CN111950946A - Article distribution method, article distribution device, storage medium and electronic device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an article distribution method, an article distribution device, a storage medium and an electronic device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining a carrier in a cabinet body to be delivered, wherein the cabinet body is provided with at least two box bodies, each box body in the at least two box bodies corresponds to a delivery address and one or more carriers, and the delivery addresses corresponding to the at least two box bodies are the same or different; determining delivery vehicles meeting delivery conditions in the vehicles to be delivered, wherein the delivery vehicles bear target articles to be delivered; and calling a delivery robot to deliver the delivery carrier to a delivery address corresponding to the delivery carrier. The problems of low utilization rate of the box body and low article delivery efficiency in the related technology are solved, and the effects of improving the utilization rate of the box body and the article delivery efficiency are achieved.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of communication, in particular to an article distribution method, an article distribution device, a storage medium and an electronic device.
Background
With the development of internet technology, the size of users who shop online is also increasing, and accordingly, the distribution of goods purchased online is a problem.
The conventional way of delivering is that the delivery personnel delivers the goods to the receiving place left by the receiver, or the delivery personnel puts the goods into a cabinet (for example, a delivery cabinet) for temporarily storing the goods and informs the receiver to take the goods in the cabinet. When depositing articles through the express cabinet, the articles of a addressee can only be deposited in one box of the express cabinet, and the articles of different addressees need to be deposited in different boxes, so that the situation that one small-volume article can occupy one box can possibly occur. Because the number of the boxes is limited, the utilization rate of the boxes is low due to the adoption of a conventional article storage method, the number of articles which can be borne by the boxes is limited due to the limited number of the boxes, and when the number of the articles to be distributed is too large, partial articles cannot be distributed to the corresponding boxes, so that the articles cannot be distributed in time.
In view of the above problems in the related art, no effective solution has been proposed.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides an article distribution method, an article distribution device, a storage medium and an electronic device, which are used for at least solving the problems of low utilization rate of a box body and low article distribution efficiency in the related technology.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of delivering an article, including: determining a carrier in a cabinet body to be delivered, wherein the cabinet body is provided with at least two box bodies, each box body in the at least two box bodies corresponds to a delivery address and one or more carriers, and the delivery addresses corresponding to the at least two box bodies are the same or different; determining delivery vehicles meeting delivery conditions in the vehicles to be delivered, wherein the delivery vehicles bear target articles to be delivered; and calling a delivery robot to deliver the delivery carrier to a delivery address corresponding to the delivery carrier.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a dispensing device for articles, comprising: the first determining module is used for determining carriers to be distributed in the cabinet body, wherein the cabinet body is provided with at least two box bodies, each box body of the at least two box bodies corresponds to a distribution address and one or more carriers, and the distribution addresses corresponding to the at least two box bodies are the same or different; a second determining module, configured to determine, among the carriers in the to-be-delivered state, a delivery carrier that meets a delivery condition, where the delivery carrier carries a target item to be delivered; and the scheduling module is used for calling a delivery robot to deliver the delivery carrier to a delivery address corresponding to the delivery carrier.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a storage medium having a computer program stored therein, wherein the computer program is arranged to perform the steps of the above-mentioned method embodiments when executed.
According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided an electronic device, including a memory in which a computer program is stored and a processor configured to execute the computer program to perform the steps in the above method embodiments.
According to the invention, the corresponding relation between the distribution address and the box body is preset, and the corresponding box body is determined according to the distribution address to be distributed of the article when the article is stored, and the determined box body is used for storing the article, so that a plurality of articles to be distributed to the same distribution address and corresponding to different recipients can be stored in the same box body, the article bearing capacity of the cabinet body is effectively improved, and in addition, the distribution robot can be called to distribute the article after the carrier meeting the distribution condition is determined to exist, therefore, the problems of low box body utilization rate and low article distribution efficiency in the related technology can be solved, and the effects of improving the box body utilization rate and the article distribution efficiency are achieved.
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FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method of distribution of an item according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a cabinet according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 3 is a block diagram of a dispenser of articles according to an embodiment of the invention.
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The invention will be described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.
In the present embodiment, a method for dispensing an article is provided, and fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for dispensing an article according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the flowchart includes the following steps:
step S102, determining a carrier in a cabinet body to be delivered, wherein the cabinet body is provided with at least two box bodies, each box body of the at least two box bodies corresponds to a delivery address and one or more carriers, and the delivery addresses corresponding to the at least two box bodies are the same or different;
step S104, determining delivery vehicles meeting delivery conditions in the vehicles to be delivered, wherein the delivery vehicles bear target articles to be delivered;
step S106, a delivery robot is called to deliver the delivery vehicles to delivery addresses corresponding to the delivery vehicles.
The cabinet (e.g., a processing device inside the cabinet) may perform the above operations. The cabinet may be referred to as a distribution station, which may be used as a distribution cabinet or a courier cabinet, and may be docked with intelligent distribution equipment, for example, indoor unmanned vehicles (e.g., distribution robots for indoor distribution), outdoor unmanned vehicles (e.g., distribution robots for outdoor distribution), and the like, as described above. When the cabinet body is docked with the distribution robot, the service scene range can be buildings including office buildings, residential buildings and the like, namely, the distribution address can be a distribution address in the building. For an example of the structure of the cabinet, refer to fig. 2, it should be noted that the structure of the cabinet may also be flexibly configured, for example, the size of each box in the cabinet may be set to be boxes with different sizes. It should be noted that the type of cassette may be various, for example, a cube with an opening on the inside (i.e., the side opposite the door), or a cassette with a clamping device for clamping the carrier (in this case, the cassette may be a non-cube, but a storage area with an open space). In this embodiment, the cabinet may be docked with one or more delivery robots, and when article delivery is required, the one or more delivery robots may be invoked to deliver the article. It should be noted that the number of the distribution robots in butt joint with the cabinet body can be flexibly adjusted, and the distribution robots can be added or deleted at any time according to practical application conditions. In the above embodiments, the target item is placed into the target carrier when the delivery carrier is located within the corresponding target box.
In the above embodiment, the correspondence between the delivery addresses and the boxes may be flexibly adjusted, for example, when it is detected that the delivery addresses of the corresponding boxes are not allocated in advance, the correspondence may be configured in real time, that is, the boxes are allocated to the delivery addresses, that is, one or more boxes may be selected from currently idle boxes to correspond to the delivery addresses.
The above-mentioned articles can be various types, for example, the articles can be online purchased express mails, catering ordered on a take-out platform, fruits ordered on a fruit ordering platform, and the like.
In the embodiment, the corresponding relation between the delivery address and the box body is preset, and the corresponding box body is determined according to the delivery address to which the article is to be delivered when the article is stored, and the determined box body is used for storing the article, so that a plurality of articles to be delivered to the same delivery address and corresponding to different recipients can be stored in the same box body, the article bearing capacity of the cabinet body is effectively improved, and in addition, the delivery robot can be called to deliver the article after the condition that the delivery condition is met is determined, therefore, the problems of low utilization rate of the box body and low article delivery efficiency in the related technology can be solved, and the effects of improving the box body utilization rate and the article delivery efficiency are achieved.
In an alternative embodiment, determining the carrier in the cabinet to be dispensed includes one of: determining the carrier in the cabinet body in a full-load state as a carrier to be delivered; determining a non-empty carrier reaching a preset distribution time point in the cabinet body as a carrier to be distributed; determining a non-empty carrier in the cabinet as a carrier to be dispensed under the condition that a plurality of use accounts bound with the cabinet use the box in the cabinet within a preset time period; and under the condition that the times of using the box bodies in the cabinet body by a plurality of use accounts bound with the cabinet body within a preset time period respectively reach corresponding target times, determining the non-empty carriers in the cabinet body as the carriers to be delivered. In this embodiment, whether the target box reaches a to-be-delivered state may be determined according to the several states, where the to-be-delivered state may be a state in which no additional article is placed in the vehicle and a delivery robot is waiting for delivery, the use account bound to the cabinet may be an account of a different express platform (i.e., an account used by a deliverer of a different express company when using the cabinet), the target times of the use boxes corresponding to the different accounts (the delivery box may be used, or other boxes except the delivery box) may be flexibly set, and the target times of the use boxes corresponding to each account may be boxes or may be different, for example, the target time corresponding to the first express platform may be 1 (where 1 time refers to using one or more boxes in a state of account registration), the target times corresponding to the second express platform may be 2 times.
In an optional embodiment, determining a delivery vehicle satisfying a delivery condition among the vehicles in the to-be-delivered state includes: determining a carrier with the earliest time reaching a full load state as the delivery carrier from the carriers to be delivered; determining the carrier with the highest delivery priority as the delivery carrier in the carriers to be delivered; and determining the carrier carrying the item with the highest delivery priority as the delivery carrier in the to-be-delivered state. In this embodiment, there may be a case where the plurality of vehicles are all in the to-be-delivered state, in this case, the plurality of vehicles need to be delivered respectively according to a certain delivery rule, for example, the vehicles may be delivered according to the time when the vehicles are fully loaded (for the vehicles that are not fully loaded, the vehicles may be delivered according to the time when the vehicles to be delivered reach the current loading state), the vehicles may be delivered according to the delivery priorities of the vehicles, and the vehicles may also be delivered according to the delivery priorities of the articles loaded in the vehicles.
In an optional embodiment, before determining the carrier in the cabinet to be dispensed, the method further comprises: determining the position of the carrier in the state to be dispensed in the cabinet body, a delivery address corresponding to the carrier in the state to be dispensed, and at least one of the following information: the carrier distribution system comprises a carrying state of the carrier to be distributed, a distribution priority of the carrier to be distributed and a distribution priority of articles carried in the carrier to be distributed. In this embodiment, the information may be determined in a predetermined database, wherein the predetermined database may be recorded with the information in advance, for example, in a local database or through a network database.
In an alternative embodiment, invoking a delivery robot to deliver the delivery vehicle to a delivery address corresponding to the delivery vehicle includes: moving the delivery vehicle from a position of the delivery vehicle within the cabinet to an area of the cabinet that interfaces with a delivery robot; after detecting that the delivery robot reaches the area, moving the delivery vehicle into the delivery robot, and instructing the delivery robot to deliver the delivery vehicle to a delivery address corresponding to the delivery vehicle. In this embodiment, the cabinet is provided with an area for interfacing with the dispensing robot, and the dispensing robot may interact with the cabinet in the area to obtain the carrier to be dispensed from the cabinet, or move the carrier in the dispensing robot into the cabinet.
In an optional embodiment, the method further comprises: acquiring a target distribution address to which a first target object is to be distributed; determining a target box body corresponding to the target delivery address in the cabinet body according to a preset corresponding relation between the delivery address and the box body; controlling the target box body to be unlocked so that the first target object is allowed to be placed in a target carrier in the target box body.
In an optional embodiment, before controlling the target box to be unlocked, the method further comprises: determining that a first carrier positioned in the target box body is in a full-load state or in a state that the first carrier cannot bear the first target object except the full-load state; and moving the first carrier to a preset storage area in the cabinet body, and moving a second carrier in an empty state to the target box body, wherein the target carrier comprises the second carrier. In this embodiment, one box may correspond to a plurality of carriers, and carriers not placed in the box may be stored in a specific buffer (e.g., the uppermost storage area of the cabinet shown in fig. 2). In addition, in practical applications, the cabinet and the carrier may be in a one-to-one relationship.
In an alternative embodiment, determining that the first vehicle located within the target enclosure is in a full load condition includes at least one of: determining that the first carrier is in the full load state if the total weight of items already carried in the first carrier exceeds a first threshold; determining that the first carrier is in the full load state if a total volume of articles carried in the first carrier exceeds a second threshold. In this embodiment, the space of the carriers in the cabinet is limited, that is, one carrier can only carry articles with a fixed volume, and in addition, in order to avoid the problem that the carrier is deformed or even damaged due to the fact that the carrier carries too heavy articles, the weight that the carrier can carry can be properly set, and when the total volume and/or the total weight of the articles carried by the carrier exceeds a certain threshold, the carrier can be considered to be fully loaded.
In an alternative embodiment, determining that the first vehicle located in the target container is in a state other than the full load state and unable to carry the first target item includes at least one of: under the condition that the remaining goods bearing weight of the first carrier is determined to be smaller than the weight of the first target goods, determining that the first carrier located in the target box is in a state of being incapable of bearing the first target goods; and under the condition that the remaining article bearing volume of the first carrier is determined to be smaller than the volume of the first target article, determining that the first carrier positioned in the target box is in a state of being incapable of bearing the first target article. In this embodiment, when the first carrier is not fully loaded, since the remaining article carrying capacity or the article carrying volume is limited, it is necessary to determine whether the first carrier that is not fully loaded can carry the article to be currently carried, and if it is determined that the first carrier can carry the article, the article to be currently carried, that is, the first target article, can be stored in the carrier.
In an optional embodiment, determining a target box corresponding to the target delivery address in the cabinet according to a preset corresponding relationship between the delivery address and the box includes: when the number of the boxes corresponding to the target delivery address is at least two, determining an alternative box from the at least two boxes corresponding to the target delivery address, wherein the residual article carrying capacity of the carrier in the alternative box is greater than or equal to the weight of the first target article, and the residual article carrying volume is greater than or equal to the volume of the first target article; when the number of the alternative boxes is one, determining the alternative boxes as the target boxes; and when the number of the alternative boxes is at least two, selecting the target box from the alternative boxes according to a preset selection condition. In this embodiment, there may be a plurality of boxes corresponding to the same delivery address, and in practical applications, there may be a plurality of boxes capable of bearing the first target item (actually determined according to the remaining bearing capacity of the carrier in the box), in this case, it is necessary to determine, according to a certain selection condition, a target box that is finally used for bearing the first target item from the plurality of boxes capable of bearing the first target item, and further utilize the carrier in the target box to bear the first target item.
In an optional embodiment, selecting the target box from the alternative boxes according to a predetermined selection condition includes at least one of: determining the distribution priority of the alternative box body, and determining the box body with the distribution priority matched with the pre-acquired priority of the first target object in the alternative box body as the target box body; determining a serial number which is configured for the alternative boxes in advance, and determining the box with the minimum serial number in the alternative boxes as the target box; determining the residual article carrying capacity of the alternative box body, and determining the box body with the minimum residual article carrying capacity in the alternative box body as the target box body; and determining the remaining article bearing volume of the alternative box body, and determining the box body with the minimum remaining article bearing volume in the alternative box body as the target box body. In the above embodiment, the distribution priorities of the boxes may be configured in advance, and two or more distribution priorities may be set for the boxes corresponding to the same distribution address, and when the items are distributed, the box having the priority corresponding to the priority of the item to be distributed may be selected preferentially, for example, when the priority of the item is high, the box having the high priority may be selected to carry the item. In addition, it should be noted that the above-mentioned several ways of determining the target box are only examples, and in practical applications, other selection conditions may also be adopted to select the target box, for example, the box with the largest number in the candidate boxes is determined as the target box. The selection conditions can be flexibly adjusted.
In an optional embodiment, before determining a target box corresponding to the target delivery address in the cabinet according to a pre-configured correspondence relationship between the delivery address and the box, the method further includes at least one of: acquiring weight information of the first target object reported after a weighing device arranged on the cabinet body weighs the first target object; and acquiring the volume information of the first target object reported by volume detection equipment arranged on the cabinet after the volume detection is carried out on the first target object. In this embodiment, a weighing platform may be disposed on the cabinet body, and then the weighing platform may be used to determine the weight of the article before storing the article, and the weighing platform may be disposed at any position of the cabinet body, for example, below the electronic interactive screen of the cabinet body, so that the user may interact with the cabinet body and weigh the article. In this embodiment, the volume detection device may be a camera or a sensor, such as an infrared sensor.
In an optional embodiment, before obtaining the target delivery address to which the first target item is to be delivered, the method further comprises: determining that a second target object is to be delivered to the target delivery address; determining the target box body corresponding to the target distribution address in the cabinet body according to the corresponding relation between the preset distribution address and the box body; controlling the target box body to be unlocked so that the second target object is allowed to be placed in the target carrier in the target box body; when the target distribution address to which the first target object is to be distributed is obtained, the second target object is placed in the target carrier in the target box body. In this embodiment, one carrier can simultaneously carry a plurality of articles, that is, when the carrier carrying the articles is not full, the carrier can also carry other articles.
In an alternative embodiment, obtaining the target delivery address to which the first target item is to be delivered comprises: under the condition that a first account is detected to log in a system in the cabinet body, a target delivery address to which the first target object is to be delivered is obtained; the obtaining of the target delivery address to which the second target item is to be delivered includes: and under the condition that a second account is detected to log in the system in the cabinet body, acquiring the target delivery address to which the second target object is to be delivered. In this embodiment, the first account and the second account may be accounts of different delivery platforms (e.g., different delivery companies), that is, in this embodiment, a plurality of items with the same target delivery address delivered by different delivery platforms may be placed in the same carrier.
In an optional embodiment, the first target item includes a plurality of target items, addresses to which the target items are to be delivered are all the target delivery addresses, recipients of at least two of the target items are different, and of course, the recipients of the target items may also be the same person.
In an optional embodiment, before the delivery robot is invoked to deliver the target vehicle, the target vehicle may be moved to a first buffer area before the delivery robot reaches an area where a cabinet is docked, where the first buffer area is an area where a distance from a docking area where the delivery robot docks the target vehicle with the cabinet is less than a first threshold, and after the delivery robot is detected to enter the docking area, the target vehicle in the first buffer area is moved into the delivery robot to instruct the delivery robot to deliver the target vehicle. In the above embodiment, the first buffer area may be a storage area closest to the docking area in the cabinet, and the first buffer area may be a storage area in a certain cabinet in the cabinet, or may be another storage area in the cabinet except for the storage area in the cabinet.
In an alternative embodiment, moving the target vehicle in the first buffer area to the delivery robot comprises: when determining that the delivery robot carries a carrier in an empty load state, moving the carrier in the empty load state to a second cache region, and moving the target carrier in the first cache region to the delivery robot; and the second cache region is a region which is less than a second threshold value from the butting region. In the above embodiment, the first buffer area and the second buffer area are two storage areas closest to the docking area in the cabinet, where the first buffer area and the second buffer area may be located on the same side of the docking area, and the second buffer area may be a storage area in a certain box in the cabinet, or may be other storage areas in the cabinet except for the storage area in the box. In this embodiment, after the target vehicle is moved into the dispensing robot, the vehicle in an empty state removed from the dispensing robot may be placed into an empty box. In this embodiment, the corresponding relationship between each box and the carrier in each box and the corresponding relationship between the target delivery addresses corresponding to each carrier can be recorded in real time.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but the former is a better implementation mode in many cases. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal device (e.g., a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.
In this embodiment, a device for dispensing articles is further provided, and the device is used to implement the above embodiments and preferred embodiments, which have already been described and will not be described again. As used below, the term "module" may be a combination of software and/or hardware that implements a predetermined function. Although the means described in the embodiments below are preferably implemented in software, an implementation in hardware, or a combination of software and hardware is also possible and contemplated.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a dispensing device for articles according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the device comprising:
the first determining module 32 is configured to determine a carrier to be dispensed in a cabinet, where the cabinet is provided with at least two boxes, each of the at least two boxes corresponds to a dispensing address and one or more carriers, and the respective dispensing addresses of the at least two boxes are the same or different;
a second determining module 34, configured to determine, among the carriers in the to-be-dispensed state, a delivery carrier that meets a delivery condition, where the delivery carrier carries a target item to be delivered;
and the scheduling module 36 is configured to invoke the delivery robot to deliver the delivery vehicle to the target delivery address corresponding to the delivery vehicle.
In an alternative embodiment, the first determining module 32 is configured to determine the vehicle to be dispensed in the cabinet by one of the following methods: determining the carrier in the cabinet body in a full-load state as a carrier to be delivered; determining a non-empty carrier reaching a preset distribution time point in the cabinet body as a carrier to be distributed; determining a non-empty carrier in the cabinet as a carrier to be dispensed under the condition that a plurality of use accounts bound with the cabinet use the box in the cabinet within a preset time period; and under the condition that the times of using the box bodies in the cabinet body by a plurality of use accounts bound with the cabinet body within a preset time period respectively reach corresponding target times, determining the non-empty carriers in the cabinet body as the carriers to be delivered.
In an alternative embodiment, the second determining module 34 is configured to determine a delivery vehicle satisfying a delivery condition among the vehicles in the to-be-delivered state by: determining a carrier with the earliest time reaching a full load state as the delivery carrier from the carriers to be delivered; determining the carrier with the highest delivery priority as the delivery carrier in the carriers to be delivered; and determining the carrier carrying the item with the highest delivery priority as the delivery carrier in the to-be-delivered state.
In an optional embodiment, the apparatus is further configured to, before determining a vehicle in a to-be-dispensed state in a cabinet, determine a position of the vehicle in the to-be-dispensed state in the cabinet, a delivery address corresponding to the vehicle in the to-be-dispensed state, and at least one of the following information: the carrier distribution system comprises a carrying state of the carrier to be distributed, a distribution priority of the carrier to be distributed and a distribution priority of articles carried in the carrier to be distributed.
In an alternative embodiment, the scheduling module 36 is configured to: moving the delivery vehicle from a position of the delivery vehicle within the cabinet to an area of the cabinet that interfaces with a delivery robot; after detecting that the delivery robot reaches the area, moving the delivery vehicle into the delivery robot, and instructing the delivery robot to deliver the delivery vehicle to a target delivery address corresponding to the delivery vehicle.
It should be noted that, the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware, and for the latter, the following may be implemented, but not limited to: the modules are all positioned in the same processor; alternatively, the modules are respectively located in different processors in any combination.
Embodiments of the present invention also provide a storage medium having a computer program stored therein, wherein the computer program is arranged to perform the steps of any of the above method embodiments when executed.
Optionally, in this embodiment, the storage medium may include, but is not limited to: various media capable of storing computer programs, such as a usb disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
Embodiments of the present invention also provide an electronic device comprising a memory having a computer program stored therein and a processor arranged to run the computer program to perform the steps of any of the above method embodiments.
Optionally, the electronic apparatus may further include a transmission device and an input/output device, wherein the transmission device is connected to the processor, and the input/output device is connected to the processor.
Optionally, the specific examples in this embodiment may refer to the examples described in the above embodiments and optional implementation manners, and this embodiment is not described herein again.
Optionally, the cabinet in the embodiment of the present invention may also be used as a locker in new retail sales to store articles to be sold. Under this scene, the staff can deposit the article of waiting to sell in the box of above-mentioned cabinet body, and wherein, different type's article can be deposited in the same or different box. After receiving a selling instruction (the selling instruction may be triggered by a purchaser through an online shopping platform or triggered by an interactive device (e.g., a touch screen provided on the cabinet), the cabinet may instruct a mechanical arm provided in the cabinet to take the articles of the quantity and type indicated by the selling instruction from the box, and place the taken articles in a carrier to wait for a delivery robot to load the carrier and deliver the articles in the carrier. In this embodiment, it is necessary to record the types and the number of the articles stored in the respective cases in advance, and update the record information in real time according to the selling operation. The embodiment can realize the functions of online ordering and automatic distribution which cannot be realized by the conventional automatic sales counter.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the modules or steps of the present invention described above may be implemented by a general purpose computing device, they may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices, and alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by a computing device, such that they may be stored in a storage device and executed by a computing device, and in some cases, the steps shown or described may be performed in an order different than that described herein, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple ones of them may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the present invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A method of dispensing an article, comprising:
determining a carrier in a cabinet body to be delivered, wherein the cabinet body is provided with at least two box bodies, each box body in the at least two box bodies corresponds to a delivery address and one or more carriers, and the delivery addresses corresponding to the at least two box bodies are the same or different;
determining delivery vehicles meeting delivery conditions in the vehicles to be delivered, wherein the delivery vehicles bear target articles to be delivered;
and calling a delivery robot to deliver the delivery carrier to a delivery address corresponding to the delivery carrier.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a vehicle in a cabinet to be dispensed comprises one of:
determining the carrier in the cabinet body in a full-load state as a carrier to be delivered;
determining a non-empty carrier reaching a preset distribution time point in the cabinet body as a carrier to be distributed;
determining a non-empty carrier in the cabinet as a carrier to be dispensed under the condition that a plurality of use accounts bound with the cabinet use the box in the cabinet within a preset time period;
and under the condition that the times of using the box bodies in the cabinet body by a plurality of use accounts bound with the cabinet body within a preset time period respectively reach corresponding target times, determining the non-empty carriers in the cabinet body as the carriers to be delivered.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining delivery vehicles among the vehicles in the to-be-delivered state that satisfy delivery conditions comprises:
determining a carrier with the earliest time reaching a full load state as the delivery carrier from the carriers to be delivered;
determining the carrier with the highest delivery priority as the delivery carrier in the carriers to be delivered;
and determining the carrier carrying the item with the highest delivery priority as the delivery carrier in the to-be-delivered state.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to determining the vehicle in the cabinet that is in the ready-to-dispense state, the method further comprises:
determining the position of the carrier in the state to be dispensed in the cabinet body, a delivery address corresponding to the carrier in the state to be dispensed, and at least one of the following information:
the carrier distribution system comprises a carrying state of the carrier to be distributed, a distribution priority of the carrier to be distributed and a distribution priority of articles carried in the carrier to be distributed.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein invoking a delivery robot to deliver the delivery vehicle to a delivery address corresponding to the delivery vehicle comprises:
moving the delivery vehicle from a position of the delivery vehicle within the cabinet to an area of the cabinet that interfaces with a delivery robot;
after detecting that the delivery robot reaches the area, moving the delivery vehicle into the delivery robot, and instructing the delivery robot to deliver the delivery vehicle to a delivery address corresponding to the delivery vehicle.
6. A dispensing device for an article, comprising:
the first determining module is used for determining carriers to be distributed in the cabinet body, wherein the cabinet body is provided with at least two box bodies, each box body of the at least two box bodies corresponds to a distribution address and one or more carriers, and the distribution addresses corresponding to the at least two box bodies are the same or different;
a second determining module, configured to determine, among the carriers in the to-be-delivered state, a delivery carrier that meets a delivery condition, where the delivery carrier carries a target item to be delivered;
and the scheduling module is used for calling a delivery robot to deliver the delivery carrier to a delivery address corresponding to the delivery carrier.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first determining module is configured to determine the vehicle in the cabinet to be dispensed by one of:
determining the carrier in the cabinet body in a full-load state as a carrier to be delivered;
determining a non-empty carrier reaching a preset distribution time point in the cabinet body as a carrier to be distributed;
determining a non-empty carrier in the cabinet as a carrier to be dispensed under the condition that a plurality of use accounts bound with the cabinet use the box in the cabinet within a preset time period;
and under the condition that the times of using the box bodies in the cabinet body by a plurality of use accounts bound with the cabinet body within a preset time period respectively reach corresponding target times, determining the non-empty carriers in the cabinet body as the carriers to be delivered.
8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the second determining module is configured to determine delivery vehicles satisfying delivery conditions among the vehicles in the to-be-delivered state by:
determining a carrier with the earliest time reaching a full load state as the delivery carrier from the carriers to be delivered;
determining the carrier with the highest delivery priority as the delivery carrier in the carriers to be delivered;
and determining the carrier carrying the item with the highest delivery priority as the delivery carrier in the to-be-delivered state.
9. A storage medium, in which a computer program is stored, wherein the computer program is arranged to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 5 when executed.
10. An electronic device comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory has stored therein a computer program, and wherein the processor is arranged to execute the computer program to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 5.
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