CN106934330B

CN106934330B - Logistics information acquisition method, platform and system and image acquisition equipment

Info

Publication number: CN106934330B
Application number: CN201511029400.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 许凯军
Original assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision System Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision System Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-12-31
Filing date: 2015-12-31
Publication date: 2020-07-31
Anticipated expiration: 2035-12-31
Also published as: WO2017113575A1; CN106934330A

Abstract

The logistics information acquisition method comprises the steps of acquiring identification information of an article, and images with set quantity and videos with set duration in a first monitoring scene and a second monitoring scene, associating the identification information of the article with the images and/or the videos to respectively generate scanned image data and shipping image data, and storing the identification information of the article and the scanned image data and the shipping image data of the article associated with the identification information. In the embodiment of the invention, the scanned image data and the shipping image data which are associated with the identification information of the object are stored in the identification information of each object, so that the image associated with the identification information of the object can be quickly searched based on the identification information of the object, the query time of a user is saved, the query efficiency is improved, and the query steps are simplified.

Description

Logistics information acquisition method, platform and system and image acquisition equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of monitoring, in particular to a logistics information acquisition method, a logistics information acquisition platform, a logistics information acquisition system and image acquisition equipment.

Background

With the development of the scientific and technical level and economy, logistics are becoming more and more important.

In the field of logistics, articles are often transported to different locations. In order to prevent the transported goods from being damaged in the conveying process, the logistics companies often need to continuously perform video monitoring on the transported goods. However, since there are a large number of articles to be shipped and conveyed, the number of surveillance videos and images obtained by video surveillance is large.

When the monitoring videos and images of a certain shipped object need to be searched, the monitoring videos and images need to be searched in a large number, and the efficiency is low. Meanwhile, as the appearance of the shipped object may be quite similar or even consistent, the difficulty of searching for the monitoring video and image of the shipped object is further increased.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention aims to provide a logistics information acquisition method, a logistics information acquisition platform, a logistics information acquisition system and image acquisition equipment, so as to realize the quick search of monitoring images and/or videos of shipped articles.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for acquiring logistics information, including:

the method comprises the steps that a first scanning device located in a first monitoring scene scans identification information of an article and sends the identification information to a corresponding first image acquisition device, and the first image acquisition device acquires a first set number of images and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene after receiving the identification information of the article;

the second scanning device located in a second monitoring scene scans the identification information of the article and sends the identification information to a corresponding second image acquisition device, and the second image acquisition device acquires a second set number of images and/or videos with a second set duration in the second monitoring scene after receiving the identification information of the article, wherein the images and/or videos acquired by the second image acquisition device contain characteristic information of a vehicle for shipping the article;

and associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the first set number of images and/or the video with the first set time length to generate scanned image data, associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the second set number of images and/or the video with the second set time length to generate shipping image data, and storing the identification information of the article and the scanned image data and the shipping image data of the article associated with the identification information.

Further, the acquiring a first set number of images and/or a first set duration of video in the first monitored scene includes:

judging whether the image and/or the video acquired by the first image acquisition equipment contains a person or not;

if yes, acquiring a first set number of images containing human body features and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene.

Further, the characteristic information of the vehicle at least includes license plate number information, and after the second image acquisition device acquires a second set number of images and/or a second set duration of video in a second monitoring scene, the method further includes:

identifying an image and/or a video acquired by second image acquisition equipment to acquire characteristic information of the vehicle, wherein the characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises license plate number information;

and associating and storing the identification information of the article with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

Further, after the characteristic information of the vehicle is obtained, the method further includes:

associating the characteristic information of the vehicle with the shipment image data.

Further, the associating the identification information of the item with one or more of the first set number of images and/or the video of the first set duration to generate scanned image data, and associating the identification information of the item with one or more of the second set number of images and/or the video of the second set duration to generate shipping image data includes:

selecting one or more images meeting a set first condition from the first set number of images, and associating the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set first condition and/or the video with the first set duration to generate scanned image data;

and selecting one or more images meeting a set second condition from the second set number of images, and associating the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set second condition and/or the video of a second set time length to generate shipping image data.

Further, when associating the identification information of the item with one or more images, employing at least one of the following association methods:

embedding the identification information in the one or more images; or,

corresponding the identification information to the one or more images;

when associating the identification information of the item with a video, at least one of the following association methods is employed:

determining the starting time for association according to the time for receiving the identification information of the article;

according to the starting time and the identification information of the article, the identification information of the article is associated with the video in any one of the following association modes:

embedding the identification information of the article into the video frame corresponding to the starting moment; or,

determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; or,

inserting the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video as a label; or,

corresponding the identification information of the article with the starting time in the video; or,

and corresponding the identification information of the article with the video frame corresponding to the starting moment in the video.

Further, the determining, according to the time when the identification information of the article is received, a start time for associating includes:

taking the time for receiving the identification information as the starting time for association; or,

and determining the starting time for association according to the time for receiving the identification information and a preset first time length threshold.

Further, a GPS module is disposed on the vehicle, and the method further includes:

receiving position information and/or transportation path information of the vehicle;

and associating and storing the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

Further, a third image acquisition device is arranged on the vehicle, and the method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring an image and/or a video of a third monitoring scene acquired by the third image acquisition equipment;

and associating and storing the acquired image and/or video of the third monitoring scene with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

Further, the method further comprises:

the acquired image and/or video information acquired by each image acquisition device for acquiring the image and/or video of the article comprises the identification information of the image acquisition device, and the identification information of the article and the identification information of each image acquisition device are associated and stored.

Further, when the identification information of the item is associated with the video using the following association method: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; the method further comprises the following steps:

analyzing the scanned image data and the shipping image data;

when the identification information of the article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the moment as a starting moment;

when the identification information of the next article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the time when the identification information of the next article is embedded as the end time;

and saving the start time and the end time of embedding the identification information of the item in the scanning image data and the shipping image data.

The embodiment of the invention provides a logistics information acquisition platform, which comprises:

the system comprises an image acquisition unit, a first monitoring unit and a second monitoring unit, wherein the image acquisition unit is used for receiving a first set number of images and/or videos with a first set duration in a first monitoring scene sent by the first image acquisition device, and the first set number of images and/or videos with the first set duration are acquired by the first image acquisition device after receiving identification information of an object scanned by a first scanning device located in the first monitoring scene; receiving a second set number of images and/or a second set duration of video in a second monitoring scene sent by a second image acquisition device, wherein the second set number of images and/or the second set duration of video are acquired by the second image acquisition device after the second image acquisition device receives identification information of an item scanned by a second scanning device located in the second monitoring scene, and the images and/or the video acquired by the second image acquisition device contain characteristic information of a vehicle for shipping the item;

the association unit is used for associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the first set number of images and/or the video with the first set time length to generate scanned image data, and associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the second set number of images and/or the video with the second set time length to generate shipping image data;

and the storage unit is used for storing the identification information of the item and the scanning image data and the shipping image data of the item which are related to the identification information.

Further, the characteristic information of the vehicle at least includes license plate number information, and the platform further includes:

the identification unit is used for identifying the image and/or video acquired by the second image acquisition equipment and acquiring the characteristic information of the vehicle, wherein the characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises license plate number information;

the storage unit is further used for associating and storing the identification information of the article with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

Further, the storage unit is further configured to associate characteristic information of the vehicle with the shipment image data.

Further, the associating unit is specifically configured to select one or more images meeting a set first condition from the first set number of images, associate the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set first condition and/or the video with the first set duration, and generate scanned image data; and selecting one or more images meeting a set second condition from the second set number of images, and associating the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set second condition and/or the video of a second set time length to generate shipping image data.

Further, the associating unit is further configured to, when associating the identification information of the item with one or more images, adopt at least one of the following association methods: embedding the identification information in the one or more images; or, corresponding the identification information to the one or more images; when associating the identification information of the item with a video, at least one of the following association methods is employed: determining the starting time for association according to the time for receiving the identification information of the article; according to the starting time and the identification information of the article, the identification information of the article is associated with the video in any one of the following association modes: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or, determining the video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the product in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; or, the identification information of the article is used as a label to be inserted into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or, the identification information of the article is corresponding to the starting time in the video; or, the identification information of the article is corresponding to the video frame corresponding to the starting time in the video.

Further, the storage unit is further configured to receive position information and/or transportation path information of the vehicle, associate and store the position information and/or transportation path information of the vehicle and the identification information of the article associated with the feature information of the vehicle.

Furthermore, a third image acquisition device is further arranged on the vehicle, and the image acquisition unit is further used for acquiring an image and/or a video of a third monitoring scene acquired by the third image acquisition device;

the storage unit is further configured to associate and store the acquired image and/or video of the third monitored scene with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

Further, when the identification information of the item is associated with the video using the following association method: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame;

the storage unit is also used for analyzing the scanning image data and the shipping image data; when the identification information of the article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the moment as a starting moment; when the identification information of the next article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the time when the identification information of the next article is embedded as the end time; and saving the start time and the end time of embedding the identification information of the item in the scanning image data and the shipping image data.

The embodiment of the invention provides a logistics information acquisition system, which comprises a server and at least two image acquisition devices, wherein,

the system comprises a first image acquisition device, a second image acquisition device and a monitoring device, wherein the first image acquisition device is used for receiving identification information of an article scanned and sent by a first scanning device positioned in a first monitoring scene, and acquiring a first set number of images and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene after receiving the identification information of the article; associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the images of the first set number and/or the video of the first set duration to generate scanned image data;

the second image acquisition device is used for receiving the identification information of the article scanned and sent by the second scanning device positioned in a second monitoring scene, and acquiring a second set number of images and/or videos with a second set duration in the second monitoring scene after receiving the identification information of the article, wherein the images and/or videos acquired by the second image acquisition device contain characteristic information of a vehicle for loading and transporting the article; associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the second set number of images and/or the second set duration of video to generate shipping image data;

and the server is used for storing the identification information of the item and the scanning image data and the shipping image data of the item which are related to the identification information.

Further, the first image acquisition device is also used for judging whether the acquired image and/or video contains a person or not; if yes, acquiring a first set number of images containing human body features and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene.

Further, the characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises license plate number information, and the second image acquisition device is further used for identifying the acquired image and/or video to acquire the characteristic information of the vehicle, wherein the characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises the license plate number information; and associating the identification information of the item with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

Further, the second image capture device is further configured to associate characteristic information of the vehicle with the shipment image data.

The first image acquisition device is further configured to select one or more images meeting a set first condition from the first set number of images, and associate the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set first condition and/or the video of the first set duration to generate scanned image data;

the second image acquisition device is further configured to select one or more images meeting a set second condition from the second set number of images, and associate the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set second condition and/or the video of a second set duration to generate shipping image data.

Further, when the first image capturing device and the second image capturing device associate the identification information of the item with one or more images, the method further comprises: embedding the identification information in the one or more images; and/or, corresponding the identification information to the one or more images; when the first image capturing device and the second image capturing device associate the identification information of the item with the video, the method is further configured to:

determining the starting time for association according to the time for receiving the identification information of the article; and

embedding the identification information of the article into the video frame corresponding to the starting time according to the starting time and the identification information of the article; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

inserting the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video as a label; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

corresponding the identification information of the article with the starting time in the video; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

Further, the server is also used for receiving the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle; and associating and storing the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

Further, the system further comprises:

the third image acquisition equipment is arranged on the vehicle and used for acquiring images and/or videos of a third monitoring scene;

the server is further used for associating and storing the acquired image and/or video of the third monitoring scene with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

Further, the server is further configured to obtain identification information of the image capturing device by analyzing the acquired image and/or video information captured by each image capturing device, and associate and store the identification information of the article with the identification information of each image capturing device.

Further, when the first image capturing device and the second image capturing device are specifically configured to associate the identification information of the item with a video: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; the server is also used for analyzing the scanning image data and the shipping image data;

An embodiment of the present invention provides an image capturing apparatus, including:

the receiving module is used for receiving the identification information of the object scanned by the scanning equipment;

the acquisition module is used for acquiring a set number of images and/or a set duration video in a monitoring scene after receiving the identification information of the article;

and the association module is used for associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the images in the set number and/or the video with the set duration to generate image data.

Further, the acquiring module is specifically configured to determine whether the acquired image and/or video includes a person; if yes, acquiring a set number of images containing human body characteristics and/or a set duration of video.

Further, the association module is specifically configured to select one or more images meeting a set condition from the set number of images, and associate the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set first condition and/or the video with the set duration to generate image data.

Further, the association module is specifically configured to, when associating the identification information of the item with one or more images, adopt at least one of the following association methods:

embedding the identification information in the one or more images; or,

corresponding the identification information to the one or more images;

The logistics information acquisition method comprises the steps of acquiring identification information of an article, and images with set quantity and videos with set duration in a first monitoring scene and a second monitoring scene, associating the identification information of the article with the images and/or the videos to respectively generate scanned image data and shipping image data, and storing the identification information of the article and the scanned image data and the shipping image data of the article associated with the identification information. In the embodiment of the invention, the scanning image data and the shipping image data which are associated with the identification information of the object are stored aiming at the identification information of each object, so that the image associated with the identification information of the object can be quickly searched based on the identification information of the object, the query time of a user is saved, the query efficiency is improved, and the query steps are simplified.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for acquiring logistics information according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a logistics information query process provided by the embodiment of the invention based on the embodiment shown in fig. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a logistics information collection platform according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a logistics information query platform provided by the embodiment of the invention on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another logistics information collection platform provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is another schematic structural diagram of a logistics information query platform based on the embodiment shown in fig. 5 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a logistics information collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of signal transmission between the devices shown in fig. 7 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an image capturing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, a method for acquiring logistics information according to an embodiment of the present invention may include:

s101: the first scanning equipment located in the first monitoring scene scans identification information of an article and sends the identification information to corresponding first image acquisition equipment, and the first image acquisition equipment acquires a first set number of images and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene after receiving the identification information of the article.

Specifically, in order to realize the acquisition of the logistics information in the embodiment of the present invention, each first image acquisition device corresponding to each first scanning device is provided for each first scanning device, and the number of the first image acquisition devices corresponding to each first scanning device may be one or more than two. When the first scanning device scans the identification information of the object, the first scanning device sends the identification information of the object to each corresponding first image acquisition device, and the first image acquisition devices acquire a first set number of images and/or a first set duration of video.

Generally, the first scanning device is arranged in a first monitoring scene, and the first monitoring scene may be a scene corresponding to a collecting station, a scene corresponding to an article transfer station, or a scene corresponding to a sorting center. The first scanning equipment sends the identification information of the scanned object to the corresponding first image acquisition equipment. The first image capturing device may be one or more. After receiving the identification information of the article, the first image acquisition device acquires a first set number of images and/or a first set duration video in a first monitoring scene, wherein the first set number and the first set duration may be preset.

Wherein, this article can be express delivery parcel, the commodity that has the figure recognition code etc.. The pattern identification code can be a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code, and can also be other pattern identification codes. The first scanning device can be a special graphic code recognition device such as a bar code scanning gun. The identification information of the article can be information for uniquely identifying the article, such as an express bill number, a commodity number and the like.

S102: and the second scanning equipment positioned in a second monitoring scene scans the identification information of the article and sends the identification information to corresponding second image acquisition equipment, and the second image acquisition equipment acquires a second set number of images and/or videos with a second set duration in the second monitoring scene after receiving the identification information of the article, wherein the images and/or videos acquired by the second image acquisition equipment contain characteristic information of a vehicle for shipping the article.

Similarly, for a second scanning device located in a second monitoring scene, each second image acquisition device corresponding to the second scanning device is provided, and the number of the second image acquisition devices corresponding to the second scanning device may be one or more than two. And after the second scanning device scans the identification information of the article, the second scanning device sends the identification information of the article to each corresponding second image acquisition device, and the second image acquisition devices acquire a second set number of images and/or a second set duration of video. The second set number may be the same as or different from the first set number, and the first set duration and the second set duration may be the same or different.

The second monitoring scene may be a shipping scene of the article, specifically, a loading scene or a unloading scene. And the second scanning equipment sends the identification information of the scanned article to the corresponding second image acquisition equipment. The second image capturing device may be one or more. And after receiving the identification information of the article, the second image acquisition equipment acquires a second set number of images and/or a second set duration video in a second monitoring scene.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first and second image capturing devices may be any image capturing devices that receive the identification information of the item, and when there are a plurality of image capturing devices that receive the identification information of the item, any image capturing device performs image and/or video acquisition according to the above implementation procedure.

In addition, in order to acquire an image containing identification information of a vehicle, the identification information of the shipping vehicle is located in a visual field of the second image acquisition device, and specific identification information of the vehicle can be vehicle number plate information at the tail of the vehicle, so that characteristic information of the vehicle for shipping the article can be ensured to be contained in the image and/or video acquired by the second image acquisition device.

S103: and associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the first set number of images and/or the video with the first set time length to generate scanned image data, associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the second set number of images and/or the video with the second set time length to generate shipping image data, and storing the identification information of the article and the scanned image data and the shipping image data of the article associated with the identification information.

In order to facilitate subsequent searching of the articles, in the embodiment of the present invention, the identification information of the article is associated with the image and/or the video to generate corresponding image data, and the image data associated with the identification information of the article is stored for the identification information of each article.

Specifically, when the identification information of the article is associated with the images, one or more images to be associated may be determined in a first set number of images, and the identification information of the article is associated with one or more of the first set number of images and/or the video of the first set duration to generate scanned image data; and determining one or more images to be associated in a second set number of images, and associating the identification information of the article with one or more images in the second set number of images and/or the video of the first set time length to generate the shipping image data.

Any one or more images among the first set number and the second set number of images may be determined as the image to be associated.

In the embodiment of the invention, the scanning image data and the shipping image data which are associated with the identification information of the object are stored aiming at the identification information of each object, so that the image associated with the identification information of the object can be quickly searched based on the identification information of the object, the query time of a user is saved, the query efficiency is improved, and the query steps are simplified.

In order to facilitate the search of the information of the article and accurately determine the state of each link of the article, in an embodiment of the present invention, the acquiring the first set number of images and/or the video with the first set duration in the first monitoring scene includes:

In order to achieve the acquisition of images and/or videos in the above embodiments, one or more first image capturing devices corresponding to the first scanning device are provided for the first scanning device, and when the first scanning device scans the identification information of an article, the identification information of the article is sent to each first image capturing device corresponding to the first scanning device. Because the first monitoring scene is a scene corresponding to a collecting station, or a scene corresponding to an article transfer station, or a scene corresponding to a sorting center, and stations for scanning articles in the first scene are generally fixed, a first scanning device may be configured for each station, and the first scanning device may correspond to one or more first image acquisition devices. In addition, one first image acquisition device may also correspond to a plurality of first scanning devices.

And each first image acquisition device which receives the identification information of the article sent by the first scanning device acquires a first set number of images and/or a first set duration of video. Specifically, the first image capturing device may be an image capturing device with a fixed installation position and an unadjustable angle, and in order to ensure that an image and/or a video including human body features are obtained, each position in the first monitoring scene should be located in a visual field of the first image capturing device. When the first scanning equipment corresponds to one first image acquisition equipment, the station corresponding to the first scanning equipment is positioned in the visual field of the first image acquisition equipment.

Or, the first image capturing device may also be an angle-adjustable image capturing device, when the first image capturing device receives the identification information of the article sent by the first scanning device, the station corresponding to the first scanning device is determined according to the identification information of the first scanning device sending the identification information of the article, the first image capturing device may judge whether the captured image and/or video contains a person according to the captured image and/or video at the current time, and if so, the first set number of images and/or the first set duration of video containing the human body characteristics in the first monitored scene are obtained.

On the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, in another embodiment of the present invention, the associating the identification information of the item with one or more of the first set number of images and/or the video of the first set duration to generate scanned image data, and associating the identification information of the item with one or more of the second set number of images and/or the video of the second set duration to generate shipping image data includes:

In order to facilitate subsequent searching of the articles and positioning of each link in the logistics process, in the above embodiment, one or more images to be associated may be determined in the first set number of images and the second set number of images according to a set first condition and a set second condition. Specifically, the set first condition may be that the included human body features are relatively clear, or the human body features are included in the workstation corresponding to the first scanning device, or some human body features are included, for example, the human body features are included. The second condition of the setting may be that the identification information of the included vehicle is relatively clear, or the like.

On the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, in order to further ensure the efficiency of information search of an article and accurately locate various conditions in the article transmission process, the characteristic information of the vehicle at least includes license plate number information, and after the second image acquisition device acquires a second set number of images and/or a second set duration video in a second monitoring scene, the method further includes:

The second image acquisition device can continuously acquire images of a second monitoring scene, and after identification information of the object is received, the characteristic information of the vehicle contained in the images is identified, wherein the characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises license plate number information, so that when image data is stored aiming at the identification information of the object, the identification information of the object and the characteristic information of the vehicle can be associated and stored.

Or, in order to save the identification information of the vehicle that ships the item for the identification information of the item, on the basis of the above embodiment of the present invention, after acquiring the feature information of the vehicle in an embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:

Specifically, the characteristic information of the vehicle is associated with the shipping image data, and may be embedded in the shipping image data in various ways, or may be associated with the shipping image data.

In order to further ensure the efficiency of information search of the article and accurately locate various conditions in the article transmission process, on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 1, in another embodiment of the present invention, when the identification information of the article is associated with one or more images, at least one of the following association methods is used:

embedding the identification information in the one or more images; or,

corresponding the identification information to the one or more images;

embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the monitoring video; or,

The technology of adding tags in videos or images is the prior art, for example, scenario tags are added on videos by video websites, and scenario introduction text contents are added into the videos as tags.

Taking a video as an example, the starting time is 2015 year 01, morning 02 hours, the video corresponding to the starting time is 20150101, the total time of the video is 24 hours, and the video frame corresponding to the starting time is 02: 00: 00 video frame corresponding to this moment. The time information of the start time is the specific time of the start time, such as 2015, 01, morning 02 hours.

When the identification information of the article is embedded into the video frame corresponding to the start time and the video frames after the start time, before the identification information of the next article is received, the identification information of the article is embedded into each video frame of the video, and the receiving time of the identification information of the next article is the end time of embedding the identification information of the article. Specifically, the start time and the end time of the video of the article may be obtained by video capture.

Specifically, the identification information of the article may be embedded in the video frame corresponding to the start time and the video frame following the start time, or the identification information of the article may be embedded in the code stream of the video between the start time and the end time of the article. Thus, the video may display the identification information of the item.

And inserting the identification information of the article into the video frame corresponding to the starting time of the video as a label, or corresponding the identification information of the article with the starting time of the video, so that the identification information of the article corresponds to the starting time of the video or the video frame corresponding to the starting time, and a user can determine the starting time of the video of the article through the identification information, thereby watching the video of the article.

The identification information of the article is corresponding to the video frame corresponding to the starting time in the video, or the identification information of the article is embedded in the video, so that the ending time of the video of the article can be determined, the video between the starting time and the ending time is obtained, and the obtained video is corresponding to the identification information of the article; or embedding identification information in the video and/or image between the start time and the end time of the item. In this way, the user can find a video of the item through the identification information.

In the above embodiment, specifically, the determining, according to the time when the identification information of the article is received, the starting time for associating includes:

When the transmission link between the devices is good, the time for receiving the identification information may be used as the starting time for association, if the transmission link is not particularly good, a first time length threshold may be preset according to the delay between the links, and the starting time for association may be determined according to the time for receiving the identification information and the preset first time length threshold.

In order to further ensure the efficiency of information search of the article and accurately locate various conditions in the article transmission process, a GPS module is further arranged on the shipping vehicle, and on the basis of the embodiment, the method further comprises the following steps:

The GPS module acquires and transmits the position information, and because each vehicle is provided with the corresponding GPS module and each GPS module has identification information of the GPS module, the corresponding relation between the identification information of each GPS module and the identification information of the vehicle mounted with the GPS module can be preserved in advance. After receiving the position information of the vehicle sent by a GPS module arranged on the vehicle, determining the identification information of the vehicle according to the identification information of the GPS module and the stored corresponding relation, determining the identification information of the article carried by the vehicle, and associating and storing the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle and the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

In order to further ensure the efficiency of information search of the article and accurately locate various conditions in the article transmission process, on the basis of the above embodiment, in another embodiment of the present invention, a third image capturing device is further disposed on the vehicle, and the method further includes:

And installing third image acquisition equipment in a third monitoring scene, wherein the third monitoring scene can be a scene in the vehicle, and recording the corresponding relation between the third image acquisition equipment and the identification information of the vehicle installed in the third image acquisition equipment aiming at the installation position of each third image acquisition equipment, namely the vehicle installed in the third image acquisition equipment.

When receiving the image and/or video sent by the third image acquisition device, determining the identification information of the vehicle installed on the third image acquisition device according to the identification information of the third image acquisition device, so as to associate and store the acquired image and/or video of the third monitoring scene with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle aiming at the identification information of the article shipped by the vehicle.

Specifically, the determining, according to the identification information of the vehicle, the identification information of the item shipped by the vehicle includes:

identifying in the received shipping image data to acquire identification information of the vehicle;

determining the time length of the vehicle staying according to the shipping image data containing the identification information of the vehicle, and using the identification information related to the shipping image data sent by the second image acquisition equipment in the time length as the identification information of the goods shipped by the vehicle.

And after scanning the identification information of the article, the second scanning equipment positioned in the second monitoring scene sends the identification information to the second image acquisition equipment, and the second image acquisition equipment captures a second set number of images in the second monitoring scene and/or a second set duration video. Therefore, when receiving the image and/or video of the third monitoring scene sent by the third image acquisition device installed on the vehicle, the time length of the vehicle staying is determined according to the identification information of the vehicle contained in the shipping image data, so that the identification information related to the shipping image data sent by the second image acquisition device acquired in the time length is used as the identification information of the object shipped by the vehicle.

This is because it can be assumed that, after the vehicle starts to operate, the third image capturing device transmits the image and/or video of the third monitoring scene, that is, the transportation process of the item is started, and it can be assumed that the corresponding item has been shipped on the vehicle. In order to identify the item shipped in the vehicle, the identification information of the vehicle may be known because the identification information of the third image capturing device may be obtained through the image and/or video transmitted by the third image capturing device.

And identifying in the shipping image data corresponding to each second image acquisition device, acquiring identification information of the vehicle, and taking the shipping image data containing the identification information of the vehicle before receiving the image of the third monitoring scene as the shipping image data corresponding to the vehicle. The length of time the vehicle is parked is determined from the generation information, or the reception information, or the time information carried therein of the shipment image data.

In order to further ensure the efficiency of information search of the article and accurately locate various conditions in the article transmission process, on the basis of the above embodiment, the method further includes:

In order to track the logistics information of the article, image acquisition devices can be arranged in each logistics environment, and the image acquisition devices respectively acquire images and/or videos entering the corresponding monitoring areas. Specifically, different image capturing devices may correspond to the same or different monitoring scenes, and the orientations of the image capturing devices may be the same or different.

By respectively arranging the image acquisition devices at different positions in the article conveying path, the conveying process of a plurality of scenes of the article conveying path can be monitored. Optionally, an image capturing device may be disposed in a scene where a key point of the article transport path is located, so as to monitor each key scene. The key scenes can be a goods acquisition scene, a shipping scene, a transportation scene and the like.

Therefore, the transmission path of the article is determined according to the device position information and the time information of the image acquisition device which recognizes the identification information of the article. Because the identification information of the image acquisition equipment after the association processing and the identification information of the article are stored, a user can inquire the equipment position information of the associated image acquisition equipment through the identification information, and determine the information corresponding to the article and the time sequence acquired by the image acquisition equipment according to the time information contained in the image data, thereby determining the transmission path of the article.

In order to further improve the user experience and enable the user to accurately know the logistics situation of the item, in one embodiment of the present invention, when the following association method is adopted to associate the identification information of the item with the video: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; the method further comprises the following steps:

analyzing the scanned image data and the shipping image data;

When the scanning video data or the shipping video data associated with the identification information of the article is stored aiming at the identification information of the article, the starting time and the ending time corresponding to the identification information of each article are determined according to the identification information of the associated article in the scanning video data or the shipping video data, so that a user can timely locate the corresponding content in the video according to the starting time and the ending time and timely know the logistics information of the article. And analyzing and acquiring the starting time and the ending time corresponding to the identification information of the article in different ways according to different association ways.

Fig. 2 is a logistics information query process provided by the embodiment of the invention based on the embodiment shown in fig. 1, and the process includes the following steps:

s201: receiving a query request, wherein the query request carries identification information of an article to be queried.

S202: and searching and outputting the scanning image data and the shipping image data which are associated with the identification information of the article according to the identification information of the article and the stored scanning image data and shipping image data which are associated with the identification information of the article.

Specifically, there are various ways to output the searched associated scanned image data and shipped image data, such as: and arranging and displaying the searched associated scanned image data and the searched associated shipping image data according to a time sequence, or arranging and displaying the searched associated scanned image data and the searched associated shipping image data according to a setting position or a collection area of the image collection device.

The user can monitor and track the logistics of the articles according to the output images.

When the identification information for the item also holds scanned image data and shipped image data, the method further includes:

and searching and outputting the scanned image data and the shipping image data which are associated with the identification information of the item.

Because the output information also comprises video data, when logistics needs to be monitored, the situation of the article in the whole logistics process can be known by directly opening the corresponding video, and the article can be accurately monitored.

In order to further improve the user experience and enable the user to accurately know the logistics status of the item, in an embodiment of the present invention, when the following association method is adopted to associate the identification information of the item with the video: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; the method further comprises the following steps:

analyzing the scanned image data and the shipping image data;

outputting a start time and an end time of the identification information of the item embedded in the scanned image data and the shipment image data.

When the scanned image data or the shipping image data associated with the identification information of the article is stored aiming at the identification information of the article, the starting time and the ending time corresponding to the identification information of each article are determined according to the identification information of the associated article in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, so that a user can timely locate the corresponding content in the video according to the starting time and the ending time and timely know the logistics information of the article. And analyzing and acquiring the starting time and the ending time corresponding to the identification information of the article in different ways according to different association ways.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a logistics information collection platform provided in an embodiment of the present invention, where the platform includes: an image acquisition unit 31 and a storage unit 32, wherein

The image acquiring unit 31 is configured to receive scanned image data sent by a first image acquiring device, where the scanned image data is generated by acquiring, by the first image acquiring device, a first set number of images and/or a first set duration of video in a first monitoring scene after receiving identification information of an article sent by the first scanning device in the first monitoring scene, and associating the identification information of the article with the first set number of images and/or the first set duration of video; receiving shipping image data sent by second image acquisition equipment, wherein the shipping image data is generated by acquiring a second set number of images and/or videos with a second set time length in a second monitoring scene after the second image acquisition equipment receives identification information of an article sent by second scanning equipment positioned in the second monitoring scene, and associating the identification information of the article with the second set number of images and/or videos with the second set time length, wherein the images and/or videos acquired by the second image acquisition equipment contain characteristic information of a vehicle for shipping the article;

a storage unit 32 for storing the identification information of the item and the scanned image data and shipment image data of the item associated with the identification information.

The second monitoring scene may be a shipping scene of the article, specifically, a loading scene or a unloading scene. And the second scanning equipment sends the identification information of the scanned article to the corresponding second image acquisition equipment. The second image capturing device may be one or more. And after receiving the identification information of the article, the second image acquisition equipment acquires a second set number of images and/or a second set duration video in a second monitoring scene. In addition, in order to acquire an image containing identification information of a vehicle, the identification information of the shipping vehicle is located in a visual field of the second image acquisition device, and specific identification information of the vehicle can be vehicle number plate information at the tail of the vehicle, so that characteristic information of the vehicle for shipping the article can be ensured to be contained in the image and/or video acquired by the second image acquisition device.

The feature information of the vehicle at least includes license plate number information, and the storage unit 32 is further configured to identify an image and/or a video acquired by a second image acquisition device, and acquire the feature information of the vehicle, where the feature information of the vehicle at least includes license plate number information;

The second image acquisition device can continuously acquire images and/or videos of a second monitoring scene, and after identification information of the object is received, the characteristic information of the vehicle contained in the images is identified, wherein the characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises license plate number information, so that when image data is stored aiming at the identification information of the object, the identification information of the object and the characteristic information of the vehicle can be associated and stored.

The storage unit 32 is further configured to associate characteristic information of the vehicle with the shipment image data.

The platform further comprises:

the vehicle is provided with a GPS module, and the storage unit 32 is further used for receiving the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle; and associating and storing the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

The image acquiring unit 31 is further configured to acquire an image and/or a video of a third monitoring scene acquired by the third image acquiring device;

the storage unit 32 is further configured to associate and store the acquired image and/or video of the third monitored scene with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

The storage unit 32 is further configured to obtain image and/or video information collected by each image collection device for collecting an image and/or a video of the article, include identification information of the image collection device, and associate and store the identification information of the article and the identification information of each image collection device.

When the following association method is used to associate the identification information of the item with the video: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; the storage unit 32 is further configured to parse the scanned image data and the shipping image data;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a logistics information query platform provided by the embodiment of the invention on the basis of the embodiment shown in fig. 3, where the platform includes:

a query request receiving unit 41, configured to receive a query request, where the query request carries identification information of an item to be queried;

and a search output unit 42 for searching and outputting the scanned image data and the shipping image data associated with the identification information of the item based on the identification information of the item and the stored scanned image data and shipping image data associated with the identification information of the item.

And the search output unit 42 is also used for searching and outputting the scanning image data and the shipping image data which are associated with the identification information of the item.

When the identification information of the item is associated with the video using the following association method: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame;

a search output unit 42, specifically configured to analyze the scanned image data and the shipping image data; when the identification information of the article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the moment as a starting moment; when the identification information of the next article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the time when the identification information of the next article is embedded as the end time; outputting a start time and an end time of the identification information of the item embedded in the scanned image data and the shipment image data.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another logistics information collection platform provided in an embodiment of the present invention, where the platform includes:

the image acquiring unit 51 is configured to receive a first set number of images and/or videos with a first set duration in a first monitored scene sent by a first image capturing device, where the first set number of images and/or videos with the first set duration are acquired by the first image capturing device after receiving identification information of an object scanned by a first scanning device located in the first monitored scene; receiving a second set number of images and/or a second set duration of video in a second monitoring scene sent by a second image acquisition device, wherein the second set number of images and/or the second set duration of video are acquired by the second image acquisition device after the second image acquisition device receives identification information of an item scanned by a second scanning device located in the second monitoring scene, and the images and/or the video acquired by the second image acquisition device contain characteristic information of a vehicle for shipping the item;

the association unit 52 is configured to associate the identification information of the item with one or more of the first set number of images and/or the video of the first set duration to generate scanned image data, and associate the identification information of the item with one or more of the second set number of images and/or the video of the second set duration to generate shipping image data;

a storage unit 53 for saving the identification information of the item and the scanned image data and shipment image data of the item associated with the identification information.

The characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises license plate number information, and the platform further comprises:

the identification unit 54 is configured to identify an image and/or a video acquired by the second image acquisition device, and acquire characteristic information of the vehicle, where the characteristic information of the vehicle at least includes license plate number information;

the storage unit 53 is further configured to store, for the identification information of the item, scanned image data, shipping image data, and identification information of the vehicle, in which the identification information of the item is associated.

The storage unit 53 is further configured to associate and store the identification information of the article with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

The storage unit 53 is further configured to associate the characteristic information of the vehicle with the shipment image data.

The associating unit 52 is specifically configured to select one or more images meeting a set first condition from the first set number of images, associate the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set first condition and/or the video with the first set duration, and generate scanned image data; and selecting one or more images meeting a set second condition from the second set number of images, and associating the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set second condition and/or the video of a second set time length to generate shipping image data.

The associating unit 52 is further configured to, when associating the identification information of the item with one or more images, adopt at least one of the following association methods: embedding the identification information in the one or more images; or, corresponding the identification information to the one or more images; when associating the identification information of the item with a video, at least one of the following association methods is employed: determining the starting time for association according to the time for receiving the identification information of the article; according to the starting time and the identification information of the article, the identification information of the article is associated with the video in any one of the following association modes: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or, determining the video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the product in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; or, the identification information of the article is used as a label to be inserted into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or, the identification information of the article is corresponding to the starting time in the video; or, the identification information of the article is corresponding to the video frame corresponding to the starting time in the video.

Specifically, the identification information of the article is embedded into the video frame corresponding to the start time and the video frame following the start time, or the identification information of the article is embedded into the code stream of the monitoring video between the start time and the end time of the article. Thus, the identification information of the object can be displayed in the monitoring video.

And inserting the identification information of the article into the video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the monitoring video as a label, or corresponding the identification information of the article with the starting moment of the monitoring video, so that the identification information of the article corresponds to the starting moment of the monitoring video or the video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and a user can determine the starting moment of the monitoring video of the article through the identification information, thereby watching the monitoring video of the article.

The identification information of the article is corresponding to the video frame corresponding to the starting time in the monitoring video, or the identification information of the article is embedded in the monitoring video, so that the ending time of the monitoring video of the article can be determined, the monitoring video between the starting time and the ending time is obtained, and the obtained monitoring video is corresponding to the identification information of the article; or embedding identification information in the surveillance video and/or images between the start time and the end time of the item. In this way, the user can find the surveillance video of the item through the identification information.

The associating unit 52 is specifically configured to use the time when the identification information is received as a starting time for associating; or determining the starting time for association according to the time for receiving the identification information and a preset first time length threshold.

The storage unit 53 is further configured to receive the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle, associate and store the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle and the identification information of the article associated with the feature information of the vehicle.

The vehicle is further provided with a third image acquisition device, and the image acquisition unit 51 is further configured to acquire an image and/or a video of a third monitoring scene acquired by the third image acquisition device;

the storage unit 53 is further configured to associate and store the acquired image and/or video of the third monitored scene with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

When the following association method is used to associate the identification information of the item with the video: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame;

the storage unit 53 is further configured to parse the scanned image data and the shipping image data; when the identification information of the article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the moment as a starting moment; when the identification information of the next article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the time when the identification information of the next article is embedded as the end time; and saving the start time and the end time of embedding the identification information of the item in the scanning image data and the shipping image data.

The image obtaining unit, the storage unit and the identification unit are the same as the corresponding units shown in fig. 3, and are not described again.

Fig. 6 is another schematic structural diagram of a logistics information query platform based on the embodiment shown in fig. 5 according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the platform includes:

the query request receiving unit 61 is configured to receive a query request, where the query request carries identification information of an item to be queried;

and a search output unit 62 for searching and outputting the scanned image data and the shipping image data associated with the identification information of the item based on the identification information of the item and the stored scanned image data and shipping image data associated with the identification information of the item.

When the identification information of the item is associated with the video using the following association method: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; a search output unit 62, specifically configured to analyze the scanned image data and the shipped image data; when the identification information of the article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the moment as a starting moment; when the identification information of the next article is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the time when the identification information of the next article is embedded as the end time; outputting a start time and an end time of the identification information of the item embedded in the scanned image data and the shipment image data.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a logistics information collection system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 8 is a schematic signal transmission diagram between the devices shown in fig. 7 according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the system includes: server 001, first and second scanning devices 003, first and second image capturing devices 002, item 004, person 005, vehicle 006; wherein,

the first image acquisition device 002 is configured to receive identification information of the article 004 scanned and sent by the first scanning device 003 located in the first monitoring scene, and after receiving the identification information of the article, obtain a first set number of images and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene;

the second image capturing device 002 is configured to receive the identification information of the item 004 scanned and sent by the second scanning device 003 in the second monitoring scene, and after receiving the identification information of the item, obtain a second set number of images and/or videos in the second monitoring scene, where the images and/or videos obtained by the second image capturing device include characteristic information of a vehicle that transports the item;

the server 001 is configured to associate the identification information of the item with one or more of the first set number of images and/or the video of the first set time length to generate scanned image data, associate the identification information of the item with one or more of the second set number of images and/or the video of the second set time length to generate shipment image data, and store the identification information of the item and the scanned image data and the shipment image data of the item associated with the identification information.

The first image capturing device 002 is specifically configured to determine whether a captured image and/or video contains a person; if yes, acquiring a first set number of images containing human body features and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene.

The characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises license plate number information, and the server 001 is further used for identifying the image and/or video acquired by the second image acquisition equipment to acquire the characteristic information of the vehicle, wherein the characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises the license plate number information;

The server 001 is further configured to associate characteristic information of the vehicle with the shipping image data.

The server 001 is specifically configured to select one or more images meeting a set first condition from the first set number of images, and associate the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set first condition and/or the video with the first set duration to generate scanned image data;

The server is specifically configured to, when associating the identification information of the item with one or more images, adopt at least one of the following association methods: embedding the identification information in the one or more images; or, corresponding the identification information to the one or more images; when associating the identification information of the item with a video, at least one of the following association methods is employed:

The server 001 is further configured to receive position information and/or transportation path information of the vehicle; and associating and storing the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

The system further comprises:

a third image capturing device 002 provided on the vehicle for acquiring an image and/or video of a third monitored scene;

the server 001 is further configured to associate and store the acquired image and/or video of the third monitored scene with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

The server 001 is further configured to obtain image and/or video information collected by each image collection device for collecting the image and/or video of the article, include identification information of the image collection device, and associate and store the identification information of the article and the identification information of each image collection device.

When the following association method is used to associate the identification information of the item with the video: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; the server 001 is further configured to analyze the scanned image data and the shipped image data;

In conjunction with fig. 7, another logistics information collecting system of the present invention comprises a server and at least two image collecting devices, wherein,

the first image acquisition device 002 is configured to receive identification information of an article scanned and sent by a first scanning device located in a first monitoring scene, and after receiving the identification information of the article, obtain a first set number of images and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene; associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the images of the first set number and/or the video of the first set duration to generate scanned image data;

the second image acquisition device 002 is configured to receive the identification information of the item scanned and sent by the second scanning device in the second monitoring scene, and after receiving the identification information of the item, acquire a second set number of images and/or a second set duration of video in the second monitoring scene, where the images and/or the video acquired by the second image acquisition device include characteristic information of a vehicle that ships the item; associating the identification information of the article with one or more of the second set number of images and/or the second set duration of video to generate shipping image data;

and the server 001 is used for storing the identification information of the item and the scanning image data and the shipping image data of the item which are related to the identification information.

The first image capturing device 002 is further configured to determine whether a person is included in the captured image and/or video; if yes, acquiring a first set number of images containing human body features and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene.

The characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises license plate number information, and the second image acquisition device 002 is further configured to identify the acquired image and/or video to acquire the characteristic information of the vehicle, where the characteristic information of the vehicle at least comprises the license plate number information; and associating the identification information of the item with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

The second image capturing device 002 is also configured to associate the characteristic information of the vehicle with the shipping image data.

The first image capturing device 002 is further configured to select one or more images satisfying a set first condition from the first set number of images, and associate the identification information with the one or more images satisfying the set first condition and/or the video with the first set duration to generate scanned image data;

the second image capturing device 002 is further configured to select one or more images satisfying a second set condition from the second set number of images, and associate the identification information with the one or more images satisfying the second set condition and/or the video with the second set duration to generate shipping image data.

When the first image capturing device 002 and the second image capturing device 002 associate the identification information of the article with one or more images, they are further configured to: embedding the identification information in the one or more images; and/or, corresponding the identification information to the one or more images; when the first image capturing device and the second image capturing device associate the identification information of the item with the video, the method is further configured to:

The system further comprises:

a third image capturing device 002 provided on the vehicle 006, for acquiring an image and/or video of a third monitored scene;

The server 001 is further configured to obtain identification information of the image capturing device by analyzing the obtained image and/or video information for capturing by each image capturing device, and associate and store the identification information of the article with the identification information of each image capturing device.

When the first image capturing device and the second image capturing device are specifically configured to associate the identification information of the item with a video: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; the server 001 is further configured to analyze the scanned image data and the shipped image data;

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the image capturing apparatus includes:

a receiving module 91, configured to receive identification information of an item scanned by a scanning device;

the obtaining module 92 is configured to obtain a set number of images and/or a set duration video in a monitoring scene after receiving the identification information of the article;

the associating module 93 is configured to associate the identification information of the article with one or more of the set number of images and/or the video with the set duration to generate image data.

The obtaining module 92 is specifically configured to determine whether the acquired image and/or video includes a person; if yes, acquiring a set number of images containing human body characteristics and/or a set duration of video.

The association module 93 is specifically configured to select one or more images meeting a set condition from the set number of images, and associate the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set first condition and/or the video with the set duration to generate image data.

The association module 93 is specifically configured to, when associating the identification information of the article with one or more images, adopt at least one of the following association methods:

embedding the identification information in the one or more images; or,

corresponding the identification information to the one or more images;

The logistics information acquisition method comprises the steps of acquiring identification information of an article, and images with set quantity and/or videos with set duration in a first monitoring scene and a second monitoring scene, associating the identification information of the article with the images and/or the videos to respectively generate scanned image data and shipping image data, and storing the identification information of the article and the scanned image data and the shipping image data of the article associated with the identification information. In the embodiment of the invention, the scanned image data and the shipping image data which are associated with the identification information of the object are stored in the identification information of each object, so that the image associated with the identification information of the object can be quickly searched based on the identification information of the object, the query time of a user is saved, the query efficiency is improved, and the query steps are simplified.

It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, 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 identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

All the embodiments in the present specification are described in a related manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments may be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. In particular, for the system embodiment, since it is substantially similar to the method embodiment, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiment.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A logistics information acquisition method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring a first set number of images and/or a first set duration of video in the first monitored scene comprises:

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the characteristic information of the vehicle at least includes license plate number information, and after the second image capturing device obtains a second set number of images and/or a second set duration of video in a second monitored scene, the method further comprises:

4. The method of claim 3, wherein after obtaining the characteristic information of the vehicle, the method further comprises:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein correlating the identification information of the item with one or more of the first set number of images, and/or the video for the first set length of time to generate scanned image data, and correlating the identification information of the item with one or more of the second set number of images, and/or the video for the second set length of time to generate shipped image data comprises:

6. The method according to claim 1 or 5, wherein when associating the identification information of the item with one or more images, at least one of the following association methods is used:

embedding the identification information in the one or more images; or,

corresponding the identification information to the one or more images;

inserting the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment in the video as a label; or,

7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining a starting time for association based on a time at which the identification information of the item was received comprises:

8. The method of claim 3 or 4, wherein a GPS module is provided on the vehicle, the method further comprising:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein a third image capture device is further disposed on the vehicle, the method further comprising:

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the item identification information is associated with the video using the following association method: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; the method further comprises the following steps:

analyzing the scanned image data and the shipping image data;

when the identification information of the item is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the moment of embedding the identification information of the item as the starting moment of embedding the identification information of the item;

when the identification information of the next item is embedded in the scanned image data or the shipping image data, determining the moment of embedding the identification information of the next item as the end moment of embedding the identification information of the item;

12. A logistics information collection platform, comprising:

13. The platform of claim 12, wherein the characteristic information of the vehicle includes at least license plate number information, the platform further comprising:

14. The platform of claim 13, wherein the storage unit is further configured to associate characteristic information of the vehicle with the shipment image data.

15. The platform according to claim 12, wherein the associating unit is specifically configured to select one or more images satisfying a set first condition from the first set number of images, associate the identification information with the one or more images satisfying the set first condition and/or the video with the first set duration, and generate scanned image data; and selecting one or more images meeting a set second condition from the second set number of images, and associating the identification information with the one or more images meeting the set second condition and/or the video of a second set time length to generate shipping image data.

16. The platform of claim 12 or 15, wherein the associating unit is further configured to, when associating the identification information of the item with one or more images, employ at least one of the following association methods: embedding the identification information in the one or more images; or, corresponding the identification information to the one or more images; when associating the identification information of the item with a video, at least one of the following association methods is employed: determining the starting time for association according to the time for receiving the identification information of the article; according to the starting time and the identification information of the article, the identification information of the article is associated with the video in any one of the following association modes: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; or, inserting the identification information of the article as a tag into a video frame corresponding to the start time in the video; or, the identification information of the article is corresponding to the starting time in the video; or, the identification information of the article is corresponding to the video frame corresponding to the starting time in the video.

17. The platform of claim 13 or 14, wherein the storage unit is further configured to receive location information and/or transportation path information of the vehicle, and to associate and store the location information and/or transportation path information of the vehicle with the identification information of the item associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

18. The platform of claim 17, wherein a third image capturing device is further disposed on the vehicle, and the image acquiring unit is further configured to acquire an image and/or a video of a third monitoring scene captured by the third image capturing device;

19. The platform of claim 16, wherein the item's identification information is associated with the video when the following association method is employed: embedding the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame;

20. A logistics information acquisition system is characterized by comprising a server and at least two image acquisition devices, wherein,

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the first image capturing device is further configured to determine whether a person is included in the captured image and/or video; if yes, acquiring a first set number of images containing human body features and/or a first set duration video in the first monitoring scene.

22. The system according to claim 20, wherein the characteristic information of the vehicle at least includes license plate number information, the second image capturing device is further configured to identify the acquired image and/or video to acquire the characteristic information of the vehicle, and the characteristic information of the vehicle at least includes license plate number information; and associating the identification information of the item with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the second image capture device is further configured to associate characteristic information of the vehicle with the shipment image data.

24. The system according to claim 20, wherein the first image capturing device is further configured to select one or more images satisfying a set first condition from the first set number of images, and associate the identification information with the one or more images satisfying the set first condition and/or the video of the first set duration to generate scanned image data;

25. The system of claim 20 or 24, wherein when the first and second image capturing devices associate the item's identification information with one or more images, further configured to: embedding the identification information in the one or more images; and/or, corresponding the identification information to the one or more images; when the first image capturing device and the second image capturing device associate the identification information of the item with the video, the method is further configured to:

inserting the identification information of the article into a video frame corresponding to the starting moment in the video as a label; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

26. The system of claim 22 or 23, wherein the server is further configured to receive location information and/or transportation path information of the vehicle; and associating and storing the position information and/or the transportation path information of the vehicle with the identification information of the article associated with the characteristic information of the vehicle.

27. The system of claim 26, further comprising:

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the server is further configured to parse and obtain identification information of each image capturing device from the obtained image and/or video information captured by each image capturing device, and associate and store the identification information of the article with the identification information of each image capturing device.

29. The system according to claim 25, wherein when the first image capturing device and the second image capturing device are specifically configured to embed the identification information of the item in a video frame corresponding to a start time of the video; or determining a video frame corresponding to the starting moment, and embedding the identification information of the article in the video frame and the video frames behind the video frame; the server is also used for analyzing the scanning image data and the shipping image data;