CN108491743B - Settlement device and control method thereof - Google Patents

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CN108491743B
CN108491743B CN201810077214.7A CN201810077214A CN108491743B CN 108491743 B CN108491743 B CN 108491743B CN 201810077214 A CN201810077214 A CN 201810077214A CN 108491743 B CN108491743 B CN 108491743B
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Abstract

The embodiment of the specification provides a settlement device and a control method thereof. The device includes: the device comprises a shell, wherein a containing box with an opening at the upper end is arranged in the shell, a cover plate capable of opening and closing the opening is arranged on the shell, and when the cover plate closes the opening, the containing box forms a closed space; the cover plate and the shell are made of metal materials, so that the closed space is an electromagnetic shielding space; the RFID reading unit comprises an RFID reader and an RFID antenna which are connected with each other, the RFID antenna is arranged on the inner wall of a closed space formed by the containing box, and the RFID reader reads the RFID label of the commodity to be settled through the RFID antenna; the decoder is used for decoding the anti-theft label of the article to be settled and is arranged on the inner wall of the closed space formed by the containing box; the controller is connected with the RFID reading unit and the decoder and is used for controlling the RFID reading unit to read the RFID tags and providing settlement information according to the reading result; and controlling a decoder to decode the anti-theft tag according to the payment operation of the user on the settlement information.

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Settlement device and control method thereof
Technical Field
The embodiment of the specification relates to the technical field of electronic payment and decoding, in particular to a settlement device and a control method thereof.
Background
With the development of economy and the improvement of living standard of people, people often choose to go to shops to buy daily life, office supplies and the like. For example, people go to a supermarket convenience store to buy food, stationery, and the like, go to a shopping mall to buy clothes, cosmetics, and the like, go to a bookstore to buy books, and the like.
Currently, most stores have merchandise tags and security tags placed on the merchandise. The commodity label may be used to settle the amount of the commodity, and may be a barcode, a radio frequency identification RFID signal, or the like. The anti-theft tag can be used for preventing theft and can be taken away from a shop after being decoded, and generally can be a resonant loop tag or an acoustic magnetic tag. At present, when the commodity of a store is settled, staff are often required to scan commodity labels and anti-theft labels in sequence, decoding is required while the commodity amount is settled, the settlement operation is complex, and the condition of false scanning or missed scanning is easy to occur. Meanwhile, when the number of consumers in the store is large or the number of the commodities selected by the consumers is large, the consumers often need to queue and wait for a long time to finish the settlement of the commodities selected by the consumers. In addition, the automatic settlement machine can realize unmanned selling, but the current automatic settlement machine can only settle accounts of commodities, when the decoding of the anti-theft label is needed to be realized, the decoding of the anti-theft label is needed to be carried out after the commodities are taken out of the automatic settlement machine. Accordingly, there is a need to provide a more efficient method for consumers in stores to conveniently and quickly complete the settlement of their selected items.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a settlement apparatus and a control method thereof, in which a radio frequency identification reading unit and a decoder are disposed in a container in an electronic shielding space, so as to quickly and accurately read an RFID tag and an anti-theft tag of an article to be settled in the container, improve the settlement efficiency of a user during shopping, avoid the situation of order evasion, and ensure the ordered operation of stores.
The embodiment of the specification is realized by the following steps:
a settlement apparatus comprising:
the device comprises a shell, wherein a containing box with an opening at the upper end is arranged in the shell and used for containing articles to be settled, a cover plate capable of opening and closing the opening is arranged on the shell, and when the cover plate closes the opening, the containing box forms a closed space; the cover plate and the shell are made of metal materials, so that the closed space is an electromagnetic shielding space;
the RFID reading unit comprises an RFID reader and an RFID antenna which are connected with each other, the RFID antenna is arranged on the inner wall of a closed space formed by the containing box, and the RFID reader reads the RFID label of the commodity to be settled through the RFID antenna;
the decoder is used for decoding the anti-theft tag of the article to be settled and is arranged on the inner wall of the closed space formed by the containing box;
the controller is connected with the RFID reading unit and the decoder and is used for controlling the RFID reading unit to read the RFID tag and providing settlement information according to the reading result; and the decoder is controlled to decode the anti-theft tag according to the payment operation of the user on the settlement information.
A method of controlling the above settlement apparatus, comprising:
moving the cover plate to close the opening of the accommodating box;
controlling an RFID reader to read the RFID tag of the article to be settled through the RFID antenna, and providing settlement information according to the reading result;
responding to the payment operation of the user on the settlement information, and controlling a decoder to decode the anti-theft tag of the item to be settled;
and moving the cover plate to open the opening of the accommodating box.
As can be seen from the above, in one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the RFID antenna may be disposed on the inner wall of the electromagnetic shielding space formed by the accommodating box, so that the controller may control the RFID reader to comprehensively, quickly and accurately read the RFID tag of the commodity to be settled in the accommodating box through the RFID antenna, avoid the condition of missed reading and misreading, provide settlement information according to the reading result, and control the decoder to decode the anti-theft tag after the user performs payment operation on the settlement information. Meanwhile, a corresponding detector is arranged at the entrance and exit of the shop, and a label signal of an undecoded anti-theft label appearing in a detection area of the detector is detected; when the label signal of the undecoded anti-theft label is detected in the detection area of the detector, alarm information is sent out, the conditions of order escaping and the like can be avoided, and the ordered operation of shops is ensured.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a settlement device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a settlement device provided in the present specification;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control unit of a settlement device provided in the present specification;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a settlement device provided in the present specification;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a settlement device provided in the present specification;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a settlement device provided in the present specification;
FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a settlement device provided in the present specification;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a control unit of a settlement device provided in the present specification;
fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a settlement control method of a settlement device provided in the present specification.
Detailed Description
The embodiment of the specification provides a settlement device and a control method thereof.
In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions in the present specification, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present specification will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present specification, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present specification, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present specification without any creative effort shall fall within the protection scope of the present specification.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a settlement device provided in the present specification. The settlement apparatus may include:
the account settlement device comprises a housing 100, wherein a containing box 110 with an open upper end is arranged in the housing 100, the containing box 110 can be used for containing an article to be settled, a cover plate 120 capable of opening and closing the opening is arranged on the housing 100, and specifically, a schematic view that the opening of the containing box 110 is not closed by the cover plate 120 is shown in fig. 1.
Further, as shown in fig. 2, when the cover plate 120 closes the opening, the accommodating case 110 forms a closed space; the constituent materials of the cover plate 120 and the case 100 include a metal material so that the closed space is an electromagnetic shielding space.
Specifically, the shape of the cover plate 120 in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include, but is not limited to, a single integral plate as shown in fig. 1 and 2, and may also include a shape, for example, consisting of at least two folded plates. In addition, a shield plate of the cover plate 120 may be provided on the case to protect the cover plate 120. In addition, the metal material in the material composing the cover plate 120 and the housing 110 may include, but is not limited to, metal materials such as copper, lead, aluminum, and the like, and may also include other metal materials such as alloys and the like, and the four side walls and the bottom wall of the cover plate 120 and the housing 110 may be made of different materials. For example, the lower wall of the case body 110 may be a steel plate, the four side walls of the case body 110 may be aluminum plates, and the cover plate 120 is composed of two glass plates and a wire net sandwiched between the two glass plates, so that a user can observe the state of the contents of the receiving box 110.
Further, as shown in fig. 1, the settlement apparatus may include: an RFID (Radio frequency identification) reading unit, which includes an RFID antenna 1301 and an RFID reader 1302 connected to each other, wherein the RFID antenna 1301 is disposed on an inner wall of a closed space formed by the accommodating box 120, and the RFID reader 1302 reads an RFID tag of the goods to be settled through the RFID antenna 1301.
Further, as shown in fig. 1, the settlement apparatus may include: the decoder 140 may be configured to decode the security tag of the item to be settled, and the decoder 140 is disposed on an inner wall of the closed space formed by the accommodating box 110.
In a particular embodiment, when the anti-theft tag is an acousto-magnetic tag, the decoder may comprise an acousto-magnetic decoder. Correspondingly, the decoding process of the anti-theft tag of the item to be settled may include a demagnetization process of the acoustic magnetic tag of the item to be settled.
In another specific embodiment, when the security tag is a resonant tank tag, the decoder may comprise a radio frequency decoder. Correspondingly, the decoding process of the anti-theft tag of the item to be settled may include performing a frequency interference process on a resonant loop tag of the item to be settled.
Specifically, in the case where the receiving box 110 forms a closed space when the cover 120 closes the opening of the receiving box 110, the inner wall of the closed space may include four inner side walls, a bottom wall, and a top wall (i.e., a surface of the cover corresponding to the receiving box 110 when the cover closes the opening of the receiving box 110). Accordingly, the RFID antenna 1301 and the decoder 140 may be disposed on a surface of the cover plate corresponding to the accommodating case 110 when the opening of the accommodating case 110 is closed. In addition, in practical applications, the RFID antenna 1301 and the decoder 140 may be one or more. In addition, when the RFID antenna 1301 and the decoder 140 include a plurality of antennas, the RFID antenna 1301 may better read an RFID tag, and the decoder 140 may better read an anti-theft tag. In addition, when a certain inner wall of the closed space has a size sufficient to simultaneously dispose the RFID antenna 1301 and the decoder 140, the RFID antenna 1301 and the decoder 140 may be disposed on the same inner wall of the closed space formed by the accommodating case 110.
Further, the settlement apparatus may include: a controller connected to the RFID reading unit and the decoder 140, and configured to control the RFID reading unit to read the RFID tag and provide settlement information according to the reading result; and the decoder can be used for controlling the decoder to decode the anti-theft tag according to the payment operation of the user on the settlement information. (the controller is not shown in fig. 1).
Further, the settlement apparatus may further include: a detector operable to detect a tag signal of an undecoded security tag present within a detection zone of the detector; when the label signal of the undecoded anti-theft label is detected in the detection area of the detector, alarm information is sent out to avoid the conditions of ticket evasion and the like. In particular, the location at which the detector is placed may include, but is not limited to, the doorway of a store.
Specifically, the detectors correspond to respective security tags. In a specific embodiment, when the anti-theft tag is an acousto-magnetic tag, the detector may include a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter emitting a radio frequency (about 58kHz) pulsed signal to activate the acousto-magnetic tag within the monitored area. At the end of the pulse, the acousto-magnetic tag will respond by emitting a single radio frequency signal like a tuning fork. When the transmitter is turned off during the pauses in the pulses, the acousto-magnetic tag signal can be detected by the receiver. The receiver checks the detected signal to ensure that it has the correct frequency, is time synchronized with the transmitter, has the proper signal level, and has the correct repetition rate. If all these criteria are met, an alarm is raised. Correspondingly, after the acousto-magnetic label of the article to be settled is demagnetized, the transmitter sends a radio frequency (58kHz) pulse signal, and the demagnetized acousto-magnetic label cannot be activated. When the transmitter is off during the pauses in the pulses, the receiver cannot detect the acousto-magnetic tag signal and the user can leave the store with the purchased items.
In another specific embodiment, the detector corresponds to a corresponding anti-theft tag, and when the anti-theft tag is a resonant-loop tag, the detector may include a transmitter and a receiver, and a stable electric field is formed between the transmitter and the receiver by a modulated wave having a center frequency of 8.2MHz and a sweep width of about 1 MHz. When a resonant circuit tag (with the frequency of 8.2MHz) consisting of an inductor and a capacitor enters the electric field, an inductor coil of the resonant circuit senses electric waves and resonates at a resonant point, so that the electric field changes instantaneously, and the change is detected by a receiver and an alarm is given. Correspondingly, when the resonant circuit of the article to be settled enters the electric field after frequency interference processing, the inductance coil of the resonant circuit cannot resonate at the resonant point even sensing electric waves, the electric field is not changed, the receiver cannot give an alarm, and a user can leave a shop with the purchased article.
As shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a control unit of a settlement device provided in this specification. Specifically, the settlement apparatus may include the above-described RFID reading unit 130, the decoder 140, and the controller 150. Further, the settlement apparatus may further include: the cover plate driving device 160, the cover plate driving device 160 is connected to the controller 150, and the controller 150 may be configured to control the cover plate driving device 160 to drive the cover plate 120 to open or close the opening of the accommodating box 110.
Specifically, the cover driving device 160 for driving the cover 120 in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be implemented by various mechanical structures. In one specific embodiment, the cover driving means 160 may be a robot arm 1601 in the settlement apparatus shown in fig. 4, so that the cover 120 may close the accommodating case 110 following the movement of the robot arm. In addition, it should be noted that the cover driving device in the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the above form, and in practical applications, the cover driving device may also include a form of a motor and a slide rail, and during the driving process, the cover 120 may slide along the slide rail under the driving of the motor, so as to close the accommodating box 110.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the settlement apparatus may further include: a first instruction receiving unit 170, where the first instruction receiving unit 170 is connected to the controller 150, and the first instruction receiving unit 170 may be configured to receive a cover plate moving operation instruction of a user; the controller 150 may be configured to control the cover plate 120 to open or close the opening of the accommodating box 110 according to the cover plate moving operation command.
In practical applications, the controller 150 may control the cover driving device 160 to drive the opening of the accommodating box 110 according to the cover moving operation command. Specifically, the first instruction receiving unit 170 may include an entity button or an entity touch device. The user can trigger the cover plate moving operation instruction by pressing a button or clicking a touch device and the like.
Specifically, the cover moving operation command may include a cover opening operation command and a cover closing operation command.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the settlement apparatus may further include: an article detection unit 180, wherein the article detection unit 180 is connected to the controller 150, and the article detection unit 180 can be used to detect the change of the article to be settled in the accommodating box 110; accordingly, the controller 150 may be configured to control the cover plate 120 to open or close the opening of the accommodating box 110 according to the detection result.
Specifically, the controller 150 may be configured to control the cover driving device 160 to drive the cover 120 to open or close the opening of the accommodating box 110 according to the detection result.
In a particular embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the item detection unit 180 may include an infrared detection block 1801. Specifically, the infrared detection block 1801 may include one or more sets of infrared emitters and receivers, where an emitter may be configured to emit infrared rays, and a receiver may be configured to receive infrared rays emitted by a corresponding emitter. When an article is moved into the accommodating box 110, the infrared rays are blocked, so that a part of the receivers cannot receive the corresponding infrared rays. Accordingly, it is possible to detect whether or not an article is moved into the receiving box 110 by the blocking condition of the infrared rays, and to judge whether or not the user has completed moving the article to be settled into the receiving box 110 according to the blocking time interval. As shown in fig. 5, the infrared detection frame 1801 may be disposed at an opening of the accommodating box 110. However, fig. 5 is merely an example, and the infrared detection block 1801 may be disposed at other positions such as the bottom of the accommodating box 110.
In another specific embodiment, the item detection unit 180 may include a pressure sensor 1802, and the pressure sensor 1802 is disposed at the bottom of the receiving box. Specifically, when an article is moved into the accommodating box 110, the pressure sensor detects the pressure of the article, and can determine whether the article is moved into the accommodating box 110 by detecting the pressure, and at the same time, can determine whether the user has completed moving the article to be settled into the accommodating box 110 according to the change condition of the pressure in the moving time.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the settlement apparatus may further include a display 190. The display 190 is connected to the controller 150 and may be used to display the settlement information acquired by the controller 150 so that the user can perform a payment operation based on the settlement information.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the settlement apparatus may further include an image pickup device 200. The image pickup apparatus 200 is connected to the controller 150 and can be used to photograph identification information of a user. And the controller 150 may transmit the identification information photographed by the photographing apparatus 200 to the server, so that the server searches account information of the corresponding user according to the identification information and completes payment according to the account information and the settlement information, thereby increasing the settlement speed of the goods to be settled and improving user experience. The identification information may include: user's identity document, face information, fingerprint information, two-dimensional code identification information etc..
As can be seen from the above embodiments, the settlement device provided in the embodiments of the present specification can set the RFID antenna on the inner wall of the electromagnetic shielding space formed by the accommodating box, so that the controller can control the RFID reader to comprehensively, quickly, and accurately read the RFID tag of the commodity to be settled in the accommodating box through the RFID antenna, avoid the condition of missed reading and misreading, provide the settlement information according to the reading result, and control the decoder to decode the anti-theft tag after the user performs the payment operation on the settlement information. Meanwhile, a corresponding detector is arranged at the entrance and exit of the shop, and a label signal of an undecoded anti-theft label appearing in a detection area of the detector is detected; when the label signal of the undecoded anti-theft label is detected in the detection area of the detector, alarm information is sent out, the conditions of order escaping and the like can be avoided, and the ordered operation of shops is ensured.
Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of a settlement device provided in the present specification. The settlement apparatus may include:
the account settlement device comprises a housing 100, wherein a containing box 110 with an open upper end is arranged in the housing 100, the containing box 110 can be used for containing an article to be settled, a cover plate 120 capable of opening and closing the opening is arranged on the housing 100, and specifically, a schematic view that the opening of the containing box 110 is not closed by the cover plate 120 is shown in fig. 1.
Further, when the cover plate 120 closes the opening, the accommodating box 110 forms a closed space; the constituent materials of the cover plate 120 and the case 100 include a metal material so that the closed space is an electromagnetic shielding space.
Further, as shown in fig. 6, the bottom of the accommodating box 110 is a lifting platform 1101, the settlement apparatus further includes a lifting platform driving device 1102, and the controller 150 is configured to control the lifting platform driving device 1102 to drive the lifting platform 1101 to move vertically in the housing 100. Specifically, when the cover 120 at the opening of the accommodating box 110 is opened, the initial position of the lifting platform 1101 is as shown in fig. 7, and the controller 150 may control the lifting platform driving device 1102 to drive the lifting platform 1101 to move vertically in the housing 100 to the position shown in fig. 6.
Specifically, the lifting table driving device 1102 may be implemented by various mechanical structures. For example, a hydraulic system may be employed to drive the raising and lowering of the lift table; for another example, an electric motor, a lead screw, a linear bearing, and the like may be used to drive the raising and lowering of the lift table.
Further, as shown in fig. 6, the settlement apparatus may include: an RFID (Radio frequency identification) reading unit, which includes an RFID antenna 1301 and an RFID reader 1302 connected to each other, wherein the RFID antenna 1301 is disposed on an inner wall of a closed space formed by the accommodating box 120, and the RFID reader 1302 reads an RFID tag of the goods to be settled through the RFID antenna 1301.
Further, as shown in fig. 6, the settlement apparatus may include: the decoder 140 may be configured to decode the security tag of the item to be settled, and the decoder 140 is disposed on an inner wall of the closed space formed by the accommodating box 110.
Further, the settlement apparatus may include: a controller connected to the RFID reading unit and the decoder 140, and configured to control the RFID reading unit to read the RFID tag and provide settlement information according to the reading result; and the decoder can be used for controlling the decoder to decode the anti-theft tag according to the payment operation of the user on the settlement information. (the controller is not shown in fig. 6).
As shown in fig. 8, fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a control unit of a settlement device provided in this specification. Specifically, the settlement device may include the RFID reading unit 130, the decoder 140, the controller 150, the first picking drive device 160, and the lifting table drive device 1102. Further, the settlement apparatus may further include: a second instruction receiving unit 210, where the second instruction receiving unit 210 is connected to the controller 150, and the second instruction receiving unit 210 may be configured to receive a lifting operation instruction of a user; specifically, the lifting operation command may include an operation command for raising or lowering the lifting platform. Accordingly, the controller 150 is configured to control the lifting of the lifting platform 1101 according to the lifting operation command, or may be configured to control the lifting movement of the lifting platform according to the lifting operation command and control the opening of the accommodating box to be opened or closed by the cover plate according to the lifting state of the lifting platform.
Specifically, the controller 150 may control the lifting table driving device 1102 to drive the lifting table 1101 to lift according to the lifting operation command during the control of the lifting movement of the lifting table 1101. For example, the lifting operation command is a command for lowering the lifting platform, and the controller 150 may control the lifting platform driving device 1102 to move the lifting platform from the position shown in fig. 7 to the position shown in fig. 6, and further may control the cover plate driving device 160 to drive the cover plate 120 to close the accommodating box.
Further, as shown in fig. 8, the settlement apparatus may further include: an item detection unit 220; the article detection unit 220 is connected to the controller 150, and the article detection unit 220 may be configured to detect a change of an article to be settled on the lifting platform 1101; accordingly, the controller 120 may be configured to control the lifting and lowering of the lifting platform 1101 according to the detection result, or may be configured to control the lifting and lowering of the lifting platform according to the detection result and control the cover plate to open and close the opening of the accommodating box according to the lifting and lowering state of the lifting platform.
Further, as shown in fig. 8, the settlement apparatus may further include: and the display is connected with the controller and is used for displaying the settlement information.
Further, as shown in fig. 8, the settlement apparatus may further include: the camera equipment is connected with the controller and is used for shooting the identification information of the user; and the controller sends the identification information to a server.
In addition, for the above-mentioned descriptions of the middle housing, the containing box, the cover plate, the decoder and the RFID reading unit, the item detecting unit, the display and the image capturing device of the settlement apparatus shown in fig. 6 and 8, reference may be made to the description of the embodiment corresponding to fig. 1 and 3, and further description thereof is omitted.
As can be seen from the above embodiments, the settlement device provided in the embodiments of the present specification can set the RFID antenna on the inner wall of the electromagnetic shielding space formed by the accommodating box, so that the controller can control the RFID reader to comprehensively, quickly, and accurately read the RFID tag of the commodity to be settled in the accommodating box through the RFID antenna, avoid the condition of missed reading and misreading, provide the settlement information according to the reading result, and control the decoder to decode the anti-theft tag after the user performs the payment operation on the settlement information. Meanwhile, a corresponding detector is arranged at the entrance and exit of the shop, and a label signal of an undecoded anti-theft label appearing in a detection area of the detector is detected; when the label signal of the undecoded anti-theft label is detected in the detection area of the detector, alarm information is sent out, the conditions of order escaping and the like can be avoided, and the ordered operation of shops is ensured. In addition, the lifting platform is arranged at the bottom of the containing box, and the lifting platform is controlled to lift in the shell through the controller, so that the user can conveniently take and place purchased articles, and the user experience is further improved.
Based on the above-described settlement device, a specific example of a settlement control method of the settlement device of the present specification is described below. The execution subject of the method may be a device with processing capabilities: a controller or a server or system. Fig. 9 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a settlement control method of a settlement apparatus provided in the present specification, which provides the operation steps of the method as described in the embodiment or the flowchart, but may include more or less operation steps based on conventional or non-inventive labor. The order of steps recited in the embodiments is merely one manner of performing the steps in a multitude of orders and does not represent the only order of execution. In actual implementation, the system or client product may execute sequentially or in parallel (e.g., in the context of parallel processors or multi-threaded processing) according to the embodiments or methods shown in the figures. Specifically, as shown in fig. 9, the method may include:
s902: moving the cover plate to the cover plate closes the opening of the accommodating box.
In the embodiment of the present specification, before the settlement is performed by the settlement apparatus, the opening of the accommodating box is opened; after the user selects the needed articles, the articles to be settled can be put into the containing box through the opening of the containing box, and the cover plate is moved to close the opening of the containing box.
In a specific embodiment, the moving the cover to the cover closing the opening of the receiving box may include: the user manually moves the cover plate to close the opening of the accommodating box.
Or, the user triggers the cover closing operation instruction through an entity button or a touch device, and specifically, the controller may receive the cover closing operation instruction of the user by using the first instruction receiving unit; controlling the cover plate to move to the position where the cover plate closes the opening of the accommodating box according to the cover plate closing operation instruction;
or the controller controls the cover plate to move to the cover plate to close the opening of the containing box according to the detection result of the article to be settled. Specifically, the article detection unit may be configured to detect a change of the article to be settled in the storage box, and when the article to be settled is detected to be present in the storage box and the article to be settled is not changed within a first threshold time, the cover plate may be moved to close the opening of the storage box.
In a particular embodiment, the item detection unit may include an infrared detection frame; accordingly, the detecting that the item to be settled exists in the containing box and the item to be settled is not changed within the first threshold time may include:
the infrared detection frame detects that the articles to be settled are moved into the containing box, and no articles are detected to be moved into or out of the containing box within the first threshold time later.
In another specific embodiment, the article detection unit may include a pressure sensor provided at a bottom of the accommodating case; accordingly, the detecting that the item to be settled exists in the containing box and the item to be settled is not changed within the first threshold time may include:
detecting that the article to be settled exists in the containing box through the pressure sensor, wherein the change of the detected pressure value in the first threshold time is less than or equal to a preset pressure change threshold value.
Specifically, the first threshold time and the preset pressure change threshold value in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be set in combination with an actual application scenario, for example, the first threshold time may be set for 10 s. The preset pressure variation threshold may be set to a value slightly greater than 0, for example 0.1N. In this way, for example, when the pressure sensor detects that the article to be settled exists in the containing box and the change (assumed to be 0) of the pressure value detected within the first threshold time (10s) is smaller than the preset pressure change threshold (0.1N), it can be determined that the user has put all the articles to be settled, and accordingly, the cover plate can be moved to close the opening of the containing box to form the electromagnetic shielding space.
In addition, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the cover plate is not artificially moved, the controller may control the cover plate driving device to drive the cover plate to move until the cover plate closes the opening of the accommodating box.
In other embodiments, when the bottom of the receiving box in the settlement apparatus is a lifting platform, before moving the cover plate to close the opening of the receiving box, the method further comprises:
and controlling the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from the first position to the second position.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the first position may be a position where the lifting platform is located in fig. 7, and the second position may be a position where the lifting platform is located in fig. 6. In addition, the first position and the second position are two opposite positions, and a distance between the first position and the opening position of the accommodating box is smaller than a distance between the second position and the opening position of the accommodating box. The first position and the second position are not limited to the positions shown in fig. 6 and 7, and in practical applications, the first position and the second position may be adjusted accordingly when the distance between the first position and the opening position of the accommodating box is smaller than the distance between the second position and the opening position of the accommodating box.
In a specific embodiment, controlling the lift table driving device to drive the lift table to move from the first position to the second position may include: a user triggers a descending operation instruction through an entity button or a touch device, and specifically, the controller can receive the descending operation instruction of the user through the second instruction receiving unit; controlling the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from a first position to a second position according to the descending operation instruction;
or the controller controls the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from the first position to the second position according to the change condition of the article to be settled on the lifting platform. Specifically, the article detection unit may detect a change of the article to be settled on the lifting table, and when it is detected that the article to be settled exists on the lifting table and the article to be settled does not change within a second threshold time, the lifting table driving device may be controlled to drive the lifting table to move from the first position to the second position.
In a specific embodiment, the article detection unit may include an infrared detection frame, and the infrared detection frame may be disposed at an opening of the accommodating box;
accordingly, when it is detected that the item to be settled exists on the lifting platform and the item to be settled does not change within the second threshold time, the method may include:
the infrared detection frame detects that the articles to be settled are moved into the containing box, and no articles are detected to be moved into or out of the containing box within the second threshold time.
In another specific embodiment, the article detection unit may include a pressure sensor provided in the elevating table;
the detecting that the item to be settled exists on the lifting platform and the item to be settled does not change within a second threshold time may comprise:
detecting that the article to be settled exists on the lifting platform through the pressure sensor, wherein the change of the detected pressure value in the second threshold time is lower than a preset pressure change threshold value.
Specifically, the second threshold time and the preset pressure change threshold may be set in combination with an actual application scenario.
In addition, in the description, in the process of moving the cover plate to close the opening of the accommodating box, the opening of the accommodating box can be determined to be closed by the cover plate according to the state of the locking structure between the cover plate and the opening at the upper end of the accommodating box, so that the electromagnetic shielding space is formed. In addition, the opening of the accommodating box can be determined to be closed by the cover plate in a mode of detecting the light intensity in the accommodating box through the light sensor and the like, and the embodiments of the present specification are not limited to the above.
S904: and controlling the RFID reader to read the RFID tag of the article to be settled through the RFID antenna, and providing settlement information according to the reading result.
Specifically, in the embodiment of the present specification, after the opening of the accommodating box is closed by moving the cover plate to form the electromagnetic shielding space, the RFID reader may be controlled to read the RFID tag of the item to be settled through the RFID antenna. Specifically, the reading result of the RFID tag of the item to be settled corresponds to the commodity information of the item to be settled, which may include the name of the commodity, unit price, and the like, and then, the settlement information is determined based on the commodity information.
Specifically, the settlement information may include information such as a name of an item to be settled, a number and unit price of each item in the item to be settled, a total amount of the item to be settled, and a supported payment method. In practical applications, the settlement information may be provided for the user to perform the payment operation, including but not limited to, by way of display on a display.
S906: and responding to the payment operation of the user on the settlement information, and controlling a decoder to decode the anti-theft tag of the item to be settled.
Specifically, in practical applications, after the settlement information is provided, the user can perform a payment operation. Specifically, the payment operation in the embodiments of the present specification may include a cash payment operation or an electronic payment operation.
In a specific embodiment, after the user confirms that the settlement information is correct, the payment receiving two-dimensional code corresponding to the settlement information can be scanned through third-party payment on the terminal, and the payment information of the user is sent to the server based on the scanning operation, so that the server searches the user account information corresponding to the payment information according to the payment information and completes payment of the object to be settled according to the user account information and the settlement information. Correspondingly, the controller responds to the payment operation of the user on the settlement information and controls the decoder to decode the anti-theft tag of the item to be settled.
Specifically, the payment information may include identification information of the user, and the identification information may include: the system comprises the user identity card, face information, fingerprint information, two-dimensional code identification information and the like, and the user payment mode, payment amount and other information.
In other embodiments, the settlement apparatus may further include a camera, and the camera is connected to the controller. Correspondingly, after the user confirms that the settlement information is correct, the identity identification information (such as iris information, face information and the like) can be aligned to the camera equipment, the camera can shoot the identity identification information of the user and send the identity identification information to the server, so that the server searches user account information corresponding to the identity identification information according to the identity identification information and completes payment of the object to be settled according to the user account information and the settlement information.
In addition, in this embodiment of the specification, the payment operator is not limited to a third-party payment application of the merchant, or a payment method that acquires the identification information by using the camera device, and may further include an electronic payment method such as Near Field Communication (NFC) induction payment and fingerprint identification payment, or cash payment.
In particular, in practical applications, stores often adopt radio frequency technology or acousto-magnetic technology to prevent articles from being stolen, and in particular, in the field of acousto-magnetic technology, the anti-theft tag can be an acousto-magnetic tag, and the decoder can be an acousto-magnetic decoder. Correspondingly, the decoding process of the anti-theft tag of the item to be settled may include a demagnetization process of the acoustic magnetic tag of the item to be settled.
In another specific embodiment, in the field of radio frequency technology, the security tag may be a resonant tank tag and the decoder may be a radio frequency decoder. Correspondingly, the decoding process of the anti-theft tag of the item to be settled may include performing a frequency interference process on a resonant loop tag of the item to be settled.
In practical application, after the user finishes payment operation, the decoder can be controlled to decode the anti-theft tag of the article to be settled, so that the user can smoothly take the article which is settled away from a shop, and the decoding processing is directly carried out after payment, thereby greatly improving the time required by the user for purchasing the article.
S908: and moving the cover plate to open the opening of the accommodating box.
In the embodiment of the specification, after the decoding of the anti-theft tag on the article is completed, the cover plate can be moved to open the opening of the containing box, so that a user can take the settled article.
In a specific embodiment, the moving the cover to open the opening of the accommodating box includes: the user will manually move the cover to open the opening of the container. Generally, after the cover plate closes the opening of the containing box, if the payment and decoding process is not completed, the cover plate cannot be opened manually; but the cover may be opened by human means after the payment and decoding process is completed.
Or, the user triggers a cover opening operation instruction through an entity button or a touch device, and specifically, the controller may receive the cover opening operation instruction of the user by using the first instruction receiving unit; and controlling the cover plate to move to open the opening of the accommodating box according to the cover plate opening operation instruction.
Or the controller directly controls the cover plate to move to open the opening of the containing box after the article is demagnetized.
In addition, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the cover plate is not artificially moved, the controller may control the cover plate driving device to drive the cover plate to move to open the opening of the accommodating box.
In other embodiments, when the bottom of the receiving box in the settling device is a lifting platform, after moving the cover plate to open the opening of the receiving box, the method may further include:
and controlling the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from the second position to the first position.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the lifting platform is lifted from the second position of fig. 6 to the first position of fig. 7, so as to facilitate the user to take the article.
In a specific embodiment, controlling the lift table driving device to drive the lift table to move from the second position to the first position may include: the user triggers the ascending operation instruction through an entity button or a touch device, and specifically, the controller can receive the ascending operation instruction of the user by using the second instruction receiving unit; controlling the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from the second position to the first position according to the lifting operation instruction;
or the controller directly controls the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from the second position to the first position after moving the cover plate to open the opening of the accommodating box.
As can be seen from the above embodiments, the settlement control method of the settlement device provided in the embodiments of the present specification may be implemented by disposing the RFID antenna on the inner wall of the electromagnetic shielding space formed by the accommodating box, so that the controller may control the RFID reader to comprehensively, quickly, and accurately read the RFID tag of the commodity to be settled in the accommodating box through the RFID antenna, thereby avoiding the situation of missed reading and misreading, and provide the settlement information according to the reading result, and after the user performs the payment operation on the settlement information, may control the decoder to decode the anti-theft tag. Meanwhile, a corresponding detector is arranged at the entrance and exit of the shop, and a label signal of an undecoded anti-theft label appearing in a detection area of the detector is detected; when the label signal of the undecoded anti-theft label is detected in the detection area of the detector, alarm information is sent out, the conditions of order escaping and the like can be avoided, and the ordered operation of shops is ensured. In addition, the lifting platform is arranged at the bottom of the containing box, and the lifting platform is controlled to lift in the shell through the controller, so that the user can conveniently take and place purchased articles, and the user experience is further improved.
The foregoing description has been directed to specific embodiments of this disclosure. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions or steps recited in the claims may be performed in a different order than in the embodiments and still achieve desirable results. In addition, the processes depicted in the accompanying figures do not necessarily require the particular order shown, or sequential order, to achieve desirable results. In some embodiments, multitasking and parallel processing may also be possible or may be advantageous.
The above embodiments illustrate means or modules, which may be embodied by a computer chip or entity, or by an article of manufacture having some functionality. For convenience of description, the above devices are described as being divided into various modules by functions, and are described separately. Of course, in implementing the present invention, the functions of each module may be implemented in one or more software and/or hardware, or the modules implementing the same functions may be implemented by a combination of multiple sub-modules or sub-units.
Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that, in addition to implementing the controller as pure computer readable program code, the same functionality can be implemented by logically programming method steps such that the controller is in the form of logic gates, switches, application specific integrated circuits, programmable logic controllers, embedded microcontrollers and the like. Such a controller may therefore be considered as a hardware component, and the means included therein for performing the various functions may also be considered as a structure within the hardware component. Or even means for performing the functions may be regarded as being both a software module for performing the method and a structure within a hardware component.
The invention may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, classes, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including memory storage devices.
From the above description of the embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be implemented by software plus necessary general hardware platform. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a storage medium, such as a ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or the like, and includes several instructions for enabling a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a mobile terminal, a server, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.
A controller may be implemented in any suitable manner, e.g., in the form of, for example, a microprocessor or processor and a computer readable medium storing computer readable program code (e.g., software or firmware) executable by the (micro) processor, logic gates, switches, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), programmable logic controllers (PLC's) and embedded microcontrollers, examples of which include, but are not limited to, microcontrollers 625D, Atmel AT91SAM, Microchip PIC18F26K20 and Silicone L abs C8051F320, which may also be implemented as part of the control logic of a memory.
The apparatuses or units illustrated in the above embodiments may be specifically implemented by a computer chip or an entity, or implemented by an article with certain functions. One typical implementation device is a computer. In particular, the computer may be, for example, a personal computer, a laptop computer, a cellular telephone, a camera phone, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant, a media player, a navigation device, an email device, a game console, a tablet computer, a wearable device, or a combination of any of these devices.
For convenience of description, the above devices are described as being divided into various units by function, and are described separately. Of course, the functions of the various elements may be implemented in the same one or more software and/or hardware implementations of the present description.
The present invention has been described with reference to method flow diagrams, apparatus structures, and/or block diagrams according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
It should also be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that embodiments of the present description may be provided as a method or apparatus. Accordingly, the description may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects.
The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. Reference is made to the method embodiments and apparatus embodiments for relevant portions of the description of the method embodiments.
The above description is only an example of the present specification, and is not intended to limit the present specification. Various modifications and alterations to this description will become apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement or the like made within the spirit and principle of the present specification should be included in the scope of the claims.

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1. A settlement apparatus comprising:
the device comprises a shell, wherein a containing box with an opening at the upper end is arranged in the shell and used for containing articles to be settled, a cover plate capable of opening and closing the opening is arranged on the shell, and when the cover plate closes the opening, the containing box forms a closed space; the cover plate and the shell are made of metal materials, so that the closed space is an electromagnetic shielding space;
the RFID reading unit comprises an RFID reader and an RFID antenna which are connected with each other, the RFID antenna is arranged on the inner wall of a closed space formed by the containing box, and the RFID reader reads the RFID label of the article to be settled through the RFID antenna;
the decoder is used for decoding the anti-theft tag of the article to be settled and is arranged on the inner wall of the closed space formed by the containing box;
the lifting platform is positioned at the bottom of the accommodating box and used for lifting the accommodating box to move up and down;
the lifting platform driving device is used for driving the lifting platform to vertically move in the shell;
the controller is connected with the RFID reading unit and the decoder and is used for controlling the RFID reading unit to read the RFID tag and providing settlement information according to the reading result; and the decoder is controlled to decode the anti-theft tag according to the payment operation of the user on the settlement information; and the lifting platform driving device is used for controlling the lifting platform to drive the lifting platform to move from a first position to a second position before the cover plate closes the opening, wherein the distance between the first position and the opening position of the containing box is smaller than the distance between the second position and the opening position of the containing box; controlling the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from the second position to the first position after the cover plate opens the opening;
the article detection unit is connected with the controller and used for detecting the change condition of the article to be settled on the lifting platform to obtain a corresponding detection result, the controller automatically triggers and controls the lifting platform to move up and down according to the detection result, and the cover plate is controlled to open and close the opening of the accommodating box based on the lifting state of the lifting platform.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
the cover plate driving device is connected with the controller, and the controller is used for controlling the cover plate driving device to drive the cover plate to open and close the opening of the accommodating box.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
the first instruction receiving unit is connected with the controller and used for receiving a cover plate moving operation instruction of a user; the controller is used for controlling the cover plate to open and close the opening of the containing box according to the cover plate moving operation instruction.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the article detection unit is further configured to detect a change of the article to be settled in the accommodating box; the controller is used for controlling the cover plate to open and close the opening of the containing box according to the detection result.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
the second instruction receiving unit is connected with the controller and is used for receiving a lifting operation instruction of a user;
correspondingly, the controller is used for controlling the lifting of the lifting platform according to the lifting operation instruction, or,
and the opening used for controlling the lifting movement of the lifting platform according to the lifting operation instruction and controlling the cover plate to open and close the containing box according to the lifting state of the lifting platform.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 or 1, wherein the item detection unit comprises an infrared detection frame.
7. The apparatus according to claim 4 or 1, wherein the article detection unit includes a pressure sensor provided at a bottom of the accommodating box.
8. The apparatus of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a detector for detecting a tag signal of an undecoded security tag present within a detection area of the detector; an alarm message is issued when a tag signal of an undecoded security tag is detected in the detection area of the detector.
9. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein when the security tag is an acousto-magnetic tag, the decoder comprises an acousto-magnetic decoder.
10. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the decoder comprises a radio frequency decoder when the security tag is a resonant tank tag.
11. The apparatus of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
and the display is connected with the controller and is used for displaying the settlement information.
12. The apparatus of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the apparatus further comprises:
the camera equipment is connected with the controller and is used for shooting the identification information of the user; and the controller sends the identification information to a server.
13. A settlement control method for performing settlement control by the settlement apparatus as set forth in claim 1, comprising:
detecting the change condition of the article to be settled on the lifting platform through an article detection unit to obtain a corresponding detection result;
when the goods to be settled exist on the lifting platform and the goods to be settled do not change within a second threshold time, the controller controls the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from a first position to a second position according to the detection result, wherein the distance between the first position and the opening position of the containing box is smaller than the distance between the second position and the opening position of the containing box; the lifting platform is arranged at the bottom of the accommodating box;
moving the cover plate to close the opening of the accommodating box; when the cover plate closes the opening, the containing box forms a closed space; the cover plate and the shell are made of metal materials, so that the closed space is an electromagnetic shielding space;
controlling an RFID reader to read the RFID label of the article to be settled through the RFID antenna and providing settlement information according to the reading result;
responding to the payment operation of the user on the settlement information, and controlling a decoder to decode the anti-theft tag of the item to be settled;
moving the cover plate to open the opening of the accommodating box;
and controlling the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from the second position to the first position.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the moving the cover to the cover closing the opening of the containment case comprises:
driving the cover plate to move to the position where the cover plate closes the opening of the accommodating box by using a cover plate driving device;
correspondingly, the moving the cover plate to open the opening of the accommodating box comprises:
and driving the cover plate to move to open the opening of the containing box by using the cover plate driving device.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the moving the cover to the cover closing the opening of the containment case comprises:
receiving a cover plate closing operation instruction of a user by using a first instruction receiving unit;
controlling the cover plate to move to the cover plate to close the opening of the accommodating box according to the cover plate closing operation instruction;
correspondingly, the moving the cover plate to open the opening of the accommodating box comprises:
receiving a cover plate opening operation instruction of a user by using the first instruction receiving unit;
and controlling the cover plate to move to open the opening of the containing box according to the cover plate opening operation instruction.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein prior to moving the cover to the cover closing the opening of the containment case, the method further comprises:
detecting the change condition of the articles to be settled in the containing box by using an article detection unit;
when the article to be settled is detected to be present in the containing box and the article to be settled is not changed within a first threshold time, the operation of moving the cover plate to close the opening of the containing box is performed.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the item detection unit comprises an infrared detection frame; the detecting that the item to be settled exists in the containing box and the item to be settled does not change within a first threshold time comprises:
the infrared detection frame detects that the articles to be settled are moved into the containing box, and no articles are detected to be moved into or out of the containing box within the first threshold time later.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein the item detection unit comprises a pressure sensor disposed at a bottom of the containment box; the detecting that the item to be settled exists in the containing box and the item to be settled does not change within a first threshold time comprises:
detecting that the article to be settled exists in the containing box through the pressure sensor, wherein the change of the detected pressure value in the first threshold time is less than or equal to a preset pressure change threshold value.
19. The method of claim 13, wherein the controlling the lift table drive to drive the lift table to move from a first position to a second position comprises:
receiving a descending operation instruction of a user by using a second instruction receiving unit;
and controlling the lifting platform driving device to drive the lifting platform to move from the first position to the second position according to the descending operation instruction.
20. The method of claim 13, wherein the item detection unit comprises an infrared detection frame disposed at an opening of the containment box; the detecting that the item to be settled exists on the lifting platform and the item to be settled does not change within a second threshold time comprises:
the infrared detection frame detects that the articles to be settled are moved into the containing box, and no articles are detected to be moved into or out of the containing box within the second threshold time.
21. The method of claim 13, wherein the item detection unit comprises a pressure sensor disposed in the lift; the detecting that the item to be settled exists on the lifting platform and the item to be settled does not change within a second threshold time comprises:
detecting that the article to be settled exists on the lifting platform through the pressure sensor, wherein the change of the detected pressure value in the second threshold time is lower than a preset pressure change threshold value.
22. The method of any of claims 13 to 21, wherein the method further comprises:
detecting, with a detector, a tag signal of an existing undecoded security tag within a detection area of the detector; an alarm message is issued when a tag signal of an undecoded security tag is detected in the detection area of the detector.
23. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 21, wherein when the security tag is an acousto-magnetic tag, the controlling the decoder to decode the security tag of the item to be settled comprises:
and controlling a sound and magnetic decoder to demagnetize the sound and magnetic label of the article to be settled.
24. The method of any one of claims 13 to 21, wherein when the security tag is a resonant tank tag, the controlling the decoder to decode the security tag of the item to be settled comprises:
and controlling a radio frequency decoder to perform frequency interference processing on the resonant loop tag of the article to be settled.
25. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 21, wherein the providing of the settlement information according to the reading result comprises: and controlling a display to display the settlement information.
26. The method of any one of claims 13 to 21, wherein the payment operation comprises a payment operation based on camera-captured identification information of the user.
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