CN113537857A

CN113537857A - Scheduling method and device, warehousing system and storage medium

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Publication number: CN113537857A
Application number: CN202010296954.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩旭
Original assignee: Beijing Kuangshi Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Kuangshi Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-15
Filing date: 2020-04-15
Publication date: 2021-10-22

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a scheduling method, a scheduling system, a server and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises the following steps: acquiring the full box rate of a container corresponding to a feed port; and controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port, wherein the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port when the full rate is in a preset high full rate interval is smaller than the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port when the full rate is in a preset low full rate interval. On one hand, compared with the case that the container is empty, the filling speed of the container is reduced when the container is full, the time interval from the full container to the full container can be prolonged, the time interval that the distributed related feeding resources can be used for filling the container can be prolonged, and the resource utilization rate is improved. On the other hand, when the container is full, the filling speed of the container is reduced, and the allocated related feeding resources are reduced, so that the idle related feeding resources during the container replacement can be reduced, and the resources are saved.

Description

Scheduling method and device, warehousing system and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of logistics, and in particular, to a scheduling method, system, server, and storage medium.

Background

The goods scheduling link is a basic link in the management of the warehouse. In the goods dispatching link, the feeding vehicle conveys goods from the feeding workstation to a corresponding feeding port of an order requiring the goods, the goods are put into the feeding port, and the goods finally enter a container corresponding to the feeding port. Each time a container corresponding to a dispensing opening is full, a container change operation needs to be performed on the container corresponding to the dispensing opening to replace the full container with an empty container.

Currently, filling is performed at a constant filling speed during the filling of the containers. However, in the case of a full container, maintaining the same filling speed as in the case of an empty container, on the one hand, the container will fill after a very short period of time, the relevant dosing resources allocated during the container change being free, and the relevant dosing resources can only be used for filling the container for a very short period of time. On the other hand, since the filling speed is adapted to the relative dosing resources, maintaining the same filling speed as in the case of a container being empty will allocate as many relative dosing resources as in the case of a container being empty, resulting in more relative dosing resources being free during the replacement of the container, resulting in a greater waste of resources.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the problems in the related art, the application provides a scheduling method, a scheduling device, a warehousing system and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a scheduling method, including:

acquiring the full box rate of a container corresponding to a feed port;

and controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port, wherein the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port when the full rate is in a preset high full rate interval is smaller than the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port when the full rate is in a preset low full rate interval.

In some embodiments, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed opening based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed opening comprises:

controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by changing the operation mode of at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port on the basis of the full box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port by scheduling a feed vehicle going to the feed port based on the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port.

In some embodiments, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeder port by changing the operation mode of at least one feeding station associated with the feeder port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port comprises:

temporarily forbidding goods which are transmitted on a transmission line and are associated with the feeding port to enter the at least one feeding workstation under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is larger than or equal to an upcoming full threshold value.

In some embodiments, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeder port by changing the operation mode of the feeding station associated with the at least one feeder port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port comprises:

under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, sending a first processing operation execution instruction to the at least one feeding workstation to trigger execution of a first processing operation, wherein the first processing operation comprises the following steps: and placing the goods associated with the feeding port in a temporary storage area at the at least one feeding work station, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is greater than or equal to the threshold value of the full state.

In some embodiments, the items required by the target feeder include items of the same class as the item associated with the feeder, the target feeder being other feeders for which the full rate of the corresponding container is less than the imminent full threshold,

controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by changing the operation mode of the feeding workstation associated with the at least one feeding port based on the full box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port comprises the following steps:

under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, sending a second processing operation execution instruction to the at least one feeding workstation to trigger execution of a second processing operation, wherein the second processing operation comprises the following steps: loading goods associated with the material inlet in other material feeding vehicles related to a target material inlet at the at least one material feeding workstation, so as to feed the goods associated with the material inlet into the target material inlet by the other material feeding vehicles, wherein the preset conditions are that the container corresponding to the material inlet is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is larger than or equal to an imminent full threshold value.

In some embodiments, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port by scheduling a feed vehicle heading for the feed port based on the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port comprises:

and determining the upper limit value of the number of goods or the upper limit value of the total volume of the goods loaded on the feeding vehicle associated with the feeding port each time based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the upper limit value of the number of the goods or the upper limit value of the total volume determined when the full rate is in a preset high full rate interval is smaller than the upper limit value of the number of the goods or the upper limit value of the total volume determined when the full rate is in a preset low full rate interval.

determining the upper limit value of the number of feeding vehicles going to the feeding port based on the full-box rate of a container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the upper limit value of the number of feeding vehicles determined when the full-box rate is in a preset high full-box rate interval is smaller than the upper limit value of the number of feeding vehicles determined when the full-box rate is in a preset low full-box rate interval;

and controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by dispatching at least one feeding vehicle not exceeding the upper limit value of the number to the feeding port.

In some embodiments, obtaining the full container rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port comprises:

acquiring an internal image of a container corresponding to the feed port from a camera arranged at a position corresponding to the feed port;

carrying out image recognition on the internal image to obtain a recognition result, and calculating a correlation volume based on the recognition result, wherein the correlation volume is the volume of an occupied space or the volume of an unoccupied space of a container corresponding to the feed port;

and calculating the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port based on the associated volume and the total volume of the container corresponding to the feed port.

acquiring all goods types associated with the feeding port;

determining the volume occupancy rate of each kind of goods in all the goods types based on historical data, wherein the volume occupancy rate of each kind of goods represents the volume occupancy condition of each kind of goods and other kinds of goods in all the goods types when the goods are placed in the same container;

and calculating the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port according to the volume occupancy rate of each kind of goods.

and under the condition that the container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, in response to each feeding vehicle associated with the feeding port throwing goods into the feeding port, acquiring the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is greater than or equal to an imminent full threshold value.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a scheduling apparatus, including:

the acquisition unit is configured to acquire the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port;

the scheduling unit is configured to control the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port, wherein the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port when the full rate is in a preset high full rate interval is smaller than the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port when the full rate is in a preset low full rate interval.

In some embodiments, the scheduling unit comprises:

a filling speed adjusting subunit configured to control a filling speed of a container corresponding to the feed opening by changing an operation manner of at least one feeding workstation associated with the feed opening based on a full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feed opening; and/or controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by scheduling a feeding vehicle going to the feeding port based on the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port.

In some embodiments, the filling speed adjustment subunit comprises:

a first operation manner adjustment module configured to: temporarily forbidding goods which are transmitted on a transmission line and are associated with the feeding port to enter the at least one feeding workstation under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is larger than or equal to an upcoming full threshold value.

In some embodiments, the filling speed adjustment subunit comprises:

a second operation manner adjustment module configured to: under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, sending a first processing operation execution instruction to the at least one feeding workstation to trigger execution of a first processing operation, wherein the first processing operation comprises the following steps: and placing the goods associated with the feeding port in a temporary storage area at the at least one feeding work station, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is greater than or equal to the threshold value of the full state.

In some embodiments, the items required by the target feeder include items of the same type as the items associated with the feeder, the target feeder being other feeders for which the full rate of the corresponding container is less than the imminent full threshold, the filling speed adjustment subunit including:

a third operation manner adjustment module configured to: under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, sending a second processing operation execution instruction to the at least one feeding workstation to trigger execution of a second processing operation, wherein the second processing operation comprises the following steps: loading goods associated with the material inlet in other material feeding vehicles related to a target material inlet at the at least one material feeding workstation, so as to feed the goods associated with the material inlet into the target material inlet by the other material feeding vehicles, wherein the preset conditions are that the container corresponding to the material inlet is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is larger than or equal to an imminent full threshold value.

In some embodiments, the filling speed adjustment subunit comprises:

a first charging vehicle scheduling module configured to: and determining the upper limit value of the number of goods or the upper limit value of the total volume of the goods loaded on the feeding vehicle associated with the feeding port each time based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the upper limit value of the number of the goods or the upper limit value of the total volume determined when the full rate is in a preset high full rate interval is smaller than the upper limit value of the number of the goods or the upper limit value of the total volume determined when the full rate is in a preset low full rate interval.

In some embodiments, the filling speed adjustment subunit comprises:

a second charging vehicle scheduling module configured to: determining the upper limit value of the number of feeding vehicles going to the feeding port based on the full-box rate of a container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the upper limit value of the number of feeding vehicles determined when the full-box rate is in a preset high full-box rate interval is smaller than the upper limit value of the number of feeding vehicles determined when the full-box rate is in a preset low full-box rate interval;

In some embodiments, the obtaining unit comprises:

the visual detection subunit is configured to acquire an internal image of the container corresponding to the feed port from a camera installed at a position corresponding to the feed port; carrying out image recognition on the internal image to obtain a recognition result, and calculating a correlation volume based on the recognition result, wherein the correlation volume is the volume of an occupied space or the volume of an unoccupied space of a container corresponding to the feed port; and calculating the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port based on the associated volume and the total volume of the container corresponding to the feed port.

In some embodiments, the obtaining unit comprises:

the triggering subunit is configured to, in response to each material feeding vehicle associated with the material feeding port dropping an article into the material feeding port, acquire a full rate of the container corresponding to the material feeding port if the container corresponding to the material feeding port meets a preset condition, where the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the material feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the material feeding port is greater than or equal to an imminent full threshold.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a warehousing system comprising:

a charging station for loading goods associated with a charging opening onto a charging vehicle associated with the charging opening;

a feeder port for receiving goods associated with the feeder port for delivery by a feeder vehicle;

the feeding vehicle is used for feeding goods related to the feeding port;

and the server is used for executing the scheduling method provided by the embodiment of the application.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a storage medium,

when the instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor of the server, the server executes the scheduling method provided by the embodiment of the application.

The scheduling method, the scheduling device, the warehousing system and the storage medium provided by the embodiment of the application realize that the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port is controlled based on the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feed port, and the filling speed of the container when the full-box rate of the container is in the preset high full-box rate interval is smaller than the filling speed of the container when the full-box rate of the container is in the preset low full-box rate interval. On one hand, compared with the case that the container is empty, the filling speed of the container is reduced when the container is full, the time interval from the full container to the full container can be prolonged, the time interval that the distributed related feeding resources can be used for filling the container can be prolonged, and the resource utilization rate is improved. On the other hand, compared with the situation that the filling speed of the container is reduced when the container is empty and the container is full, the distributed related feeding resources are reduced, and therefore the related feeding resources which are idle during the container replacement can be reduced, and resources are saved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present application and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application.

Fig. 1 is a real view of a warehouse to which the scheduling method provided by the embodiment of the present application may be applied;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a scheduling method provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 shows a block diagram of a scheduling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 shows a block diagram of a server in a warehousing system provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

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

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

In the present embodiment, "an article" is understood to mean the smallest unit of handling of the article, which may be an article or a collection of articles (e.g. a bin, in which a plurality of articles are placed), and a container refers broadly to a device capable of holding goods, such as a bucket, a box, a bag, a tray, etc.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a warehouse to which the scheduling method provided in the embodiment of the present application may be applied.

Each dog house 101 corresponds to an order, and the goods required by the order corresponding to the dog house 101 are the goods associated with the dog house 101.

For each feeder 101, one or more feeder stations 102 may be assigned to that feeder 101. The one or more dispensing stations 102 assigned to the dispensing opening 101 may be referred to as the one or more dispensing stations 102 associated with the dispensing opening.

For each of the feeding stations 102, the feeding station 102 may be associated with one or more feeding ports. In other words, for each of the feeding stations 102, the goods required for one or more of the feeding ports are picked via the feeding station 102 and loaded onto the respective feeding vehicle.

For each of the material openings 101, the goods associated with the material opening 101 or the containers containing the goods associated with the material opening 101 can be transported from a main transport line to a branch transport line connected to the dosing station 102 and via a branch transport line connected to the dosing station 102. The goods associated with the feeder 101 are taken out of the container containing the goods associated with the feeder by the staff of the feeding station 102 and the taken-out goods are loaded on the feeding vehicle stopped at the feeding station 102. A dispensing vehicle heading for the dispensing opening 101 may be referred to as dispensing vehicle 103 associated with the dispensing opening 101. The number of delivery vehicles 103 associated with the delivery opening 101 may be one or more.

For each of the material inlets 101, each of the material vehicles 103 associated with the material inlet 101 respectively transports the loaded material to the material inlet 101 and drops the material into the material inlet 101, and the material finally passes through the material inlet 101 (for example, the slope of the material inlet 101) and enters the container corresponding to the material inlet 101 (for example, the container located below the material inlet 101).

The scheduling method provided by the embodiment of the application can be executed by a server for scheduling in the warehousing system. Each of the feeding workstations 102 may be communicatively connected to a server for scheduling via a wired network or a wireless network. Each of the charging vehicles 103 may be communicatively connected to a server for dispatch over a wireless network.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of a scheduling method provided in an embodiment of the present application, where the method includes:

step 201, acquiring a full-box rate of a container corresponding to a feeding port.

The single material inlet described in steps 201-202 is not specific to a particular material inlet. Step 201 and 202 may be performed for each feeder in the warehouse. The specific operations described in steps 201-202 and in steps 201-202 are only exemplary to describe the operations associated with one feeder during the scheduling process.

Step 201 and 202 may be performed at preset time intervals for one dispensing port.

In some embodiments, the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is obtained in response to each material feeding vehicle associated with the material inlet throwing the goods into the material inlet in the case that the container corresponding to the material inlet meets a preset condition, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the material inlet is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is greater than or equal to an imminent full threshold.

An imminent fill threshold may be set that indicates whether the container corresponding to the dispensing opening is imminent fill. For example, the top-up threshold is 95%.

For a material inlet,

step

201 and 202 may be executed each time after one or more than one preset number of material feeding vehicles associated with the material inlet feed the material into the material inlet if the container corresponding to the material inlet is greater than or equal to the threshold value of being filled. Therefore, the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is determined in time, and the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port is controlled in time based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port.

In this application, for a feeder, the container currently located below the feeder for storing the goods fed to the feeder is referred to as the container corresponding to the feeder.

In this application, the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port may indicate how much percent of the total space of the container corresponding to the feeding port is occupied.

For example, a full bin rate of 50% may indicate that 50% of the total space of the container corresponding to the dispensing opening is occupied, a full bin rate of 75% may indicate that 75% of the total space of the container corresponding to the dispensing opening is occupied, and a full bin rate of 95% may indicate that 95% of the total space of the container corresponding to the dispensing opening is occupied.

For a material inlet, when the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet reaches 100%, the container corresponding to the material inlet can be removed from the lower part of the material inlet by a worker or an automatic device (such as a mechanical arm) responsible for replacing the container, and another empty container can be placed below the material inlet, namely, the container corresponding to the material inlet is replaced by the empty container. After the container is replaced, the empty container becomes the container corresponding to the feeding port.

In the application, for a material inlet, the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet can be calculated according to the volume of the single piece of goods and the quantity of the goods in the container corresponding to the material inlet. For example, the space occupied by the goods already stored in the container corresponding to the dispensing opening can be calculated according to the recorded volume of the single goods of each kind of goods already dispensed to the dispensing opening and the recorded quantity of each kind of goods already dispensed to the dispensing opening. And calculating the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port according to the volume of the space occupied by the goods in the space occupied by the stored goods in the container corresponding to the feed port and the total volume of the container corresponding to the feed port known in advance. Meanwhile, whether the latest input goods exceed the extension of the container corresponding to the feed opening can be determined through raster detection, so that whether the container corresponding to the feed opening is full, namely whether the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed opening reaches 100 percent. Since the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is estimated, the situation that the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port actually reaches 100% and is determined not to reach 100% due to the error of the estimation result can be avoided through the grating detection.

In this application, for a dog-house, to the condition that there are multiple goods and this dog-house associatedness, can throw the condition in the container of multiple article below this batch bin promptly, because different kinds of goods size, shape are different, can lead to the volume that this goods occupy to be different if pile up an article and other goods in same container. For example, assume that the following three situations exist: case 1, a kind of goods and a kind of goods are placed in the same container; case 2, a kind of goods and a kind of C goods are placed in the same container; case 3, a kind of goods, B kind of goods and C kind of goods are placed in the same container. In the above three cases, the a-type goods, the B-type goods and the C-type goods have different sizes and shapes, and when they are stacked together, the a-type goods occupy different volumes in the container. At this time, if the full rate of the container is still calculated based on the volume of each kind of the goods, the calculated full rate may deviate largely from the actual full rate. To solve this problem, in another embodiment, the volume occupancy of the type of goods (i.e., the volume occupancy described below) may be counted based on the volume occupancy of the type of goods and a plurality of other goods placed in the same container in the historical data, so that the full-container rate of the container can be estimated more accurately. Specifically, obtaining the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port comprises: acquiring all goods types associated with the feeding port; determining a volume occupancy for each item of the all categories of items based on historical data including the volume occupancy for each item of the plurality of items when placed in the same container with the other one or more items, wherein the volume occupancy for each item represents the volume occupancy for each item when placed in the same container with the other items of the all categories of items; and calculating the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port according to the volume occupancy rate of each type of goods. Similarly, whether the newly input goods exceeds the extension of the container corresponding to the feed opening can be further determined through raster detection to determine whether the container corresponding to the feed opening is full, namely whether the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed opening reaches 100%. This avoids the situation where the bin full rate of the container corresponding to the dispensing port has actually reached 100% and is determined to have not reached 100%, due to an error in the estimation result.

In the present application, for each material inlet, when only one kind of goods is put into the container corresponding to the material inlet, the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet may be calculated only according to the number of the goods put into the container corresponding to the material inlet. A sensor for counting may be provided in the feeder port, and the number of the goods thrown into the feeder port is detected by the sensor for counting to determine the number of the goods already stored in the container corresponding to the feeder port. The upper limit value of the quantity of the goods stored when the container corresponding to the feed port is full can be determined according to the historical feed data of the feed port. And calculating the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port according to the upper limit value of the quantity of the goods which can be stored in the container corresponding to the feed port and the quantity of the goods which are stored in the container corresponding to the feed port. For example, if the upper limit value of the amount of the stored goods of the container corresponding to the feed opening when the container is full is 10, and the amount of the stored goods of the container corresponding to the feed opening reaches 7, the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed opening is calculated to be 70%.

In some embodiments, obtaining the full container rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port comprises: acquiring an internal image of a container corresponding to the feed port from a camera arranged at a position corresponding to the feed port; carrying out image recognition on the internal image of the container corresponding to the feed port to obtain a recognition result, and calculating a correlation volume based on the recognition result, wherein the correlation volume is the volume of the occupied space or the volume of the unoccupied space of the container corresponding to the feed port; and calculating the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port based on the associated volume and the total volume of the container corresponding to the feeding port. For a feeding port, the corresponding position of the feeding port can be above the feeding port. The camera can be arranged above the feeding port, and the camera can shoot the internal image of the container corresponding to the feeding port. The image recognition can be carried out on the internal image of the container corresponding to the feeding port, and the outline of the free space and the outline of the space occupied by the goods are determined, so that the volume of the free space or the volume of the space occupied by the goods can be further determined. Then, the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port can be calculated according to the volume of the free space or the volume of the space occupied by the goods and the total volume of the container corresponding to the feed port known in advance.

And 202, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port based on the full container rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port.

In the application, a plurality of preset full-box-rate intervals can be set according to the threshold to be filled. The plurality of preset full-box-rate intervals include: and presetting a low full-box rate interval and a high full-box rate interval.

For a material feeding port, when the filling speed of the container corresponding to the material feeding port is controlled based on the full box rate of the container corresponding to the material feeding port, a preset full box rate interval in which the full box rate of the container corresponding to the material feeding port is located may be determined first. And then, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port according to a preset full-box-rate interval in which the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is located.

In this application, the filling speed of the container that the dog-house corresponds when the full case rate of the container that the dog-house corresponds is in and predetermines high full case rate interval is less than the filling speed of the container that the dog-house corresponds when the full case rate of the container that the dog-house corresponds is in and predetermines low full case rate interval.

For example, a preset low full-box rate interval [ 0, 95%) and a preset high full-box rate interval [ 95%, 100%) are preset. The filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed opening when the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed opening is at [ 95%, 100%) is lower than the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed opening when the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed opening is at [ 0, 95%).

In this application, when the full rate of the container that this dog-house corresponds is in and predetermines low full rate interval, can not adjust the filling speed of the container that the dog-house corresponds. When the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within the preset high full-box rate interval, the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port can be adjusted, so that the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port when the full-box rate is within the preset high full-box rate interval is smaller than the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port when the full-box rate is within the preset low full-box rate interval.

For example, for a material inlet, when the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is within the preset high full rate interval [ 95%, 100%), for example, when the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet reaches 95%, the filling speed of the container corresponding to the material inlet can be reduced. For example, reducing the number of goods that are thrown to the feeder each time, reducing the number of feeder vehicles that go to the feeder each time, etc. reduces the filling speed of the container to which the feeder corresponds.

For a preset high full-box-rate interval, the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port can be adjusted when the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is in the high full-box-rate interval for the first time. And determining that the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed opening is within the preset high full rate interval at any subsequent time, so that the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed opening can not be adjusted any more.

For example, for a preset high full rate interval [ 95%, 100%), when the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is in the high full rate interval for the first time, for example, when the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port reaches 95%, the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port is adjusted. When it is determined that the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within the preset high full rate interval at any subsequent time, the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port is reduced when the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within the high full rate interval for the first time, for example, 95%, and the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port is not adjusted any more, for example, when the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port subsequently reaches 97% or 99%, the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port is not adjusted any more.

In some embodiments, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port comprises: controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by changing the operation mode of at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port on the basis of the full box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port; and/or controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by scheduling a feeding vehicle going to the feeding port based on the full box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port.

For a feeding port, when the filling speed of a container corresponding to the feeding port is controlled based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port, if the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is in a preset high full rate interval, the operation mode of at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port can be changed.

For example, a preset low full-box rate interval [ 0, 95%) and a preset high full-box rate interval [ 95%, 100%) are preset.

When the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is within the interval [ 95%, 100%), for example, the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port reaches 95%, the operation mode of at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port can be changed.

The server for scheduling may send an instruction to at least one of all of the batching stations currently associated with the feeder port instructing suspension of processing of the item associated with the feeder port to cause the at least one of all of the batching stations associated with the feeder port to suspend processing of the item associated with the feeder port.

Accordingly, the goods or containers containing goods associated with the feeder port are no longer transported to the feeding station associated with the feeder port that suspends processing of goods associated with the feeder port. Accordingly, the number of feeder vehicles associated with the feeder to the feeder is also reduced.

The mode of operation of the dosing station associated with the feeder port that suspends processing of goods associated with the feeder port is adjusted to: the processing of goods associated with that feeder is suspended and the processing of goods associated with other feeders is continued.

The original operation mode can be maintained for the other feeding work stations except the feeding work station which is associated with the feeding port and suspends the processing of goods associated with the feeding port.

In this application, when the filling speed of the container that corresponds to the dog-house is controlled based on the full-box rate of the container that corresponds to the dog-house, if the full-box rate of the container that corresponds to the dog-house is in the preset high full-box rate interval, the feeding vehicle that goes to the dog-house can be scheduled.

When the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is within the interval [ 95%, 100%), for example, the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet reaches 95%, the material feeding vehicle continuing to the material inlet can be selected from the material feeding vehicles associated with the material inlet. The ratio of the number of the charging vehicles which continue to go to the feeding port to the total number of the charging vehicles going to the feeding port can be a preset ratio. At the same time, a pause instruction can be sent to other feeding vehicles except the selected feeding vehicle which continues to go to the feeding port, so that other feeding vehicles which are associated with the feeding port do not go to the feeding port temporarily. Therefore, the problem of road congestion caused by the fact that excessive feeding vehicles go to the feeding port and wait near the feeding port during the container replacement operation of the container corresponding to the feeding port is avoided.

In this application, a preset high full-box-rate interval may be further set such that the full-box threshold value is to be regarded as a right end value.

The preset high full-box-rate interval with the threshold to be filled as the right end value is set to take into account that when the container corresponding to the feeding port is fast full, for example, when the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port reaches 95%, there may be more feeding vehicles associated with the feeding port that are heading to the feeding port, and when the container corresponding to the feeding port is fast full, the operation mode of the feeding workstation associated with the feeding port is adjusted and/or the feeding vehicle heading to the feeding port is scheduled, and the feeding vehicles heading to the feeding port may not be timely reduced. Therefore, a preset high full-box-rate interval with the threshold value to be filled as a right end point value is set, and when the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is determined to be in the preset high full-box-rate interval, the operation mode of the feeding workstation associated with the feeding port is adjusted in advance and/or a feeding vehicle heading for the feeding port is scheduled.

For example, the soon-to-fill threshold is 95%. Preset low full-box rate intervals [ 0, 95%) are preset, preset high full-box rate intervals [ 75%, 95%) with a full threshold value to be used as a right end point value are preset, and preset high full-box rate intervals [ 95%, 100%).

For a feeder, when the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeder is within the full rate interval [ 75%, 95%), the server for scheduling may send an instruction to at least one of all of the feeding stations associated with the feeder to halt processing of the item associated with the feeder, such that the at least one feeding station halts processing of the item associated with the feeder.

When the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within the full-box rate interval (75%, 95%), and when the feeding vehicles going to the feed port are scheduled, the feeding vehicles going to the feed port can be selected from the feeding vehicles associated with the feed port. At the same time, the server for scheduling may send a pause instruction to other feeding vehicles associated with the feeding port except the feeding vehicle continuing to the feeding port, so that other feeding vehicles associated with the feeding port do not go to the feeding port temporarily.

When the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within the full rate interval (95%, 100%), the container corresponding to the feed port is filled quickly.

At least one of the plurality of dosing stations may be selected from all of the plurality of dosing stations not currently instructed to suspend processing of items associated with the feeder port, and the server for scheduling may send instructions to the selected dosing station to cause the selected at least one dosing station to suspend processing of items associated with the feeder port.

Thus, when the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is within the preset high full rate interval [ 95%, 100%), for example, the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet reaches 95%, and when the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is within the preset high full rate interval [ 75%, 95%), the number of material feeding work stations suspending processing of the goods associated with the material inlet is further increased, so as to further reduce the filling speed of the container corresponding to the material inlet.

In other words, when the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within the full rate interval (95%, 100%), the number of the feeding work stations which continue to process the goods associated with the feed port is smaller than the number of the feeding work stations which continue to process the goods associated with the feed port when the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within the full rate interval (75%, 95%).

When the full-tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within the full-tank rate interval (95%, 100%), the feeding vehicle continuously heading to the feed port may be selected from the feeding vehicles associated with the feed port.

When the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is within a full-box rate interval (95 percent, 100 percent), the proportion of the number of the feeding vehicles which continue to go to the feeding port and the total number of the feeding vehicles associated with the feeding port is smaller than the proportion of the number of the feeding vehicles which continue to go to the feeding port and the total number of the feeding vehicles associated with the feeding port when the full-box rate interval (75 percent, 95 percent) is smaller.

Therefore, when the total number of the feeding vehicles going to the feeding port is the same, and the full-tank rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is within the full-tank rate interval (95%, 100%), the number of the feeding vehicles going to the feeding port is smaller than that of the feeding vehicles going to the feeding port, wherein the full-tank rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is within the full-tank rate interval (75%, 95%).

In some embodiments, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to a feeder port by changing the mode of operation of at least one feeding station associated with the feeder port based on the full rate of containers corresponding to the feeder port comprises: temporarily forbidding goods which are transmitted on a transmission line and are associated with the feeding port to enter at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is larger than or equal to an imminent full threshold value.

For example, for a feeder, when the container corresponding to the feeder is not full, i.e. the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeder does not reach 100%, and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeder is greater than or equal to the imminent full threshold, an instruction may be sent to the transport system to cause the transport system to control the item or container containing the item associated with the feeder to temporarily not enter at least one feeding station associated with the feeder in response to the instruction. The transport system may control circulation with the goods or containers on a loop on the transport system.

Thus, in the case where the container corresponding to the feeder is fast full, for example, the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeder reaches 95%, temporarily prohibiting the goods or the container containing the goods associated with the feeder from entering the feeding station associated with the feeder, reducing the number of goods reaching the feeding station, and correspondingly, the number of feeding vehicles associated with the feeder to the feeder is also reduced.

In some embodiments, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to a feeder port by changing the mode of operation of at least one feeding station associated with the feeder port based on the full rate of containers corresponding to the feeder port comprises: sending a first processing operation execution instruction to at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port to trigger execution of a first processing operation under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, wherein the first processing operation comprises the following steps: placing the goods associated with the feeding port in a temporary storage area at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is larger than or equal to an upcoming full threshold value.

For a material feeding port, when the container corresponding to the material feeding port is not full, namely the full rate of the container corresponding to the material feeding port does not reach 100% and the full rate of the container corresponding to the material feeding port is larger than or equal to the threshold value of being full, the server for scheduling can send a first processing operation execution instruction to at least one material feeding workstation associated with the material feeding port. And after receiving the first processing operation execution instruction, the feeding workstation associated with the feeding port can generate and display prompt information on a screen or play the prompt information through a loudspeaker, wherein the prompt information is used for prompting staff or automatic equipment of the feeding workstation associated with the feeding port to place the reached related goods in the temporary storage area of the feeding workstation associated with the feeding port. Accordingly, the relevant goods already at the dosing station are not temporarily thrown into the dosing opening. Accordingly, the number of dispensing vehicles associated with the dispensing opening going to the dispensing opening is also reduced.

After the container corresponding to the feeder port has been replaced as full, the server may send a throwable instruction to the feeding station associated with the feeder port. The goods associated with the feeder opening in the buffer zone can then be removed from the buffer zone by a person or by automated equipment of the dosing station associated with the feeder opening and loaded on the dosing vehicle associated with the feeder opening, in order to be introduced by the dosing vehicle into the container corresponding to the feeder opening after the container change has taken place.

In some embodiments, the items required by a target feeder include items of the same type as the item associated with that feeder, the target feeder being the other feeder for which the full rate of the corresponding container is less than the imminent full threshold. Wherein, based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port, the controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by changing the operation mode of at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port comprises the following steps: and sending a second processing operation execution instruction to at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port to trigger execution of a second processing operation under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, wherein the second processing operation comprises the following steps: loading the goods associated with the dog house in other feeding vehicles associated with a target dog house at least one feeding workstation associated with the dog house to feed the goods associated with the dog house into the target dog house by the other feeding vehicles, wherein the preset conditions are that the container corresponding to the dog house is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the dog house is greater than or equal to the imminent full threshold.

For one feeder, after the container of goods associated with the feeder arrives at the feeding station associated with the feeder, another feeder may be the target feeder if the goods required by the other feeder include goods of the same kind as the goods associated with the feeder and the full rate of the container corresponding to the other feeder is less than the imminent full threshold. For a feeder, when the container corresponding to the feeder is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeder is greater than or equal to the imminent full threshold, the item associated with the feeder may be loaded at the feeding station associated with the feeder onto the other feeding vehicle associated with the target feeder from which the item is to be fed into the target feeder. Thereby, the number of goods thrown into the feeder is reduced, and correspondingly, the number of throwing vehicles associated with the feeder to the feeder is reduced.

In some embodiments, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port by scheduling a feed vehicle heading for the feed port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port comprises: and determining the upper limit value of the number of goods or the upper limit value of the total volume of the goods loaded on the feeding vehicle associated with the feeding port each time based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the upper limit value of the number of the goods or the upper limit value of the total volume determined when the full rate is in a preset high full rate interval is smaller than the upper limit value of the number of the goods or the upper limit value of the total volume determined when the full rate is in a preset low full rate interval.

The upper limit of the quantity of goods associated with the feeder port per load in the feeder vehicle associated with the feeder port may indicate that the upper limit of the quantity cannot be exceeded by the quantity of goods loaded per time in any of the feeder vehicles associated with the feeder port.

For one feed port, when the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port is controlled by scheduling a feeding vehicle going to the feed port based on the full-tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port, the full-tank rate interval where the full-tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is located can be determined. Then, the upper limit value of the number of goods loaded in any one of the charging vehicles associated with the charging port every time can be determined according to the full-box-rate interval where the full-box-rate of the container corresponding to the charging port is located.

For example, a preset low full-box rate interval [ 0, 95%) and a preset high full-box rate interval [ 95%, 100%) are preset. When the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within the full rate interval (0%, 95%), the upper limit value of the number of goods loaded on any one feeding vehicle associated with the feed port is 5. When the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is within the full rate interval [ 95%, 100%), for example, the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet reaches 95%, and the upper limit value of the quantity of the goods loaded in any material feeding vehicle associated with the material inlet is 3 each time.

In the present application, the upper limit value of the total volume of the goods loaded on the delivery vehicle associated with the delivery opening each time may indicate that the sum of the volumes of all the goods loaded on any delivery vehicle associated with the delivery opening each time cannot exceed the upper limit value of the total volume.

For one feed port, when the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port is controlled by scheduling a feeding vehicle going to the feed port based on the full-tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port, the full-tank rate interval where the full-tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is located can be determined. Then, the upper limit value of the total volume of goods loaded in any one of the charging vehicles associated with the charging port every time can be determined according to the full-box-rate interval where the full-box-rate of the container corresponding to the charging port is located.

For example, a full-box rate section [ 0%, 95%), and a full-box rate section [ 95%, 100%) are set in advance. For a material inlet, when the full rate of a container corresponding to the material inlet is within the full rate interval (0%, 95%), the upper limit value of the total volume of goods associated with the material inlet, which are loaded on any material-feeding vehicle associated with the material inlet each time, is N cubic centimeters. When the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is within the full rate range [ 95%, 100%), for example, the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet reaches 95%, and the upper limit value of the total volume of the goods associated with the material inlet loaded on any material-feeding vehicle associated with the material inlet every time is N/3 cubic centimeters.

In some embodiments, controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port by scheduling a feed vehicle heading for the feed port based on the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port comprises: determining the upper limit value of the number of the feeding vehicles going to the feeding port based on the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the upper limit value of the number of the feeding vehicles determined when the full-box rate is in a preset high full-box rate interval is smaller than the upper limit value of the number of the feeding vehicles determined when the full-box rate is in a preset low full-box rate interval; and controlling the filling speed of the container of the feeding port by dispatching at least one feeding vehicle not exceeding the upper limit value of the quantity to the feeding port.

For one feed port, when the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feed port is controlled by scheduling the feeding vehicle going to the feed port based on the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port, the full tank rate interval where the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is located can be determined. Then, the upper limit value of the number of the feeding vehicles which are associated with the feeding port and move to the feeding port can be determined according to the full-tank rate interval of the full-tank rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port.

When the full-tank rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is in a low full-tank rate interval, for example, [ 0%, 95%), the determined upper limit value of the quantity may be a value indicating that the quantity of the material-feeding vehicles heading for the material inlet is not limited.

For example, historical feeding process data for the feeder may be analyzed to determine a maximum number of feeding vehicles heading for the feeder during the historical feeding process. When the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is in the low full-box rate interval, an upper limit value of the quantity larger than the maximum value can be set.

When the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is within a preset high full-box rate interval, for example, [ 95% >, 100% >, historical feed process data of the feed port may be analyzed, and it is estimated that the number of feed vehicles feeding the feed port may be completed when the full-box rate is within the preset high full-box rate interval, for example, [ 95% >, 100% >, or when the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feed port is the current full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feed port. The number of charging vehicles that are likely to complete charging the charging port can then be taken as the upper limit value of the number.

If the total number of the feeding vehicles currently heading to the feeding port is smaller than the upper limit value of the number, the goods associated with the feeding port can be continuously loaded on the feeding vehicles stopped at the feeding station, so that the number of the feeding vehicles heading to the feeding port is continuously increased, but the increased number does not exceed the difference obtained by subtracting the total number of the feeding vehicles currently heading to the feeding port from the determined upper limit value of the number. Thereby, it is ensured that the total number of charging vehicles heading for the charging opening does not exceed the upper number limit.

If the total number of the feeding vehicles currently heading for the feeding port is larger than the upper limit value of the number, the upper limit value of the number of the feeding vehicles heading for the feeding port can be selected to continue heading for the target vehicle of the feeding port. Meanwhile, a waiting instruction can be sent to each vehicle except the target vehicle, which goes to the feeding port, so that each vehicle does not go to the feeding port temporarily and runs to a preset waiting area for waiting in response to the waiting instruction. By limiting the number of the feeding vehicles going to the feeding port, the problem of road congestion caused by waiting during container replacement operation of the container corresponding to the feeding port after the excessive feeding vehicles reach the feeding port is avoided.

Please refer to fig. 3, which shows a block diagram of a scheduling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. The scheduling device includes: an acquisition unit 301 and a scheduling unit 302.

The obtaining unit 301 is configured to obtain a full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port;

the scheduling unit 302 is configured to control a filling speed of a container corresponding to the feeding port based on a full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port when the full rate is in a preset high full rate interval is smaller than the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port when the full rate is in a preset low full rate interval.

In some embodiments, the scheduling unit 302 is configured to: controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by changing the operation mode of at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port on the basis of the full box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port; and/or controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by scheduling a feeding vehicle going to the feeding port based on the full-box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port.

In some embodiments, the scheduling unit 302 is configured to: temporarily forbidding goods which are transmitted on a transmission line and are associated with the feeding port to enter the at least one feeding workstation under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is larger than or equal to an upcoming full threshold value.

In some embodiments, the scheduling unit 302 is configured to: under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, sending a first processing operation execution instruction to the at least one feeding workstation to trigger execution of a first processing operation, wherein the first processing operation comprises the following steps: and placing the goods associated with the feeding port in a temporary storage area at the at least one feeding work station, wherein the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port is greater than or equal to the threshold value of the full state.

In some embodiments, the items required by the target feeder include items of the same class as the item associated with the feeder, the target feeder being other feeders for which the full rate of the corresponding container is less than the imminent full threshold, and accordingly the scheduling unit 302 is configured to: under the condition that a container corresponding to the feeding port meets a preset condition, sending a second processing operation execution instruction to the at least one feeding workstation to trigger execution of a second processing operation, wherein the second processing operation comprises the following steps: loading goods associated with the material inlet in other material feeding vehicles related to a target material inlet at the at least one material feeding workstation, so as to feed the goods associated with the material inlet into the target material inlet by the other material feeding vehicles, wherein the preset conditions are that the container corresponding to the material inlet is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the material inlet is larger than or equal to an imminent full threshold value.

In some embodiments, the scheduling unit 302 is configured to: and determining the upper limit value of the number of goods or the upper limit value of the total volume of the goods loaded on the feeding vehicle associated with the feeding port each time based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the upper limit value of the number of the goods or the upper limit value of the total volume determined when the full rate is in a preset high full rate interval is smaller than the upper limit value of the number of the goods or the upper limit value of the total volume determined when the full rate is in a preset low full rate interval.

In some embodiments, the scheduling unit 302 is configured to: determining the upper limit value of the number of feeding vehicles going to the feeding port based on the full-box rate of a container corresponding to the feeding port, wherein the upper limit value of the number of feeding vehicles determined when the full-box rate is in a preset high full-box rate interval is smaller than the upper limit value of the number of feeding vehicles determined when the full-box rate is in a preset low full-box rate interval; and controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by dispatching at least one feeding vehicle not exceeding the upper limit value of the number to the feeding port.

In some embodiments, the obtaining unit 301 is configured to obtain an internal image of the container corresponding to the feeding port from a camera installed at a position corresponding to the feeding port; carrying out image recognition on the internal image to obtain a recognition result, and calculating a correlation volume based on the recognition result, wherein the correlation volume is the volume of an occupied space or the volume of an unoccupied space of a container corresponding to the feed port; and calculating the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port based on the associated volume and the total volume of the container corresponding to the feed port.

In some embodiments, the obtaining unit 301 is configured to: acquiring all goods types associated with the feeding port; determining the volume occupancy rate of each kind of goods in all the goods types based on historical data, wherein the volume occupancy rate of each kind of goods represents the volume occupancy condition of each kind of goods and other kinds of goods in all the goods types when the goods are placed in the same container; and calculating the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port according to the volume occupancy rate of each kind of goods.

In some embodiments, the obtaining unit 301 is configured to obtain the full rate of the container corresponding to the material feeding port in response to each material feeding vehicle associated with the material feeding port throwing the goods into the material feeding port if the container corresponding to the material feeding port meets a preset condition, where the preset condition is that the container corresponding to the material feeding port is not full and the full rate of the container corresponding to the material feeding port is greater than or equal to the imminent full threshold.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a storage system, including:

the feeding port is used for receiving goods which are input by a feeding vehicle and are related to the feeding port;

the feeding vehicle is used for feeding goods related to the feeding port;

and the server is used for executing the scheduling method described in the embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a server in a warehousing system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The server includes a processing component 422 that further includes one or more processors, and memory resources, represented by memory 432, for storing instructions, such as applications, that are executable by the processing component 422. The application programs stored in memory 432 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, the processing component 422 is configured to execute instructions to perform the scheduling method described above.

The server may also include a power component 426 configured to perform power management of the server, a wired or wireless network interface 450 configured to connect the server to a network, and an input output (I/O) interface 458. The server may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 432, such as Windows Server, MacOS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a storage medium comprising instructions, such as a memory comprising instructions, executable by a server to perform the scheduling method described above. Alternatively, the storage medium may be a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which may be, for example, a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

Other embodiments of the present application will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the application and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the application being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present application is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the application is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of scheduling, the method comprising:

acquiring the full box rate of a container corresponding to a feed port;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the filling rate of the container corresponding to the feed port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feed port comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein controlling the filling rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port by changing the manner of operation of at least one feeding station associated with the feeder port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port comprises:

4. The method of claim 2, wherein controlling the filling rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port by changing the manner of operation of at least one feeding station associated with the feeder port based on the full rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port comprises:

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the items required by a target feeder include items of the same type as the items associated with the feeder, the target feeder being other feeders for which the full rate of the corresponding container is less than the imminent full threshold,

controlling the filling speed of the container corresponding to the feeding port by changing the operation mode of at least one feeding workstation associated with the feeding port based on the full box rate of the container corresponding to the feeding port comprises the following steps:

6. The method of claim 2, wherein controlling the filling rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port by scheduling a feeder vehicle to the feeder port based on the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port comprises:

7. The method of claim 2, wherein controlling the filling rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port by scheduling a feeder vehicle to the feeder port based on the full tank rate of the container corresponding to the feeder port comprises:

8. The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein obtaining the full container rate of the container corresponding to the dispensing opening comprises:

9. The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein obtaining the full container rate of the container corresponding to the dispensing opening comprises:

acquiring all goods types associated with the feeding port;

10. The method of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein obtaining the full container rate of the container corresponding to the dispensing opening comprises:

11. A warehousing system, comprising:

the feeding vehicle is used for feeding goods related to the feeding port;

a server for performing the method of any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. A scheduling apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

13. A storage medium in which instructions, when executed by a processor of a server, enable the server to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 10.