CN114764605A - Wireless material identification device, intelligent goods shelf and intelligent warehousing system - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a wireless material identification device, an intelligent goods shelf and an intelligent storage system. This wireless material identification means includes: a housing; the detachable fixing module is fixed on the shell and used for detachably fixing the wireless material identification device on the goods shelf; the identification module is arranged on the surface of the shell and used for displaying the identity of the wireless material identification device; the indicating lamp is fixed on the shell and used for giving out light prompts; the wireless communication module is fixed on the shell, is electrically connected with the indicating lamp, is used for carrying out wireless communication with external equipment, and controls the indicating lamp to carry out light prompt according to the received signal; and the power supply module is fixed on the shell, is electrically connected with the indicating lamp and the wireless communication module and is used for supplying power to the wireless communication module and the indicating lamp. The embodiment of the invention is convenient for reforming the old goods shelf, improves the universality of the storage goods shelf and improves the storage management efficiency.

Description

Wireless material identification device, intelligent goods shelf and intelligent warehousing system

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of storage management, and particularly relates to a wireless material identification device, an intelligent goods shelf and an intelligent storage system.

Background

The common goods shelves on the market at present mainly comprise common goods shelves and goods shelves with a material sorting system. In each industry related to storage management, most of the current storage racks still use common goods shelves, namely material labels are marked on storage positions, in order to prevent mixing, the storage positions can only place materials according to marked material numbers, under a plurality of conditions, the storage positions are idle due to material exhaustion or material reduction, a plurality of storage positions can increase the materials at the same time, the increased materials have the embarrassment that no idle storage positions can be stored, the storage space can not be fully utilized, and the storage space waste rate reaches 30% -40%.

Taking the storage management in the electronic assembly industry as an example, the materials are various in types, and when the materials are delivered from a warehouse, the required materials need to be found in thousands of storage positions, usually, corresponding shelves are found according to material numbers, and then the required materials are found on the corresponding shelves.

Because the material is various in the electron trade, what the application is in many is the response work or material rest and the work or material rest of lighting a light of taking material to select the system, compares ordinary goods shelves can be in thousands of storage positions, and the material storage position that will need is lighted through system control and is fixed a position fast, find the material fast, promoted storage management efficiency greatly. But also have its limitation, because response work or material rest and bright lamp work or material rest are customized according to customer's demand by the work or material rest firm, receive the design influence, can only deposit appointed material, generally be the same regular material of packaging methods, to material packaging methods difference, the work or material rest also need come the customization according to material packaging methods difference. Different work or material rest, special work or material rest promptly need be used to the material of different packing methods, and the commonality is not strong, and the cost is high, and this just leads to storage cost sharply to increase to when the material change appears, because old work or material rest is the special work or material rest of old material, often can not supply new material to use, need customize the work or material rest again, have serious extravagant problem.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the embodiment of the invention provides a wireless material identification device, an intelligent shelf and an intelligent warehousing system, which can modify a common shelf into the intelligent shelf capable of being quickly attended, warehoused and exported through the wireless material identification device, and have the advantages of no need of customization and strong universality.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless material identification device, including a housing, further including:

the detachable fixing module is fixed on the shell and used for detachably fixing the wireless material identification device on the goods shelf;

the identification module is arranged on the surface of the shell and used for displaying the identity of the wireless material identification device;

the indicating lamp is fixed on the shell and used for giving out light prompts;

the wireless communication module is fixed on the shell, is electrically connected with the indicating lamp, is used for carrying out wireless communication with external equipment, and controls the indicating lamp to carry out light prompt according to the received signal;

and the power module is fixed on the shell, is electrically connected with the indicating lamp and the wireless communication module, and is used for supplying power to the wireless communication module and the indicating lamp.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an intelligent shelf, which includes an inventory device and the wireless material identification device provided in any embodiment of the present invention, where the inventory device includes:

A shelf body including a plurality of storage plates for storing goods;

the wireless communication server is arranged on the goods shelf and is used for being in communication connection with the wireless communication module and external equipment;

and the state warning lamp is electrically connected with the wireless communication server and used for sending out light warning according to the external signal received by the wireless communication server.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an intelligent warehousing system, including a scanning terminal and an intelligent shelf provided in any embodiment of the present invention, where:

the scanning terminal comprises an operation module, an image acquisition module, a processing module and a communication module, wherein the operation module is used for detecting the operation of a user based on the scanning terminal, the image acquisition module is used for acquiring image information, the processing module is used for determining cargo storage updating information according to the operation based on the scanning terminal and the image information, the communication module is in communication connection with the wireless communication server, and the communication module is used for sending the cargo storage updating information to the wireless communication server.

The wireless material identification device, the intelligent goods shelf and the intelligent storage system provided by the embodiment of the invention realize the detachable connection of the wireless material identification device and the goods shelf through the detachable fixed module, the identity of the wireless material identification device is displayed through the identification module, the light prompt is sent out through the indicating lamp so as to facilitate the user to search materials, the wireless material identification device is communicated with external equipment through the wireless communication module, the power supply module is used for supplying power to the power utilization module in the wireless material identification device, the universality of the wireless material identification device is improved by the detachable fixing module, different goods shelves are conveniently transformed, the identification module facilitates users to determine goods storage update information when the materials are delivered out of a warehouse or put in the warehouse based on the wireless material identification device, and the wireless communication module is matched with the indicating lamp to prompt the users to rapidly determine the material position through light when the users search the materials.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless material identification device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded view of a wireless material identification device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent shelf in a third embodiment of the invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent warehousing system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

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

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like may be used herein to describe various orientations, actions, steps, elements, or the like, but the orientations, actions, steps, or elements are not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one direction, action, step or element from another direction, action, step or element. For example, the first connection end may be referred to as a second connection end, and similarly, the second connection end may be referred to as a first connection end, without departing from the scope of the present invention. The first connection end and the second connection end are both connection ends, but they are not the same connection end, specifically, they may be an input end, another one is an output end, or both of them may be input/output ends. The terms "first", "second", etc. are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise. It should be noted that when a portion is referred to as being "secured to" another portion, it can be directly on the other portion or there can be an intervening portion. When a portion is said to be "connected" to another portion, it may be directly connected to the other portion or intervening portions may be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

Example one

An embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless material identification device 10, which is applied to various storage management systems with shelves, and is used for identifying information of goods corresponding to storage locations on the shelves, so as to facilitate a user to perform operations of warehousing and ex-warehouse quickly, specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the wireless material identification device 10 includes:

and a housing 11 for supporting the modules of the wireless material identification device 10.

And the detachable fixing module 12 is fixed on the shell 11 and is used for detachably fixing the wireless material identification device 10 on a shelf.

The detachable fixing module 12 can fix the wireless material identification device 10 on the shelf at a position (storage position) corresponding to the goods when in use, and when not in use, the wireless material identification device 10 is removed from the shelf, and when the storage position is changed by goods, the position of the wireless material identification device 10 on the shelf is changed by firstly detaching and then fixing the wireless material identification device.

The detachable fixed module 12 is generally disposed at the bottom of the housing 11 to facilitate the detachable function with the shelf, and may also be disposed at other positions on the housing 11, specifically determined by combining with the specific structure of the detachable fixed module 12, and not limited herein. Illustratively, in one embodiment, the detachable fastening module 12 is a clamping device, and the clamping device includes two clamping jaws, which are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the housing, and by which the wireless material identification device 10 is fastened to the shelf in use; optionally, in another embodiment, the detachable fixing module 12 is a suction cup, and is disposed at the bottom of the housing and near the outer side of the shelf, and the wireless material identification device 10 is fixed to the shelf through the suction cup when in use, and the suction cup is pulled off through an external force when not in use.

And the identification module 13 is arranged on the surface of the shell 11 and used for displaying the identity of the wireless material identification device 10.

The identification module 13 is provided with an identification mark for distinguishing different wireless material identification devices 10, and the identification mark may include contents such as characters and patterns, and is used for direct identification by personnel, and also may be identified by a designated identification device. For example, the identification may be a number for identification directly recognized by a person, and the identification includes at least one of a two-dimensional code and a barcode for identification recognized by a designated recognition device. Of course, the above examples of identification are also merely exemplary and not limiting.

And the indicator light 14 is fixed on the shell 11 and used for giving out light prompts.

The indicator lamp 14 is used for notifying the user of the storage position of the designated goods through light prompt when the user searches the designated goods, for example, when the goods need to be taken out of a warehouse, so that the user can find the designated goods quickly, and the warehousing management efficiency is improved. Specifically, the indicator light 14 may be a monochromatic indicator light or a multicolor indicator light, and when the indicator light is a monochromatic indicator light, it may be indicated whether the goods in the corresponding storage location are the designated goods by turning on or off the monochromatic indicator light, and the storage operation being performed at the corresponding storage location is indicated by a flashing manner of the monochromatic indicator light, for example, two flashes indicate that the storage is successful, and three flashes indicate that the storage is successful; for the multi-color indicator, the warehousing operation condition can be represented by combinations of different colors of indicator lights, corresponding lighting, extinguishing, flashing modes and the like, which are not examples.

And the wireless communication module 15 is fixed on the shell 11, is electrically connected with the indicator lamp 14, is used for carrying out wireless communication with external equipment, and controls the indicator lamp 14 to carry out light prompt according to a received signal.

The wireless communication module 15 is specially arranged based on the universality requirement of the wireless material identification device 10, the wireless material identification device 10 needs to be used for being associated with goods of a corresponding storage position to control the indicator lamp 14 to send out a light prompt according to specific storage operation, and then external signals need to be received inevitably to determine the goods of the corresponding storage and the specific storage operation, and in order to improve the universality of the wireless material identification device 10, the wireless material identification device 10 can be connected between shelves through the detachable fixed module 11, the dependence of wired communication on wired connection is eliminated through the wireless communication module 15, and the exclusive adaptation of the shelves is further reduced.

Specifically, the wireless communication module 15 may communicate with an external terminal device directly or with the terminal device through a server, and is set according to actual conditions. The communication technology based on which the wireless communication module 15 is based may also be various, and specifically the wireless communication module includes at least one of a bluetooth communication module, an infrared communication module, an NFC module, a radio frequency communication module, an ultra wide band communication module, a WIFI communication module, and a Z-wave communication module, and various ones of the above examples may be simultaneously adopted in order to improve the adaptability.

And the power module 16 is fixed on the shell 11, electrically connected with the indicator light 14 and the wireless communication module 15, and used for supplying power to the wireless communication module 15 and the indicator light 14.

The power module 16 is also supplied with non-wired power to improve versatility. Specifically, the external power supply can be realized by directly adopting a battery power supply mode (a rechargeable battery or a non-rechargeable battery can be adopted) or can be simply modified, for example, the rail socket power supply mode is adopted: the track socket is spliced on the goods shelf, the power module 16 is matched with the track socket, and power supply is realized when the power module 16 is connected with the track socket.

The embodiment provides a wireless material identification device, which realizes the detachable connection of the wireless material identification device and a goods shelf through a detachable fixing module, the identity of the wireless material identification device is displayed through the identification module, the light prompt is sent out through the indicating lamp so as to facilitate the user to search for the material, the wireless material identification device is communicated with external equipment through the wireless communication module, the power supply module is used for supplying power to the power utilization module in the wireless material identification device, the universality of the wireless material identification device is improved by the detachable fixing module, different goods shelves are conveniently transformed, the identification module facilitates users to determine goods storage update information when the materials are delivered out of a warehouse or put in the warehouse based on the wireless material identification device, and the wireless communication module is matched with the indicating lamp to prompt the users to rapidly determine the material position through light when the users search the materials.

Example two

The present embodiment provides a wireless material identification apparatus 11 based on the above embodiment, which is different from the first embodiment in that part of the content in the wireless material identification apparatus 10 is further explained and illustrated, and specifically includes:

the detachable fixed module 12 comprises a magnetic sheet which is arranged on one side of the shell 11 close to the goods shelf. The magnetic sheet has good detachability, and it is not bare can with realize dismantling between the goods shelves and be connected, can also with realize dismantling between the casing and be connected: the magnetic sheets are fixed inside or outside one side of the shell 11 close to the goods shelf in a welding, sticking and other modes, and the goods shelf is provided with an iron-containing adsorption piece for adsorbing the magnetic sheets; all set up the iron content on casing 11 and the goods shelves and adsorb the piece for supply the magnetic sheet to adsorb, place the magnetic sheet between casing 11 and goods shelves when using, adsorb wireless material identification device 10 on the goods shelves through the magnetic sheet.

In one embodiment, the indicator light 14 includes red, green and blue LED lights, and different colors can be displayed by the red, green and blue LED lights to indicate that the goods corresponding to the storage location are in different states such as leaving, entering, storing and the like.

In one embodiment, the power module 16 includes a 3V button cell, which is small in size, so as to reduce the overall size of the wireless material identification device 10, and the battery is more adaptive than the battery powered by an external power source, so that the modification cost is lower when modifying the shelf.

In one embodiment, as shown in the exploded view of wireless material device 10 of fig. 2:

casing 11 is inside cavity, pilot lamp 14, wireless communication module 15 and power module 16 set up in inside the casing, the magnetic sheet set up in casing 11 is close to the outside of goods shelves.

Because the storage environment is complex, the module related to the circuit in the wireless material device 10 is exposed outside and is easily affected by dust, etc., in this embodiment, the housing 11 is configured to be hollow, the housing 11 includes an upper cover 111 and a bottom case 112, the indicator light 14, the wireless communication module 15 and the power module 16 are disposed between the upper cover 111 and the bottom case 112, a relatively closed space is formed after the assembly is completed to protect the indicator light 14, the wireless communication module 15 and the power module 16, the identification module is disposed outside the upper cover 111, and the magnetic sheet is disposed outside the bottom case 112.

This embodiment provides a wireless material identification device, further provide red green blue three-colour LED lamp as the pilot lamp, regard 3V button cell as power module, regard as can dismantling fixed module with the magnetic sheet, set up the casing into inside cavity, with the pilot lamp, wireless communication module and power module set up inside in order to play the guard action in the casing, this wireless material identification device can be under the transformation condition of carrying out the low degree to goods shelves, realize carrying out intelligent storage management with the cooperation of unlimited material identification device, only need provide the iron content adsorption piece that supplies the magnetic sheet to adsorb on the goods shelf, therefore, the clothes hanger is strong in universality, and can be used for the production, the transformation is with low costs

EXAMPLE III

An embodiment of the present invention provides an intelligent shelf, which includes an inventory device 20 and a wireless material identification device 10 provided in any embodiment of the present invention, specifically as shown in a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent shelf in fig. 3, where the inventory device 20 includes:

the shelf body 21 includes a plurality of storage plates for storing goods.

Since the old rack has various styles, the rack body 21 can be directly used or simply modified from the old rack. Specifically, a plurality of storage plates are arranged on the shelf main body 21, and a wireless material identification device 10 needs to be arranged near each storage plate, so that a fixed matching module (not shown) needs to be arranged on the shelf, and the fixed matching module is used for matching with the detachable fixed module 12 to detachably fix the wireless material identification device 10 to the shelf main body 21. Illustratively, for the detachable fixed module 12 including magnetic sheets, the fixed matching module includes an iron adsorption member, and for the old shelf of the iron article, the storage plate itself does not need to be additionally provided with the fixed matching module, and the storage plate itself plays a role of the fixed matching module. Of course, the above is only the structure of the shelf main body 21 when the detachable fixed module 12 is a magnetic sheet, and the structure of the fixed matching module on the shelf main body 21 is determined according to the specific structure of the detachable fixed module 12, which is not exemplified herein.

And the wireless communication server 22 is arranged on the shelf and is used for being in communication connection with the wireless communication module 15 and external equipment.

The wireless communication server 22 is used for being in communication connection with all the wireless communication modules 15 on the corresponding shelf main body 21 and is also used for being in communication connection with external equipment. The wireless communication server 22 actually performs a hierarchical management function on the wireless communication module 15, and in a large-scale warehousing environment, if the warehousing management is difficult to perform by directly communicating with the wireless communication module 15 through external equipment, the requirement on the equipment is higher.

And the state warning lamp 23 is electrically connected with the wireless communication server and used for sending out light warning according to the external signal received by the wireless communication server.

When a plurality of shelf bodies 21 are overlapped with each other, it is difficult for a user to directly find the light prompt emitted by the indicator lamp in a plurality of shelf bodies 21 when searching for a specific goods, so in the embodiment, a status warning lamp is further arranged on the stock device 20 to emit the light prompt to indicate that the user determines a target shelf body first, and then observes the light prompt on the target shelf body to find the specific goods, and the target shelf body is the shelf body in which the specific goods are stored.

This embodiment further provides an intelligent goods shelves, can produce and obtain and also can obtain to old goods shelves transformation, and this intelligent goods shelves can carry out intelligent warehouse management, and the user passes through identification module management goods warehousing operation, finds appointed goods fast through pilot lamp and state warning light to this intelligent goods shelves commonality is strong, can obtain through simple transformation of old goods shelves, and reuse nature is high.

Example four

An embodiment of the present invention provides an intelligent warehousing system, as shown in a schematic structural diagram of the intelligent warehousing system of fig. 4, including a scanning terminal 30 and an intelligent shelf provided in any embodiment of the present invention, specifically:

the scanning terminal 30 comprises an operation module, an image acquisition module, a processing module and a communication module, wherein the operation module is used for detecting the operation of a user based on the scanning terminal 30, the image acquisition module is used for acquiring image information, the processing module is used for determining cargo storage updating information according to the operation based on the scanning terminal 30 and the image information, the communication module is in communication connection with the wireless communication server, and the communication module is used for sending the cargo storage updating information to the wireless communication server 22.

The scanning terminal 30 is a terminal device used by a user, and is provided with a warehouse management system for performing warehouse management through the operation of the user based on the scanning terminal. Illustratively, when goods are put in storage, the operation module detects that a user selects storage operation, the image acquisition module is started to acquire an identity mark on the identification module, the processing module determines a corresponding wireless communication module 15 according to the identity mark, a storage signal is sent to the corresponding wireless communication module 15 through the communication module via the wireless communication server 22, and the corresponding wireless communication module 15 receives the storage signal to enable a corresponding indicator lamp 14 to be lightened; when goods are delivered from the warehouse, the operation module detects that a user selects the operation of delivering from the warehouse, the image acquisition module is started to acquire the information of the work order for delivering from the warehouse to determine the goods to be delivered from the warehouse, or the operation module detects the goods to be delivered from the warehouse selected by the user, the processing module generates a delivery signal, the delivery signal is sent to the corresponding wireless communication module 15 through the communication module and the wireless communication server 22, and the corresponding wireless communication module 15 receives the delivery signal to enable the corresponding indicator lamp 14 to be lightened. The above is only a simple example of the part of the process of warehousing and ex-warehouse of goods, and in practice, goods identifiers can be set on the goods for the scanning terminal to confirm the completion of warehousing and ex-warehouse so as to extinguish the indicator light.

The embodiment further provides an intelligent warehousing system, which can be used for conveniently and quickly realizing warehousing management by matching a scanning terminal with an intelligent shelf, and the efficiency of warehousing management is improved.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "present embodiment," "other embodiments," or the like, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

It is to be noted that the foregoing is only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the technical principles employed. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in greater detail by the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include other equivalent embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is determined by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a wireless material identification means, includes the casing, its characterized in that still includes:

the detachable fixing module is fixed on the shell and used for detachably fixing the wireless material identification device on the goods shelf;

the identification module is arranged on the surface of the shell and used for displaying the identity of the wireless material identification device;

the indicating lamp is fixed on the shell and used for giving out light prompts;

the wireless communication module is fixed on the shell, is electrically connected with the indicator lamp, is used for carrying out wireless communication with external equipment, and controls the indicator lamp to carry out light prompt according to the received signal;

and the power module is fixed on the shell, is electrically connected with the indicating lamp and the wireless communication module, and is used for supplying power to the wireless communication module and the indicating lamp.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module comprises at least one of a bluetooth communication module, an infrared communication module, an NFC module, a radio frequency communication module, an ultra-wideband communication module, a WIFI communication module, and a Z-wave communication module.

3. The wireless material identification device of claim 1 wherein the power module comprises a 3V button cell.

4. The wireless material identification device of claim 1, wherein the detachable fixing module comprises a magnetic sheet, and the magnetic sheet is disposed on one side of the housing close to the shelf.

5. The wireless material identification device of claim 1, wherein the indicator light comprises a red, green, and blue LED light.

6. The wireless material identification device of claim 1, wherein: the identification comprises at least one of a two-dimensional code and a bar code.

7. The wireless material identification device according to claim 4, wherein the housing is hollow, the indicator light, the wireless communication module and the power module are arranged inside the housing, and the magnetic sheet is arranged on the outer side of the housing close to the goods shelf.

8. An intelligent shelf comprising an inventory device and a wireless material identification device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the inventory device comprises:

a shelf body including a plurality of storage plates for storing goods;

the wireless communication server is arranged on the goods shelf and is used for being in communication connection with the wireless communication module and external equipment;

and the state warning lamp is electrically connected with the wireless communication server and used for sending light warning according to the external signal received by the wireless communication server.

9. The smart shelf of claim 8, wherein: the goods shelf further comprises a fixed matching module which is used for being matched with the detachable fixed module to detachably fix the wireless material identification device on the goods shelf.

10. An intelligent warehousing system, characterized by comprising a scanning terminal and the intelligent shelf according to any one of claims 8-9, wherein:

the scanning terminal comprises an operation module, an image acquisition module, a processing module and a communication module, wherein the operation module is used for detecting the operation of a user based on the scanning terminal, the image acquisition module is used for acquiring image information, the processing module is used for determining cargo storage updating information according to the operation based on the scanning terminal and the image information, the communication module is in communication connection with the wireless communication server, and the communication module is used for sending the cargo storage updating information to the wireless communication server.

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