CN111738635A

CN111738635A - Logistics method, device, computer system and medium

Info

Publication number: CN111738635A
Application number: CN201910227028.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张金凤
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co Ltd; Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-25
Filing date: 2019-03-25
Publication date: 2020-10-02

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a logistics method, a device, a computer system and a medium, wherein when the logistics method is applied to a server, the logistics method comprises: receiving a first instruction sent by a client, wherein the first instruction comprises a sending request and a receiving address; in response to receiving the first instruction, sending a second instruction to an unmanned transporter according to the sending request, wherein the second instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transporter to travel to the article pulling address to carry out article pulling at least based on the second instruction; and after the second instruction is sent, sending first prompt information to the client, wherein the first prompt information is used for prompting the user to send the mail.

Description

Logistics method, device, computer system and medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of warehouse logistics, and more particularly, to a logistics method, a logistics apparatus, a computer system, and a medium.

Background

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, automatic control, communication and computer technologies, robots are increasingly used in many fields such as industrial and agricultural production, buildings, logistics, and daily life. The use of driverless delivery vehicles is mostly based on the delivery of couriers instead of couriers, for example, the use of driverless delivery vehicles in the kyoto is to replace couriers in completing delivery tasks from delivery sites to order customer districts or downstairs.

In the course of implementing the disclosed concept, the inventors found that there are at least the following problems in the prior art: the unmanned delivery vehicle in the prior art does not have the capability of taking up the mail instead of a courier.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present disclosure provides a logistics method, a device, a computer system and a medium capable of implementing a component collecting function.

One aspect of the present disclosure provides a logistics method, which is applicable to a server, and may include the operations of, first, receiving a first instruction sent by a client, where the first instruction includes a mail request and a mail receiving address, in response to receiving the first instruction, sending a second instruction to an unmanned transport device according to the mail request, where the second instruction is configured to enable the unmanned transport device to travel to the mail receiving address based on at least the second instruction for mail receiving, and, after sending the second instruction, sending a first prompt message to the client, where the first prompt message is configured to prompt a user for mail receiving. Thus, the function of using the unmanned transporter to hold the piece is realized.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mail request may include size information of the mail, and accordingly, the sending of the second instruction to the unmanned transport vehicle according to the mail request may include: first, candidate unmanned transporters capable of accommodating the mailpieces are determined according to the size information of the mailpieces, and then the second instruction is sent to one candidate unmanned transporter. Can select the unmanned transport ware that can accomodate this sending according to the size information of sending the piece like this and go to taking the piece, avoid because the improper condition that leads to sending the piece and can't put into of storage space of unmanned transport ware takes place.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the second instruction may further include sending site information, so that the unmanned transport device can return to the sending site corresponding to the sending site information after the unmanned transport device pulling is completed. The unmanned transport device can be different in departure address and sending address.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first instruction may further include forwarding destination information, and/or the forwarding element has forwarding destination information thereon. This can facilitate the acquisition of mail destination information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further include the operations of: if the information of the to-be-dispatched pieces exists, sending a third instruction containing addresses of the to-be-dispatched pieces to an unmanned transport device, wherein the third instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport device to drive to the to-be-dispatched piece addresses to dispatch the pieces based on at least the third instruction, after the third instruction is sent, sending second prompt information to the client sides corresponding to the to-be-dispatched pieces, the second prompt information is used for prompting users to go to the to-be-dispatched piece addresses to fetch the pieces, the size information of the to-be-dispatched pieces and whether the to-be-dispatched pieces with the sizes smaller than or equal to the sizes of the to-be-dispatched pieces need to be delivered, and if a fourth instruction sent by the client sides is received, the fourth instruction comprises the to-be-dispatched piece information with the sizes smaller than or equal to the to-dispatched pieces in a delivery mode, the to-dispatched piece addresses serve as the piece collecting addresses, and the to be delivered in the containing spaces of the to. The unmanned transport device has the advantages that the purpose of picking up the articles can be achieved while the articles are sent, so that the unmanned transport device is added with the article picking function, the use efficiency of the unmanned transport device is improved under the condition that the same energy is consumed, the cost of receiving and picking the articles is further reduced, and convenience is provided for order users who need to mail the articles. In addition, the object pulling under the condition that the sending request is received after the unmanned transporter starts can be realized.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further include the operations of: if the information of the to-be-dispatched pieces exists, sending third prompt information to the client side corresponding to the to-be-dispatched pieces, wherein the third prompt information is used for prompting the address of the to-be-dispatched pieces, the dispatching time, whether the to-be-dispatched pieces need to be dispatched or not and recording the size information of the to-be-dispatched pieces; if a fifth instruction sent by a client corresponding to the to-be-dispatched element is received, where the fifth instruction includes a sending request and sending size information, and the sending a second instruction to the unmanned transport device according to the sending request in response to receiving the first instruction may specifically include: in response to receiving the fifth instruction, determining an accommodating space of the unmanned transport and the to-be-dispatched pieces according to the size information of the to-be-dispatched pieces, wherein the size of the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched pieces is larger than the large values of the size of the to-be-dispatched pieces and the size of the to-be-dispatched pieces, and then sending a sixth instruction to the unmanned transport after the to-be-dispatched pieces are placed in the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched pieces, wherein the sixth instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched pieces to deliver and pick up the to-be-dispatched pieces at least based on the sixth instruction, and the to-be-dispatched pieces are delivered to the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched pieces. Can make the user send the size of piece unrestricted like this, when there is the information of sending, at first inquire whether the user need send the piece and send the size of piece, if need send the piece, then according to sending the size selection of piece and can holding this unmanned transport ware of sending and come to load this send the piece and go to the address of sending the piece, take out to send the piece after can putting into and send the piece when the user, and do not worry that can't put into this send the piece, provide convenience for the user.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further include the operations of: receiving detection information sent by the unmanned transporter, wherein the detection information comprises taking-out information of the to-be-dispatched articles and/or delivery completion information of the to-be-dispatched articles, and the detection information is acquired by a sensor and then analyzed and/or stored in response to the reception of the detection information. This can reduce the unwarranted behavior and evidence of some users.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a logistics method, applicable to a client, the method may include the following operations: firstly, receiving a first instruction input by a user, wherein the first instruction comprises a mail sending request and a mail receiving address, then sending the first instruction to a server, and then receiving first prompt information sent by the server, wherein the first prompt information is used for prompting the user to send a mail and displaying the first prompt information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further include the operations of: and receiving second prompt information sent by the server, wherein the second prompt information is used for prompting a user to go to the address of the piece to be delivered to fetch the piece, the size information of the piece to be delivered and whether a sending piece with the size smaller than or equal to that of the piece to be delivered needs to be delivered, then displaying the second prompt information, and if the user inputs a fourth instruction, the fourth instruction comprises sending piece information with the size smaller than or equal to that of the piece to be delivered, and then sending the fourth instruction to the server. The unmanned transport vehicle has the advantages that the purpose of picking up the articles can be achieved while the articles are sent, so that the unmanned transport vehicle is added with the article picking function, the use efficiency of the unmanned vehicle is improved under the condition that the same energy is consumed, the cost of receiving and picking the articles is further reduced, and convenience is provided for order users who need to mail the articles. In addition, the object pulling under the condition that the sending request is received after the unmanned transporter starts can be realized.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further include the operations of: and receiving third prompt information sent by the server, wherein the third prompt information is used for prompting an address of a to-be-sent piece, sending time, whether the to-be-sent piece needs to be sent and sending piece size information, and then displaying the third prompt information. Can realize like this that whether the user need be sent and send a size at first inquiring, if need send a, make the server side can hold this unmanned transport ware of sending and send the piece according to the size selection of sending a and come to load this and wait to send a address earlier, can put into and send the piece after the user takes out the area and sends the piece, and do not worry that this can not be put into and send the piece, improve unmanned transport ware's availability factor when facilitating for the user.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a logistics method adapted for use with an unmanned transporter, the method may include: firstly, receiving a second instruction sent by a server, wherein the second instruction comprises a piece collecting address, then driving to the piece collecting address to collect pieces, and returning to a sending site after the piece collecting is finished.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the unmanned transport device is provided with an accommodating space capable of accommodating a preset sending size, and the preset sending size corresponds to size information of sending contained in a sending request sent to a server by a client.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the second instruction further comprises a sending site information, and accordingly, the unmanned transport device returns the sending site corresponding to the sending site information after receiving the piece.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further include the operations of: firstly, a third instruction sent by a server is received, wherein the third instruction comprises an address of a to-be-dispatched piece, the third instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport device to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece for dispatching after the to-be-dispatched piece is loaded, and then after the to-be-dispatched piece is taken out by a user, a sending piece with the size smaller than or equal to that of the to-be-dispatched piece is received.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method may further include the operations of: firstly, a sixth instruction sent by a server is received, wherein the sixth instruction comprises an address of a to-be-dispatched piece, the sixth instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport device to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece for dispatching after the to-be-dispatched piece is loaded, the to-be-dispatched piece is loaded in an accommodating space capable of accommodating the larger one of the to-be-dispatched piece and the to-be-dispatched piece, then after the to-be-dispatched piece is taken out by a user, the to-be-dispatched piece is received, and the to-be-dispatched piece is a to-be-dispatched piece corresponding to a to-be-dispatched piece request sent by the user side to the server.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a logistics device, which is applied to a server, and may include a first receiving module, a first responding module, and a first sending module, where the first receiving module is configured to receive a first instruction sent by a client, the first instruction includes a mail request and a mail receiving address, the first responding module is configured to send a second instruction to an unmanned transport device according to the mail request in response to receiving the first instruction, the second instruction is configured to enable the unmanned transport device to travel to the mail receiving address based on at least the second instruction for mail receiving, the first sending module is configured to send first prompt information to the client after sending the second instruction, and the first prompt information is used for prompting a user for mail receiving.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mail request includes size information of the mail, and accordingly, the first response module may include: the first determining unit is used for determining candidate unmanned transporters capable of accommodating the mailpieces according to the size information of the mailpieces, and the first sending unit is used for sending the second instruction to one candidate unmanned transporter.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus may further include: the device comprises a second sending module, a third sending module and a second receiving module. The second sending module is used for sending a third instruction containing an address of the to-be-dispatched piece to an unmanned transport device if the to-be-dispatched piece information exists, the third instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport device to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece based on the third instruction, the third sending module is used for sending second prompt information to a client side corresponding to the to-be-dispatched piece after the third instruction is sent, the second prompt information is used for prompting a user to go to the to-be-dispatched piece address to fetch the to-be-dispatched piece, size information of the to-be-dispatched piece and whether the to-be-dispatched piece with the size smaller than or not needs to be delivered, the second receiving module is used for sending a fourth instruction which is sent by the client side and comprises the to-be-dispatched piece information with the size smaller than or not smaller than the to-be-dispatched piece, and taking the address of the to-dispatched piece as the piece pulling address, wherein the mailpieces are delivered in the accommodating spaces of the to-be-dispatched pieces.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus may further include: a fourth sending module, configured to send third prompt information to a client corresponding to the to-be-sent piece if there is to-be-sent piece information, where the third prompt information is used to prompt an address of the to-be-sent piece, sending time, whether to-be-sent piece is needed, and enter size information of the to-be-sent piece, and correspondingly, the first response module may include: the second determining unit is used for determining an accommodating space of the unmanned conveyer and the to-be-dispatched pieces according to the size information of the to-be-dispatched pieces in response to the received fifth instruction, the size of the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched pieces is larger than the size of the to-be-dispatched pieces and the size of the to-be-dispatched pieces, the second sending unit is used for sending a sixth instruction to the unmanned conveyer after the to-be-dispatched pieces are placed in the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched pieces, the sixth instruction is used for enabling the unmanned conveyer to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched pieces to carry out sending and picking up the pieces at least based on the sixth instruction, and the to-be-dispatched pieces are delivered to the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched pieces.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus may further include: the unmanned transport vehicle comprises a third receiving module and a processing module, wherein the third receiving module is used for receiving detection information sent by the unmanned transport vehicle, the detection information comprises information for taking out a to-be-dispatched piece and/or information for completing delivery of a to-be-dispatched piece, the detection information is acquired through a sensor, and the processing module is used for responding to the received detection information, analyzing and/or storing the detection information.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a logistics apparatus suitable for a client, the apparatus may include: the display device comprises a fourth receiving module, a fifth sending module, a fifth receiving module and a first display module. The fourth receiving module is used for receiving a first instruction input by a user, the first instruction comprises a sending request and a receiving address, the fifth sending module is used for sending the first instruction to a server, the fifth receiving module is used for receiving first prompt information sent by the server, the first prompt information is used for prompting the user to send the first instruction, and the first display module is used for displaying the first prompt information.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus may further include: the system comprises a sixth receiving module, a second display module, a seventh receiving module and a sixth sending module, wherein the sixth receiving module is used for receiving second prompt information sent by the server, the second prompt information is used for prompting a user to go to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece to fetch the piece, the size information of the to-be-dispatched piece and whether to deliver the sending piece with the size smaller than or equal to that of the to-be-dispatched piece, the second display module is used for displaying the second prompt information, the seventh receiving module is used for receiving a fourth instruction input by the user, the fourth instruction comprises sending piece information with the size smaller than or equal to that of the to-be-dispatched piece, and the sixth sending module is used for sending the fourth instruction to the server.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus may further include: the server comprises an eighth receiving module, a third display module, a ninth receiving module and a seventh sending module, wherein the eighth receiving module is used for receiving third prompt information sent by the server, the third prompt information is used for prompting an address to be sent, sending time, whether to send a piece and inputting the size information of the piece, the third display module is used for displaying the third prompt information, the ninth receiving module is used for receiving a fifth instruction input by a user, the fifth instruction comprises a sending request and sending size information, and the seventh sending module is used for sending the fifth instruction to the server.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer system comprising: one or more processors and storage for storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processors, implement the method as described above.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions for implementing the method as described above when executed.

Another aspect of the disclosure provides a computer program comprising computer executable instructions for implementing the method as described above when executed.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the function of collecting the parts by the unmanned transport device can be realized, so that the functions which can be realized by the unmanned transport device are more diversified.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the pickup function is added to the unmanned transport device, the use efficiency of the unmanned transport device is improved under the condition of consuming the same energy, the receiving and pickup cost is further reduced, and convenience is provided for order users who need to mail articles. In addition, the object pulling under the condition that the sending request is received after the unmanned transporter starts can be realized.

According to the embodiment of this disclosure, can make the size that the user sent the piece unrestricted, when there is the information of sending the piece to be waited, at first inquire whether the user need send the piece and send the size, if need send the piece, then according to sending the size selection of piece and can holding this unmanned transport ware of sending the piece come to load this send the piece to go to and wait to send the address of sending the piece earlier, take out to take and send the piece after can putting into and send the piece when the user, and do not worry that this send the piece can't be put into, the availability factor of unmanned transport ware has been promoted when facilitating for the user.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following description of embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1A schematically illustrates an application scenario of a logistics method, apparatus, and computer system and medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 1B schematically illustrates a schematic diagram of a system architecture suitable for a logistics method, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2A schematically illustrates a flow diagram of a logistics method in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2B schematically illustrates a flow diagram of a logistics method in accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2C schematically illustrates a diagram of second hint information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

figure 2D schematically illustrates a user placing a mailpiece after removing a dispensing piece, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3A schematically illustrates a flow diagram of a logistics method in accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3B schematically illustrates a schematic view of an order placement display interface for mail according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3C schematically illustrates a schematic view of an order placement display interface for a mail according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4A schematically illustrates a block diagram of a logistics apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4B schematically illustrates a block diagram of a logistics apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a block diagram of a computer system suitable for implementing a logistics method in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the description is illustrative only and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. In the following detailed description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the disclosure. It may be evident, however, that one or more embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. Moreover, in the following description, descriptions of well-known structures and techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the concepts of the present disclosure.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. The terms "comprises," "comprising," and the like, as used herein, specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, or components.

All terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. It is noted that the terms used herein should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with the context of this specification and should not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense.

Where a convention analogous to "at least one of A, B and C, etc." is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., "a system having at least one of A, B and C" would include but not be limited to systems that have a alone, B alone, C alone, a and B together, a and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, C together, etc.). Where a convention analogous to "A, B or at least one of C, etc." is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., "a system having at least one of A, B or C" would include but not be limited to systems that have a alone, B alone, C alone, a and B together, a and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, C together, etc.).

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a logistics method, a logistics device, a computer system and a medium. The logistics method can realize that the unmanned transport device goes to the item collecting address to collect the item, or goes to the item to be sent to send the item and simultaneously collects the item, thereby increasing the item collecting function of the unmanned transport device and further improving the use efficiency of the unmanned transport device.

Fig. 1A schematically illustrates an application scenario of a logistics method, apparatus, and computer system and medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1A, a user only needs to send a sending request and a receiving address on an e-commerce platform or a logistics platform, the platform sends an unmanned transporter to receive a sending item from the receiving address, and the user only needs to place the sending item into the unmanned transporter. In addition, when the platform has a to-be-delivered item (such as a package), an item-picking session can be initiated by the e-commerce platform or the logistics platform, as shown in fig. 1A, when the to-be-delivered package of a certain user exists on a certain e-commerce platform, whether the user needs to pick up the item and pick up information and the like is inquired, when the unmanned transporter reaches an item-picking address, if the user needs to pick up the item, the package is taken out from the unmanned transporter, and then the item is put into the unmanned transporter, for example, the original containing space of the package is put in, so that the item-picking is realized while the item is delivered, and the use efficiency of the unmanned transporter is improved.

Fig. 1B schematically illustrates a schematic diagram 100 of a system architecture suitable for a logistics method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. It should be noted that fig. 1B is only an example of a system architecture to which the embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to help those skilled in the art understand the technical content of the present disclosure, and does not mean that the embodiments of the present disclosure may not be applied to other devices, systems, environments or scenarios.

As shown in fig. 1B, the system architecture 100 according to this embodiment may include

terminal devices

101, 102, 103, a network 104, and a server 105. The network 104 serves as a medium for providing communication links between the

terminal devices

101, 102, 103 and the server 105. Network 104 may include various connection types, such as wired, wireless communication links, or fiber optic cables, to name a few.

The

terminal devices

101, 102, 103 may interact with the server 105 via the network 104 to receive or send messages or the like. The

terminal devices

101, 102 may have installed thereon various communication client applications, such as shopping-like applications, web browser applications, search-like applications, instant messaging tools, mailbox clients, social platform software, etc. (by way of example only).

The

terminal devices

101, 102 may be various electronic devices having a display screen and supporting web browsing, including but not limited to smart phones, tablet computers, laptop portable computers, desktop computers, and the like. The terminal device 103 may be various types of unmanned distribution robots for distributing various goods.

The server 105 may be a server that provides various services, such as a background management server (for example only) that provides support for a user to automatically distribute goods to the terminal device 103 using a website browsed by the

terminal devices

101 and 102. The background management server may analyze and perform other processing on the received data such as the user request, and feed back a processing result (e.g., a webpage, information, or data obtained or generated according to the user request) to the terminal device. For example, after the terminal device 101 submits an order for a package to the server 105 and pays, the server 105 may determine an appropriate unmanned delivery robot according to the order, and send a package acquisition address to the unmanned delivery robot to acquire the package from the package acquisition address. For another example, when the delivery is required for the user, the user is asked whether the delivery is required, if the user is required to deliver the delivery, the user can simultaneously submit a delivery order to the server 105 (online payment can also be performed), and after the unmanned transport device finishes loading the delivery to be delivered, the unmanned delivery robot can drive to the address of the delivery to be delivered according to navigation information and the like so as to facilitate the user to take and deliver the delivery.

It should be noted that the logistics method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may be generally executed by the server 105 or the

terminal devices

101 and 102. Accordingly, the logistics apparatus provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can be generally disposed in the server 105 or the

terminal devices

101 and 102. The logistics method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may also be performed by a server or a server cluster different from the server 105 and capable of communicating with the

terminal devices

101, 102, 103 and/or the server 105. Accordingly, the logistics apparatus provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may also be disposed in a server or a server cluster different from the server 105 and capable of communicating with the

terminal devices

101, 102, 103 and/or the server 105.

It should be understood that the number of terminal devices, networks, and servers in the figures are merely illustrative. There may be any number of terminal devices, networks, and servers, as desired for implementation.

Fig. 2A schematically illustrates a flow diagram of a logistics method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 2A, the method includes operations S201 to S203.

In operation S201, a first instruction sent by a client is received, where the first instruction includes a sending request and a receiving address.

In this embodiment, the sending request and the receiving address may be sent to the server in an order form, for example, the order form includes the following information: a package pulling address: if the XX room of XX street XX number XX building of scientific traumatism, the weight of the mail: XX Kg, etc. In addition, in order to simplify the interaction flow, the first instruction may further include sending destination information to facilitate the sending processing of the system, and of course, the sending destination information may also be marked on the sending item by the user, such as filling a sending item list, and placing the sending item list and the sending item together into the accommodating space of the unmanned transport vehicle, which is not limited herein.

In order to improve the utilization rate of the storage space of the goods so as to improve the number of the single picking-up and/or sending pieces, each unmanned transporter is generally provided with a plurality of storage spaces, the size of each storage space is fixed, the size of a sending piece of a user can be larger or smaller, and therefore, the storage space which can be used for loading and unloading the sending piece and is proper in size needs to be allocated for the user so as to avoid waste of space. In another embodiment, the mail request includes size information of the mail. Therefore, more reasonable storage space can be more reasonably allocated for the sending order of the user, for example, the unmanned transport device which is closest to the unmanned transport device and has reasonable storage space is selected from the plurality of unmanned transport devices to go to a pick-up address for picking up the mail.

Then, in operation S202, in response to receiving the first instruction, sending a second instruction to the unmanned transport device according to the mail request, where the second instruction is used to enable the unmanned transport device to travel to the mail address based on at least the second instruction to perform a mail.

Specifically, the server side can determine a suitable unmanned transport device according to a mail sending request such as the information of a mail sending order, for example, determine a suitable unmanned transport device according to conditions of distance priority, available storage space, conformity with a planned route and the like, and send information such as a mail receiving address and the like to the unmanned transport device, and in addition, can also send information such as navigation information, preset mail receiving time and the like.

When the mail request includes size information of the mail, the sending a second instruction to the unmanned transport vehicle according to the mail request may include: firstly, determining candidate unmanned transporters capable of accommodating the mailpieces according to the size information of the mailpieces, and then sending the second instruction to one candidate unmanned transporter, wherein the selection of the candidate unmanned transporter can also accord with the principles of distance priority, consistency with a planned path, priority and the like.

In addition, the second instruction can also comprise sending site information, so that the unmanned transport device returns to the sending site corresponding to the sending site information after the unmanned transport device draws the piece. For example, the unmanned transport vehicle successfully receives 3 pieces of pieces, wherein two pieces of.

In operation S203, after sending the second instruction, first prompt information is sent to the client, where the first prompt information is used to prompt the user to send a mail.

Specifically, the first prompt message may include any one or more of the following messages: the estimated arrival time of the unmanned transport, the number of the unmanned transport, the opening password (text, voice and the like are available) and the like, so that the user can conveniently send the parts to the assigned unmanned transport according to the first prompt message.

The logistics method can realize the function of picking up the packages by using the unmanned transporter, and solves the problem that the unmanned transporter can only replace a courier to deliver the packages but cannot pick up the packages in the prior art.

Fig. 2B schematically illustrates a flow diagram of a logistics method in accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 2B, the streaming method may further include operations S204 to S206.

In operation S204, before the first instruction is received, if there is information about the parts to be dispatched in the server, a third instruction including an address of the parts to be dispatched may be sent to the unmanned transport, and the third instruction is configured to cause the unmanned transport to travel to the address of the parts to be dispatched based on at least the third instruction for the parts to be dispatched. That is, the unmanned transport provided by the present disclosure may also deliver goods according to the instructions of the server.

In operation S205, after the third instruction is sent, second prompt information is sent to the client corresponding to the to-be-dispatched piece, where the second prompt information is used to prompt the user to go to the to-be-dispatched piece address to fetch the to-be-dispatched piece, the size information of the to-be-dispatched piece, and whether to deliver a mail that is not greater than the size of the to-be-dispatched piece.

In this embodiment, after the third instruction is sent to the client, second prompt information can be sent to the client corresponding to the to-be-sent piece to prompt the user to take the piece, and meanwhile, a sending prompt can be included.

Fig. 2C schematically illustrates a schematic diagram of a second hint information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2C, the client may present the following information to the user: the parcel of the small master is expected to arrive at XX cell south gate at 19:30, 11/7/2018, i.e. JD007 without mistake, and the parcel size (size of the accommodation space) of the small master is 30 x 20cm, if the small master needs to mail a mail piece smaller than this size, please carry it with him and put it in the same position after the parcel is taken out. Further, the following information may also be presented: the mail needs to mark the address, name and contact way of the addressee.

In order to solve the problem, in this embodiment, the second prompt information further includes size information of the to-be-dispatched piece and whether the to-be-dispatched piece with a size smaller than or equal to that of the to-be-dispatched piece needs to be delivered, that is, the user is informed of how large size the to-be-dispatched piece can be mailed by informing of the size information of the to-be-dispatched piece, so that the to-be-dispatched piece can be received by using the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched piece, and thus the to-be-dispatched piece can be placed in the unmanned transport device, and is not easy to mix, the to-be-dispatched piece or the to-be-dispatched piece can be stored by using one accommodating space, and the problem of low space utilization rate is effectively reduced.

In another embodiment, the interface for displaying the second prompt message may further include a link, so that the user can conveniently enter the mail system of the platform to enter the mail information, pay and the like.

Fig. 2D schematically illustrates a user placing a mail piece after taking out a dispensing piece according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in fig. 2D, after the user opens the accommodating space for loading the package with a password, or the like, the package can be taken out from the accommodating space, and then the mail can be put into the same accommodating space, and then the accommodating space can be closed.

In operation S206, if a fourth instruction sent by the client is received, where the fourth instruction includes a sending message for delivering a size of the to-be-sent item that is not greater than the size of the to-be-sent item, the to-be-sent item address is used as the pick-up item address, and the sending item is delivered in the accommodating space of the to-be-sent item.

According to the logistics method, the sending articles are delivered into the accommodating space of the to-be-sent articles, so that the articles can be picked up while the sending articles are delivered, the article picking function of the unmanned transport device is added, the use efficiency of the unmanned transport device is improved under the condition that the same energy is consumed, the cost of receiving and picking articles is further reduced, and convenience is brought to order users who need to mail articles. In addition, the object pulling under the condition that the sending request is received after the unmanned transporter starts can be realized.

In another embodiment, when a dispatch exists, the user is prompted whether to dispatch the dispatch, and if the user needs to dispatch the dispatch, a suitable unmanned transporter, such as a belt dispatch or dispatch, can be preselected. For example, if the information of the to-be-dispatched piece exists, inquiring whether a user of the to-be-dispatched piece needs to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece, so that when the user needs to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece, an unmanned conveyer which can accommodate the larger size of the to-be-dispatched piece and the to-be-dispatched piece is assigned to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece, and the to-be-dispatched piece is pulled.

Specifically, if the information of the to-be-dispatched piece exists, inquiring whether the user of the to-be-dispatched piece needs to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece, so that when the user needs to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece, the unmanned transporter capable of accommodating the larger one of the to-be-dispatched piece and the to-be-dispatched piece is assigned to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece, and the picking up of the to-be-dispatched piece can comprise the following operations.

Before the first instruction is received, if information of the to-be-dispatched piece exists, third prompt information is sent to a client side corresponding to the to-be-dispatched piece, and the third prompt information is used for prompting the address of the to-be-dispatched piece, the dispatching time, whether the to-be-dispatched piece is required to be dispatched or not and recording the size information of the to-be-dispatched piece.

If a fifth instruction sent by a client corresponding to the to-be-dispatched piece is received, where the fifth instruction includes a sending request and sending size information, and the sending of the second instruction to the unmanned transport device according to the sending request in response to the receiving of the first instruction may specifically include the following operations.

For example, in response to receiving the fifth instruction, an accommodating space of the unmanned transport and the to-be-dispatched piece is determined according to the size information of the to-be-dispatched piece, and the size of the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched piece is larger than the large value of the size of the to-be-dispatched piece and the size of the to-be-dispatched piece.

And then, after the to-be-dispatched piece is placed in the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched piece, sending a sixth instruction to the unmanned transport, wherein the sixth instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece to carry out sending and picking up the to-be-dispatched piece at least based on the sixth instruction, and the to-be-dispatched piece is delivered to the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched piece.

The logistics method provided by the disclosure can realize the receiving and sending of the sending and sending pieces with different sizes.

In another embodiment, the logistics method can further comprise the following operations:

receiving detection information sent by the unmanned transporter, wherein the detection information comprises taking-out information of the to-be-dispatched articles and/or delivery completion information of the to-be-dispatched articles, and the detection information is acquired through a sensor. And analyzing and/or storing in response to receiving the detection information.

Therefore, the processes of taking out the sending piece and putting in the sending piece by the user can be recorded through various sensors, such as a camera and the like, and the lack of evidence when disputes occur is avoided.

Fig. 3A schematically illustrates a flow diagram of a logistics method in accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 3A, the method may include the following operations, as applicable to the client.

In operation S301, a first instruction input by a user is received, where the first instruction includes a mail request and a mail address.

Specifically, when a user needs to send a mail, the user can log on a client terminal such as an e-commerce platform or a logistics platform, and then place an order at the client terminal, wherein the order can include a mail sending request, a mail collecting address and the like. Of course, the method can also be realized by telephone reservation, mail reservation, short message reservation and the like. In addition, the order may be placed in a column of a third party platform, for example, a kyoto column of wechat, a public number, and the like, which is not limited herein.

In operation S302, the first instruction is sent to a server.

By transmitting a mail request, a mail receiving address, and the like to the server side and then performing the relevant operations by the server side in this step, the operations related to operation S202 can be referred to.

In operation S303, first prompt information sent by the server is received, where the first prompt information is used to prompt a user to send a mail.

Specifically, the first prompt message may include, for example, a mail sending address, a mail sending time, unmanned transport identification information, accommodation space identification information, a cabinet door opening and/or an accommodation space password, which are not listed herein.

In operation S304, the first prompt message is presented.

In another embodiment, the method may further include the following operations.

First, second prompt information sent by the server is received, wherein the second prompt information is used for prompting a user to go to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece to fetch the piece, the size information of the to-be-dispatched piece and whether to deliver a sending piece with the size smaller than or equal to that of the to-be-dispatched piece.

In this embodiment, if there is information about a to-be-dispatched item in the server, the server may send second prompt information to a client corresponding to the information about the to-be-dispatched item (e.g., a client corresponding to a user login), where the second prompt information has two main functions, one is to notify the user to receive the corresponding to-be-dispatched item, and the other is to ask the user whether the user needs to send the to-be-dispatched item. Since the accommodation space for the articles to be mailed is usually determined by the size of the articles to be mailed (which is best for placing the articles to be mailed) in order to save the transport space of the unmanned transport vehicle, the size of the articles to be mailed by the user cannot exceed the size of the articles to be mailed by the user to avoid the situation that the articles cannot be placed. Therefore, the second prompt message further includes: the size information of the to-be-dispatched pieces and whether the to-be-dispatched pieces with the size smaller than or equal to the size of the to-be-dispatched pieces need to be delivered or not are convenient for a user to determine whether the to-be-dispatched pieces need to be received or not and meanwhile the to-be-dispatched pieces need to be delivered or not.

And then, displaying the second prompt message.

And then, receiving a fourth instruction input by the user, wherein the fourth instruction comprises sending information of delivering the piece with the size less than or equal to the size of the piece to be sent.

In this embodiment, the fourth instruction may include the following information: is/mail/definite mail, etc. The following information may be further included: any one or more of the addressee address, the addressee name, the addressee contact way and the postcode information of the mail. For example, referring to FIG. 2C, when the user clicks on the "determine mail" button graphic, he may jump to the order placement display of the mail. It should be noted that, the area filled with the information may be reserved in the display interface as shown in fig. 2C without jumping to the interface.

Fig. 3B schematically illustrates a schematic view of an order placement display interface for mail according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3B, one or more of the following information may be included in the order: acceptance of non-prohibited articles, address of consignee of consignment, name of consignee, contact information of consignee, zip code information, expected delivery time, article type of consignment, approximate weight of consignment, and the like. In addition, the order placing display interface can further comprise a payment interface connection and the like.

And then, sending the fourth instruction to a server.

The logistics method provided by the disclosure achieves the purpose of feeding the parts and meanwhile collecting the parts, and improves the utilization rate of equipment. In addition, the functions of sending and receiving the articles can be simultaneously realized by one route when the unmanned transporter is started, such as receiving a sending request of the same user.

In another embodiment, the method may further include the following operations.

First, third prompt information sent by the server is received, wherein the third prompt information is used for prompting an address of a to-be-sent piece, sending time, whether the to-be-sent piece needs to be sent or not and inputting sending size information.

In this embodiment, if the server side has information about a to-be-dispatched piece, the server side sends third prompt information to the client side corresponding to the to-be-dispatched piece, where the third prompt information is used to prompt an address of the to-be-dispatched piece, dispatch time, whether to send the to-be-dispatched piece, input size information of the to-be-dispatched piece, and the like.

And then, displaying the third prompt message.

Next, a fifth instruction input by the user is received, wherein the fifth instruction comprises a mail request and mail size information.

Correspondingly, the disclosure also provides a logistics method suitable for the unmanned transporter. The specific implementation of the logistics method can refer to the relevant examples of the logistics method applicable to the server side, and the following only briefly describes the gist, and specifically, the method can include the following operations.

First, a second instruction sent by a server is received, wherein the second instruction comprises a package address.

And then, driving to the article pulling address to pull articles, and returning to a sending station after the article pulling is finished.

In one embodiment, the unmanned transport vehicle has an accommodating space capable of accommodating a preset mail size, and the preset mail size corresponds to size information of a mail contained in a mail request sent by a client to a server. I.e. at least one suitably sized receiving space.

In addition, the second instruction can further comprise sending site information, so that the unmanned transport device can return the sending site corresponding to the sending site information after the unmanned transport device is completely pulled, and convenience is brought to centralized sending. For example, a mailer addressed to shanghai may be sent to a mailer hub centered on shanghai.

In order to improve the use efficiency of the unmanned transport device, the unmanned transport device can also collect the sending of the user sending the delivery piece after the delivery piece, and the functions of completing the delivery piece and receiving the delivery piece in a single journey are realized.

Specifically, the logistics method may further include the following operations.

Firstly, a third instruction sent by a server side is received, wherein the third instruction comprises an address of a to-be-dispatched piece, and the third instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport device to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece for dispatching after the to-be-dispatched piece is loaded.

And then, after the user takes out the to-be-dispatched piece, receiving a sending piece with the size smaller than or equal to that of the to-be-dispatched piece.

In addition, it is also possible to achieve an increase in the efficiency of use of the unmanned transport vehicle in another way. Specifically, the logistics method may further include the operations shown below.

Firstly, a sixth instruction sent by a server is received, wherein the sixth instruction comprises an address of a to-be-dispatched piece, the sixth instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport device to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece for dispatching after the to-be-dispatched piece is loaded, and the to-be-dispatched piece is loaded in an accommodating space capable of accommodating the larger one of the to-be-dispatched piece and the consignment.

And then, after the user takes out the to-be-sent piece, receiving a sending piece, wherein the sending piece is a sending piece corresponding to a sending piece request sent by the user side to the server side.

The logistics method can enable the unmanned transporter to carry the articles while conveying the articles, and improves the utilization rate of equipment. In addition, the functions of sending and receiving the articles can be simultaneously realized by one route when the unmanned transporter is started, such as receiving a sending request of the same user.

Fig. 3C schematically illustrates a schematic view of an order placement display interface for a mail according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3C, when the user determines that a mail is required to be sent, the user may jump to the order placing display interface, and unlike the order placing display interface shown in fig. 3B, the order placing display interface shown in fig. 3C further needs to include size information of the mail, for example, when it is inconvenient to send the mail in the manner of the embodiment to which fig. 3B belongs: if the size of the sending piece is larger than that of the sending piece, whether the sending piece can be placed into the containing space where the sending piece is located or not is uncertain, the size of the sending piece can be sent to the server side before the unmanned transport device loads the sending piece, the server determines a proper unmanned transport device and a proper first containing space according to the size information of the sending piece, then the sending piece is placed into the first containing space through the station, the sending piece is sent to a user, and therefore the user can conveniently place the sending piece into the first containing space after taking out the sending piece.

Note that the mail information entry manner and entry content in fig. 3B and 3C are exemplary illustrations, and at least some of the items may be implemented by selection, pull-down menus, and the like, which is not limited herein.

And then, sending the fifth instruction to a server.

The logistics method provided by the disclosure can realize the transceiving function of the sending and sending pieces with different sizes in a single distribution route.

Fig. 4A schematically illustrates a block diagram of a logistics apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 4A, the apparatus 400 may include: a first receiving module 410, a first responding module 420 and a first transmitting module 430.

The first receiving module 410 is configured to receive a first instruction sent by a client, where the first instruction includes a sending request and a receiving address.

The first response module 420 is configured to send a second instruction to the unmanned transport device according to the sending request in response to receiving the first instruction, where the second instruction is configured to enable the unmanned transport device to drive to the pull-out address for pull-out based on at least the second instruction.

The first sending module 430 is configured to send a first prompt message to the client after sending the second instruction, where the first prompt message is used to prompt the user to send a mail.

In one embodiment, in order to ensure that a mailpiece can be placed in an unmanned transport, the mailpiece request includes size information of the mailpiece, and accordingly, the first response module may include: a first determining unit and a first transmitting unit.

The first determining unit is used for determining candidate unmanned transporters capable of accommodating the mailpieces according to the size information of the mailpieces.

The first sending unit is used for sending the second instruction to a candidate unmanned transporter.

In another embodiment, the single trip of the unmanned transport can be realized to realize the receiving and sending of the same user, and the single trip of the unmanned transport can be realized to finish the receiving and sending of the same user when the user determines that the sending of the sending piece smaller than the size of the sending piece to be sent needs to be sent after the unmanned transport has departed. Specifically, the apparatus 400 may further include: a second transmitting module 440, a third transmitting module 450, and a second receiving module 460.

The second sending module 440 is configured to send a third instruction including an address of a to-be-delivered part to the unmanned transport device if there is to-be-delivered part information, where the third instruction is configured to enable the unmanned transport device to travel to the address of the to-be-delivered part for delivery based on at least the third instruction.

The third sending module 450 is configured to send, after sending the third instruction, second prompt information to the client corresponding to the to-be-dispatched item, where the second prompt information is used to prompt the user to go to the to-be-dispatched item address to fetch the to-be-dispatched item, size information of the to-be-dispatched item, and whether to deliver a to-be-dispatched item whose size is less than or equal to the size of the to-be-dispatched item.

The second receiving module 460 is configured to, if a fourth instruction sent by the client is received, where the fourth instruction includes a sending information that delivery is not greater than the size of the to-be-sent item, use the to-be-sent item address as the pick-up item address, and the sending item is delivered in an accommodation space of the to-be-sent item.

In another embodiment, a single trip of the unmanned transport may be achieved for both the receipt of a to-be-dispatched and a larger size consignment for the same user. Specifically, the device 400 may further include a fourth sending module 470, where the fourth sending module 470 is configured to send third prompt information to the client corresponding to the to-be-dispatched piece if there is to-be-dispatched piece information, where the third prompt information is used to prompt an address of the to-be-dispatched piece, dispatch time, whether to-be-dispatched piece is needed, and enter size information of the to-be-dispatched piece.

Accordingly, the first response module 420 may include: a second determining unit and a second transmitting unit.

The second determining unit is used for responding to the fifth instruction and determining the accommodating space of the unmanned conveyer and the to-be-dispatched pieces according to the size information of the to-be-dispatched pieces, and the size of the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched pieces is larger than the large value of the size of the to-be-dispatched pieces and the size of the to-be-dispatched pieces.

The second sending unit is used for sending a sixth instruction to the unmanned transport device after the to-be-dispatched piece is placed in the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched piece, the sixth instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport device to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece to send and pick up the to-be-dispatched piece at least based on the sixth instruction, and the to-be-dispatched piece is delivered to the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched piece.

In another embodiment, the apparatus 400 may further include: a third receiving module and a processing module.

The third receiving module is used for receiving detection information sent by the unmanned transporter, the detection information comprises taking-out information of a to-be-dispatched piece and/or sending piece delivery completion information, and the detection information is obtained through a sensor.

The processing module is configured to perform analysis and/or storage in response to receiving the detection information.

The logistics device can realize the purpose of taking the parts by utilizing the unmanned transporter and finishing the delivery and sending of the parts to be distributed and the taking of the parts to be sent of the same user in a single stroke of the unmanned transporter.

Fig. 4B schematically illustrates a block diagram of a logistics apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 4B, the apparatus 4000 may include: a fourth receiving module 710, a fifth sending module 720, a fifth receiving module 730, and a first showing module 740.

The fourth receiving module 710 is configured to receive a first instruction input by a user, where the first instruction includes a mail request and a mail address.

The fifth sending module 720 is configured to send the first instruction to a server.

The fifth receiving module 730 is configured to receive first prompt information sent by the server, where the first prompt information is used to prompt a user to send a mail.

The first display module 740 is configured to display the first prompt message.

In another embodiment, the apparatus 4000 may further include: a sixth receiving module 750, a second presenting module 760, a seventh receiving module 770, and a sixth sending module 780.

The sixth receiving module 750 is configured to receive second prompt information sent by the server, where the second prompt information is used to prompt a user to go to the address of the to-be-delivered item to fetch the item, the size information of the to-be-delivered item, and whether to deliver a to-be-delivered item with a size smaller than or equal to the size of the to-be-delivered item.

The second display module 760 is configured to display the second prompt message.

The seventh receiving module 770 is configured to receive a fourth instruction input by the user, where the fourth instruction includes a mailing information that delivery is not greater than the size of the to-be-dispatched piece.

The sixth sending module 780 is configured to send the fourth instruction to the server.

In another embodiment, the apparatus 4000 may further include: an eighth receiving module 790, a third display module 810, a ninth receiving module 820 and a seventh transmitting module 830.

The eighth receiving module 790 is configured to receive third prompt information sent by the server, where the third prompt information is used to prompt an address of a to-be-dispatched piece, dispatch time, whether to-be-dispatched piece is needed, and size information of the to-be-dispatched piece is entered.

The third display module 810 is configured to display the third prompt message.

The ninth receiving module 820 is configured to receive a fifth instruction input by the user, where the fifth instruction includes a mail request and mail size information.

The seventh sending module 830 is configured to send the fifth instruction to the server.

Any number of modules, sub-modules, units, sub-units, or at least part of the functionality of any number thereof according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in one module. Any one or more of the modules, sub-modules, units, and sub-units according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by being split into a plurality of modules. Any one or more of the modules, sub-modules, units, sub-units according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented at least in part as a hardware circuit, such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Programmable Logic Array (PLA), a system on a chip, a system on a substrate, a system on a package, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or may be implemented in any other reasonable manner of hardware or firmware by integrating or packaging a circuit, or in any one of or a suitable combination of software, hardware, and firmware implementations. Alternatively, one or more of the modules, sub-modules, units, sub-units according to embodiments of the disclosure may be at least partially implemented as a computer program module, which when executed may perform the corresponding functions.

For example, any plurality of the first receiving module 410, the first responding module 420, the first transmitting module 430, the second transmitting module 440, the third transmitting module 450, the second receiving module 460, and the fourth transmitting module 470 may be combined into one module to be implemented, or any one of them may be split into a plurality of modules. Alternatively, at least part of the functionality of one or more of these modules may be combined with at least part of the functionality of the other modules and implemented in one module. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, at least one of the first receiving module 410, the first responding module 420, the first transmitting module 430, the second transmitting module 440, the third transmitting module 450, the second receiving module 460 and the fourth transmitting module 470 may be at least partially implemented as a hardware circuit, such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Programmable Logic Array (PLA), a system on a chip, a system on a substrate, a system on a package, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or may be implemented by hardware or firmware in any other reasonable manner of integrating or packaging a circuit, or implemented by any one of three implementations of software, hardware and firmware, or by a suitable combination of any of them. Alternatively, at least one of the first receiving module 410, the first responding module 420, the first transmitting module 430, the second transmitting module 440, the third transmitting module 450, the second receiving module 460 and the fourth transmitting module 470 may be at least partially implemented as a computer program module, which may perform a corresponding function when executed.

FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a block diagram of a computer system suitable for implementing a logistics method in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The computer system illustrated in FIG. 5 is only one example and should not impose any limitations on the scope of use or functionality of embodiments of the disclosure.

As shown in fig. 5, a computer system 500 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a processor 501, which can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM)502 or a program loaded from a storage section 508 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 503. The processor 501 may comprise, for example, a general purpose microprocessor (e.g., a CPU), an instruction set processor and/or associated chipset, and/or a special purpose microprocessor (e.g., an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)), among others. The processor 501 may also include onboard memory for caching purposes. Processor 501 may include a single processing unit or multiple processing units for performing different actions of a method flow according to embodiments of the disclosure.

In the RAM 503, various programs and data necessary for the operation of the system 500 are stored. The processor 501, the ROM 502, and the RAM 503 are connected to each other by a bus 504. The processor 501 performs various operations of the method flows according to the embodiments of the present disclosure by executing programs in the ROM 502 and/or the RAM 503. Note that the programs may also be stored in one or more memories other than the ROM 502 and the RAM 503. The processor 501 may also perform various operations of method flows according to embodiments of the present disclosure by executing programs stored in the one or more memories.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, system 500 may also include an input/output (I/O) interface 505, input/output (I/O) interface 505 also being connected to bus 504. The system 500 may also include one or more of the following components connected to the I/O interface 505: an input portion 506 including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like; an output portion 507 including a display such as a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and the like, and a speaker; a storage portion 508 including a hard disk and the like; and a communication section 509 including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, or the like. The communication section 509 performs communication processing via a network such as the internet. The driver 610 is also connected to the I/O interface 505 as necessary. A removable medium 611 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is mounted on the drive 610 as necessary, so that a computer program read out therefrom is mounted into the storage section 508 as necessary.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, method flows according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable storage medium, the computer program containing program code for performing the method illustrated by the flow chart. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network through the communication section 509, and/or installed from the removable medium 611. The computer program, when executed by the processor 501, performs the above-described functions defined in the system of the embodiments of the present disclosure. The systems, devices, apparatuses, modules, units, etc. described above may be implemented by computer program modules according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

The present disclosure also provides a computer-readable storage medium, which may be contained in the apparatus/device/system described in the above embodiments; or may exist separately and not be assembled into the device/apparatus/system. The computer-readable storage medium carries one or more programs which, when executed, implement the method according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the computer-readable storage medium may be a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, which may include, for example but is not limited to: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the present disclosure, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. For example, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium may include ROM 502 and/or RAM 503 and/or one or more memories other than ROM 502 and RAM 503 described above.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various combinations and/or combinations of features recited in the various embodiments and/or claims of the present disclosure can be made, even if such combinations or combinations are not expressly recited in the present disclosure. In particular, various combinations and/or combinations of the features recited in the various embodiments and/or claims of the present disclosure may be made without departing from the spirit or teaching of the present disclosure. All such combinations and/or associations are within the scope of the present disclosure.

The embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above. However, these examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Although the embodiments are described separately above, this does not mean that the measures in the embodiments cannot be used in advantageous combination. The scope of the disclosure is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof. Various alternatives and modifications can be devised by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, and such alternatives and modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A logistics method is suitable for a server side, and comprises the following steps:

receiving a first instruction sent by a client, wherein the first instruction comprises a sending request and a receiving address;

in response to receiving the first instruction, sending a second instruction to an unmanned transporter according to the sending request, wherein the second instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transporter to travel to the article pulling address to carry out article pulling at least based on the second instruction; and

and after the second instruction is sent, sending first prompt information to the client, wherein the first prompt information is used for prompting the user to send the mail.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the mail sending request comprises the size information of the mail;

the sending a second instruction to the unmanned transport according to the mail sending request comprises:

determining a candidate unmanned transporter capable of accommodating the mailpiece according to the size information of the mailpiece; and

sending the second instruction to a candidate unmanned transporter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second instruction further comprises mailpiece site information;

and returning the mail sending site corresponding to the mail sending site information after the unmanned transporter finishes picking up the mail.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first instruction further comprises forwarding destination information; and/or

The sending piece is provided with sending piece destination information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the information of the workpieces to be delivered exists, sending a third instruction containing the addresses of the workpieces to be delivered to the unmanned transport, wherein the third instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport to drive to the addresses of the workpieces to be delivered to deliver the workpieces based on at least the third instruction;

after the third instruction is sent, second prompt information is sent to the client side corresponding to the to-be-dispatched piece, and the second prompt information is used for prompting a user to go to the to-be-dispatched piece address to fetch the piece, the size information of the to-be-dispatched piece and whether to deliver a sending piece with the size smaller than or equal to that of the to-be-dispatched piece;

and if a fourth instruction sent by the client is received, the fourth instruction comprises sending information of delivering the to-be-sent piece with the size not larger than the to-be-sent piece, and the address of the to-be-sent piece is used as the pick-up address, wherein the sending piece is delivered into the accommodating space of the to-be-sent piece.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and if the information of the to-be-dispatched pieces exists, inquiring whether the user of the to-be-dispatched pieces needs to dispatch the to-be-dispatched pieces or not, so that when the user needs to dispatch the to-be-dispatched pieces, the unmanned conveyer which can accommodate the larger one of the to-be-dispatched pieces and the to-be-dispatched pieces is assigned to dispatch the to-be-dispatched pieces, and the to-be-dispatched pieces are pulled.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the inquiring whether the user of the to-be-dispatched piece needs to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece if the to-be-dispatched piece information exists, so that when the user needs to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece, the unmanned transporter capable of accommodating the larger one of the to-be-dispatched piece and the to-be-dispatched piece is assigned to dispatch the to-be-dispatched piece, and the parcel is picked up comprises:

if the information of the to-be-dispatched pieces exists, sending third prompt information to the client side corresponding to the to-be-dispatched pieces, wherein the third prompt information is used for prompting the address of the to-be-dispatched pieces, the dispatching time, whether the to-be-dispatched pieces need to be dispatched or not and recording the size information of the to-be-dispatched pieces;

if a fifth instruction sent by a client corresponding to the to-be-dispatched element is received, wherein the fifth instruction comprises a sending request and sending size information, and the step of sending a second instruction to the unmanned transport device according to the sending request in response to the receipt of the first instruction comprises the following steps:

in response to receiving the fifth instruction, determining an accommodating space of the unmanned conveyer and the to-be-dispatched pieces according to the size information of the to-be-dispatched pieces, wherein the size of the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched pieces is larger than the large value of the size of the to-be-dispatched pieces;

sending a sixth instruction to the unmanned transport after the to-be-dispatched piece is placed in the accommodating space of the to-be-dispatched piece, wherein the sixth instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece to dispatch the piece at least based on the sixth instruction, and

and the parcel is delivered to the containing space of the to-be-dispatched piece.

8. The method of any of claims 5 to 7, further comprising:

receiving detection information sent by the unmanned transporter, wherein the detection information comprises taking-out information of a to-be-dispatched piece and/or sending piece delivery completion information, and the detection information is obtained through a sensor;

in response to receiving the detection information, analysis and/or storage is performed.

9. A logistics method is applicable to a client side, and comprises the following steps:

receiving a first instruction input by a user, wherein the first instruction comprises a sending request and a receiving address;

sending the first instruction to a server;

receiving first prompt information sent by the server, wherein the first prompt information is used for prompting a user to send a mail; and

and displaying the first prompt message.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving second prompt information sent by the server, wherein the second prompt information is used for prompting a user to go to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece to fetch the piece, the size information of the to-be-dispatched piece and whether to deliver a sending piece with the size less than or equal to that of the to-be-dispatched piece;

displaying the second prompt message;

receiving a fourth instruction input by a user, wherein the fourth instruction comprises sending information of which the delivery size is less than or equal to the size of the to-be-sent piece; and

and sending the fourth instruction to a server.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving third prompt information sent by the server, wherein the third prompt information is used for prompting the address of the to-be-sent piece, sending time, whether the to-be-sent piece needs to be sent or not and inputting the size information of the to-be-sent piece;

displaying the third prompt message;

receiving a fifth instruction input by a user, wherein the fifth instruction comprises a sending request and sending size information; and

and sending the fifth instruction to a server.

12. A logistics method adapted for use with an unmanned transporter, the method comprising:

receiving a second instruction sent by a server, wherein the second instruction comprises a piece pulling address;

and when the vehicle runs to the article collecting address, collecting articles, and returning to a sending site after the article collecting is finished.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the unmanned transport has an accommodation space for accommodating a preset mail size corresponding to size information of a mail included in a mail request sent from the client to the server.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the second instruction further comprises mailpiece site information;

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a third instruction sent by a server, wherein the third instruction comprises an address of a to-be-dispatched piece, and the third instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport device to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece for dispatching after the to-be-dispatched piece is loaded; and

and after the user takes out the to-be-dispatched piece, receiving the to-be-dispatched piece with the size smaller than or equal to that of the to-be-dispatched piece.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a sixth instruction sent by a server, wherein the sixth instruction comprises an address of a to-be-dispatched piece, the sixth instruction is used for enabling the unmanned transport device to drive to the address of the to-be-dispatched piece for dispatching after the to-be-dispatched piece is loaded, and the to-be-dispatched piece is loaded in an accommodating space capable of accommodating the larger one of the to-be-dispatched piece and the consignment; and

and after the user takes out the to-be-sent piece, receiving a sending piece, wherein the sending piece is a sending piece corresponding to a sending piece request sent by the user side to the server side.

17. A computer system, comprising:

one or more processors;

a storage device for storing executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, implement a method according to any one of claims 1 to 16.

18. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement a method according to any one of claims 1 to 16.