CN219708472U - Cargo management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model discloses a goods management system, wherein in the goods management system, the number of empty trays remained at present is detected through a tray disassembling device, an alarm signal is sent when the number of the empty trays remained is smaller than or equal to a threshold value, and after receiving the alarm signal, a carrying device carries the empty trays in a tray warehouse area to the position where the tray disassembling device is located. Compared with the prior art, the utility model sends the alarm signal when the number of the remaining empty trays of the tray removing equipment is lower than the threshold value, and the trays in the tray removing equipment can be automatically supplemented after the alarm signal is received by the carrying device, so that manual supplement is not needed, the carrying cost is reduced, and the carrying efficiency is improved.

Description

Cargo management system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of automation, in particular to a cargo management system.

Background

When carrying the transfer to the goods, need place the goods on the tray generally to make fork truck can obtain the goods through the fork tray, and avoid causing the damage to the goods because of direct fork is got, and empty tray deposits with the form of stack generally, need use the disketter to split out single empty tray in the multiple empty tray that self was deposited with the form of stack when using, thereby use the empty tray of split to accomplish the packing to the goods. In the prior art, when the remaining empty trays stored by the tray disassembling machine are lower than a threshold value, a reminding signal is required to be sent out so as to remind a technician of supplementing the number of the empty trays stored by the tray disassembling machine, the technician needs to manually supplement the empty trays again, the process is required to be completed manually, and the supplementing frequency of the trays is further improved when the goods are more, so that the labor cost is increased, and the working efficiency of a production line is seriously affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the utility model discloses a cargo management system which can reduce transportation cost and improve transportation efficiency.

The embodiment of the utility model discloses a cargo management system, which comprises carrying equipment, a tray storage area and tray disassembling equipment, wherein the carrying equipment is in communication connection with the tray disassembling equipment, and the cargo management system comprises the following components: the tray disassembling equipment is used for separating a plurality of empty trays stored in a stacking mode stored by the tray disassembling equipment one by one, detecting the number of the remaining empty trays stored currently, and sending an alarm signal when the number of the empty trays is detected to be smaller than or equal to a threshold value; and the carrying equipment is used for receiving and responding to the alarm signal, and carrying the trays in the tray storage area to the tray removing equipment for automatic replenishment.

In one embodiment, the cargo management system further comprises a pallet buffer zone and a central control device, the pallet buffer zone and the pallet storage zone are located at different positions, the pallet buffer zone is used for storing a plurality of empty pallets stored in a stacked form, wherein: the central control equipment is used for detecting a first operation of a user and generating a first conveying instruction according to the first operation, wherein the first conveying instruction is used for conveying the plurality of empty trays in the tray cache region to the tray storage region; the carrying equipment is used for receiving and responding to the first carrying instruction and carrying the tray from the tray cache area to the tray storage area.

In one embodiment, the tray removing device includes a sensor and a tray rack, the tray rack is used for stacking and placing the plurality of empty trays, the sensor is arranged on one side of the tray rack, and the sensor is used for detecting the number of empty trays stacked and placed on the tray rack.

In one embodiment, the cargo management system further comprises a transmission line and a cargo storage area, the cargo storage area and the pallet storage area being located in the same space, wherein: the transmission line is used for generating a second conveying instruction when the warehouse-in goods are detected, and the second conveying instruction is used for conveying the warehouse-in goods from the transmission line to the goods storage area; the handling device is further configured to receive and respond to a second handling instruction to handle the warehouse-in cargo to the cargo storage area.

In one embodiment, the goods management system further comprises a shipping buffer, wherein: the central control device is further configured to detect a second operation of a user, and generate a third handling instruction according to the second operation, where the third handling instruction is used to handle the outgoing cargo in the cargo storage area to the delivery cache area; the handling equipment is further used for receiving and responding to the third handling instruction and handling the outgoing cargoes to the delivery buffer area.

In one embodiment, the transmission line comprises a first in-place detector, the first in-place detector is arranged at two opposite sides of the transmission line, and the warehouse-in goods are detected by the first in-place detector.

In one embodiment, the tray disassembling device further comprises a fixing frame, at least one pair of tray disassembling mechanical arms and a movable base, the tray placing frames and the transmission lines are respectively arranged on two sides of the fixing frame, the fixing frame is fixedly arranged on the movable base, the movable base drives the fixing frame to rotate, the at least one pair of tray disassembling mechanical arms are movably arranged on two sides of the fixing frame, one end of each tray disassembling mechanical arm ascends or descends along one side of the fixing frame, clamping plates are arranged at the other end of each tray disassembling mechanical arm, and the tray disassembling device clamps the empty trays from the tray placing frames by controlling clamping parameters of the clamping plates and rotation parameters of the movable base and places the target empty tray in the empty trays at one end of the transmission line so as to place the warehouse-in goods.

In one embodiment, the handling device comprises a fork, and the target pallet on which the warehouse-in goods are placed is forked through the fork so as to acquire the warehouse-in goods.

In one embodiment, the handling apparatus further comprises a second in-place detector disposed at a root of the fork for detecting an in-place state of the target pallet.

In one embodiment, the disketting device includes an alarm through which the alarm signal is transmitted.

In the cargo management system, the number of the empty trays remained at present is detected through the tray removing device, when the number of the empty trays is smaller than or equal to a threshold value, an alarm signal is sent, and after the alarm signal is received, the carrying device carries the empty trays in the tray bin storage area to the position where the tray removing device is located. Compared with the prior art, the utility model sends the alarm signal when the number of the remaining empty trays of the tray removing equipment is lower than the threshold value, and the trays in the tray removing equipment can be automatically supplemented after the alarm signal is received by the carrying device, so that manual supplement is not needed, the carrying cost is reduced, and the carrying efficiency is improved.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a disc changer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of another disc changer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an operating state of a disc changer according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

It should be noted that the terms "comprises" and "comprising," along with any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

It will be understood that the terms first, second, etc. as used herein may be used to describe various elements, but these elements are not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another element.

The embodiment of the utility model discloses a cargo management system which can reduce the labor intensity of workers and improve the transportation efficiency.

The following detailed description will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model, and as shown in fig. 1, the cargo management system may include a handling device 11, a pallet storage area 13, and a disketing device 12, where the handling device 11 and the disketing device 12 are communicatively connected. The working space of the carrying device 11 can be individualized through the arrangement of the tray storage area 13, so that the personnel interference is avoided, and the transportation process is automated.

The tray disassembling device 12 is used for detecting the number of the trays to be unstacked currently, and sending an alarm signal when the number of the trays to be unstacked is smaller than or equal to a threshold value;

and the carrying device 11 is used for receiving and responding to the alarm signal and carrying the tray in the tray storage area 13 to the position where the tray removing device 12 is located.

In the implementation process, the tray disassembling device 12 can separate the stacked empty trays one by one, and put cargoes on the separated empty trays to be output together, the stacked empty trays are gradually consumed in the process, when the number of the trays to be disassembled is smaller than or equal to a threshold value, the tray disassembling device 12 can send an alarm signal, and after receiving the alarm signal, the carrying device 11 can respond to the alarm signal to generate a carrying instruction, so that the trays stored in the tray storage area 13 are carried to the position where the tray disassembling device 12 is located.

Alternatively, the above-described disc changer 12 may be a disc changer. In some embodiments, the tray removing device 12 may further wrap the separated tray and the goods together with a wrapping film after placing the goods on the separated empty tray, so as to fix the tray and the goods and improve the stability of the goods during transportation. In some embodiments, the thickness of the wrapping film may be less than 110 micrometers, so that after the tray and the goods are packaged, the handling device 11 may determine the type of the goods by identifying the outer profile of the goods after wrapping the film, and then carry the goods after determining that the goods are to be carried.

Alternatively, the above-described tray removing apparatus 12 may include a sensor provided at one side of a tray rack for placing a plurality of empty trays stored in a stacked form, and a tray rack for detecting the number of empty trays stacked on the tray rack. The sensor is arranged at a position higher than the tray placing frame so that the sensor can detect the heights of a plurality of empty trays stored in a stacked mode and placed in the tray placing frame, the quantity of the stored residual empty trays is determined according to the heights of the plurality of empty trays, the distance between the target position of the sensor and the bottom of the tray placing frame is a target distance, and the target distance is determined according to the threshold value and the size of the tray.

Optionally, a plurality of stacked empty trays are placed in the tray placement frame, and the empty trays may be placed in a plurality of tray stacks or may be placed in a single tray stack.

Illustratively, when a plurality of empty trays are placed in a plurality of tray stacks, the tray removing apparatus 12 takes a plurality of empty trays stacked for removal, a portion of the trays in a single tray stack therein may be taken at a time, and then removed for that portion of the trays, at which time a sensor is provided above the single tray stack to detect the number of trays in the single tray stack, and a target distance between a setting position of the sensor and a bottom of the tray rack is determined by the above-described threshold value and a thickness of the tray.

Alternatively, the sensor may be disposed on one side of the tray removing device 12, and the sensor is relatively disposed in the middle of the tray rack, where the sensor is disposed at a target distance from the frame of the tray rack, and the target distance is determined by the threshold and the width of the tray.

Illustratively, when a plurality of empty trays are placed in a single tray stack, the tray removal device 12 takes the stacked plurality of empty trays for removal, the single tray stack therein may be taken at a time and then removed for the tray stack. Because the placing positions of each tray stack in the plurality of tray stacks are different, in order to be convenient for detect the quantity of the plurality of tray stacks, the plurality of tray stacks need to be evenly placed in the tray placing frame when placing. At this time, the sensor may be disposed at a central axis near the tray rack, and a distance between a disposition position of the sensor and a frame of the tray rack is determined by the threshold and a width of the tray.

Alternatively, the above-described transporting apparatus 11 may be a vehicle that does not require human control for cargo transportation. In some embodiments, the handling device 11 includes, but is not limited to, an unmanned forklift.

Alternatively, the handling device 11 and the disketting device 12 may be connected through any one of a wireless fidelity (WIreless Fidelity, wiFi), a third generation mobile communication technology (the 3rd Generation mobile communication technology,3G), a fourth generation mobile communication technology (the 4th generation mobile communication technology,4G) and a fifth generation mobile communication technology (the 5th generation mobile communication technology,5G), and the handling device 11 may be provided with an automatic mode and a manual mode, the automatic mode of the handling device 11 being a mode requiring no manual operation, and the manual mode of the handling device 11 being a mode requiring manual operation.

Optionally, the cargo management system may further include a central control device 14, where the central control device 14 is communicatively connected to the handling device 11, and the automatic mode and the manual mode may be switched by the central control device 14, where the central control device 14 may include, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a wearable device, a notebook computer, a personal computer (Personal Computer, PC), and so on. In addition, the operating system of the central control device 14 may include, but is not limited to, an Android operating system, an apple operating system (iPhone Operating System, iOS), a plug (Symbian) operating system, a blackberry (blackberry) operating system, an eighth microsoft Phone (Windows Phone 8) operating system, and the like, which are not limited to the embodiments of the present utility model.

In one embodiment, the handling device 11 may be configured to receive a handling instruction sent from the central control device 14 and in an automatic mode, to handle a load to be handled according to the handling instruction to a target location, and the handling device 11 may be configured to operate the handling device 11 manually by a technician operating an operating lever of the handling device 11 in a manual mode.

Alternatively, the transmission of the alarm signal may be a broadcast transmission or a unicast transmission.

Taking broadcast transmission as an example, the disc removing device 12 and the plurality of handling devices 11 are in the same network, and the disc removing device 12 and the plurality of handling devices 11 share one data channel to realize one-to-many network connection, when the disc removing device 12 needs to send an alarm signal, the disc removing device 12 needs to transmit the same alarm signal to each handling device 11 at the same time, when one of the handling devices 11 is in an idle state after receiving the alarm signal, the handling device 11 can trigger generation of a handling instruction, the handling device 11 can feed back a confirmation signal to the disc removing device 12, and the disc removing device 12 replies to the handling device 11 instruction generation signal, so that the handling device 11 responds to the instruction generation signal to generate a handling instruction, and a corresponding handling flow is executed. In this embodiment, the handling device 11 is provided with a communication module to receive the alarm signal sent by the disc removing device 12.

Alternatively, the disking apparatus 12 may include an alarm through which the alarm signal is transmitted. The alarm can be an acousto-optic-electric alarm, and the acousto-optic-electric alarm can alarm in the forms of sound, light and the like. In this embodiment, the handling device 11 is equipped with an acoustic sensor and/or a light sensor to receive alarm signals in the form of sounds, lights, etc. emitted by the alarm.

Alternatively, the specific position of the tray storage area 13 may be set by those skilled in the art according to actual needs, so long as the handling device 11 can handle empty trays to the tray removing device 12, and the present utility model is not limited thereto.

In the above cargo management system, the tray disassembling device 12 detects the number of the current trays to be disassembled, and when the number of the trays to be disassembled is smaller than or equal to the threshold value, an alarm signal is sent, and the carrying device 11 automatically carries the trays in the tray storage area 13 to the position where the tray disassembling device 12 is located after receiving the alarm signal. Compared with the prior art, when the number of the trays to be unstacked of the tray disassembling device 12 is lower than the threshold value, the tray disassembling device transmits the alarm signal, and the trays in the tray disassembling device 12 can be automatically supplemented after the alarm signal is received by the carrying device, so that manual supplement is not needed, the carrying cost is reduced, and the carrying efficiency is improved.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 2, based on the system shown in fig. 1, the cargo management system may further include a tray buffer area 15 and a central control device 14, where the tray buffer area 15 and the tray storage area 13 are located at different positions, and the central control device 14 is communicatively connected to the handling device 11. The working space of the carrying equipment can be separated by the arrangement of the tray buffer storage area 15 and the tray storage area 13, so that the personnel interference is avoided, and the automation of the transportation flow is realized.

The central control device 14 is configured to detect a first operation of a user, and generate a first conveying instruction according to the first operation, where the first conveying instruction is used to convey the pallet in the pallet buffer area 15 to the pallet warehouse area 13;

the carrying device 11 is used for receiving and responding to the first carrying instruction and carrying the tray from the tray cache area 15 to the tray storage area 13.

In the implementation process, the user can trigger to generate a first carrying instruction through the central control device 14, and then send the first carrying instruction to the carrying device 11, so that the carrying device 11 carries the tray from the tray cache area 15 to the tray storage area 13 according to the first carrying instruction.

Alternatively, the first operation may be a voice operation, a gesture operation, a click operation, or the like, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present utility model. In some embodiments, the central control device 14 includes an object that may be used by the user to perform the first operation, for example, when the first operation is a voice operation, the central control device 14 may include a sound sensor that may read a voice signal of the user; when the first operation is a gesture operation, the central control apparatus 14 may include a camera that may read a gesture change of the user; when the first operation is a clicking operation, the central control device 14 may include a touch screen, where at least two controls are displayed, so that a user selects a target control corresponding to the first handling instruction from the at least two controls, thereby triggering generation of the first handling instruction.

Alternatively, a first space may be formed between the tray buffer area 15 and the tray storage area 13, where the handling device 11 may travel freely without any additional device, so as to reduce the problem that the tray is damaged due to the collision of the handling device 11.

In the above cargo management system, after the user stacks a plurality of empty trays and places the empty trays in the tray buffer area 15, the first operation may be performed by the central control device 14 to generate the first carrying instruction, so that the carrying device 11 carries the trays from the tray buffer area 15 to the tray storage area 13, thereby automatically completing the automatic replenishment process of the empty trays at the tray removing device 12 and improving the transportation efficiency.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model, and as shown in fig. 3, based on the system shown in fig. 1, the cargo management system may further include a transmission line 16 and a cargo storage area 17, where the cargo storage area 17 is located in the same space as the tray storage area 13. Wherein, the setting of cargo storage area 17 can be with handling equipment's workspace individuation, can not receive personnel to disturb, realizes transportation flow automation.

A transmission line 16 for generating a second transfer instruction for transferring the warehouse-in goods from the transmission line 16 to the goods storage area 17 when the warehouse-in goods are detected;

the handling device 11 is further configured to receive and respond to the second handling instruction to handle the warehouse-in cargo to the cargo storage area 17.

In the implementation process, the transmission line 16 transmits the goods to the offline position, when the transmission line 16 detects the warehouse-in goods at the offline position, a second carrying instruction can be automatically generated, where the second carrying instruction includes the position of the transmission line 16, the position of the goods storage area 17 and the identification of the goods, and after receiving the second carrying instruction, the carrying device 11 moves to the position of the transmission line 16 to carry the goods to the goods storage area 17.

Alternatively, a free space may be formed between the cargo storage area 17 and the pallet storage area 13, in which space the handling device 11 may freely run, damage of the handling device 11 caused by encountering obstacles on the running route of the cargo storage area 17 and the pallet storage area 13 is reduced, and the cargo storage area 17 and the pallet storage area 13 are located in the same space, so that unified management and inventory can be performed for the stored cargos and pallets.

Alternatively, the transmission line 16 may include a first in-place detector, where the first in-place detector is disposed at opposite sides of the transmission line 16, and the transmission line 16 detects the warehouse entry goods through the first in-place detector.

In some embodiments, the first in-place detector may include a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter transmits infrared light to the receiver in real time, and when the in-store cargo exists at the first in-place detector, the receiver cannot receive the infrared light transmitted by the transmitter, and the sensing signal of the receiver changes to determine that the in-store cargo exists.

In the above-mentioned cargo management system, when the transmission line 16 detects the warehouse-in cargo, a second conveying instruction is generated, so that the conveying device 11 responds to the second conveying instruction to convey the warehouse-in cargo to the cargo storage area 17, so that the conveying device 11 automatically completes the warehouse-in operation of the warehouse-in cargo when the warehouse-in cargo is in place, and the transportation efficiency is further improved.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model, and as shown in fig. 4, the cargo management system may further include a shipping buffer 18 based on the system shown in fig. 3. The shipping buffer 18 can be arranged to singulate the working space of the handling equipment, so that the handling equipment is not interfered by personnel, and the transportation process is automated.

The central control device 14 is further configured to detect a second operation of the user, and generate a third handling instruction according to the second operation, where the third handling instruction is used to handle the shipment in the cargo storage area 17 to the shipment buffer area 18;

the handling device 11 is further configured to receive and respond to the third handling instruction, and to handle the shipment to the shipment buffer 18.

In the implementation process, the user may trigger to generate a third carrying instruction through the central control device 14, and then send the third carrying instruction to the carrying device 11, so that the carrying device 11 carries the shipment goods to the shipment buffer 18 according to the third carrying instruction, so as to complete the shipment flow of the shipment goods.

Alternatively, the second operation may be a voice operation, a gesture operation, a click operation, or the like, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present utility model. In some embodiments, the central control device 14 includes an object for the user to perform the second operation, for example, when the second operation is a voice operation, the central control device 14 may include a sound sensor that may read a voice signal of the user to generate the third carrying instruction; when the second operation is a gesture operation, the central control device 14 may include a camera that may read a gesture change of the user to generate a third conveyance instruction; when the second operation is a clicking operation, the central control device 14 may include a touch screen, where at least two controls are displayed, so that the user selects a target control corresponding to the third handling instruction from the at least two controls, thereby triggering generation of the third handling instruction.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, the tray removing device 12 includes a fixing frame 121, at least one pair of tray removing mechanical arms 122, and a movable base 123, where the tray placing frame and the transmission line 16 are respectively disposed on two sides of the fixing frame 121, the fixing frame 121 is fixedly disposed on the movable base 123, the movable base 123 drives the fixing frame 121 to rotate, the at least one pair of tray removing mechanical arms 122 are movably disposed on two sides of the fixing frame 121, one end of the tray removing mechanical arms 122 ascends or descends along one side of the fixing frame 121, two sides of the fixing frame 121 are provided with driving mechanisms for the tray removing mechanical arms 122 to ascend or descend, the other end of each tray removing mechanical arm 122 is provided with a clamping plate 125, and the tray is clamped by the at least one pair of tray removing mechanical arms 122 through the clamping plate 125. The tray removing apparatus 12 clamps a plurality of empty trays from the tray placing frame by controlling the clamping parameters of the clamping plates 125 and the rotation parameters of the movable base 123, and places a target empty tray among the plurality of empty trays at one end of the transmission line to place the warehouse-in goods.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, the disc removing apparatus 12 may further include a mechanical arm fixing seat 124, where the mechanical arm fixing seat 124 is detachably disposed on the fixing frame 121, at least one pair of disc removing mechanical arms 122 are movably disposed on two sides of the mechanical arm fixing seat 124, and one end of the disc removing mechanical arm 122 ascends and descends along one side of the mechanical arm fixing seat 124, so that when the disc removing mechanical arm 122 fails, the mechanical arm fixing seat 124 can be detached from the fixing frame 121, so as to realize quick replacement of the disc removing mechanical arm 122.

Alternatively, the clamping parameters may include clamping force of the clamping plate 125, and the rotation parameters may include rotation angle of the movable base. As shown in fig. 7, when clamping a plurality of empty trays, the tray removing device 12 controls the movable base to rotate to the direction of the tray placing frame, then controls the tray removing mechanical arm 122 to descend to the tray placing frame, controls the clamping plate 125 to clamp the plurality of empty trays with clamping force, further controls the tray removing mechanical arm to restore to the original state, controls the movable base to rotate to the direction of the transmission line 16, places all the plurality of empty trays on the transmission line 16, clamps the plurality of empty trays again after the clamping plate 125 is lifted by a height corresponding to the thickness of one empty tray, so that one target empty tray is placed on the transmission line 16, places the clamped plurality of empty trays back to the tray placing frame, then controls the movable base to rotate to the direction of the transmission line 16, controls the tray removing mechanical arm to descend to the warehouse entry position of the transmission line 16, and clamps the warehouse entry goods placed on the target empty trays, thus obtaining the target trays with warehouse entry goods placed.

Alternatively, the above-mentioned handling apparatus 11 includes forks by which the target pallet on which the stock goods are placed is picked up to acquire the stock goods.

Illustratively, when the carrying device 11 carries out fork taking on the warehouse-in goods, the fork is controlled to be lifted to the height of the fork inlet hole of the tray corresponding to the warehouse-in goods, so that the goods to be carried are further carried out fork taking; when the warehouse-in goods are placed on the ground, the fork can be directly controlled to fork the warehouse-in goods when the carrying equipment 11 runs in front of the warehouse-in goods.

Optionally, the handling device 11 further includes a second in-place detector, where the second in-place detector is disposed at a root of the pallet fork, and is configured to detect an in-place state of the target pallet relative to the pallet fork.

In some embodiments, the second in-place detector may include an emitter and a receiver, where the emitter and the receiver are disposed in parallel, and the emitter emits light forward in real time, and when the target tray exists in front of the second in-place detector, the receiver may receive the light emitted by the emitter, and the sensing signal of the receiver changes to determine that the target tray exists, that is, that the target tray is in place.

In the above cargo management system, the central control device 14 generates the third carrying instruction after detecting the user operation, and sends the third carrying instruction to the carrying device 11, so that the carrying device 11 carries the outgoing cargo to the shipping buffer 18, so that the carrying device 11 automatically carries the outgoing cargo to the designated shipping buffer 18 after receiving the cargo outgoing instruction, thereby completing the outgoing operation and further improving the transportation efficiency.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of a cargo management system according to an embodiment of the present utility model, where, as shown in fig. 8, the cargo management system includes a handling device 11, a central control device 14, a disking device 12, a transmission line 16, a pallet storage area 13, a pallet cache area 15, a cargo storage area 17, and a shipping cache area 18, and the handling device 11 is communicatively connected to the transmission line 16, the central control device 14, and the disking device 12, respectively.

When the transmission line 16 detects the warehouse-in goods a while the goods warehouse-in process is being performed, a second conveying instruction is generated and sent to the conveying apparatus 11, so that the conveying apparatus 11 conveys the warehouse-in goods a to the goods storage area 17.

When the shipment flow is executed, the center control device 14 generates a third transfer instruction in response to the user operation and transmits the third transfer instruction to the transfer device 11 so that the transfer device 11 transfers the shipment E in the shipment storage area 17 to the shipment buffer 18.

When the tray replenishment process is executed, the tray removing device 12 detects the number of currently-to-be-destacked trays B, and when the number of to-be-destacked trays B is smaller than or equal to a threshold value, an alarm signal is sent, and after the carrying device 11 receives the alarm signal, the carrying device responds to the alarm signal to carry the tray C in the tray storage area 13 to the position where the tray removing device 12 is located.

When executing the tray storage flow, the central control apparatus 14 generates a first conveyance instruction in response to a user operation, and transmits the first conveyance instruction to the conveyance apparatus 11, so that the conveyance apparatus 11 conveys the tray D in the tray buffer 15 to the tray storage 13.

It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present utility model. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are alternative embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required for the present utility model.

In various embodiments of the present utility model, it should be understood that the sequence numbers of the foregoing processes do not imply that the execution sequences of the processes should be determined by the functions and internal logic of the processes, and should not be construed as limiting the implementation of the embodiments of the present utility model.

The units described above as separate components may or may not be physically separate, and components shown as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present utility model may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

The integrated units described above, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a computer-accessible memory. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present utility model, or a part contributing to the prior art or all or part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a memory, comprising several requests for a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server or a network device, etc., in particular may be a processor in a computer device) to execute some or all of the steps of the above-mentioned method of the various embodiments of the present utility model.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps of the various methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by a program that instructs associated hardware, the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium including Read-Only Memory (ROM), random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), programmable Read-Only Memory (Programmable Read-Only Memory, PROM), erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory, EPROM), one-time programmable Read-Only Memory (OTPROM), electrically erasable programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), compact disc Read-Only Memory (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory, CD-ROM) or other optical disk Memory, magnetic disk Memory, tape Memory, or any other medium that can be used for carrying or storing data that is readable by a computer.

The foregoing has outlined a detailed description of a cargo management system according to embodiments of the present utility model, and specific examples have been provided herein to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the present utility model, the above examples being provided only to assist in understanding the method and core concepts of the present utility model. Meanwhile, as those skilled in the art will have variations in the specific embodiments and application scope in accordance with the ideas of the present utility model, the present description should not be construed as limiting the present utility model in view of the above.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a goods management system, its characterized in that, goods management system includes handling equipment, tray storehouse district and tear open a set equipment, the handling equipment with tear open a set equipment communication connection, wherein:

the tray disassembling equipment is used for separating a plurality of empty trays stored in a stacking mode stored by the tray disassembling equipment one by one, detecting the number of the remaining empty trays stored currently, and sending an alarm signal when the number of the empty trays is detected to be smaller than or equal to a threshold value;

and the carrying equipment is used for receiving and responding to the alarm signal, and carrying the empty trays in the tray storage area to the tray disassembling equipment for automatic replenishment.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a pallet buffer and a central control device, the pallet buffer being located in a different location than the pallet magazine, the pallet buffer for storing a plurality of empty pallets stored in a stack, wherein:

the central control equipment is used for detecting a first operation of a user and generating a first conveying instruction according to the first operation, wherein the first conveying instruction is used for conveying the plurality of empty trays in the tray cache region to the tray storage region;

the carrying equipment is used for receiving and responding to the first carrying instruction and carrying the empty trays from the tray cache region to the tray storage region.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the tray removal device includes a sensor and a tray rack, the tray rack for stacking the plurality of empty trays, the sensor disposed on one side of the tray rack, the sensor for detecting a number of empty trays stacked on the tray rack.

4. The cargo management system of claim 3, further comprising a transmission line and a cargo storage area, the cargo storage area being located in the same space as the pallet warehouse area, wherein:

the transmission line is used for generating a second conveying instruction when the warehouse-in goods are detected, and the second conveying instruction is used for conveying the warehouse-in goods from the transmission line to the goods storage area;

the handling device is further configured to receive and respond to a second handling instruction to handle the warehouse-in cargo to the cargo storage area.

5. The cargo management system of claim 4, further comprising a shipping buffer, wherein:

the central control device is further configured to detect a second operation of a user, and generate a third handling instruction according to the second operation, where the third handling instruction is used to handle the outgoing cargo in the cargo storage area to the delivery cache area;

the handling equipment is further used for receiving and responding to the third handling instruction and handling the outgoing cargoes to the delivery buffer area.

6. The cargo management system of claim 4 or 5, wherein said transmission line includes first in-place detectors disposed at opposite sides of said transmission line, said warehouse entry cargo being detected by said first in-place detectors.

7. The cargo management system of claim 6, wherein the tray removing device further comprises a fixing frame, at least one pair of tray removing mechanical arms and a movable base, the tray placing frames and the transmission lines are respectively arranged on two sides of the fixing frame, the movable base drives the fixing frame to rotate, the at least one pair of tray removing mechanical arms are movably arranged on two sides of the fixing frame, one end of each tray removing mechanical arm ascends or descends along the fixing frame, a clamping plate is arranged on the other end of each tray removing mechanical arm, and the tray removing device clamps the empty trays from the tray placing frames by controlling clamping parameters of the clamping plates and rotation parameters of the movable base and places the target empty tray in the empty trays at one end of the transmission lines so as to place the warehouse cargo.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the handling device includes a fork through which the target pallet on which the warehouse-in goods are placed is forked to acquire the warehouse-in goods.

9. The cargo management system of claim 8, wherein the handling device further comprises a second in-place detector disposed at a root of the fork for detecting an in-place condition of the target pallet.

10. The cargo management system of claim 9, wherein the disking apparatus comprises an alarm through which the alarm signal is transmitted.