CN110550360A - Goods checking method, device, system and server - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a goods checking method, a device, a system and a server, wherein the method is applied to the server in a goods checking system, and the goods checking system comprises the following steps: the method comprises the following steps: when goods in a first goods shelf area in the warehouse need to be checked, the control terminal device indicates an operator to enter the first goods shelf area to check the goods on a first interaction surface facing to the channel on each goods shelf; after an operator finishes the goods counting of the first interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area and leaves the first goods shelf area, the dispatching transportation equipment enters the first goods shelf area and adjusts the second interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area to face the channel according to a first preset goods shelf adjusting mode; after the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the goods shelves in the first goods shelf area, the control terminal equipment instructs the operator to re-enter the first goods shelf area to count the goods on the second interaction surface facing the passage on each goods shelf.

Description

Goods checking method, device, system and server

Technical Field

the invention relates to the field of logistics storage, in particular to a method, a device, a system and a server for checking goods.

background

with the automation and intelligent upgrading of logistics storage, the requirements of merchants on goods management in the warehouse are increased. At present, in addition to the need of periodic inventory of goods in warehouses in daily operations, the need of inventory of goods in warehouses is also required for each sales promotion or large-scale receiving and dispatching so as to ensure the storage quality and make a sale plan.

In the prior art, a warehouse is divided into a goods shelf area and a manual operation area (also called a human-computer interaction workstation), when goods in the warehouse need to be checked, transportation equipment is scheduled to enter the goods shelf area, goods shelves or turnover boxes in the goods shelf area are transported to the human-computer interaction workstation, and the goods in the goods shelves or the turnover boxes are checked by an operator of the human-computer interaction workstation.

however, since the number of the human-computer interaction workstations and the daily operation number of the transportation devices are limited, it takes a long time to carry the shelves or the turnover boxes in the warehouse to the human-computer interaction workstations for the inventory operation, which results in a long time for inventory.

disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device, a system and a server for checking goods, which aim to solve the technical problem that the time for checking the goods is long in the prior art.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a cargo checking method is disclosed, which is applied to a server in a cargo checking system, where the cargo checking system includes: server, terminal equipment and transportation equipment, the method includes:

When goods in a first shelf area in a warehouse need to be checked, controlling the terminal equipment to indicate an operator to enter the first shelf area to check the goods on a first interaction surface facing a channel on each shelf;

After the operator finishes the goods counting of the first interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area and leaves the first goods shelf area, the transportation equipment is dispatched to enter the first goods shelf area, and the second interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area is adjusted to face to the channel according to a first preset goods shelf adjusting mode;

After the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the goods shelves in the first goods shelf area, controlling the terminal equipment to instruct the operator to re-enter the first goods shelf area to perform goods counting on a second interaction surface facing to the passage on each goods shelf.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a cargo checking device is disclosed, which is applied to a server in a cargo checking system, wherein the cargo checking system comprises: server, terminal equipment and transportation equipment, the device includes:

The first control module is used for controlling the terminal equipment to indicate an operator to enter the first goods shelf area to perform goods inventory on a first interaction surface facing to the channel on each goods shelf when goods inventory needs to be performed on the first goods shelf area in the warehouse;

The second control module is used for scheduling the transportation equipment to enter the first shelf area and adjusting the second interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to face the channel according to a first preset shelf adjustment mode after the operator finishes the goods counting of the first interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area and leaves the first shelf area;

And the third control module is used for controlling the terminal equipment to instruct the operator to re-enter the first goods shelf area to perform goods counting on a second interaction surface facing the channel on each goods shelf after the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the goods shelves in the first goods shelf area.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is disclosed a cargo inventory system comprising: the system comprises a server, terminal equipment and transportation equipment;

the server is used for executing the goods checking method so as to schedule the transportation equipment to enter a shelf area of the warehouse for shelf adjustment and control the terminal equipment to instruct an operator to enter the shelf area of the warehouse for checking the goods on the shelf;

The transportation equipment is used for carrying out shelf adjustment on a shelf area of the warehouse;

The terminal equipment is used for indicating the operator to enter a goods shelf area of the warehouse to count goods on the goods shelf;

wherein the transportation device and the operator operate at different times in the same shelf area.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is disclosed a server comprising: a memory, a processor and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the above-described cargo inventory method.

according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a computer readable storage medium is disclosed, having a program stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, performs the steps in the above-described item inventory method.

In the embodiment of the invention, when the goods in the first shelf area in the warehouse need to be checked, the server may first control the terminal device to instruct the operator to enter the first shelf area to perform the goods checking on the first interactive surface facing the channel on each shelf, after the operator is determined to complete the goods checking on the first interactive surface, the transport device is scheduled to enter the first shelf area to adjust the second interactive surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to the facing channel so as to facilitate the operator to perform the goods checking, and after the transport device is determined to complete the shelf adjustment, the terminal device is controlled again to instruct the operator to enter the first shelf area again to perform the goods checking on the second interactive surface facing the channel on each shelf so as to achieve the full goods checking on the first shelf area. Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment of the invention, the server, the terminal equipment and the transportation equipment are matched with each other, so that the operation personnel can be supported to enter the goods shelf area for goods checking, on one hand, the whole goods checking operation is not limited by the number of the man-machine interaction workstations, on the other hand, the transportation distance of the transportation equipment is greatly shortened, the transportation efficiency of the transportation equipment is improved, and the goods checking time is integrally shortened.

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FIG. 1 is an architecture diagram of a cargo inventory system of one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a spatial layout view of a warehouse rack area of one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a shelf in a warehouse shelf area in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a cargo inventory method of one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an example of a shelf adjustment mode of one embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a diagram of an example of a method of inventory of goods according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of a cargo inventory method of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8A is a diagram of an example of an inventory method of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8B is a diagram of another example of an inventory method of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8C is a diagram of another example of an inventory method of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8D is a diagram of another example of an inventory method of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8E is a diagram of another example of an item inventory method of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8F is a diagram of another example of a method of inventory of another embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a cargo inventory apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

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

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the method embodiments are described as a series of acts or combination of acts, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the present invention is not limited by the illustrated order of acts, as some steps may occur in other orders or concurrently in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention. Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are presently preferred and that no particular act is required to implement the invention.

With the automation and intelligent upgrading of the warehouse, the requirements of the merchant on the management of goods in the warehouse are higher and higher, for example, higher requirements are provided on the accuracy, frequency and duration of the goods inventory in the warehouse. At present, in addition to the need for periodic inventory for daily operations, inventory of goods in warehouses is also required for each sales promotion or large-scale delivery and delivery to ensure storage quality and to make a sales plan.

with the successful application of warehousing robots in amazon warehouses, many transportation equipment applications in warehousing scenes, such as AGVs (Automated Guided vehicles), are beginning to appear in China. In the prior art, when goods in a warehouse need to be checked, a server dispatches transportation equipment to transport goods shelves or turnover boxes in a goods shelf area to a human-computer interaction workstation, and operation personnel in the human-computer interaction workstation check the goods in the goods shelves or the turnover boxes, so that the transportation equipment can replace the walking of the operation personnel and the operation function of finding the goods, and the efficiency of the operation personnel is improved.

However, in the checking process, because the number of the human-computer interaction workstations is limited and the daily operation number of the transportation equipment is limited, a large number of shelves need to be transported to the human-computer interaction workstations in the checking process, the time consumption is long, particularly the full checking is performed, all goods in all shelves need to be checked one by one, and the checking time is often several days or even dozens of days. In addition, in the long-time inventory checking process, the operation is continued, and inventory differences are generated successively, so that the inventory checking accuracy is poor, and greater risks are brought to inventory quality, sales strategies and operation timeliness.

In order to solve the technical problem, embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, a system and a server for checking a cargo.

In order to facilitate the overall understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the following first describes a cargo inventory system provided in the embodiments of the present invention.

The embodiment of the invention provides a cargo checking system, which comprises: the system comprises a server, terminal equipment and transportation equipment; the server is used for scheduling the transportation equipment to enter a shelf area of the warehouse for shelf adjustment, and controlling the terminal equipment to instruct an operator to enter the shelf area of the warehouse for checking goods on a shelf; the transportation equipment is used for carrying out shelf adjustment on a shelf area of the warehouse; the terminal equipment is used for indicating an operator to enter a goods shelf area of the warehouse to count goods on the goods shelf; the transportation equipment and the operator operate in the same goods shelf area at different times.

in the embodiment of the invention, the transportation equipment and the operator operate in the same goods shelf area at different times, namely, the transportation equipment and the operator do not operate in the same goods shelf area at the same time. By doing so, on one hand, collision between the transportation equipment and the operators can be avoided, and the safety of the transportation equipment and the operators in the goods shelf area is ensured; on the other hand, when there are a plurality of goods shelves district, transportation equipment and operating personnel can be in the operation of different goods shelves districts parallelly, improve goods and check efficiency.

in the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device may be a hardware platform in the human-computer interaction workstation, such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), in which case, an operator needs to enter the human-computer interaction workstation and receive an instruction issued by the server through the hardware platform in the human-computer interaction workstation; or, in consideration of the working convenience of the operator, the terminal device may also be a portable mobile terminal or wearable device such as a smart phone or a tablet computer, and in this case, the operator may directly receive the instruction issued by the server through the portable mobile terminal without entering the human-computer interaction workstation.

In the embodiment of the invention, the transportation equipment can be an AGV (automatic guided vehicle) and can also be other transporting robots with the functions of transporting goods shelves. When the transport equipment is an AGV, the AGV can be a lifting type AGV which can move to the position below the goods shelf and lift the goods shelf to leave the ground and then move to carry the goods shelf; the AGV still can be for pulling the formula AGV, should pull the formula AGV and can be connected with goods shelves, pull goods shelves and remove.

In the embodiment of the invention, the purpose of shelf adjustment is as follows: be convenient for operating personnel checks the goods on the goods shelves, the mode of goods shelves adjustment can be: moving two rows of goods shelves which are arranged back to back in the goods shelf area for a certain distance, and forming a new channel in the middle; the shelf adjustment mode can also be as follows: the shelf is rotated so that the other side of the shelf faces the aisle.

To facilitate understanding of the inventory system provided by the embodiments of the present invention, the description will be made in conjunction with the architecture diagram of the inventory system shown in fig. 1, the spatial layout diagram of the warehouse rack area shown in fig. 2, and the architecture diagram of the racks in the warehouse rack area shown in fig. 3.

As shown in fig. 1, the cargo inventory system 10 may include: server 11, terminal 12, AGV13, AGV14 and AGV 15. As shown in fig. 2, the warehouse rack area includes a plurality of racks, and the racks are placed in a "back-to-back" or "side-by-side" manner. As shown in fig. 3, four side surfaces of the shelf are an a surface, a B surface, a C surface and a D surface, respectively, where the a surface and the B surface are interactive surfaces of the shelf and are used for an operator to perform interactive operations (e.g., checking goods, storing goods or taking out goods); the surface C and the surface D are sealing surfaces of the goods shelf and are used for preventing goods on the goods shelf from falling off, and safety net surfaces, fences or partition plates and the like can be arranged on the sealing surfaces.

In one example, if any of the interactive surfaces of an interior shelf in the warehouse shelf area are not facing the aisle when the inventory of goods in the warehouse shelf area needs to be inventoried, the server 11 may dispatch AGVs 13, 14, and 15 into the warehouse shelf area to adjust the first interactive surface on that portion of the shelf to face the aisle. The goods shelf can be provided with a plurality of interactive surfaces, the first interactive surface is an interactive surface on the goods shelf, and a worker can face the interactive surface of the goods shelf to count goods on the goods shelf and positioned on the interactive surface.

After the AGVs 13, 14, and 15 complete shelf adjustment and exit the warehouse shelf area, the server 11 will control the terminal device 12 in the human-computer interaction workstation to instruct the operator in the human-computer interaction workstation to enter the warehouse shelf area to perform the inventory of the first interaction surface facing the aisle on each shelf. And an operator in the man-machine interaction workstation enters the warehouse goods shelf area, performs goods checking on the first interaction surface on each goods shelf, and retreats from the warehouse goods shelf area after the goods checking is completed. Through the above one-time cooperation of the server 11, the terminal device 12, the AGV13, the AGV14 and the AGV15, the inventory of the first interactive surface on each shelf in the warehouse shelf area is completed.

After the operator completes the inventory of the first interactive surface on each shelf in the warehouse shelf area, the server 11 will again schedule AGVs 13, 14, and 15 into the warehouse shelf area to adjust the second interactive surface on each shelf in the warehouse shelf area toward the aisle. The second interactive surface is an interactive surface on each shelf that is different from the first interactive surface.

after the AGVs 13, 14, 15 complete rack adjustment and exit the warehouse rack area, the server 11 will again control the terminals 12 in the human-machine interaction workstation to instruct the operator to enter the warehouse rack area to perform inventory on the second interactive surface of each rack facing the aisle. And the operator enters the warehouse goods shelf area, performs goods checking on the second interaction surface on each goods shelf, and retreats from the warehouse goods shelf area after the goods checking is completed. Through the cooperation of the server 11, the terminal device 12, the AGV13, the AGV14 and the AGV15 again, the inventory of the goods on the second interactive surface of each shelf in the warehouse shelf area is completed, and thus the full inventory of the goods in the warehouse shelf area is completed.

It should be noted that the architecture diagram of the cargo checking system, the spatial layout diagram of the warehouse rack area, and the structure diagram of the shelf are only exemplary architecture diagrams, spatial layout diagrams, and structure diagrams, and the architecture diagram of the cargo checking system, the spatial layout diagram of the warehouse rack area, and the structure diagram of the shelf in the embodiment of the present invention are not limited to this type, and other types capable of implementing the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention are also within the protection scope of the embodiment of the present invention.

Considering that the checking operation belongs to the operation quality task in the warehouse, is different from the operation of entering and exiting the warehouse, occurs periodically and belongs to the unconventional operation, but the checking operation has the functional characteristics that the checking operation needs short time and large flow, and the requirement on the number of transportation equipment is far more than the number of daily operation equipment.

after the description of the cargo checking system, a cargo checking method according to an embodiment of the present invention is described next.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of an inventory method of an embodiment of the invention, the method being performed by a server, as shown in fig. 4, and the method may include the steps of: step 401, step 402 and step 403, wherein,

in step 401, when the goods on the first shelf area in the warehouse need to be checked, the control terminal device instructs the operator to enter the first shelf area to check the goods on the first interaction surface facing the passage on each shelf.

In the embodiment of the invention, when goods inventory needs to be carried out on the first shelf area in the warehouse, the server can control the terminal equipment to instruct an operator to enter the first shelf area to carry out goods inventory on the first interaction surface facing to the channel on each shelf in a mode of sending first indication information to the terminal equipment; the first indication information is used for controlling the terminal equipment to indicate an operator to enter the first goods shelf area to carry out goods counting on the first interaction surface facing the channel on each goods shelf.

in the embodiment of the invention, in order to avoid collision with the transportation equipment in the first goods shelf area, the operator needs to leave the first goods shelf area after the goods are checked, wherein whether the operator leaves the first goods shelf area after the goods are checked can be indicated by the first indication information, and at the moment, the first indication information is also used for controlling the terminal equipment to indicate that the operator leaves the first goods shelf area after the goods are checked; or a first program can be set on the terminal device in advance, wherein the first program is used for prompting the operator to leave the first goods shelf area by default after the task indicated by the first indication information is completed.

In the embodiment of the invention, an operator responds to the dispatching of the server, holds the goods counting equipment such as the code scanning gun or the mobile terminal and the like to enter the first goods shelf area, performs goods counting on a first interaction surface facing the channel on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area, and leaves the first goods shelf area after the goods counting is finished.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the operator leaves the first goods shelf area, the terminal device can feed back the condition that the operator leaves the first goods shelf area to the server in a mode of sending the first confirmation information to the server. The server determines that the operator finishes checking the goods on the first interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area according to the first confirmation information returned by the terminal equipment, and leaves the first goods shelf area after the goods are checked.

In the embodiment of the invention, the number of operators for executing the checking task can be flexibly configured according to the time efficiency requirement of the checking task, for example, for the checking task with high time efficiency requirement, as many operators as possible are arranged to enter the shelf area to execute the checking task so as to meet the time efficiency requirement of the task; for the checking task with general or low time efficiency requirement, a small amount of operators are arranged to enter the shelf area to execute the checking task, so that the labor cost is reduced.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first shelf area may be the entire shelf area of the warehouse shelf area, or the first shelf area may also be one shelf partition of the warehouse shelf area. The first interactive surface is an interactive surface of the shelf.

In an embodiment provided by the present invention, the server may record the orientation information of each shelf in the first shelf area in advance, or the server may collect the orientation information of each shelf in the first shelf area at regular time/real time, and when the goods in the first shelf area need to be inventoried, determine whether the interactive surface on each shelf in the first shelf area faces the aisle in the first shelf area according to the recorded or collected shelf orientation information.

In one embodiment of the present invention, in the case that any interactive surface of a portion of the shelf in the first shelf area is not facing the aisle, the following steps (not shown in the figure) may be added before step 401: step 400, wherein the step of,

In step 400, in the event that any of the interactive surfaces of a portion of the shelves within the first shelf section do not face the aisle, the transport equipment is dispatched into the first shelf section to adjust the first interactive surface on the portion of the shelves to face the aisle.

In the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that any interactive surface of a part of shelves in the first shelf area does not face the channel, the server can schedule the transportation equipment to enter the first shelf area to adjust the first interactive surface of the part of shelves to face the channel by sending second indication information to the terminal equipment; wherein the second indication information is used for dispatching the transportation equipment to enter the first shelf area to adjust the first interaction surface on the part of the shelves to face the channel.

In the embodiment of the invention, in order to avoid collision with an operator in the first goods shelf area, the transportation equipment needs to leave the first goods shelf area after the goods shelf adjustment is completed, wherein whether the transportation equipment leaves the first goods shelf area after the goods shelf adjustment is completed can be indicated by the second indication information, and at the moment, the second indication information is also used for controlling the transportation equipment to leave the first goods shelf area after the goods shelf adjustment is completed; or a second program can be set on the transportation equipment in advance, wherein the second program is used for prompting the transportation equipment to leave the first goods shelf area by default after the task indicated by the second indication information is completed.

In the embodiment of the invention, the transportation equipment responds to the dispatching of the server, enters the first goods shelf area, adjusts the first interaction surface on the partial goods shelf in the first goods shelf area to the orientation channel, so that an operator can conveniently count goods on the first interaction surface on the goods shelf, and exits from the first goods shelf area after the goods shelf is adjusted.

in the embodiment of the invention, after the transportation equipment leaves the first goods shelf area, the transportation equipment can feed back the condition that the transportation equipment leaves the first goods shelf area to the server in a mode of sending the second confirmation information to the server. And the server determines that the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the first interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to the channel facing the first shelf area according to second confirmation information returned by the transportation equipment, and leaves the first shelf area after the shelf adjustment is finished.

in the embodiment of the invention, when the first shelf area is the whole shelf area of the warehouse shelf area, after the shelf adjustment is completed, the transportation equipment exits from the first shelf area and enters a standby state.

in step 402, after the operator completes the inventory of the first interactive surface on each shelf in the first shelf area and leaves the first shelf area, the transportation equipment is scheduled to enter the first shelf area to adjust the second interactive surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to face the aisle according to a first preset shelf adjustment manner.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the second interactive surface may be an interactive surface disposed opposite to the first interactive surface.

in the embodiment of the invention, after an operator finishes the goods counting of the first interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area and leaves the first goods shelf area, the server can dispatch the transportation equipment to enter the first goods shelf area and adjust the second interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area to the orientation channel according to the first preset goods shelf adjustment mode by sending third indication information to the transportation equipment; and the third indication information is used for scheduling the transportation equipment to enter the first shelf area and adjusting the second interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to the orientation channel according to a first preset shelf adjustment mode.

In the embodiment of the invention, in order to avoid collision with an operator in the first goods shelf area, the transportation equipment needs to leave the first goods shelf area after the goods shelf adjustment is completed, wherein whether the transportation equipment leaves the first goods shelf area after the goods shelf adjustment is completed can be indicated by the third indication information, and at the moment, the third indication information is also used for controlling the transportation equipment to leave the first goods shelf area after the goods shelf adjustment is completed; or a third program may be set on the transportation device in advance, where the third program is used to prompt the transportation device to leave the first shelf area by default after the task indicated by the second indication information is completed.

In the embodiment of the invention, the transportation equipment responds to the scheduling of the server, enters the first goods shelf area, adjusts the second interactive surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area to the orientation channel according to the first preset goods shelf adjusting mode, so that an operator can conveniently carry out goods counting on the second interactive surface on the goods shelf, and exits from the first goods shelf area after the goods shelf is adjusted.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first preset shelf adjustment manner may include: at least a portion of the shelves in the first shelf area are moved a predetermined distance in a designated direction such that the second interactive face of each shelf in the first shelf area faces the aisle. More specifically, each row of non-adjacent shelves in the shelf area are moved by the width of the channel along the same direction perpendicular to each row of shelves, so that the second interaction surface of each shelf in the shelf area faces the channel; when the goods shelf is moved, the goods shelf can be moved in a mode of carrying or dragging the goods shelf.

In one example, as shown in fig. 5, the first shelf area includes 6 shelves, which are respectively from top to bottom: goods shelves 1, goods shelves 2, goods shelves 3, goods shelves 4, goods shelves 5 and goods shelves 6, wherein, goods shelves 1 and 2 are put back to back, goods shelves 3 and 4 are put back to back, goods shelves 5 and 6 are put back to back, when the goods shelves adjustment is carried out to needs, transportation equipment can be with goods shelves 1, goods shelves 3 and 5 along the distance with every row of goods shelves vertically same direction removal channel width, form new passageway between goods shelves 1 and 2, form new passageway between goods shelves 3 and 4, form new passageway between goods shelves 5 and 6, finally make goods shelves 1, goods shelves 2, goods shelves 3, goods shelves 4, the second on goods shelves 5 and the goods shelves 6 is mutual all towards the passageway.

in the embodiment of the invention, after the transportation equipment leaves the first goods shelf area, the transportation equipment can feed back the condition that the transportation equipment leaves the first goods shelf area to the server in a mode of sending third confirmation information to the server. And the server determines that the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the second interactive surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to the channel facing the first shelf area according to third confirmation information returned by the transportation equipment, and leaves the first shelf area after the shelf adjustment is finished.

in step 403, after the transportation device completes the adjustment of the shelves in the first shelf area, the control terminal device instructs the operator to re-enter the first shelf area to perform the inventory of the goods on the second interaction surface facing the passage on each shelf.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the transportation device finishes adjusting the shelves in the first shelf area, the server can control the terminal device to instruct the operator to enter the first shelf area again to perform the goods inventory on the second interaction surface facing the channel on each shelf in a mode of sending fourth indication information to the terminal device; and the fourth indication information is used for controlling the terminal equipment to indicate the operator to re-enter the first shelf area to perform goods counting on the second interaction surface facing the channel on each shelf.

in the embodiment of the invention, in order to avoid collision with the transportation equipment in the first shelf area, the operator needs to leave the first shelf area after the goods are checked, wherein whether the operator leaves the first shelf area after the goods are checked can be indicated by the fourth indication information, and at this time, the fourth indication information is also used for controlling the terminal equipment to indicate that the operator leaves the first shelf area after the goods are checked; or a fourth program may be set on the terminal device in advance, where the fourth program is used to prompt the operator to leave the first shelf area by default after the task indicated by the fourth instruction information is completed.

In the embodiment of the invention, an operator responds to the dispatching of the server, holds the goods counting equipment such as the code scanning gun or the mobile terminal and the like to enter the first goods shelf area again, performs goods counting on the second interaction surface facing the channel on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area, and leaves the first goods shelf area after the goods counting is finished.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the operator leaves the first goods shelf area, the terminal device can feed back the condition that the operator leaves the first goods shelf area to the server by sending the fourth confirmation information to the server. And the server determines that the operator finishes checking the goods on the second interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area according to fourth confirmation information returned by the terminal equipment, and leaves the first goods shelf area after finishing checking the goods.

in the embodiment of the present invention, in step 401 and step 403, the operator enters the first rack area twice, and the two interactive surfaces of each rack in the first rack area are respectively checked for the goods, so that the full checking of the goods in the first rack area is realized.

In one embodiment of the present invention, after completing the full inventory of the goods in the first rack area, the server may schedule the transportation device to restore the rack in the area to the original rack position, and then, after the step 403, the following steps (not shown in the figure) may be added: step 404, in which the process of the step,

In step 404, after the operator completes the inventory of the second interactive surface on each shelf in the first shelf area and leaves the first shelf area, the transport device is scheduled to enter the first shelf area to restore each shelf in the first shelf area to the shelf position before the inventory.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the operator finishes the goods inventory of the second interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area and leaves the first goods shelf area, the server can schedule the transportation equipment to enter the first goods shelf area to restore each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area to the goods shelf position before the goods inventory by sending fifth indication information to the transportation equipment; and the fifth indication information is used for scheduling the transportation equipment to enter the first goods shelf area and restoring each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area to the goods shelf position before the goods are counted.

in the embodiment of the present invention, the transportation device may leave the first shelf area after completing shelf recovery, wherein whether to leave the first shelf area after completing shelf recovery may be indicated by the fifth indication information, and at this time, the fifth indication information is further used to control the transportation device to leave the first shelf area after completing shelf recovery; or a fifth program may be set on the transportation device in advance, where the fifth program is configured to prompt the transportation device to leave the first shelf area by default after the task indicated by the fifth instruction information is completed.

In the embodiment of the invention, the transportation equipment responds to the scheduling of the server, enters the first goods shelf area again, restores each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area to the goods shelf position before the goods are counted, and exits the first goods shelf area after the goods shelf is restored.

in the embodiment of the invention, after the transportation device leaves the first shelf area, the transportation device can feed back the condition that the transportation device leaves the first shelf area to the server by sending the fifth confirmation information to the server. And the server determines that the transportation equipment completes the restoration of the position of each shelf in the first shelf area according to fifth confirmation information returned by the transportation equipment, and leaves the first shelf area after the shelf restoration is completed.

For convenience of understanding, as described with reference to the example diagram shown in fig. 6, when the goods in the first rack area need to be fully checked, the server schedules the transportation device to enter the first rack area during the non-production time, and the transportation device performs rack adjustment on the racks in the first rack area until the first interaction surface on each rack faces the aisle direction, as shown in the upper left-hand scene diagram in fig. 6.

After the shelf adjustment is completed, the transportation device leaves the first shelf area and enters the pause area, the transportation device is switched to a standby state, the server control terminal device dispatches the operator to enter the first shelf area, and the operator performs goods counting on the first interaction surface facing the channel on each shelf, as shown in the upper right-hand scene diagram in fig. 6.

after the goods of the first interactive face on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area are checked, the operator exits from the first goods shelf area, the server dispatches the transportation equipment again to enter the first goods shelf area, the transportation equipment separates the goods shelves placed back to back in the first goods shelf area by a certain distance to form a new channel, so that the second interactive face on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area faces the channel, as shown in the lower right-hand corner scene graph in fig. 6.

After the adjustment of the shelves in the first shelf area is completed, the transportation device leaves the first shelf area and enters the pause area, and is switched to a standby state, the server controls the terminal device to schedule the operator to enter the first shelf area, and the operator performs the inventory of the goods on the second interaction surface facing the channel on each shelf, as shown in a lower left corner scene diagram in fig. 6, so that the full inventory of the goods in the first shelf area is completed.

it can be seen from the above embodiment that, in this embodiment, when the inventory of the goods needs to be checked in the first shelf area in the warehouse, the server may first control the terminal device to instruct the operator to enter the first shelf area to perform the inventory of the goods on the first interaction surface facing the channel on each shelf, after it is determined that the operator completes the inventory of the goods on the first interaction surface, schedule the transportation device to enter the first shelf area to adjust the second interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to the facing channel so that the operator performs the inventory of the goods, and after it is determined that the transportation device completes the adjustment of the shelf, control the terminal device again to instruct the operator to enter the first shelf area again to perform the inventory of the goods on the second interaction surface facing the channel on each shelf, so as to implement the full inventory of the goods in the first shelf area. Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment of the invention, the server, the terminal equipment and the transportation equipment are matched with each other, so that the operation personnel can be supported to enter the goods shelf area for goods checking, on one hand, the whole goods checking operation is not limited by the number of the man-machine interaction workstations, on the other hand, the transportation distance of the transportation equipment is greatly shortened, the transportation efficiency of the transportation equipment is improved, and the goods checking time is integrally shortened.

fig. 7 is a flowchart of a cargo checking method according to another embodiment of the present invention, in the embodiment of the present invention, in order to improve the cargo checking efficiency, for a warehouse with a relatively large scale, the warehouse may be divided into a plurality of rack areas, that is, the warehouse includes a plurality of rack areas, for convenience of understanding, in the embodiment of the present invention, the warehouse includes a first rack area and a second rack area, and in this case, as shown in fig. 7, the method may include the following steps: step 701, step 702, step 703 and step 704, wherein,

In step 701, when goods inventory needs to be performed on a first shelf area in a warehouse, the control terminal device instructs an operator to enter the first shelf area to perform the goods inventory on a first interaction surface facing a channel on each shelf.

in the embodiment of the invention, the warehouse can be divided into a plurality of shelf areas according to the goods inventory requirements of shelves at different positions in the warehouse. More specifically, some of the shelf sections of the plurality of shelf sections include an odd number of rows of shelves. For example, if the partial shelf area includes 3 rows of shelves, the transportation equipment only needs to move 2 rows of shelves when adjusting the shelves in the shelf area, so that the transportation workload can be reduced, and the inventory efficiency can be improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when dividing the warehouse, the warehouse may be divided into N shelf sections, each shelf section includes at least one shelf section, and N is an integer greater than 1.

In one embodiment provided by the present invention, the first shelf area comprises: an odd-numbered shelf section, the second shelf section comprising: an even number of shelf sections; alternatively, the first shelf area includes: an even number of shelf sections, the second shelf section comprising: odd-numbered shelf sections.

In one example, as shown in fig. 8A, the warehouse shelf area is divided into 4 shelf areas, namely, 1 area, 2 area, 3 area and 4 area, wherein the 1 area and the 3 area constitute the first shelf area, and the 2 area and the 4 area constitute the second shelf area.

in the embodiment of the invention, the server firstly dispatches the operator to enter the first goods shelf area to count the goods on the first interaction surface facing the channel on each goods shelf.

In step 702, after the operator finishes the inventory of the goods on the first interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area and leaves the first shelf area, the transportation equipment is dispatched to enter the first shelf area and the second interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area is adjusted to face the channel according to a first preset shelf adjustment mode; and when the dispatching transportation equipment enters the first goods shelf area to adjust the goods shelves of the first goods shelf area, the control terminal equipment indicates the operator to enter the second goods shelf area to count the goods on the first interaction surface facing the channel on each goods shelf.

in the embodiment of the invention, after the situation that the operation personnel finishes checking the goods of the first interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area is determined, the server dispatches the transportation equipment to enter the first goods shelf area to adjust the second interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area to the orientation channel, and dispatches the operation personnel to enter the second goods shelf area to check the goods of the first interaction surface on each goods shelf, which faces the orientation channel. That is, when the transportation apparatus performs the shelf adjustment operation in the first shelf region, the operator performs the goods inventory operation in the second shelf region.

In step 703, after the transportation device completes adjustment of the shelves in the first shelf area and leaves the first shelf area, and the operator completes inventory of the goods on the first interaction surface on each shelf in the second shelf area, the control terminal device instructs the operator to re-enter the first shelf area to perform inventory of the goods on the second interaction surface facing the passage on each shelf; and dispatching the transportation equipment to enter a second shelf area, and adjusting a second interaction surface on each shelf in the second shelf area to face the channel according to a second preset shelf adjusting mode.

in the embodiment of the invention, after the condition that the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the shelves in the first shelf area and the condition that the operator finishes checking the goods on the first interaction surface on each shelf in the second shelf area is determined, the server dispatches the operator to enter the first shelf area to check the goods on the second interaction surface facing to the channel on each shelf, and dispatches the transportation equipment to enter the second shelf area to adjust the second interaction surface on each shelf in the second shelf area to face to the channel. That is, when the operator performs the goods inventory operation in the first shelf area, the transportation device performs the shelf adjustment operation in the second shelf area. And finishing the full inventory of the goods in the first goods shelf area.

in an embodiment of the present invention, the second preset shelf adjustment manner may include: at least a portion of the shelves in the second shelf area are moved a preset distance in a designated direction such that the second interactive face of each shelf in the second shelf area faces the aisle. More specifically, each row of non-adjacent shelves in the shelf area are moved by the width of the channel along the same direction perpendicular to each row of shelves, so that the second interaction surface of each shelf in the shelf area faces the channel; when the goods shelf is moved, the goods shelf can be moved in a mode of carrying or dragging the goods shelf.

In step 704, after the transportation device completes adjustment of the shelves in the second shelf area and leaves the second shelf area, and the operator completes inventory of the second interactive surface on each shelf in the first shelf area, the control terminal device instructs the operator to enter the second shelf area to perform inventory of the second interactive surface facing the aisle on each shelf.

in the embodiment of the invention, after the transportation equipment is determined to finish the adjustment of the shelves in the second shelf area and the operation personnel finishes the goods counting of the second interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area, the server dispatches the operation personnel to enter the second shelf area to count the goods on the second interaction surface facing to the channel on each shelf, and thus, the goods counting in the second shelf area is finished.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the goods in the first goods shelf area and the second goods shelf area are checked, the server can dispatch the transportation equipment to restore the goods shelves in the first goods shelf area and the second goods shelf area to the initial positions.

In one embodiment of the present invention, to facilitate understanding of the status of each shelf area, the method shown in fig. 7 may further include the following steps:

And setting each shelf area to be in a corresponding state according to the current operation condition of each shelf area in the warehouse. Specifically, when any goods shelf area in the warehouse is checked, the state of the goods shelf area is set to be a checking state; when any goods shelf area in the warehouse is adjusted, setting the state of the goods shelf area as an adjustment state; when the shelf position of any shelf area in the warehouse is recovered, the state of the shelf area is set to be a recovery state. Further, adjacent shelf areas in the warehouse may be set in different states to improve the inventory efficiency.

For ease of understanding, described in connection with the example diagrams shown in fig. 8A to 8F, the first shelf area includes: zones 1 and 3 in fig. 8A, the second shelf zone includes: regions 2 and 4 in fig. 8A. Firstly, the server schedules the operator to enter the areas 1 and 3 for cargo checking operation, and at the moment, the areas 1 and 3 enter a checking state as shown in fig. 8B;

After the operator finishes the goods inventory operation of the areas 1 and 3, the server schedules the operator to enter the areas 2 and 4 for the goods inventory operation, at the moment, the areas 2 and 4 enter the inventory state, meanwhile, the server schedules the transportation equipment to enter the areas 1 and 3 for the goods shelf adjustment operation, at the moment, the areas 1 and 3 are in the adjustment state, as shown in fig. 8C;

after the operator finishes the goods inventory operation of the 2 area and the 4 area, and the transportation equipment finishes the goods shelf adjustment operation of the 1 area and the 3 area, the server dispatches the operator to enter the 1 area and the 3 area for the goods inventory operation, at the moment, the 1 area and the 3 area enter the inventory state, and meanwhile, the server dispatches the transportation equipment to enter the 2 area and the 4 area for the goods shelf adjustment operation, at the moment, the 2 area and the 4 area enter the adjustment state, as shown in fig. 8D;

After the operator finishes the goods inventory operation in the areas 1 and 3 and the transportation equipment finishes the goods shelf adjustment operation in the areas 2 and 4, the server dispatches the operator to enter the areas 2 and 4 to perform the goods inventory operation, at the moment, the areas 2 and 4 enter the inventory state, meanwhile, the server dispatches the transportation equipment to enter the areas 1 and 3 to perform the goods shelf recovery operation, at the moment, the areas 1 and 3 enter the recovery state, as shown in fig. 8E;

after the transportation equipment completes shelf recovery operation in areas 1 and 3, and the operating personnel completes goods inventory operation in areas 2 and 4, the server dispatches the transportation equipment to enter areas 2 and 4 again to perform shelf recovery operation, at the moment, the areas 2 and 4 enter recovery states, as shown in fig. 8F, until the transportation equipment restores the shelves in the areas 2 and 4 to the initial positions, the goods full inventory task is finished, and the whole warehouse shelf area returns to a normal warehouse-out and warehouse-in operation state.

It can be seen from the above embodiment that, in this embodiment, the server can schedule the transportation device to enter the warehouse shelf area for shelf adjustment, adjust the shelf to the direction convenient for the operator to perform the inventory of the goods, and then schedule the operator to enter the warehouse shelf area for inventory of the goods on the shelf by issuing the indication information to the terminal device, so as to achieve the inventory of the goods in the warehouse. Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment of the invention, the server, the terminal equipment and the transportation equipment are matched with each other, so that the operation personnel can be supported to enter the goods shelf area for goods checking, on one hand, the whole goods checking operation is not limited by the number of the man-machine interaction workstations, on the other hand, the transportation distance of the transportation equipment is greatly shortened, the transportation efficiency of the transportation equipment is improved, and the goods checking time is integrally shortened. Further, the warehouse can be divided into a plurality of goods shelf areas, so that the operating personnel and the transportation equipment work in different goods shelf areas in parallel, and the goods checking efficiency is further improved.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a cargo checking device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applied to a server in a cargo checking system, where the cargo checking system includes: server, terminal equipment and transportation equipment, as shown in fig. 9, the cargo inventory device 900 may include: a first control module 901, a second control module 902, and a third control module 903, wherein,

the first control module 901 is configured to control the terminal device to instruct an operator to enter the first shelf area to perform the stock checking on a first interaction surface facing a channel on each shelf when the stock checking needs to be performed on the first shelf area in the warehouse;

A second control module 902, configured to, after the operator completes the inventory of the goods on the first interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area and leaves the first shelf area, schedule the transportation device to enter the first shelf area and adjust the second interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to face the aisle according to a first preset shelf adjustment manner;

And a third control module 903, configured to control the terminal device to instruct the operator to re-enter the first rack area to perform cargo inventory on a second interaction surface facing the passage on each rack after the transportation device completes adjustment of the racks in the first rack area.

it can be seen from the above embodiment that, in this embodiment, when the inventory of the goods needs to be checked in the first shelf area in the warehouse, the server may first control the terminal device to instruct the operator to enter the first shelf area to perform the inventory of the goods on the first interaction surface facing the channel on each shelf, after it is determined that the operator completes the inventory of the goods on the first interaction surface, schedule the transportation device to enter the first shelf area to adjust the second interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to the facing channel so that the operator performs the inventory of the goods, and after it is determined that the transportation device completes the adjustment of the shelf, control the terminal device again to instruct the operator to enter the first shelf area again to perform the inventory of the goods on the second interaction surface facing the channel on each shelf, so as to implement the full inventory of the goods in the first shelf area. Compared with the prior art, in the embodiment of the invention, the server, the terminal equipment and the transportation equipment are matched with each other, so that the operation personnel can be supported to enter the goods shelf area for goods checking, on one hand, the whole goods checking operation is not limited by the number of the man-machine interaction workstations, on the other hand, the transportation distance of the transportation equipment is greatly shortened, the transportation efficiency of the transportation equipment is improved, and the goods checking time is integrally shortened.

optionally, as an embodiment, the warehouse further includes a second rack area, and the cargo checking device 900 may further include:

The fourth control module is used for controlling the terminal device to instruct the operator to enter the second goods shelf area to perform goods inventory on a first interaction surface facing a channel on each goods shelf when the transportation device is dispatched to enter the first goods shelf area to perform shelf adjustment on the first goods shelf area;

the fifth control module is used for scheduling the transportation equipment to enter the second shelf area to adjust the second interaction surface on each shelf in the second shelf area to the orientation channel according to a second preset shelf adjustment mode after the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the shelves in the first shelf area;

And the sixth control module is used for controlling the terminal device to indicate the operator to enter the second goods shelf area to count the goods on the second interaction surface facing the passage on each goods shelf after the transportation device finishes adjusting the goods shelves in the second goods shelf area and leaves the second goods shelf area and the operator finishes counting the goods on the second interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the cargo checking device 900 may further include:

And the seventh control module is used for scheduling the transportation equipment to enter the first goods shelf area to restore each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area to the goods shelf position before goods inventory after the operator finishes the goods inventory of the second interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area and leaves the first goods shelf area.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the first preset shelf adjustment manner includes: moving at least some of the shelves in the first shelf area a preset distance in a designated direction such that the second interactive surface of each shelf in the first shelf area faces a aisle.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the first preset shelf adjustment manner includes: and moving each non-adjacent row of shelves in the shelf area by the channel width in the same direction perpendicular to each row of shelves, so that the second interactive surface of each shelf in the shelf area faces the channel.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the cargo checking device 900 may further include:

And the dividing module is used for dividing the warehouse into a plurality of goods shelf areas according to the goods inventory requirements of goods shelves at different positions in the warehouse.

Optionally, as an embodiment, a portion of the shelf sections of the plurality of shelf sections includes an odd number of rows of shelves.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the cargo checking device 900 may further include:

The first setting module is used for setting each shelf area in the warehouse into a corresponding state according to the current operation condition of each shelf area.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the first setting module may include:

The setting submodule is used for setting the state of any goods shelf area in the warehouse as an inventory state when goods are inventory in the goods shelf area; when any shelf area in the warehouse is subjected to shelf adjustment, setting the state of the shelf area to be an adjustment state; and when the shelf position of any shelf area in the warehouse is recovered, setting the state of the shelf area to be a recovery state.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the cargo checking device 900 may further include:

and the second setting module is used for setting the adjacent goods shelf areas in the warehouse into different states.

optionally, as an embodiment, the cargo checking device 900 may further include:

And the eighth control module is used for dispatching the transportation equipment to enter the first goods shelf area to adjust the first interaction surface on the partial goods shelf to face the channel under the condition that any interaction surface of the partial goods shelf in the first goods shelf area does not face the channel.

For the device embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, refer to the partial description of the method embodiment.

according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a server including: a memory, a processor and a program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the cargo inventory method as described in any one of the embodiments above.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon, the program implementing the steps of the goods inventory method according to any one of the above embodiments when executed by a processor.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, apparatus, or computer program product. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

Embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, terminal devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing terminal to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing terminal, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing terminal to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

these computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing terminal to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable terminal to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable terminal provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications of these embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the embodiments of the invention.

finally, it should also be noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or terminal. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises the element.

The above detailed description is given to the cargo inventory method, apparatus, system and server provided by the present invention, and the principle and implementation of the present invention are explained in the present document by applying specific examples, and the description of the above examples is only used to help understanding the method and core idea of the present invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims (14)

1. The cargo checking method is applied to a server in a cargo checking system, and the cargo checking system comprises the following steps: server, terminal equipment and transportation equipment, the method includes:

when goods in a first shelf area in a warehouse need to be checked, controlling the terminal equipment to indicate an operator to enter the first shelf area to check the goods on a first interaction surface facing a channel on each shelf;

After the operator finishes the goods counting of the first interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area and leaves the first goods shelf area, the transportation equipment is dispatched to enter the first goods shelf area, and the second interaction surface on each goods shelf in the first goods shelf area is adjusted to face to the channel according to a first preset goods shelf adjusting mode;

after the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the goods shelves in the first goods shelf area, controlling the terminal equipment to instruct the operator to re-enter the first goods shelf area to perform goods counting on a second interaction surface facing to the passage on each goods shelf.

2. the method of claim 1, wherein the warehouse further comprises a second rack area, the method further comprising:

When the transportation equipment is scheduled to enter the first goods shelf area to carry out goods shelf adjustment on the first goods shelf area, the terminal equipment is controlled to indicate the operator to enter the second goods shelf area to carry out goods inventory on a first interaction surface facing to a channel on each goods shelf;

after the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the shelves in the first shelf area, the transportation equipment is dispatched to enter the second shelf area, and a second interaction surface on each shelf in the second shelf area is adjusted to face a channel according to a second preset shelf adjusting mode; and the number of the first and second groups,

After the transportation equipment completes adjustment of the shelves in the second shelf area and leaves the second shelf area, and the operator completes goods counting of the second interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area, the terminal equipment is controlled to instruct the operator to enter the second shelf area to perform goods counting on the second interaction surface facing the passage on each shelf.

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

After the operator completes the inventory of the second interactive surface on each shelf in the first shelf area and leaves the first shelf area, the transportation equipment is dispatched to the first shelf area to restore each shelf in the first shelf area to the shelf position before the inventory of the goods.

4. The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first preset shelf adjustment comprises: moving at least some of the shelves in the first shelf area a preset distance in a designated direction such that the second interactive surface of each shelf in the first shelf area faces a aisle.

5. The method of claim 4,

and moving each non-adjacent row of shelves in the shelf area by the channel width in the same direction perpendicular to each row of shelves, so that the second interactive surface of each shelf in the shelf area faces the channel.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

And dividing the warehouse into a plurality of shelf areas according to the goods inventory requirements of shelves at different positions in the warehouse.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a portion of the shelf sections of the plurality of shelf sections comprises an odd number of rows of shelves.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising:

And setting each shelf area to be in a corresponding state according to the current operation condition of each shelf area in the warehouse.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the setting each shelf section in the warehouse to a corresponding state according to the current operation condition of each shelf section comprises:

when goods are checked in any goods shelf area in the warehouse, setting the state of the goods shelf area to be a checking state; when any shelf area in the warehouse is subjected to shelf adjustment, setting the state of the shelf area to be an adjustment state; and when the shelf position of any shelf area in the warehouse is recovered, setting the state of the shelf area to be a recovery state.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the method further comprises:

and setting adjacent goods shelf areas in the warehouse to be in different states.

11. The method of any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising, prior to inventory of goods in the first shelf area in the warehouse:

In the case where any of the interactive faces of the partial shelves within the first shelf section do not face towards the aisle, the transportation device is dispatched into the first shelf section to adjust the first interactive face on the partial shelf to face towards the aisle.

12. The cargo checking device is applied to a server in a cargo checking system, and the cargo checking system comprises: server, terminal equipment and transportation equipment, the device includes:

The first control module is used for controlling the terminal equipment to indicate an operator to enter the first goods shelf area to perform goods inventory on a first interaction surface facing to the channel on each goods shelf when goods inventory needs to be performed on the first goods shelf area in the warehouse;

the second control module is used for scheduling the transportation equipment to enter the first shelf area and adjusting the second interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area to face the channel according to a first preset shelf adjustment mode after the operator finishes the goods counting of the first interaction surface on each shelf in the first shelf area and leaves the first shelf area;

And the third control module is used for controlling the terminal equipment to instruct the operator to re-enter the first goods shelf area to perform goods counting on a second interaction surface facing the channel on each goods shelf after the transportation equipment finishes adjusting the goods shelves in the first goods shelf area.

13. A cargo inventory system, comprising: the system comprises a server, terminal equipment and transportation equipment;

The server is used for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 11, so as to schedule the transportation equipment to enter a shelf area of a warehouse for shelf adjustment, and control the terminal equipment to instruct an operator to enter the shelf area of the warehouse to count goods on a shelf;

the transportation equipment is used for carrying out shelf adjustment on a shelf area of the warehouse;

The terminal equipment is used for indicating the operator to enter a goods shelf area of the warehouse to count goods on the goods shelf;

Wherein the transportation device and the operator operate at different times in the same shelf area.

14. A server, comprising: memory, processor and program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor implements the steps of the item inventory method of any of claims 1 to 11.