CN113525980A

CN113525980A - Box closing and tallying method and device, warehousing system and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113525980A
Application number: CN202010414447.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩旭; 傅诚冰
Original assignee: Beijing Kuangshi Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Kuangshi Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-15
Filing date: 2020-05-15
Publication date: 2021-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 2040-05-15
Also published as: CN113525980B

Abstract

The disclosure provides a box-closing tallying method, a box-closing tallying device, electronic equipment, a computer readable storage medium and a warehousing system, wherein the box-closing tallying method comprises the following steps: acquiring the current capacity of N workbins containing first goods, wherein N is a natural number and is greater than 1; determining M to-be-combined boxes needing to be combined based on the current capacities of the N boxes, wherein the current capacity of the to-be-combined boxes is smaller than a first threshold, M is a natural number, and M is smaller than or equal to N; grouping the M material boxes to be combined; and conveying K first workbins in the same group to a first station for box combination based on the grouping, wherein K is a natural number and is less than or equal to M. Guarantee that the workbin can be in grouping, concentrated the delivery to the website, the manual work can be in succession to the same SKU mould assembling, removes the link of checking the goods from, avoids unnecessary mistake. Meanwhile, the box closing task which is opened at the station at the same time can be reduced, and the requirement on the space of the station is reduced. The resources of the delivery wagon can be more reasonably utilized.

Description

Box closing and tallying method and device, warehousing system and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of warehouse logistics, and in particular, to a method for combining boxes and tallying, a device for combining boxes and tallying, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a warehouse system.

Background

The existing work bin is tallied by manually selecting some work bins, then the work bins are sent to a workstation by equipment, the work bin is tallied manually, when multiple different commodities are tallied together, the commodities are identified in a manual area and distributed and stored, and after the situation that a new box is full is judged manually, the box is put in storage through the equipment. There are major problems: the manual box selection may cause low box-assembling efficiency, for example, many full boxes are selected, more three boxes are combined into two boxes, and four boxes are combined into three boxes.

In a traditional mode, a system only executes a box output task issued by a person, does not understand how to combine boxes, and only conveys the boxes needing to be combined to a station, because the system does not understand the sequence and grouping of the boxes to be combined completely, the sequence of the boxes arriving at the station is not the required sequence, for example, the system outputs the boxes to the station, the system only conveys three boxes, but the system does not know whether the boxes A and B are combined or whether the boxes B and C are combined, and two boxes which are most suitable for combination cannot arrive adjacently, so that the box combining efficiency is low.

When multiple types of goods are managed together, each type of goods has some boxes which are not full, the storage space of a station is occupied, meanwhile, the personnel management is complicated, what goods need to be seen first, and then where the goods need to be placed in a plurality of bins of the station.

The whole existing scheme has low efficiency and is easy to make mistakes.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, a first aspect of the present disclosure is a method for box closing and tallying, wherein the method includes: acquiring the current capacity of N workbins containing first goods, wherein N is a natural number and is greater than 1; determining M to-be-combined boxes needing to be combined based on the current capacities of the N boxes, wherein the current capacity of the to-be-combined boxes is smaller than a first threshold, M is a natural number, and M is smaller than or equal to N; grouping the M material boxes to be combined; and conveying K first workbins in the same group to a first station for box combination based on the grouping, wherein K is a natural number and is less than or equal to M.

In one example, the grouping the M bins to be combined includes: and grouping the M material boxes to be combined based on the current capacity of the M material boxes to be combined, wherein the grouping ensures that the number of the material boxes required to be combined is minimum on the premise that the number of the material boxes used for accommodating the first goods is minimum after the material boxes are combined.

In one example, the grouping the M bins to be combined further includes: and grouping the M material boxes to be combined based on the positions of the M material boxes to be combined so as to make the total path for fetching and sending the material boxes to be combined shortest.

In one example, the M bins to be combined are grouped based on the positions of the M bins to be combined, and at least one of the following strategies is adopted: dividing the material boxes to be combined in the same column into the same group; dividing the material boxes to be combined in the same roadway into the same group; the number of times of taking and sending the path serial main trunk of the box to be combined is minimum; or the number of times that the path for taking and delivering the to-be-combined box crosses the roadway is the least.

In one example, said conveying a same group of K first bins to a first station based on said grouping comprises: and determining at least one transport vehicle for transporting the K first bins to the first station based on the capacity of the transport vehicle so as to minimize the number of transport vehicles for transporting the same group of K first bins.

In one example, said conveying a same group of K first bins to a first station based on said grouping comprises: determining a target bin and a source bin based on the current capacities of the K first bins, wherein the target bin is a bin for receiving the first goods in a box closing task, and the source bin is a bin for taking out the first goods in the box closing task; transporting the destination bin and the source bin to a first station via a transport vehicle, wherein either of the source bins is transported to the first station no earlier than the destination bin.

In one example, said conveying a same group of K first bins to a first station based on said grouping comprises: determining a station that can accommodate the K first bins as the first station based on the current capacity of the station.

In one example, the conveying the same group of K first bins to a first station based on the grouping further comprises: and determining a station for combining the K first workbins as the first station based on the positions of the K first workbins in the same group so as to enable the total path from the K first workbins to the first station to be shortest.

In one example, the method comprises: and conveying different groups of the bins to be combined to different stations based on the grouping.

In one example, the same group of K first bins is transported to the first station by the first transport vehicle; the method further comprises the following steps: after the same group of K first bins has been transported to the first station, the assignment of the first feed carriage is determined in order to reduce the empty load factor of the first feed carriage.

In one example, the determining the task of the first transport vehicle includes: and if the first station has a bin to be put in storage, the first conveying vehicle puts the bin to be put in storage.

In one example, the determining the task of the first transport vehicle further includes: if the bin to be put in storage does not exist in the first station, judging whether the bin to be put in storage exists in the first station within a time threshold; and if the bin to be put in storage exists in the time threshold, the first conveying vehicle waits at the first station, and when the bin to be put in storage exists at the first station, the bin to be put in storage is put in storage through the first conveying vehicle.

In one example, the determining the task of the first transport vehicle further includes: and if a bin to be put in storage exists in a second station adjacent to the first station, putting the bin to be put in storage in the second station into storage through the first conveying vehicle.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a box-closing tallying device, which includes: the acquisition module is used for acquiring the current capacity of N workbins containing first goods, wherein N is a natural number and is more than 1; the determining module is used for determining M to-be-combined boxes needing to be combined based on the current capacities of the N boxes, wherein the current capacity of the to-be-combined boxes is smaller than a first threshold, M is a natural number, and M is smaller than or equal to N; the grouping module is used for grouping the M material boxes to be combined; and the path module is used for conveying the K first workbins in the same group to the first station for box combination based on the grouping, wherein K is a natural number and is less than or equal to M.

A third aspect of the present disclosure provides an electronic device comprising: a memory to store instructions; and the processor is used for calling the instructions stored in the memory to execute the box-assembling tallying method in the first aspect.

A fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the box-closing tallying method of the first aspect.

A fifth aspect of the present disclosure provides a warehousing system comprising: the station is used for performing box closing operation on the material box to be closed; the conveying vehicle is used for conveying the material box; and a box-closing tallying device for executing the box-closing tallying method according to the first aspect.

According to the box-closing tallying method, the box-closing tallying device, the electronic equipment, the computer readable storage medium and the warehousing system, the fact that the bins can be intensively sent to the station in groups is guaranteed, manual work can continuously close the same SKU (Stock keeping Unit), the link of checking goods is omitted, and unnecessary errors are avoided. Meanwhile, the box closing task which is opened at the station at the same time can be reduced, and the requirement on the space of the station is reduced. The resources of the conveying vehicle, such as a light forklift, can be more reasonably utilized, and more tasks can be completed by fewer vehicles.

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The above and other objects, features and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure will become readily apparent from the following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a method for boxing and tallying according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a method for boxing and tallying according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 shows a schematic structural view of a transport vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic view of a box closing tally device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the drawings, the same or corresponding reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Detailed Description

The principles and spirit of the present disclosure will be described with reference to a number of exemplary embodiments. It is understood that these embodiments are given solely for the purpose of enabling those skilled in the art to better understand and to practice the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure in any way.

It should be noted that, although the expressions "first", "second", etc. are used herein to describe different modules, steps, data, etc. of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the expressions "first", "second", etc. are merely used to distinguish between different modules, steps, data, etc. and do not indicate a particular order or degree of importance. Indeed, the terms "first," "second," and the like are fully interchangeable.

In order to solve the above problem, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a box-closing tallying method 10, which can reasonably merge the goods in the material box through the conveying vehicle, save the storage space, improve the box-closing efficiency, reduce the labor force, and avoid errors. As shown in FIG. 1, the method 10 for combining boxes and tallying can be used for a single SKU or for the coordinated planning of multiple SKUs, and comprises the following steps: step S11-step S14. The above steps are described in detail below:

step S11, obtaining the current capacity of N bins containing the first goods, wherein N is a natural number and N > 1.

In the warehouse, the capacity of the bin is acquired, so that whether the bin needs to be closed or not is judged according to the capacity.

And step S12, determining M to-be-combined boxes needing to be combined based on the current capacities of the N boxes, wherein the current capacities of the to-be-combined boxes are smaller than a first threshold, M is a natural number, and M is smaller than or equal to N.

And determining which bins need to be combined according to the current capacity of the bins, thereby determining the bins to be combined which need to be combined.

Because the process of putting goods into the bin is realized by people and certain individual difference exists, a data accumulation mode is adopted here, the recent statistics can be carried out within a certain time period of 1 month or a certain time period, a certain SKU is manually put into a bin with a certain type, the system records the number of the goods containing pieces of a full bin, and in order to prevent extreme situations, TP90 can be taken as the maximum bin capacity of the bin here.

Selecting all boxes with the current capacity smaller than the maximum box capacity according to the number of SKUs stored in all the material boxes in the current storage area, and performing box combination and grouping according to the current capacity, wherein grouping consideration factors are as follows: a safe box-closing threshold value, which may be a manually set or system recommendation, where the first threshold value is the maximum box capacity X%, where X is a set coefficient; the maximum number of empty boxes is saved, and when various combined box combinations exist, the priority is to use the least boxes to save the most storage positions.

In this embodiment, if the current capacity of the bin is smaller than the first threshold, it indicates that there is a space for combining the bins.

And step S13, grouping the M material boxes to be combined.

The method has the advantages that the material boxes to be combined are grouped, the combining efficiency is improved, and a plurality of material boxes to be combined in the same group are combined, so that the material boxes to be combined are combined in a plurality of sites in parallel according to the groups, the efficiency is improved, and the pressure on the capacity of a single site is reduced.

In one embodiment, step S13 may include: the M material boxes to be combined are grouped based on the current capacity of the M material boxes to be combined, and the number of the material boxes required to be combined is the minimum on the premise that the number of the material boxes used for containing the first goods after the material boxes are combined is the minimum. According to the current capacity of the material box to be combined, when a plurality of combined box combinations exist, the priority is to use the least box outlet and save the most storage space. In practical applications, the task of box combination is mainly aimed at saving the storage space, so that each time the box combination is carried out, the aim of saving the storage space is fulfilled at most, and therefore, when grouping, the priority is given to how to minimize the number of the boxes for containing the first goods after the box combination, so that the utility of each box combination and sorting is maximized. Under the condition that a plurality of grouping schemes can achieve the same quantity of saving storage positions, the scheme with the least quantity of the workbins needing to be combined can be selected, fewer workbins are called to be taken out of the warehouse to be combined, the largest result of saving the storage positions is achieved, the box combining efficiency can be guaranteed to be the largest, conveying resources are saved, and the workload is reduced.

In an embodiment, step S13 may further include: and grouping the M material boxes to be combined based on the positions of the M material boxes to be combined so as to make the total path for taking and delivering the material boxes to be combined shortest. According to the position, grouping can be optimized through a shortest path method and the like, so that the transmission efficiency is improved, and the transmission cost is reduced.

In an embodiment, based on the positions of the M to-be-combined boxes, one of the following strategies may be adopted for grouping the M to-be-combined boxes, or a plurality of strategies may be adopted simultaneously: dividing the material boxes to be combined in the same column into the same group; dividing the material boxes to be combined in the same roadway into the same group; the number of times of taking and sending the path serial main trunk of the box to be combined is minimum; or the number of times that the path for taking and delivering the to-be-combined box crosses the roadway is the least. The whole situation can have N boxes to be tallied, the combination of various groups can be realized under the limitation of a box combination safety threshold value, the distribution of the boxes can be comprehensively considered, the distribution of the boxes which are scored and combined in the same group needs to be relatively centralized, and the bypass of a transport vehicle (such as a multi-layer light fork) is avoided. According to the above strategies, the boxes to be combined in the same row can be stopped at one position by the delivery wagon to take goods, the delivery wagon reaches the row of positions, and only the goods are taken by the goods taking device on the delivery wagon, so that the moving path of the delivery wagon is reduced to the maximum extent. The material boxes to be combined in the same roadway are divided into the same group, so that the conveying vehicle can pick up as many material boxes as possible in the same roadway, the total path is reduced, and the passing burden on the main road and other roadways is also reduced. When the same group of material boxes cannot be guaranteed to be in the same row or the same roadway, the material boxes can be grouped according to the mode that the frequency of taking and sending the paths of the material boxes to be combined in series to the trunk road is minimum, the frequency of taking and sending the paths of the material boxes to be combined across the roadway is minimum, and the like, so that the passing pressure of the conveying vehicles on the trunk road in the process of taking goods from the material boxes in the same group is reduced as much as possible, too many roadways are occupied, and the influence of executing warehouse entry and exit tasks on other conveying vehicles is reduced. .

And step S14, conveying K first material boxes in the same group to a first station for box combination based on grouping, wherein K is a natural number and is less than or equal to M.

Carry the workbin of same group to a website and close the case to can more efficient carry out the work of closing the case, the workbin that will vacate takes out first goods at this website, and the goods that take out need not to change the station, only need put into other workbins at this website can.

In one embodiment, different groups of bins to be combined are transported to different stations on a group basis. If enough idle stations exist, each group can be respectively conveyed to different stations, so that each group can be simultaneously combined and tallied at different stations without waiting at a certain station, and the box combining efficiency is improved. If there are few stations or few idle stations, queue transportation can be performed, and only one group of bins is transported to one station at a time, so that congestion and errors are avoided.

In one embodiment, step S14 may include: at least one transport vehicle that transports the K first bins to the first station is determined based on the capacity of the transport vehicle to minimize the number of transport vehicles that transport the same set of K first bins. In this embodiment, the transportation of the bins is performed by the transportation vehicle, and the capacity of the transportation vehicle needs to be considered. All the material boxes in a group are conveyed through one conveying vehicle as far as possible, so that the conveying cost is reduced, and the problem of conveying sequence caused by taking a group of material boxes by a plurality of vehicles is avoided.

The box combination of one task is completed by the same transfer car as much as possible, so that the number of the boxes with different tasks on one transfer car is reduced, and the front and back dependence is avoided. This workstation requires that the tallied boxes come together with the same task group.

The boxes in the same task group are taken by the least conveying vehicles as far as possible, and the advantages are as follows: the method avoids the situation that a plurality of transport vehicles such as a multi-layer light forklift take a part of bins of the task A, and another part of bins of the task B or the task C, so that the bins of two shifting tasks can depend, for example, B, C can be thrown only when the box of the task A is thrown, so that the bins of the task B cannot be thrown when the transport vehicle arrives at a station even if the transport vehicle has the boxes of the task B, and the transport vehicle which throws the bins of the task A at the back needs to give way. Thereby causing the condition that the transport vehicles are repeatedly queued and wait each other, and reducing the efficiency of the vehicles.

In an embodiment, step S14 may further include: determining a target bin and a source bin based on the current capacities of the K first bins, wherein the target bin is a bin for receiving the first goods in the box combination task, and the source bin is a bin for taking out the first goods in the box combination task; the target bin and the source bin are transported to the first station by the transport vehicle, wherein any source bin is transported to the first station no earlier than the target bin.

The strategy ensures that the target bin, which refers to the boxes being packed, typically the boxes with the most goods in the box, arrives first, and the source bin, which refers to the boxes from which the goods need to be taken, and typically selects the box with the least amount of goods as the source bin, at least with the benefit of reducing the amount of bulk goods that the worker needs to move. It is therefore necessary to ensure that the delivery vehicle, when it is being filled, ensures that the destination bin arrives at the station first, and the source bin is either at the same time or subsequently, and is not inserted by bins for other tasks.

The sorting capacity of the conveying vehicle ensures that the boxes of the tally tasks sent to the station are ordered, and the boxes between the tasks are not mixed in order and do not exceed the storage capacity of the station for the boxes to be mixed. The number of different SKU box-assembling tasks processed by one workstation at the same time ensures that all boxes of one box-assembling task are sent to a station as much as possible and then the boxes of the next box-assembling task come, and the number of the boxes to be assembled at the station is considered and does not exceed the maximum storage capacity of the station.

In one embodiment, step S14 may include: based on the current capacity of the station, a station that can hold K first bins is determined to be the first station. In this embodiment, a station capable of accommodating the K first bins of the group may be selected according to the current capacity of the available stations, so as to ensure that the bins of the same group can be subjected to box-combining and tallying operations at one station.

In an embodiment, step S14 may further include: and determining the station for combining the K first workbins as the first station based on the positions of the K first workbins in the same group so as to minimize the total path from the K first workbins to the first station. In this embodiment, when a plurality of stations capable of accommodating K bins are provided, the stations can be selected in the vicinity in consideration of the positions of the stations and the positions of the boxes to be combined, so that the conveying cost of the conveying vehicle is reduced, the stations can be reached more quickly, and the pressure on warehouse paths is reduced.

In one embodiment, the same group of K first bins is transported to the first station by the first transport vehicle; as shown in fig. 2, after step S14, the box packing and tallying method 10 further includes: in step S15, the assignment of the first conveyance vehicle is determined to reduce the empty load rate of the first conveyance vehicle. In order to improve the efficiency, the conveying vehicle is used for conveying the material boxes, meanwhile, after the material boxes needing to be combined are conveyed to a middle station, the conveying vehicle is prevented from driving empty, and other tasks can be arranged after the material boxes needing to be combined are conveyed.

In one embodiment, step S15 may include: and if the first station has a bin to be put in storage, the first conveying vehicle puts the bin to be put in storage. After the boxes sent to the box assembling task are taken into priority, the boxes which are completely assembled can be taken back in order to be put into storage. After the conveying vehicle (such as a multi-layer light fork) finishes the box conveying task on the vehicle body, whether the station has a box which is finished by physical goods and needs to be put in storage again is checked: if yes, the box is taken along the way and the return is executed. In the embodiment, the conveying vehicle avoids no load, and bears the material box to be put in storage after reaching the set station, so that the efficiency is improved.

In an embodiment, step S15 may further include: if the bin to be put in storage does not exist in the first station, judging whether the bin to be put in storage exists in the first station within a time threshold; and if the bin to be put in storage exists in the time threshold, the first conveying vehicle waits at the first station, and when the bin to be put in storage exists at the first station, the bin to be put in storage is put in storage through the first conveying vehicle. If the first station does not have the bin which is finished by reason of goods, the first station judges whether the bin which is finished by reason goods is generated in the current station within x minutes or not, if so, the first delivery wagon waits at the first station, and the bin which is finished by reason goods and is loaded into the bin, so that no load is avoided; if there is no bin for completing the tally within the time threshold, the first transport vehicle does not wait and proceeds to the next task directly.

In an embodiment, step S15 may further include: and if the bin to be put in storage exists in a second station adjacent to the first station, putting the bin to be put in storage in the second station into storage through the first conveying vehicle. After the delivery of goods is finished, the delivery wagon can check whether the current station has the work bin needing to be put in storage along the way, and can also check whether other adjacent stations have the work bin needing to be put in storage and are not arranged to be executed by the delivery wagon, if so, the delivery wagon can take down the work bins put in storage at the stations along the way, and the work bin putting task is executed together.

With the above strategy, the benefits include at least: the work station ensures that the bins can be intensively conveyed to the station in groups, and manual work can continuously close the same SKU, so that the link of checking goods is omitted, unnecessary errors are avoided, people can close similar goods but different goods are closed; meanwhile, the box closing task which is opened at the site at the same time can be reduced, and the requirement on the site space is reduced; the conveying vehicle resources can be more reasonably utilized, and more tasks are completed by fewer conveying vehicles: 1. a box taking link is adopted, and concentration and direct road are carried out; 2. conveying the boxes to a station nearby; 3. and returning the sorted boxes to the warehouse and moving the boxes along the way.

Based on the same inventive concept, as shown in fig. 3, the present disclosure discloses a transport vehicle 200, where the transport vehicle 200 can be applied to the box closing and tallying method 10 of any of the foregoing embodiments, and the transport vehicle 200 includes: a rack 220, the rack comprising a plurality of cargo spaces, each cargo space for carrying one or more bins; a goods taking part 230 for taking the material box to the goods position or sending out the material box on the goods position; the vehicle body 210, which carries the racks and the pickup section, and drives the conveyance vehicle.

In one embodiment, the transport vehicle 200 is arranged in multiple levels; the pickup portion 230 is movable in the height direction.

In one embodiment, the delivery wagon 200 may be a forklift, such as a multi-layer light fork in a CTU scenario, and includes a body having a plurality of cargo spaces and a robotic arm that is freely movable in a height direction. This application does not restrict how overall arrangement of a plurality of goods positions on the fork truck, for example, in an implementation, the direction of height can be followed to a plurality of goods positions of fork truck, because the arm of fork truck can follow the direction of height free movement, consequently also sets up a plurality of goods positions into along the direction of height, is favorable to the arm to take out fast or put into the goods on the one hand, and on the other hand also is favorable to reducing fork truck's back-and-forth movement, saves the activity duration, practices thrift the area of workstation. For example, the transport vehicle 200 in fig. 3 has 5 cargo spaces in the height direction, and the pickup portion 230, i.e., the robot arm, may further hold one more cargo, e.g., a bin, i.e., the transport vehicle 200 may process 6 cargos at a time.

Based on the same inventive concept, the present disclosure further provides a box-closing tallying device 300, as shown in fig. 4, the box-closing tallying device 300 includes: an obtaining module 310, configured to obtain current capacities of N bins containing a first cargo, where N is a natural number and N > 1; the determining module 320 is configured to determine, based on current capacities of the N bins, M bins to be combined that need to be combined, where the current capacity of the bins to be combined is smaller than a first threshold, M is a natural number, and M is not greater than N; the grouping module 330 is configured to group the M bins to be combined; and the path module 340 is configured to convey K first bins of the same group to the first station for binning based on the grouping, where K is a natural number and K is equal to or less than M.

In one example, the grouping module 330 is further configured to: the M material boxes to be combined are grouped based on the current capacity of the M material boxes to be combined, and the number of the material boxes required to be combined is the minimum on the premise that the number of the material boxes used for containing the first goods after the material boxes are combined is the minimum.

In one example, the grouping module 330 is further configured to: and grouping the M material boxes to be combined based on the positions of the M material boxes to be combined so as to make the total path for taking and delivering the material boxes to be combined shortest.

In one example, the grouping module 330 may employ at least one of the following strategies to group the M to-be-combined bins based on their positions: dividing the material boxes to be combined in the same column into the same group; dividing the material boxes to be combined in the same roadway into the same group; the number of times of taking and sending the path serial main trunk of the box to be combined is minimum; or the number of times that the path for taking and delivering the to-be-combined box crosses the roadway is the least.

In one example, the path module 340 can include: and the transport vehicle determining module is used for determining at least one transport vehicle for conveying the K first bins to the first station based on the capacity of the transport vehicle so as to minimize the number of the transport vehicles for conveying the same group of the K first bins.

In one example, the path module 340 can include: the bin determining module is used for determining a target bin and a source bin based on the current capacities of the K first bins, wherein the target bin is a bin for receiving the first goods in the box combination task, and the source bin is a bin for taking out the first goods in the box combination task; and the conveying sequence determining module is used for conveying the target bin and the source bin to the first station through the conveying vehicle, wherein any source bin is conveyed to the first station no earlier than the target bin.

In one example, the path module 340 can include: and the station determining module is used for determining one station capable of accommodating K first bins as a first station based on the current capacity of the station.

In one example, the site determination module is further configured to: and determining the station for combining the K first workbins as the first station based on the positions of the K first workbins in the same group so as to minimize the total path from the K first workbins to the first station.

In one example, the site determination module is further configured to: and conveying different groups of the material boxes to be combined to different stations on the basis of grouping.

In one example, the same group of K first bins is transported to the first station by the first transport vehicle; the box-closing tallying device 300 further comprises: and the task determining module is used for determining the task of the first conveying vehicle after the K first bins of the same group are conveyed to the first station so as to reduce the idle rate of the first conveying vehicle.

In one example, the task determination module is further configured to: and if the first station has a bin to be put in storage, the first conveying vehicle puts the bin to be put in storage.

In one example, the task determination module is further configured to: if the bin to be put in storage does not exist in the first station, judging whether the bin to be put in storage exists in the first station within a time threshold; and if the bin to be put in storage exists in the time threshold, the first conveying vehicle waits at the first station, and when the bin to be put in storage exists at the first station, the bin to be put in storage is put in storage through the first conveying vehicle.

In one example, the task determination module is further configured to: and if the bin to be put in storage exists in a second station adjacent to the first station, putting the bin to be put in storage in the second station into storage through the first conveying vehicle.

With respect to the box closing and tallying device 300 in the above embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be described in detail herein.

Based on the same inventive concept, the present disclosure also provides a warehousing system, comprising: the station is used for performing box closing operation on the material box to be closed; the conveying vehicle is used for conveying the material box; and a box assembling and tallying device for executing the box assembling and tallying method 10 of any one of the above embodiments.

With respect to the warehousing system in the above embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

As shown in fig. 5, one embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device 400. The electronic device 400 includes a memory 401, a processor 402, and an Input/Output (I/O) interface 403. The memory 401 is used for storing instructions. And the processor 402 is used for calling the instructions stored in the memory 401 to execute the box assembling tallying method of the embodiment of the disclosure. The processor 402 is connected to the memory 401 and the I/O interface 403, respectively, for example, through a bus system and/or other connection mechanism (not shown). The memory 401 may be used to store programs and data, including the programs of the box-closing tallying method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, and the processor 402 executes various functional applications and data processing of the electronic device 400 by running the programs stored in the memory 401.

The processor 402 in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be implemented in at least one hardware form of a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Programmable Logic Array (PLA), and the processor 402 may be one or a combination of several Central Processing Units (CPUs) or other Processing units with data Processing capability and/or instruction execution capability.

Memory 401 in the disclosed embodiments may comprise one or more computer program products that may include various forms of computer-readable storage media, such as volatile memory and/or non-volatile memory. The volatile Memory may include, for example, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a cache Memory (cache), and/or the like. The nonvolatile Memory may include, for example, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Flash Memory (Flash Memory), a Hard Disk Drive (HDD), a Solid-State Drive (SSD), or the like.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the I/O interface 403 may be used to receive input instructions (e.g., numeric or character information, and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the electronic device 400, etc.), and may also output various information (e.g., images or sounds, etc.) to the outside. The I/O interface 403 may include one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a mouse, a joystick, a trackball, a microphone, a speaker, a touch panel, and the like in embodiments of the present disclosure.

It is to be understood that although operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this is not to be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in serial order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain environments, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

The methods and apparatus related to embodiments of the present disclosure can be accomplished with standard programming techniques with rule-based logic or other logic to accomplish the various method steps. It should also be noted that the words "means" and "module," as used herein and in the claims, is intended to encompass implementations using one or more lines of software code, and/or hardware implementations, and/or equipment for receiving inputs.

Any of the steps, operations, or procedures described herein may be performed or implemented using one or more hardware or software modules, alone or in combination with other devices. In one embodiment, the software modules are implemented using a computer program product comprising a computer readable medium containing computer program code, which is executable by a computer processor for performing any or all of the described steps, operations, or procedures.

The foregoing description of the implementations of the disclosure has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise form disclosed, and modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings or may be acquired from practice of the disclosure. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the disclosure and its practical application to enable one skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Claims

1. A method of box closing and tallying, wherein the method comprises:

acquiring the current capacity of N workbins containing first goods, wherein N is a natural number and is greater than 1;

determining M to-be-combined boxes needing to be combined based on the current capacities of the N boxes, wherein the current capacity of the to-be-combined boxes is smaller than a first threshold, M is a natural number, and M is smaller than or equal to N;

grouping the M material boxes to be combined;

and conveying K first workbins in the same group to a first station for box combination based on the grouping, wherein K is a natural number and is less than or equal to M.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the grouping the M to-be-closed bins comprises:

and grouping the M material boxes to be combined based on the current capacity of the M material boxes to be combined, wherein the grouping ensures that the number of the material boxes required to be combined is minimum on the premise that the number of the material boxes used for accommodating the first goods is minimum after the material boxes are combined.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the grouping the M to-be-closed bins further comprises:

and grouping the M material boxes to be combined based on the positions of the M material boxes to be combined so as to make the total path for fetching and sending the material boxes to be combined shortest.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the grouping of the M bins to be combined based on their positions employs at least one of the following strategies:

dividing the material boxes to be combined in the same column into the same group;

dividing the material boxes to be combined in the same roadway into the same group;

the number of times of taking and sending the path serial main trunk of the box to be combined is minimum; or the like, or, alternatively,

the times of taking and delivering the path of the material box to be combined to cross the roadway are the least.

5. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said conveying a same group of K first bins to a first station based on said grouping comprises:

and determining at least one transport vehicle for transporting the K first bins to the first station based on the capacity of the transport vehicle so as to minimize the number of transport vehicles for transporting the same group of K first bins.

6. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said conveying a same group of K first bins to a first station based on said grouping comprises:

determining a target bin and a source bin based on the current capacities of the K first bins, wherein the target bin is a bin for receiving the first goods in a box closing task, and the source bin is a bin for taking out the first goods in the box closing task;

transporting the destination bin and the source bin to a first station via a transport vehicle, wherein either of the source bins is transported to the first station no earlier than the destination bin.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said conveying a same group of K first bins to a first station based on said grouping comprises:

determining a station that can accommodate the K first bins as the first station based on the current capacity of the station.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said conveying a same group of K first bins to a first station based on said grouping, further comprises:

and determining a station for combining the K first workbins as the first station based on the positions of the K first workbins in the same group so as to enable the total path from the K first workbins to the first station to be shortest.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method comprises: and conveying different groups of the bins to be combined to different stations based on the grouping.

10. Method according to claim 1, wherein the same group of K first bins is transported to the first station by means of a first transport vehicle;

the method further comprises the following steps:

after the same group of K first bins has been transported to the first station, the assignment of the first feed carriage is determined in order to reduce the empty load factor of the first feed carriage.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said determining the role of the first conveyor car comprises:

and if the first station has a bin to be put in storage, the first conveying vehicle puts the bin to be put in storage.

12. The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the determining the assignment of the first conveyor car further comprises:

if the bin to be put in storage does not exist in the first station, judging whether the bin to be put in storage exists in the first station within a time threshold;

and if the bin to be put in storage exists in the time threshold, the first conveying vehicle waits at the first station, and when the bin to be put in storage exists at the first station, the bin to be put in storage is put in storage through the first conveying vehicle.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein said determining a task of said first delivery vehicle further comprises:

and if a bin to be put in storage exists in a second station adjacent to the first station, putting the bin to be put in storage in the second station into storage through the first conveying vehicle.

14. A box closing tallying device, wherein the device comprises:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the current capacity of N workbins containing first goods, wherein N is a natural number and is more than 1;

the determining module is used for determining M to-be-combined boxes needing to be combined based on the current capacities of the N boxes, wherein the current capacity of the to-be-combined boxes is smaller than a first threshold, M is a natural number, and M is smaller than or equal to N;

the grouping module is used for grouping the M material boxes to be combined;

and the path module is used for conveying the K first workbins in the same group to the first station for box combination based on the grouping, wherein K is a natural number and is less than or equal to M.

15. An electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor for invoking the instructions stored by the memory to perform the box closing tally method of any of claims 1-13.

16. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processor, perform the method of any of claims 1-13.

17. A warehousing system, wherein the warehousing system comprises:

the station is used for performing box closing operation on the material box to be closed;

the conveying vehicle is used for conveying the material box; and the number of the first and second groups,

a box-closing tallying device for carrying out the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13.