storage unit and a processing unit, and the automatic vending device includes A display unit, and a hand-held skin scanning device suitable for a user to hold and scan the skin on the surface of the human body, the storage unit stores a skin state database and a product database, and the product database includes a plurality of Product information corresponding to the product of the same category; the instant recommendation method for the product includes: a skin quality analysis step, when the processing unit receives a scan result generated by the hand-held skin scanning device, analyzes the scan result according to the skin condition database to generate a pair of skin conditions corresponding to the scan result the results of the assessment; and In a recommending step, the processing unit matches the skin condition evaluation result with the product data to generate a matching result related to at least one target product among the types of products, and controls the display unit according to the matching result A recommendation result indicating the at least one target product is displayed. The instant product recommendation method according to claim 7, wherein: The automatic vending device further includes an input unit for user operation; In the recommending step, the matching result is related to a plurality of target products, and includes a plurality of mixing ratio values corresponding to the target products of the categories, and the recommendation result indicates the target products of the categories; and The instant product recommendation method further includes a product output step after the recommendation step: the processing unit receives a purchase instruction from the input unit indicating acceptance of the recommendation result, and judges that the payment for the purchase instruction is completed After the conditions are met, the processing unit controls the automatic vending device to output the target products of the types in real time according to the mixing ratio values. The instant product recommendation method according to claim 8, wherein: Each product sold by the automatic vending equipment is in the form of a liquid, cream, gel, jelly, lotion, cream or foam; The automatic vending device further includes a plurality of product conveying units electrically connected to the processing unit, and a mixing unit electrically connected to the processing unit and connected to the product conveying units, wherein each product conveying unit is adapted to accommodate the One of the products of the same kind, and can be controlled by the processing unit to output the products contained therein to the mixing unit, and, in the product conveying units, for accommodating the target products of the kind The product conveying units are respectively regarded as a plurality of target product conveying units; In the product output step, after the processing unit receives the purchase instruction from the input unit and determines that the payment completion condition is met, it firstly controls the target product delivery units to output the types according to the mixing ratio values. The target product is sent to the mixing unit, and then the mixing unit is controlled to perform a mixing process to mix the target products output to the mixing unit into a customized product, and then the processing unit controls the automatic vending The device outputs the customized product. The instant product recommendation method according to claim 7, wherein the automatic vending device further comprises a sterilization unit electrically connected to the processing unit, the sterilization unit defines a sterilization space suitable for accommodating a container, and the product is instant The recommended method further includes a sterilizing step: the processing unit controls the sterilizing unit to perform a sterilizing procedure on the sterilizing space. The instant product recommendation method according to claim 7, wherein: The automatic vending equipment further includes a photographing unit electrically connected to the processing unit, and the storage unit also stores a face age estimation model; The real-time product recommendation method further includes an age estimation step: the processing unit receives, from the photographing unit, a photographing result that is generated by photographing by the photographing unit and presents a face, and uses the face age estimation model for the photographing result. The faces presented in the shooting results are analyzed to generate a pair of age estimation results that should be taken in the shooting results; In the recommending step, the processing unit matches the skin condition evaluation result and the age estimation result together with the product data to generate the matching result.

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