CN107790395B - Sorting system and configuration method and configuration device of storage units of sorting system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a sorting system and a configuration method and a configuration device of a containing unit thereof, wherein the sorting system comprises intelligent terminal equipment and at least one containing unit, the containing unit is used for storing express items, and the configuration method comprises the following steps: detecting whether the receiving unit is connected with the sorting system or not, wherein the receiving unit comprises a communication module, and when the receiving unit successfully interacts with the intelligent terminal equipment through the communication module, determining that the receiving unit is connected with the sorting system; when the storage unit is connected to the sorting system, detecting whether a delivery destination is distributed to the storage unit; when the storage unit is not assigned a delivery destination, a delivery destination is assigned to the storage unit. By the sorting system and the configuration method and the configuration device of the storage unit of the sorting system, the problems that the utilization rate of the crates is low and the crates are not fully utilized in express sorting equipment in the related art can be solved.

Description

Sorting system and configuration method and configuration device of storage units of sorting system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of sorting, in particular to a sorting system and a configuration method and a configuration device of a storage unit of the sorting system.

Background

In the express delivery industry, after receiving express items, workers need to sort the express items so as to transport the express items to corresponding destinations. The traditional express mail sorting method comprises the following steps: manually storing the express mails in a classified manner according to the addressee addresses printed on the express mails, storing the express mails of which the addressee addresses belong to the same area together, and then manually packaging the express mails stored in the classified manner. Since this sorting method requires the sorting operator to be familiar with the addresses of all destinations and with the direction of each address flow, the demand on the sorting operator is high, and the sorting speed of the express mail is limited.

In order to solve the above problems, the related art provides an express sorting apparatus. As shown in fig. 1, the sorting apparatus includes a cabinet 11 ', a scanning head 12', and a controller (not shown), wherein the cabinet 11 'is provided with a plurality of crates 111', each crate 111 'corresponds to a delivery destination, and a display lamp (not shown) is disposed on a front end surface of each crate 111', and each display lamp is electrically connected to the controller; the scanning head 12' is used for scanning the bar code of the express item to obtain the destination of the express item. When sorting the express items, firstly, the bar codes of the express items are scanned by the scanning head 12 ', the scanning head 12' transmits the scanning results to the controller, the controller obtains the destinations of the express items according to the received scanning results, determines the grid boxes 111 'corresponding to the express items according to the destinations and the distribution destinations corresponding to each grid box 111', controls the display lamps on the corresponding grid boxes 111 'to emit light, and when observing that the display lamps emit light, the sorting personnel throw the express items into the corresponding grid boxes 111', thereby finishing the sorting of the express items.

In the actual express mail sorting process, various express mail sorting demands exist, for example, express mails of various counties of Beijing need to be sorted in the previous time, when express mails of various administrative districts of Qingdao need to be sorted in the next time, the number of grid boxes 111 ' corresponding to each sorting demand is not necessarily the same, for example, when sorting express mails of various counties of Beijing, 16 grid boxes 111 ' are needed to respectively correspond to 16 counties of Beijing, and when sorting express mails of various administrative districts of Qingdao, 7 grid boxes 111 ' are needed to respectively correspond to 7 administrative districts of Qingdao. In order to meet different express sorting requirements, the number of the grid boxes 111 'of the express sorting equipment provided by the related art is usually set to a large value, for example, when the express sorting equipment is usually used for sorting express in beijing and Qingdao, the number of the grid boxes 111' in the express sorting equipment is set to 16. Since the number of the crates 111 'of the mail sorting apparatus provided by the related art is usually set to a large value, when the number of destinations corresponding to the sorted mail is smaller than the number of the crates 111', there will be empty crates 111 ', resulting in a low utilization rate of the crates 111' and an under-utilization.

Aiming at the problems that the utilization rate of a crate is low and the crate is not fully utilized in express sorting equipment in the related art, an effective solution is not provided at present.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a sorting system, a method and a device for configuring storage units thereof, so as to solve the problems of low utilization rate of crates and insufficient utilization of the crates in the related art of express sorting equipment.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a configuration method for storage units of a sorting system, where the sorting system includes an intelligent terminal device and at least one storage unit, the storage unit is used for storing express items, and the configuration method includes: detecting whether the receiving unit is connected with the sorting system or not, wherein the receiving unit comprises a communication module, and when the receiving unit successfully interacts with the intelligent terminal equipment through the communication module, determining that the receiving unit is connected with the sorting system; when the storage unit is connected to the sorting system, detecting whether a delivery destination is distributed to the storage unit; when the storage unit is not assigned a delivery destination, a delivery destination is assigned to the storage unit.

With reference to the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, where detecting whether the storage unit is allocated with a delivery destination includes: inquiring a corresponding relation between a storage unit and a delivery destination in a pre-stored storage unit and delivery destination comparison table, and determining that the storage unit is not allocated with the delivery destination when the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination is not inquired; after allocating a delivery destination to the storage unit, the configuration method further includes: and recording the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination in the storage unit and delivery destination comparison table.

With reference to the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, where allocating a delivery destination to the storage unit includes: displaying an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit, and allocating a delivery destination to the storage unit according to an operation performed by a user on the operation interface; alternatively, a delivery destination stored in advance is assigned to the storage unit.

With reference to the foregoing implementation manner of the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, where the configuration method further includes: detecting whether each storage unit distributed with a delivery destination is connected to the sorting system; when detecting that the storage unit assigned with the delivery destination does not access the sorting system, releasing the detected correspondence between the storage unit and the delivery destination.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a device for configuring a receiving unit of a sorting system, where the sorting system includes an intelligent terminal device and at least one receiving unit, the receiving unit is used for storing express items, and the device includes: the first access detection module is used for detecting whether the containing unit is accessed to the sorting system or not, wherein the containing unit comprises a communication module, and when the containing unit successfully interacts with the intelligent terminal equipment through the communication module, the containing unit is determined to be accessed to the sorting system; the destination detection module is used for detecting whether the receiving units are distributed with delivery destinations or not when the receiving units are connected to the sorting system; a destination allocation module for allocating a delivery destination to the storage unit when the storage unit is not allocated with a delivery destination.

With reference to the second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, where the destination detection module is specifically configured to: inquiring a corresponding relation between a storage unit and a delivery destination in a pre-stored storage unit and delivery destination comparison table, and determining that the storage unit is not allocated with the delivery destination when the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination is not inquired; the configuration device further comprises: and the recording module is used for recording the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination in the storage unit and delivery destination comparison table after the delivery destination is allocated to the storage unit.

With reference to the second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, where the destination allocation module includes: the first allocation sub-module is used for displaying an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit and allocating a distribution destination to the storage unit according to the operation performed on the operation interface by a user; or, a second distributing submodule for distributing a delivery destination stored in advance to the storage unit.

With reference to the foregoing implementation manner of the second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, where the configuration apparatus further includes: the second access detection module is used for detecting whether each containing unit distributed with a delivery destination is accessed to the sorting system; and the relationship releasing module is used for releasing the detected corresponding relationship between the storage units and the delivery destinations when the second access detection module detects that the storage units distributed with the delivery destinations are not accessed into the sorting system.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a sorting system, where the sorting system includes an intelligent terminal device and at least one storage unit, where the intelligent terminal device includes the configuration apparatus described in the second aspect, and each storage unit includes a communication module; the configuration device is used for sending a query instruction to the containing unit; the communication module is used for receiving a query command sent by the configuration device and sending response information to the configuration device according to the query command; the configuration device is used for determining that the storage unit and the intelligent terminal equipment are successfully interacted when the response information sent by the storage unit is received.

With reference to the third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, where the storage unit further includes an indication module and a control module; the indicating module is used for outputting indicating information for storing the express mails; the control module is used for controlling the indication module to output the indication information when the communication module receives the indication command sent by the intelligent terminal equipment.

In the sorting system, the configuration method and the configuration device of the storage unit of the sorting system, whether the storage unit is connected to the sorting system or not is detected, whether a delivery destination is allocated to the storage unit or not is detected when the storage unit is connected to the sorting system, and the delivery destination is allocated to the storage unit when the storage unit is not allocated to the delivery destination. Since the sorting system can assign a delivery destination to each storage unit accessed to the sorting system, the user can set the number of storage units accessed to the sorting system as desired. By the sorting system and the configuration method and the configuration device of the receiving units of the sorting system, all the receiving units connected into the sorting system can be utilized for sorting, so that the utilization rate of the receiving units is guaranteed to be improved, and the problems that the utilization rate of the bin boxes is low and the bin boxes are not fully utilized in express sorting equipment in the related art are solved.

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an express sorting apparatus of the related art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the modular components of a sortation system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the modular composition of the intelligent terminal device of the sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a modular composition of a receiving unit of a receiving device of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a receiving unit of a receiving device of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a receiving device of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flow chart of a method of configuring a receiving unit of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit displayed by the intelligent terminal device of the sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit displayed by the intelligent terminal device of the sorting system according to another embodiment of the invention;

fig. 10 is a flow chart of a method of configuring a receiving unit of a sorting system according to another embodiment of the invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of a module of a configuration device of a receiving unit of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic view of a modular arrangement of a configuration device of a receiving unit of a sorting system according to another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic block diagram of a sorting system according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 14 is a flow chart of the operation of a sorting system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In view of the problems of the prior art that the utilization rate of the crates is low and the crates are not fully utilized, the invention provides a sorting system and a configuration method and a configuration device of the receiving units thereof, which are described below by embodiments.

In order to more clearly describe the sorting system and the method and device for configuring the storage units thereof in the embodiment of the present invention, the sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention is first described with reference to fig. 2 to 6.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of module composition of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in the figure, the sorting system includes an intelligent terminal device 1, a reading device 2, and a storage device 3. The intelligent terminal device 1 is used for executing control work of a sorting system, the identifying and reading device 2 is used for identifying and reading destinations of express mails and sending the destinations of the express mails to the intelligent terminal device 1, the accommodating device 3 is used for storing the express mails according to destination classification of the express mails, the accommodating device 3 comprises at least one accommodating unit 31, each accommodating unit 31 comprises an accommodating part and an indicating module, and each accommodating unit 31 corresponds to a distribution destination. When sorting express mails, the recognition device 2 recognizes the destination of the express mail and sends the destination of the express mail to the intelligent terminal device 1, when the intelligent terminal device 1 receives the destination of the express mail sent by the recognition device 2, the storage unit 31 corresponding to the express mail is determined according to the destination of the express mail and the distribution destination corresponding to each storage unit, and an indication command is sent to the storage unit 31, so that an indication module controlling the storage unit 31 sends out indication information for storing the express mail, and after observing the indication information sent by the indication module, a worker puts the express mail into the storage part of the storage unit 31, so that the express mail sorting is completed. The indicating module can be an indicating lamp, and the indicating information can be that the indicating lamp flickers according to a preset frequency.

The intelligent terminal device 1 is used for executing the control work of the sorting system. Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of module compositions of an intelligent terminal device of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the intelligent terminal device 1 may be a desktop computer, a tablet computer, other intelligent devices, and the like, and as shown in the figure, the intelligent terminal device 1 includes a control unit 11, a communication unit 12, an input unit 13, a display unit 14, and a storage unit 15, where the control unit 11 is configured to control other modules of the intelligent terminal device 1 to perform work and perform data calculation and processing; the communication unit 12 is used for performing data transmission between the intelligent terminal device 1 and the storage apparatus 3, for example, the communication unit 12 receives an identifier of the intelligent terminal device 3 sent by the storage unit 31 of the storage apparatus 3, and preferably, the communication unit 12 is a network communication module; the input unit 13 is used for receiving a control command of a user, and the input unit 13 can be a mouse or a keyboard; the display unit 14 is configured to display information related to the storage units, for example, the display unit 14 is configured to display an operation interface corresponding to the storage units, and display a storage unit list accessed to the sorting system and a comparison table of the storage units and delivery destinations on the operation interface; the storage unit 15 is used for storing a control program of the intelligent terminal device 1 and data and variables generated in the program running process, and the storage unit 15 is also used for storing a storage unit list, a storage unit and a delivery destination comparison table.

The receiving unit list is used for storing a list of receiving units accessing the sorting system, and table 1 shows a schematic diagram of a receiving unit list according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in table 1, the receiving units are represented by using identifiers of the receiving units, where the identifiers of the receiving units are ID numbers of the receiving units, and in the present case, there are four receiving units accessing the sorting system, and their ID (identity) numbers are 1, 2, 6, and 7, respectively.

ID number of storage unit
	1
2
	6
7

TABLE 1

The storage unit and the delivery destination comparison table are used for storing the correspondence between the storage unit and the delivery destination, when the control unit 11 acquires the destination of the express mail, the storage unit corresponding to the express mail can be determined by searching the storage unit and the delivery destination comparison table, and when the same delivery destination as the destination of the express mail is searched, the storage unit corresponding to the delivery destination is the storage unit corresponding to the express mail. Table 2 shows a comparison table of the storage unit and the delivery destination according to the embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in table 2, the storage unit is represented by using an identifier of the storage unit, where the identifier of the storage unit is an ID number of the storage unit, and for one express mail, the delivery destination is the same as the destination of the express mail, and is an administrative region to which the recipient address of the express mail belongs.

ID number of storage unit	Delivery destination
			1	Zone of emerald green
2	High and new technology development area
		6	Economic technology development area
7	Wendengxue

TABLE 2

The recognition device 2 is used for recognizing the destination of the express mail and sending the destination of the express mail to the intelligent terminal device 1. The recognition device 2 can be a bar code scanning device, the destination of the express mail is recognized by scanning the bar code printed on the express mail, the recognition device 2 can also be an image recognition device, the destination of the express mail is recognized by acquiring the image of the addressee address printed on the express mail, the recognition device 2 can be a radio frequency identification device, the destination of the express mail is recognized by recognizing the radio frequency data carried by the express mail, the recognition device 2 can also be a tablet computer, a mobile phone and other portable intelligent devices, the recognition device 2 comprises a recognition module, the recognition module can be a bar code scanning module, an image recognition module or a radio frequency identification module, the recognition device 2 acquires express mail information carrying the destination of the express mail and acquires the destination of the express mail through the recognition module, and sends the destination of the express mail to the intelligent terminal device 1.

The storage device 3 is used for storing the express items according to the destination of the express items, and as described above, the storage device 3 includes at least one storage unit 31, and each storage unit 31 has a unique identifier, which may be an ID number of the storage unit 31 or a network address of the storage unit 31.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of module composition of a receiving unit of a receiving device of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure, the receiving unit 31 includes a power module 311, a control module 312, a communication module 313 and an indication module 314, where the power module 311 is used to supply power to other electrical modules, the control module 312 is used to control the communication module 313 and the indication module 314 to operate, the communication module 313 is used to perform data transmission between the receiving unit 31 and the intelligent terminal 1, for example, the communication module 313 receives a query command sent by the intelligent terminal 1 and sends a response message to the intelligent terminal 1 according to the query command, the communication module 313 receives an indication command sent by the intelligent terminal 1, and preferably, the communication module 313 is a network communication module, the indication module 314 is used to output indication information for storing express items according to the indication command received by the communication module 313, thereby indicating the corresponding relationship between the storage part of the storage unit 31 and the express items to be sorted, and the indication module 314 may be an audio or optical device such as an indicator light, a display screen, a buzzer, etc.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a receiving unit of a receiving device of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure, the receiving unit 31 includes a receiving portion 315, the receiving portion 315 is used for storing express items, the receiving portion 315 has an opening 3151, and when sorting the express items, a user drops the express items into the receiving portion 315 through the opening 3151, in this embodiment, the opening 3151 faces upward. The indication module 314 is positioned on the surface of the receiving portion 315 and fixedly connected with the receiving portion 315, when the destination of the express corresponds to the receiving portion 315, the indication module 314 sends indication information, and a user determines to put the express into the receiving portion 315 by observing the indication information.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a receiving device of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure, in this embodiment, the receiving device 3 includes six receiving units 31, and the six receiving units 31 are arranged in two rows and three columns in a horizontal plane, and when a user needs to increase the number of receiving units 31 included in the receiving device 3, the user can drag one unused receiving unit 31 to place it adjacent to other receiving units 31 in the receiving device 3, and open a power module 311 of the receiving unit 31 to access the sorting system; when the user needs to remove the storage unit 31 included in the storage apparatus 3 from the sorting system, the power module 311 of the storage unit 31 may be turned off, and the storage unit 31 may be dragged to be separated from other storage units 31 in the storage apparatus 3.

The following describes a sorting system and a configuration method and a configuration device of a storage unit thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to fig. 7 to 14.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a configuration method of a storage unit of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the configuration method in this embodiment can be executed by the intelligent terminal device, and as shown in the figure, the configuration method specifically includes the following steps:

step S202, whether the containing unit is connected to the sorting system or not is detected, wherein the containing unit comprises a communication module, and when the containing unit is successfully interacted with the intelligent terminal equipment through the communication module, the containing unit is determined to be connected to the sorting system.

Each storage unit comprises a power module and a communication module, when the power module is opened by a user, the communication module is powered on, the storage units are interacted with the intelligent terminal equipment through the communication module, and when interaction is successful, the storage units are connected into the intelligent terminal equipment. The user can determine the number of the receiving units connected into the sorting system according to the requirement, so that the power supply modules of the receiving units are switched on, and the receiving units are connected into the sorting system.

The intelligent terminal equipment sends a query command to the storage unit, a communication module of the storage unit receives the query command and returns response information to the intelligent terminal equipment, and when the intelligent terminal equipment receives the response information returned by the storage unit, the intelligent terminal equipment determines that the storage unit is connected to the sorting system.

Taking the sorting system of fig. 2 as an example, the communication unit 12 of the intelligent terminal device 1 and the communication module 313 of the storage unit 31 are both network communication modules, and data transmission can be performed between the intelligent terminal device 1 and the storage unit 31 through a network. The control unit 11 of the intelligent terminal device 1 controls the communication unit 12 to send the query command in the broadcast mode according to the set frequency, queries the storage unit 31 accessing the sorting system, and determines the storage unit 31 responding to the query command as the storage unit 31 accessing the sorting system, and specifically includes: when the control unit 11 determines that the communication unit 12 receives the response information sent by the storage unit 31, it determines that the storage unit 31 is connected to the sorting system, and the control unit 11 acquires the identification of the storage unit 31, wherein the identification of the storage unit 31 may be the ID number of the storage unit 31, the network address of the storage unit 31, or the like. In this embodiment, the identification of the storage unit 31 is the ID number of the storage unit 31, and the control unit 11 updates the storage unit list stored in the storage unit 15 and stores the identification of the determined storage unit 31 accessing the sorting system in the storage unit list.

It should be noted that, when the power module 311 of the storage unit 31 is turned on, the power module 311 supplies power to the control module 312, the communication module 313 and the indication module 314, the control module 312, the communication module 313 and the indication module 314 start to operate, and when the control module 312 determines that the communication module 313 receives the query command sent by the intelligent terminal device 1, the communication module 313 is controlled to send response information to the intelligent terminal device 1, so that the intelligent terminal device 1 can determine that the storage unit 31 accesses the sorting system, and preferably, the response information includes an identifier of the storage unit 31.

Step S204, when the storage unit is connected to the sorting system, whether the storage unit is distributed with a delivery destination or not is detected.

In this step, it is detected whether the storage unit is assigned with a delivery destination specifically by: the correspondence relationship between the storage unit and the delivery destination is looked up in a pre-stored storage unit and delivery destination look-up table, and when the correspondence relationship between the storage unit and the delivery destination is not looked up, it is determined that the storage unit is not allocated with the delivery destination.

Taking the sorting system of fig. 2 as an example, after the intelligent terminal device 1 detects that one storage unit is connected to the sorting system, detecting whether the storage unit is allocated with a delivery destination, specifically, the control unit 11 of the intelligent terminal device 1 inquires the storage unit and delivery destination comparison table stored in the storage unit 15 according to the identification of the storage unit 31, thereby determining whether the storage unit 31 is allocated with a delivery destination, wherein, when the control unit 11 inquires the identification of the storage unit 31 in the storage unit and delivery destination comparison table, it is determined that the storage unit 31 has been allocated with the delivery destination, when the control unit 11 does not look up the identification of the storage unit 31 in the storage unit to delivery destination look-up table, that is, when the correspondence relationship between the storage unit 31 and the delivery destination is not found, it is determined that the storage unit 31 has not yet been assigned the delivery destination.

In step S206, when the storage unit is not assigned a delivery destination, the delivery destination is assigned to the storage unit.

When the intelligent terminal device detects that the receiving unit accessed to the sorting system is not allocated with a delivery destination, the intelligent terminal device allocates the delivery destination for the receiving unit and stores the corresponding relation between the receiving unit and the delivery destination allocated to the receiving unit.

Taking the sorting system of fig. 2 as an example, when the control unit 11 of the smart terminal apparatus 1 detects that the storage unit 31 accessed to the sorting system is not assigned a delivery destination, the control unit 11 of the smart terminal apparatus 1 assigns a delivery destination to the storage unit 31, and updates the storage unit-to-delivery destination comparison table, adds the storage unit 31 and the delivery destination assigned to the storage unit 31 to the storage unit-to-delivery destination comparison table, and stores the updated storage unit-to-delivery destination comparison table in the storage unit 15.

In view of the fact that the storage unit 15 of the smart terminal device can store the delivery destinations in advance, in one embodiment, the delivery destinations stored in advance are allocated to the storage units.

Taking the sorting system of fig. 2 as an example, when it is detected that the storage unit 31 accessing the sorting system is not allocated with a delivery destination, the control unit 11 allocates a delivery destination to the storage unit 31 according to a preset rule, for example, a list of express destinations waiting to be allocated to the storage unit is stored in the storage unit 15, and when it is necessary to allocate a delivery destination to the storage unit 31, the control unit 11 reads one express destination from the list of express destinations waiting to be allocated to the storage unit in a set order and allocates the read express destination to the storage unit 31 as a delivery destination.

In order to facilitate the user to assign the delivery destination to the storage unit, in another embodiment, an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit is displayed, and the delivery destination is assigned to the storage unit according to the operation performed by the user on the operation interface. Specifically, when detecting that the receiving unit accessed to the sorting system is not allocated with a delivery destination, the intelligent terminal equipment receives a control command input by a user through an operation interface corresponding to the receiving unit, and allocates the delivery destination for the receiving unit according to the control command input by the user.

Taking the sorting system in fig. 2 as an example, the intelligent terminal device 1 allocates a delivery destination to the storage unit 31 by:

step S2061, displaying the operation interface corresponding to the storage unit.

The control unit 11 controls the display unit 14 to display an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit through which a user can input a control command for the storage unit, and displays the storage unit that is accessed to the sorting system and is not assigned a delivery destination on the operation interface.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of an operation interface corresponding to a storage unit displayed by an intelligent terminal device of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure, the control unit 11 controls the display unit 14 to display a list of storage units which are accessed into the sorting system and are not allocated with delivery destinations on the operation interface, in fig. 8, the sorting system includes six storage units which are not allocated with delivery destinations, the ID numbers of the six storage units are 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, and 13, and at the same time, the control unit 11 further controls the display unit 14 to display an edit box 317 corresponding to each storage unit on the operation interface, in this embodiment, the edit box 317 is located in a table of the corresponding storage unit 31, and a user can input the delivery destinations allocated to the corresponding storage unit 31 in the edit box 317, so as to allocate delivery destinations to the storage unit.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of an operation interface corresponding to a storage unit displayed by an intelligent terminal device of a sorting system according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure, a control unit 11 controls a display unit 14 to display a list 151 and a list 152 on the operation interface, where the list 151 is a destination list of express mails, and the list 152 is a list of storage units accessed to the sorting system but not allocated with delivery destinations, where express destinations corresponding to columns 1511, 1512, 1513, and 1514 in the list 151 have been allocated as delivery destinations to the corresponding storage units, express destinations corresponding to columns 1515 and 1516 have not been allocated as delivery destinations to the storage units, and the list 152 is composed of a plurality of individually operable controls 318, where each control 318 corresponds to one storage unit 31, as shown in the figure, each control 318 displays an identifier of the storage unit 31 corresponding thereto, the user can associate one storage unit 31 with one express destination by dragging the control corresponding to the storage unit 31 to a set position of the list 151, so as to allocate the associated express destination to the storage unit as a delivery destination, where one set position of the list 151 corresponds to one express destination, and as shown in the figure, the set position of the list 151 is an area where the rectangular frame 319 located above each column of the list 152 is located.

In step S2062, a delivery destination is assigned to the storage unit in accordance with an operation performed by the user on the operation interface.

And detecting a control command input by a user on an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit, and distributing a delivery destination to the storage unit according to the control command input by the user. Specifically, the control unit 11 detects the control signal received by the input unit 13, and thus receives a control command input by the user, and when the control unit 11 detects the control command input by the user through the operation interface displayed on the display unit 14, allocates a delivery destination to the storage unit corresponding to the operation interface according to the control command input by the user.

For example, when the display unit 14 displays an operation interface as shown in fig. 8, the control unit 11 detects an operation by the user for each edit box 317, and when the control unit 11 detects that the user inputs an address in one edit box 317, allocates the address input by the user as a delivery destination to the storage unit corresponding to the edit box 317.

For another example, when the display unit 14 is as shown in fig. 9 as an operation interface, the control unit 11 detects a dragging action of the user on each control 318 in the list 152, and when the control unit 11 detects that the user selects one control 318 and drags the control 318 into one rectangular box 319 of the list 151, allocates the express destination corresponding to the column where the rectangular box 319 is located as a delivery destination to the storage unit 31 corresponding to the control 318.

Since the storage unit and delivery destination look-up table is used to record the correspondence between the storage unit to which the delivery destination has been allocated and the allocated delivery destination, after allocating the delivery destination to the storage unit, the allocation method in this embodiment further includes: the correspondence between the storage unit and the delivery destination is recorded in the storage unit and delivery destination look-up table, and the storage unit and delivery destination look-up table are updated.

In the configuration method of the storage unit of the sorting system according to the embodiment of the invention, whether the storage unit is connected to the sorting system or not is detected, when the storage unit is connected to the sorting system, whether the distribution destination is distributed to the storage unit or not is detected, and when the distribution destination is not distributed to the storage unit, the distribution destination is distributed to the storage unit. Since the sorting system can assign a delivery destination to each storage unit accessed to the sorting system, the user can set the number of storage units accessed to the sorting system as desired. By the configuration method of the containing units of the sorting system, all the containing units connected into the sorting system can be utilized for sorting, so that the utilization rate of the containing units is improved, and the problems that the utilization rate of the crates is low and the crates are not fully utilized in express sorting equipment in the related art are solved.

Fig. 10 is a flow chart of a method of configuring storage units of a sorting system according to another embodiment of the present invention, which may be a preferred embodiment of the embodiment shown in fig. 7, and as shown, the present embodiment differs from the embodiment shown in fig. 7 in that the method further comprises the steps of:

in step S208, it is detected whether each storage unit to which the delivery destination is assigned is connected to the sorting system.

Specifically, each storage unit in the storage unit and delivery destination comparison table is sequentially searched in the storage unit list, and when a storage unit which cannot be searched exists, it is determined that the storage unit which cannot be searched is allocated with a delivery destination but does not access the sorting system.

Taking the sorting system of fig. 2 as an example, the control unit 11 reads the identifiers of all the storage units 31 assigned with the delivery destinations in the sorting system, and detects whether each storage unit 31 is connected to the sorting system.

Since the control unit 11 adds the correspondence between the storage unit 31 and the delivery destination assigned to the storage unit 31 to the storage unit-to-delivery-destination lookup table when assigning a delivery destination to each storage unit 31, the storage unit-to-delivery-destination lookup table stores the identification of all the storage units to which delivery destinations are assigned.

Since the storage unit list stored in the storage unit 15 is updated and the identification of the storage unit 31 accessed to the sorting system is added to the storage unit list after the control unit 11 of the intelligent terminal device 1 detects that the storage unit 31 is accessed to the sorting system, the identification of all the storage units 31 accessed to the sorting system is stored in the storage unit list.

Therefore, the control unit 11 reads an identifier of a storage unit 31 to which a delivery destination is assigned from the storage unit-to-delivery destination comparison table in a set order, and then inquires whether the identifier of the storage unit 31 is stored in the storage unit list, thereby determining whether the storage unit 31 is accessed to the sorting system.

When the control unit 11 finds the identifier of the storage unit 31 in the storage unit list, it is determined that the storage unit 31 is accessed to the sorting system, otherwise, it is determined that the storage unit 31 is not accessed to the sorting system. When the storage unit 31 to which the delivery destination is assigned is powered off, the storage unit 31 is removed from the sorting system, or when the storage unit 31 to which the delivery destination is assigned malfunctions, it may be caused to not access the sorting system.

In step S210, when it is detected that the storage unit to which the delivery destination is assigned does not access the sorting system, the correspondence relationship between the detected storage unit and the delivery destination is released.

When the intelligent terminal equipment determines that one storage unit allocated with a delivery destination does not access the sorting system, the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the corresponding delivery destination is released.

Taking the sorting system of fig. 2 as an example, when the control unit 11 of the smart terminal device 1 detects that one storage unit 31 to which a delivery destination is assigned is not accessed to the sorting system, the storage unit-delivery destination comparison table is updated, the correspondence between the storage unit and the corresponding delivery destination is deleted from the storage unit-delivery destination comparison table, and the updated storage unit-delivery destination comparison table is stored in the storage unit 15.

Further, the control unit 11 controls the display unit 14 to update the display content thereof, for example, when the storage unit corresponding to a certain express destination displayed in the list 151 in fig. 9 does not access the sorting system, the control unit 11 controls the display unit 14 to display the column corresponding to the storage unit in gray and delete the control of the storage unit included in the rectangular frame 319 of the column, so as to prompt the user that the express corresponding to the destination does not have the corresponding storage unit 31 and cannot be sorted.

In the method for allocating storage units of a sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, whether a storage unit to which a delivery destination is assigned is accessed to the sorting system is detected, and when it is detected that the storage unit to which the delivery destination is assigned is not accessed to the sorting system, the correspondence between the detected storage unit and the delivery destination is released. Because the sorting system can remove the corresponding relation between the storage units and the delivery destinations when the storage units are not accessed into the sorting system, a user can close redundant power modules of the storage units as required, so that the storage units are not accessed into the sorting system, and the sorting system removes the corresponding relation between the storage units and the delivery destinations. Therefore, by the configuration method of the storage units of the sorting system, redundant storage units in the current sorting system can be released, and the storage units can be used for sorting express mails of other sorting systems, so that the utilization rate of the storage units is improved, and the problems that the utilization rate of the bin boxes is low and the bin boxes are not fully utilized in express sorting equipment in the related art are further solved. And when the storage unit is not connected with the sorting system, the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination is removed, so that the condition that the user does not deliver express items to the storage unit any more can be ensured, the occurrence of sorting errors is avoided, and the flexibility of the sorting system is further improved.

Corresponding to the above-mentioned method for configuring the receiving units of the sorting system shown in fig. 7 and 10, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a device for configuring the receiving units of the sorting system, and fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of module components of the device for configuring the receiving units of the sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in the figure, the device includes:

the first access detection module 4 is used for detecting whether the storage unit is accessed to the sorting system or not, wherein the storage unit comprises a communication module, and when the storage unit successfully interacts with the intelligent terminal equipment through the communication module, the storage unit is determined to be accessed to the sorting system;

a destination detection module 5, configured to detect whether the storage unit is assigned with a delivery destination when the storage unit is accessed to the sorting system;

and a destination allocation module 6 for allocating a delivery destination to the storage unit when the storage unit is not allocated with the delivery destination.

The destination detection module 5 is specifically configured to: the correspondence relationship between the storage unit and the delivery destination is looked up in a pre-stored storage unit and delivery destination look-up table, and when the correspondence relationship between the storage unit and the delivery destination is not looked up, it is determined that the storage unit is not allocated with the delivery destination.

The destination allocation module 6 includes: the first allocation submodule is used for displaying an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit and allocating a distribution destination to the storage unit according to the operation performed on the operation interface by a user; or, a second distributing submodule for distributing a delivery destination stored in advance to the storage unit.

Since the storage unit and delivery destination mapping table is used to record the correspondence between the storage unit to which the delivery destination has been allocated and the delivery destination allocated, the configuration apparatus in this embodiment further includes: and the recording module is used for recording the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination in the storage unit and delivery destination comparison table after the delivery destination is allocated to the storage unit.

In the configuration device of the storage unit of the sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, whether the storage unit is connected to the sorting system is detected, when the storage unit is connected to the sorting system, whether the storage unit is allocated with a delivery destination is detected, and when the storage unit is not allocated with a delivery destination, the delivery destination is allocated to the storage unit. Since the sorting system can assign a delivery destination to each storage unit accessed to the sorting system, the user can set the number of storage units accessed to the sorting system as desired. Through the configuration device of the receiving units of the sorting system, which is disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the receiving units connected into the sorting system can be completely utilized to carry out sorting work, so that the utilization rate of the receiving units is improved, and the problems that the utilization rate of the crates is low and the crates are not fully utilized in express sorting equipment in the related art are solved.

Fig. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a configuration device of a receiving unit of a sorting system according to another embodiment of the present invention, which may be a preferred embodiment of the embodiment shown in fig. 11, and as shown in the figure, the present embodiment is different from the embodiment shown in fig. 11 in that the configuration device further includes the following modules:

a second access detection module 7, configured to detect whether each storage unit to which a delivery destination is assigned is accessed to the sorting system;

and a relation releasing module 8, configured to release the detected correspondence between the storage unit and the delivery destination when the second access detection module 7 detects that the storage unit to which the delivery destination is assigned does not access the sorting system.

In the configuration device of the storage unit of the sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is detected whether the storage unit to which the delivery destination is assigned is accessed to the sorting system, and when it is detected that the storage unit to which the delivery destination is assigned is not accessed to the sorting system, the correspondence between the detected storage unit and the delivery destination is released. Because the sorting system can remove the corresponding relation between the storage units and the delivery destinations when the storage units are not accessed into the sorting system, a user can close redundant power modules of the storage units as required, so that the storage units are not accessed into the sorting system, and the sorting system removes the corresponding relation between the storage units and the delivery destinations. Therefore, by the configuration method of the storage units of the sorting system, redundant storage units in the current sorting system can be released, and the storage units can be used for sorting express mails of other sorting systems, so that the utilization rate of the storage units is improved, and the problems that the utilization rate of the bin boxes is low and the bin boxes are not fully utilized in express sorting equipment in the related art are further solved. And when the storage unit is not connected with the sorting system, the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination is removed, so that the condition that the user does not deliver express items to the storage unit any more can be ensured, the occurrence of sorting errors is avoided, and the flexibility of the sorting system is further improved.

Corresponding to the configuration devices in fig. 11 and 12, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a sorting system, fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of module composition of a sorting system according to another embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 13, the system in this embodiment includes an intelligent terminal device 1, i.e., the intelligent terminal device 1 in fig. 2, a storage device 3, i.e., the storage device 3 in fig. 2, and the storage device 3 includes at least one storage unit 31, i.e., the storage unit 31 in fig. 2, wherein the intelligent terminal device 1 includes the configuration device in fig. 11 or 12, i.e., the configuration device 9, wherein each storage unit 31 includes a communication module 313, i.e., the communication module 313 in fig. 4.

The configuration device 9 is used for sending an inquiry instruction to the storage unit 31;

the communication module 313 is configured to receive the query command sent by the configuration device 9, and send response information to the configuration device 9 according to the query command;

the configuration device 9 is configured to determine that the storage unit 31 successfully interacts with the intelligent terminal device 1 when receiving the response information sent by the storage unit 31.

As shown in fig. 13, the storage unit 313 further includes an indication module 314 and a control module 312;

the indicating module 314 is used for outputting indicating information for storing the express items;

the control module 312 is configured to control the indication module 314 to output the indication information when the communication module 313 receives the indication command sent by the intelligent terminal device 1.

Fig. 14 is a flow chart of the operation of a sorting system according to another embodiment of the invention, as shown, the flow includes the steps of:

step S302, the intelligent terminal device sends a query command in a broadcast mode according to a set frequency.

The control unit 11 of the intelligent terminal device 1 controls the communication unit 12 to send an inquiry command in a broadcast mode according to a set frequency, and inquires the storage unit 31 accessed to the sorting system. The intelligent terminal equipment can timely inquire the newly accessed storage unit in the sorting system by sending the inquiry control command in a broadcast mode according to the set frequency.

And step S304, when the receiving unit receives the query command sent by the intelligent terminal device, the receiving unit sends response information to the intelligent terminal device.

When the control module 312 of the storage unit 31 determines that the communication module 313 receives the inquiry command sent by the intelligent terminal device 1, the control module 313 sends response information to the intelligent terminal device 1, wherein the response information preferably includes the identifier of the storage unit 31.

Step S306, when the intelligent terminal equipment receives the response information sent by the storage unit, the storage unit is determined to be connected to the sorting system.

When the control unit 11 of the intelligent terminal device 1 determines that the communication unit 12 receives the response information transmitted by the storage unit 31, it determines that the storage unit 31 is accessed to the sorting system.

In step S308, the smart terminal device detects whether a delivery destination is allocated to the storage unit.

The smart terminal device 1 detects whether the storage unit 31 that transmits the response information is assigned a delivery destination by the method described in step S204.

In step S310, when the intelligent terminal device detects that the storage unit is not allocated with a delivery destination, it allocates an express destination as the delivery destination for the storage unit.

When the smart terminal device 1 determines that the storage unit 31 that transmitted the response information is not assigned a delivery destination, the destination of one express mail is assigned to the storage unit as the delivery destination in the method shown in step S206.

It should be noted that the storage unit 31 in this embodiment may be any storage unit included in the storage apparatus 3, when the power module 311 of the storage unit 31 is turned on, the power module 311 supplies power to the control module 312, the communication module 313 and the indication module 314, and the control module 312, the communication module 313 and the indication module 314 start to operate, at this time, the storage unit 31 may receive an inquiry command sent by the intelligent terminal device 1 in a broadcast mode and send a response message to the intelligent terminal device.

According to the sorting system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the intelligent terminal equipment detects whether the containing unit is connected to the sorting system, when the containing unit is connected to the sorting system, the intelligent terminal equipment detects whether the containing unit is allocated with a delivery destination, and when the containing unit is not allocated with the delivery destination, the intelligent terminal equipment allocates the delivery destination for the containing unit. Since the sorting system can assign a delivery destination to each storage unit accessed to the sorting system, the user can set the number of storage units accessed to the sorting system as desired. By the sorting system provided by the embodiment of the invention, all the containing units connected into the sorting system can be utilized to perform sorting work, so that the utilization rate of the containing units is improved, and the problems that the utilization rate of the crates is low and the crates are not fully utilized in express sorting equipment in the related art are solved.

The configuration device of the storage unit of the sorting system provided by the embodiment of the invention can be specific hardware on the equipment, or software or firmware installed on the equipment, and the like. The device provided by the embodiment of the present invention has the same implementation principle and technical effect as the method embodiments, and for the sake of brief description, reference may be made to the corresponding contents in the method embodiments without reference to the device embodiments. It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the foregoing systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical division, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, and for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units through some communication interfaces, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments provided by the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures, and moreover, the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. are used merely to distinguish one description from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above-mentioned embodiments are only specific embodiments of the present invention, which are used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention and not for limiting the same, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, although the present invention is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that: any person skilled in the art can modify or easily conceive the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or equivalent substitutes for some technical features within the technical scope of the present disclosure; such modifications, changes or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention in its spirit and scope. Are intended to be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A configuration method of a receiving unit of a sorting system, wherein the sorting system comprises an intelligent terminal device and at least one receiving unit, and the receiving unit is used for storing express items, and is characterized in that the configuration method comprises the following steps:

detecting whether the receiving unit is connected with the sorting system or not, wherein the receiving unit comprises a communication module, and when the receiving unit successfully interacts with the intelligent terminal equipment through the communication module, determining that the receiving unit is connected with the sorting system;

when the storage unit is connected to the sorting system, detecting whether a delivery destination is distributed to the storage unit;

when the storage unit is not allocated with a delivery destination, allocating a delivery destination for the storage unit;

wherein, whether detecting the storage unit has been allocated the delivery destination includes:

inquiring a corresponding relation between a storage unit and a delivery destination in a pre-stored storage unit and delivery destination comparison table, and determining that the storage unit is not allocated with the delivery destination when the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination is not inquired;

after allocating a delivery destination to the storage unit, the configuration method further includes:

and recording the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination in the storage unit and delivery destination comparison table.

2. The deployment method of claim 1 wherein assigning a delivery destination to the storage unit comprises:

displaying an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit, and allocating a delivery destination to the storage unit according to an operation performed by a user on the operation interface; or,

and allocating a delivery destination stored in advance to the storage unit.

3. The configuration method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the configuration method further comprises:

detecting whether each storage unit distributed with a delivery destination is connected to the sorting system;

when detecting that the storage unit assigned with the delivery destination does not access the sorting system, releasing the detected correspondence between the storage unit and the delivery destination.

4. A configuration device of a receiving unit of a sorting system, wherein the sorting system comprises an intelligent terminal device and at least one receiving unit, the receiving unit is used for storing express items, and the configuration device comprises:

the first access detection module is used for detecting whether the containing unit is accessed to the sorting system or not, wherein the containing unit comprises a communication module, and when the containing unit successfully interacts with the intelligent terminal equipment through the communication module, the containing unit is determined to be accessed to the sorting system;

the destination detection module is used for detecting whether the receiving units are distributed with delivery destinations or not when the receiving units are connected to the sorting system;

a destination allocation module for allocating a delivery destination to the storage unit when the storage unit is not allocated with the delivery destination;

the destination detection module is specifically configured to:

inquiring a corresponding relation between a storage unit and a delivery destination in a pre-stored storage unit and delivery destination comparison table, and determining that the storage unit is not allocated with the delivery destination when the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination is not inquired;

the configuration device further comprises:

and the recording module is used for recording the corresponding relation between the storage unit and the delivery destination in the storage unit and delivery destination comparison table after the delivery destination is allocated to the storage unit.

5. The configuration device of claim 4, wherein the destination allocation module comprises:

the first allocation sub-module is used for displaying an operation interface corresponding to the storage unit and allocating a distribution destination to the storage unit according to the operation performed on the operation interface by a user; or,

and a second distribution submodule configured to distribute a pre-stored distribution destination to the storage unit.

6. A configuration device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it further comprises:

the second access detection module is used for detecting whether each containing unit distributed with a delivery destination is accessed to the sorting system;

and the relationship releasing module is used for releasing the detected corresponding relationship between the storage units and the delivery destinations when the second access detection module detects that the storage units distributed with the delivery destinations are not accessed into the sorting system.

7. A sorting system comprising a smart terminal device and at least one receiving unit, characterized in that the smart terminal device comprises the configuration apparatus of any one of claims 4 to 6, each of the receiving units comprising a communication module;

the configuration device is used for sending a query instruction to the containing unit;

the communication module is used for receiving a query command sent by the configuration device and sending response information to the configuration device according to the query command;

the configuration device is used for determining that the storage unit and the intelligent terminal equipment are successfully interacted when the response information sent by the storage unit is received.

8. The sortation system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said receiving unit further comprises an indication module and a control module;

the indicating module is used for outputting indicating information for storing the express mails;

the control module is used for controlling the indication module to output the indication information when the communication module receives the indication command sent by the intelligent terminal equipment.

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