CN114282869A

CN114282869A - Information processing method, device, equipment and storage medium

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Publication number: CN114282869A
Application number: CN202111601055.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金丹
Original assignee: Shanghai Yucan Information Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Yucan Information Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-24
Filing date: 2021-12-24
Publication date: 2022-04-05

Abstract

The invention provides an information processing method, an information processing device, information processing equipment and a storage medium, wherein the information processing method comprises the following steps: displaying at least one sorting task, wherein the sorting task comprises goods information, goods positions and total number to be sorted of target goods; determining a target sorting task; receiving the extracted quantity of the target goods of the input target sorting task; assigning the extracted target goods as goods to be sorted, and assigning the extracted quantity as the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted; displaying the goods information of the goods to be sorted, the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and a plurality of sorting subtasks of the target sorting task, wherein each sorting subtask comprises a sorting port and the quantity to be sorted of the sorting port; updating the displayed quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and the sorting subtask in response to the submission of the sorting subtask. The invention assists the goods picking process of manual sorting to reduce sorting errors and improve sorting efficiency.

Description

Information processing method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of computer applications, and in particular, to an information processing method, apparatus, system, device, and storage medium.

Background

With the development of internet technology, online shopping has become a part of people's daily life. In the online shopping process, a user places an order through the e-commerce platform, and the e-commerce platform sends order information to the corresponding warehouse management system of the warehouse to sort. At present, most warehouses do not have the level of intelligence and automation, considering that the intelligent and automatic equipment is high in cost and needs to be maintained frequently to avoid breakdown of the whole warehouse sorting system. Sorting of the warehouse is still performed manually by the sorting operator. The sorter can take the goods manually according to the order information and carry the goods to the corresponding sorting port so as to make sorting preparation before goods delivery.

However, there may be various errors due to the manual work process, which affect the sorting efficiency and the sorting process.

Therefore, how to assist the picking process of manual sorting to reduce sorting errors and improve sorting efficiency is a technical problem to be solved urgently by technical personnel in the field.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the related technologies, the invention provides an information processing method, an information processing device, information processing equipment and a storage medium, so as to assist the picking process of manual sorting to reduce sorting errors and improve sorting efficiency.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method including:

displaying at least one sorting task, wherein the sorting task comprises goods information, goods positions and total number to be sorted of target goods;

determining a target sorting task;

receiving the extracted quantity of the target goods of the input target sorting task;

assigning the extracted target goods as goods to be sorted, and assigning the extracted quantity as the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted;

displaying the goods information of the goods to be sorted, the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and a plurality of sorting subtasks of the target sorting task, wherein each sorting subtask comprises a sorting port and the quantity to be sorted of the sorting port;

updating the displayed quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and the sorting subtask in response to the submission of the sorting subtask.

In some embodiments of the present application, the determining a target sorting task comprises:

receiving an identifier of goods to be extracted;

verifying whether the goods to be extracted are target goods or not according to the identification of the goods to be extracted;

in response to the goods to be extracted being verified as target goods, determining a target sorting task according to the goods to be extracted;

and triggering an input box for displaying the extracted quantity of the target goods.

determining the target sorting task from a plurality of sorting tasks according to the matching of the real-time position information of the sorting end and the position area of the goods space;

and displaying the goods information of the target goods of the target sorting task.

In some embodiments of the present application, the submission control of the sorting subtask is made operable in response to the real-time location information of the sorting end being located in the location area of the sorting mouth.

In some embodiments of the application, the updating the displayed quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and the sorting subtask in response to the submission of the sorting subtask includes:

and updating the quantity to be sorted to the sum of the quantity to be sorted minus the quantity to be sorted of the submitted sorting subtasks.

In some embodiments of the present application, in response to all submissions of the sorting subtasks or zero to-be-sorted quantity of the goods to be sorted, determining whether the extracted quantity of the target goods is consistent with the sum of the to-be-sorted quantities of the sorting subtasks;

if not, generating checking prompt information.

In some embodiments of the present application, each sorting port is provided with an identification module for identifying the number of goods to be sorted entering the sorting port;

and automatically submitting the sorting subtask of the sorting port in response to the recognition module recognizing that the quantity of the goods to be sorted entering the sorting port is consistent with the quantity of the goods to be sorted of the sorting port.

In some embodiments of the present application, further comprising:

sending goods information of goods to be sorted to the identification module, wherein the goods information is used for the identification module to verify whether the goods entering the sorting port at present are the goods to be sorted or not;

and receiving goods error warning information sent by the identification module in response to the identification module verifying that the goods currently entering the sorting port are not the goods to be sorted.

In some embodiments of the present application, the goods to be sorted are located on a transportation device before sorting, the transportation device includes an image acquisition module for automatically identifying the number of the goods to be sorted located on the transportation device.

receiving the quantity of the goods to be sorted sent by the transportation equipment in real time;

judging whether the quantity of the received goods to be sorted is consistent with the updated quantity of the goods to be sorted;

if not, generating quantity error alarm information.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is also provided an information processing apparatus applied to a platform server, including:

the first display control module is configured to display at least one sorting task, and the sorting task comprises goods information, goods positions and total number to be sorted of target goods;

a determination module configured to determine a target sorting task;

a receiving module configured to receive an extracted number of target goods of an input target sorting task;

the assignment module is configured to assign the extracted target goods to be sorted and assign the extracted quantity to the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted;

the second display control module is configured to display the cargo information of the cargo to be sorted, the quantity to be sorted of the cargo to be sorted and a plurality of sorting subtasks of the target sorting task, wherein each sorting subtask comprises a sorting port and the quantity to be sorted of the sorting port;

a display updating module configured to update the displayed quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and the sorting subtask in response to submission of the sorting subtask.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an electronic apparatus, including: a processor; a storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by the processor, performs the steps as described above.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the steps as described above.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:

on one hand, the sorting tasks are displayed when the goods are taken based on the sorting end, and the sorting subtasks are displayed when the goods are sorted, so that different sorting information is provided for a sorter according to different sorting processes, and the sorter can conveniently carry out the goods taking, transporting and sorting according to the sorting information; on the other hand, through the quantity of picking up, the goods of goods to sort quantity and the needs of letter sorting mouth sort quantity and manage and control to the in-process of sorting person getting goods and letter sorting carries out quantity check. From this, this application is through above-mentioned mode, to not possessing intellectuality and in the warehouse letter sorting of automation level, for manual sorting provides letter sorting information interaction and processing to supplementary manual sorting's the goods process of choosing improves letter sorting efficiency in order to reduce the letter sorting mistake.

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The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 shows a flow chart for determining a target sorting task according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 shows a flow chart for determining a target sorting task according to another embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 shows a flow diagram of a sort goods identification alert in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 shows a flow chart of a sorting goods quantity error warning according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 to 8 are schematic diagrams respectively illustrating sorting interfaces provided by a sorting end at different sorting stages according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 shows a block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 schematically illustrates a computer-readable storage medium in an exemplary embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 11 schematically illustrates an electronic device in an exemplary embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.

Furthermore, the drawings are merely schematic illustrations of the invention and are not necessarily drawn to scale. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar parts, and thus their repetitive description will be omitted. Some of the block diagrams shown in the figures are functional entities and do not necessarily correspond to physically or logically separate entities. These functional entities may be implemented in the form of software, or in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits, or in different networks and/or processor devices and/or microcontroller devices.

The flow charts shown in the drawings are merely illustrative and do not necessarily include all of the steps. For example, some steps may be decomposed, and some steps may be combined or partially combined, so that the actual execution sequence may be changed according to the actual situation.

This application is applied to in the warehouse goods letter sorting to warehouse management server and the interaction of letter sorting end come to provide the multinomial functions such as letter sorting task display, letter sorting quantity is checked, letter sorting task submissions, in order to receive the letter sorting task back to the letter sorting person, get goods, transport to letter sorting mouth from the goods position and place the whole letter sorting process that the goods sorted in letter sorting mouth and carry out intelligent supplementary.

The method of embodiments of the present application is performed in a sorting end. The sorting end is deployed on portable equipment (such as mobile phones, tablet computers, handheld equipment dedicated to sorting and the like) in the form of an application program, an applet, a webpage and the like to provide sorting services for sorters. The sorting end may be in communication with a warehouse management server. Further, when goods, goods shelves, transportation equipment, letter sorting mouth in the warehouse are provided with such as intelligent object or identification information such as radio frequency identification label, all kinds of sensors, identification module, the letter sorting end can be through its portable equipment in place with these intelligent object carry out the interaction to acquire with the relevant information of letter sorting, thereby further supplementary the sorter improves letter sorting efficiency.

Referring now to fig. 1, fig. 1 illustrates a flow diagram of an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing method comprises the following steps:

step S110: displaying at least one sorting task, wherein the sorting task comprises goods information of target goods, goods positions and total number to be sorted.

Specifically, after receiving the user order, the warehouse management server generates a plurality of sorting tasks according to information such as the goods type and the receiving address of the user order. After the warehouse management server generates the sorting tasks, the sorting tasks can be directly distributed to the sorting ends, and the sorting tasks can also be distributed to idle sorters according to the current task load of the sorters corresponding to each sorting end. Further, the sorting tasks may also be assigned manually by an administrator. In some variations, the warehouse management server may also issue a plurality of sorting tasks, and the sorter performs the receiving of the sorting tasks after browsing at the sorting terminal, so that the sorter can flexibly allocate the execution time of the sorting tasks. An interface 310 for a list of sorting tasks to be viewed by a sorter can be seen in fig. 6, which shows a list of sorting tasks to be sorted, the sorter being able to order the sorting tasks by sorting amount. A plurality of sorting tasks are shown in the sorting task list, and each sorting task shows a goods name, a goods position, a total number to be sorted, real-time inventory and a current sorting progress. An "I'm to sort" button is provided in interface 310 for the sorter to operate to access the corresponding sorting assignment. The interface 310 is merely exemplary, and the present application is not limited thereto, and the information and controls displayed by the interface 310 may be changed as desired.

In step S110, the displayed at least one sorting assignment is a sorting assignment assigned to the sorting end and/or to the sorting operator that the sorting end has accessed.

Specifically, the cargo information may include, for example, cargo type, cargo name, Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) information, and the like. The cargo space is used for indicating the position of the cargo. The cargo space may be displayed, for example, as an identification of the shelf on which the cargo is located, an identification of the location on the shelf on which the cargo is located, or the like. When the sorter is familiar with the relationship between the goods storage location and the above-mentioned identifier, the sorter can determine the location of the target goods according to the goods location. When the sorter is not familiar with the relationship between the location of the item and the identifier, the displayed item may have a jump link to jump to the item distribution map and indicate the displayed item and the sorter's current location (determined based on the location information of the portable device where the sorter is located) in the item distribution map so that the sorter can find the location of the item. Further, route/navigation information from the sorter's current location to the displayed cargo space may also be provided to provide explicit route guidance to the sorter.

Step S120: and determining a target sorting task.

Specifically, when the sorting end displays a plurality of sorting tasks, the sorter can select one sorting task from the sorting tasks as the target sorting task, so that related sorting information display can be carried out based on the target sorting task, and interference of other sorting task information to the sorter is avoided.

Further, when the sorter is familiar with the sorting process, a plurality of sorting jobs may also be determined as the target sorting job. For example, when the coincidence rate of the sorting openings involved in a plurality of sorting tasks is high and the number of target items to be sorted for each sorting task is small, the sorter can simultaneously take over a plurality of sorting tasks. In a preferred embodiment, the sorting end/sorting server may perform the following steps: and when the coincidence rate of the sorting openings in the plurality of sorting tasks is higher than N% (N is a constant which is larger than 50 and smaller than or equal to 100, for example), and the sum of the weights of the target goods to be sorted of at least two sorting tasks in the plurality of sorting tasks with the coincidence rate of the sorting openings higher than N% is smaller than or equal to the maximum bearing weight of the transportation equipment (and the sum of the volumes of the target goods to be sorted is smaller than or equal to the maximum accommodating volume of the transportation equipment), taking the at least two sorting tasks as candidate target sorting tasks. Further, the range of the candidate target sorting task can be further narrowed based on the cargo space distance. For example, on the basis of the foregoing steps, at least two sorting jobs are determined as candidate target sorting jobs only when the cargo space distance thereof is smaller than a set distance threshold. The candidate target sorting jobs may be prominently identified in step S110 (e.g., in a prominent color, a different font than the other sorting jobs, a preferred target sorting job icon, etc.).

Step S130: receiving an input of the extracted quantity of the target goods of the target sorting task.

Specifically, arrival of the sorter at the cargo space transports the target cargo to the transport equipment. The transport device may be, for example, a pallet/basket that can be easily moved, which can be placed on a forklift, a small trailer, a transport cart, in order for the sorter to carry out the transport of the target goods.

Specifically, the goods may have identification information such as a two-dimensional code, a bar code, a radio frequency tag, and the like. When the sorting person arrives the goods position and takes the goods, can at first scan and read through the letter sorting end, confirm the goods information of the goods of taking, the letter sorting end can compare the goods information of the goods of taking with the goods information of target goods to confirm whether the current goods of taking of sorting person is the target goods.

Specifically, when the sorter takes the goods, the taken goods may be counted, and the extracted number of the target goods of the target sorting task is input through the sorting terminal. In consideration of the fact that a sorter may take more (prevention of goods loss, avoidance of back and forth exchange of goods) or less (it is inconvenient to complete the total number of pieces to be sorted by one-time taking due to the limitation of transportation equipment or transportation capacity) when taking goods, it is more appropriate and appropriate to match and confirm the sorting information related to the current transportation of the sorter according to the extracted number of target goods of the sorter rather than the total number of pieces to be sorted in the sorting task. Therefore, the quantity of the target goods extracted by the sorter is acquired, and the sorting assistance of the sorter is an important step.

Furthermore, the sorting end can also compare the extraction quantity input by the user with the total quantity to be sorted of the target sorting task, and when the quantity of the extraction quantity and the quantity of the target sorting task are inconsistent, prompt information can be generated to prompt a sorter, so that the situation that the sorter does not accurately pick goods due to the fact that the quantity is mistakenly read (not more or less than the normal quantity is picked) is avoided. When the quantity of the two is consistent or after prompting, the sorter confirms the current quantity of the goods to be picked, and the sorting end finishes the goods picking and checking process.

When the sorter picks up the goods (picks), the sorting end may display a pick interface 320 (see fig. 7) to the sorter. The picking interface 320 may show the name of the item to be picked, the box gauge (the number of items in a box), the cargo space, the number to be sorted. The pick interface 320 provides the sorter with an input box for the pick quantity. The sorter can switch between different metering units (such as counting by shares or counting by boxes) through the box gauge switch. The claim interface 320 also provides a material complete button to the sorter. After the sorter selects the material picking completion button, the goods picking (material picking) stage is completed. The interface 320 is merely exemplary, and the present application is not limited thereto, and the information and controls displayed by the interface 320 may be changed as desired.

Step S140: and assigning the extracted target goods as goods to be sorted, and assigning the extracted quantity as the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted.

Specifically, the step S140 is assisted to indicate that the sorter moves from the pickup step to the transportation and sorting step.

Step S150: displaying the goods information of the goods to be sorted, the number of the goods to be sorted and the plurality of sorting subtasks of the target sorting task, wherein each sorting subtask comprises a sorting port and the number of the sorting ports needing to be sorted.

In particular, when a sorter is to sort, it needs to sort a corresponding number of goods to be sorted into corresponding sorting mouths. Therefore, the sorting end can display the goods information of the goods to be sorted, the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted, and a plurality of sorting subtasks of the target sorting task (each sorting subtask comprises a sorting opening and the quantity to be sorted of the sorting opening) so that a sorter can know the information about specific sorting.

Specifically, in step S140, the extracted target goods are assigned as the goods to be sorted, and after the extracted quantity is assigned as the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted, the warehouse management server/sorting end may generate a sorting subtask according to the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted in the target sorting task. The warehouse management server/sorting side may maintain each sorting gate involved in the target sorting job and the number of sortable gates required. When the number to be sorted is more than or equal to the total number to be sorted, the sorting subtasks can be directly split according to the sorting openings of the target sorting task, so that a sorting subtask is generated corresponding to each sorting opening related to the target sorting task. When the quantity to be sorted is less than the total quantity to be sorted, the sorting ports can be selected according to the distance of the sorting ports of the target sorting task and/or the quantity to be sorted of each sorting port, so that the subtasks corresponding to the sorting ports are generated according to the selected sorting ports.

When the sorter performs the sort, the sorting end may display a pick details interface 330 (see fig. 8) to the sorter. The pick details interface 330 may show the sort tasks and the sort subtasks for each sort gate. The sorting task can show the name of the goods to be sorted, the box size and the expected number of remaining goods on the transport device. Goods of the goods can be displayed in the sorting task, and a material receiving button is provided. The sorter can operate the material picking button to replenish the goods. The sorting subtasks can be displayed in a list form, each sorting subtask corresponds to a selection control, and a sorter can select a plurality of sorting subtasks simultaneously to submit through the selection controls. The current quantity to be sorted, the sorted quantity and the total sorting quantity can be displayed at the head of the sorting subtask list. The interface 330 is merely exemplary, and the application is not limited thereto, and the information and controls displayed by the interface 330 may be changed as desired.

Step S160: updating the displayed quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and the sorting subtask in response to the submission of the sorting subtask.

In particular, the sorter arrives at the sorting opening, after placing the quantity of goods to be sorted of the sorting opening to be sorted in the sorting opening, the submission of the sorting subtask can be carried out on the sorting end.

In particular, the sorting end may limit the submission of sorting subtasks. For example, the submission control of the sorting subtask is made operable in response to the real-time location information of the sorting end being located in the location area of the sorting opening. For example, a submission control (e.g., a submission button) may be displayed but rendered inoperable when the sorting end is not in the location area of the sorting opening, and the submission control corresponding to the sorting opening may only be operated when the sorting end is in the location area of the sorting opening. For another example, when the sorting end is not located in the location area of the sorting opening, the submission control (e.g., the submission button) may be hidden, and when the sorting end is located in the location area of the sorting opening, the submission control corresponding to the sorting opening may be displayed and made operable. Therefore, only when the sorting end reaches the corresponding sorting port position area, the sorter can submit the sorting subtasks of the sorting port, and wrong submission of the sorting subtasks is avoided.

In some embodiments, the location area of the sorting mouth may be pre-stored in the sorting end/warehouse management server, for example. And matching the real-time position information of the portable equipment where the sorting end is positioned with the pre-stored position area of the sorting port, so that whether the real-time position information of the sorting end indicates that a sorter is positioned in the position area of the sorting port can be determined. In other embodiments, the sorting equipment at the sorting opening may have a communication module, and the sorting end communicates with the communication module of the sorting equipment so as to calculate the distance between the sorting end and the sorting opening according to the transmission and receiving time of the signal, and according to the comparison of the distance and the preset area distance (for example, 1 meter, 2 meters and the like), whether the real-time position information of the sorting end indicates that the sorting operator is located in the position area of the sorting opening can be determined. The present application can implement more variations, which are not described herein.

After the sorting staff submits the sorting subtasks, the to-be-sorted quantity of the to-be-sorted goods displayed by the sorting end and the sorting subtasks can be updated. For example, the submitted sort subtasks may not be displayed, the submitted sort subtasks may be set to gray, the submitted sort subtasks may be displayed after a number of uncommitted sort subtasks, and so on.

Specifically, the quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted can be updated and calculated according to the following steps: and updating the quantity to be sorted to the sum of the quantity to be sorted minus the quantity to be sorted of the submitted sorting subtasks. From this, the sorter can the dynamic perception its goods quantity that needs the letter sorting of remaining at present, and the goods quantity that remains on the sorter and the haulage equipment of also being convenient for is compared.

In some embodiments, in response to all submissions of the sorting subtask or the to-be-sorted quantity of the goods to be sorted being zero, determining whether the extracted quantity of the target goods is consistent with the sum of the to-be-sorted quantities of the sorting subtask; if not, generating checking prompt information. In this embodiment, the fact that all of the submitted sorting subtasks or the number of the to-be-sorted goods is zero indicates that the goods to be sorted currently transported by the sorter are sorted completely, and therefore, the judgment of whether the number of the submitted sorting subtasks to be sorted is consistent with the extraction number of the target goods can be triggered, so that submission and verification of each sorting subtask are achieved, and each sorting subtask for picking at this time is guaranteed to be completed correctly. When the extracted quantity of the target goods is larger than the sum of the quantity to be sorted of the sorting subtasks, the goods positions of the remaining target goods can be displayed so as to prompt a sorter to return the remaining target goods. And when the extracted quantity of the target goods is smaller than the sum of the quantity to be sorted of the sorting subtasks, prompting a sorter to make a sorting mistake so that the sorter can perform manual check on each sorting subtask.

In the information processing method provided by the invention, on one hand, the sorting tasks are displayed based on the sorting end during goods taking, and the plurality of sorting subtasks are displayed during sorting, so that different sorting information is provided for a sorter according to different sorting processes, and the sorter can conveniently carry out goods taking, transportation and sorting according to the sorting information; on the other hand, through the quantity of picking up, the goods of goods to sort quantity and the needs of letter sorting mouth sort quantity and manage and control to the in-process of sorting person getting goods and letter sorting carries out quantity check. From this, this application is through the pick-up process of above-mentioned mode supplementary manual sorting in order to reduce the letter sorting mistake, improves letter sorting efficiency.

Referring now to fig. 2, fig. 2 illustrates a flow chart for determining a target sort task according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 shows the following steps together:

step S121: an identification of the goods to be picked is received.

Specifically, the goods may have identification information such as a two-dimensional code, a bar code, a radio frequency tag, and the like. When a sorter arrives at the goods location to pick up goods, the sorter can first scan and read through the sorting end to receive the identification of the goods to be picked.

Step S122: and verifying whether the goods to be extracted are target goods or not according to the identification of the goods to be extracted.

Specifically, the sorting end may compare the received identifier of the goods to be extracted with the goods information of the target goods of the multiple sorting tasks, so as to determine whether the goods currently taken by the sorter are the target goods.

Step S123: and determining a target sorting task according to the goods to be extracted in response to the goods to be extracted being verified as target goods.

Therefore, the goods can be taken and identified by the sorter, so that the sorting task corresponding to the goods taken by the sorter at present is determined as the target sorting task, and the situation that the target goods taken by the sorter are not in accordance with the target goods of the target sorting task is avoided.

Step S124: and triggering an input box for displaying the extracted quantity of the target goods.

Specifically, the display of the input library is triggered through the determination of the target sorting task and the determination of the taken target goods, so that the situation that the input of the extraction quantity is wrong due to the fact that a sorter inputs the extraction quantity of the target goods in advance or in the transportation process is avoided. Simultaneously, through the triggering of above-mentioned step to the input box demonstration to at the letter sorting end automatic prompt sorter's letter sorting step, avoid the letter sorting person to need look for quantity input controlling part by oneself on the interface and carry out the input of drawing the quantity, need not the letter sorting person and carry out too much operation, improve the letter sorting of letter sorting person and experience and letter sorting efficiency.

Referring now to fig. 3, fig. 3 illustrates a flow chart for determining a target sort task according to another embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 shows the following steps in total:

step S125: and determining the target sorting task from the plurality of sorting tasks according to the matching of the real-time position information of the sorting end and the position area of the goods space.

In particular, in some embodiments, the location area of the cargo space may be pre-stored in the sorting end/warehouse management server, for example. And matching the real-time position information of the portable equipment where the sorting end is positioned with the position area of the pre-stored goods space, so that whether the real-time position information of the sorting end indicates that a sorter is positioned in the position area of the goods space can be determined. In other embodiments, the rack at the cargo space may have a communication module, and the sorting end may calculate the distance between the sorting end and the cargo space according to the transmission and reception time of the signal by communicating with the communication module on the rack, and determine whether the real-time location information of the sorting end indicates that the sorter is located in the location area of the cargo space according to the comparison of the distance with the preset area distance (e.g., 1 meter, 2 meters, etc.). The present application can implement more variations, which are not described herein.

Particularly, through step S125, can be according to the real-time position information of letter sorting end, from the automatic determination target letter sorting task in a plurality of letter sorting tasks, need not the sorting person to operate, when improving the letter sorting experience of sorting person, avoid the sorting person because unfamiliar with the goods position in the warehouse and lead to needing to spend the condition of more time looking for the goods position.

In addition, in some variations, the step S125 may further use the distance between the real-time position information of the sorting end and the position areas of the cargo space of the plurality of sorting tasks, and use the sorting task with the closest cargo space as the target sorting task.

Step S126: and displaying the goods information of the target goods of the target sorting task.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, since the target sorting task is automatically determined according to the position information of the sorting end, in order to facilitate the sorter to perform the goods taking operation of the target goods of the target sorting task, the goods information of the target goods of the target sorting task is displayed through step S126, so that the sorter can compare and take the target goods.

In some specific implementations, the sorting end may display a sorting task list to the sorter, and the sorter may select the sorting task as the target sorting task by itself, or may select a control (such as a button for automatically determining the target sorting task) for automatically determining the sorting task, so that the target sorting task may be automatically determined through the steps shown in fig. 2 or fig. 3, and after the target sorting task is automatically determined, the display interface of the sorting task list may jump to the display interface of the target sorting task, so as to display the goods information of the target sorting task, and allow the sorter to pick up the goods.

In order to further reduce the operation of sorters, the sorting efficiency is improved. In this embodiment, each sorting opening may be provided with an identification module. The identification module is used for identifying the quantity of goods to be sorted entering the sorting opening. The identification module can be, for example, a weight sensor, and the sorting opening can identify the number of goods to be sorted entering the sorting opening according to the weight of the goods placed thereon. The identification module may be, for example, an image sensor that can perform item identification on an image at the sorting gate to determine the number of items to be sorted entering the sorting gate. The identification module may be, for example, an optical transmitter and an optical receiver. In the embodiment that the sorting port is provided with the goods conveyor belt, the light emitter and the light receiver are respectively arranged at two ends of the conveyor belt, when the goods move through the conveyor belt, the light emitted by the light emitter is blocked by the goods and cannot be received by the light receiver, and the light receiver can count so as to count the number of the goods passing between the light emitter and the light receiver. In other embodiments, the sorting opening may be only a plurality of sorting baskets, and the optical emitter and the optical receiver may be oppositely disposed at the opening of the sorting basket, so that when a cargo is placed into the sorting basket, the light emitted from the optical emitter is blocked by the cargo and cannot be received by the optical receiver, and the optical receiver may count the number of the cargo passing between the optical emitter and the optical receiver. In this embodiment, in response to the identification module identifying that the number of the goods to be sorted entering the sorting opening is consistent with the number of the goods to be sorted of the sorting opening, the sorting end can automatically submit the sorting subtasks of the sorting opening. From this, need not the sorting person and carry out submitting of letter sorting subtask, also need not the sorting person and carry out the quantity of goods and check, can improve sorting person's letter sorting efficiency greatly.

Further, referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 shows a flow chart of a sorted goods identification alert according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 4 shows the following steps in total:

step S171: and sending the goods information of the goods to be sorted to the identification module, wherein the goods information is used for the identification module to verify whether the goods entering the sorting port at present are the goods to be sorted or not.

Step S172: and receiving goods error warning information sent by the identification module in response to the identification module verifying that the goods currently entering the sorting port are not the goods to be sorted.

In this embodiment, the identification module may perform the goods identification on the goods entering the sorting opening, for example, by weight identification, image identification, and the like. Corresponding to the adopted identification scheme, the step S171 may send the goods weight/goods image of the goods to be sorted to the identification module for the identification module to identify. From this, can be discerned whether the goods that gets into the letter sorting mouth is accurate by identification module, avoid the wrong letter sorting of letter sorting person, improve the letter sorting rate of accuracy.

In order to further reduce the operation of sorters, the sorting efficiency is improved. In this embodiment, the transport device comprises an image acquisition module. The image acquisition module may be configured to automatically identify the quantity of goods to be sorted located on the transport apparatus. Therefore, after the goods are taken out by a sorter, the goods need to be placed on the transportation equipment on the way to the sorting port, and therefore the image acquisition module of the transportation equipment is used for quantity identification, and the automatic quantity matching and verification at the sorting end are facilitated.

Referring specifically to fig. 5, fig. 5 illustrates a flow chart of a sort goods quantity error alarm according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 shows the following steps in total:

step S161: and receiving the quantity of the goods to be sorted sent by the transportation equipment in real time.

In particular, the transport device may determine the number of items to be sorted located thereon based on its image acquisition module identification.

Step S162: and judging whether the quantity of the received goods to be sorted is consistent with the updated quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted.

If the step S162 determines no, the step S163 is executed to generate the number error warning information.

After submitting the sorting subtasks, the sorter updates the to-be-sorted quantity according to the submitted sorting subtasks, so that the to-be-sorted quantity is consistent with the quantity of the to-be-sorted goods on the transportation equipment, the goods quantity can be checked through the step S162 and the step S163, and when the quantity matching is wrong, alarm information is generated to remind the sorter of checking and checking.

Further, the image acquisition module can also be arranged on the portable equipment where the sorting end is located, so that a sorter can shoot the goods on the transportation equipment, and the portable equipment can perform image/video recognition to determine the quantity of the goods on the transportation equipment. In the embodiment, the computing power of the portable equipment is reused, the transportation equipment does not need to be modified, and the equipment modification cost is reduced.

The above are merely a plurality of specific implementation manners of the information processing method of the present invention, and each implementation manner may be implemented independently or in combination, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Furthermore, the flow charts of the present invention are merely schematic, the execution sequence between the steps is not limited thereto, and the steps can be split, combined, exchanged sequentially, or executed synchronously or asynchronously in other ways within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring next to fig. 9, fig. 9 shows a block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing apparatus 200 includes a first display control module 210, a determination module 220, a reception module 230, a valuation module 240, a second display control module 250, and a display update module 260.

The first display control module 210 is configured to display at least one sorting task including goods information of target goods, a goods location, and a total number to be sorted.

The determination module 220 is configured to determine a target sorting job.

The receiving module 230 is configured to receive the extracted number of target goods of the inputted target sorting task.

The assigning module 240 is configured to assign the extracted target goods as goods to be sorted, and assign the extracted quantity as a quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted.

The second display control module 250 is configured to display the cargo information of the cargo to be sorted, the quantity to be sorted of the cargo to be sorted, and a plurality of sorting subtasks of the target sorting task, wherein each sorting subtask includes a sorting opening and the quantity to be sorted of the sorting opening.

The display update module 260 is configured to update the displayed quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and the sorting subtask in response to submission of the sorting subtask.

In the information processing apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, on the one hand, based on the sorting end displaying the sorting task at the time of picking up the goods and displaying the plurality of sorting subtasks at the time of sorting, different sorting information is provided to the sorter according to different sorting courses, facilitating the sorter to perform picking up, transporting and sorting of the goods according to the sorting information; on the other hand, through the quantity of picking up, the goods of goods to sort quantity and the needs of letter sorting mouth sort quantity and manage and control to the in-process of sorting person getting goods and letter sorting carries out quantity check. From this, this application is through the pick-up process of above-mentioned mode supplementary manual sorting in order to reduce the letter sorting mistake, improves letter sorting efficiency.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of an information processing apparatus 200 provided by the present invention, and the splitting, combining, and adding of modules are within the scope of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The information processing apparatus 200 provided in the present invention may be implemented by software, hardware, firmware, plug-in, and any combination thereof, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, which, when executed by, for example, a processor, can implement the steps of the information processing method described in any one of the above embodiments. In some possible embodiments, aspects of the present invention may also be implemented in the form of a program product comprising program code means for causing a terminal device to carry out the steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described in the information processing method section above of this description, when said program product is run on the terminal device.

Referring to fig. 10, a program product 700 for implementing the above method according to an embodiment of the present invention is described, which may employ a portable compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) and include program code, and may be run on a terminal device, such as a personal computer. However, the program product of the present invention is not limited in this regard and, in the present document, a 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.

The program product may employ any combination of one or more readable media. The readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. A readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium include: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, 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.

The computer readable storage medium may include a propagated data signal with readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A readable storage medium may also be any readable medium that is not a 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 readable storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the tenant computing device, partly on the tenant device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the tenant computing device and partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of remote computing devices, the remote computing devices may be connected to the tenant computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., through the internet using an internet service provider).

In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, there is also provided an electronic device that may include a processor and a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor. Wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of the information processing method in any one of the above embodiments via execution of the executable instructions.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a system, method or program product. Thus, various aspects of the invention may be embodied in the form of: an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining hardware and software aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a "circuit," module "or" system.

An electronic device 500 according to this embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 11. The electronic device 500 shown in fig. 11 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 11, the electronic device 500 is embodied in the form of a general purpose computing device. The components of the electronic device 500 may include, but are not limited to: at least one processing unit 510, at least one memory unit 520, a bus 530 that couples various system components including the memory unit 520 and the processing unit 510, a display unit 540, and the like.

Wherein the storage unit stores program code executable by the processing unit 510 to cause the processing unit 510 to perform steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described in the information processing method section described above in this specification. For example, the processing unit 510 may perform the steps as shown in fig. 1.

The memory unit 520 may include a readable medium in the form of a volatile memory unit, such as a random access memory unit (RAM)5201 and/or a cache memory unit 5202, and may further include a read only memory unit (ROM) 5203.

The memory unit 520 may also include a program/utility 5204 having a set (at least one) of program modules 5205, such program modules 5205 including, but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which, or some combination thereof, may comprise an implementation of a network environment.

Bus 530 may be one or more of any of several types of bus structures including a memory unit bus or memory unit controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, a processing unit, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

The electronic device 500 may also communicate with one or more external devices 600 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, bluetooth device, etc.), with one or more devices that enable a tenant to interact with the electronic device 500, and/or with any devices (e.g., router, modem, etc.) that enable the electronic device 500 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may be through input/output (I/O) interfaces 550. Also, the electronic device 500 may communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN) and/or a public network, such as the Internet) via the network adapter 560. The network adapter 560 may communicate with other modules of the electronic device 500 via the bus 530. It should be appreciated that although not shown in the figures, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with the electronic device 500, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems, among others.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily understand that the exemplary embodiments described herein may be implemented by software, or by software in combination with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solution according to the embodiment of the present invention can be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which can be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, etc.) or on a network, and includes several instructions to make a computing device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute the above-mentioned information processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:

Other embodiments of the invention 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 invention 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 invention being indicated by the following claims.

Claims

1. An information processing method characterized by comprising:

determining a target sorting task;

2. The information processing method of claim 1, wherein the determining a target sorting task comprises:

receiving an identifier of goods to be extracted;

3. The information processing method of claim 1, wherein the determining a target sorting task comprises:

4. The information processing method of claim 1, wherein the submission control of the sorting subtask is made operable in response to the real-time location information of the sorting end being located in the location area of the sorting opening.

5. The information processing method of claim 1, wherein the updating the displayed quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and the sorting subtask in response to the submission of the sorting subtask includes:

6. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein in response to all submissions of the sorting subtask or zero number to be sorted of the goods to be sorted, it is determined whether the sum of the extracted number of the target goods and the number to be sorted of the sorting subtask is in agreement;

if not, generating checking prompt information.

7. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein each of the sorting ports is provided with an identification module for identifying the number of the goods to be sorted entering the sorting port;

8. The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

9. The information processing method of claim 1, wherein the goods to be sorted are located on a transportation device before being sorted, the transportation device comprising an image acquisition module for automatically identifying the number of the goods to be sorted located on the transportation device.

10. The information processing method of claim 9, wherein the updating the displayed quantity to be sorted of the goods to be sorted and the sorting subtask in response to the submission of the sorting subtask includes:

if not, generating quantity error alarm information.

11. An information processing apparatus applied to a platform server, comprising:

a determination module configured to determine a target sorting task;

12. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises:

a processor;

a memory having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by the processor, performs:

the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

13. A storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, the computer program when executed by a processor performing:

the information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.