CN112661016B - Container transportation control method and system - Google Patents

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CN112661016B
CN112661016B CN202011486259.3A CN202011486259A CN112661016B CN 112661016 B CN112661016 B CN 112661016B CN 202011486259 A CN202011486259 A CN 202011486259A CN 112661016 B CN112661016 B CN 112661016B
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The invention provides a container transportation management method and a container transportation management system, and relates to the field of container transportation management. The container transportation management method is applied to a container transportation management system and comprises the following steps: when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to the first fixed gantry crane, the first fixed gantry crane hoists at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to the target shuttle; when the target shuttle vehicle moves to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle vehicle to the target position of the container yard. By using the container transportation management method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the situation that the large-scale movable gantry crane is not only responsible for loading and unloading containers on a railway train but also responsible for loading and unloading containers on a truck can be avoided, the fixed gantry crane is used for sharing the work of the large-scale movable gantry crane, the gantry crane resources of a container yard are reasonably utilized, and the transportation management efficiency of the containers is improved.

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Container transportation control method and system
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of container transportation management, in particular to a container transportation control method and a container transportation control system.
Background
With the development of the industrial age and the arrival of the information age, the conventional human work has been gradually replaced by various appliances and intelligent devices, as well as for the container management of the railway freight yard.
The automatic degree of present railway freight yard receives the quantity and the functional limitation of large-scale gantry crane for in the railway freight yard, limited gantry crane loading and unloading container efficiency can't exert its effect, leads to the automatic degree of railway freight yard not high: the large gantry crane is not only responsible for loading and unloading containers on a railway train, but also responsible for loading and unloading containers on a truck, so that resource allocation of the large gantry crane is uneven, and power of the large gantry crane is wasted.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention provides a container transportation management method and system, which avoid that a large-scale mobile gantry crane is responsible for loading and unloading containers on a railway train and loading and unloading containers on a truck, and use a fixed gantry crane to share the work of the large-scale mobile gantry crane, so that the gantry crane resources of a container yard are reasonably utilized, and the transportation management efficiency of the containers is improved.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:
in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a container transportation management method applied to a container transportation management system, where the container transportation management system includes a first mobile gantry crane, a second mobile gantry crane, at least one shuttle car, and at least one fixed gantry crane, where the first mobile gantry crane is arranged in parallel with the second mobile gantry crane, and the at least one fixed gantry crane is arranged in a loading and unloading area between the first mobile gantry crane and the second mobile gantry crane, and the method includes:
when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to a first fixed gantry crane, the first fixed gantry crane hoists at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to a target shuttle;
the first fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane, and the target shuttle car is a shuttle car in the first area of the at least one shuttle car;
when the target shuttle vehicle moves to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle vehicle to a target position of a container yard.
In an alternative embodiment, a detection device is arranged on the first fixed gantry crane;
when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to a first fixed gantry crane, the first fixed gantry crane hoists at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to a target shuttle, and the method comprises the following steps:
the detection equipment judges whether the truck to be unloaded is in the first area or not;
if so, the detection equipment sends a stop instruction to the truck to be unloaded so as to enable the truck to be unloaded to stay in the first area;
when the first fixed gantry crane receives a hoisting instruction sent by the detection equipment, hoisting at least one container in the truck to be unloaded to a target shuttle car; the hoisting instruction represents that the truck to be unloaded stays in the first area.
In an alternative embodiment, the handling area has at least one shuttle track;
when the target shuttle is moved to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle to a target location of a container yard, including:
the target shuttle vehicle determines a target track in the at least one shuttle track according to the distance between the first area and the target position; the target trajectory represents the shortest trajectory that the target shuttle trajectory moves to the target location;
when the target shuttle vehicle moves to the loading and unloading area along the target track, determining a target moving gantry crane; the target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle vehicle in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane;
the target mobile gantry unloads all containers in the target shuttle to a target location of a container yard.
In an alternative embodiment, the method further comprises:
when the target shuttle car moves to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle car to a target train.
In an alternative embodiment, the method further comprises:
acquiring the current position of a container to be hoisted;
determining a target mobile gantry crane according to the first position; the target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle car in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane;
the target mobile gantry crane sends a hoisting instruction to the mobile shuttle car; the movable shuttle car is the shuttle car which is closest to the target movable gantry crane in the at least one shuttle car;
the target moving gantry crane hoists the container to be hoisted to the moving shuttle car;
when the movable shuttle car moves to a second fixed gantry crane, the second fixed gantry crane hoists the container to be hoisted to a target truck; the second fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a container transportation management system, including: the system comprises a first movable gantry crane, a second movable gantry crane, at least one shuttle car and at least one fixed gantry crane;
the first mobile gantry crane and the second mobile gantry crane are arranged in parallel, and the at least one fixed gantry crane is arranged in a loading and unloading area between the first mobile gantry crane and the second mobile gantry crane;
the first fixed gantry crane is used for hoisting at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to a target shuttle when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to the first fixed gantry crane;
the first fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane, and the target shuttle car is a shuttle car in the first area of the at least one shuttle car;
the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane is used for unloading all containers in the target shuttle to a target position of a container yard when the target shuttle is moved to the loading and unloading area.
In an alternative embodiment, a detection device is arranged on the first fixed gantry crane;
the detection equipment is used for judging whether the truck to be unloaded is in the first area;
the detection equipment is further used for sending a stop instruction to the truck to be unloaded if the truck to be unloaded is in the first area so that the truck to be unloaded stays in the first area;
the first fixed gantry crane is further used for hoisting at least one container in the truck to be unloaded to the target shuttle car when receiving a hoisting instruction sent by the detection equipment; the hoisting instruction represents that the truck to be unloaded stays in the first area.
In an alternative embodiment, the handling area has at least one shuttle track;
the target shuttle vehicle is used for determining a target track in the at least one shuttle track according to the distance between the first area and the target position; the target trajectory represents the shortest trajectory that the target shuttle trajectory moves to the target location;
the target shuttle vehicle is also used for determining a target mobile gantry crane when moving to the loading and unloading area along the target track; the target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle vehicle in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane;
the target moving gantry crane is used for unloading all containers in the target shuttle vehicle to the target position of a container yard.
In an alternative embodiment, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane is further configured to unload all containers in the target shuttle to a target train when the target shuttle is moved to the loading area.
In an alternative embodiment, the system further comprises:
the processing module is used for acquiring the current position of the container to be hoisted;
the processing module is also used for determining a target mobile gantry crane according to the first position; the target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle car in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane;
the target movable gantry crane is also used for sending a hoisting instruction to the movable shuttle car; the movable shuttle car is the shuttle car which is closest to the target movable gantry crane in the at least one shuttle car;
the target moving gantry crane is also used for hoisting the container to be hoisted to the moving shuttle car;
when the movable shuttle car moves to a second fixed gantry crane, the second fixed gantry crane hoists the container to be hoisted to a target truck; the second fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane.
Compared with the prior art, the invention provides a container transportation management method and system, and relates to the field of container transportation management. The container transportation management method is applied to a container transportation management system, the container transportation management system comprises a first mobile gantry crane, a second mobile gantry crane, at least one shuttle car and at least one fixed gantry crane, the first mobile gantry crane is arranged in parallel with the second mobile gantry crane, and the at least one fixed gantry crane is arranged in a loading and unloading area between the first mobile gantry crane and the second mobile gantry crane, and the method comprises the following steps: when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to a first fixed gantry crane, the first fixed gantry crane hoists at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to a target shuttle; the first fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane, and the target shuttle car is a shuttle car in the first area of the at least one shuttle car; when the target shuttle vehicle moves to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle vehicle to a target position of a container yard. By using the container transportation management method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the situation that the large-scale movable gantry crane is not only responsible for loading and unloading containers on a railway train but also responsible for loading and unloading containers on a truck can be avoided, the fixed gantry crane is used for sharing the work of the large-scale movable gantry crane, the gantry crane resources of a container yard are reasonably utilized, and the transportation management efficiency of the containers is improved.
In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a container transportation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a container transportation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of another container transportation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of another container transportation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of another container transportation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart of another container transportation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Icon: the system comprises a container transportation management system-20, a first mobile gantry crane-210, a second mobile gantry crane-220, a first fixed gantry crane-230 and a target shuttle-240.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, as presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present invention without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. It is noted that relational terms such as "first" and "second," and the like, may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
With the development of the industrial age and the arrival of the information age, the conventional human work has been gradually replaced by various appliances and intelligent devices, as well as for the container management of the railway freight yard. The automatic degree of present railway freight yard receives the quantity and the functional limitation of large-scale gantry crane for in the railway freight yard, limited gantry crane loading and unloading container efficiency can't exert its effect, leads to the automatic degree of railway freight yard not high: the large gantry crane is not only responsible for loading and unloading containers on a railway train, but also responsible for loading and unloading containers on a truck, so that resource allocation of the large gantry crane is uneven, and power of the large gantry crane is wasted.
In order to solve at least the above problems and disadvantages of the background art, an embodiment of the present invention provides a container transportation management method applied to a container transportation management system, and referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a container transportation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the container transportation management system 20 includes a first mobile gantry crane 210, a second mobile gantry crane 220, at least one shuttle car, and at least one fixed gantry crane, the first mobile gantry crane 210 is disposed in parallel with the second mobile gantry crane 220, and the at least one fixed gantry crane is disposed in a loading area between the first mobile gantry crane and the second mobile gantry crane.
For example, the parallel region between the first mobile gantry crane 210 and the second mobile gantry crane 220 is the loading and unloading region, and one or more tracks may exist in the loading and unloading region, so that the first mobile gantry crane 210 and the second mobile gantry crane 220 can load and unload containers in the one or more tracks (such as track 1 and track 2 shown in fig. 1).
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a container transportation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention based on the container transportation management system 20 shown in fig. 1, where the container transportation management method includes the following steps:
and S310, when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to the first fixed gantry crane, the first fixed gantry crane hoists at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to the target shuttle.
The first fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane, and the target shuttle vehicle is a shuttle vehicle in the first area of the at least one shuttle vehicle. For example, the first area may be a monitoring area corresponding to the first fixed gantry crane 230 shown in fig. 1, the first fixed gantry crane 230 may be disposed on another track (such as the track 3 shown in fig. 1) different from the above-mentioned track, and the track 3 may also have other fixed gantry cranes thereon, and the first fixed gantry crane 230 may be a small fixed roller gantry crane; the first fixed gantry 230 may also be a large fixed gantry, which may be arranged according to different container yards, in some possible cases.
And S320, when the target shuttle vehicle moves to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle vehicle to the target position of the container yard.
For example, the mobile gantry that is closest to the current position of the target shuttle among the first mobile gantry and the second mobile gantry may be set as the target mobile gantry, and all containers in the target shuttle are unloaded to the target position of the container yard by the target mobile gantry.
It should be understood that, by using the container transportation management method provided by the invention, the first mobile gantry crane and the second mobile gantry crane can be used for loading and unloading the containers on the track 1 and the track 2 shown in fig. 1, and the containers on the truck to be unloaded can be loaded and unloaded by using the small fixed gantry crane, so that the situation that the large mobile gantry crane is not only responsible for loading and unloading the containers on the railway train but also responsible for loading and unloading the containers on the truck can be avoided, the fixed gantry crane is used for sharing the work of the large mobile gantry crane, the gantry crane resources of the container yard are reasonably utilized, and the transportation management efficiency of the containers is improved.
In an alternative embodiment, in order to improve the accuracy of container loading and unloading, the first fixed gantry crane 230 shown in fig. 1 may further be provided with a detection device, and a possible implementation manner is provided on the basis of fig. 2, please refer to fig. 3, where fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of another container transportation management method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, and is directed to the step S310: when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to the first fixed gantry crane, the first fixed gantry crane hoists at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to the target shuttle, which may include:
s310a, the detection device determines whether the truck to be offloaded is in the first zone.
If the detection device determines that the truck to be offloaded is in the first zone, S310b may be performed; if the detection device determines that the truck to be offloaded is not in the first zone, S310c may be performed.
S310b, the detection device sends a stop command to the truck to be offloaded to cause the truck to stay in the first zone.
The stop command may instruct the truck to stop advancing and stay in the first zone monitored by the first fixed gantry crane 230.
S310c, the detection device determines that the truck to be unloaded is not within the first zone to which the first fixed gantry crane belongs.
And S310d, when the first fixed gantry crane receives the hoisting instruction sent by the detection equipment, hoisting at least one container in the truck to be unloaded to the target shuttle car.
The hoist instructions characterize that the truck to be offloaded remains in the first zone. That is, when the truck to be unloaded is in the first area, the first fixed gantry crane 230 hoists the container on the truck to be unloaded in the first area, so that the accuracy of loading and unloading the container by the first fixed gantry crane 230 can be improved.
In an alternative embodiment, the loading and unloading area may have at least one shuttle track, such as the track 3 shown in fig. 1, in order to load and unload the container, a possible implementation manner is provided on the basis of fig. 2, please refer to fig. 4, where fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of another container transportation management method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, which is directed to the above-mentioned S320: when the target shuttle is moved to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry or the second mobile gantry unloads all containers in the target shuttle to the target location of the container yard, which may include:
and S320a, the target shuttle vehicle determines a target track in the at least one shuttle track according to the distance between the first area and the target position.
The target trajectory represents the shortest trajectory that the target shuttle trajectory moves to the target location.
And S320b, determining the target moving gantry crane when the target shuttle vehicle moves to the loading and unloading area along the target track.
The target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle vehicle in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane.
And S320c, unloading all containers in the target shuttle to the target position of the container yard by the target mobile gantry crane.
For example, the shuttle may be an AGV (Automated Guided Vehicle); in a certain yard (assuming two train lines), two large gantry cranes are deployed: the first movable gantry crane and the second movable gantry crane are provided with a special shuttle vehicle (AGV) rail trolley line on one side of a rail, and at least one small fixed gantry crane (or 2 small fixed gantry cranes) is arranged on the rail trolley line and a plurality of AGV trolleys are arranged. The first movable gantry crane and the second movable gantry crane are mainly responsible for loading and unloading containers on the rails 1 and 2, and are responsible for hoisting containers carried by AGV vehicles on the rails 3 into the system or hoisting containers in the rails 1 and 2 into the AGV vehicles. The number of AGV trolleys in the rail is also configured according to the capacity and the busyness degree of a goods yard.
In an alternative embodiment, in order to complete the transportation management of the container, a possible implementation is given on the basis of fig. 2, please refer to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of another container transportation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the container transportation management method may further include:
and S330, when the target shuttle car moves to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle car to the target train.
For example, when an external container truck (called a "truck") delivers a container to a cargo yard, the cargo yard guides the truck to an automated docking area by using a guide system, and the truck is guided to travel to a fixed position by using a detection device on a first fixed gantry crane or other fixed gantry cranes arranged on the track 3 so as to be convenient for loading and unloading the truck; after the truck enters a goods yard, the truck is guided by a ground guide line and travels to an area acted by a first fixed gantry crane, a system corresponding to the first fixed gantry crane is provided with detection equipment which can detect the size of the truck and the position of a container, and the first fixed gantry crane simultaneously indicates the truck to park at a specified position so as to carry out hoisting.
When the container truck stops at an appointed position, the first fixed gantry crane lifts the container from the container truck, the container truck is placed on an AGV (target shuttle car), the system acquires the loading position required by the container according to a container running system, the AGV (target shuttle car) is instructed to run to the position of an AGV track corresponding to the position where the train is to be loaded, and the large first movable gantry crane (or the second movable gantry crane) lifts the container from the AGV (target shuttle car), so that the container is transported to the appointed train car from the AGV trolley (target shuttle car) in the shortest distance.
In an alternative embodiment, in order to complete loading of a container, a possible implementation is provided on the basis of fig. 2, please refer to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic flow diagram of another container transportation management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the container transportation management method may further include:
and S340, acquiring the current position of the container to be hoisted.
The current position of the container to be hoisted can be a certain position of a container yard and also can be a certain position of the container in a train.
And S350, determining the target mobile gantry crane according to the first position.
The target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle vehicle in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane.
And S360, the target mobile gantry crane sends a hoisting instruction to the mobile shuttle.
The movable shuttle vehicle is the shuttle vehicle which is closest to the target movable gantry crane in at least one shuttle vehicle. The mobile shuttle may be the same shuttle as the target shuttle or may be different.
And S370, the target mobile gantry crane hoists the container to be hoisted to the mobile shuttle.
When the movable shuttle car moves to the second fixed gantry crane, the second fixed gantry crane hoists the container to be hoisted to the target truck; the second fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane. The first fixed gantry crane may be the same as or different from the second fixed gantry crane.
For instance, for container truck loading, two possible examples are given for the current position of the container to be hoisted:
loading from a container yard to a container truck: according to the system task, the position of the container in the yard is obtained, if the container is closest to a first mobile gantry crane, the first mobile gantry crane is responsible for hoisting the container from the yard, the system simultaneously orders a certain AGV (namely, a mobile shuttle vehicle) to run near the first mobile gantry crane, at the moment, the first mobile gantry crane is closest to the AGV (the mobile shuttle vehicle), the first mobile gantry crane places the container on the AGV (the mobile shuttle vehicle), the AGV (the mobile shuttle vehicle) is responsible for conveying the container to a first fixed gantry crane position where the collecting card is located, and then the fixed gantry crane conveys the container from the AGV trolley (the mobile shuttle vehicle) to the collecting card. When the task is complete, the system instructs the hub to leave.
Secondly, loading from a certain train to a container truck: according to the system task, the position of the container in the train is obtained, if the container is closest to a second mobile gantry crane, the second mobile gantry crane is responsible for hoisting the container from the train, the system simultaneously orders a certain AGV (namely, a mobile shuttle car) to run to the position near the second mobile gantry crane, at the moment, the second mobile gantry crane is closest to the AGV (the mobile shuttle car), the second mobile gantry crane places the container on the AGV (the mobile shuttle car), the AGV (the mobile shuttle car) is responsible for conveying the container to a fixed first fixed gantry crane position where the container is located, and then the first fixed gantry crane conveys the container from the AGV (the mobile shuttle car) to the container truck. When the task is complete, the system instructs the hub to leave.
In order to implement the container transportation management method provided in any of the above embodiments, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a container transportation management system, please refer to fig. 1, where a first mobile gantry crane and a second mobile gantry crane are arranged in parallel, and at least one fixed gantry crane is arranged in a loading and unloading area between the first mobile gantry crane and the second mobile gantry crane.
The first stationary gantry crane 230 is used to hoist at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to the target shuttle 240 when the truck to be unloaded is moved to a first area corresponding to the first stationary gantry crane 230. The first fixed gantry crane 230 is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane, and the target shuttle 240 is a shuttle in the first area of the at least one shuttle.
The first mobile gantry crane 210 or the second mobile gantry crane 220 is used for unloading all containers in the target shuttle 240 to the target location of the container yard when the target shuttle 240 moves to the loading and unloading area.
In an alternative embodiment, a detection device is provided on the first stationary gantry crane 230. The detection device is used for judging whether the truck to be unloaded is in the first area. The detection device is also used for sending a stop command to the truck to be unloaded if the truck to be unloaded is in the first area so that the truck to be unloaded stays in the first area. The first fixed gantry crane 230 is further configured to hoist at least one container in the truck to be unloaded to the target shuttle 240 upon receiving a hoisting instruction sent by the detection device. The hoist instructions characterize that the truck to be offloaded remains in the first zone.
In an alternative embodiment, the handling area has at least one shuttle track. And the target shuttle car 240 is used for determining a target track in the at least one shuttle track according to the distance between the first area and the target position. The target trajectory represents the shortest trajectory for the target shuttle trajectory to move to the target location. The target shuttle 240 is also used to determine the target mobile gantry as it moves along the target track to the loading area. The target mobile gantry crane is the one of the first mobile gantry crane 210 and the second mobile gantry crane 220 that is closest to the current position of the target shuttle 240. The target mobile gantry is used to discharge all containers in the target shuttle 240 to the target location of the container yard.
In an alternative embodiment, the first mobile gantry 210 or the second mobile gantry 220 is also used to unload all containers in the target shuttle 240 to the target train as the target shuttle 240 moves to the loading area.
In an alternative embodiment, the container transportation system may further include: and the processing module is used for acquiring the current position of the container to be hoisted. The processing module is also used for determining the target mobile gantry crane according to the first position. The target mobile gantry crane is the one of the first mobile gantry crane 210 and the second mobile gantry crane 220 that is closest to the current position of the target shuttle 240. The target mobile gantry crane is also used for sending a hoisting instruction to the mobile shuttle. The movable shuttle car is the shuttle car which is closest to the target movable gantry crane in at least one shuttle car. The target mobile gantry crane is also used for hoisting the container to be hoisted to the mobile shuttle. And when the movable shuttle vehicle moves to the second fixed gantry crane, the second fixed gantry crane hoists the container to be hoisted to the target truck. The second fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane.
In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method can be implemented in other ways. The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative and, for example, the flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of apparatus, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.
In addition, the functional modules in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated together to form an independent part, or each module may exist separately, or two or more modules may be integrated to form an independent part.
The functions, if implemented in the form of software functional modules and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.
In summary, the invention provides a method and a system for managing container transportation, and relates to the field of container transportation management. The container transportation management method is applied to a container transportation management system, the container transportation management system comprises a first movable gantry crane, a second movable gantry crane, at least one shuttle car and at least one fixed gantry crane, the first movable gantry crane and the second movable gantry crane are arranged in parallel, the at least one fixed gantry crane is arranged in a loading and unloading area between the first movable gantry crane and the second movable gantry crane, and the container transportation management method comprises the following steps: when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to the first fixed gantry crane, the first fixed gantry crane hoists at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to the target shuttle car; the target shuttle vehicle is a shuttle vehicle in a first area in the at least one shuttle vehicle; when the target shuttle vehicle moves to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle vehicle to the target position of the container yard. By using the container transportation management method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the situation that the large-scale movable gantry crane is in charge of loading and unloading the containers on the railway train and the trucks can be avoided, the fixed gantry crane is used for sharing the work of the large-scale movable gantry crane, the gantry crane resources of a container yard are reasonably utilized, and the transportation management efficiency of the containers is improved.
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 spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A container transportation management method applied to a container transportation management system including a first mobile gantry crane, a second mobile gantry crane, at least one shuttle car, and at least one fixed gantry crane, the first mobile gantry crane being disposed in parallel with the second mobile gantry crane, the at least one fixed gantry crane being disposed in a loading and unloading area between the first mobile gantry crane and the second mobile gantry crane, the method comprising:
when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to a first fixed gantry crane, the first fixed gantry crane hoists at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to a target shuttle;
the first fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane, and the target shuttle car is a shuttle car in the first area of the at least one shuttle car;
when the target shuttle car moves to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle car to a target position of a container yard;
the method further comprises the following steps:
acquiring the current position of a container to be hoisted;
determining a target mobile gantry crane according to the current position; the target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle vehicle in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane;
the target mobile gantry crane sends a hoisting instruction to the mobile shuttle car; the movable shuttle car is the shuttle car which is closest to the target movable gantry crane in the at least one shuttle car;
the target moving gantry crane hoists the container to be hoisted to the moving shuttle car;
when the movable shuttle car moves to a second fixed gantry crane, the second fixed gantry crane hoists the container to be hoisted to a target truck; the second fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein a detection device is provided on the first stationary gantry crane;
when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to a first fixed gantry crane, the first fixed gantry crane hoists at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to a target shuttle, and the method comprises the following steps:
the detection equipment judges whether the truck to be unloaded is in the first area or not;
if so, the detection equipment sends a stop instruction to the truck to be unloaded so as to enable the truck to be unloaded to stay in the first area;
when the first fixed gantry crane receives a hoisting instruction sent by the detection equipment, hoisting at least one container in the truck to be unloaded to a target shuttle car; the hoisting instruction represents that the truck to be unloaded stays in the first area.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the loading area has at least one shuttle track;
when the target shuttle is moved to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle to a target location of a container yard, including:
the target shuttle vehicle determines a target track in the at least one shuttle track according to the distance between the first area and the target position; the target track represents the shortest track from the target shuttle track to the target position;
when the target shuttle vehicle moves to the loading and unloading area along the target track, determining a target moving gantry crane; the target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle car in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane;
the target mobile gantry unloads all containers in the target shuttle to a target location of a container yard.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
when the target shuttle car moves to the loading and unloading area, the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane unloads all containers in the target shuttle car to a target train.
5. A container transport management system, comprising: the system comprises a first movable gantry crane, a second movable gantry crane, at least one shuttle car and at least one fixed gantry crane;
the first movable gantry crane and the second movable gantry crane are arranged in parallel, and the at least one fixed gantry crane is arranged in a loading and unloading area between the first movable gantry crane and the second movable gantry crane;
the first fixed gantry crane is used for hoisting at least one container of the truck to be unloaded to a target shuttle when the truck to be unloaded moves to a first area corresponding to the first fixed gantry crane;
the first fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane, and the target shuttle car is a shuttle car in the first area of the at least one shuttle car;
the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane is used for unloading all containers in the target shuttle to a target position of a container yard when the target shuttle is moved to the loading and unloading area;
the system further comprises:
the processing module is used for acquiring the current position of the container to be hoisted;
the processing module is also used for determining a target mobile gantry crane according to the current position; the target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle car in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane;
the target moving gantry crane is also used for sending a hoisting instruction to the moving shuttle car; the movable shuttle car is the shuttle car which is closest to the target movable gantry crane in the at least one shuttle car;
the target moving gantry crane is also used for hoisting the container to be hoisted to the moving shuttle car;
when the movable shuttle car moves to a second fixed gantry crane, the second fixed gantry crane hoists the container to be hoisted to a target truck; the second fixed gantry crane is any one of the at least one fixed gantry crane.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the first stationary gantry crane has a detection device disposed thereon;
the detection equipment is used for judging whether the truck to be unloaded is in the first area;
the detection equipment is further used for sending a stop instruction to the truck to be unloaded if the truck to be unloaded is in the first area so that the truck to be unloaded stays in the first area;
the first fixed gantry crane is further used for hoisting at least one container in the truck to be unloaded to the target shuttle car when receiving a hoisting instruction sent by the detection equipment; the hoisting instruction represents that the truck to be unloaded stays in the first area.
7. The system of claim 5, wherein the loading area has at least one shuttle track;
the target shuttle vehicle is used for determining a target track in the at least one shuttle track according to the distance between the first area and the target position; the target trajectory represents the shortest trajectory that the target shuttle trajectory moves to the target location;
the target shuttle car is also used for determining a target mobile gantry crane when moving to the loading and unloading area along the target track; the target moving gantry crane is the moving gantry crane which is closest to the current position of the target shuttle car in the first moving gantry crane and the second moving gantry crane;
the target moving gantry crane is used for unloading all containers in the target shuttle vehicle to the target position of a container yard.
8. The system of claim 5, wherein the first mobile gantry crane or the second mobile gantry crane is further configured to unload all containers in the target shuttle to a target train when the target shuttle is moved to the loading area.
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