CN111768143A - Method and device for transporting containers - Google Patents
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose methods and apparatus for container transport. One embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring a container number of a current container; determining a target collection list to which the current container belongs based on the container number of the current container; judging whether the target collection list meets a preset condition or not; and determining the current container conveying mode based on the judgment result, wherein the conveying mode comprises a pulling mode and a common mode, the pulling mode is to pull the containers from the collected collection list to a container conveying line for conveying the containers after all the containers indicated in the collection list of the preset temporary storage area are collected, and the common mode is to convey the containers after all the containers indicated in the collection list are collected on the conveying line. The implementation mode realizes dynamic switching of the container conveying mode according to the actual situation, and improves the container conveying efficiency.
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Technical Field
The embodiment of the disclosure relates to the technical field of computers, in particular to a container conveying method and device.
Background
With the development of the e-commerce industry, the order quantity and the quantity of commodities corresponding to the order are huge, and then the warehouse area is larger and larger. In the method, goods are picked according to orders in time on the area of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of square meters, and are packaged and sent to the hands of customers, so that the method becomes the key point for ensuring the timeliness and improving the customer experience.
At present, before the goods order is packed and delivered out of the warehouse, the container corresponding to the collection list of the goods order can be conveyed to a specified position by using a conveying line, and then the goods contained in the goods order can be packed and delivered out of the warehouse by using the conveyed container.
In the related art, for any collection sheet, a container corresponding to the collection sheet is transported in a normal mode or a pull mode according to a task type of the collection sheet. The container transport mode cannot be dynamically switched for a collection sheet of a certain task type according to the actual condition of the transport line.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the disclosure provides a method and a device for conveying containers.
In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of container transport, the method comprising: acquiring a container number of a current container; determining a target collection list to which the current container belongs based on the container number of the current container; judging whether the target collection list meets a preset condition or not; and determining the current container conveying mode based on the judgment result, wherein the conveying mode comprises a pulling mode and a common mode, the pulling mode is to pull the containers from the collected collection list to a container conveying line for conveying the containers after all the containers indicated in the collection list of the preset temporary storage area are collected, and the common mode is to convey the containers after all the containers indicated in the collection list are collected on the conveying line.
In some embodiments, determining the transportation mode of the current container based on the determination result includes: if the target collection list meets the preset conditions, determining the conveying mode of the current container as a pulling mode; and if the target collection list does not meet the preset conditions, determining the conveying mode of the current container as a common mode.
In some embodiments, before determining whether the target aggregated sheet meets the preset condition, the method further comprises: and in response to determining that the last container adjacent to the current container belongs to the target aggregation list, determining the conveying mode of the last container as the conveying mode of the current container.
In some embodiments, the preset conditions include: the transport mode is currently determined with the container in the buffer-open state.
In some embodiments, the preset conditions include: the sum of the number of containers indicated by the target collection sheet is greater than a preset threshold.
In some embodiments, the preset conditions include: the time difference between the current time and the set list cutoff time indicated by the target set list is smaller than a first preset time difference.
In some embodiments, the preset conditions further include: the transport mode is determined when the storage volume of the current container in the buffer is less than a warning value.
In some embodiments, determining the transportation mode of the current container based on the determination result includes: determining that the current container conveying mode is a pulling mode based on the judgment result; in response to determining that all containers in the target collection list are stored in the temporary storage area, judging whether the difference between the current time and the stop time indicated by the target collection list is smaller than a second preset time difference; if so, sending a first control instruction, wherein the first control instruction is used for instructing all containers indicated by the target collection list to be delivered to the idle container conveying line; and if not, sending a second control instruction, wherein the second control instruction is used for instructing the containers which are pulled from the containers indicated by the target collection list to be delivered to the vacant spaces of the container conveying line.
In some embodiments, obtaining the container number of the current container further comprises: controlling a preset code scanner to collect the container number of the current container; the container number of the current container is obtained from the scanner.
In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for container delivery, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a container number of a current container; a target collection list determining unit configured to determine a target collection list to which the current container belongs based on the container number of the current container; a judging unit configured to judge whether the target collection sheet satisfies a preset condition; and the conveying mode determining unit is configured to determine the conveying mode of the current container based on the judgment result, wherein the conveying mode comprises a pulling mode and a common mode, the pulling mode is to pull the containers from the collected collection list to a container conveying line for conveying the containers after all the containers indicated in the collection list in the preset temporary storage area are collected, and the common mode is to convey the containers after all the containers indicated in the collection list are collected on the conveying line.
In some embodiments, the conveyance manner determination unit is further configured to: if the target collection list meets the preset conditions, determining the conveying mode of the current container as a pulling mode; and if the target collection list does not meet the preset conditions, determining the conveying mode of the current container as a common mode.
In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises: a first determination unit configured to determine a conveyance mode of a previous container adjacent to the current container as a conveyance mode of the current container in response to determining that the previous container belongs to the target aggregation.
In some embodiments, the preset conditions include: the transport mode is currently determined with the container in the buffer-open state.
In some embodiments, the preset conditions include: the sum of the number of containers indicated by the target collection sheet is greater than a preset threshold.
In some embodiments, the preset conditions include: the time difference between the current time and the set list cutoff time indicated by the target set list is smaller than a first preset time difference.
In some embodiments, the preset conditions further include: the transport mode is determined when the storage volume of the current container in the buffer is less than a warning value.
In some embodiments, the conveyance manner determination unit is further configured to: determining that the current container conveying mode is a pulling mode based on the judgment result; in response to determining that all containers in the target collection list are stored in the temporary storage area, judging whether the difference between the current time and the stop time indicated by the target collection list is smaller than a second preset time difference; if so, sending a first control instruction, wherein the first control instruction is used for instructing all containers indicated by the target collection list to be delivered to the idle container conveying line; and if not, sending a second control instruction, wherein the second control instruction is used for instructing the containers which are pulled from the containers indicated by the target collection list to be delivered to the vacant spaces of the container conveying line.
In some embodiments, the obtaining unit is further configured to: controlling a preset code scanner to collect the container number of the current container; the container number of the current container is obtained from the scanner.
According to the container conveying method and device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, by acquiring the container number of the current container, the target collection list to which the current container belongs can be determined based on the container number of the current container, then whether the target collection list meets the preset condition is judged, and the input mode of the current container is determined based on the judgment result, so that the condition that the collection list of the same task type can only adopt one of a pull mode or a common mode for container conveying is avoided, the container conveying mode can be dynamically switched according to the actual condition by the target collection list, and the container conveying efficiency is improved.
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FIG. 1 is an exemplary system architecture diagram in which some embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of one embodiment of a method of container transport according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of one application scenario of a method of container transport according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of yet another embodiment of a method of container transport according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of one embodiment of a container transfer apparatus according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present disclosure.
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The present disclosure is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant invention and not restrictive of the invention. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the portions related to the related invention are shown in the drawings.
It should be noted that, in the present disclosure, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.
Fig. 1 illustrates an exemplary system architecture 100 of a method of container transport or an apparatus of container transport to which embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied.
As shown in fig. 1, the system architecture 100 may include signal receiving devices 101, 102, 103, a network 104, and a server 105. The network 104 is used to provide a medium for communication links between the signal receiving devices 101, 102, 103 and the server 105. Network 104 may include various connection types, such as wired, wireless communication links, or fiber optic cables, to name a few.
The signal receiving apparatuses 101, 102, 103 may interact with the server 105 through the network 104 to receive or transmit signals and the like. The signal receiving devices 101, 102, 103 may be various devices that receive signals of the server 105, such as a container conveying line for conveying containers, a barcode for collecting container numbers, an optoelectronic device for monitoring the idle state of the container conveying line, and the like. It is understood that other signal receiving devices, such as a transfer robot, etc., may be disposed in the system architecture 100 according to the actual requirements of the warehouse, and are not specifically limited herein.
The server 105 may be a server that provides various services for a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and a Warehouse Control System (WCS), for example, a background server for determining a transportation mode of a current container in a Warehouse. The background server may analyze and process data such as the container number of the current container sent by the signal receiving devices 101, 102, 103, and process the current container according to the obtained processing result (e.g., the determined transportation mode of the current container).
It is noted that the method for container delivery provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed by the server 105. Accordingly, the means for container delivery may also be provided in the server 105.
The server may be hardware or software. When the server is hardware, it may be implemented as a distributed server cluster formed by multiple servers, or may be implemented as a single server. When the server is software, it may be implemented as multiple pieces of software or software modules, for example, to provide distributed services, or as a single piece of software or software module. And is not particularly limited herein.
It should be understood that the number of signal receiving devices, networks, and servers in fig. 1 is merely illustrative. There may be any number of signal receiving devices, networks, and servers, as desired for an implementation.
With continued reference to fig. 2, a flow 200 of one embodiment of a method of container transport according to the present disclosure is shown. The container conveying method comprises the following steps:
In this embodiment, an execution subject (for example, a server shown in fig. 1) of the container conveying method may acquire the container number of the current container through a wired connection manner or a wireless connection manner. Here, the container may be an object that is buffered on a shelf and integrally conveyed in a warehousing or ex-warehousing process. Containers are often associated with collection sheets. By way of example, the container may be a box or the like for packaging or enclosing an article. The aggregated sheet may be a collection of information for containers needed to package or enclose the items indicated in the goods order set, or the aggregated sheet may also be a collection of information for containers needed to package or enclose the items indicated in the goods order set. The collection sheet may include at least one container number for a container used to package or enclose the item indicated in the corresponding goods order. Further, the execution body may acquire the container number of the current container in various ways. As an example, the execution body may acquire the container number input by the user from a terminal where the user is located.
It should be noted that the wireless connection means may include, but is not limited to, a 3G/4G connection, a WiFi connection, a bluetooth connection, a WiMAX connection, a Zigbee connection, a uwb (ultra wideband) connection, and other wireless connection means now known or developed in the future.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, identification information such as a two-dimensional code may be preset on the container. The identification information may be unique and may characterize the container number of the container. The execution main body can control the preset code scanner to scan the two-dimensional code and other marks on the current container, so that the container number of the current container can be collected. The scanner may then upload the container number of the current container collected, and the executive may thus obtain the container number of the current container from the scanner.
Typically, the warehouse management system WMS places the collection sheet task down the warehouse control system WCS and the containers contained in the collection sheet may be delivered to the container conveyor line. Therefore, after the containers are delivered to the container conveying line, the WCS system can select a proper conveying mode for the containers to be conveyed according to actual conditions. The method for conveying the containers in the embodiment can enable all conveying modes to work cooperatively, so that the efficiency of conveying the containers is improved.
In this embodiment, based on the container number of the current container obtained in step 201, the execution principal (e.g., the server shown in fig. 1) may determine the collection sheet to which the current container belongs, and determine the collection sheet as the target collection sheet. It will be appreciated that typically a container number for a plurality of containers may be contained in the collection sheet.
In this embodiment, the execution subject may preset a preset condition for determining the transportation mode of the container in the collection sheet. The preset conditions can be set according to the needs of actual conditions, and the set preset conditions can be added, deleted or modified at the later stage. Based on the target list determined in step 202, the executing entity may dynamically calculate the relevant information in the target list, so as to determine whether the target list meets the preset condition. For example, for an aggregation list requiring priority delivery processing, urgency flag information may be set for the containers in the aggregation list before delivery to the delivery line, in this case, the execution main body may determine whether or not the current container indicated in the target aggregation list has an urgency flag, and the preset condition is that the container indicated in the aggregation list has an urgency flag.
And step 204, determining the current container conveying mode based on the judgment result.
In this embodiment, based on the determination result obtained in step 203, the execution subject may determine the specific delivery manner of the current container. Here, the current transport manner of the container may include a pull mode and a normal mode. The pulling mode may be to pull the containers from the collected collection list to the container conveying line for container conveying after all the containers indicated in the collection list are collected in the preset buffer area, and the normal mode may be to directly collect all the containers indicated in the collection list on the conveying line for container conveying.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, if the target collection sheet satisfies a preset condition, the executing entity may determine the current transportation mode of the container as the pull mode. If the target collection list does not satisfy the preset condition, the execution body may determine the current transportation mode of the container as a normal mode.
It will be appreciated that for each container delivered to the delivery line, the execution entity may obtain the corresponding container number, and thus the execution entity may determine whether the containers indicated by the collection order have been collected by the container numbers that have been obtained.
In general, for an aggregate sheet determined to be a pull mode, each container in the aggregate sheet may be stored in a scratch (e.g., a shelf, etc.) in advance. When a void occurs in the transfer line, containers in the same manifold in the buffer may be delivered to the void until all containers in the manifold are collected for container transfer. Here, the optoelectronic device for monitoring the empty space in real time can be configured in advance for the pull mode, so that containers in the same slip can be delivered to the empty space quickly when the transport line is empty. Therefore, the pulling mode can be used for setting a preposed temporary storage area, containers in the collection list are sequentially transported according to the number of vacant positions in the conveying line after being collected in the temporary storage area, and the containers do not need to wait on the conveying line, so that the container transportation efficiency of the conveying line can be improved. However, the container may be transported in a pull mode, which may cause problems such as container backlog in the buffer or buffer failure, thereby affecting the container transport efficiency.
For the collection list determined to be in the normal mode, the container transportation may be performed after all the containers in the collection list are collected on the transportation line. Therefore, before the containers in the collection sheet are collected, each container needs to wait on the conveyance line. Here, the hardware buttons and lights may be configured for the normal mode in advance, and the lights may be turned on when all the containers in the collection list are collected, and then the buttons may be manually controlled to turn off the lights and perform container transfer on all the containers in the collection list. Compared with the pulling mode, the common mode does not need to set a temporary storage area, the container conveying mode is simpler, and the floor area of a warehouse can be reduced. However, the containers in the collection sheet need to wait for the collection sheet collection containers on the conveying line when being conveyed in the common mode, so that the waiting time is long and the efficiency is low.
As can be seen by analysis, the containers in the general mode or the pull mode conveying collection list have respective advantages and disadvantages. In the prior art, for a certain type of collection sheet, a common mode or a pull mode container input mode is often directly bound, when the WCS system receives a collection sheet task, the WCS system can directly determine a container conveying mode indicated by the collection sheet according to the type of the collection sheet, a process of preset condition judgment does not exist, the prior art cannot realize cooperative work of various container conveying modes, cannot dynamically switch container conveying modes according to actual conditions, and is low in container conveying efficiency. However, the container conveying method in the disclosure can determine whether the target set meets the preset condition before the current container conveying mode is confirmed, so that the container conveying mode indicated by the target set list can be determined according to the actual situation, the common mode and the pull mode can work cooperatively, and the container conveying efficiency is improved.
With continued reference to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of the method of container transport according to the present embodiment. In the application scenario of fig. 3, for a current container to be determined in a transportation manner, a preset scanner or the like is used to collect a container number of the current container, as shown in fig. 3; a server where the WCS system is located can obtain the container number of the current container, and determine a target collection list of the current container based on the container number of the current container; then, a server where the WCS system is located can judge whether the target collection list meets a preset condition; finally, the server in which the WCS system is located may determine the specific transportation mode of the current container based on the determination result, as shown in fig. 3, so that the transportation line may transport the current container according to the determined transportation mode.
In the method for conveying containers provided by the above embodiment of the present disclosure, by obtaining the container number of the current container, the target list to which the current container belongs may be determined based on the container number of the current container, and then it is determined whether the target list meets the preset condition, and the input mode of the current container is determined based on the determination result, thereby avoiding the occurrence that the list of the same task type can only adopt one of the pull mode or the normal mode for conveying containers, so that the target list may dynamically switch the container conveying mode according to the actual situation, and improving the efficiency of conveying containers.
With further reference to fig. 4, a flow 400 of yet another embodiment of a method of container transport is illustrated. The process 400 of the method of container transfer includes the steps of:
In this embodiment, an execution subject (for example, the server shown in fig. 1) of the container transportation method may acquire the container number of the current container through a wired connection manner or a wireless connection manner. Here, the container may be an object that is buffered on a shelf and integrally conveyed in a warehousing or ex-warehousing process. Containers are often associated with collection sheets. By way of example, the container may be a box or the like for packaging or enclosing an article. The aggregated sheet may be a collection of information for containers needed to package or enclose the items indicated in the goods order set, or the aggregated sheet may also be a collection of information for containers needed to package or enclose the items indicated in the goods order set. The collection sheet may include at least one container number for a container used to package or enclose the item indicated in the corresponding goods order.
In this embodiment, based on the container number of the current container obtained in step 401, the execution principal (e.g., the server shown in fig. 1) may determine the collection sheet to which the current container belongs, and determine the collection sheet as the target collection sheet. It will be appreciated that typically a container number for a plurality of containers may be contained in the collection sheet.
And step 403, judging whether the target collection list meets preset conditions.
In this embodiment, the execution subject may preset a preset condition for determining the transportation mode of the container in the collection sheet. The preset conditions can be set according to the needs of actual conditions, and the set preset conditions can be added, deleted or modified at the later stage. Based on the target list determined in step 402, the executing entity may dynamically calculate the relevant information in the target list, so as to determine whether the target list meets the preset condition.
In some alternative implementations of this embodiment, the container transportation manner used by each container in the same collection sheet is often the same for the same collection sheet. Therefore, the executing body may determine the collection sheet to which the previous container adjacent to the current container belongs before determining whether the target collection sheet satisfies the preset condition. If the collection list to which the previous container belongs is also the target collection list, the execution body may determine the container transportation mode adopted by the previous container as the container transportation mode of the current container. Specifically, if the current container and the previous container both belong to the target collection list, the transportation mode of the current container is the same as that of the previous collection list. Therefore, for the collection list comprising a plurality of containers, after the execution body determines the conveying mode of one container, the conveying mode can be determined for the subsequently delivered containers in the collection list without extra calculation, and the container conveying efficiency is further improved.
And step 404, determining that the conveying mode of the current container is a pulling mode based on the judgment result.
In this embodiment, after determining whether the target collection sheet satisfies the preset condition, the execution main body may obtain a corresponding determination result. It can be understood that the execution main body may determine, according to the determination result, that the current conveyance mode of the container is the pull mode, or the execution main body may determine, according to the determination result, that the current conveyance mode of the container is the normal mode. After the conveying mode of the current container is determined to be the pulling mode, the current container can be stored in the temporary storage area.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, when determining the current container transportation mode, the execution body may first determine the current switch state of the buffer. Typically, the buffer is in an open position to allow access to the containers. Thus, the preset conditions may include that the transport mode is determined when the container is currently in an open state in the buffer. If the execution body determines that the current container in the target collection list is in the closed state in the temporary storage area, the current container conveying mode can be directly determined as the common mode. If the execution main body determines the conveying mode when the current container in the target collection list is in the open state in the temporary storage area, the conveying mode of the current container can be determined as a pulling mode, or whether the target collection list meets other preset conditions is further judged. When the temporary storage area has faults or overstocks and other conditions, the current conveying mode of the container can be determined to be a common mode through the preset condition, so that further deterioration of the condition of the temporary storage area is avoided, and the conveying efficiency of the container is prevented from being influenced.
In some optional implementation manners of this embodiment, the preset condition may further include: the sum of the number of containers indicated by the target collection list is greater than a preset threshold. The execution subject may determine in advance a sum of the number of containers indicated by the target set list, and then determine whether the sum of the number of containers indicated by the target set is greater than a preset threshold. If the sum of the containers indicated by the execution subject determination target collection list is less than or equal to a preset threshold, the current transportation mode of the containers may be determined as a normal mode. If the sum of the number of the containers indicated by the execution subject determination target collection list is greater than the preset threshold, the current conveying mode of the containers may be determined as the pulling mode, or further determination may be made as to whether the target collection list satisfies other preset conditions. It will be appreciated that if the sum of the number of containers indicated in the collection list is small (e.g., only one container is included in the collection list), the containers in the collection list will wait less time on the conveying line, and therefore, it is more efficient to directly convey the containers in the normal mode without placing the containers included in the collection list in the buffer.
In some optional implementation manners of this embodiment, the preset condition may also be: the time difference between the current time and the set list cutoff time indicated by the target set list is smaller than a first preset time difference. The execution subject may predetermine the cutoff time and the current time of the target manifest. And then calculating the time difference between the ending time and the current time of the target collection list, and determining whether the calculated time difference is smaller than a first preset time difference. If the time difference between the ending time and the current time of the execution subject determination target aggregate list is smaller than the first preset time difference, the current container conveying mode can be determined as the pulling mode. If the execution body determines that the time difference between the ending time and the current time of the target collection list is greater than or equal to the first preset time difference, the current conveying mode of the container can be determined as a common mode, or whether the target collection list meets other preset conditions is further judged. It can be understood that, if the target collection list is close to the deadline or exceeds the deadline, the transportation of each container in the target collection list needs to be accelerated, and at this time, the transportation mode of each container in the target collection list can be directly determined as the pull mode, so that the transportation efficiency of the containers in the target collection list can be further improved.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the execution body may determine whether the current container storage amount of the buffer has reached a warning value when determining the conveyance mode of the current container. Typically, the amount of container stored in the buffer may reach a warning value indicating that a container backlog has occurred or is about to occur in the buffer, at which time access to the container needs to be restricted. Therefore, the preset conditions may further include: the transport mode is determined when the storage volume of the current container in the buffer is less than a warning value. If the execution main body determines that the conveying mode is determined under the condition that the target collection list meets the condition that the storage amount of the indicated current container in the temporary storage area is greater than or equal to the warning value, the conveying mode of the current container can be directly determined as a common mode. If the execution main body determines that the target collection list meets the condition that the storage amount of the indicated current container in the temporary storage area is smaller than the warning value, the conveying mode of the current container can be determined to be the pull mode, or whether the target collection list meets other preset conditions is further judged. It is understood that the predetermined condition can avoid the problem of container overstock in the buffer.
In this embodiment, if all the containers indicated by the target collection list are stored in the temporary storage area, the execution subject may obtain the current time and the ending time indicated by the target collection list. Then, the difference between the current time and the cutoff time indicated by the target collection list can be calculated, and whether the calculation result is smaller than a second preset time difference or not can be judged.
In this embodiment, if it is determined that the difference between the current time and the deadline indicated by the target list is smaller than the second preset time difference, it may be indicated that the target list is close to the deadline. In this case, the execution body may send the first control instruction. The first control instruction can be used for instructing all containers indicated by the target collection list to be delivered to the idle container conveying line, so that the containers indicated by the target collection list can be integrally conveyed, and the condition that the target collection list is overtime is avoided.
This manner of conveying all of the containers in the aggregated sheet from the buffer to the delivery line may be referred to as a pull-by-aggregated sheet mode. According to the collection list pulling mode, when the container in the temporary storage area is accumulated more, the container in the collection list can be rapidly output, and the pressure of the temporary storage area can be reduced.
In this embodiment, if it is determined that the difference between the current time and the cutoff time indicated by the target list is greater than or equal to the second preset time difference, it may indicate that there is still longer time to deliver the containers in the target list. In this case, the execution body may send the second control instruction. The second control instructions may be for instructing the pulling of containers from the containers indicated by the target aggregated sheet to drop to the empty space of the container transfer line. This manner of conveying the containers in the aggregated sheet from the buffer to the conveying line in accordance with the empty spaces on the conveying line may be referred to as a per-box pull mode. The case-by-case pull mode can effectively utilize each empty position on the conveying line, thereby improving the conveying efficiency of the containers.
As can be seen from fig. 4, compared with the embodiment corresponding to fig. 2, the process 400 of the container conveying method in this embodiment may determine, after determining that the conveying manner is the pull mode, that the conveying manner is the pull mode according to the collection sheet deadline or the pull mode according to the container, so that the problem of overstock of the buffer area may be alleviated while the conveying efficiency of the container is improved.
With further reference to fig. 5, as an implementation of the methods shown in the above figures, the present disclosure provides an embodiment of an apparatus for container transportation, which corresponds to the embodiment of the method shown in fig. 2, and which is particularly applicable to various electronic devices.
As shown in fig. 5, the container transfer apparatus 500 of the present embodiment includes: an acquisition unit 501, a target aggregate list determination unit 502, a judgment unit 503, and a conveyance method determination unit 504. Wherein the obtaining unit 501 is configured to obtain a container number of a current container; the target collection sheet determining unit 502 is configured to determine a target collection sheet to which the current container belongs, based on the container number of the current container; the determination unit 503 is configured to determine whether the target aggregated sheet satisfies a preset condition; the transportation mode determining unit 504 is configured to determine a transportation mode of the current container based on the determination result, where the transportation mode includes a pull mode and a normal mode, the pull mode is to pull the containers from the collected collection list to the container transportation line for transportation after all the containers indicated in the collection list in the preset buffer area are collected, and the normal mode is to perform transportation after all the containers indicated in the collection list are collected on the transportation line.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the conveyance mode determination unit 504 is further configured to: if the target collection list meets the preset conditions, determining the conveying mode of the current container as a pulling mode; and if the target collection list does not meet the preset conditions, determining the conveying mode of the current container as a common mode.
In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises: a first determination unit configured to determine a conveyance mode of a previous container adjacent to the current container as a conveyance mode of the current container in response to determining that the previous container belongs to the target aggregation.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the preset condition includes: the transport mode is currently determined with the container in the buffer-open state.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the preset condition includes: the sum of the number of containers indicated by the target collection sheet is greater than a preset threshold.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the preset condition includes: the time difference between the current time and the set list cutoff time indicated by the target set list is smaller than a first preset time difference.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the preset condition further includes: the transport mode is determined when the storage volume of the current container in the buffer is less than a warning value.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the conveyance mode determination unit 504 is further configured to: determining that the current container conveying mode is a pulling mode based on the judgment result; in response to determining that all containers in the target collection list are stored in the temporary storage area, judging whether the difference between the current time and the stop time indicated by the target collection list is smaller than a second preset time difference; if so, sending a first control instruction, wherein the first control instruction is used for instructing all containers indicated by the target collection list to be delivered to the idle container conveying line; and if not, sending a second control instruction, wherein the second control instruction is used for instructing the containers which are pulled from the containers indicated by the target collection list to be delivered to the vacant spaces of the container conveying line.
In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the obtaining unit 501 is further configured to: controlling a preset code scanner to collect the container number of the current container; the container number of the current container is obtained from the scanner.
The units recited in the apparatus 500 correspond to the various steps in the method described with reference to fig. 2. Thus, the operations and features described above for the method are equally applicable to the apparatus 500 and the units included therein, and are not described in detail here.
Referring now to FIG. 6, a schematic diagram of an electronic device (e.g., the server of FIG. 1) 600 suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. The server shown in fig. 6 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 6, electronic device 600 may include a processing means (e.g., central processing unit, graphics processor, etc.) 601 that may perform various appropriate actions and processes in accordance with a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM)602 or a program loaded from a storage means 608 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 603. In the RAM603, various programs and data necessary for the operation of the electronic apparatus 600 are also stored. The processing device 601, the ROM 602, and the RAM603 are connected to each other via a bus 604. An input/output (I/O) interface 605 is also connected to bus 604.
Generally, the following devices may be connected to the I/O interface 605: input devices 606 including, for example, a touch screen, touch pad, keyboard, mouse, camera, microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope, etc.; output devices 607 including, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a speaker, a vibrator, and the like; storage 608 including, for example, tape, hard disk, etc.; and a communication device 609. The communication means 609 may allow the electronic device 600 to communicate with other devices wirelessly or by wire to exchange data. While fig. 6 illustrates an electronic device 600 having various means, it is to be understood that not all illustrated means are required to be implemented or provided. More or fewer devices may alternatively be implemented or provided. Each block shown in fig. 6 may represent one device or may represent multiple devices as desired.
In particular, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to the flowcharts may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code for performing the method illustrated in the flow chart. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network via the communication means 609, or may be installed from the storage means 608, or may be installed from the ROM 602. The computer program, when executed by the processing device 601, performs the above-described functions defined in the methods of embodiments of the present disclosure.
It should be noted that the computer readable medium described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium or any combination of the two. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In embodiments of the disclosure, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In embodiments of the present disclosure, however, a computer readable signal medium may comprise a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: electrical wires, optical cables, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
The computer readable medium may be embodied in the electronic device; or may exist separately without being assembled into the electronic device. The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to: acquiring a container number of a current container; determining a target collection list to which the current container belongs based on the container number of the current container; judging whether the target collection list meets a preset condition or not; and determining the current container conveying mode based on the judgment result, wherein the conveying mode comprises a pulling mode and a common mode, the pulling mode is to pull the containers from the collected collection list to a container conveying line for conveying the containers after all the containers indicated in the collection list of the preset temporary storage area are collected, and the common mode is to convey the containers after all the containers indicated in the collection list are collected on the conveying line.
Computer program code for carrying out operations for embodiments of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C + +, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).
The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.
The units described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by software or hardware. The described units may also be provided in a processor, and may be described as: a processor includes an acquisition unit, a target aggregate list determination unit, a judgment unit, and a conveyance manner determination unit. Where the names of these units do not in some cases constitute a limitation on the unit itself, for example, the acquisition unit may also be described as a "unit that acquires the container number of the current container".
The foregoing description is only exemplary of the preferred embodiments of the disclosure and is illustrative of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the invention in the embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited to the specific combination of the above-mentioned features, but also encompasses other embodiments in which any combination of the above-mentioned features or their equivalents is made without departing from the inventive concept as defined above. For example, the above features and (but not limited to) technical features with similar functions disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are mutually replaced to form the technical solution.
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1. A method of container transfer, comprising:
acquiring a container number of a current container;
determining a target collection sheet to which the current container belongs based on the container number of the current container;
judging whether the target collection list meets a preset condition or not;
and determining the conveying mode of the current container based on the judgment result, wherein the conveying mode comprises a pulling mode and a common mode, the pulling mode is to pull the container from the collected collection list to a container conveying line for conveying the container after all the containers indicated in the collection list of the preset temporary storage area are collected, and the common mode is to convey the container after all the containers indicated in the collection list are collected on the conveying line.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining a delivery style of the current container based on the determination comprises:
if the target collection list meets a preset condition, determining the conveying mode of the current container as a pulling mode;
and if the target collection list does not meet the preset condition, determining the conveying mode of the current container as a common mode.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to determining whether the target aggregated sheet meets a preset condition, the method further comprises:
in response to determining that a previous container adjacent to the current container belongs to the target aggregation list, determining a conveyance mode of the previous container as a conveyance mode of the current container.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the preset conditions include:
the current container determines the transport mode in the buffer-open state.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the preset conditions include:
the sum of the number of containers indicated by the target collection list is greater than a preset threshold.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein the preset conditions include:
and the time difference between the current time and the set list cutoff time indicated by the target set list is smaller than a first preset time difference.
7. The method according to one of claims 4-6, wherein the preset conditions further comprise:
and determining the conveying mode when the storage amount of the current container in the temporary storage area is less than the warning value.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining a delivery style of the current container based on the determination comprises:
determining that the conveying mode of the current container is a pulling mode based on the judgment result;
in response to determining that all containers in the target collection list are stored in the temporary storage area, judging whether the difference between the current time and the stop time indicated by the target collection list is smaller than a second preset time difference;
if yes, sending a first control instruction, wherein the first control instruction is used for instructing all containers indicated by the target collection list to be delivered to an idle container conveying line;
and if not, sending a second control instruction, wherein the second control instruction is used for instructing containers pulled from the containers indicated by the target collection list to be delivered to the vacant space of the container conveying line.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining a container number for a current container further comprises:
controlling a preset code scanner to collect the container number of the current container;
obtaining a container number for the current container from the scanner.
10. An apparatus for container transfer, comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire a container number of a current container;
a target collection list determining unit configured to determine a target collection list to which the current container belongs based on the container number of the current container;
a judging unit configured to judge whether the target collection sheet satisfies a preset condition;
and the conveying mode determining unit is configured to determine the conveying mode of the current container based on the judgment result, wherein the conveying mode comprises a pulling mode and a common mode, the pulling mode is to pull the container from the collected collection list to a container conveying line for conveying the container after all the containers indicated in the collection list are collected in a preset temporary storage area, and the common mode is to convey the container after all the containers indicated in the collection list are collected on the conveying line.
11. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors;
a storage device having one or more programs stored thereon,
when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method of any one of claims 1-9.
12. A computer-readable medium, on which a computer program is stored, wherein the program, when executed by a processor, implements the method of any one of claims 1-9.
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