CN112407743B

CN112407743B - Warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method, warehousing control system and warehousing system

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Publication number: CN112407743B
Application number: CN202011257977.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王浩; 张孟文; 张俊; 李林子
Original assignee: Shenzhen Whalehouse Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Whalehouse Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-12
Filing date: 2020-11-12
Publication date: 2022-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 2040-11-12
Also published as: CN112407743A

Abstract

The application discloses warehouse system article warehouse-out control method, warehouse control system and warehouse system, the method comprises: allocating a first carrier carrying a first turnaround box containing a first category of articles to a storage area for storage at a corresponding storage location of the storage area; distributing a second carrying device of a second transfer box carrying a second type of articles to the distribution area, and acquiring the association relation between the second carrying device and a second racking port in the racking area of the distribution area; the method comprises the steps of obtaining order information, controlling a goods taking robot in a storage area to pick a target first transfer case and then convey the target first transfer case to an upper and lower shelf area according to the order information and position information of the first transfer case in the storage area, and transferring the first transfer case from the upper and lower shelf area to a distribution area for distribution and then discharging the first transfer case out of a warehouse; and/or controlling the allocation robot in the allocation area to pick up the second transfer box for allocation and then to take the second transfer box out of the warehouse according to the order information, the association relationship between the second carrying device and the second racking port and the association relationship between the second carrying device and the transfer box.

Description

Warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method, warehousing control system and warehousing system

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a warehousing system, and more particularly, to a method for controlling the delivery of articles from a warehousing system, a warehousing control system and a warehousing system.

Background

Currently, the warehouse goods sorting refers to a process of sorting and centralizing the goods from a goods sorting area or a storage area according to the requirement of an ex-warehouse order or a distribution plan, and classifying and centralizing the goods according to a certain mode. At present, a batch sorting method is generally adopted, and the method can be summarized as follows: sorting types and then sorting quantity, and classifying and gathering each shipment item of a plurality of shipment lists or picking lists by the storage background server; then, appointing special equipment to extract the goods in batches according to the goods types and conveying the goods to a goods sorting area; finally, the quantity of each order is sorted out from the single-variety batch goods by the staff in the sorting area, and the goods are packed and delivered out of the warehouse, but the sorting efficiency is low, if the goods are too many and various, the goods are stacked in the sorting area, most processes are manually realized, the intelligent degree of management is not high, or the sorting is blocked because of crowding among the staff, the work efficiency is lower, and mistakes are easy to make.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, a warehousing system article delivery control method, a warehousing control system and a warehousing system with higher intelligent management degree and improved warehousing work efficiency are provided.

In one aspect of the embodiment of the present application, a method for controlling goods leaving of a warehousing system is provided, which is applied to a warehousing control system, the warehousing system includes the warehousing control system, a temporary storage area, a storage area and a distribution area, and the method includes:

acquiring turnover box identification information and carrying device identification information, identifying the types of articles in the turnover box according to the turnover box identification information, forming an association relationship between a first carrying device and a turnover box according to the stacking position relationship between the first carrying device in the temporary storage area and a first turnover box stacked on the first carrying device and filled with the first type of articles, and forming an association relationship between a second carrying device and the turnover box according to the stacking relationship between the second carrying device in the temporary storage area and a second turnover box stacked on the second carrying device and filled with the second type of articles;

distributing the first carrying device bearing the first transfer box containing the first type of articles to the storage area, storing the first carrying device in a corresponding storage position of the storage area, and acquiring the storage position information of the first transfer box in the storage area;

distributing the second carrying device of a second transfer box carrying a second category of articles to the distribution area, and acquiring the association relation between the second carrying device and a second racking port in a racking area of the distribution area;

acquiring order information, and controlling a goods taking robot in the storage area to pick up a target first transfer case and then convey the target first transfer case to a shelving area according to the order information and the position information of the first transfer case in the storage area, wherein the target first transfer case is transferred from the shelving area to a distribution area for distribution and then is delivered out of a warehouse; and/or controlling the allocation robot in the allocation area to pick up a target second transfer box for allocation and then to take the second transfer box out of the warehouse according to the order information, the association relationship between the second carrying device and the second racking port and the association relationship between the second carrying device and the transfer box.

In a second aspect of the embodiments of the present application, a warehousing control system is provided, including a tag reading device, a processor and a memory, where the tag reading device is configured to detect transfer container identification information and carrier identification information, and send the transfer container identification information and the carrier identification information to the processor, and the memory stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor, the steps of the warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method according to any embodiment of the present application are executed.

The third aspect of the embodiment of the application provides a warehousing system, which comprises a warehousing control system, a temporary storage area, a storage area and a distribution area, wherein the temporary storage area comprises a plurality of first carrying devices and a plurality of second carrying devices which are sequentially arranged, the first carrying devices and the second carrying devices are respectively provided with label information, the first carrying devices and the second carrying devices are respectively used for bearing turnover boxes of different types of articles, and the turnover boxes are respectively provided with label information; the storage area comprises a storage body, a goods rail erected above the storage body and a goods taking robot moving along the goods rail, the storage body comprises a goods cabin area for storing turnover boxes and an upper shelf area and a lower shelf area located on one side of the goods cabin area, the goods taking robot moves along the goods rail so as to pick up the turnover boxes to move between the goods cabin area and the upper shelf area, and each first upper shelf opening and each first lower shelf opening of the upper shelf area and the lower shelf area are respectively provided with label information; the distribution area comprises designated delivery positions defined according to different order receivers, the distribution area comprises a plurality of third carrying devices placed at the designated delivery positions in sequence, an upper rack area positioned on one side of the designated delivery positions, a track rack positioned above the third carrying devices and the upper rack area, and a distribution robot capable of moving along the track rack, and each second upper rack opening of the upper rack area is provided with label information;

the warehousing control system is used for managing the delivery of the turnover boxes containing different types of articles, the first turnover box containing the first type of articles is transported to the storage area for storage through the first carrying device, and is transported to the distribution area for distribution according to order information and then delivered out of the warehouse; and transferring the second transfer box filled with the second type of articles to the distribution area through the second carrying device according to the order information, and then delivering the second transfer box out of the warehouse after distribution.

The warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method, the warehousing control system and the warehousing system provided in the above embodiments at least have the following characteristics:

firstly, divide into the buffer area with the storage system, storage area and allocation area, carry out the storage according to different article categories and allocate, first class article are transported the storage area from the buffer area and are stored, adopt corresponding allocation scheme to transport the allocation area according to order information again and allocate, second class article are transported the allocation area from the buffer area, and adopt corresponding allocation scheme to allocate according to order information, all article carry out unified distribution management through the storage control system, thus, carry out functional subregion to the storage system according to article category, form the collection and classify, select, the storage system of highly intelligent management of distribution in an organic whole, article can full flow tracking management after distinguishing the type discernment from the buffer, the artifical process that accomplishes has significantly reduced, improve work efficiency and storage system's rate of accuracy.

Secondly, different carrying devices are respectively used according to different article types, the corresponding carrying devices can be used for distinguishing the transfer of the articles of different types between different areas, and the position tracking of the articles in the transfer process can be realized through the incidence relation between the carrying devices and the transfer box, so that the articles can be classified, sorted, stored and distributed in the storage system in real-time intelligent tracking management.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a warehousing system article discharge control method.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of one embodiment of a tote;

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a transfer robot transferring totes to designated shipment locations within a staging area;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a warehouse control system;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a warehousing system;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of one embodiment of the warehousing system's out-warehousing of items.

Detailed Description

Before the embodiments are described in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangements of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of embodiments in other forms of implementation. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of "including," "comprising," "having," and the like, herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. In particular, when "a certain element" is described, the present invention is not limited to the number of the element being one, and may include a plurality of the elements.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling goods leaving from a warehousing system, which is applied to a warehousing control system, wherein the warehousing system includes the warehousing control system, a temporary storage area, a storage area, and a distribution area, and the method includes the following steps:

s101, acquiring turnover box identification information and carrying device identification information, identifying the types of articles in the turnover box according to the turnover box identification information, forming an association relationship between a first carrying device and the turnover box according to the stacking position relationship between the first carrying device in the temporary storage area and a first turnover box filled with first type articles stacked on the first carrying device, and forming an association relationship between a second carrying device and the turnover box according to the stacking relationship between a second carrying device in the temporary storage area and a second turnover box filled with second type articles stacked on the second carrying device.

The turnover boxes are box bodies used for storing articles, each turnover box can be used as an independent unit for sorting, storing and distributing the articles, and the articles are loaded into the turnover boxes for storing, sorting and distributing, so that management is convenient. The turnover box identification is a label arranged on the turnover box, corresponds to the turnover box one by one and is used for uniquely representing the identity of each turnover box. The container identifier is an electronic tag or other tag, and in some embodiments, the container identifier may be a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). In general, a container can be used as a minimum unit for storing classified articles, a specified number of articles of the same type and the same variety can be stored in the same container, for convenience of management, the articles are counted in parts, each part can comprise the same number of the same articles or each part can comprise the same weight of the same articles, and the same container can store the specified number of articles of the same type and the same variety. Optionally, a storage grid is arranged in the turnover box, the storage grid divides the space in the turnover box into a plurality of separated cells, and one article is correspondingly placed in each cell. Referring to fig. 2, which is a schematic view of a circulation box 20 according to an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the circulation box 20 is rectangular as a whole, at least one side of the circulation box 20 is provided with an opening and includes a side door capable of rotating relative to the opening to open or close the opening, a storage grid 21 is disposed in the circulation box 20, the storage grid 21 forms a separated cell 210 by a space in the circulation box 20, each cell 210 is used for storing one article, upper and lower ends of the storage grid 21 are hollowed out, and when the storage grid 21 is pulled out from the opening in the circulation box 20, each article in each cell 210 can fall down from the hollowed out below. As can be appreciated, the smallest unit of distribution of the articles is distributed according to the number of copies through the arrangement of the storage grids in the turnover box. The carrying device is a device capable of carrying one or more turnover boxes to be transferred between different areas of the warehousing system, such as one or more turnover boxes are carried from the temporary storage area to the storage area, from the upper and lower shelf areas of the storage area to the first seeding area, from the storage area to the distribution area, from the temporary storage area to the distribution area and the like. The carrying device identification information refers to labels arranged on the carrying devices, corresponds to the carrying devices one by one and is used for uniquely representing the identity of each carrying device. The carrier identifier may also be a barcode tag, a two-dimensional code tag, an electronic tag, or the like, and in some embodiments, the carrier identifier may also be a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).

Acquire turnover case identification information and shiies device identification information, can indicate that the turnover case splendid attire is transported to the district of keeping in or article adopt the turnover case to pack in the district of keeping in after the good article, when the district of keeping in piles up the turnover case to the shiver that corresponds on, adopt label reading device to read the label on the turnover case respectively and correspond the label on the shiver to acquire turnover case identification information and shiver device identification information. The tag reading device can be a stand-alone device for reading tags, or a device for reading tags, which is arranged at a designated position of the temporary storage area. The label reading device acquires identification information of the turnover box and identification information of the carrying devices and sends the identification information to the storage control system, the storage control system stores the identification information of the turnover box and the information of the corresponding articles such as the type, the quantity and the variety of the articles in the turnover box in advance, the storage control system returns the information of the corresponding articles such as the type, the quantity and the variety of the articles after acquiring the identification information of the turnover box, workers for carrying the turnover box select to stack the turnover box onto the corresponding first carrying device or second carrying device according to the type of the articles, and the storage control system binds the carrying devices and labels of the turnover box stacked on the carrying devices with each other to correspondingly form and store the association relationship between the carrying devices and the turnover box. Specifically, optionally, the warehousing control system forms an association relationship between the first carrier device and the turnover box according to a stacking position relationship between the first carrier device located in the temporary storage area and the first turnover box stacked on the first carrier device and filled with the first type of articles, and forms an association relationship between the second carrier device and the turnover box according to a stacking relationship between the second carrier device located in the temporary storage area and the second turnover box stacked on the second carrier device and filled with the second type of articles.

S103, distributing the first carrying device bearing the first transfer box containing the first class of articles to the storage area, storing the first carrying device in the corresponding storage position of the storage area, and acquiring the storage position information of the first transfer box in the storage area.

In the embodiment of the present application, the transfer box containing the first type of articles is referred to as a first transfer box, and the carrier device carrying the first transfer box is referred to as a first carrier device. The distribution means that the warehousing control system is internally set to transfer the first type of articles to the storage area for storage through the first carrying device, and whether the first type of articles reach the storage area or not and whether the first type of articles are stored in the corresponding storage positions in the storage area or not is tracked by identifying the identification information of the first carrying device and/or the first transfer box. Wherein, the mode of transporting can be including two kinds, and first kind, the artifical first carrying device that will pile good first week case transports the storage area from the scratch, and the second kind transports the storage area from the scratch according to setting for the route through the first carrying device that can walk with the first carrying device that piles good first week case. For the first type, the warehousing control system allocates the first carrying device bearing the first transfer box containing the first type of articles to the storage area, and executes the allocation action by tracking and identifying whether the first type of articles reach the storage area.

The storage control system can be predetermined according to the whole capacity of the storage area, the current storage condition of the articles in the storage area and the current condition of the articles to be stored, when the first circulation box reaches the storage area, the storage control system controls the goods taking robot in the storage area to convey the goods to the corresponding storage position for storage according to the predetermined storage position, and finally forms the association relation of the storage positions of the first circulation box in the storage area according to the storage position information of the first circulation box in the storage area. As another optional embodiment, each first circulation box containing a first type of article is located at a corresponding storage position in the storage area, or the warehousing control system may divide an approximate storage area according to only the type of the article in the first circulation box, and when the first circulation box reaches the storage area, the warehousing control system controls the pick-up robot in the storage area to transport the pick-up robot to any position of the predetermined storage area for storage, and obtains the storage position information of the first circulation box in the storage area, so as to finally form an association relationship between the first circulation box and the storage position in the storage area.

S105, distributing the second carrying device of the second transfer box carrying the second type of articles to the distribution area, and obtaining the association relation between the second carrying device and a second racking port in the racking area of the distribution area.

The distribution area is provided with an upper rack area, and the upper rack area is used for the upper rack distribution operation of the turnover boxes of the warehousing system in the distribution area. And label reading devices are respectively arranged at the positions of the upper rack openings in the upper rack areas, so that identification information of the transfer devices reaching the upper rack openings and/or identification information of the turnover boxes reaching the upper rack openings can be identified, and the storage control system can track the state of the corresponding classified articles distributed to the distribution areas. The warehousing control system allocates the second carrying device of the second transfer box carrying the second type of articles to the distribution area, namely the warehousing control system sets to transfer the second type of articles to the distribution area to complete subsequent distribution actions, the transfer can be to manually transfer the second transfer box to an racking area of the distribution area, and the warehousing control system determines the execution result of the allocation step by tracking the state of the second transfer box reaching the racking area of the distribution area. And each rack opening in the rack loading area is respectively provided with corresponding identification information, and after the second carrying device of the second transfer box bearing the second type of articles reaches the second rack loading opening of the rack loading area, the corresponding identification information of the second rack loading opening is bound with the second carrying device, so that the association relationship between the second carrying device and the second rack loading opening in the rack loading area of the distribution area is obtained.

S107, acquiring order information, controlling a goods taking robot in the storage area to pick up a target first transfer case and then convey the target first transfer case to a shelving area according to the order information and the position information of the first transfer case in the storage area, and transferring the target first transfer case from the shelving area to a distribution area for distribution and then discharging; and/or controlling the allocation robot in the allocation area to pick up a target second transfer box for allocation and then to take the second transfer box out of the warehouse according to the order information, the association relationship between the second carrying device and the second racking port and the association relationship between the second carrying device and the transfer box.

The storage area is provided with a loading and unloading area, the loading and unloading area is used for supplying a first transfer box to be in loading or unloading operation of the storage area, when the first transfer box is transferred to the storage area, the first transfer box is firstly transferred to each loading and unloading opening of the loading and unloading area, and each loading and unloading opening is provided with a label reading device which can identify identification information of the first transfer device reaching the loading and unloading opening and/or identification information of the first transfer box reaching the loading and unloading opening, so that the storage control system can track the state of a first type of articles distributed to the storage area from the temporary storage area. The goods robot of getting in the storage area can operate in between each frame mouth and each storage position in the storage area about each in frame district, then draw first transfer case from the corresponding frame mouth about the frame district and transport and correspond the storage position and deposit when putting on the shelf, then draw first transfer case from the corresponding storage position in the storage area and transport and correspond frame mouth about when putting off the shelf. The number of the first upper and lower rack openings of the upper and lower rack areas is multiple, the functions of the upper and lower rack areas can be set according to time period differentiation, for example, the first upper and lower rack openings of the upper and lower rack areas are set to be used as upper racks in a certain time period, and the first upper and lower rack openings of the upper and lower rack areas are set to be used as lower racks in another time period; optionally, the warehousing control system may set each first upper and lower rack opening of the upper and lower rack areas to be currently used as an upper rack or a lower rack according to a current need of loading and unloading the articles.

The warehousing control system acquires order information, counts the quantity of various first articles of first articles required in the order information, takes out first transfer boxes of the first articles meeting the corresponding quantity according to the position information of the first transfer boxes in the storage area, and conveys the first transfer boxes to a distribution area for distribution. And the warehousing control system carries out statistics on the quantity of the second type of articles required in the order information according to the order information, and conveys the second rotating shaft box in the temporary storage area to a distribution area for distribution. The unified allocation is carried out through the allocation area, the reuse rate of the storage system can be improved, and the transportation management after the allocation is optimized.

The article delivery control method of the warehousing system provided by the embodiment divides the storage system into a temporary storage area, a storage area and a distribution area, the storage and distribution are carried out according to different article types, the first type articles are transferred from the temporary storage area to the storage area for storage, then the first type articles are transferred to the distribution area for distribution by adopting a corresponding distribution scheme according to order information, the second type articles are transferred from the temporary storage area to the distribution area, and adopts a corresponding allocation scheme to allocate according to the order information, and all the articles are uniformly distributed and managed through a storage control system, so that, the warehousing system is functionally partitioned according to the article types, so that the highly intelligent management warehousing system integrating classification, selection, storage and distribution is formed, articles can be tracked and managed in a full flow after being classified and identified by the temporary storage area, manual working procedures are greatly reduced, and the warehousing working efficiency and the accuracy of the warehousing system are improved; secondly, different carrying devices are respectively used according to different article types, the corresponding carrying devices can be used for distinguishing the transfer of the articles of different types between different areas, and the position tracking of the articles in the transfer process can be realized through the incidence relation between the carrying devices and the transfer box, so that the real-time intelligent tracking management of the classified, selected, stored and distributed states of the articles in the warehousing system can be conveniently realized.

In some embodiments, the transferring the target first tote from the racking area to the distribution area for distribution and ex-warehouse includes:

the first turnover box of target transports extremely after the district of putting on the shelf of allocated district, acquire the load-carrying first transport device with the incidence relation of putting on the shelf mouth in the district of putting on the shelf of second, control allocation robot in the allocated district picks up respectively transport extremely after the turnover case that corresponds appoint the shipment position in the allocated district.

And a plurality of designated shipment positions are respectively assigned in the distribution area according to different order receivers. The first transfer box is transferred to the racking port of the distribution area from the racking area, namely, the warehousing control system sets that the first transfer box after racking in the racking area is transferred to the racking port of the distribution area, and whether the first transfer box reaches the racking port of the distribution area can be detected to determine the execution result of the transfer operation. The storage control system may obtain an association relationship between the first carrier carrying the first target turnover box and the second racking port in the racking port, where each racking port has corresponding identification information, and each label reading device at the racking port identifies the identification information of the first carrier carrying the first target turnover box to obtain the association relationship between the first carrier carrying the first target turnover box and the second racking port in the racking area. The distribution robot of the distribution area can operate between the shelf area and each appointed shipment position in the distribution area, corresponding turnover boxes are picked up through the distribution robot and are respectively transferred to the appointed shipment positions in the distribution area, and the step of distributing commodities according to stores is completed.

Optionally, the storage control system is a warehousing control system of a central warehouse, the central warehouse is used for distributing goods for stores, the order information is store order information, and different shipment positions are formed in the distribution area according to different store divisions. The stores may be distributed relatively closer to the user, for example, the stores may be located in different cities and different regions, and each store typically covers an article distribution area within a preset distance from the store, and the stores may also be warehouses. Each store is responsible for the article ordering orders of the users in the corresponding article distribution area, the article ordering orders in the previous period are counted according to the set period and sent to the warehousing control system of the central warehouse, so that the warehousing control system extracts the articles meeting the order information according to the store order information and distributes the articles to the corresponding store, and then the stores distribute the articles to the corresponding users. The distribution area distributes different types of articles in a unified mode, different shipment positions are formed in the distribution area according to different stores, the first type of articles meeting order requirements can be picked from the storage area according to store order information, and the first type of articles are distributed to the corresponding shipment positions through the distribution area to wait for packing and transportation.

Optionally, the controlling the allocation robot in the allocation area to pick up the target second transfer box for allocation and then to leave the warehouse includes:

and controlling the distribution robots in the distribution area to pick up corresponding turnover boxes and then respectively transfer the turnover boxes to the appointed goods discharging positions in the distribution area.

And the distribution robot of the distribution area can operate between the shelving area and each appointed goods outlet position in the distribution area, and the distribution step is completed by picking up the corresponding target second transfer box by the distribution robot and respectively transferring the target second transfer box to the appointed goods outlet position in the distribution area.

The racking area is arranged through the distribution area, and the first transfer box and the second transfer box are uniformly distributed through the distribution area, so that the reuse rate of the warehousing system can be improved, and the transportation management after distribution is optimized.

In some embodiments, different designated shipment positions in the distribution area correspond to different order recipients, and the controlling of the distribution robot in the distribution area to pick up corresponding transfer containers and then transfer the transfer containers to the designated shipment positions in the distribution area includes:

s201, acquiring the weight of the transfer box detected after the transfer robot picks up the corresponding transfer box;

s203, determining a target stacking position and a target stacking sequence of the turnover box at the specified delivery position according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing turnover box at the specified delivery position to which the turnover box is to be transferred;

s205, controlling the distribution robot to transfer the turnover boxes to the target stacking positions of the appointed shipment positions, and stacking the turnover boxes according to the target stacking sequence.

The distribution robot can be provided with a weight sensor, and the weight of the turnover box can be detected after the turnover box is picked up from the shelf loading area of the distribution area and is sent to the storage control system. The warehousing control system can calculate the appointed shipment position to which each turnover box is transferred according to the order information, the incidence relation between the frame opening and the carrying device and the incidence relation between the transfer device and the turnover box. After the transfer cases are picked up by the transfer robots, the warehousing control system determines the target stacking positions and the target stacking sequence of the transfer cases at the appointed shipment positions according to the weight of the transfer cases detected by the transfer robots and the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing transfer cases at the appointed shipment positions to which the transfer cases are transferred, controls the transfer robots to transfer the transfer cases to the target stacking positions of the appointed shipment positions, and stacks the transfer cases according to the target stacking sequence.

The warehousing control system calculates the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover boxes at the appointed shipment position by acquiring the weight of the turnover boxes so as to optimize the stacking mode of the turnover boxes and ensure the stability of the turnover boxes after stacking.

Optionally, the allocation area includes a plurality of third carrying devices stacked on the ground, and is located the third carrying device with the track frame above the upper rack area, the allocation robot moves along the guide rail frame, according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing turnover box at the designated shipment position to which the turnover box is to be transported, the target stacking position and the target stacking order of the turnover box at the designated shipment position are determined, including:

according to the idle state of a third carrying device contained in the appointed shipment position of the corresponding order receiver and the weight of the topmost turnover box in the turnover boxes stacked on the third carrying device currently, determining a target turnover box with the weight larger than that of the turnover box to be placed currently and the weight difference smaller than a set range, and determining that the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box to be placed currently at the appointed shipment position are above the target turnover box;

and if the target turnover box does not exist, determining that the turnover box to be placed currently is on a third carrying device in an idle state at the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the specified delivery position.

The turnover box stacking positions and the target stacking sequence are calculated according to the principle that the turnover box stacking positions are wholly stacked according to the weight of the turnover box and the weight of the turnover box, and the stability of the stacked turnover boxes can be improved. Each shipment position in allocation district can be put and is equipped with a plurality of third and carry the conveyer, with the turnover case transport extremely appointed shipment position in the allocation district is on the third carries the conveyer that means transports appointed shipment position with the turnover case, directly carries through the third and carries the conveyer directly before being convenient for pack the transportation and transport to the transport means that corresponds. The same third carrier device may stack a plurality of turnover boxes to form a tower, and the idle state of the third carrier device may include information about the position, number, and the like of the turnover boxes that have been currently stacked by the third carrier device.

After the transfer boxes are picked up by the transfer robots in the transfer areas, the warehousing control system determines target transfer boxes of which the weights are larger than the weight of the transfer boxes to be placed currently and the weight difference value is smaller than a set range according to the recorded idle state of a third carrying device contained in the designated shipment positions of the corresponding order receivers and the weight of the topmost transfer box in the transfer boxes stacked on the third carrying device currently, and determines target stacking positions and target stacking orders based on the target transfer boxes; and if the target turnover box is not available, determining that the third carrying device in the idle state is stacked again, so that the principle that the whole of each turnover box stacking tower is stacked according to the principle of weight and weight is satisfied.

Optionally, the area of allocating includes a plurality of third carrier devices that stack on ground and is located the third carrier device with go up the track frame of shelf location top, allocate the robot in the same direction as following the guide rail frame removes, control allocate the robot in the area of allocating pick up behind the corresponding turnover case transport respectively extremely allocate appointed shipment position in the area, include:

and determining the walking track of the corresponding allocating robot on the track frame according to a second shelving opening in the shelving area corresponding to the turnover box to be placed at present, the target stacking position of the turnover box at the appointed shipment position and the target stacking sequence.

When the distribution area distributes the turnover boxes, the distribution robot picks up the turnover boxes, the storage control system calculates the traveling track of the distribution robot on the track frame of the distribution area according to the positions of the turnover boxes to be placed at present, the target stacking positions and the target stacking sequence of the turnover boxes at the appointed shipment positions, and therefore the distribution robot can quickly and accurately pick up the turnover boxes and stack the turnover boxes to the appointed shipment positions according to the target stacking positions and the target stacking sequence. The mode that the transfer boxes are allocated by the allocation area can be suitable for allocating the first transfer box and the second transfer box by the allocation area. And third carrying devices are respectively placed at each delivery position in the distribution area, and the distribution of the first transfer box and the second transfer box in the distribution area refers to that the first transfer box and the second transfer box are respectively stacked to corresponding positions on the corresponding third carrying devices, so that the distribution of commodities according to stores is completed.

acquiring the type of articles contained in the turnover box and the detected weight of the turnover box, which are identified after the corresponding turnover box is picked up by the allocating robot;

determining a target stacking position and a target stacking sequence of the turnover boxes at the appointed shipment position according to position distribution information and weight information of the existing turnover boxes containing similar article types at the appointed shipment position to which the turnover boxes are transferred;

and controlling the distribution robot to transfer the turnover boxes to the target stacking positions of the appointed shipment positions, and stacking according to the target stacking sequence.

The distribution robot can be provided with a weight sensor, and can detect the weight of the turnover box after the turnover box is picked up from the racking area of the distribution area and send the weight to the storage control system; the distribution robot can also be provided with a label reading device, and identification information of the turnover box can be identified after the turnover box is picked up from the racking area of the distribution area and is sent to the storage control system. The warehousing control system can calculate the appointed shipment position to which each turnover box is transferred according to the order information, the incidence relation between the frame opening and the carrying device and the incidence relation between the transfer device and the turnover box. After the transfer box is picked up by the transfer robot, the warehousing control system determines the type and weight of articles in the transfer box according to the weight of the transfer box detected by the transfer robot and identification information of the transfer box, determines the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the transfer box at the designated shipment position according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing transfer box at the designated shipment position to which the transfer box is to be transferred, controls the transfer robot to transfer the transfer box to the target stacking position at the designated shipment position, and stacks the transfer box according to the target stacking sequence. In this embodiment, when the turnover box is stacked at the target stacking position, the turnover box is stacked integrally according to the principle that the lower weight and the upper weight are light, and the number of layers of the stacking sequence in which the articles are fragile cannot be higher than the set range, the same appointed goods discharging position can comprise a plurality of turnover box stacking towers, and after the corresponding turnover box is picked up by the allocating robot, the storage control system calculates the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box according to the principle that the whole body of each turnover box stacking tower is stacked according to the upper weight and the light weight, so that the articles in the turnover box can be better protected, and the stability of the stacked turnover box is improved.

The warehousing control system calculates the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box at the appointed shipment position by acquiring the weight of the turnover box and the type of the articles in the turnover box so as to optimize the stacking mode of the turnover box, avoid the damage of the articles due to improper stacking, ensure that the articles are not damaged and improve the stability of the stacked turnover box.

In another aspect of the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 4, further providing a warehousing control system, which includes a tag reading device 143, a processor 142, and a memory 141, where the tag reading device 143 is configured to detect transfer container identification information and carrier identification information, and send the transfer container identification information and the carrier identification information to the processor 142, and the memory 141 stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor 142, the steps of the warehousing system article warehousing control method provided in any embodiment of the present application are executed. The tag reading device 143, the processor 142, and the memory 141 may respectively include one or more, the warehousing control system may serve as a platform for uniformly controlling processes of storing, distributing, and the like of the articles in the warehousing system, and may include a plurality of physically separated servers, terminal devices, and the like, and the steps of the warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method are jointly implemented by respectively installing computer programs for implementing the warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, and by mutual communication and interaction between the servers, between the terminal devices, and between the servers and the terminal devices.

On the other hand, please refer to fig. 5 in combination, further disclose a warehousing system, which includes a warehousing control system, a temporary storage area 51, a storage area 52 and a distribution area 53, where the temporary storage area 51 includes a plurality of first carrying devices and a plurality of second carrying devices that are sequentially placed, the first carrying devices and the second carrying devices are respectively provided with tag information, the first carrying devices and the second carrying devices are respectively used for carrying containers of different types of articles, and the containers are respectively provided with tag information; the storage area 52 comprises a storage body, a goods rail erected above the storage body and a goods taking robot moving along the goods rail, the storage body comprises a goods compartment area 520 for storing turnover boxes and an upper shelf area 521 and a lower shelf area 521 which are positioned on one side of the goods compartment area 520, the goods taking robot moves along the goods rail so as to pick up the turnover boxes to move between the goods compartment area 520 and the upper shelf area 521, and each first upper shelf opening and lower shelf opening of the upper shelf area 521 and the lower shelf area 521 are respectively provided with label information; the distribution area 53 comprises designated delivery positions defined according to different order receivers, the distribution area 53 comprises a plurality of third carrying devices sequentially placed at the designated delivery positions, an upper rack area 533 located at one side of the designated delivery positions, a track rack located above the third carrying devices and the upper rack area 533, and a distribution robot capable of moving along the track rack, and each second upper rack port of the upper rack area 533 is provided with label information; the warehousing control system is used for managing the delivery of the turnover boxes containing different types of articles, the first turnover box containing the first type of articles is transported to the storage area 52 for storage through the first carrying device, and is transported to the distribution area 53 for distribution according to order information and then delivered out of the warehouse; and according to the order information, the second transfer box filled with the second type of articles is transferred to the distribution area 53 through the second carrying device to be distributed and then is taken out of the warehouse.

The warehousing control system may be as described in the foregoing embodiments, and is not described herein again. First-class articles can be stored in the warehousing body of the storage area 52 in advance, and after the warehousing control system receives an order, the corresponding first-class articles are picked up from the storage area 52 according to order information and then transferred to the distribution area 53 for distribution. The second category of articles may be delivered to the warehousing system in real time according to the order, and when the second category of articles is delivered to the warehousing system, the warehousing system extracts the corresponding second category of articles according to the order information and transfers the second category of articles to the distribution area 53 for distribution. The distribution area 53 is used for distributing the first category items and the second category items to the specified delivery positions 530 matched with the corresponding orders. Referring to fig. 6, the process of controlling the delivery of the articles from the warehousing system includes: s1, the articles arrive at the temporary storage area; s2, sorting in the temporary storage area, and stacking different types of articles on the carrying devices and associating with the corresponding carrying devices; s3, judging whether the item type is a first type item or a second type item, if so, executing S31, and if so, executing S32; s31, transferring the first circulation box of the first type of articles to an upper rack area and a lower rack area of the storage area through a carrying device, and storing the first circulation box of the first type of articles into corresponding storage positions in the cargo hold area through a cargo taking robot of the storage area; s311, receiving order information, and extracting a first transfer tank from the cargo compartment area according to the order information; s312, judging whether the whole box is stored, sorted and allocated; s313, if the whole box is stored, sorted and allocated, the box is transferred to an allocation area from an upper shelf area to a lower shelf area and allocated to a specified delivery position; s32, receiving the order information, and determining whether the second turnaround box is the whole box allocated or not according to the order information; and S321, if the whole box is allocated, transferring the second transfer box of the second class of articles to a racking area of the allocation area through the carrying device, and allocating the second transfer box to a specified delivery position on the racking area.

Optionally, the first carrier and the second carrier are box cars. The tray can adopt fork truck to realize transporting, the little boxcar can include wheel and handle, can directly stimulate the handle and realize transporting.

Optionally, the distribution robot is a four-way operation robot, and moves above the rail rack, lifts each transfer container to be distributed from below the rail rack to above the rail rack, and moves to a corresponding designated shipment position to be transferred, wherein the distribution robot has a transfer container accommodating area, and the top of the transfer container accommodating area is in an open state, so that the transfer container transported by the distribution robot can protrude out of the top of the distribution robot. The distribution machine can move above the track frame along the transverse direction and the longitudinal direction of the track frame, so that the turnover boxes are picked up and conveyed to various positions in the distribution area 53. The distribution robot is placed in the turnover box containing area after picking up the turnover box, and the top of the turnover box containing area is provided with an opening, so that the distribution robot can pick up and stack any turnover boxes with the height larger than the height of the turnover box containing area per se for transportation.

Optionally, the first category of articles are articles with a shelf life meeting a set requirement, and the second category of articles are articles with a shelf life lower than the set requirement. The setting requirement may be determined according to actual conditions, in an optional embodiment of the present application, the first category of articles are general articles of non-fresh type that can be stored, the second category of articles are fresh articles, and the fresh articles cannot be stored for too long time, so that when the fresh articles are delivered out of the warehouse through unified allocation of the warehousing system, after being sorted in the temporary storage area 51, the fresh articles are directly transferred to the distribution area 53 by using a corresponding distribution scheme according to order information and then delivered out of the warehouse, while the general articles of non-fresh types may be transferred to the temporary storage area 51 in advance, and after being sorted in the temporary storage area 51, the general articles are stored in the storage area 52 of the warehousing system, and after receiving an order, the articles in required number are extracted from the storage area 52 and then transferred to the distribution area 53 for distribution and then delivered out of the warehouse.

In the above embodiment, the storage system is divided into the temporary storage area 51, the storage area 52 and the distribution area 53, the storage and the distribution are performed according to different article categories, the storage system is functionally divided, so that the highly intelligent management storage system integrating classification, sorting, storage and distribution is formed, the articles can be tracked and managed in a full flow after being classified and identified from the temporary storage area 51, the manual work procedures are greatly reduced, and the storage work efficiency and the accuracy of the storage system are improved. The warehousing control system can store the first category of articles into the storage area in advance according to the characteristics of the category of articles, extract the required first category of articles from the storage area according to the order after receiving order information, transfer the extracted first category of articles to the distribution area for distribution and then delivery, directly enter the distribution area for distribution and then delivery, and uniformly distribute through the distribution area 53, so that the reusability of the warehousing system can be improved, and the transportation management after distribution is optimized. Therefore, the storage system realizes intelligent warehouse-out management of the articles by optimizing the setting and division of the functional areas, optimizing the warehouse-out flow of various articles, controlling the operation of the articles in the storage system and tracking the states of the articles in the storage system in real time, greatly saves a large amount of labor cost, and greatly improves the efficiency and the accuracy of automatic delivery and warehouse-out of the articles of the warehousing system according to orders.

The concepts described herein may be embodied in other forms without departing from the spirit or characteristics thereof. The particular embodiments disclosed should be considered illustrative rather than limiting. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. Any changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.

Claims

1. A warehouse system goods delivery control method is applied to a warehouse control system, the warehouse system comprises a warehouse control system, a temporary storage area, a storage area and a distribution area, and the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring order information, and controlling a goods taking robot in the storage area to pick up a target first transfer case and then convey the target first transfer case to a shelving area according to the order information and the position information of the first transfer case in the storage area, wherein the target first transfer case is transferred from the shelving area to a distribution area for distribution and then is delivered out of a warehouse; controlling a distribution robot in the distribution area to pick up a target second transfer box for distribution and then to take the second transfer box out of the warehouse according to the order information, the association relationship between the second carrying device and the second racking port and the association relationship between the second carrying device and the transfer box;

the first transfer case of target follow go up the lower carriage district transfer to the district is allocated and is allocated the back and go out of the warehouse, include:

after the target first turnover box is transferred to a racking area of the distribution area, acquiring the association relation between the first carrying device carrying the target first turnover box and a second racking port in the racking area, and controlling a distribution robot in the distribution area to pick up the corresponding turnover boxes and then respectively transfer the turnover boxes to the designated shipment positions in the distribution area;

the step of controlling the allocation robot in the allocation area to pick up the target second transfer box for allocation and then to leave the warehouse comprises the following steps:

controlling the distribution robots in the distribution area to pick up corresponding turnover boxes and then respectively transfer the turnover boxes to the appointed goods discharging positions in the distribution area;

different appointed shipment positions correspond with different order receivers in the distribution area respectively, control transfer respectively to after picking up the turnover case that corresponds distribution robot in the distribution area appointed shipment position in the distribution area includes:

acquiring the weight of the transfer box detected after the transfer robot picks up the corresponding transfer box;

determining a target stacking position and a target stacking sequence of the turnover boxes at the appointed shipment position according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing turnover boxes at the appointed shipment position to which the turnover boxes are transferred;

controlling the distribution robot to transfer the turnover boxes to the target stacking positions of the appointed shipment positions and stacking the turnover boxes according to the target stacking sequence;

the allocation area comprises a plurality of third carrying devices stacked on the ground and a track frame located above the third carrying devices and the upper frame area, the allocation robot moves along the track frame, and the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box at the designated delivery position are determined according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing turnover box at the designated delivery position to which the turnover box is transferred, and the allocation area comprises:

if the target turnover box does not exist, determining that the turnover box to be placed currently is on a third carrying device in an idle state at the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the specified delivery position;

wherein the first category of articles are articles with the storage period meeting the set requirement, and the second category of articles are articles with the storage period lower than the set requirement.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling of the allocation robots in the allocation area to pick up the corresponding turnover boxes and then transfer the turnover boxes to the designated shipment positions in the allocation area further comprises:

3. A warehouse system goods delivery control method is applied to a warehouse control system, the warehouse system comprises a warehouse control system, a temporary storage area, a storage area and a distribution area, and the method comprises the following steps:

the allocation area comprises a plurality of third carrying devices stacked on the ground and a track frame located above the third carrying devices and the upper rack area, the allocation robot moves along the track frame, and according to position distribution information and weight information of a turnover box which is provided with similar article types and is arranged at a specified delivery position where the turnover box is to be transported, the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box at the specified delivery position are determined, wherein the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence comprise:

4. A warehouse control system comprising tag reading means for detecting tote identification information and carrier identification information sent to the processor, a processor, and a memory storing a computer program that, when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. The warehousing system is characterized by comprising a warehousing control system, a temporary storage area, a storage area and a distribution area, wherein the temporary storage area comprises a plurality of first carrying devices and a plurality of second carrying devices which are sequentially arranged, label information is respectively arranged on the first carrying devices and the second carrying devices, the first carrying devices and the second carrying devices are respectively used for bearing turnover boxes of different types of articles, and the turnover boxes are respectively provided with label information; the storage area comprises a storage body, a goods rail erected above the storage body and a goods taking robot moving along the goods rail, the storage body comprises a goods cabin area for storing turnover boxes and an upper shelf area and a lower shelf area located on one side of the goods cabin area, the goods taking robot moves along the goods rail so as to pick up the turnover boxes to move between the goods cabin area and the upper shelf area, and each first upper shelf opening and each first lower shelf opening of the upper shelf area and the lower shelf area are respectively provided with label information; the distribution area comprises designated delivery positions defined according to different order receivers, the distribution area comprises a plurality of third carrying devices placed at the designated delivery positions in sequence, an upper rack area positioned on one side of the designated delivery positions, a track rack positioned above the third carrying devices and the upper rack area, and a distribution robot capable of moving along the track rack, and each second upper rack opening of the upper rack area is provided with label information;

the warehousing control system is used for managing the delivery of the turnover boxes containing different types of articles, the first turnover box containing the first type of articles is transported to the storage area for storage through the first carrying device, and is transported to the distribution area for distribution according to order information and then delivered out of the warehouse; transferring the second transfer box filled with the second type of articles to the distribution area through the second carrying device according to the order information, and then discharging the second transfer box out of the warehouse after distribution;

the first category of articles are articles with the storage life meeting the set requirement, and the second category of articles are articles with the storage life lower than the set requirement.

6. The stocker system of claim 5, wherein said first and second carriers are pallets or small boxes.

7. The warehousing system of claim 5, wherein the allocating robot is a four-way robot moving above the track rack, lifting each container to be allocated from below the track rack to above the track rack, moving to a corresponding designated shipment location, and lowering, wherein the allocating robot has a container accommodating area, and the top of the container accommodating area is open, so that the container transported by the allocating robot can protrude out of the top of the allocating robot.