CN113772311B

CN113772311B - Article acceptance method and device

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Publication number: CN113772311B
Application number: CN202111074748.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨文祥; 王琨; 田国伟; 陈猛; 张斌
Original assignee: Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-14
Filing date: 2021-09-14
Publication date: 2023-08-08
Anticipated expiration: 2041-09-14
Also published as: CN113772311A

Abstract

The invention discloses an article acceptance method and device, and relates to the field of warehouse logistics. One embodiment of the method comprises the following steps: inquiring the flow direction corresponding to each article in the box body to determine the flow direction of the whole box of articles; distributing the whole box of articles to the slide way mouth corresponding to the determined flow direction; and adopting a checking and accepting box pouring strategy corresponding to the slideway port to perform checking and accepting box pouring operation on the objects in the box body. According to the embodiment, through automatic acceptance and multi-flow direction automatic distribution, the acceptance conditions of different scenes can be matched, and the acceptance efficiency of the box body and the articles in the box body is improved.

Description

Article acceptance method and device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of warehouse logistics, in particular to an article acceptance method and device.

Background

Along with the rapid development of electronic commerce, in order to improve the operation efficiency in the warehouse and the customer experience, the automation degree in the warehouse is higher and higher. For example, in the clothing industry, the clothing class selects an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification ) unique tag to trace the whole process, each article uses the RFID tag to bind the related information of the article, a better precondition is created for the automatic operation of the whole process inside the clothing warehouse, and the acceptance inspection and the on-shelf flow distribution in the clothing warehouse are important links in the warehouse, which affects the efficiency of the warehouse operation.

In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventor finds that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: the existing e-commerce warehouse has the advantages that only a few RFID-managed brands and most RFID-managed brands exist due to the fact that the brands are numerous, so that the whole warehouse still adopts an existing receiving mode in the receiving process, namely, objects to be received are checked one by one manually according to object details (object types and corresponding numbers) in a purchasing order number, and then the objects are placed in corresponding receiving areas. The whole operation is time-consuming and labor-consuming, is easy to make mistakes, and has the condition of repeated warehouse-moving operation.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for checking and accepting articles, which at least can solve the problems of error and repeated warehouse-moving operation caused by too much manual operation in the prior art.

To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an article acceptance method including:

inquiring the flow direction corresponding to each article in the box body to determine the flow direction of the whole box of articles;

distributing the whole box of articles to the slide way mouth corresponding to the determined flow direction;

and adopting a checking and accepting box pouring strategy corresponding to the slideway port to perform checking and accepting box pouring operation on the objects in the box body.

Optionally, the distributing the whole box of the articles to the slide way opening corresponding to the determined flow direction includes:

after at least one article in the box body is identified as first warehouse entry or non-first warehouse entry but no corresponding flow direction is inquired, distributing the whole box body to a new article collecting slide way opening; or (b)

For the case that each article in the box body inquires the corresponding flow direction, responding to the condition that all the flow directions comprise the first area flow direction and the second area flow direction, and distributing the whole box of articles to the mixed flow direction slide way opening; or (b)

Distributing the whole box of articles to the first zone on-shelf slide way opening in response to the flow direction of all the articles being the flow direction of the first zone; or (b)

And responding to the flow direction of all the articles being the flow direction of the second area, obtaining the maximum allowed shelving amount of any article in the second area, if the maximum allowed shelving amount is smaller than the number of any article in the box body, distributing the whole box of articles to a batch goods receiving slide way port, and otherwise, distributing the whole box of articles to the second area shelving slide way port.

Optionally, the slide way opening is a mixed flow slide way opening, and the strategy is a heavy flow strategy;

the adoption with the inspection of slide mouth corresponds accept and fall case tactics, accept and fall case operation to the article in the box, include:

Pouring all the articles flowing to the first area onto the first area receiving unit container, and establishing a binding relation between the article information and the first area receiving unit container; and

for any article flowing to the second area, acquiring the maximum allowable loading amount of any article in the second area, and judging whether the maximum allowable loading amount is larger than or equal to the number of any article in the box body;

in response to the condition that the judgment result is yes, all the articles are poured onto the second-area receiving unit container, and the binding relation between the article information of any article and the second-area receiving unit container is established; or (b)

And in response to the condition that the judgment result is negative, pouring any article with the maximum allowable loading onto the second area receiving unit container, pouring the rest quantity of any article onto the first area receiving unit container, and respectively establishing the binding relation between the article information of any article and the second area receiving unit container/the first area receiving unit container.

Optionally, the slide way opening is a batch goods receiving slide way opening, and the strategy is a heavy running flow strategy;

Pouring any article with the maximum allowable loading amount onto a second area receiving unit container, and establishing a binding relationship between article information of any article and the second area receiving unit container;

and pouring the rest quantity of any article into the first area receiving unit container, and establishing a binding relation between the article information of any article and the first area receiving unit container.

Optionally, the obtaining the maximum allowable loading amount of any item in the second area currently includes:

acquiring the total sales of any one article in a current preset historical time length to calculate and obtain the average sales of any article in the preset historical time length;

determining an inventory turnover time length corresponding to any one of the articles, and taking the product of the inventory turnover time length and the average sales volume as the total inventory quantity of the second area for the any one of the articles;

inquiring the current stock quantity of any item in the second area, and taking the difference value between the total stock quantity and the current stock quantity as the maximum allowable loading quantity of any item in the second area.

Optionally, the slide way opening is a new product collecting slide way opening or a first area upper frame slide way opening, and the strategy is a whole box acceptance strategy;

and adopting a whole box acceptance strategy, and carrying out acceptance box pouring operation on the articles in the box body at the new article collecting slide way opening or the first area upper frame slide way opening.

Optionally, the slide way opening is a second area upper frame slide way opening;

and adopting an acceptance pouring box integrated mode to carry out acceptance pouring operation on the articles in the box body.

Optionally, the slide way opening is an abnormal slide way opening;

the method further comprises the steps of:

if an abnormal condition occurs in the process of identifying the flow direction of the article, distributing the whole article to an abnormal slide way port; and

after the abnormal slide way opening is processed, the flow direction of the whole box of the articles is determined again, if the redetermined slide way opening is not a new article collecting slide way opening or a first area on-frame slide way opening, the operation is repeated, so that the articles are checked and accepted for the box; or (b)

If the slide way opening is a new product collecting slide way opening or a first area on-shelf slide way opening, adopting a piece-by-piece checking and accepting strategy to scan codes and check the number of various articles in the box.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and acquiring the arrival amount of each article in the warehouse entry list, calculating the quantity of each article in the box body and the difference amount of the corresponding arrival amount, and returning to the warehouse management system for marking.

Optionally, the distributing the whole box of the articles to the slide way opening corresponding to the determined flow direction further comprises:

judging whether the slide way port currently has an idle cache position, if so, conveying the whole box of articles to the slide way port, otherwise, stopping conveying the whole box of articles, and sending an audible and visual detection alarm to remind of abnormal treatment.

To achieve the above object, according to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an article acceptance device including:

the determining module is used for inquiring the flow direction corresponding to each article in the box body so as to determine the flow direction of the whole box body;

the distribution module is used for distributing the whole box of articles to the slide way opening corresponding to the determined flow direction;

and the acceptance module is used for adopting an acceptance box pouring strategy corresponding to the slideway port to perform acceptance box pouring operation on the objects in the box body.

Optionally, the allocation module is configured to:

the acceptance module is used for:

Optionally, the acceptance module is configured to:

the acceptance module is used for:

Optionally, the slide way opening is an abnormal slide way opening;

the method further comprises an exception handling module for:

Optionally, the exception handling module is configured to:

and acquiring the arrival amount of each article in the warehouse entry list, calculating the quantity of each article in the box body and the difference amount of the corresponding arrival amount, and returning to the warehouse management system for marking.

Optionally, the allocation module is further configured to:

In order to achieve the above object, according to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an article inspection and acceptance system including a slide way opening and a lifting transfer device;

The slide way port is used for inquiring the flow direction corresponding to each article in the box body so as to determine the flow direction of the whole box body; adopting a corresponding acceptance pouring strategy to carry out acceptance pouring operation on the articles in the box body;

the jacking transfer device is used for conveying the whole box of articles to the slide way opening corresponding to the determined flow direction.

Optionally, the slide way port comprises a new product collecting slide way port, a mixed flow slide way port, an abnormal slide way port, a first area upper frame slide way port, a second area upper frame slide way port and a batch receiving slide way port.

To achieve the above object, according to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an article acceptance electronic device.

The electronic equipment of the embodiment of the invention comprises: one or more processors; and a storage device for storing one or more programs which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement any of the above-described item acceptance methods.

To achieve the above object, according to still another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements any one of the above-described article inspection methods.

According to the solution provided by the present invention, one embodiment of the above invention has the following advantages or beneficial effects: the automatic receiving and distributing strategy is designed to comprise a front running flow strategy and a re-running flow strategy, wherein the front running flow strategy is used for determining the distribution flow direction of the whole box of articles, and the re-running flow strategy is used for re-determining the distribution quantity of the articles in the machine area so as to realize the purpose of automatic and accurate distribution; if the slide way opening is a new slide way opening or a first area on-shelf slide way opening at the beginning, adopting a whole box checking and accepting strategy, and for the whole box articles with the flowing direction being redetermined at the abnormal slide way opening, adopting a piece-by-piece checking and accepting strategy so as to match checking and accepting conditions of different scenes, thereby improving checking and accepting efficiency.

Further effects of the above-described non-conventional alternatives are described below in connection with the embodiments.

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The drawings are included to provide a better understanding of the invention and are not to be construed as unduly limiting the invention. Wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of an article acceptance method according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 (a) is a plan view of an automated acceptance planning layout design in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 (b) is a schematic diagram of an interactive framework of a WMS and RFID channelizer, conveyor line control system, cargo-to-person control system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a specific method of object acceptance according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the major modules of an article acceptance device according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary system architecture diagram in which embodiments of the present invention may be applied;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a computer system suitable for use in implementing an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which various details of the embodiments of the present invention are included to facilitate understanding, and are to be considered merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Also, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions are omitted in the following description for clarity and conciseness.

The existing acceptance pattern is described in detail herein:

1. for the whole articles in the boxes, each paper box is required to be disassembled, and then the types and the quantity of each article are checked by combining the warehouse entry list details, but most of the time, each warehouse entry list contains a plurality of whole boxes, so that the method is time-consuming and labor-consuming. In addition, some articles (such as clothing) are similar in type and can be distinguished only by means of information such as money and color codes, so that the difficulty of warehousing and acceptance can be further increased, the efficiency of a supply chain is affected, for example, different articles are regarded as the same articles, and money and color codes are misplaced;

2. For loading into the warehouse of the human automation equipment, the common shelf storage area is typically set to the adult area (i.e., the first area) and the automation area is set to the machine area (i.e., the second area). Two scenarios are available:

a) All the articles arriving at the goods warehouse are put into the storage position of the common goods shelves in the personnel area, and then the articles stored in the personnel area are moved into the machine area for being put on the shelf through the warehouse moving operation, so that repeated warehouse moving operation in the warehouse can be increased, the efficiency of the article warehouse moving operation in the warehouse is relatively low, and the whole time and the labor are wasted;

b) The storage area contrast of part of the articles is arranged in the machine area (the storage area contrast is arranged in the machine area, the articles are directly put on the machine area when in warehouse entry, and the articles are not required to be put in the machine area and then are put in the machine area), and the situation that the articles with the storage upper limit exceeding the machine area are rejected again when in warehouse entry (the articles cannot enter the machine area and are returned to the person entering area) can occur. In addition, for the large-batch-number articles, part of the articles need to be stored in a personnel area for storage, and the rest of the articles need to enter a machine area, so that the problem of repeated warehouse-moving operation is solved, and time and labor are wasted.

Words related to the scheme are explained as follows:

a receiving unit container in the personnel area, a tray;

A machine area receiving unit container, another tray;

the machine area is provided with a unit container and a plastic turnover box, and can be automatically conveyed on a conveying line.

Referring to fig. 1, a main flow chart of an article acceptance method provided by an embodiment of the invention is shown, including the following steps:

s101: inquiring the flow direction corresponding to each article in the box body to determine the flow direction of the whole box of articles;

s102: distributing the whole box of articles to the slide way mouth corresponding to the determined flow direction;

s103: and adopting a checking and accepting box pouring strategy corresponding to the slideway port to perform checking and accepting box pouring operation on the objects in the box body.

In the above embodiment, for steps S101 to S102, the warehouse entry order is received, and one warehouse entry order preferably corresponds to a box (such as a packaging carton) to be warehoused by a merchant, the number of the box may be one or more, and a box label code is arranged on the outer package of each box, so that scanning, warehouse entry and signing are facilitated. The box body is internally provided with a plurality of kinds (or articles), and the number of each article can be one or more.

And placing the box body on a receiving line port of the automatic receiving line body. The automatic receiving line body receives the box body through the receiving line port and starts to automatically transport, the visual identification device is utilized to automatically identify the warehouse entry single number and the box label bar code of the box body package, and then the box body is automatically transported into the RFID channel machine through the transport line. The RFID channel machine automatically identifies the RFID label and the number of each article in the box body, and then transmits the purchase order number, the box label bar code and the RFID label and the number of each article in the box body as integral information to a WMS (Warehouse Management System ) for goods checking.

The scheme presets an automatic receiving flow direction distribution strategy, wherein the strategy comprises a front running flow direction strategy and a re-running flow direction strategy. After receiving the warehouse entry single number, the box label bar code and the RFID label and the quantity of each article in the box, the WMS system firstly identifies the flow direction corresponding to each article according to a front running flow direction strategy; wherein the flow direction is set in advance for the articles, such as clothing 1-machine area, refrigerator-man area.

The front running flow direction strategy comprises a new product collecting and sliding mouth front running flow direction distribution strategy, a mixed flow direction sliding mouth front running flow direction distribution strategy, a person region upper frame sliding mouth front running flow direction distribution strategy, a machine region upper frame sliding mouth front running flow direction distribution strategy, a batch receiving sliding mouth front running flow direction distribution strategy (the priority of the execution of the first 5 strategies is parallel and mutually exclusive), and an abnormal sliding mouth front running flow direction distribution strategy:

1) New product collection slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy

If the box body contains one or more articles which are put into storage for the first time, namely, the relevant information of the articles is not collected before; or if the article is identified not to be put in storage for the first time, but the flow direction of the article is not maintained, all the articles in the box body, namely the whole box of articles, are distributed to a new article collecting slide way opening. The calculation is performed by the following function:

P(Z _w ,HD1)

Wherein,,the first warehouse entry of the article i is shown, and the article i is a new article; />Indicating that the object i is not put in storage for the first time and is not a new product; LX (LX) _i Representing the flow direction, or a person area or a machine area, which is preset for the object i; LX (LX) _i =null means that no flow direction is set in advance for item i; z is Z _w Representing the whole box w; HD1 represents setting the gate 1 as a new collection gate; p (Z) _w HD 1) indicates that the whole box w is automatically matched to the chute port 1 (new collection chute port).

2) Mixed flow direction slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy

Aiming at the situation that each article in the box body is not put in storage for the first time and the corresponding flow direction is queried, when the flow directions among the articles are different, such as the flow direction of the article 1-person area and the flow direction of the article 2-machine area, the whole box of articles are automatically distributed to the mixed flow direction slide way mouth. The calculation is performed by the following function:

P(Z _w ,HD2)

wherein,,the flow direction of the object i is indicated as person area (person area),>the flow direction of the object j is denoted as machine zone, P (Z) _w HD 2) indicates that the whole tank w is automatically matched to the chute port 2 (mixed flow to the chute port).

3) Front running flow direction distribution strategy for person region on-frame slide way mouth

The method is also corresponding to the situation that each article is not put in storage for the first time and the corresponding flow direction is queried, and when the flow directions of all the articles are all people areas, the whole article box is automatically distributed to the people area on-shelf slide way mouth. The calculation is performed by the following function:

IF％LX _i ＝1

P(Z _w ,HD3)

Wherein,% LX _i =1 indicates that all the objects flow to the human region, P (Z _w HD 3) means that the whole box of articles is automatically matched to the chute mouth 3 (people area on shelf chute mouth).

4) Front running flow direction distribution strategy for machine area upper frame slide way opening

Corresponding to the situation that each article is not put in storage for the first time and the corresponding flow direction is queried, when the flow direction of all the articles in the whole box is the machine area, the following functions are used for calculation according to the situation to be considered:

P(Z _w ,HD4)

wherein,% LX _i =2 indicates that all the objects flow to the machine area, Q _i Representing the quantity of the articles i in the box body (namely the quantity to be put into storage shelves and the quantity to be put on the shelves), P (Z _w HD 4) means that the whole box w is automatically matched to the chute mouth 4 (machine area on-shelf chute mouth).

N _it Representing the total sales of item i in the warehouse for t days from the current history (excluding the day), t representing the preset history duration preceding the current system time, and excluding the day of system time,representing the average sales of item i over the history t days. B (B) _i The inventory turnover time corresponding to the object i is indicated, and the configuration can be carried out according to the object i. />Representing the total inventory of the machine area for item i, i.e., the inventory required for sales.

C _i Representing the number of the stored articles i on shelves in the machine area, namely the current stock quantity; Representing the quantity Q of the articles i in the box _i Are smaller than the maximum allowable loading amount of the machine area (which is equal to the total stock quantity of the article i corresponding to the stock turnover days-the machine area)Current inventory for item i).

5) Front running flow direction distribution strategy for batch receiving and sliding road junction

When the flow direction of all the articles in the whole box is the machine area, if the number of one or more articles exceeds the maximum allowable loading amount of the machine area, the articles in the whole box are automatically matched to the batch goods receiving slide way opening. The calculation is performed according to the following function:

P(Z _w ,HD5)

wherein,,indicating the quantity Q of the articles i in the box _i Exceeding the maximum allowable loading of the machine zone, P (Z _w HD 5) means that the whole box w is automatically matched to the chute mouth 5 (bulk receiving chute mouth).

6) Abnormal slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy

If the policies 1) to 5) are adopted and the corresponding slide way ports are not matched, the whole box of articles are distributed to the abnormal slide way ports, for example, differences occur in article types or quantity, article information is not matched with the purchase order number or the box label bar code, and the abnormality such as the purchase order number or the box label bar code of the box body is not recognized.

Further, a judgment can be added to the whole box of the articles distributed to the abnormal slide way port to judge whether the difference of the arrival quantity exists, namely, the quantity in the box is compared with the quantity in the warehouse entry list, and if the difference of the arrival quantity exists, the difference information (can be 0 or an actual difference value) of the whole box of the articles is returned to the WMS system for marking.

The WMS system sends the information of the slide way port distributed by the front running flow strategy to the conveying line control system, and the conveying line control system automatically conveys the whole box of articles to the jacking transfer equipment corresponding to the slide way port. Before that, the conveyor line control system needs to first determine whether the chute port currently has an idle buffer bit:

1) If the article is present, the conveying line control system automatically controls the jacking transfer equipment to convey the whole article to the corresponding slideway port.

2) If the wire body does not exist, the wire body of the conveying line control system stops conveying, and sends an audible and visual detection alarm to prompt a worker to perform exception handling. After the worker processes the articles stored in the corresponding slideway port, namely, the slideway port has an idle buffer position, the conveying control system automatically resumes operation and automatically controls the jacking transfer equipment to convey the whole box of articles to the corresponding slideway port.

For step S103, after the transfer line control system transfers the whole box of articles to the corresponding slide way port by controlling the jacking transfer device, the WMS system judges whether to adopt the inspection and acceptance box pouring integrated mode:

1) Adopts an inspection and acceptance box integrated mode, and mainly aims at the whole box of articles positioned at the machine area on-frame slide way port

The method comprises the steps of scanning the box label bar codes of the box body and the bar codes of all articles in the box body, checking whether the quantity of each article is the same as the arrival quantity in a warehouse entry bill, and comparing the quantity of each article by summing when one warehouse entry bill corresponds to a plurality of box bodies. After passing the acceptance, the articles are placed into the machine area on-shelf unit containers (plastic turnover boxes), the machine area on-shelf unit containers are automatically conveyed to a to-be-on-shelf area of a machine area goods-to-person system by a conveying line control system, and meanwhile, the machine area on-shelf unit container numbers, the types and quantity information of the corresponding articles are all sent to the machine area goods-to-person system.

The goods receiving and checking operation of the goods in the box body can be directly completed in the mode, meanwhile, the goods are poured into the unit container on the machine area, only one operation is needed, the existing goods receiving operation of the goods into the unit container and the goods in the unit container are poured into the unit container on the upper frame are reduced, and the overall operation efficiency is improved.

2) The inspection and acceptance box-pouring integrated mode is not adopted, and a WMS system needs to judge whether a heavy running flow strategy is adopted or not according to the whole box of articles positioned at a non-machine area upper frame slide way opening; the heavy running flow strategy comprises the following steps: mixed flow direction slide way mouth heavy running flow direction distribution strategy, batch receiving slide way mouth heavy running flow direction distribution strategy and abnormal slide way mouth heavy running flow direction distribution strategy.

a) Mixed flow direction slideway mouth heavy running flow direction distribution strategy

When receiving and checking, all articles flowing to the person area are received on a person area receiving unit container (tray) aiming at the whole box of articles positioned at the mixed flow direction slide way opening, and the bar codes and the number of the articles are bound with the person area receiving unit container one by one; and all the articles flowing to the machine area are received on the machine area receiving unit containers (trays), and the bar codes and the number of the articles are bound with the bar code numbers of the machine area receiving unit containers one by one. The calculation is performed according to the following function:

IFLX _i ＝1,P(i,Q _i ,RY _a )

Wherein RY _a Representing the container number a, P (i, Q) _i ,RY _a ) Representing the number Q of items i _i Binding with the container number a of the receiving unit in the person area. The first formula shows that P (i, Q) is established when an object i is identified as a people stream _i ,RY _a ) Pouring all the articles i in the box body into a receiving unit container in a person area;

JY _b representing the machine area receiving unit container numbers b, P (i, Q _i ,JY _b ) Representing the number Q of items i _i Binding with the machine area receiving unit container number b. The second formula shows that P (i, Q) is established when the object i is identified as the machine area flow direction and the quantity thereof is less than or equal to the maximum allowable loading quantity of the current machine area _i ,JY _b ) And all the articles i are inverted into boxesAnd (5) entering the machine area receiving unit container.

And the third formula and the fourth formula show that when the object i is identified to be the machine area flow direction and the number of the object i is larger than the maximum allowable loading amount of the current machine area, the object i with the maximum allowable loading amount in the number is dumped into the machine area receiving unit container, and the rest objects i are automatically dumped into the people area receiving unit container. And establishing a binding relation between the information of the object i and the machine area receiving unit container/person area receiving unit container.

b) Batch receiving slideway mouth heavy running flow direction distribution strategy

And (3) for all the articles in the batch receiving slide way opening, the flow direction is the machine area, the number in the box body exceeds the maximum allowed loading amount allowed by the machine area, the articles i with the maximum allowed loading amount are poured onto the machine area receiving unit container, the rest articles i are poured onto the person area receiving unit container, and the binding relation between the information of the articles i and the machine area receiving unit container/person area receiving unit container is established. The calculation is performed by the following function:

c) Abnormal slideway mouth heavy running flow direction distribution strategy

The abnormal slide way port is mainly used for carrying out special treatment on abnormal conditions, such as supplementing purchase order numbers, box label bar codes and the like. After the abnormality is handled, the flow direction of each article is redetermined, and then the flow direction of the whole article box is determined. For example, if the situation of the flow direction of the person area and the machine area occurs, the re-running flow direction distribution is performed according to the calculation function formula in the re-running flow direction distribution strategy of the mixed flow direction slide way.

And a), transferring the re-running machine area receiving unit containers and corresponding articles to the vicinity of the machine area loading workbench, acquiring article information to be loaded in the machine area by scanning the machine area receiving unit container number, scanning the bar code of each article and sequentially loading the corresponding number of articles into the machine area loading unit containers, and conveying the machine area loading unit containers filled with the articles to the machine area loading area by a conveying line control system.

d) And if the heavy running flow strategy is not adopted, adopting a whole-box acceptance or piece-by-piece acceptance strategy.

Aiming at the articles which do not flow to the slide way opening abnormally, if the slide way opening is a new article collecting slide way opening or a first area on-shelf slide way opening, the inspection and the acceptance can be completed according to the whole box without scanning the bar codes of the articles of each article and counting the articles of each article one by one, and directly scanning the box label codes. However, after the articles flowing to the slide way opening abnormally are processed abnormally, if the newly determined slide way opening is a slide way opening for collecting new articles or a slide way opening on a first area, the articles are checked and accepted piece by piece, and the operations of code scanning and piece by piece counting checking are carried out on various articles in the box body.

Repeating the above operation until all the articles in the boxes in the warehouse entry bill are checked and accepted.

The embodiment provides an automatic goods checking and multi-flow direction automatic distribution scheme aiming at the problems of time and labor waste, easy error and the like of the existing goods checking by relying on manual work, and has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:

1) The automatic receiving and distributing strategy is designed to comprise a front running flow strategy and a re-running flow strategy, wherein the front running flow strategy is used for determining the distribution flow direction of the whole box of articles, and the re-running flow strategy is used for re-determining the distribution quantity of the articles in the machine area so as to realize the purpose of automatic and accurate distribution;

2) If the slide way opening is a new slide way opening or a first area on-shelf slide way opening at the beginning, adopting a whole box checking and accepting strategy, and for the whole box articles with the flowing direction being redetermined at the abnormal slide way opening, adopting a piece-by-piece checking and accepting strategy so as to match checking and accepting conditions of different scenes, thereby improving checking and accepting efficiency.

Referring to fig. 2 (a), there is shown a plan view of the automated acceptance planning layout of the present solution, which may be considered as a whole as an item acceptance system, comprising:

receiving and throwing line: and receiving the box body, identifying the warehouse entry single number and the box label bar code on the outer package of the box body by using a visual identification device, and then transmitting the box body to the RFID channel machine through a transmission line.

RFID channeling machine: and identifying the RFID tag and the quantity of each article in the box body, and then transmitting the purchase order number, the box label bar code and the RFID tag and the quantity of each article in the box body as integral information to the WMS for goods checking.

New product collection slide way mouth, mixed flow direction slide way mouth, abnormal slide way mouth, people area upper frame slide way mouth, machine area upper frame slide way mouth and batch goods receiving slide way mouth: and judging the flow direction of the whole box of articles through a front running flow direction strategy set by the WMS system, and carrying out goods checking operation by adopting different goods checking strategies according to the category of the slide way opening.

First, second, third, and fourth lifting and transferring devices: after the WMS system sends the information of the slide way opening to the conveying line control system, the conveying line control system conveys the whole box of articles to the jacking transfer device of the corresponding slide way opening so as to convey the articles to the corresponding slide way opening by controlling the jacking transfer device.

A personnel area receiving unit container: for loading items assigned to the person's area.

Machine area receiving unit container: for loading articles assigned to the machine section.

Machine area shelf-up workstation: the device is used for transferring the articles in the machine area receiving unit container to the machine area on-shelf unit container.

Machine area offline acceptance buffer bit: for caching items allocated to the machine area and awaiting acceptance.

Referring to fig. 2 (b), there is shown an interactive framework diagram illustration of WMS and RFID channeling machine, conveyor line control system, cargo to person control system of an embodiment of the present invention, wherein:

WMS automatic receiving flow distribution strategy, including the aforementioned forward flow strategy and re-flow strategy, 1) forward flow strategy comprising: the new product is collected before the slide way and is run the flow direction distribution tactics before the slide way, mix the flow direction distribution tactics before the slide way, before the slide way on the person district runs the flow direction distribution tactics before the slide way on the shelf, before the slide way of machine district runs the flow direction distribution tactics before the slide way of receiving goods in batches, before the unusual slide way, 2) run the flow direction distribution tactics again include: mixed flow direction slide way mouth heavy running flow direction distribution strategy, batch receiving slide way mouth heavy running flow direction distribution strategy and abnormal slide way mouth heavy running flow direction distribution strategy;

The RFID channel machine control system is used for identifying the RFID label and the quantity of each article in the box body, and then transmitting the purchase order number, the box label bar code and the RFID label and the quantity of each article in the box body as integral information to the WMS for checking;

after the goods are placed in the machine area on-shelf unit containers by adopting the inspection and acceptance box integrated mode, the conveyor line control system automatically conveys the machine area on-shelf unit containers to a to-be-on-shelf area of the machine area goods-to-person system, and simultaneously, the machine area on-shelf unit container numbers and the type and quantity information of corresponding goods are sent to the machine area goods-to-person system;

the conveying line control system is used for receiving the slideway port information sent by the WMS system, and conveying the whole box of articles to the jacking transfer device corresponding to the slideway port so as to convey the articles to the corresponding slideway port by controlling the jacking transfer device;

the WMS warehouse management system is used for carrying out information interaction with other components so as to determine the flow direction of each article in the box according to the automatic receiving flow direction distribution strategy of the WMS and further determine the whole box flow direction and the corresponding slideway port;

the WMS warehousing acceptance module comprises an acceptance pouring box integrated module, a whole box acceptance module and a gradual acceptance module, and different acceptance strategies are adopted for different slide ways.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of a specific object acceptance method according to an embodiment of the invention is shown, including the following steps:

s301: receiving a warehouse entry list, determining a box body corresponding to the warehouse entry list, and inquiring the flow direction corresponding to each article in the box body; wherein the object flow direction is a human area flow direction or a machine area flow direction;

s302: the WMS system determines the flow direction of the whole box of the articles according to the front running flow direction distribution strategy, and if abnormality occurs, the whole box of the articles is distributed to an abnormal sliding port;

s303: if the processing is successful, the WMS system sends the information of the slide way port corresponding to the determined flow direction to the conveyor line control system;

s304: the conveying line control system conveys the whole box of articles to a jacking transfer device in front of the corresponding slide way opening, and judges whether an idle buffer position exists at the corresponding slide way opening currently;

s305: if the article exists, conveying the whole box of articles to the slideway port;

s306: otherwise, stopping transporting the whole box of articles, sending an audible and visual detection alarm to remind of processing abnormality, and automatically transporting the whole box of articles to the slideway port after processing abnormality;

s307: the WMS system judges whether an acceptance pouring box integrated mode is adopted according to whether the slideway port is a machine area on-frame slideway port or not;

S308: if yes, adopting an acceptance and box-pouring integrated mode to accept the articles in the box body, putting the articles into the machine area on-shelf unit containers, and conveying the machine area on-shelf unit containers filled with the articles to the machine area on-shelf area by a conveying line control system;

s309: if not, judging whether the goods are new goods collection slide way ports or person area on-shelf slide way ports, if not, adopting a re-running flow strategy to distribute the goods into person area receiving unit containers or machine area receiving unit containers;

s310: if yes, adopting a whole box acceptance strategy, and carrying out acceptance box pouring operation on the articles in the box body at the new article collecting slide way opening or the first area upper frame slide way opening;

s311: if the abnormal slide way opening is processed abnormally, the abnormal slide way opening flows to a new product collecting slide way opening or a first area on-shelf slide way opening, a piece-by-piece checking and accepting strategy is adopted, and code scanning and piece-by-piece counting checking operation is carried out on various articles in the box body.

Referring to fig. 4, a schematic diagram of main modules of an article acceptance device 400 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown, including:

a determining module 401, configured to query a flow direction corresponding to each article in the box, so as to determine a flow direction of the entire box of articles;

a distribution module 402 for distributing the whole box of articles to the slide way mouth corresponding to the determined flow direction;

And the acceptance module 403 is used for adopting an acceptance box pouring strategy corresponding to the slideway port to perform acceptance box pouring operation on the objects in the box body.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the allocation module 402 is configured to:

In the implementation device, the slide way opening is a mixed flow slide way opening, and the strategy is a heavy flow strategy;

the acceptance module 403 is configured to:

In the implementation device, the slide way ports are mass goods receiving slide way ports, and the strategy is a heavy running flow strategy;

the acceptance module 403 is configured to:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the acceptance module 403 is configured to:

In the implementation device, the slide way opening is a new product acquisition slide way opening or a first area on-shelf slide way opening, and the strategy is a whole box acceptance strategy;

the acceptance module 403 is configured to:

In the implementation device of the invention, the slide way opening is a second area upper frame slide way opening;

the acceptance module 403 is configured to:

In the implementation device of the invention, the slide way opening is an abnormal slide way opening;

the method further comprises an exception handling module for:

In the embodiment of the invention, the exception handling module is used for:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the allocation module 402 is further configured to:

In addition, the implementation of the apparatus in the embodiments of the present invention has been described in detail in the above method, so that the description is not repeated here.

Fig. 5 shows an exemplary system architecture 500, including terminal devices 501, 502, 503, a network 504, and a server 505 (by way of example only), to which embodiments of the invention may be applied.

The terminal devices 501, 502, 503 may be various electronic devices having a display screen and supporting web browsing, are installed with various communication client applications, and a user may interact with the server 505 through the network 504 using the terminal devices 501, 502, 503 to receive or transmit messages, etc.

The network 504 is used as a medium to provide communication links between the terminal devices 501, 502, 503 and the server 505. The network 504 may include various connection types, such as wired, wireless communication links, or fiber optic cables, among others.

The server 505 may be a server providing various services for performing a query for the flow direction of each item, determining a chute mouth for the entire bin of items according to a prior run flow direction policy, and performing a check-in-bin operation according to a chute mouth determination check-in-bin policy.

It should be noted that, the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is generally performed by the server 505, and accordingly, the apparatus is generally disposed in the server 505.

It should be understood that the number of terminal devices, networks and servers in fig. 5 is merely illustrative. There may be any number of terminal devices, networks, and servers, as desired for implementation.

Referring now to FIG. 6, there is illustrated a schematic diagram of a computer system 600 suitable for use in implementing an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device shown in fig. 6 is only an example, and should not impose any limitation on the functions and the scope of use of the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 6, the computer system 600 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 601, which can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 602 or a program loaded from a storage section 608 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 603. In the RAM 603, various programs and data required for the operation of the system 600 are also stored. The CPU 601, ROM 602, and RAM 603 are connected to each other through a bus 604. An input/output (I/O) interface 605 is also connected to bus 604.

The following components are connected to the I/O interface 605: an input portion 606 including a keyboard, mouse, etc.; an output portion 607 including a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and the like, a speaker, and the like; a storage section 608 including a hard disk and the like; and a communication section 609 including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, or the like. The communication section 609 performs communication processing via a network such as the internet. The drive 610 is also connected to the I/O interface 605 as needed. Removable media 611 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is installed as needed on drive 610 so that a computer program read therefrom is installed as needed into storage section 608.

In particular, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to flowcharts may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code for performing the method shown in the flow chart. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network through the communication portion 609, and/or installed from the removable medium 611. The above-described functions defined in the system of the present invention are performed when the computer program is executed by a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 601.

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

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

The modules involved in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in software or in hardware. The described modules may also be provided in a processor, for example, as: a processor includes a determination module, an assignment module, an acceptance module. The names of these modules do not in any way constitute a limitation of the module itself, for example, the determination module may also be described as a "whole-box flow-direction determination module".

As another aspect, the present invention also provides a computer-readable medium that may be contained in the apparatus described in the above embodiments; or may be present alone without being fitted into the device. The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by a device, cause the device to include:

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the automatic goods checking and multi-flow direction automatic distribution scheme is provided for solving the problems of time and labor waste, easy error and the like of the existing goods checking by means of manual goods checking, and has at least the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:

The above embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and alternatives can occur depending upon design requirements and other factors. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An article acceptance method applied to a receiving scene, comprising the following steps:

inquiring the flow direction corresponding to each article in the box body according to the front running flow direction strategy so as to determine the flow direction of the whole box of articles, and distributing the whole box of articles to a slideway port corresponding to the determined flow direction, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

after at least one article in the box body is identified as first warehouse entry or non-first warehouse entry but no corresponding flow direction is inquired, distributing the whole box body to a new article collecting slide way opening;

For the case that each article in the box body inquires the corresponding flow direction, responding to the condition that all the flow directions comprise the first area flow direction and the second area flow direction, and distributing the whole box of articles to the mixed flow direction slide way opening;

distributing the whole box of articles to the first zone on-shelf slide way opening in response to the flow direction of all the articles being the flow direction of the first zone;

responding to the flow direction of all the articles being the flow direction of the second area, obtaining the maximum allowable loading amount of any article in the second area, if the maximum allowable loading amount is smaller than the number of any article in the box body, distributing the whole box of articles to a batch goods receiving slide way port, otherwise distributing the whole box of articles to the second area loading slide way port;

the front running flow direction strategy comprises a new product collecting slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy, a mixed flow direction slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy, a first area upper slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy, a second area upper slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy and a batch receiving slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the gate is a mixed flow gate, and the strategy is a heavy flow strategy;

responding to the condition that the judgment result is yes, pouring all the articles into the second area receiving unit container, and establishing a binding relationship between the article information of any article and the second area receiving unit container;

and in response to the condition that the judgment result is negative, pouring any article with the maximum allowable loading onto the second area receiving unit container, pouring the rest quantity of any article onto the first area receiving unit container, and respectively establishing a binding relation between article information of any article and the second area receiving unit container/the first area receiving unit container.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the gate is a bulk receiving gate, the strategy being a heavy race flow strategy;

pouring any one of the maximum allowable loading amount of the articles onto a second area receiving unit container, and establishing a binding relationship between article information of the any one of the articles and the second area receiving unit container;

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining a maximum allowable pickup of any item currently in the second zone comprises:

acquiring the total sales of any one article in a current preset historical time from the article to calculate and obtain the average sales of any one article in the preset historical time;

and inquiring the current stock quantity of any item in the second area, and taking the difference value between the total stock quantity and the current stock quantity as the maximum allowable loading quantity of any item in the second area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the gate is a new acquisition gate or a first area overhead gate, and the policy is a whole box acceptance policy;

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the chute opening is a second area racking chute opening;

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the slide way opening is an abnormal slide way opening;

the method further comprises the steps of:

after the abnormal slide way opening is processed, the flow direction of the whole box of the articles is determined again, if the redetermined slide way opening is not a new article collecting slide way opening or a first area on-frame slide way opening, the operation is repeated, so that the articles are checked and accepted for the box;

8. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising:

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the dispensing the entire bin of articles to a chute mouth corresponding to the determined flow direction, further comprises:

10. An article inspection device using the article inspection method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, applied to a receiving scene, comprising:

the determining module is used for inquiring the flow direction corresponding to each article in the box body according to the previous running flow direction strategy so as to determine the flow direction of the whole box of articles; the front running flow direction strategy comprises a new product collecting slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy, a mixed flow direction slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy, a first area upper slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy, a second area upper slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy and a batch receiving slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy;

11. An article inspection and reception system using the article inspection and reception method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, applied to a reception scene, characterized by comprising a slide way opening and a jacking transfer device;

the slideway port is used for inquiring the flow direction corresponding to each article in the box body according to the front running flow direction strategy so as to determine the flow direction of the whole box of articles; adopting a corresponding acceptance pouring strategy to carry out acceptance pouring operation on the articles in the box body; the front running flow direction strategy comprises a new product collecting slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy, a mixed flow direction slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy, a first area upper slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy, a second area upper slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy and a batch receiving slide way front running flow direction distribution strategy;

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the chute port comprises a new acquisition chute port, a mixed flow chute port, an abnormal chute port, a first area overhead chute port, a second area overhead chute port, a bulk receiving chute port.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

storage means for storing one or more programs,

when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to implement the method of any of claims 1-9.

14. A computer readable medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the program, when being executed by a processor, implements the method according to any of claims 1-9.