CN113351495B

CN113351495B - System, method and apparatus for processing orders

Info

Publication number: CN113351495B
Application number: CN202110609622.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘旭; 宋国库; 王显旺
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-01
Filing date: 2021-06-01
Publication date: 2023-05-30
Anticipated expiration: 2041-06-01
Also published as: CN113351495A

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose systems, methods, and devices for processing orders. The system comprises a picking device, a sorting device and a control terminal, wherein the picking device comprises a first conveying unit and a picking unit, and the sorting device comprises a second conveying unit, a first identification unit, a sorting unit and a first storage unit; a first conveying unit configured to convey an article corresponding to the set of orders to be processed; the first identifying unit is configured to identify an order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs and send an identification result to the control terminal; a control terminal configured to control the picking unit to pick the article conveyed by the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit; and controlling the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage positions, corresponding to the orders to which the articles belong, in the first storage unit according to the identification result. This embodiment enables automatic order picking and sorting.

Description

System, method and apparatus for processing orders

Technical Field

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of computer technology, and in particular, to a system, method, and apparatus for processing orders.

Background

With the rapid development of electronic commerce, the difficulty and the requirement of order processing are also higher and higher for many electronic commerce platforms. Order picking is one of the important links in order processing. How to achieve efficient and accurate order picking is one of the problems under continuous investigation.

Currently, the manner in which order picking is accomplished mainly includes person-to-goods picking and goods-to-person picking. Wherein, the person arrival picking is to sort and store goods according to a specified rule, and then manually pick the goods according to the storage positions of the goods which are sent to by orders. The goods are picked by people, the goods are stored and moved by various hardware devices, and meanwhile, the goods can be automatically conveyed to the position where the person is located by combining the assistance of the information system, the electronic tag and other technologies, so that the person can stop and pick the goods in situ conveniently. After the goods are manually picked, the picked goods are further sorted manually, so that the goods belonging to the same order are sorted out and packed.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and apparatuses for processing orders.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for processing orders, comprising a picking device, a sorting device, and a control terminal, the picking device comprising a first conveying unit and a picking unit, the sorting device comprising a second conveying unit, a first identification unit, a sorting unit, and a first storage unit; a first conveying unit configured to convey an article corresponding to the set of orders to be processed; the first identifying unit is configured to identify an order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs and send an identification result to the control terminal; a control terminal configured to control the picking unit to pick the article conveyed by the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit; and controlling the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage positions, corresponding to the orders to which the articles belong, in the first storage unit according to the identification result.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for processing an order, the method comprising: the picking unit is controlled to pick the articles which are conveyed by the first conveying unit and correspond to the to-be-processed order set to the second conveying unit; receiving an identification result of the first identification unit for an order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs; and controlling the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage positions, corresponding to the orders to which the articles belong, in the first storage unit according to the identification result.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for processing orders, the apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control the picking unit to pick the article corresponding to the to-be-processed order set conveyed by the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit; a receiving unit configured to receive a recognition result of the first recognition unit for an order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs; and the control unit is further configured to control the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage positions corresponding to the orders to which the articles belong in the first storage unit according to the identification result.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control terminal, including: one or more processors; a storage means for storing one or more programs; the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method as described in any of the implementations of the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method as described in any of the implementations of the first aspect.

According to the system, the method and the device for processing the order, the picking device is used for conveying the articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order set, and the conveyed articles are directly picked to the sorting device, so that the sorting device sorts and stores the picked articles, and automatic picking and automatic sorting of the articles corresponding to the order are achieved without manual participation. Meanwhile, the integration of automatic picking and automatic sorting is realized, so that other extra links such as conveying are not needed in the two processes of order picking and order sorting, the order processing efficiency is improved, and the maintenance cost can be reduced.

Drawings

Other features, objects and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent upon reading of the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments, made with reference to the following drawings:

FIG. 1 is a system architecture diagram of one embodiment of a system for processing orders according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a system architecture diagram of yet another embodiment of a system for processing orders according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a system for processing orders according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a picking device in a system for processing orders according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a sorting apparatus in a system for processing orders according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a partial schematic diagram of one embodiment of a second storage unit in a system for processing orders according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of one embodiment of a method for processing an order according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an apparatus for processing orders according to the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a control terminal suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the portions related to the present invention are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present disclosure and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other. The present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

FIG. 1 illustrates a system architecture diagram of one embodiment of a system for processing orders of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, the system for processing orders includes a picking device 101, a sorting device 102, and a control terminal 103.

Wherein the picking device 101 may be used to complete the picking of items corresponding to a set of pending orders. Sorting device 102 may be used to complete sorting of items corresponding to each order in the set of pending orders. The control terminal 103 may be used to control the picking device 101 to complete the picking operation and the sorting device 102 to complete the sorting operation.

An order may refer to a document of an item ordered by a user at various platforms (e.g., an e-commerce platform, etc.) or stores, etc. The items ordered by the user may be various types of items. For example, items include, but are not limited to, living goods, office goods, and the like. The item to which the order corresponds may refer to the item indicated by the order content.

The pending order may refer to an order for an item for which a pick order has not yet begun. The set of pending orders may consist of any number of pending orders. The control terminal 103 may obtain the pending order set from a connected database, a storage device, or a server (e.g., a backend server of the e-commerce platform, etc.) in advance.

The picking device 101 may pick items corresponding to all of the pending orders included in the set of pending orders. Sorting device 102 may sort out items corresponding to each of the pending orders in the set of pending orders, respectively, from the items sorted out by sorting device 101.

The picking device 101 may include a first conveyor unit 1011 and a picking unit 1012. The first conveying unit 1011 may be used for conveying the articles corresponding to the pending order set. In the process of conveying the item corresponding to the pending order set by the first conveying unit 1011, the control terminal 103 may control the picking unit 1012 to pick the item corresponding to the pending order set.

The first conveying unit 1011 may be various apparatuses having an article conveying function. For example, the first conveying unit 1011 may include various conveyors, conveyor belts, and the like.

The picking unit 1012 may be a variety of devices having item picking functionality. For example, pick units 1012 may include various pickers, and the like. As an example, the picking unit may be a robotic arm with an end-effector, in which case the robotic arm may pick and place items with the end-effector to complete the picking of the items.

The sorting apparatus 102 may include a second conveying unit 1021, a first recognition unit 1022, a sorting unit 1023, and a first storage unit 1024. The control terminal 103 may control the picking unit 1012 to pick the items on the first conveying unit 1011 onto the second conveying unit 1021, so that the second conveying unit 1021 may be used to convey the picked items of the picking device 101. In the process that the picked items are conveyed by the second conveying unit 1021, the first identifying unit 1022 may identify each of the picked items to obtain an order to which each of the items belongs as an identification result, and then may transmit the identification result to the control terminal 103.

After receiving the identification result, the control terminal 103 may control the sorting unit 1023 to store each item whose picking is completed to a storage location corresponding to the order to which the item belongs in the first storage unit 1024 according to the identification result. The first storage unit 1024 may be configured to store items corresponding to the set of pending orders, and each pending order may have a corresponding storage location. In general, different pending orders may correspond to different storage locations, respectively.

Specifically, the control terminal may store in advance a correspondence relationship between the order and the storage location of the order in the first storage unit. At this time, after receiving the identification result, the control terminal may query a storage location corresponding to the order to which the article belongs, and send the queried storage location as a query result to the sorting unit, so that the sorting unit stores the article to the corresponding storage location according to the received query result.

The second conveying unit 1021 may be various devices having an article conveying function. For example, the second conveying unit 1021 may include various conveyors, conveyor belts, and the like. The first conveying unit 1011 and the second conveying unit 1021 may be the same device or may be different devices.

The first recognition unit 1022 may be various devices having a function of recognizing an order to which an item belongs. Specifically, different identification methods can be adopted to identify orders to which the articles belong according to actual application requirements.

For example, the item may have a label thereon and the label includes indication information for indicating an order to which the item belongs. The indication information may be text, images, bar codes, etc. At this time, the first recognition unit correspondence may be various text or image or bar code recognition devices, or the like.

By way of illustration of one specific example, the first recognition unit may include an imaging module (e.g., a camera, etc.) for capturing images and a processing module for image processing. At this time, the first identifying unit may first take an image of a tag corresponding to the article using the image pickup module, and then identify, by the processing module, an order to which the article belongs according to the taken image.

The sorting unit 1023 may be various devices having an article sorting function. For example, the sorting unit 1023 may include various sorters, sorting carts, sorting robots, and the like. The first storage unit 1024 may be various devices having an item storage function. For example, the first storage unit 1024 may include various shelves, containers, and the like.

As an example, the sorting unit may be a robot having an article picking and placing function. At this time, the robot may carry the article on the second conveying unit to the first storage unit and place the article at a storage location corresponding to the order to which the article belongs.

The control terminal 103 may be various kinds of software or hardware having an information processing function. When the control terminal 103 is hardware, it may be, for example, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a laptop portable computer, a desktop computer, a server, or the like. When the control terminal 103 is software, it may be installed in the above-listed hardware such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a server, etc., and may be specifically implemented as a plurality of software or software modules (for example, a plurality of software or software modules for providing distributed services), or may be implemented as a single software or software module. The present invention is not particularly limited herein.

It should be noted that the number of picking devices, sorting devices and control terminals included in the system for processing orders may be flexibly set according to implementation requirements. The number of first conveying units and picking units comprised by the picking device can also be flexibly set according to implementation requirements. The number of the second conveying units, the first identifying units, the sorting units and the first storage units included in the sorting device can be flexibly set according to the implementation requirement.

In order processing, the first conveying unit of the picking device is utilized to convey articles corresponding to an order set to be processed, meanwhile, the control terminal controls the picking unit of the picking device to pick the articles on the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit of the sorting device, then the first identifying unit of the sorting device identifies the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit and sends the identification result to the control terminal, and the control terminal controls the sorting unit of the sorting device to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the corresponding position in the first storage unit of the sorting device according to the received identification result.

In the whole order processing process, the picking operation does not need to be completed manually, the sorting operation does not need to be completed manually, the manpower consumption is reduced, the automatic picking, sorting and storing of the order articles are realized, and the order processing efficiency is improved. In addition, the component structure of the picking device and the sorting device is simple, and the picking device and the sorting device directly enter the article sorting after the article is picked, so that the article conveying links in the middle of the article picking and the article sorting are omitted, the connection among various devices in the order processing process is reduced, the cost of the order processing system is reduced, and the deployment and management of the order processing system are facilitated.

Referring now to FIG. 2, a system architecture diagram of yet another embodiment of a system for processing orders of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 2, the system for processing orders may include, in addition to the picking device 101, the sorting device 102 and the control terminal 103, at least one of the following: a second storage unit 104, a transfer robot 105, and a packing device 106.

The second storage unit 104 may be configured to store items corresponding to the pending order set. At this time, the picking device 101 may pick items acquired from the second storage unit 104. Alternatively, the second storage unit may be used to store various items, so that items corresponding to various orders may be retrieved from the second storage unit. For example, the second storage unit may be a warehouse of an e-commerce platform or the like. In particular, the second storage unit 104 may be various devices having an item storage function. For example, the second storage unit may include various shelves, containers, and the like.

The transfer robot 105 may be used to pick and place and/or transfer items during order processing. The transfer robot 105 may be a device having an article transfer function of various configurations.

Alternatively, the control terminal 103 may control the transfer robot 105 to transfer the item corresponding to the set of pending orders from the second storage unit 104 onto the first conveying unit 1011 of the picking apparatus 101 according to the set of pending orders.

Specifically, the control terminal 103 may store the items stored in the second storage unit 104 and the storage positions corresponding to the items in advance. At this time, the control terminal 103 may query the storage positions of the respective articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order sets in the second storage unit 104, and send the storage positions obtained by the query to the transfer robot 105, so that the transfer robot may take out the articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order sets at the corresponding storage positions in the second storage unit 104.

The packaging device 106 may be configured to package items corresponding to each order in the set of pending orders. The packing apparatus 106 may be various devices having a function of packing articles. For example, the bagging apparatus may include various bagging machines and the like.

Specifically, for each pending order in the set of pending orders, the packaging device 106 may retrieve and package the item corresponding to the pending order from the storage location corresponding to the pending order in the first storage unit 1024.

It should be noted that the number of the second storage units, the transfer robot, and the packing device included in the system for processing orders may be flexibly set according to implementation requirements. The movement of the transfer robot may be controlled by different methods.

For example, the control terminal may transmit the travel route to the transfer robot to control the transfer robot to properly transfer the article according to the travel route. For another example, a navigation mark (such as a two-dimensional code recorded with position information) may be disposed on the ground, and the handling robot may correctly handle the article by scanning and recognizing the navigation mark on the ground.

With continued reference to FIG. 3, a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a system for processing orders of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 3, the system for processing orders comprises a picking device 101, a sorting device 102, a control terminal 103, a second storage unit 104, a handling robot 105 and a packaging device 106.

The order processing process may include: the control terminal 103 controls the transfer robot 105 to transfer the articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order set stored in the second storage unit 104 to the picking device 101 to finish picking, then the sorting device 102 sorts and stores the sorted articles, and then the packing device 106 packs the sorted and stored articles according to the order, so that the automatic docking and processing of each link of the to-be-processed order corresponding to the articles is realized, the fully-automatic order processing system is realized, the links are directly connected, unnecessary docking or suspending among different links is omitted, and the order processing efficiency is further improved.

Referring now to FIG. 4, a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a picking device in a system for processing orders of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 4, the picking device 101 includes a first conveying unit 1011 and a picking unit 1012.

Optionally, the picking device 101 may also comprise a second identification unit 1013. The second recognition unit 1013 is configured to recognize the position of the article conveyed by the first conveying unit 1011 as a recognition result, and transmit the recognition result to the control terminal 103. After receiving the identification result, the control terminal may control the picking unit 1012 to pick the item at the corresponding position to the second conveying unit 1021 according to the identification result, so as to achieve accurate picking of the item on the first conveying unit 1011.

The second recognition unit 1013 may be various devices having a position recognition function of an article. For example, the second recognition unit may include various positioning devices, image or text recognition devices, and so forth.

Alternatively, the first conveying unit 1011 may be used to convey the articles placed in the article box corresponding to the set of pending orders. The article box may be any of a variety of devices that can be used to hold articles.

At this time, the second recognition unit 1013 may be configured to recognize a position of the item in the item box as a recognition result, and the control terminal 103 may control the picking unit 1012 to accurately pick the item from the item box and place the picked item on the second conveying unit 1021.

Optionally, at least one picking position 10111 may be preset on the first conveyor unit 1011. Where a pick location may refer to a location where an item is picked by a pick unit 1012 on a first conveyor unit 1011. At this time, the picking unit 1012 may pick the item to the second conveying unit 1021 at a preset picking position 10111.

The picking position can be flexibly set according to the actual application scene. For example, the picking device may be at a central location when the first conveyor unit 1011 is stationary. For another example, the picking positions may be set based on the position of the picking units 1012 to facilitate the picking of items by the picking units.

Alternatively, both ends of the running direction of the first conveying unit 1011 may be provided with at least one preset buffer position 10112, respectively. The buffer location 10112 may refer to a location where an item is temporarily stored.

At this time, the transfer robot 105 may transfer the article box in which the article corresponding to the to-be-processed order set is placed from the second storage unit 104 to the buffer position 10112 at one end of the first conveying unit 1011, which is generally the start end of the first conveying unit in the running direction. Then, with the operation of the first conveying unit 1011, the article box at the buffer position is conveyed to a preset picking position 10111, and then the picking unit 1012 may pick the articles in the article box to the second conveying unit 1021. Thereafter, with the operation of the first conveying unit 1011, the article box at the preset picking position 10111 is conveyed to the cache position 10112 at the other end, and then the transfer robot 105 may transfer the article box back to the article box recovery position (e.g., the second storage unit, etc.).

Through presetting the picking position, the buffer position and the like, the picking device can more accurately and orderly finish the picking of the articles.

Optionally, the picking device 101 may also include a docking track 1014 of the handling robot 105 to facilitate walking, docking, etc. of the handling robot. According to the type of the transfer robot, the type of the corresponding docking track may be flexibly set to be adapted to the corresponding transfer robot.

In some cases, as shown in FIG. 4, docking track 1014 may be disposed on one side of first conveyor unit 1011 and pick unit 1012 may be correspondingly disposed on the other side of first conveyor unit 1011. The second recognition unit 1013 may be disposed on the same side of the first conveying unit 1011 as the picking unit 1012. Thereby, crossing of the resting tracks of the picking device 101 and the handling robot 105 can be avoided, facilitating a correct operation of the picking device 101 and the handling robot 105 and facilitating maintenance.

Taking the specific structure of picking device 101 shown in fig. 4 as an example, the order picking process may include: the transfer robot 105 may dock at the docking track 1014 and transfer the article box with the article corresponding to the to-be-processed order set placed to the buffer position 10112 at one end of the first conveying unit 1011, and when the article box is conveyed from the buffer position 10112 to the preset picking position 10111, the second identifying unit 1013 identifies the position of the article in the article box and sends the position to the control terminal 103, and the control terminal 103 controls the end pick-up 10121 of the mechanical arm to pick up the article from the corresponding position in the article box and place the picked article on the second conveying unit 1021.

In addition, after the transfer robot 105 transfers the article box to the predetermined one end buffer position 10112, it may continue to travel to the other end buffer position 10112 of the first transfer unit 1011 along the stop track 1014 to transfer the transferred article box back to the article box recycling position. Thereby realizing convenient and accurate automatic picking of the articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order set.

It should be noted that fig. 4 is merely an exemplary schematic structural diagram of the picking device, and the specific structure of the picking device may be flexibly set according to actual application requirements or application scenarios, and the number of the second identifying units included in the picking device may also be flexibly set according to requirements.

Referring now to FIG. 5, a schematic diagram illustrating one embodiment of a sorting apparatus in a system for processing orders of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 5, the sorting apparatus 102 includes a second conveying unit 1021, a first recognition unit 1022, a sorting unit 1023, and a first storage unit 1024.

Taking the specific structure of picking device 101 shown in fig. 5 as an example, the order sorting process may include: the first conveying unit 1011 conveys the picked-up article, and when the article is conveyed to be within the recognition range of the first recognition unit 1022, the first recognition unit 1022 may recognize the order to which the article belongs and transmit the recognition result to the control terminal 103. Then, the first conveying unit 1011 continues conveying the articles until the articles drop onto the sorting unit 1023, and the sorting unit 1023 places the articles thereon at the corresponding positions in the first storage unit 1024 according to the storage positions corresponding to the orders to which the articles thereon belong, which are sent by the control terminal. Therefore, convenient and accurate automatic sorting of the articles corresponding to each order in the to-be-processed order set is realized.

It should be noted that fig. 5 is merely an exemplary schematic structural diagram of the sorting device, and the specific structure of the sorting device may be flexibly set according to actual application requirements or application scenarios.

Referring now to FIG. 6, a partial schematic diagram of one embodiment of a second storage unit in the system for processing orders of the present disclosure is shown. As shown in fig. 6, the second storage unit 104 may include a running track of the transfer robot 105.

The running track may include a first track 1041 connecting the second storage unit 104 and the ground so that the robot smoothly reciprocates between the second storage unit 104 and the ground.

The running rails may further include a second rail 1042 for picking and placing the items stored in the second storage unit 104 so that the transfer robot 105 conveniently picks and places the items stored in the second storage unit 104 by walking on the second rail.

The types of the first rail 1041 and the second rail 1042 may be adaptively set according to the type of the transfer robot 105 and the specific structure of the second storage unit 104.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 6, the second storage unit may store the items in respective pockets divided in the horizontal and vertical directions at the same time. At this time, the second rail 1042 may include a horizontal rail 10421 corresponding to the horizontal direction and a vertical rail 10422 corresponding to the vertical direction, so that the transfer robot 105 may walk along the horizontal rail in the horizontal direction and may walk along the vertical rail 10422 in the vertical direction, so that the transfer robot 105 may conveniently reach the storage compartment of each article to pick and place the article.

In some cases, the storage compartment of the article in the second storage unit 104 is generally at a certain height from the ground, so that the horizontal rail 10421 is also at a certain height from the ground, and in this case, the first rail 1041 may be an inclined rail connecting the horizontal rail 10421 and the ground, so that the transfer robot 105 can smoothly shuttle between the horizontal rail 10421 and the ground.

It should be noted that fig. 6 is merely an exemplary schematic structural diagram of the running track of the handling robot, and the specific structure of the running track may be flexibly set according to actual application requirements or application scenarios.

Referring now to FIG. 7, a flow of one embodiment of a method of the present disclosure for processing orders is shown. The method for processing orders may be applied to a control terminal (such as the control terminal 103 shown in fig. 1), and specifically may include the following steps:

and 701, controlling the picking unit to pick the articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order set and conveyed by the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit.

In the present embodiment, the control terminal may control the picking unit (the picking unit 1012, etc. shown in fig. 1) to pick the article conveyed by the first conveying unit (the first conveying unit 1011, etc. shown in fig. 1) to the second conveying unit (the second conveying unit 1021, etc. shown in fig. 1).

The pending order may refer to an order for an item for which a pick order has not yet begun. The set of pending orders may consist of any number of pending orders. The control terminal may obtain the pending order set from the connected database, storage device or server (e.g. a back-end server of the e-commerce platform) in advance.

The first conveying unit may be used for conveying the articles corresponding to the pending order set. The first conveying unit may be various apparatuses having an article conveying function. For example, the first conveying unit may include various conveyors, conveyor belts, and the like.

In the process that the articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order set are conveyed by the first conveying unit, the control terminal can control the picking unit to pick the articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order set. The picking unit 1012 may be a variety of devices having item picking functionality. For example, pick units 1012 may include various pickers, and the like. As an example, the picking unit may be a robotic arm with an end-effector, in which case the robotic arm may pick and place items with the end-effector to complete the picking of the items.

Step 702, receiving a recognition result of the order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs by the first recognition unit.

In this embodiment, the first identifying unit (e.g., the first identifying unit 1022 shown in fig. 1) may identify the article conveyed by the second conveying unit, so as to obtain an order to which the article belongs as an identifying result, and send the identifying result to the control terminal.

The first identification unit may be various devices having the function of identifying the order to which the item belongs. Specifically, different identification methods can be adopted to identify orders to which the articles belong according to actual application requirements.

And step 703, controlling the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage positions corresponding to the orders to which the articles belong in the first storage unit according to the identification result.

In this embodiment, the control terminal may control the sorting unit (such as the sorting unit 1023 shown in fig. 1) to store the article conveyed by the second conveying unit to a storage position in the first storage unit (such as the first storage unit 1024 shown in fig. 1) corresponding to the order to which the article belongs, according to the received identification result.

The sorting unit may be various devices having an article sorting function. For example, the sorting unit may include various sorters, sorting carts, sorting robots, and the like. The first storage unit may be configured to store items corresponding to the set of pending orders, and each pending order may have a corresponding storage location. In general, different pending orders may correspond to different storage locations, respectively. The first storage unit may be various devices having an article storage function. For example, the first storage unit may include various shelves, containers, and the like.

In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the control terminal may further control the transfer robot (such as the transfer robot 105 shown in fig. 2) to transfer the item corresponding to the to-be-processed order set from the second storage unit (such as the second storage unit 104 shown in fig. 2) to the first conveying unit.

The details not specifically described in this embodiment may refer to the related descriptions in the corresponding embodiment of fig. 2, and are not described herein.

According to the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the control terminal controls the picking unit to pick the articles on the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit of the sorting device, then the first identifying unit of the sorting device identifies the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit and sends the identification result to the control terminal, and the control terminal controls the sorting unit of the sorting device to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the corresponding position in the first storage unit of the sorting device according to the received identification result, so that automatic picking, sorting and storing of the articles of an order are realized, order processing efficiency is improved, and manpower consumption is not required in the whole process.

With further reference to fig. 8, as an implementation of the method shown in fig. 7 described above, the present disclosure provides an embodiment of an apparatus for processing orders, which corresponds to the method embodiment shown in fig. 7, and which is particularly applicable to various control terminals.

As shown in fig. 8, the apparatus for processing an order provided in this embodiment includes a control unit 801 and a receiving unit 802. Wherein the control unit 801 is configured to control the picking unit to pick the article corresponding to the to-be-processed order set conveyed by the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit; the receiving unit 802 is configured to receive a recognition result of the first recognition unit for an order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs; the control unit 801 is further configured to control the sorting unit to store the article conveyed by the second conveying unit to a storage position in the first storage unit corresponding to an order to which the article belongs, according to the identification result.

In this embodiment, in the apparatus 800 for processing an order: the specific processing of the control unit 801 and the receiving unit 802 and the technical effects thereof may refer to the relevant descriptions of step 701, step 702 and step 703 in the corresponding embodiment of fig. 7, and are not repeated herein.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the control unit 801 is further configured to control the transfer robot to transfer items corresponding to the set of pending orders from the second storage unit to the first conveying unit.

According to the device for processing orders provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the picking unit is controlled by the control unit to pick the articles which are conveyed by the first conveying unit and correspond to the to-be-processed order set to the second conveying unit; the receiving unit receives the identification result of the first identification unit for the order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs; the control unit controls the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage position of the order corresponding to the articles in the first storage unit according to the identification result, so that automatic sorting, sorting and storing of the ordered articles are realized, order processing efficiency is improved, and manpower consumption is not required in the whole process

Referring now to fig. 9, a schematic diagram of a control terminal (e.g., control terminal 103 of fig. 1) 900 suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. Fig. 9 illustrates only one example, and should not be construed as limiting the functionality and scope of use of embodiments of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 9, the control terminal 900 may include a processing device (e.g., a central processing unit, a graphic processor, etc.) 901, which may perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 902 or a program loaded from a storage device 908 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 903. In the RAM903, various programs and data necessary for controlling the operation of the terminal 900 are also stored. The processing device 901, the ROM 902, and the RAM903 are connected to each other through a bus 904. An input/output (I/O) interface 905 is also connected to the bus 904.

In general, the following devices may be connected to the I/O interface 905: input devices 906 including, for example, a touch screen, touchpad, keyboard, mouse, camera, microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope, and the like; an output device 907 including, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a speaker, a vibrator, and the like; storage 908 including, for example, magnetic tape, hard disk, etc.; and a communication device 909. The communication means 909 may allow the control terminal 900 to perform wireless or wired communication with other devices to exchange data. While fig. 9 shows a control terminal 900 having various means, it is to be understood that not all of the illustrated means are required to be implemented or provided. More or fewer devices may be implemented or provided instead. Each block shown in fig. 9 may represent one device or a plurality of devices as needed.

In particular, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to flowcharts may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code for performing the method shown in the flowcharts. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network via the communication device 909, or installed from the storage device 908, or installed from the ROM 902. When executed by the processing device 901, performs the above-described functions defined in the methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, the computer readable medium according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium, or any combination of the two. The computer readable storage medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer-readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Whereas in embodiments of the present disclosure, the computer-readable signal medium may comprise a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, with computer-readable program code embodied therein. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: electrical wires, fiber optic cables, RF (radio frequency), and the like, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The computer readable medium may be contained in the control terminal; or may exist alone without being assembled into the control terminal. The computer-readable medium carries one or more programs that, when executed by the control terminal, cause the control terminal to: the picking unit is controlled to pick the articles which are conveyed by the first conveying unit and correspond to the to-be-processed order set to the second conveying unit; receiving an identification result of the first identification unit for an order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs; and controlling the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage positions, corresponding to the orders to which the articles belong, in the first storage unit according to the identification result.

Computer program code for carrying out operations of embodiments of the present disclosure may be written in one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, smalltalk, C ++ and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

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

The units involved in the embodiments described in the present disclosure may be implemented by means of software, or may be implemented by means of hardware. The described units may also be provided in a processor, for example, described as: a processor includes a control unit and a receiving unit. The names of these units do not constitute a limitation on the unit itself in some cases, and for example, the receiving unit may also be described as "a unit that receives the identification result of the first identifying unit for the order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs".

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and description of the principles of the technology being employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the invention in the embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited to the specific combination of the above technical features, but encompasses other technical features formed by any combination of the above technical features or their equivalents without departing from the spirit of the invention. Such as the above-described features, are mutually substituted with (but not limited to) the features having similar functions disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A system for processing orders, comprising a picking device, a sorting device, a second storage unit, a transfer robot and a control terminal, wherein the picking device comprises a first conveying unit and a picking unit, the sorting device comprises a second conveying unit, a first identification unit, a sorting unit and a first storage unit, and the second storage unit is used for storing articles of various orders;

the control terminal is configured to control the transfer robot to transfer the articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order set from the second storage unit to the first conveying unit according to the to-be-processed order set, wherein the to-be-processed order set comprises at least two to-be-processed orders;

The first conveying unit is configured to convey articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order set;

the first identifying unit is configured to identify an order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs and send an identification result to the control terminal;

the control terminal is configured to control the picking unit to pick the articles conveyed by the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit; and controlling the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage positions of the orders to which the articles belong in the first storage unit according to the identification result.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a bagging device;

the packing device is configured to pack the articles corresponding to the storage positions in the first storage unit in the order set to be processed.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first conveying unit is further configured to convey the items placed in the item box corresponding to the set of pending orders; and

the picking device further comprises a second identification unit;

the second identifying unit is configured to identify the position of the article in the article box and send the identification result to the control terminal;

The control terminal is configured to sort the article to the second conveying unit according to the position of the article in the article box.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the picking unit is a robotic arm comprising an end effector.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the picking unit is configured to pick items at preset picking locations on the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit.

6. The system according to claim 3, wherein preset buffer locations are respectively provided at both ends of the running direction of the first conveying unit; and

the transfer robot is configured to transfer the article box with the article corresponding to the to-be-processed order set from the second storage unit to a buffer position at one end of the first conveying unit, and to transfer the article box back to the second storage unit from the buffer position at the other end of the first conveying unit.

7. A system according to claim 3, wherein the picking device further comprises a docking track of the handling robot, the docking track and the picking unit being located on both sides of the direction of travel of the first conveying unit, respectively, the picking unit and the second identification unit being located on the same side of the first conveying unit.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the second storage unit comprises a travel track of the transfer robot, the travel track comprising a first track connecting the second storage unit and the ground, a second track for picking and placing items stored by the second storage unit.

9. A method for processing orders, applied to a control terminal, comprising:

controlling a transfer robot to transfer articles corresponding to an order set to be processed from a second storage unit to a first conveying unit, wherein the second storage unit is used for storing articles of various orders, and the order set to be processed comprises at least two orders to be processed;

the picking unit is controlled to pick the articles conveyed by the first conveying unit to the second conveying unit;

receiving an identification result of the first identification unit for an order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs;

and controlling the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage positions of the orders corresponding to the articles in the first storage unit according to the identification result.

10. An apparatus for processing orders, applied to a control terminal, comprises:

the control unit is configured to control the transfer robot to transfer the articles corresponding to the to-be-processed order set from the second storage unit to the first conveying unit, wherein the to-be-processed order set comprises at least two to-be-processed orders, and the second storage unit is used for storing the articles of various orders; the picking unit is controlled to pick the articles which are conveyed by the first conveying unit and correspond to the to-be-processed order set to the second conveying unit, wherein the to-be-processed order set comprises at least two to-be-processed orders;

A receiving unit configured to receive a recognition result of the first recognition unit for an order to which the article conveyed by the second conveying unit belongs;

and the control unit is further configured to control the sorting unit to store the articles conveyed by the second conveying unit to the storage positions corresponding to the orders to which the articles belong in the first storage unit according to the identification result.

11. A control terminal, comprising:

one or more processors;

a storage device having one or more programs stored thereon;

the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method of claim 9.

12. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program, wherein the program when executed by a processor implements the method of claim 9.