CN116373717A

CN116373717A - Shopping cart and transfer system

Info

Publication number: CN116373717A
Application number: CN202310001369.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周鹏跃
Original assignee: Shenzhen Zhuopai Automation Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Zhuopai Automation Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-31
Filing date: 2023-01-03
Publication date: 2023-07-04

Abstract

The invention provides a shopping cart, which comprises a shopping cart body and one or more logistics boxes. The shopping cart body can slide to assist a user in carrying purchased articles in the shopping process, and the logistics box is provided with an opening for putting in or taking out the purchased articles and can be combined with or separated from the shopping cart body; when the logistics box is combined with the shopping cart body, the opening of the logistics box can be opened and arranged upwards so that the logistics box can receive purchased articles put in the shopping process by a user; after the logistics box is separated from the shopping cart body, the opening of the logistics box can be closed, so that the logistics box can accommodate purchased articles and is delivered to a place appointed by a user by the intelligent equipment. The shopping cart does not need a user to transfer and secondarily pack the purchased articles needing express delivery, so that the transfer efficiency is improved, and the workload of the user is saved; the structure of the matched transfer device is also facilitated to be simplified; in addition, shopping carts also facilitate advanced sorting by users.

Description

Shopping cart and transfer system

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of logistics, and particularly relates to a shopping cart and a transfer system.

Background

With the development of intelligent logistics related technology, after the user can finish shopping in the supermarket, the articles to be purchased are delivered to the appointed place of the user through intelligent equipment such as the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the user selection supermarket shopping experience is improved, but the traditional shopping cart is single in function, and is difficult to adapt to the application of the intelligent equipment such as the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle for the express user to purchase the articles, for example, the traditional shopping cart needs the user to take out the articles in the shopping cart one by one at the cash register for checkout and needs the user to transfer the taken articles to the special place for packaging so as to be collected by the intelligent equipment such as the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the shopping experience of the user is not facilitated to be improved.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the above, it is necessary to provide a shopping cart to solve the problem that the conventional shopping cart has a single function, and is difficult to adapt to the application of purchasing articles by express users of intelligent devices such as the unmanned aerial vehicle and the unmanned aerial vehicle.

In addition, a transfer system is provided.

A shopping cart, comprising:

the shopping cart body can slide to assist a user to carry purchased articles in the shopping process;

one or more logistics boxes provided with openings for the purchase of articles to be put in or taken out;

the logistics box can be combined with or separated from the shopping cart body; when the logistics box is combined with the shopping cart body, the opening of the logistics box can be opened and arranged upwards so that the logistics box can receive purchased articles put in the shopping process by the user; after the logistics box is separated from the shopping cart body, the opening of the logistics box can be closed, so that the logistics box can accommodate purchased articles and is delivered to the place appointed by the user by the intelligent equipment.

In one embodiment, the shopping cart body includes an identification unit capable of automatically identifying the category and number of purchased items that the user puts in or takes out of the logistics box for automatic checkout after the user completes shopping; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the shopping cart body includes a weight detection unit for measuring the total weight of items purchased in a single one of the logistics boxes.

In one embodiment, the bottom of the shopping cart body is also provided with a storage location for large items.

In one embodiment, the shopping cart body is capable of automatically locking or unlocking the coupling relationship with the logistics box; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the utility model provides a shopping cart, including the box, the box cover that the box opening part was located can with the box separation, works as the shopping cart is equipped with a plurality of the box when the logistics box, the box interval arrangement of a plurality of logistics boxes, the case cover with can accept after the box separation in the interval department of a plurality of logistics box boxes and with the shopping cart body combines, the shopping cart body can automatic locking or unblock with the box and/or with the relation of combining of case cover.

In one embodiment, the shopping cart body includes a navigation unit and a drive unit to enable the shopping cart body to autonomously follow the user's sliding during shopping by the user.

In one embodiment, the shopping cart body comprises a first cart body and a second cart body, the first cart body can be automatically connected with and separated from the second cart body, the navigation unit and the driving unit are arranged to be capable of automatically following the user to slide and drive the second cart body to slide, and the logistics box is arranged on the second cart body.

The transfer system comprises the shopping cart and the transfer device matched with the shopping cart to transfer the logistics box from the shopping cart body to the intelligent equipment, wherein the transfer device comprises a containing cabin and a transfer mechanism, the containing cabin can contain at least part of the shopping cart, and the transfer mechanism is used for transferring the logistics box with the shopping cart located in the containing cabin.

In one embodiment, the shopping cart body comprises a first cart body and a second cart body, the first cart body can be automatically connected with and separated from the second cart body, a navigation unit and a driving unit are arranged to be capable of automatically following the user to slide and drive the second cart body to slide, and the logistics box is arranged on the second cart body;

the second vehicle body is accommodated in the accommodating cabin, the accommodating cabin can be electrically connected with the second vehicle body to realize charging of the second vehicle body, and the second vehicle body can be electrically connected with the first vehicle body to realize power supply of the first vehicle body when the first vehicle body is connected with the second vehicle body; and/or the second car body is a plurality of, a plurality of second car bodies can be accommodated in the accommodating cabin, the first car body is selectively connected with one of the second car bodies, and the transfer mechanism can transfer the logistics boxes on the plurality of second car bodies to the intelligent equipment.

In one embodiment, the bottom of the shopping cart body is also provided with a storage position for placing large articles; the side wall of the accommodating cabin is also provided with a first opening for at least part of the shopping cart to enter and exit the accommodating cabin, the first opening can correspond to at least part of the storage position of the shopping cart accommodated in the accommodating cabin so that the large articles on the storage position can be moved out of the accommodating cabin from the shopping cart through the first opening, or the accommodating cabin is also provided with a second opening which can correspond to at least part of the storage position of the shopping cart accommodated in the accommodating cabin so that the large articles on the storage position can be moved out of the accommodating cabin from the shopping cart through the second opening; and/or

The logistics box comprises a box body, a box cover, a locking assembly and a matching piece, wherein the box cover is arranged at an opening of the box body and can be separated from the box body, and the box cover is locked and fixed relative to the box body through locking of the locking assembly and the matching piece; when the shopping cart is provided with a plurality of logistics boxes, the box bodies of the logistics boxes are arranged at intervals, and the box cover can be contained at the intervals of the box bodies of the logistics boxes after being separated from the box bodies; the transfer mechanism comprises a grabbing component and a locking component, wherein the locking component is used for locking and unlocking the locking component of the logistics box with the matching piece, the grabbing component can grab the logistics box when the locking component of the logistics box is locked with the matching piece so as to match the transfer mechanism to transfer the logistics box filled with purchased articles to the intelligent equipment or transfer the empty logistics box to the shopping cart body, and the box cover is grabbed when the locking component of the logistics box is unlocked with the matching piece so as to transfer the box cover from the upper side of the box body to the space of the box bodies of the logistics boxes or from the space of the box bodies of the logistics boxes to the upper side of the box bodies; and/or

The side wall of the accommodating cabin is also provided with a first opening for at least part of the shopping cart to enter and exit the accommodating cabin, and at least part of the shopping cart body is also used for blocking personnel from contacting the logistics box to be transferred by the transfer mechanism through the first opening when accommodated in the accommodating cabin; and/or

The bottom of the shopping cart body is also provided with a storage position for placing large articles; the accommodating cabin is provided with a second opening, the second opening can correspond to at least part of the storage position of the shopping cart accommodated in the accommodating cabin, so that large articles on the storage position can be moved out of the accommodating cabin from the shopping cart through the second opening, and at least part of the shopping cart body is further used for blocking personnel from contacting the logistics box to be transferred by the transfer mechanism through the second opening when accommodated in the accommodating cabin.

In one embodiment, the shopping cart body is provided with an upper layer of storage structure and a lower layer of storage structure, the upper layer of storage structure is provided with a storage cavity which is used for accommodating the logistics box and is provided with an upward opening, and the lower layer of storage structure is provided with the storage position;

when at least part of the shopping cart is accommodated in the accommodating cabin, the superstructure is used for separating a bottom area which is communicated with the first opening and/or the second opening in the accommodating cabin from a top area in the accommodating cabin; the transfer mechanism is located in the top area of the accommodating cabin, and the opening of the accommodating cavity can be communicated with the top area of the accommodating cabin so that the transfer mechanism can transfer the logistics box through the opening of the accommodating cavity.

The details of one or more embodiments of the invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a shopping cart according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a first cart body and a second cart body are combined;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the shopping cart of FIG. 1, with the first body and the second body separated;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the logistics box of the shopping cart of FIG. 1 with the box cover separated from the box body;

FIG. 4 is another perspective view of the shopping cart of FIG. 1, with the lid of one bin removed from the separation between adjacent bins;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the case of FIG. 3 in a collapsed condition;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a second body and manifold of the shopping cart of FIG. 1, with the two manifolds in a collapsed condition;

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a transfer device of the transfer system is used to transfer purchased items from a shopping cart to an unmanned cart;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a transfer mechanism of the transfer device shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is another angular perspective view of the transfer system of FIG. 7;

fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a transfer system according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein a transfer device is used to transfer purchased items from a shopping cart to a drone.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical schemes and beneficial effects to be solved more clear, the invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

The description is as follows: when an element is referred to as being "mounted" or "disposed" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly or indirectly connected to the other element. When an element is referred to as being "electrically connected" to another element, it can be a conductor or a radio connection or any other suitable means of connection capable of transmitting an electrical signal. The terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used for convenience of description based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are not meant to indicate or imply that the devices or elements being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the patent, but rather that the specific meaning of the terms is understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Referring now to FIGS. 1-10, a shopping cart 1 is provided and includes a shopping cart body 10 and one or more logistics boxes 11. Wherein the shopping cart body 10 is capable of sliding to assist a user in carrying purchased articles during shopping, the logistics box 11 is provided with an opening for putting in or taking out the purchased articles, and is capable of being combined with or separated from the shopping cart body 10; when the logistics box 11 is combined with the shopping cart body 10, the opening of the logistics box 11 can be opened and arranged upwards so that the logistics box 11 can receive purchased articles put in by a user in the shopping process; after the logistics box 11 is separated from the shopping cart body 10, the opening of the logistics box 11 can be closed so that the logistics box 11 can accommodate purchased articles and be delivered to a place designated by a user by intelligent equipment such as the unmanned vehicle 3, the unmanned aerial vehicle 4 and the like. The shopping cart 1 can be matched with the transfer device 2, so that after a user finishes shopping, the logistics box 11 of the shopping cart 1 is automatically transferred to intelligent equipment in charge of conveying through the transfer device 2; meanwhile, the matched transfer device 2 can transfer the purchased articles in the logistics box 11 only by carrying the logistics box 11, and a complex grabbing or clamping structure is not required to be arranged for transferring various purchased articles with different shapes and types, so that the shopping cart 1 is also beneficial to simplifying the structure of the matched transfer device 2; in addition, the shopping cart 1 is further convenient for users to sort in advance, for example, the users can put the purchased articles which need to be delivered through the intelligent equipment into one logistics box 11 of the shopping cart 1 in advance, and can also put the purchased articles into different logistics boxes 11 of the shopping cart 1 separately so as to be sent to different recipients or places, or respectively transported through the unmanned aerial vehicle 4 and the unmanned aerial vehicle 3 according to different aging requirements of the users.

Optionally, the shopping cart body 10 includes an identification unit 100, the identification unit 100 being capable of automatically identifying the category and number of items that the user puts into or takes out of the flow box 11 for automatic checkout after the user completes shopping. Specifically, the identification unit 100 may be a camera module or an RFID radio frequency reading module, and correspondingly, a two-dimensional code tag or an RFID tag is disposed on the purchased article. It is easy to understand that the shopping cart body 10 can record the result recognized by the summary recognition unit 100 or can upload the result recognized by the recognition unit 100 to an external server (not shown) for record summary.

Optionally, the shopping cart body 10 includes a display module 101 to display information to the user of the purchased items placed in the logistics box 11, such as the name, quantity, unit price, total price, etc. of the purchased items. In one embodiment, the display module 101 displays the name, the number, the unit price, the total price, etc. of the purchased articles put into the logistics box 11 by the user based on the result of the recognition by the recognition unit 100. Additionally, the display module 101 may further be provided with a touch screen, so that a user can perform corresponding input operations through the touch screen.

Optionally, the shopping cart body 10 includes a weight detection unit (not shown) for measuring the total weight of the purchased items in the single manifold 11, and the total weight may be displayed to the user by the display module 101, so that the user can know the total weight of the purchased items in the single manifold 11, the estimated freight rate, and whether the loading limit of the drone 4 is exceeded in real time during shopping.

Optionally, the shopping cart body 10 or the server electrically connected to the shopping cart body 10 can estimate the remaining space in each of the logistics boxes 11 according to the category and the number of the purchased articles placed in each of the logistics boxes 11 and the pre-recorded geometric dimension data of the purchased articles, and after the user completes shopping, the shopping cart body 10 or the server electrically connected to the shopping cart body 10 determines whether the logistics boxes 11 are greatly rocked by the intelligent device, particularly by the unmanned aerial vehicle 4, according to the estimated remaining space in each of the logistics boxes 11. If it is determined that this is the case, the shopping cart body 10 or a server electrically connected to the shopping cart body 10 may alert the user to the placement of a designated filling piece, or notify a worker to place a filling piece, or limit the logistics box 11 to be transported by a specific smart device, such as by the drone 3.

Optionally, the bottom of the shopping cart body 10 is also provided with a storage location 102 for large items to facilitate the placement of larger items for purchase by a user in the storage location 102. Specifically, in the illustrated embodiment, the shopping cart body 10 is provided with an upper layer and a lower layer of storage structures, the upper layer of structures may be provided with a storage rack or a storage cavity with an upward opening for placing or containing the logistics box 11, and the lower layer of structures is provided with a storage position 102, specifically, the lower layer of structures may be a storage platform for placing or containing large purchased articles.

Optionally, the shopping cart body 10 can automatically lock or unlock the coupling relationship with the logistics box 11 to prevent the user from randomly removing the logistics box 11 of the shopping cart 1 from the shopping cart body 10. Specifically, the shopping cart body 10 is provided with an electrically controllable locking device (not shown), such as an electrically driven hook, a latch, an electromagnet, etc., and correspondingly, the logistics box 11 is provided with a matching portion, such as a clamping hole, a jack, a magnetic piece, etc., and the shopping cart body 10 is matched with the matching portion through the locking device to realize the combination relationship between automatic locking or unlocking and the logistics box 11. It should be noted that, in some embodiments, besides selecting to express the purchased articles to the designated location through the intelligent device, the user may also select to carry the purchased articles to the parking lot through the shopping cart 1, and then directly transfer the purchased articles included in the logistics box 11 to the private car, so that not only the diversified shopping needs of the user are satisfied, but also the task of transferring the purchased articles and packaging the purchased articles one by the user is saved, and the convenience is improved. The user may issue an application of renting the logistics box 11 to the shopping cart 1 or a server electrically connected with the shopping cart 1 through a touch screen of the shopping cart body 10 or a personal terminal such as a mobile phone, and the shopping cart body 10 automatically unlocks the combination relationship with the logistics box 11 after the application passes.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4 again, the logistics box 11 includes a box 111 and a box cover 112 disposed at an opening of the box 111 and capable of being separated from the box 111, when the shopping cart 1 is provided with a plurality of logistics boxes 11, the box 111 of the logistics boxes 11 are arranged at intervals, the box cover 112 can be accommodated at the intervals of the box 111 of the logistics boxes 11 after being separated from the box 111 and combined with the shopping cart body 10, and the shopping cart body 10 can be automatically locked or unlocked to be combined with the box 111 and/or the box cover 112. Likewise, the application of the rental logistics box 11 by the user automatically unlocks the coupling relationship with the box cover 112 through the rear shopping cart body 10, so that the user can manually take out the box cover 112 from the above-mentioned interval and cover the box body 111. Additionally, the logistics box 11 further comprises a locking assembly and a matching piece, and the box cover 112 is locked and fixed relative to the box body 111 through locking of the locking assembly and the matching piece. It should be noted that, the space between the case bodies 111 of the adjacent logistics boxes 11 is used for accommodating the case cover 112, and can be used for being stretched in by a hand to lock or unlock the locking assembly and the matching piece arranged on the side surface of the logistics box 11 when the case cover 112 is not accommodated, and the accommodated case cover 112 can also be used for filling at least part of the space when the case cover 112 is accommodated, so that the purchased articles which are randomly thrown into the shopping cart 1 by a user can be prevented from falling into the bottom of the space.

Optionally, the shopping cart body 10 further includes a lid 112 ejection mechanism (not shown) for automatically lifting at least one lid 112 received at the above-mentioned space to a position where the lid 112 is significantly higher than the adjacent box 111 when the lid 112 needs to be removed, so that the lid 112 can be removed, wherein the ejection mechanism may be driven by a motor to automatically lift the lid 112, or may employ elastic elements such as springs and locking members, the elastic elements being compressed when the lid 112 is placed at the above-mentioned space, and being locked by the locking members to be unable to be elastically restored when the lid 112 is at the lowest position, and when the lid 112 is removed, it is necessary to release the locking of the elastic elements by the locking members first, for example, the user may lift the lid 112 by lightly pressing the lid 112 again or lightly pressing a switch linked with the locking members so that the elastic elements can be elastically restored.

In other embodiments, the case cover 112 and the case 111 may be inseparably disposed, and the case cover 112 may be movable relative to the case 111, for example, the case cover 112 may be pivotally connected to the case 111 by a hinge or slidingly connected to the case 111 by a slide rail, so the structure of the logistics case 11 is not limited herein.

Optionally, the shopping cart body 10 includes a navigation unit 103 and a driving unit (not shown) for driving the shopping cart body 10 to move autonomously, so that the shopping cart body 10 automatically follows the user to slide during shopping, thereby avoiding the user from pushing and pulling the shopping cart 1 by himself. Specifically, the navigation unit 103 includes, but is not limited to, a camera, a laser radar, an indoor wireless positioning unit, etc., and the driving unit may be a motor or the like that drives the wheels of the shopping cart body 10 to rotate. In addition, the user can input the articles or the article types to be purchased through the touch screen or the voice of the shopping cart 1 or the personal terminal, then the shopping cart 1 automatically guides the user to the article or the goods shelf where the article types are located, and when the user continuously inputs a plurality of articles to be purchased, the shopping cart 1 can also plan the optimal guiding route so as to reduce the total walking distance required by the user and further improve the shopping experience of the user.

Optionally, the shopping cart body 10 includes a first cart body 104 and a second cart body 105, the first cart body 104 can be automatically connected to and separated from the second cart body 105, and a navigation unit 103 and a driving unit are provided to be capable of automatically following the user to slide and drive the second cart body 105 to slide, and the logistics box 11 is disposed on the second cart body 105. In this way, when the second vehicle body 105 needs to be transferred to the logistics box 11 by the transfer device 2 or to be loaded with empty logistics box 11 or to be charged, the first vehicle body 104 can be separated from the second vehicle body 105 and combined with the other second vehicle body 105 to drive the combined second vehicle body 105 to continue to serve the shopping requirement of the user, which is helpful for improving the use efficiency of the first vehicle body 104. The second body 105 may be provided with a sliding wheel set, or may be directly supported on the first body 104 without providing a sliding wheel set.

Alternatively, referring again to FIGS. 5 and 6, the logistics box 11 can be folded to free up more storage space on the shopping cart 1 when the user is not in need of use, so that the user can more flexibly configure the space for storing items on the shopping cart 1. The user may fold the logistics box 11 of the shopping cart 1 according to the requirement, or the transfer device 2 may load the folded logistics box 11 to the shopping cart body 10 to let the user select whether to unfold the logistics box 11, the folding manner of the logistics box 11 may refer to the chinese patent with application number 201980094121.8, and of course, the folding manner of the logistics box 11 may be the folding manner of other conventional folding boxes, which is not limited only herein.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8 again, the transfer system of an embodiment includes the shopping cart 1 and a transfer device 2 matched with the shopping cart 1, where the transfer device 2 can automatically transfer the logistics box 11 of the shopping cart 1 to an intelligent device responsible for transportation. Specifically, the transfer device 2 includes a housing compartment 20 and a transfer mechanism 21 provided in the housing compartment 20; the compartment 20 is able to house at least part of the shopping cart 1, in the illustrated embodiment the compartment 20 is able to house the second body 105 of the shopping cart 1, and correspondingly the side wall of the compartment 20 is also provided with a first opening 201 for at least part of the shopping cart 1 to enter and exit the compartment 20. The transfer mechanism 2 is used for transferring the logistics box 11 of the shopping cart 1 located in the accommodating compartment 20, in the illustrated embodiment, the side wall of the accommodating compartment 20 can be further provided with a docking port for docking with a smart device such as the unmanned vehicle 3, and the transfer mechanism 21 can transfer the logistics box 11 to the docking port or nearby for the unmanned vehicle 3 to collect.

Further, the transfer mechanism 21 includes a gripping assembly and a locking assembly 211, the locking assembly 211 is used for locking and unlocking the locking assembly of the logistics box 11 with the matching piece, and the gripping assembly can grip the logistics box 11 to transfer the logistics box 11 filled with the purchased goods to the intelligent device or transfer the empty logistics box 11 to the shopping cart body 10 in cooperation with the transfer mechanism 21 when the locking assembly of the logistics box 11 is locked with the matching piece. Optionally, the gripping assembly is also capable of gripping the cover 112 when the locking assembly of the case 11 is unlocked from the mating member to transfer the cover 112 from above the case 111 to a space of the cases 111 of the cases 11 or from a space of the cases 111 of the cases 11 to above the case 111.

Specifically, the grabbing assembly includes a guide bar 212, a slide bar 213, a telescopic arm 214, and a grabbing piece 215. The guide bar 212 is fixed in the accommodation chamber 20, and the slide bar 213 is mounted on the guide bar 212 and intersects the guide bar 212, and the slide bar 213 is slidable along the extending direction of the guide bar 212. One end of the telescopic arm 214 is connected to the slide bar 213, and the telescopic arm 214 is slidable along the extending direction of the slide bar 213. When shopping cart 1 is at least partially received in receiving bay 20, telescoping arm 214 can be moved over logistics box 11 of shopping cart 1. The gripping member 215 is installed at the other end of the telescopic arm 214 and is capable of gripping and unloading the logistics box 11, and the telescopic arm 214 is telescopic to raise and lower the height of the gripping member 215, thereby making the gripping member 215 approach or separate from the logistics box 11. The grasping member 215 can also rotate about the horizontal axis with respect to the telescopic arm 214, so that the cover 112 of the grasped logistics box 11 is adjusted to a vertical posture so as to be accommodated at the intervals of the box bodies 111 of the plurality of logistics boxes 11.

Further, the locking assembly 211 is movably mounted on the telescoping arm 214 and is independently liftable with respect to the gripping member 215 to move closer to or farther from the locking assembly of the case 11 when the gripping member 215 grips the case 11. The locking assembly 211 includes a locking member 2110, the locking member 2110 being capable of locking and unlocking the housing 111 and the cover 112 of the case 11. Specifically, the locking moving part 2110 can move and drive the moving part of the locking assembly of the logistics box 11 to move so as to lock and unlock the locking assembly and the matching part.

The transfer mechanism 21 is not limited to the above-described structure, and for example, the transfer mechanism 21 includes a guide bar 212 and a robot (not shown) slidably provided on the guide bar 212, the robot being capable of gripping and unloading the logistics box 11, and the robot being provided with a gripping piece 215 and a locking assembly 211 at the end thereof.

Further, when the second body 105 is received in the receiving compartment 20, the receiving compartment 20 can be electrically connected with the second body 105 to enable charging of the second body 105; when the first body 104 is connected to the second body 105, the second body 105 can be electrically connected to the first body 104 to provide power to the first body 104. Additionally, the second vehicle body 105 may be plural, the plural second vehicle bodies 105 may be all accommodated in the accommodation compartment 20, the first vehicle body 104 is selectively connected with one of the second vehicle bodies 105, and the transfer mechanism 21 may transfer the logistics boxes 11 on the plural second vehicle bodies 105 to the smart device.

Optionally, referring again to fig. 9, the compartment 20 is provided with a second opening 202, which second opening 202 can correspond to the storage location 102 of at least a portion of the shopping cart 1 received by the compartment 20, so that large items on the storage location 102 can be removed from the compartment 20 through the second opening 202. In the illustrated embodiment, the second opening 202 is opposite the first opening 201 when the receiving bay 20 does not receive the shopping cart 1. After the bulk items are removed from shopping cart 1, the bulk items may alternatively be transported to the user-designated location by other means, such as loading onto an unmanned vehicle having a larger space, or by conventional manual distribution means. Of course, the first opening 201 may also correspond to at least a portion of the storage location 102 of the shopping cart 1 received by the receiving compartment 20 such that large items on the storage location 102 are removed from the receiving compartment 20 through the first opening 201. At this time, the second opening 202 may be omitted.

Optionally, at least part of shopping cart body 10, when received in receiving compartment 20, also serves to block personnel from contacting the logistics box 11 to be transferred through the first opening 201 and/or the second opening 202. Specifically, in the illustrated embodiment, the first opening 201 and the second opening 202 are disposed near the bottom of the accommodating compartment 20, and when at least a portion of the shopping cart body 10 is accommodated in the accommodating compartment 20, the upper structure of the shopping cart body 10 can separate the bottom area in the accommodating compartment 20, which communicates with the first opening 201 and/or the second opening 202, from the top area in the accommodating compartment 20, and the transfer mechanism 21 is located in the top area in the accommodating compartment 20, and if the upper structure of the shopping cart body 10 is an accommodating cavity for accommodating the logistics box 11 and having an upward opening, the opening of the accommodating cavity can communicate with the top area in the accommodating compartment 20 so that the transfer mechanism 21 can transfer the logistics box 11 through the opening of the accommodating cavity, while also blocking a person from contacting the logistics box 11 to be transferred and the transfer mechanism 21 that is transferring the logistics box 11 through the first opening 201 and/or the second opening 202, so as to ensure the safety of both the logistics box 11 and the person. Further, if the accommodating compartment 20 is configured to accommodate the plurality of shopping cart bodies 10 and is correspondingly provided with the plurality of first openings 201 and/or the plurality of second openings 202, the plurality of first openings 201 and/or the plurality of second openings 202 are provided with shielding doors (not shown), and a partition board located between the shopping cart bodies 10 is further disposed inside the accommodating compartment 20, the partition board is disposed near the bottom of the accommodating compartment 20 and extends from a sidewall where the first opening 201 of the accommodating compartment 20 is located to a sidewall where the second opening 202 is located, and when the shopping cart bodies 10 are not accommodated in an area between at least a portion of the first openings 201 and the opposite second openings 202, the shielding doors and the partition board can block personnel from contacting the to-be-transferred logistics box 11 through the area.

It should be noted that, the transferring device 2 is not limited to the above structure, for example, the transferring device 2 may further include a cargo access terminal, for example, please refer to fig. 10 again, the transferring device 2 further includes a cargo access terminal 22 with an unmanned aerial vehicle landing platform at the top, and a cargo box carrying channel inside the cargo access terminal 22 is communicated with a cargo box carrying channel of the accommodating cabin 20, the transferring mechanism 21 may transfer the cargo box 11 to the cargo access terminal 22, and then carry the cargo box 11 to the landing platform 220 for loading by the unmanned aerial vehicle 4 through the vertical lifting of the cargo access terminal 22.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the invention.

Claims

1. A shopping cart, comprising:

2. The shopping cart of claim 1 wherein the shopping cart body includes an identification unit capable of automatically identifying the category and number of purchased items that the user places into or removes from the logistics box for automatic checkout after the user completes shopping; and/or

3. The shopping cart of claim 1 wherein the bottom of the cart body is further provided with a storage location for large items.

4. The shopping cart of claim 1 wherein the shopping cart body is capable of automatically locking or unlocking a combination relationship with the logistics box; and/or

5. Shopping cart as claimed in any one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the shopping cart body comprises a navigation unit and a drive unit to enable the shopping cart body to automatically follow the user sliding during shopping by the user.

6. The shopping cart as claimed in claim 5, wherein the shopping cart body includes a first body and a second body, the first body being capable of being automatically connected to and disconnected from the second body, and the navigation unit and the driving unit are provided so as to be capable of automatically following the user sliding and driving the second body to slide, the logistics box being provided on the second body.

7. A transfer system comprising the shopping cart of claim 1 or 2 and a transfer device cooperating with the shopping cart to transfer the logistics box from the shopping cart body to the intelligent device, the transfer device comprising a compartment capable of receiving at least a portion of the shopping cart and a transfer mechanism for transferring the logistics box with the shopping cart within the compartment.

8. The transfer system of claim 7, wherein the transfer system comprises a plurality of transfer stations,

the shopping cart body comprises a first cart body and a second cart body, the first cart body can be automatically connected and separated from the second cart body, a navigation unit and a driving unit are arranged to be capable of automatically following the user to slide and drive the second cart body to slide, and the logistics box is arranged on the second cart body;

9. The transfer system of claim 7, wherein the bottom of the shopping cart body is further provided with a storage location for large items; the side wall of the accommodating cabin is provided with a first opening for at least part of the shopping cart to enter and exit the accommodating cabin, the first opening can correspond to at least part of the storage position of the shopping cart accommodated in the accommodating cabin so that large articles on the storage position can be moved out of the accommodating cabin from the shopping cart through the first opening, or the accommodating cabin is also provided with a second opening which can correspond to at least part of the storage position of the shopping cart accommodated in the accommodating cabin so that large articles on the storage position can be moved out of the accommodating cabin from the shopping cart through the second opening; and/or

10. The transfer system of claim 9, wherein the shopping cart body is provided with an upper layer and a lower layer of storage structures, the upper layer of structures is provided with a storage cavity for accommodating the logistics box and having an upward opening, and the lower layer of structures is provided with the storage position;