CN107600861B - Logistics station vehicle and internal goods transferring method and system thereof - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a logistics transfer vehicle and an internal goods transferring method and system thereof, wherein the logistics transfer vehicle comprises a control part and a pick-and-place mechanism, a goods shelf layer (1) for placing goods is arranged inside the logistics transfer vehicle, an unmanned vehicle layer (2) for parking an unmanned vehicle is arranged below the goods shelf layer (1), and/or an unmanned vehicle layer (3) for parking an unmanned vehicle is arranged above the goods shelf layer (1), and the control part can control the pick-and-place mechanism to obtain goods to be delivered from the goods shelf layer (1) and place the goods to be delivered into a selected unmanned vehicle and/or unmanned vehicle to execute delivery tasks when judging that the logistics transfer vehicle passes through a delivery area. The logistics transfer station vehicle can automatically select the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle to execute the distribution task in the driving process, the goods do not need to be transported to the distribution station for delivery, the delivery time of the goods can be effectively shortened, the delivery efficiency is improved, and the transportation resources and the cost are saved.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of logistics distribution, in particular to a logistics transfer vehicle and an internal goods transferring method and system thereof.
Background
In the logistics transfer system, the logistics transfer station vehicle is required to run between a warehouse and a logistics distribution station so as to realize the transportation of goods. The commodity circulation station car scans the sign indicating number through the manual work and types the goods information into backstage system, drives the vehicle through the driver after the loading and transports to the commodity circulation delivery station, carries out the delivery by unmanned vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle etc. according to the address again.
The in-process that transports express mail from warehouse to delivery station at commodity circulation pass station car has many addresses along the way and is the delivery address of express mail, but unmanned car, the unmanned aerial vehicle that is used for delivering the express mail among the prior art can only deliver through fixed delivery station, and present commodity circulation pass station car does not possess the ability that carries unmanned car unmanned aerial vehicle and carry out the delivery, does not possess the ability that interior letter sorting goods of car carried out the delivery to unmanned aerial vehicle or unmanned car simultaneously yet. Therefore, the current delivery mode wastes resources of the logistics transfer station vehicle to pull the goods to the distribution station, prolongs the arrival time of the express delivery and is difficult to meet the requirement of efficient delivery.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a logistics transfer station vehicle and an internal goods transferring method and system thereof, which can effectively shorten the arrival time of express items and save transportation resources.
In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a logistics transfer vehicle, including a control component and a pick-and-place mechanism, where a rack layer for placing goods is provided inside the logistics transfer vehicle, an unmanned vehicle layer for parking an unmanned vehicle is provided below the rack layer, and/or an unmanned vehicle layer for parking an unmanned vehicle is provided above the rack layer, and the control component can control the pick-and-place mechanism to obtain goods to be delivered from the rack layer and place the goods in the selected unmanned vehicle and/or unmanned vehicle to execute a delivery task when it is determined that the logistics transfer vehicle passes through a delivery area.
Furthermore, an unmanned vehicle inlet and outlet is formed in the tail of the lower layer of the carriage of the logistics station vehicle, an elevator and a gate are arranged at the unmanned vehicle inlet and outlet, the elevator forms a channel for the unmanned vehicle to go out or into the logistics station vehicle after being opened, and the gate closes the unmanned vehicle inlet and outlet after the elevator is retracted.
Further, the top of the container of the logistics station vehicle is used for parking the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the unmanned aerial vehicle can directly fly away from the logistics station vehicle.
Furthermore, the pick-and-place mechanism is arranged in the goods shelf layer, the first end of the pick-and-place mechanism is arranged on the front wall of the carriage of the logistics station vehicle, and the second end of the pick-and-place mechanism is used for picking and placing goods.
Furthermore, a vertical rail is arranged on the front wall of the carriage of the logistics station vehicle, and the first end of the pick-and-place mechanism is arranged on the vertical rail in a vertically movable manner.
Further, get and put mechanism and include mechanical flexible arm, sucking disc and tray, the sucking disc is established on the mechanical flexible arm, the tray movably is established the sucking disc below, be used for with the sucking disc cooperation is placed the goods in unmanned vehicle and/or unmanned aerial vehicle's warehouse.
Further, the left side and the right side of the goods shelf layer are goods shelf placing areas, the mechanical telescopic arm is located at a position between the goods shelf placing areas on the two sides, and the left side and the right side of the mechanical telescopic arm are respectively provided with a group of suckers and trays.
Furthermore, a first pair of interfaces is arranged on a partition plate between the goods shelf layer and the unmanned vehicle layer, and is arranged at a position close to the tail part of the carriage of the logistics transfer station vehicle, so that the picking and placing mechanism can throw goods to the unmanned aerial vehicle moving to the first pair of interfaces through the first pair of interfaces.
Furthermore, the pick and place mechanism includes mechanical telescopic arm, sucking disc and tray, the tray rotationally establishes the sucking disc below for when rotating to the open mode accept the goods that the sucking disc released, and when rotating to the state of withdrawing put in the goods to the storehouse of unmanned car through first pair of interface.
Further, be equipped with the second pair of interface on the baffle between goods shelves layer and the unmanned aerial vehicle layer, the below at every unmanned aerial vehicle parking position is established to the second pair of interface, be used for utilizing the removal of getting and putting the mechanism is passed through the second is to the interface and puts in the goods to the unmanned aerial vehicle of each parking position.
Further, unmanned aerial vehicle's warehouse is established in unmanned aerial vehicle bottom and is equipped with and grabs the goods mechanism, it includes mechanical telescopic arm, sucking disc and tray to get and put the mechanism, the tray is established the sucking disc below, the tray can be accepting rebound behind the goods of sucking disc release, in order to pass through it puts in the goods extremely to grab the goods mechanism unmanned aerial vehicle's warehouse.
In order to achieve the above object, a second aspect of the present invention provides a method for transferring goods inside a logistics shuttle, including:
when the control part judges that the logistics station vehicle passes through a distribution area, the control part controls the pick-and-place mechanism to obtain goods to be distributed from the goods shelf layer;
the control component causes the pick-and-place mechanism to place the goods in the selected unmanned vehicle and/or unmanned aerial vehicle to perform the delivery task.
Further, before the step of controlling the pick-and-place mechanism to obtain the goods to be delivered from the shelf layer, the method further comprises the following steps:
and the control part judges whether the logistics transfer station vehicle passes through a distribution area or not according to the real-time position of the logistics transfer station vehicle and the information of the internal goods.
Further, the method of the present invention further comprises:
the control component obtains information of goods in the logistics transfer station vehicle, wherein the information of the goods comprises a distribution address, receiving time, weight, volume and/or placement positions on the goods shelf.
Further, the step of the control component selecting unmanned vehicles and/or unmanned vehicles to execute the delivery tasks specifically includes:
the control part carries out information matching according to the real-time position of the logistics transfer station vehicle, the information of internal goods, the distribution range and the endurance mileage of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle;
the control unit judges the use information of unmanned aerial vehicle or unmanned vehicle according to the information matching result, including: unmanned aerial vehicles or unmanned vehicles to be dispatched, the location and timing of the dispatch, the cargo hold into which the cargo is to be loaded.
Further, after judging unmanned aerial vehicle or unmanned vehicle's use information, still include:
the control component enables the picking and placing mechanism to move to a preset position to pick goods from the goods shelf;
the control component controls the pick-and-place mechanism to move the goods to the corresponding goods-to-interface.
Further, after judging unmanned aerial vehicle or unmanned vehicle's use information, still include:
the control component sends a receiving command and information of goods to the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle to wait for receiving the goods;
after receiving the goods receiving command, the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle selects a proper goods warehouse according to the volume of the goods, feeds back the serial number and the electric quantity information of the goods warehouse to the control part, and opens a goods warehouse door at a goods pair interface to wait for receiving the goods.
Further, after the goods are placed on the selected unmanned vehicle, the method further comprises the following steps:
the unmanned vehicle closes the cargo compartment door;
the control component opens an elevator and a gate at the rear part of the logistics station vehicle after detecting that the logistics station vehicle reaches a proper position, and sends an instruction to the unmanned vehicle to start distribution;
the unmanned vehicle drives away from the logistics station transferring vehicle;
the control part retracts the elevator and closes the gate;
the logistics station vehicle continues to drive.
In order to achieve the above object, a third aspect of the present invention provides an internal cargo transferring system of a logistics transfer station vehicle, configured to execute the internal cargo transferring method of the logistics transfer station vehicle according to the above embodiment.
Based on the technical scheme, the logistics transfer vehicle comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle layer arranged above a shelf layer and/or an unmanned vehicle layer arranged below the shelf layer, and the control part can load goods into the selected unmanned aerial vehicle or unmanned vehicle through the pick-and-place mechanism to enable the goods to leave the logistics transfer vehicle to execute distribution tasks when judging that the logistics transfer vehicle passes through express delivery areas. The logistics transfer station vehicle can automatically select the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle to execute the distribution task in the driving process, the goods do not need to be transported to the distribution station for delivery, the delivery time of the goods can be effectively shortened, the delivery efficiency is improved, and the transportation resources and the cost are saved.
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fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of one embodiment of the logistic station vehicle of the invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the logistic station vehicle of the invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of one embodiment of a shelf layer in the logistics transfer station vehicle of the invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of the method for mobilizing cargos inside a logistics transfer station vehicle according to the invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of the method for mobilizing cargos inside a logistics transfer station vehicle according to the invention.
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1. A shelf layer; 2. an unmanned vehicle layer; 3. an unmanned plane layer; 4. an elevator; 5. a gate; 6. a central control system; 11. a shelf placement area; 12. a vertical track; 13. a mechanical telescopic arm; 14. a suction cup; 15. a tray; 16. a first pair of interfaces; 17. a second pair of interfaces.
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The present invention is described in detail below. In the following paragraphs, different aspects of the embodiments are defined in more detail. Aspects so defined may be combined with any other aspect or aspects unless clearly indicated to the contrary. In particular, any feature considered to be preferred or advantageous may be combined with one or more other features considered to be preferred or advantageous.
The terms "first", "second", and the like in the present invention are merely for convenience of description to distinguish different constituent elements having the same name, and do not denote a sequential or primary-secondary relationship.
In the description of the present invention, the directions or positional relationships indicated by "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "front", "rear", "inner" and "outer" and the like are used based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention, and do not indicate or imply that the device referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed in a specific direction and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. Herein, "longitudinal" refers to the length direction of the logistics station vehicle, and "transverse" refers to the width direction of the logistics station vehicle.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides a logistics transfer vehicle for transferring goods between a warehouse and a distribution station, and in an exemplary embodiment, the logistics transfer vehicle of the present invention comprises a control component and a pick-and-place mechanism, a rack layer 1 for placing goods is arranged inside the logistics transfer vehicle, an unmanned vehicle layer 2 for parking the unmanned vehicle is arranged below the rack layer 1, and/or an unmanned vehicle layer 3 for parking the unmanned vehicle is arranged above the rack layer 1. Set up unmanned aerial vehicle layer 3 and unmanned vehicle layer 2 simultaneously and can select suitable transport means according to goods overall dimension, weight, delivery distance, delivery time, satisfy the diversified demand that the goods was carried.
For example, in fig. 1, the cargo box of the logistics transfer vehicle is arranged in a three-layer structure in the height direction, adjacent layers are separated by partition boards, a plurality of shelves are placed on the shelf layers, the shelves are used for accommodating goods, and each layer can occupy the whole cross section of the cargo box, so that the capacity of storing and delivering the goods of the logistics transfer vehicle is maximized. In fig. 1, the cargo box is provided in a two-story structure in the height direction, including a rack level 1 and an unmanned vehicle level 2. Alternatively, only the shelf level 1 and the drone level 3 may be provided. A plurality of unmanned vehicles can be parked in order of sequence in the unmanned vehicle layer 2, and a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles can be parked on the unmanned aerial vehicle layer 3.
In the running process of the logistics transfer station vehicle, when the control part judges that the logistics transfer station vehicle passes through a distribution area, the control part controls the pick-and-place mechanism to obtain goods to be distributed from the shelf layer 1 and place the goods in the automatically selected unmanned vehicle and/or unmanned aerial vehicle, so that the unmanned vehicle and/or unmanned aerial vehicle leaves the logistics transfer station vehicle to execute a distribution task. Wherein, the control component can be a central control system 6 arranged in the cab of the commodity circulation station vehicle.
When selecting unmanned vehicles or unmanned aerial vehicles, the control part needs to comprehensively consider the factors. (1) Unmanned vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicle's own factors such as endurance, transport capacity, delivery distance; (2) distribution environments, such as whether passable roads exist or not, traffic jam conditions, whether no-fly areas exist or not, whether flying environments are dangerous or not, and the like; (3) the delivery time is reserved, and which delivery time is more appropriate for the consignee's time is considered in the case where both modes are satisfied with delivery.
The logistics transfer station vehicle can automatically select the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle to execute the distribution task when the logistics transfer station vehicle approaches the distribution place of the express in the driving process, the cargo is not required to be transported to the distribution station for delivering, the delivery time of the cargo can be effectively shortened, the delivery efficiency is improved, and the transportation resources and the cost are saved.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an unmanned vehicle entrance is arranged at the tail of the lower layer of the carriage of the logistics station transferring vehicle, the unmanned vehicle entrance is positioned on the unmanned vehicle layer 2, an elevator 4 and a gate 5 are arranged at the unmanned vehicle entrance, the elevator 4 can be opened and retracted, a channel for the unmanned vehicle to go out or enter the logistics station transferring vehicle is formed after the elevator 4 is opened, and the gate 5 closes the unmanned vehicle entrance after the elevator 4 is folded. The embodiment can facilitate the unmanned vehicle to enter and exit the logistics station vehicle, and improve the running stability.
As shown in fig. 1, the top of the cargo box of the logistics station transferring vehicle is used for parking the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the unmanned aerial vehicle can directly fly away from the logistics station transferring vehicle. In fig. 1, the top of goods shelves layer 1 and the top interval preset distance of packing box mainly are got the goods for unmanned aerial vehicle and are left the space, can operate in sufficient space when throwing goods to unmanned aerial vehicle.
In the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the pick-and-place mechanism may be disposed in the rack level 1, and a first end of the pick-and-place mechanism is disposed on the front wall of the carriage of the logistic station vehicle, and a second end of the pick-and-place mechanism is used for picking and placing goods. The picking and placing mechanism can grab goods from the goods shelf and assist in completing the putting of the goods onto the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle. The pick-and-place mechanism is arranged in the goods shelf layer 1 and is closer to the goods, so that the goods can be conveniently and flexibly picked.
Further, still referring to fig. 3, a vertical rail 12 is provided on the front wall of the body of the logistic station vehicle, and the first end of the pick-and-place mechanism is provided on the vertical rail 12 to be movable up and down. Get and put mechanism and can snatch the goods of different height positions on the goods shelves through reciprocating, be convenient for moreover deliver to unmanned vehicle layer 2 or unmanned aerial vehicle layer 3 with the goods.
Specifically, get and put mechanism and include mechanical flexible arm 13, sucking disc 14 and tray 15, mechanical flexible arm 13 along the longitudinal extension of commodity circulation transfer station car, its first end is connected on the carriage antetheca of commodity circulation transfer station car, is equipped with sucking disc 14 on the second end for through vacuum suction pick up the goods, if adopt non-contact sucking disc then need not remove, if adopt contact sucking disc then need cooperate the telescopic link so that sucking disc 14 contacts the goods. Tray 15 movably establishes in 14 below of sucking disc for place the goods in unmanned car and/or unmanned aerial vehicle's warehouse with the 14 cooperation of sucking disc, can also receive the goods when sucking disc 14 leads to the goods to drop owing to suction is not enough simultaneously, prevents that the goods from dropping beyond, makes the transfer of goods safe and reliable more in the carriage.
In one form of construction, as shown in fig. 3, the left and right sides of the shelf layer 1 are shelf placement areas 11, a mechanical telescopic arm 13 is located between the shelf placement areas 11 on the two sides, and the left and right sides of the mechanical telescopic arm 13 are respectively provided with a set of suction cups 14 and a set of trays 15. The shelf placing area 11 and the pick-and-place mechanism are arranged in the shelf layer 1 in a left-right symmetrical way.
Further, a first pair of interfaces 16 is arranged on a partition plate between the shelf layer 1 and the unmanned vehicle layer 2, the first pair of interfaces 16 is arranged at a position close to the tail of a carriage of the logistics station vehicle, when goods need to be thrown into a selected unmanned vehicle warehouse, the unmanned vehicle moves to the position of the first pair of interfaces 16 in the unmanned vehicle layer 2 to wait for receiving the goods, and the picking and placing mechanism throws the goods into the warehouse of the unmanned vehicle from the first pair of interfaces 16 through the stretching and the up-down movement of the mechanical telescopic arm 13 to be close to the first pair of interfaces 16.
For example, in fig. 3, the first pair of interfaces 16 is designed in a grid shape that matches the top of the unmanned vehicle's cargo compartment to maximize the cargo capacity of the unmanned vehicle in combination with the length and width of the unmanned vehicle's cargo compartment. The pick and place mechanism may place the picked goods into four areas of the first pair of interfaces 16, respectively.
In order to release goods into the unmanned vehicle, a tray 15 is rotatably provided below the suction cup 14, for example, a portion of the tray 15 connected to the mechanical telescopic arm 13 forms a rotatable connection. The tray 15 is configured to receive the goods released from the supporting suction cups 14 when rotated to an open state (horizontal state), and to drop the goods into the cargo compartment of the unmanned vehicle through the first docking port 16 when rotated to a retracted state (vertical state).
The process of putting goods onto the unmanned vehicle is explained in detail here. After the left and/or right suction cups 14 suck the goods to be dispatched, the control part enables the mechanical telescopic arm 13 to extend out to the free end to reach the area where the goods need to be released in the first pair of interfaces 16, at the moment, the tray 15 below the suction cups 14 carrying the goods is in a horizontal state, and the suction cups 14 are released to enable the goods to fall on the tray 15 below. And controlling the tray 15 to rotate downwards to a vertical state, and leading the goods to enter a corresponding placing area in the unmanned vehicle warehouse through the first pair of interfaces 16 under the guidance of the tray 15.
In order to put in the goods to unmanned aerial vehicle, be equipped with the second on the baffle between goods shelf layer 1 and the unmanned aerial vehicle layer 3 and to interface 17, the second is to interface 17 and establishes the below at every unmanned aerial vehicle parking position. As shown in fig. 1, the unmanned aerial vehicle is parked at the top of the carriage of the logistics station vehicle, the top is an open platform, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle can take off directly, a second pair of interfaces 17 is arranged at the parking position of each unmanned aerial vehicle on the platform and serves as a docking interface for the unmanned aerial vehicle and goods, the unmanned aerial vehicle can be parked above the second pair of interfaces 17, the goods are loaded through the second pair of interfaces 17, and then the unmanned aerial vehicle takes off and delivers the goods.
Baffle between carriage top and goods shelves layer 1 and the unmanned aerial vehicle layer 3 keeps presetting the height, and the region between goods shelves layer 1 and the unmanned aerial vehicle layer 3 and the region that the carriage top parked unmanned aerial vehicle can all be ascribed to unmanned aerial vehicle layer 3. On the inside goods shelves layer 1 of commodity circulation passing station car and the baffle between the unmanned aerial vehicle layer 3 to and the carriage top of commodity circulation passing station car and the position of parking unmanned aerial vehicle can correspond and set up second to interface 17.
Unmanned aerial vehicle's warehouse establishes in unmanned aerial vehicle bottom and is equipped with and grabs the goods mechanism, places on tray 15 after sucking disc 14 absorbs the goods, and tray 15 can be after accepting the goods of 14 releases of sucking disc through the flexible arm 13 rebound of machinery, and the baffle that reachs between shelf layer 1 and the unmanned aerial vehicle layer 3 and the second is to the position that interface 17 corresponds, is informed unmanned aerial vehicle by control unit and gets goods simultaneously. The unmanned aerial vehicle then opens the door of the cargo hold and loads the cargo into the cargo hold of the unmanned aerial vehicle by extending the second pair of interfaces 17 through the cargo grasping mechanism. The drone remains stationary during the receiving process.
Secondly, the invention further provides an internal cargo transferring method based on the logistics station transferring vehicle, and in an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the method comprises the following steps:
step 101, when the control part judges that the logistics station vehicle passes through a distribution area, controlling a pick-and-place mechanism to obtain goods to be distributed from a goods shelf layer 1;
step 102, the control component causes the pick-and-place mechanism to place the goods in the selected unmanned vehicle and/or unmanned aerial vehicle to perform the delivery task.
The method for transferring the goods in the logistics transfer station vehicle can automatically select the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle to execute the distribution task when the express delivery site is reached in the driving process, the whole delivery process is automatically scheduled and completed by the control part, the delivery time of the goods can be effectively shortened, the delivery efficiency is improved, and the transportation resources and the cost are saved.
Step 102 is executed after step 101, and as shown in fig. 4, before step 101, further includes:
and step 100, judging whether the logistics station vehicle passes through a distribution area or not by the control part according to the real-time position of the logistics station vehicle and the information of the internal goods.
In the process of driving, the central control system 6 may obtain real-time position information of the vehicle driving from a GNSS (global navigation satellite system) module, which may include GPS, beidou, GLONASS, GALILEO or a combination thereof, and determine whether the streaming station vehicle passes through a distribution area by combining with distribution address information of goods.
As shown in fig. 4, before step 100, the method for mobilizing cargos inside a logistics transfer station vehicle according to the present invention may further include:
in step 100', the control component obtains information of goods inside the logistics transfer station vehicle, wherein the information of the goods comprises a distribution address, a receiving time, a weight, a volume and/or a placement position on a shelf.
The cargo information obtained by step 100' may be stored in the control unit for retrieval in performing subsequent steps. For example, the placement position of goods on the shelf can be defined by the following form, the number of the fourth express item on the second layer of the shelf a is defined as a-2-4, and the distance that the mechanical telescopic arm 13 drives the suction cup 14 to reach any express item to move in the height direction and the length direction can be calculated according to the relative position of the express item on the shelf and the size of each express item box.
As shown in fig. 4, between step 101 and step 102, the method further includes:
step 101A: the control component automatically selects the unmanned vehicle and/or the unmanned vehicle to perform the delivery task.
Wherein, step 101A specifically includes:
step 201, the control part matches information according to the real-time position of the logistics transfer station vehicle, the information of internal goods, the transportation capacity, the distribution range and the endurance mileage of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle; in addition, distribution environmental factors such as whether passable roads exist or not, traffic jam conditions exist or not, whether no-fly zones exist or not, whether the flying environment is dangerous or not and the like can be considered; further, the reserved delivery time may be considered in combination, and which delivery time is more appropriate for the consignee's time may be considered in the case where both modes are satisfied with delivery.
Step 202, the control component judges the use information of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle according to the information matching result, and the method comprises the following steps: unmanned aerial vehicles or unmanned vehicles to be dispatched, the location and timing of the dispatch, the cargo hold into which the cargo is to be loaded. After the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle arrives at the dispatch position and the dispatch time of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle leaves the logistics station transferring vehicle, and the logistics station transferring vehicle continues to run. The selection of the cargo compartment is determined according to the volume of the cargo to improve the capacity of the cargo in the cargo compartment.
In step 202, it is determined that the usage information of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle is mainly as follows: where the goods are delivered by the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle, which goods are delivered, in which warehouse the goods are loaded on the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle for delivery, etc. For example, when the logistics transfer station vehicle starts from a warehouse with goods and walks to a point A, an express mail near the point A is found to be required to be delivered, then the express mail is delivered to an unmanned vehicle, and the unmanned vehicle is driven away from the logistics transfer station vehicle at the point A to perform a delivery task.
After step 202, the method for transferring goods inside the logistics transfer station vehicle further comprises:
step 203, the control component enables the pick-and-place mechanism to move to a preset position to pick the goods to be delivered from the goods shelf;
and step 204, the control component controls the pick-and-place mechanism to move the goods to the corresponding goods-to-interface.
Step 204 is performed after step 203. In step 203, the control part sends a command to the mechanical telescopic arm 13 according to the storage position of the goods in the shelf, so that the mechanical telescopic arm 13 moves a preset distance in the height and length directions until reaching a position where the suction cup 14 can suck the goods to be distributed, and then opens the suction cup 14.
In step 204, if the unmanned vehicle is selected for distribution, the control component sends a moving instruction to the mechanical telescopic arm 13, so that the suction cup 14 reaches the first pair of interfaces 16, the goods on the suction cup 14 are released onto the tray 15, and the goods stably reach a goods warehouse of the unmanned vehicle by withdrawing the tray 15; if choose unmanned aerial vehicle delivery, the control unit sends the removal instruction to mechanical telescopic arm 13, makes sucking disc 14 reach the second to interface 17 department, releases the goods on the sucking disc 14 to tray 15 on, upwards removes tray 15, and the goods is loaded to unmanned aerial vehicle's warehouse to rethread unmanned aerial vehicle's the mechanism of grabbing the goods.
Further, after step 202, the method for mobilizing cargos inside the logistics transfer station vehicle further comprises:
step 205, the control component sends a receiving command and information of goods to the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle to wait for receiving the goods;
and step 206, after receiving the goods receiving command, the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle selects a proper goods warehouse according to the volume of the goods, feeds back the serial number and the electric quantity information of the goods warehouse to the control part, and opens a goods warehouse door at the goods pair interface to wait for receiving the goods.
For steps 203 and 205 and 206, the execution of these two steps can be performed simultaneously, and the execution sequence is not limited. Steps 201-204 are not illustrated in the figure.
After the goods are placed in the selected unmanned vehicle cargo bin, the following steps can be further included:
the unmanned vehicle closes the freight house door and waits for the next delivery instruction of the control part;
after detecting that the logistics station vehicle reaches a proper position, the control part opens the elevator 4 and the gate 5 at the rear part of the logistics station vehicle and sends an instruction to the unmanned vehicle to start distribution;
the unmanned vehicle drives away from the logistics transfer vehicle;
the control part retracts the elevator 4 and closes the gate 5;
and the logistics station vehicle continues to run.
Fig. 5 shows a specific embodiment of a method for transferring goods inside a logistics transfer station vehicle. The central control system 6 obtains basic information of the goods, such as delivery address, weight, volume and position number of the goods placed in the goods shelf, and obtains the real-time position of the goods flow station vehicle through the GPS system by the central control system 6. When the logistics station vehicle passes through a distribution area, the central control system 6 makes a decision according to the real-time position of the logistics station vehicle, the information of internal goods, the transportation capacity, the distribution range, the endurance mileage and other information of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle, selects the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle to be dispatched and the goods warehouse where the goods need to be placed, and generates an instruction for controlling the pick-and-place mechanism and the unmanned vehicle/unmanned aerial vehicle.
After the pick-and-place mechanism receives the instruction, the mechanical telescopic arm 13 picks the goods through stretching and moving, and moves to the corresponding goods butt joint port. And after the unmanned vehicle/unmanned aerial vehicle receives the instruction, opening the cargo compartment at the corresponding cargo butt joint port to wait for receiving the cargo. And at the goods-to-interface position, the goods taking and placing mechanism puts the goods into the goods warehouse of the unmanned vehicle/unmanned aerial vehicle, and after the goods receiving is finished, the goods warehouse is closed. After receiving the delivery instruction sent by the central control system 6, the unmanned vehicle/unmanned aerial vehicle leaves the logistics transfer station vehicle to start delivery, and the logistics transfer station vehicle continues to run. When other dispatch points are encountered along the way, the method is executed.
Finally, the invention also provides a system for transferring the goods in the logistics transfer station vehicle, which is used for executing the method for transferring the goods in the logistics transfer station vehicle in the embodiment.
The logistics transfer station vehicle and the method and the system for transferring the goods in the logistics transfer station vehicle are described in detail above. The principles and embodiments of the present invention are explained herein using specific examples, which are presented only to aid in understanding the method and its core concepts. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, it is possible to make various improvements and modifications to the present invention without departing from the principle of the present invention, and those improvements and modifications also fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.
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1. A logistics station transferring vehicle is characterized by comprising a control part and a pick-and-place mechanism, wherein a goods shelf layer (1) for placing goods is arranged inside the logistics station transferring vehicle, an unmanned vehicle layer (2) for parking unmanned vehicles is arranged below the goods shelf layer (1), an unmanned vehicle layer (3) for parking unmanned vehicles is arranged above the goods shelf layer (1), and the control part can control the pick-and-place mechanism to obtain goods to be delivered from the goods shelf layer (1) and place the goods in the selected unmanned vehicles and/or unmanned vehicles to execute delivery tasks when judging that the logistics station transferring vehicle passes through a delivery area;
a first pair of interfaces (16) are arranged on a partition plate between the goods shelf layer (1) and the unmanned vehicle layer (2), the first pair of interfaces (16) are arranged at positions close to the tail part of the carriage of the logistics transfer station vehicle, and the first pair of interfaces are used for enabling the picking and placing mechanism to throw goods to the unmanned vehicle moving to the first pair of interfaces (16) through the first pair of interfaces (16).
2. The logistics transfer vehicle of claim 1, wherein an unmanned vehicle entrance is arranged at the lower tail part of the compartment of the logistics transfer vehicle, an elevator (4) and a gate (5) are arranged at the unmanned vehicle entrance, the elevator (4) forms a passage for the unmanned vehicle to drive out of or into the logistics transfer vehicle after being opened, and the gate (5) closes the unmanned vehicle entrance after the elevator (4) is retracted.
3. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein a top of a cargo box of the vehicle is configured to park the drone, the drone being capable of flying directly off the vehicle.
4. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the pick-and-place mechanism is disposed in the shelf layer (1), and a first end of the pick-and-place mechanism is disposed on a front wall of the vehicle body of the vehicle, and a second end of the pick-and-place mechanism is used for picking and placing goods.
5. The logistics transfer station vehicle of claim 4, wherein the front wall of the carriage of the logistics transfer station vehicle is provided with a vertical rail (12), and the first end of the pick-and-place mechanism is arranged on the vertical rail (12) in a manner of moving up and down.
6. The logistics transfer station vehicle of claim 1, wherein the pick-and-place mechanism comprises a mechanical telescopic arm (13), a suction cup (14) and a tray (15), wherein the suction cup (14) is arranged on the mechanical telescopic arm (13), and the tray (15) is movably arranged below the suction cup (14) and used for cooperating with the suction cup (14) to place goods in a cargo compartment of the unmanned vehicle and/or the unmanned vehicle.
7. The logistics transfer trolley of claim 6, wherein the left side and the right side of the goods shelf layer (1) are goods shelf placing areas (11), the mechanical telescopic arm (13) is located at a position between the goods shelf placing areas (11) at the two sides, and the left side and the right side of the mechanical telescopic arm (13) are respectively provided with a group of the sucking discs (14) and the trays (15).
8. The logistics transfer station vehicle of claim 1, wherein the pick-and-place mechanism comprises a mechanical telescopic arm (13), a suction cup (14) and a tray (15), wherein the tray (15) is rotatably arranged below the suction cup (14) and is used for receiving goods released by the suction cup (14) when rotating to an open state and throwing the goods to a cargo compartment of the unmanned vehicle through the first pair of interfaces (16) when rotating to a retracted state.
9. The logistics transfer vehicle of claim 1, wherein a second pair of interfaces (17) is provided on a partition between the shelf layer (1) and the unmanned aerial vehicle layer (3), the second pair of interfaces (17) being provided below each unmanned aerial vehicle parking position for delivering goods to the unmanned aerial vehicles in each parking position through the second pair of interfaces (17) by using the movement of the pick-and-place mechanism.
10. The logistics stop conveying vehicle of claim 9, wherein the cargo compartment of the unmanned aerial vehicle is arranged at the bottom of the unmanned aerial vehicle and is provided with a cargo grabbing mechanism, the pick-and-place mechanism comprises a mechanical telescopic arm (13), a suction cup (14) and a tray (15), the tray (15) is arranged below the suction cup (14), and the tray (15) can move upwards after receiving the cargo released by the suction cup (14) so as to throw the cargo into the cargo compartment of the unmanned aerial vehicle through the cargo grabbing mechanism.
11. An internal cargo transferring method based on the logistics transfer station vehicle as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10, comprising the following steps:
when the control part judges that the logistics station vehicle passes through a distribution area, the control part controls the pick-and-place mechanism to obtain goods to be distributed from the goods shelf layer (1);
the control component causes the pick-and-place mechanism to place the goods in the selected unmanned vehicle and/or unmanned aerial vehicle to perform the delivery task.
12. The method for transferring goods inside a logistic transfer station vehicle according to claim 11, further comprising, before the step of controlling the pick-and-place mechanism to pick up goods to be delivered from the shelf layer (1):
and the control part judges whether the logistics transfer station vehicle passes through a distribution area or not according to the real-time position of the logistics transfer station vehicle and the information of the internal goods.
13. The method for transferring goods inside a logistic transfer station vehicle according to claim 11, further comprising:
the control component obtains information of goods in the logistics transfer station vehicle, wherein the information of the goods comprises a distribution address, receiving time, weight, volume and/or placement positions on the goods shelf.
14. The method for transferring goods inside a logistics transfer station vehicle according to claim 11, wherein the step of the control component selecting the unmanned vehicle and/or the unmanned vehicle to perform the distribution task specifically comprises:
the control part carries out information matching according to the real-time position of the logistics transfer station vehicle, the information of internal goods, the distribution range and the endurance mileage of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle;
the control unit judges the use information of unmanned aerial vehicle or unmanned vehicle according to the information matching result, including: unmanned aerial vehicles or unmanned vehicles to be dispatched, the location and timing of the dispatch, the cargo hold into which the cargo is to be loaded.
15. The method for transferring goods inside a logistics stop-transfer vehicle according to claim 14, further comprising, after determining the usage information of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle:
the control component enables the picking and placing mechanism to move to a preset position to pick goods from the goods shelf;
the control component controls the pick-and-place mechanism to move the goods to the corresponding goods-to-interface.
16. The method for transferring goods inside a logistics stop-transfer vehicle according to claim 14, further comprising, after determining the usage information of the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned vehicle:
the control component sends a receiving command and information of goods to the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle to wait for receiving the goods;
after receiving the goods receiving command, the unmanned aerial vehicle or the unmanned aerial vehicle selects a proper goods warehouse according to the volume of the goods, feeds back the serial number and the electric quantity information of the goods warehouse to the control part, and opens a goods warehouse door at a goods pair interface to wait for receiving the goods.
17. The method for transferring goods inside a logistics transfer station vehicle of claim 11, further comprising, after placing the goods on the selected unmanned vehicle:
the unmanned vehicle closes the cargo compartment door;
the control component opens an elevator (4) and a gate (5) at the rear part of the logistics station vehicle after detecting that the logistics station vehicle reaches a proper position, and sends an instruction to the unmanned vehicle to start distribution;
the unmanned vehicle drives away from the logistics station transferring vehicle;
the control component retracts the elevator (4) and closes the gate (5);
the logistics station vehicle continues to drive.
18. A goods transferring system inside a logistics transfer station vehicle is characterized by being used for executing the goods transferring method inside the logistics transfer station vehicle as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 17.
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