WO2019075911A1

WO2019075911A1 - Merchandise sorting system and sorting method

Info

Publication number: WO2019075911A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/118112
Authority: WO
Inventors: 徐庆邦; 区敏刚; 贾超; 卢军; 高明; 丛强滋
Original assignee: 山东新北洋信息技术股份有限公司
Priority date: 2017-10-20
Filing date: 2017-12-22
Publication date: 2019-04-25
Also published as: CN109697479A

Abstract

A merchandise sorting method, comprising: acquiring identification information about each sorting basket; acquiring multiple orders, and establishing an association relation between the identification information and the orders, wherein each piece of identification information corresponds to a unique order, and each order comprises at least one piece of merchandise information; acquiring merchandise information about merchandise to be delivered, and determining, according to the merchandise information about the merchandise to be delivered, an order to be delivered; according to the association relation and the order to be delivered, determining a target sorting basket corresponding to the order to be delivered; and sending out delivery prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket.

Description

Commodity sorting system and sorting method

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of logistics technology, for example, to a commodity sorting system and a sorting method.

Background technique

With the development of e-commerce, more and more people are shopping through the Internet. After the customer places an order through the website, the merchant needs to transfer all the goods ordered by the customer from the warehouse to the sorting area for a period of time, and then the sorting personnel manually, according to each customer's order, from all the goods in the warehouse, manually Pick all the items ordered by the customer, then package and ship all the items included in each order. This sorting method is completely manual, the sorting speed is affected by the operator's proficiency, and the sorting efficiency is low and extremely error-prone.

Summary of the invention

The present disclosure provides a commodity sorting system and a sorting method, which can prompt the sorting personnel to deliver the target, reduce the occurrence of sorting errors, and improve the sorting efficiency.

A commodity sorting method applied to a commodity sorting system, comprising:

Obtaining identification information carried by the unique identifier of each of the sorting baskets;

Acquiring a plurality of orders, and establishing an association relationship between the identification information and the order, wherein each of the identification information corresponds to a unique one of the orders, and each of the orders includes at least one item of information;

Obtaining commodity information of the commodity to be delivered, and determining an order to be delivered according to the commodity information of the commodity to be delivered;

Determining, according to the association relationship and the to-be-delivered order, a target sorting basket corresponding to the to-be-delivered order;

Sending delivery prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket;

Wherein the commodity sorting system comprises: a shelf and a prompting device; the shelf is provided with a plurality of cargo spaces; each of the cargo spaces comprises a sorting basket and an identification information acquiring device; each of the sorting baskets has a unique Logo.

Optionally, the acquiring the identifier information carried by the identifier of each of the sorting baskets includes:

Obtaining, by the identifier information acquiring device, an image of the sorting basket; and acquiring identifier information carried by the identifier included in the image.

Optionally, the identifier includes: a radio frequency label; and the acquiring the identifier information carried by the identifier of each of the sorting baskets, including:

Reading, by the identifier information acquiring device, data set in a radio frequency tag of the sorting basket; and acquiring the identification information included in the data.

Optionally, the identifier includes a barcode, and the acquiring identifier information carried by the identifier of each of the sorting baskets includes:

And scanning, by the identifier information acquiring device, a barcode provided in the sorting basket; and acquiring the identifier information included in the barcode.

Optionally, it also includes:

Obtain sorting basket detection information;

Whether or not the sorting basket is placed in the storage position is determined based on the sorting basket detection information.

Optionally, after the sending the delivery prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket, the method further includes:

Obtaining delivery detection information;

Determining, according to the delivery detection information, whether the target sorting basket is put into the to-be-delivered product within a preset time; and when the target sorting basket is put into the to-be-delivered product within a preset time, the control station The prompting device issues delivery completion prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket; and when the target sorting basket is not put into the to-be-delivered product within a preset time, controlling the prompting device to issue the target The error message corresponding to the sorting basket.

Optionally, it also includes:

Determining whether the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket is completed for stocking;

When the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket completes the stocking, the prompting device is controlled to issue the stocking completion prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket;

When the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket does not complete the stocking, the prompting device is controlled to issue the stocking uncompleted prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket.

The present disclosure also provides a commodity sorting system, comprising: a shelf, a prompting device and a controller; the shelf is provided with a plurality of cargo spaces; each of the cargo spaces comprises a sorting basket and an identification information acquiring device; The sorting basket has a unique identifier;

The controller is configured to control the identifier information acquiring device to acquire the identifier information carried by the identifier; acquire a plurality of orders, establish an association relationship between the identifier information and the order; and obtain commodity information of the commodity to be delivered, Determining a to-be-delivered order according to the item information of the item to be delivered; determining a target sorting basket corresponding to the to-be-delivered order according to the relationship and the to-be-delivered order; controlling the prompting device to issue the Delivery prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket;

Wherein each of the identification information corresponds to a unique one of the orders, and each of the orders includes at least one item of merchandise information.

Optionally, the identifier information acquiring device includes: a camera;

The controller is configured to: control the camera to acquire an image of the sorting basket; and acquire identifier information carried by the identifier included in the image.

Optionally, the identifier information acquiring device includes: a radio frequency reading and writing device; the identifier includes: a radio frequency tag;

The controller is configured to: control the radio frequency read/write device to read data in a radio frequency tag of the sorting basket; and acquire the identification information included in the data.

Optionally, the identifier information acquiring apparatus includes: a scanning apparatus; the identifier includes: a barcode;

The controller is configured to: control the scanning device to scan a barcode provided in the sorting basket; and acquire the identification information included in the barcode.

Optionally, the method further includes: a commodity information acquiring device to be delivered;

The controller is further configured to acquire the commodity information of the to-be-delivered product acquired by the to-be-delivered commodity information acquiring device.

Optionally, the method further includes: a sorting basket detecting device;

The controller is further configured to control the sorting basket detecting device to acquire the sorting basket detecting information, and determine, according to the sorting basket detecting information, whether the sorting basket is placed in the storage position.

Optionally, the method further includes: a delivery detecting device;

The controller is further configured to control the delivery detecting device to generate delivery detection information, and determine, according to the delivery detection information, whether the target sorting basket is put into the to-be-delivered product within a preset time; when the target The sorting basket is put into the to-be-delivered product within a preset time, and then the prompting device is controlled to issue delivery completion prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket; when the target sorting basket is not within the preset time When the commodity to be delivered is put into the product, the prompting device is controlled to issue an error prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket.

The present disclosure also provides a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for performing any of the methods described above.

The commodity sorting system and the sorting method provided by the present disclosure reduce the occurrence of sorting errors and improve the sorting efficiency.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural view of a commodity sorting system provided by an embodiment;

2 is a schematic diagram of a module composition of a commodity sorting system provided by still another embodiment;

3 is a flow chart of a sorting method of a commodity sorting system provided by still another embodiment;

4 is a flow chart of a sorting method of a commodity sorting system provided by still another embodiment;

Fig. 5 is a flow chart showing a sorting method of the commodity sorting system provided by still another embodiment.

Detailed ways

This embodiment provides a commodity sorting system that can be used to sort goods. 1 is a schematic structural view of a commodity sorting system provided by an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a module composition of a commodity sorting system provided by still another embodiment. The commodity sorting system of the present embodiment is described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Description.

As shown, the merchandise sorting system includes a controller 2, a shelf 3, and a prompting device 5.

A plurality of cargo spaces 31 are disposed on the shelf 3, and each cargo space 31 includes a sorting basket 312 and an identification information acquiring device 311; each cargo space 31 further includes a support frame 313. The sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313, and the sorting basket 312 can be removed from the support frame 313 when the goods in the sorting basket 312 are packaged, and the sorting basket 312 of each of the storage spaces 31 is used to accommodate an order. For all of the items, the sorting basket 312 is provided with an identification 314 for identifying the sorting basket 312, and the identification information of the sorting basket 312 is carried in the identification 314. The identification information acquiring device 311 is fixedly disposed on the support frame 313, opposite to the sorting basket 312, for acquiring the identification information of the sorting basket 312, and transmitting the identification information to the controller 2.

In the present embodiment, the shelf 3 includes twelve cargo spaces 31 arranged in three layers and four columns.

The identification information acquiring device 311 can be any one of a camera, a scanning device, and a radio frequency reading and writing device.

Optionally, when the identification information acquiring device 311 is a camera, the sorting basket 312 may be printed with

numbers

1, 2, 3, etc. identifying the sorting basket 312; when the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313, the camera An image of the sorting basket 312 (hereinafter referred to as a first image) can be acquired. In the image of the sorting basket 312, an identifier is included, and based on the image, the controller 2 can acquire the identification information carried in the identifier included in the image. . In addition, the camera can also acquire a real-time image (hereinafter referred to as a second image) of the sorting basket 312 in the preset delivery time after the prompting device 5 issues the delivery prompt, for determining whether the delivery of the goods to be delivered is completed. In the present embodiment, the marker 314 is disposed at the inner bottom of the sorting basket 312, the marker 314 is printed with a number, and the camera is located above the sorting basket 312. The marker 314 can also be disposed outside of the sorting basket 312, and the camera is disposed obliquely above the sorting basket 312.

Optionally, when the identifier information acquiring device 311 is a radio frequency reading and writing device, the identifier 314 is generally a radio frequency tag. When the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313, the radio frequency reading and writing device can read the data of the radio frequency tag set on the sorting basket 312 under the control of the controller 2, and obtain the identification information contained in the data. .

Optionally, when the identification information acquiring device 311 is a scanning device, the identifier 314 is generally a barcode; when the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313, the scanning device can scan the identifier 314 set on the sorting basket 312. A barcode, such as a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code, obtains identification information carried in the barcode. In the present embodiment, the indicia 314 can be placed at the bottom of the sorting basket 312, the scanning device is disposed above the sorting basket, and the working face of the scanning device faces the indicia 314. The marker 314 may also be disposed outside the sorting basket 312, and the scanning device is disposed obliquely above the sorting basket 312.

The prompting device 5 is configured to issue different prompt information under the control of the controller. In the first embodiment, the prompting device 5 issues a delivery prompt message for prompting the sorter to put the commodity into the target sorting basket 312; In the second embodiment, the prompting device 5 issues a completion delivery prompt message for prompting the sorter to sort the next item; in the third embodiment, when the item is not within the preset time When the target sorting basket 312 is put into operation, the prompting device 5 can also issue an error alarm prompt message for prompting the sorter to find an error. The indication unit 5 can be an indicator light, a voice device, a display screen, and the like. In this embodiment, the prompting device 5 includes a plurality of indicator lights, and the plurality of indicator lights are disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of cargo spaces 31.

The commodity sorting system further includes a commodity information acquiring device 1 and a storage device 4 to be delivered. The controller 2 is electrically connected to the to-be-delivered product information acquiring device 1, the identification information acquiring device 311 of each of the cargo spaces 31, the storage device 4, and the prompting device 5 for controlling the execution of the above-mentioned modules and performing corresponding arithmetic processing, such as And receiving the barcode information of the product to be delivered by the product information acquiring device 1 to be delivered, receiving the first image and the second image transmitted by the camera, establishing an association relationship between the sorting basket 312 and the order, and controlling the prompting device 5 to issue the prompt information and the like.

When establishing the association relationship between the order and the sorting basket 312, the controller 2 is further configured to receive the identification information sent by the identification information acquiring device 311, and acquire a plurality of orders, and establish an association relationship between the identification information and the order, so that each The identification information corresponds to a unique order.

The to-be-delivered product information obtaining device 1 is configured to scan a bar code label of an item to obtain bar code information of the product, wherein the bar code information of the product includes product information of the item to be delivered, and the to-be-delivered item information acquiring device 1 may be a handheld bar code scanner. , counter bar code scanner or industrial fixed bar code scanner. In the commodity sorting process, the controller 2 acquires the commodity information of the commodity to be delivered through the commodity information acquiring apparatus 1 to be delivered, and determines the order to be delivered according to the commodity information included in the order; and then associates the relationship with the order according to the identification information. And the order to be delivered, the target sorting basket corresponding to the order to be delivered is determined, and finally the control prompting device 5 issues the posting prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket. The sorter can place the items to be delivered into the target sorting basket according to the delivery prompt information, and finally complete the sorting of the goods to be delivered.

Optionally, each of the cargo spaces 31 further includes a sorting basket detecting device 315 that detects whether the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313. The sorting basket detecting device 315 is disposed on the support frame 313, and the sorting basket detecting device 315 The controller 2 is electrically connected to the controller 2 for acquiring the sorting basket detection information by the sorting basket detecting device 315, and determining whether the sorting basket is placed in the storage position based on the sorting basket detecting information. Alternatively, when the sorting basket 312 is not placed on the support frame 313, the sorting basket detecting means 315 outputs the first sorting basket detecting information, such as a low level; when the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313 The sorting basket detecting device 315 outputs the second sorting basket detection information, such as a high level. The controller 2 determines whether the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313 based on the sorting basket detection information output from the sorting basket detecting device 315.

Optionally, each of the cargo spaces 31 further includes a delivery detecting device (not shown) for detecting whether the delivery of the goods to be delivered has been completed, and the controller 2 is further configured to acquire the delivery detection information by the delivery detecting device and detect the delivery according to the delivery. The information determines whether the target sorting basket is put into the item to be delivered within the preset time; when the target sorting basket 312 is put into the item to be delivered within the preset time, the control prompting device 5 issues the delivery completion corresponding to the target sorting basket. The prompt information; when the target sorting basket 312 is not put into the item to be delivered within the preset time, the control prompting device 5 issues an error prompt message corresponding to the target sorting basket.

Optionally, the commodity sorting system further comprises an input device (not shown), the input device is electrically connected to the controller 2, and the input device is configured to receive the operation command of the sorter and send it to the controller 2, for example, When the controller 2 receives the command that the sorting basket sent by the input device is placed on the support frame, it is determined that the sorting basket has been placed on the support frame; for example, when the controller 2 receives the input of the goods sent by the input device At the time of the order, it is determined that the goods have been put into the sorting basket. The input device can be a keyboard, a mouse, a button, or the like.

The storage device 4 is configured to store a control program of the product sorting system, and data and variables generated during the running of the program. For example, the storage device 4 is configured to store order data corresponding to the item to be sorted, wherein the order data is processed. The delivery item information obtaining means 1 scans the barcode label on the product, or distributes the item corresponding to the item to the storage device 4 while the product is being distributed by the controller 2; the storage device 4 is also used to store each sorting basket and order In this embodiment, the association relationship between each sorting basket and the order can be saved by saving the comparison table of the order number and the location; in this embodiment, each of the indexes can also be saved by indexing. The relationship between the sorting basket and the order.

The present disclosure also provides a merchandise sorting method that is applied to the merchandise sorting system provided in Figures 1 and 2 above. 3 is a flow chart of a sorting method of a commodity sorting system according to still another embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a commodity sorting method includes: Step 110 - Step 150.

In step 110, the identification information carried by the identifier of each sorting basket is obtained.

The identification information of each sorting basket can be obtained by any of the following three methods:

The first one is: acquiring an image of the sorting basket by using the identifier information acquiring device; and acquiring the identifier information carried by the identifier included in the image;

Secondly, the identifier includes: a radio frequency tag; the data acquired in the radio frequency tag of the sorting basket is read by the identification information acquiring device; and the identification information included in the data is obtained;

The third: the identifier includes a barcode; the barcode information set in the sorting basket is scanned by the identifier information acquiring device; and the identifier information included in the barcode is obtained.

Taking the identification information acquiring device as a camera as an example, the method for acquiring the identification information of each sorting basket includes: the controller 2 controls the camera of each of the cargo spaces 31 to obtain the sorting corresponding to the cargo space 31 according to a preset order. The first image of the basket 312, wherein the first image includes the area of the identification 314 of the sorting basket 312, and the controller 2 performs an analysis process on the first image to obtain an identification mark, such as a number, of each sorting basket 312. Here, the preset order is stored in the storage device 4, and the controller 2 obtains a preset order by reading the order stored in the storage device 4. In the present embodiment, the preset sequence is the order in which the sorting baskets 312 are installed, that is, when the controller 2 determines that one of the sorting baskets 312 is placed on the support frame 313, the control corresponds to the sorting basket 312. The camera acquires the first image of the sorting basket 312, and the controller 2 sequentially acquires the identification marks of the sorting baskets 312 according to the order in which the sorting baskets 312 are installed. In this embodiment, the preset order may be acquired simultaneously. The sequence of the first image of the partial picking basket 312, when the full partial picking basket 312 is mounted on the support frame 313, the controller 2 controls the cameras of all the cargo spaces 31 to simultaneously acquire the first image of each sorting basket 312, and controls The device 2 simultaneously obtains the identification of the entire partial picking basket 312.

Optionally, before acquiring the identification information of each sorting basket, the method further includes: acquiring the sorting basket detection information; and determining, according to the sorting basket detecting information, whether the sorting basket is placed in the storage position.

Alternatively, the controller 2 may determine whether the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313 by the sorting basket detecting means 315 or the transmitted information of the input means. Optionally, in the present embodiment, each of the cargo spaces 31 further includes a sorting basket detecting device 315 that detects whether the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313, and the controller 2 outputs the points according to the sorting basket detecting device 315. The picking basket detection information determines whether the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313. For example, when the sorting basket 312 is not placed on the support frame 313, the sorting basket detecting device 315 outputs the first sorting basket detecting information, such as Low level, when the sorting basket 312 is placed on the support frame 313; the sorting basket detecting device 315 outputs the second sorting basket detecting information, such as a high level; alternatively, in the present embodiment, the commodity sorting The system further includes an input device. When the controller 2 receives a command to place the sorting basket 312 sent by the input device on the support frame 313, it is determined that the sorting basket 312 has been placed on the support frame 313, and the input device may be a keyboard, Mouse or button, etc.

In step 120, a plurality of orders are acquired, and an association relationship between the identification information and the order is established, wherein each identification information corresponds to a single order, and each order includes at least one item information.

The order can be stored directly in the storage device 4, and the controller 2 can read the order from the storage device 4. Orders can also be received from other systems in real time.

The product sorting method is either of the following two operations:

Read the quantity of the order equal to the number of the goods at a time, and establish a one-to-one correspondence between the order and the sorting basket on each goods. When all the orders are sorted, they are sequentially placed on each position. Packing the goods in the sorting basket;

The state in which the sorting basket is not associated with the order is called the sorting basket in the spare state; the number of orders read is the same as the number of sorting baskets currently in the free state, and the order and the sorting in the spare state are established. One-to-one correspondence of the baskets; each time an order is sorted, the goods in the sorting basket corresponding to the order are packaged; after the goods packing operation in the sorting basket is completed, the orders and points that have been packaged are released. The association of the picking basket causes the sorting basket to re-enter the vacant state.

Pre-existing the storage device 4 with an order, and sorting the products according to the first method described above as an example: the controller 2 reads the order data information stored in the storage device 4, and sequentially assigns each order according to a preset rule. A sorting basket 312, for example, when the preset rule is a sequential principle, the sorting basket 312 assigns the first column of the first row in order from left to right and top to bottom. The picking basket 312 assigns a sorting basket 312 of the second row of the first row to the second order, and so on. The controller 2 establishes the association relationship between the sorting basket 312 and the order by assigning one sorting basket 312 to each order, and saves the association relationship between the sorting basket 312 and the order to the storage device 4.

In step 130, the item information of the item to be delivered is obtained, and the item to be delivered is determined according to the item information of the item to be delivered.

In step 140, based on the association relationship and the order to be delivered, the target sorting basket corresponding to the order to be delivered is determined.

In step 150, delivery prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket is issued.

In

steps

130, 140, and 150, each item to be delivered includes a product information barcode, and the to-be-delivered product information acquiring apparatus 1 scans the barcode on the item to be delivered to obtain the item information of the item to be delivered. The controller 2 determines the order to which the item belongs by the item information acquired by the item information acquiring apparatus 1 to be delivered, and compares the order in which the item belongs to the sorting basket and the order one by one to determine the sorting basket 312 into which the item should be placed ( Hereinafter, the controller 2 controls the prompting device 5 to issue a delivery prompt message, prompting the sorter to put the items to be delivered into the target sorting basket 312. For example, when the controller 2 receives a product information, it first determines that the order to which the item to be delivered belongs is the order A, and then according to the association relationship between the sorting basket 312 of the first row and the order A of the first row obtained according to step 120, It is determined that the items to be delivered should be put into the sorting basket 312 of the first row of the first row, and the controller 2 controls the indicator light of the first column of the first row to emit light, and issues a posting prompt message.

The product sorting method of the commodity sorting system provided by the embodiment automatically acquires the identification information of the sorting basket opposite to the identification information acquiring device by the identification information acquiring device of each cargo space, and the relationship between the identification information and the order is obtained. Establishing an association relationship between the sorting basket and the order, and then determining the order to be delivered according to the obtained commodity information of the goods to be delivered, and determining the target sorting basket according to the relationship between the identification information and the order and the order to be delivered, and A corresponding delivery prompt is issued by the prompting device. The commodity sorting system and the sorting method provided by the embodiment automatically acquire the identifier of the sorting basket by the identification information acquiring device, and issue a corresponding delivery prompt by the prompting device, prompting the sorter to select the position of the sorting basket, and thus, Compared with the sorting method in the related art, the generation of sorting errors is reduced, and the sorting efficiency is improved. 4 is a flow chart of a sorting method of a commodity sorting system provided by still another embodiment, the method comprising: Step 210 - Step 290.

In step 210, the identification information carried by the identifier of each sorting basket is obtained. Same as step 110, and details are not described herein again.

In step 220, a plurality of orders are acquired, and an association relationship between the identification information and the order is established, wherein each identification information corresponds to a single order, and each order includes at least one item information. Same as step 120, and details are not described herein again.

In step 230, the item information of the item to be delivered is obtained, and the item to be delivered is determined according to the item information of the item to be delivered. Same as step 130, and details are not described herein again.

In step 240, based on the association relationship and the order to be delivered, the target sorting basket corresponding to the order to be delivered is determined. Same as step 140, and details are not described herein again.

In step 250, delivery prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket is issued. Same as step 150, and details are not described herein again.

In step 260, delivery detection information is obtained.

In the present embodiment, the delivery detection information is generated by the delivery detection device. Alternatively, the delivery detecting device may be a gravity sensor; the gravity sensor is disposed below the sorting basket and is capable of acquiring the total weight of the sorting basket and the contents contained therein. If the item to be delivered is delivered to the sorting basket, the total weight will inevitably increase. In addition, it is also possible to detect whether or not goods are delivered to the sorting basket within a preset time by setting a distance sensor or a photoelectric sensor on the cargo space.

In step 270, it is determined whether the target sorting basket is put into the item to be delivered within the preset time according to the delivery detection information, and it is determined that the target sorting basket is put into the item to be delivered within the preset time, and the process proceeds to step 280; The target sorting basket is not put into the item to be delivered within the preset time, and the process proceeds to step 290.

Optionally, when the delivery detecting device is a gravity sensor, when the total weight of the sorting basket and the loaded product is determined according to the delivery detection information transmitted by the gravity sensor within a preset time, the target sorting basket is considered to be put into standby. When the delivery detecting device is a photoelectric sensor, when it is determined that the light has changed according to the delivery detection information transmitted by the photoelectric sensor within a preset time, it is considered that the target sorting basket is put into the commodity to be delivered; when the delivery detecting device In the case of the distance sensor, when the distance is changed according to the delivery detection information transmitted by the distance sensor within a preset time, it is considered that the target sorting basket is put into the item to be delivered.

In step 280, delivery completion prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket is issued.

In step 290, an error message corresponding to the target sorting basket is issued.

Optionally, the camera can also detect whether there is a product delivered to the sorting basket: the controller 2 controls the camera to set the interval according to a preset delivery time after the prompting device 5 issues the corresponding delivery prompt information. The second image of the sorting basket is continuously acquired at a fixed time frequency, and the second image is analyzed to determine whether the merchandise has been placed in the sorting basket.

When the controller 2 determines that the commodity has been put into the target sorting basket 312, the control prompting device 5 issues the prompt information of the delivery completion. Otherwise, when the controller 2 does not detect that the commodity has been put into the target sorting basket within the preset delivery time At this time, the control prompting device 5 issues an error alarm prompt message. For example, the sorting basket 312 in which the merchandise should be put into the first row of the first row, the preset delivery time is T1, and when the controller 2 controls the prompting device 5 to issue the posting prompt information, the controller 2 controls the first row. The camera corresponding to the sorting basket 312 of the first column continuously acquires the second image of the sorting basket 312 at a frequency of the set time T2 within a preset delivery time T1, when the sorter inputs the commodity When the sorting basket 312 of the first row of the first row is changed, the second image captured by the camera received by the controller 2 changes, and by analyzing the second image, if it is determined that the commodity has been put into the first sorting basket 312, then control The prompting device 5 issues a completion delivery prompting message. If the controller 2 determines that the commodity is not placed in the sorting basket 312 of the first row of the first row within the delivery time T1, the control prompting device 5 issues an error alarm prompting message.

The sorting method provided by the embodiment obtains the delivery detection information by the delivery detection device, determines whether the target sorting basket is put into the to-be-delivered product within the preset time according to the delivery detection information, and sends a corresponding prompt information through the prompting device, which can be reduced. Sorting errors improve sorting efficiency.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a sorting method of a commodity sorting system according to still another embodiment. On the basis of the above embodiment,

The method further includes: step 310 - step 330.

In step 310, it is determined whether the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket has completed stocking. When it is determined that the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket completes the stocking, the process proceeds to step 320. If it is determined that the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket has not completed the stocking, the process proceeds to step 330.

In this embodiment, each time a commodity to be delivered is put into the sorting basket corresponding to the order, the controller 2 changes the state of the goods to be delivered included in the order from undelivered to delivered; the sorting basket is each When a commodity to be delivered is put into operation, the controller 2 has to judge whether the status of all the commodities in the order corresponding to the sorting basket is already delivered, and if the state of all the commodities is already delivered, the order to be delivered is The stocking is completed, and if the status of the goods is not already delivered, the delivery order is not completed. Optionally, the controller 2 can read the total number of items to be delivered included in the order; each time the sorting basket is put into a commodity to be delivered, the controller 2 updates the current delivery to the sorting basket. The quantity to be delivered of the goods to be delivered, and judge whether the delivered quantity and the total quantity are equal; if they are equal, it is judged that the to-be-delivered order is completed, and if not equal, it is judged that the delivery order has not completed the stocking.

In step 320, when the stocking of the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket is completed, the stocking completion prompt corresponding to the target sorting basket is issued.

In step 330, when the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket has not completed the stocking, the stocking uncompleted prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket is issued.

The sorting method of the commodity sorting system provided in this embodiment determines whether the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket completes the stocking, and sends corresponding prompt information through the prompting device, compared with the related technology, the present implementation The sorting method provided by the example can prompt the sorter to package all the commodities of the order that has been stocked when the stocking order corresponding to the target sorting basket is completed, and further improve the sorting efficiency.

The embodiment further provides a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for performing the sorting method of any of the above embodiments.

The computer program product of the commodity sorting system and the sorting method provided by the embodiment includes a computer readable storage medium storing the program code, and the program code includes instructions configured to perform the sorting method in the above embodiment.

The functions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product. The technical solution of the present embodiment may be embodied in the form of a software product in essence or in part contributing to the related art, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes a plurality of instructions for making A computer (which may be a personal computer, server, or network unit, etc.) performs all or part of the steps of the method described in this embodiment. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like. .

Industrial applicability

The commodity sorting method of the present disclosure improves the sorting accuracy rate and improves the sorting efficiency.

Claims

A commodity sorting method applied to a commodity sorting system, comprising:

Obtaining identification information carried by the unique identifier of each of the sorting baskets;

Acquiring a plurality of orders, and establishing an association relationship between the identification information and the order, wherein each of the identification information corresponds to a unique one of the orders, and each of the orders includes at least one item of information;

Obtaining commodity information of the commodity to be delivered, and determining an order to be delivered according to the commodity information of the commodity to be delivered;

Determining, according to the association relationship and the to-be-delivered order, a target sorting basket corresponding to the to-be-delivered order;

Sending delivery prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket;

Wherein the commodity sorting system comprises: a shelf and a prompting device; the shelf is provided with a plurality of cargo spaces; each of the cargo spaces comprises a sorting basket and an identification information acquiring device; each of the sorting baskets has a unique Logo.
The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the identification information carried by the identifier of each of the sorting baskets comprises:

Obtaining, by the identifier information acquiring device, an image of the sorting basket; and acquiring identifier information carried by the identifier included in the image.
The method of claim 1 wherein the identification comprises: a radio frequency tag;

Obtaining the identification information carried by the identifier of each of the sorting baskets, comprising: reading, by the identifier information acquiring device, data set in a radio frequency tag of the sorting basket;

Obtaining the identification information included in the data.
The method of claim 1 wherein said identification comprises a barcode;

Obtaining the identification information carried by the identifier of each of the sorting baskets, comprising: scanning, by the identifier information acquiring device, a barcode provided in the sorting basket;

Obtaining the identification information included in the barcode.
A method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

Obtain sorting basket detection information;

Whether or not the sorting basket is placed in the storage position is determined based on the sorting basket detection information.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, after the sending the prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket, the method further includes:

Obtaining delivery detection information;

Determining, according to the delivery detection information, whether the target sorting basket is put into the to-be-delivered product within a preset time;

And when the target sorting basket is put into the to-be-delivered product within a preset time, controlling the prompting device to issue delivery completion prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket; when the target sorting basket is in advance If the item to be delivered is not put in the set time, the prompting device is controlled to issue an error prompt message corresponding to the target sorting basket.
A method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

Determining whether the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket is completed for stocking;

When the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket completes the stocking, the prompting device is controlled to issue the stocking completion prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket;

When the to-be-delivered order corresponding to the target sorting basket does not complete the stocking, the prompting device is controlled to issue the stocking uncompleted prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket.
A commodity sorting system comprising: a shelf, a prompting device and a controller; the shelf is provided with a plurality of cargo spaces; each of the cargo spaces comprises a sorting basket and an identification information acquiring device; each of the sorting The basket has a unique identifier;

The controller is configured to control the identifier information acquiring device to acquire the identifier information carried by the identifier; acquire a plurality of orders, and establish an association relationship between the identifier information and the order; and obtain commodity information of the commodity to be delivered, according to Determining an item to be delivered according to the item information of the item to be delivered; determining a target sorting basket corresponding to the to-be-delivered order according to the relationship and the to-be-delivered order; controlling the prompting device to issue the target Delivery prompt information corresponding to the sorting basket;

Wherein each of the identification information corresponds to a unique one of the orders, and each of the orders includes at least one item of merchandise information.
The system according to claim 8, wherein said identification information acquiring means comprises: a camera;

The controller is configured to: control the camera to acquire an image of the sorting basket; and acquire the identification information carried by the identifier included in the image.
The system according to claim 8, wherein the identification information acquiring means comprises: a radio frequency reading and writing device; the identifier comprises: a radio frequency tag;

The controller is configured to: control the radio frequency read/write device to read data in a radio frequency tag of the sorting basket; and acquire the identification information included in the data.
The system according to claim 8, wherein said identification information acquiring means comprises: scanning means; said identification comprising: a barcode;

The controller is configured to: control the scanning device to scan a barcode provided in the sorting basket to obtain the identification information included in the barcode.
A system according to any one of claims 8 to 11, further comprising: a commodity information acquiring device to be delivered;

The controller is further configured to acquire the commodity information of the to-be-delivered product acquired by the to-be-delivered commodity information acquiring device.
A system according to any one of claims 8-11, further comprising: a sorting basket detecting device;

The controller is further configured to control the sorting basket detecting device to acquire the sorting basket detecting information, and determine, according to the sorting basket detecting information, whether the sorting basket is placed in the storage position.
A system according to any one of claims 8-11, further comprising: a delivery detecting device;

The controller is further configured to control the delivery detection device to generate delivery detection information, and determine, according to the delivery detection information, whether the target sorting basket is put into the to-be-delivered product within a preset time;

And when the target sorting basket is put into the to-be-delivered product within a preset time, controlling the prompting device to issue delivery completion prompt information corresponding to the target sorting basket; when the target sorting basket is in advance If the item to be delivered is not put in the set time, the prompting device is controlled to issue an error prompt message corresponding to the target sorting basket.
A computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions being set to the method of any of claims 1-7.