CN115123723A

CN115123723A - Logistics transfer system and method

Info

Publication number: CN115123723A
Application number: CN202210858626.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴文龙; 张硕; 钱永强
Original assignee: Shanghai Mooe Robot Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Mooe Robot Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-20
Filing date: 2022-07-20
Publication date: 2022-09-30
Anticipated expiration: 2042-07-20
Also published as: CN115123723B

Abstract

The invention discloses a logistics transfer system and a logistics transfer method. The system comprises: the system comprises a scheduling server, carrying equipment, a first carrying container, a second carrying container and workstations, wherein the first carrying container collects and carries at least one article to be transported, and the scheduling server determines a target workstation from the at least one workstation according to the transportation direction information of the article to be transported in the first carrying container; the handling equipment carries the first thing container to the target workstation, and the target workstation is with each in the first thing container of carrying waiting to transport article sort with correspond the second that waits to transport the transfer route of article and to information match carry the thing container in for wait for the second to carry in the thing container waiting to transport article and satisfy the warehouse-out condition and transport ex warehouse. Improve letter sorting efficiency through the workstation, promote whole operation efficiency, use unmanned fork truck can raise the efficiency, save the manual work, reduce whole operation cost, realize waiting to transport article quick sorting transportation according to each way information of waiting to transport article, reduce the letter sorting error rate.

Description

Logistics transfer system and method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of logistics storage, in particular to a logistics transfer system and a logistics transfer method.

Background

For the transfer center of the piece goods logistics, most of the transfer center is large and nonstandard, and the delivered packages are required to be transferred to corresponding trucks in the shortest time, so that a large amount of handling equipment is required.

In the correlation technique, can use letter sorting line and flexible belt feeder usually to realize that the parcel does not fall to the ground from unloading to letter sorting to loading whole journey, very big improvement the center of transportation efficiency. However, the investment cost of equipment such as sorting lines and telescopic belt conveyors is too large, most of the current part-load logistics companies are leasing warehouses, and the equipment is not suitable for large equipment investment, so that the equipment cannot be well applied. Therefore, how to achieve high efficiency in transferring articles becomes important.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a logistics transfer system and a logistics transfer method, which are used for improving the article transfer efficiency of a transfer center and reducing the transfer cost.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a logistics diversion system, the system comprising: the system comprises a scheduling server, a handling device, a first cargo container, a second cargo container and at least one workstation;

the first cargo container is configured to collect and carry at least one item to be transported;

the scheduling server is configured to determine a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer direction information of the article to be transferred in the first cargo container;

the handling device is configured to handle the first carrier container to the target workstation;

the target workstation is configured to sort each article to be transported in the first carrying container into a second carrying container matched with the transportation direction information corresponding to the article to be transported, and is used for waiting for the article to be transported in the second carrying container to be transported to be delivered when the article to be transported meets the delivery condition.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of transporting a material flow, the method comprising:

the first carrier container collects and carries at least one article to be transported;

the scheduling server determines a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer path information of the article to be transferred in the first carrier container;

the carrying equipment carries the first carrying container to the target workstation;

and the target workstation sorts each article to be transported in the first carrying container to a second carrying container matched with the transfer direction information corresponding to the article to be transported, so as to wait for the article to be transported in the second carrying container to be transported to be delivered out of the warehouse when the article to be transported meets the warehouse-out condition.

According to the technical scheme, the system and the method for achieving the goods delivery and the transportation of the goods in the first goods container are provided with a scheduling server, a carrying device, a first goods container, a second goods container and workstations, the first goods container collects and carries at least one goods to be transported, the scheduling server determines a target workstation from the at least one workstation according to the transportation direction information of the goods to be transported in the first goods container, the carrying device carries the first goods container to the target workstation, and the target workstation sorts the goods to be transported in the first goods container into the second goods container matched with the transportation direction information corresponding to the goods to be transported so as to wait for the goods to be transported in the second goods container to be delivered out of a warehouse when the goods to be transported meet the warehouse-out condition. Improve letter sorting efficiency through the workstation, promote whole operation efficiency, use unmanned fork truck can raise the efficiency, save the manual work, reduce whole operation cost, realize waiting to transport article quick sorting transportation according to each way information of waiting to transport article, reduce the letter sorting error rate.

It should be understood that the statements in this section do not necessarily identify key or critical features of the embodiments of the present invention, nor do they necessarily limit the scope of the invention. Other features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a logistics transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic layout of a logistics transfer system adapted according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic layout of a workstation suitable for use in accordance with embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a display of a layout of workstations in a sorting display apparatus adapted according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic layout of another logistics diversion system adapted for use in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic layout of another workstation suitable for use in accordance with embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flow chart of a method for transporting material flow according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a logistics transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applicable to a case of transferring articles, especially transferring delivered article packages to corresponding trucks in as short a time as possible. The logistics transfer system can realize the logistics transfer method provided in the embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the logistics transportation system of the present embodiment can include: dispatch server 110, handling equipment 120, first tote container 130, second tote container 140, and at least one workstation 150. Wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the first payload container 130 is configured to collect and carry at least one item to be transported.

The dispatch server 110 is configured to determine a target workstation 150 from the at least one workstation 150 based on the diversion route information for the item to be diverted in the first payload container 130.

The handling device 120 is configured to handle the first specimen container 130 to the target workstation 150.

The target workstation 150 is configured to sort each article to be transported in the first carrier container 130 into the second carrier container 140 matched with the transfer direction information corresponding to the article to be transported, so as to wait for the article to be transported in the second carrier container 140 to be transported out of the warehouse when the article to be transported meets the warehouse-out condition.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the dispatch server 110 may establish a communication connection with the handling equipment, so as to implement control and dispatch of the handling equipment in the logistics transit system. The dispatch server 110 may refer to a software and/or hardware system with data information storage and data information processing capabilities, and may be communicatively connected to the handling equipment and other hardware devices or software systems in the logistics transportation system in a wired or wireless manner. The scheduling server 110 may issue control commands to various types of handling devices in the logistics transportation system and send tasks to other hardware devices or software systems, count transportation and sorting conditions of articles to be transported, detect the working state of the logistics transportation system, transmit information to workers, and the like.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, one or more handling devices 120 are provided in the logistics transfer system, and article transfer operations are performed on articles to be transferred by the handling devices 120. The handling device 120 may simultaneously carry the articles to be transported for transporting different destination points, and thus the handling device 120 is required to sequentially reach different positions to perform the article transporting operation, which may greatly waste the transportation efficiency of the handling device, and may possibly cause disorder of the articles to be transported during loading. In view of the above, the logistics transfer system of the embodiment is further provided with at least one work station 150 in addition to the carrying device 120, so that different articles to be transferred are classified by the work station, and then similar batches of articles to be transferred are collectively transferred.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a first carrier container 130 and a second carrier container 140 are configured in the logistics transportation system, and when the goods to be transported need to be transported, one or more goods to be transported are collected and carried by the first carrier container 130. The scheduling server 110 may determine, from the at least one workstation, a target workstation for transferring the to-be-transferred item in the corresponding transfer path according to the transfer path information of the to-be-transferred item in the first cargo container. Wherein the transfer path information can be determined by the destination of the article to be transferred.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the handling device 120 may handle the first tote container carrying one or more items to be transported to the target workstation 150 selected by the dispatch server 110. The work station 150 has a function of sorting and transferring different articles to be transferred, and for the target work station 150, one or more second carrier containers 140 are configured in advance in the target work station 150. The target workstation 150 can realize the sorting and transferring process of the articles to be transferred in different transfer paths in the first carrying container, and the articles to be transferred in each transfer path are distributed to the second carrying container 140 in the corresponding transfer path, so that the second carrying container 140 can realize the collection of the articles to be transferred in the same or similar transfer paths.

Optionally, the first payload container 130 and the second payload container 140 may be the same payload container or different payload containers during the transfer of the items to be transferred. The first carrier container 130 is used for collecting different articles to be transported before transporting the articles to be transported to the workstation, and the second carrier container 140 is used for collecting the articles to be transported in the same or similar transport path for the articles to be transported which have arrived at the workstation and are sorted according to the transport path. The first and second cargo containers are cargo containers, the main difference being the different phases of application and thus being distinguished by "first" and "second".

When the first cargo container 130 is emptied by sorting at the target workstation 150, the first cargo container 130 emptied of the articles to be transported may be used as the second cargo container 140, so as to collect the articles to be transported in the same or similar transport path at the target workstation; when each article to be transported in the first carrier container 130 is sorted and emptied at the target workstation 150, the first carrier container 130 emptied of the article to be transported may continue to collect a next batch of the article to be transported, and at the same time, an empty carrier container is taken out from the target workstation 150 as the second carrier container 140, so as to collect the articles to be transported in the same or similar transport route at the target workstation.

The handling device 120 of the present embodiment may include, but is not limited to, the following: the automatic guided vehicle AGV comprises an automatic guided vehicle AGV, a logistics robot, an unmanned forklift, a manned forklift and the like. The first cargo container 130 and the second cargo container 140 of the present embodiment may include, but are not limited to, the following: trays, baskets, etc. are used to hold the containers of the articles.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, when the articles to be transported in the second carrier container 140 of the target workstation 150 meet the conditions for ex-warehouse transportation, the transporting device 120 may be used to uniformly transport a plurality of articles to be transported in the same or similar transportation path collected by the second carrier container 140, without moving the transporting device back and forth at different positions to achieve the ex-warehouse transportation of each article to be transported.

Optionally, the logistics transit system of this embodiment may further include an ex-warehouse transit cache bit. The warehouse-out transfer cache position is configured to receive the second carrier container meeting the warehouse-out condition and wait for warehouse-out transfer of the articles to be transferred in the second carrier container.

According to the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the sorting efficiency is improved by arranging the work stations, so that the overall operation efficiency is improved, the efficiency can be improved by using the unmanned forklift, the labor is saved, the overall operation cost is reduced, the dispatching server can automatically allocate a proper work station for each article to be transported according to the route information of each article to be transported and sort the article to a proper carrying container for transportation, not only can the sorting result of the article to be transported be automatically counted be realized, but also the rapid sorting and transportation of the article to be transported can be realized, the routes are stacked on the tray after unloading, namely, the paths of the articles to be transported on the pallet are the same or similar, the carrying equipment can uniformly carry out delivery and transportation on all the goods on the pallet, the transportation efficiency of fork truck workman or unmanned fork truck can very big improvement like this, avoids leading to loading buffer memory position goods confusion as far as possible, reduces the letter sorting condition of making mistakes.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation manner, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the logistics transfer system of the embodiment may further include an article collection cargo space 160 corresponding to the preset unloading position. The dispatch server 110 is configured to send a container supply command to the handling device 120 to carry the empty first tote container 130 to the tote 160 for the collection of the item to be diverted when it is determined that the item to be diverted has reached the preset discharge position.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the article receiving location 160 may be preset within a preset distance range from the preset unloading position, and when the batch of articles to be transferred reaches the preset unloading position, the dispatching server 110 may send a container supplying instruction to the carrier 120, instructing the carrier 120 to select an empty first carrier container 130 from the empty carrier containers. The handling device 120 may then handle the selected empty first specimen container 130 to the item receiving bay 160.

Optionally, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the types of the respective article collecting cargo spaces 160 may be distinguished in advance, and each article collecting cargo space 160 correspondingly realizes the collection of articles to be transported of the preset transport path information, that is, placing the article collecting cargo space 160 to have a vacant first carrying container 130 allows the collection of articles to be transported carrying the preset transport path information corresponding to each article collecting cargo space 160, and does not allow the collection of articles to be transported carrying other transport path information. Alternatively, when the batch of articles to be transported reaches the preset unloading position, the articles to be transported may be pre-grouped according to the transportation direction information, and the articles to be transported that can be placed in the first loading container 130 at the same article collecting and loading position 160 are found.

Optionally, the type of the goods collection and storage space 160 may be divided according to the threshold of the number of different loads that can be realized by the goods collection and storage space 160; or divided according to the property of the articles to be transported (fragile, bulky, etc.) collected by the article receiving space 160.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, after the empty first carrier container 130 is transported to the goods collecting and sorting location, the goods to be transported, which have reached the preset unloading position and are unloaded, may be sequentially stacked in the empty first carrier container 130, the unloaded goods to be transported may be collected by the first carrier container 130, and then the goods to be transported, which are collected by the first carrier container 130, may be transported to a target workstation for further transportation and sorting.

As an optional but non-limiting implementation manner, referring to fig. 2, an article supply table 170 is disposed at a preset unloading position corresponding to the article collection cargo space, and a sensor device is disposed on the article supply table 170 in advance, and is configured to send information of location of an article to be transferred to the scheduling server 110 if it is detected that the transport device carrying the article to be transferred reaches the article supply table. The positioning information is used for indicating that the articles to be transported reach the preset unloading position corresponding to the article collecting and loading position.

Referring to fig. 2, taking the article supply platform 170 as an example of an unloading platform, after the transportation device arrives at the unloading platform, the sensor device on the unloading platform for detecting whether the vehicle arrives can automatically sense that the vehicle arrives, and at this time, the transportation device 120 may take an empty first carrier container from the container buffer location (for example, the transportation device takes an empty tray from a tray machine), and move the empty first carrier container to a preset unloading location corresponding to a corresponding article collecting location.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the present embodiment is optimized on the basis of the above embodiments. This embodiment may be combined with each of the alternatives described in one or more of the embodiments above. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the logistics transferring system of the embodiment may further include a first item information collecting device, and the first item information collecting device is disposed at the item collecting space 160.

The first item information collection device is configured to collect item identification information of an item to be transported to be collected in the first cargo container 130.

When the first item information collecting device collects item identification information of any item to be transported in the first carrier container 130, the scheduling server 110 is configured to assign a virtual container identifier to the first carrier container 130, and bind the virtual container identifier with the item to be transported in the first carrier container 130.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the logistics transfer system may further include a first article grasping device disposed at the article collecting location 160. The first article grasping device is configured to grasp an article to be transported and place the grasped article to be transported into the first carrier container. The first item information collection device may collect item identification information of an item to be transported each time an item to be transported is put into the first carrier container 130 (for example, when the item to be transported is palletized onto a tray) before the item to be transported is collected in the first carrier container 130. The article identification information of the article to be transported may be a package code of the article to be transported, such as a two-dimensional code, a barcode, and the like.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the first item information collecting device may be a terminal device for collecting item identification information. Optionally, the first item information collection device is configured to trigger a first carrying instruction of the first carrying container 130 when it is determined that the first carrying container 130 meets the preset collection condition, so that the carrying device 120 carries out a carrying operation on the first carrying container. The intellectualization of the transfer center is realized by using the carrying equipment such as the unmanned forklift, the manual dependence can be reduced, and the automation and the intellectualization level of the logistics transfer center are improved.

Referring to fig. 2, the carrying operation performed by the carrying apparatus 120 on the first object container includes forking the first object container completed with palletizing by the unmanned aerial vehicle and carrying to the target work station. The preset collection condition comprises that the quantity of the articles to be transported collected in the first loading container meets a preset article quantity threshold value. Wherein the quantity of articles to be transported can be expressed by at least one of the following: space occupied by the items and item stacking height (palletizing height).

Optionally, after the virtual container identifier and the article to be transported in the first carrying container 130 are bound and the first carrying container is completely picked up, the carrying device such as an unmanned forklift moves to the target workstation to place the first carrying container in the automatic mode.

By adopting the mode, each first carrying container can stack a plurality of articles to be transported in different paths, the unloading efficiency is improved, the articles to be transported in different paths can be sorted according to the paths at the workstation, the same or similar articles to be transported in batches are collected uniformly and transported to the warehouse-out cache, and the warehouse-out congestion caused by directly distributing warehouse-out cache positions for each article to be transported for transportation can be avoided; meanwhile, each article to be transported corresponds to one unloading position, so that the unloading positions are increased greatly, and the throughput of the whole transportation center is greatly influenced.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the present embodiment is optimized on the basis of the above embodiments. This embodiment may be combined with each of the alternatives described in one or more of the embodiments above. Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, in the logistics transit system of the embodiment, the scheduling server 110 is configured to perform operations a1-a2 as follows:

operation a1 matches the article to be transported with the transport route of each of the at least one workstation 150 based on the transport route information for the article to be transported in the first payload container 130.

Operation a2, determining a first target workstation 150 from the at least one workstation having a transport path that matches the item to be transported in the first payload container 130 based on the transport path matching result.

The first target workstation 150 includes a workstation which is provided with a pre-configured transfer path and can empty the articles to be transferred in the first carrying container only by sorting in the same workstation or an idle workstation which needs to be provided with a newly configured transfer path; alternatively, the pre-allocated transfer direction station for emptying the articles to be transferred in the first load container can be used in combination with other stations for sorting.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the initial transfer path information on the workstation, which is capable of implementing the warehouse-out transfer of the article to be transferred, is determined according to the transfer path direction of the article to be transferred on the first carrying container carried by the carrying device. The corresponding initial path information on the workstation is automatically distributed to the information by the scheduling system according to the transfer path of each article to be transferred, and is dynamically adjustable and variable (when the article to be transferred on the transfer path meets the ex-warehouse condition, the article to be transferred is ex-warehouse, and the transfer path is emptied).

Each workstation has a priority corresponding unloading point or a goods collecting position, a large logistics transfer center has a plurality of workstations, a plurality of unloading points and different unloading points have workstations which are corresponding to the priority, namely, the workstation closest to the physical position of the unloading point, and the dispatching principle is as follows: when the transportation equipment is far away from the work station, the work station for sorting the articles to be transported in at least part of the transportation path in the first loading container is preferentially disabled; the work stations which can sort and empty the objects to be transported in each transport path in the first loading container are preferentially removed. The two scheduling principles described above perform scheduling according to delivery efficiency, and do not have strict priority.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the scheduling server 110 is further configured to: if it is detected that the sorting in only one work station does not allow the emptying of the items to be transported in the first bulk container 130 at one time, a second target work station 150 is determined from the at least one work station, which has a transport path adapted to the portion of the items to be transported in the first bulk container 130, depending on the transport path matching result.

When the objects to be transported in the first loading container are sorted at different workstations according to the matching condition of the transport path, the allowable sorting amount of the second target workstation is larger than that of other workstations.

With reference to fig. 1 and 2, the permissible sorting quantity at the second destination workstation is greater than the permissible sorting quantity at the other workstations, depending on whether the transfer path is adapted or not, respectively, for sorting the articles to be transferred in the first bulk container at the other workstations than the second destination workstation. I.e. following the following scheduling principles: if the first carrying container can not be emptied of the articles to be transported, the workstation which can carry out the maximum sorting amount on the articles to be transported in the first carrying container can be preferentially realized.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the scheduling server 110 is further configured to: if it is detected that the articles to be transported in the first bulk container 130 cannot be emptied at one time by sorting in only one work station and that the allowable sorting quantities of the different work stations are the same when the articles to be transported in the first bulk container 130 are sorted, a third target work station 150 having a transfer path matching the portion of the articles to be transported in the first bulk container is determined from the at least one work station according to the transfer path matching result.

When the articles to be transported in the first loading container are sorted at different work stations according to the matching condition of the transport path, the sorting waiting time at the third target work station is shorter than the sorting waiting time at other work stations.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, when items to be transferred in the first carrier container are sorted at other stations than the third target station, respectively, according to whether or not the transfer path is adapted, if it is detected that the allowable sorting amount at the third target station is equal to the allowable sorting amount at the other stations, the transfer path is determined to the third target station 150 adapted to a portion of the items to be transferred in the first carrier container such that the sorting waiting time at the third target station is smaller than the sorting waiting time at the other stations. I.e. following the following scheduling principles: if the allowable sorting amount at the third destination workstation is equal to the allowable sorting amount at the other workstations, the workstation with the least queue is preferentially sorted for the articles to be transferred in the first carrier container. Further optionally, as in the case of queuing, sorting the articles to be transported in the first carrier container by the workstation closest to the first carrier container; if the distance from each workstation is the same, the workstation is randomly selected.

Fig. 3 is a schematic layout diagram of a workstation suitable for use in the embodiment of the present invention, which is optimized based on the above-mentioned embodiment. This embodiment may be combined with each of the alternatives described in one or more of the embodiments above. Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, in the logistics transfer system provided in the present embodiment, each work station 150 may include a to-be-sorted station and a sorted station. Wherein:

when the transfer path information of each article to be transported is different in the first carrying container 130, the to-be-sorted stations are configured to receive the first carrying container 130 carrying the article to be transported carried by the carrying device 120, sort the article to be transported in the first carrying container 130 according to the transfer path, and determine the sorted station to which the article to be transported belongs according to the sorting result.

The sorted stations are configured to receive the articles to be transported sorted to the sorted stations by the pre-configured second load containers, one sorted station corresponding to an article to be transported in one transport path.

Referring to fig. 3, the workstation may be composed of 2 stations to be sorted on the right side and 7 sorted stations on the left side, and the lower right corner is an empty container buffer position for buffer-storing and placing idle carrying containers. The number of the sorting stations of the workstation can be set according to the actual condition of the transfer center. When the first transport way of carrying article container 130 in each waiting to transport article is different to information, need the secondary letter sorting, then accessible haulage equipment will carry first carrying article container 130 earlier to wait to sort the station, wait to sort the station and wait to transport article according to the transport way to sorting in first carrying article container 130, and then decide each wait to transport article put with wait to transport the transport way of article to assorted sorting station.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, optionally, a second item information collecting device is configured in association with a station to be sorted in the workstation 150; the second article information collecting device is configured to collect article identification information of an article to be transported taken out of the first carrying container 130, and determine path information of the article to be transported according to a collection result so as to sort the article to be transported, so as to determine a sorted station to which the article to be transported belongs.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, optionally, a second article grasping device is disposed in the workstation 150 in association with the station to be sorted; the second article grabbing equipment is configured to grab the articles to be transported from the first carrying container 130, sort the grabbed articles to be transported according to the transportation direction, grab the articles to be transported instead of manual grabbing through the second article grabbing equipment, and realize that the automatic article sorting is carried out on the articles to be transported in the same or similar transportation direction in the second carrying container 140 corresponding to the sorted station.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, optionally, after the handling device 120 places the first object container to the station to be sorted of the workstation 150, the scheduling server 110 notifies a second object grasping device (such as a palletizing robot) that the first object container is already in place at the station to be sorted, the second object grasping device moves to the station to be sorted in response to the track to unstack the object to be transported stacked on the first object container at the station to be sorted, after unstacking, the second object information collecting device placed on the workstation performs code scanning, after code scanning, the corresponding transport path of the object to be transported is identified, and then the object to be transported is placed into the second object container 140 at the corresponding sorted station according to the identified transport path.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation manner, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, for the logistics transfer system provided in this embodiment, when the transfer direction information of each article to be transferred in the first cargo container 130 is the same, the carrying device 120 is configured to carry the first cargo container 130 to a sorted station matched with the transfer direction information of the article to be transferred in the target workstation 150, so as to receive each article to be transferred in the first cargo container 130 through the second cargo container 140 pre-configured at the sorted station.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, when the transfer path information of each article to be transported in the first carrying container 130 is the same, the second sorting is not required, that is, the screening and sorting at the station to be sorted are not required, and the first carrying container 130 is directly transported to the sorted station matched with the transfer path of the article to be transported in the first carrying container 130 by the transporting device. This allows the collection of articles to be transported in the same or a similar transport path in the second bulk container 140 at the sorted station in one step.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, optionally, the second article grabbing device may be a mechanical arm, a 3D camera is respectively arranged above two first carrying containers at the positions to be sorted, packages of articles to be transferred to be grabbed are judged in a machine vision mode, after the mechanical arm grabs, the mechanical arm is taken to a fixed position to sweep codes through the 3D camera, after the codes are swept, automatic sorting is performed according to results, and sorted positions to which the articles to be transferred are sorted are judged.

As an optional but non-limiting implementation manner, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, for the logistics transportation system provided in this embodiment, when the transportation direction information of each article to be transported in the first carrier container 130 is the same, the handling device 120 is configured to directly handle the first carrier container carrying at least one article to be transported for the warehouse-out transportation of the article to be transported.

Wherein, each transport way of waiting to transport article is the same to information, considers from the effect that can promote the transport efficiency, through detecting each transport way of waiting to transport article in same first year thing container to information, if all be the same transport way to, then direct notice haulage equipment carries out the warehouse-out and transport to the buffer position of leaving warehouse, avoids being unfavorable for promoting the transport efficiency because of carrying to the mode that has already sorted the position and then notifies the transfer robot to carry away the article of having already sorted the position.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation manner, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, for the logistics transfer system of the present embodiment, a sorting display device is configured in association with the workstation to be sorted of the workstation 150; the sorting display device is configured to display the use status of the workstations 150 in which the workstations to be sorted and the workstations have been sorted, and the layout positions of the workstations.

Referring to fig. 3, an intelligent terminal (PAD) such as a sorting display device is arranged between the upper right corner of the workstation to be sorted and the sorted station, and the sorting display device can be supported by a movable support to be placed on the ground. The workstation can be activated on the sorting display equipment, namely after workers are on duty, the workstations are logged in and activated after identity verification is carried out on the sorting display equipment, and only in the state that the workstations are activated, the dispatching server can carry out task allocation on the workstations.

Referring to fig. 4, during sorting, the sorting display device is provided with a station to be sorted and a sorted station according to the actual layout of the workstations, and the station to be sorted can display three states of sorting, idle sorting and sorting. The first goods carrying container is placed in the first goods carrying container, the second goods carrying container is placed in the second goods carrying container, the first goods carrying container is placed in the second goods carrying container, the second goods carrying container is placed in the second goods carrying container, and the second goods carrying container is placed in the second goods carrying container.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation manner, referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the sorting display device provided in the workstation 150 is further configured to highlight the sorted station to which the to-be-diverted article is sorted when determining the sorted station to which the to-be-diverted article is sorted.

Referring to fig. 4, after the task is generated, the sorted stations of the workstation 150 automatically display the names of the transportation routes at each position and the number of packages of the articles to be transported, which need to be sorted to the sorted stations, and each time, after scanning a code of an article to be transported is completed, the sorted stations in the corresponding transportation route are lighted, so as to prompt the sorted stations placed at the position, and after the articles to be transported are placed, the next article to be transported is scanned again, and at this time, the sorted stations at the lighted positions are extinguished, and the number is reduced by 1. Until all the upper sorting stations show a value of 0, this indicates that the sorting task for the first load container of the waiting sorting position has been completed.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the workstation 150 comprises at least two sorted stations arranged in sequence, each of which is provided with a transfer direction prompting function for prompting the placement of the article to be transferred. The virtual container identification of the first carrying container can be scanned at the station to be sorted, the transfer direction of each article to be transferred borne in the first carrying container is determined, so that the quantity of the articles to be transferred in each transfer direction can be known, the quantity of the articles to be transferred of the sorted station can be prompted at the sorted station, and the quantity prompting function of the articles to be transferred is configured at each sorted station and used for prompting the quantity of the articles to be transferred of the sorted station which is required to be sorted at present.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, the workstation 150 may comprise at least two to-be-sorted stations arranged in sequence, the at least two to-be-sorted stations being configured to receive in sequence different first payload containers carrying the articles to be transferred. Optionally, a load container waiting area is provided at a predetermined position of the to-be-sorted station for receiving the first load containers waiting in line in the case that the to-be-sorted station has received the first load containers.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the handling apparatus can carry the first carrier container 130 to a first to-be-sorted position of the workstation 150, and automatically enter a second to-be-sorted position corresponding to the workstation if a first carrier container arrives at the workstation, and thus a third first carrier container is to be delivered to the workstation, and the first carrier container is in line by default. The number of fork handling equipment queues allowed by the workstation can be set in the scheduling server, and any number can be set in principle, but the total number of the handling equipment used for the project cannot be exceeded.

As an optional but non-limiting implementation manner, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, for the logistics transportation system of this embodiment, the scheduling server 110 is configured to determine the proportion of articles to be transported in different transportation paths according to the information of the transportation path of each article to be transported in the target time period, allocate the transportation path applicable in the target time period to each workstation 150 according to the proportion of articles to be transported in different transportation paths, and empty the allocated transportation path after waiting for completing sorting.

Referring to fig. 2, the scheduling server will assign the transfer path to a certain transfer path as if a plurality of articles to be transported arrive at the transfer path at a time are particularly numerous according to the problem of the transfer path of each article to be transported and the principle of the average utilization rate of the transport equipment and the average utilization rate of the workstations, so that the utilization efficiency of the workstations tends to be uniform, and the problem of efficiency caused by queuing of the transport equipment at the same workstation is also avoided.

As an optional but non-limiting implementation manner, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, for the logistics transportation system of this embodiment, the scheduling server 110 is configured to pre-group each article to be transported according to the transportation path information of each article to be transported, where the pre-grouping is used to allocate the article to be transported with specific several types of transportation path information to the same group. And placing the articles to be transported which are divided into the same group into the same first carrier container 130 for carrying according to the pre-grouping result, so that the number of the types of the information of the transport direction of each article to be transported, which is collected by the first carrier container 130, is less than the preset number.

Referring to fig. 2, in order to maximize the work efficiency of the work station, when unloading, each article to be transported can be roughly classified according to the storage area or specific rules, that is, the article to be transported in a specific transport path can be placed on the pallet of the specified article storage space at most, so that the movement of the carrying equipment between different work stations can be greatly reduced, and the overall efficiency is increased.

As an optional but non-limiting implementation manner, when stacking each first carrying container and each second carrying container, each stacking position is provided with a fixed threshold, for example, 5 packages of articles to be transported may also be judged by the system, but the precondition is that size information of the packages of articles to be transported in the business system must be provided, if the size information exists, the size information of the packages of articles to be transported may be retrieved after scanning the stack each time, and the overall size of the stack may be automatically calculated every time the first article grasping device or the second article grasping device grasps the stack, and if the size reaches the preset threshold, the stacking is completed. After the stacking position stacking is completed, the carrying equipment is informed to carry the first carrying container to the workstation and carry the second carrying container to the corresponding warehouse-out buffer position, and then warehouse-out transfer can be carried out.

As an optional but non-limiting implementation manner, when the workstation stacks the object to be transported into the second object container, the corresponding path during stacking is also automatically generated by the scheduling server, and the principle is that the moving distance is shortest when the second object grasping device grasps the object to be transported for stacking. If after the stacking is finished, the second carrier container is transported away by the transporting equipment, a new second carrier container is complemented by another transporting equipment at the position, and the transfer path corresponding to the position is emptied on the system to wait for the dispatching server to redistribute the transfer path.

It can be understood that each transfer route information of the workstation is designated by the scheduling server and is dynamically adjusted without manual setting; for example, after the transfer circuit of the article to be transported is acquired to information, the workstation is finished through the automatic setting of the scheduling server, namely the scheduling system, when the work station is distributed to the transfer circuit, the manual work is used for sorting, the sorting operation is directly carried out according to the sorting position information displayed by the display equipment of the workstation, and the display equipment automatically displays the quantity of the articles to be placed in the corresponding sorting positions. And after the articles to be transported in the corresponding transport path are discharged from the warehouse, the information of the transport path is cleared, namely the transport path is dynamically adjusted. However, there are some problems in manual setting, for example, the manual setting is easy to cause the problems of unreasonable setting, long congestion queue waiting time and the like.

As an alternative but non-limiting implementation, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the work station to-be-sorted station and the sorted station are arranged on the left and right sides, and the second article grasping device is arranged between the to-be-sorted station and the sorted station. The number of the sorting stations of the workstation can be set according to the actual condition of the transfer center. When the first transport way of carrying article container 130 in each waiting to transport article is different to information, need the secondary letter sorting, then accessible haulage equipment will carry first carrying article container 130 earlier to wait to sort the station, wait to sort the station and wait to transport article according to the transport way to sorting in first carrying article container 130, and then decide each wait to transport article put with wait to transport the transport way of article to assorted sorting station.

Optionally, if the to-be-transported articles in one transport path do not meet the ex-warehouse condition within a preset time and occupy a busy workstation, then a triggering mechanism is triggered, and the scheduling server automatically matches the similar transport path to perform ex-warehouse transportation or force ex-warehouse transportation on the to-be-transported articles.

According to the technical scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the transfer center is intelligentized by using the carrying equipment such as the unmanned forklift, the management cost is reduced, real logistics and information flow are interacted in real time, and the traceability of goods is increased; by arranging the special work station, the sorting efficiency is improved, so that the overall operation efficiency is improved; handling equipment such as unmanned fork truck is used, and through lifting efficiency, the manual work is saved, reduces whole operation efficiency. The dispatching server reasonably allocates each unmanned transport vehicle for loading cargos according to the information of the direction of the packages of the articles to be transported, so that the automation and intelligence level and efficiency are improved; the dispatching server automatically counts the sorting results of the articles to be sorted according to the path information of the articles to be transported, displays the sorting results in real time, reduces the sorting error condition, can find the sorting error in time, and reduces the sorting error condition.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart of a logistics transfer method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is applicable to a case of transferring articles, especially a case of transferring delivered article packages to corresponding trucks in a shortest time as possible. The logistics transfer method can be applied to the logistics transfer system provided in the embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, the method for transporting material flow of the present embodiment may include:

s710, collecting and carrying at least one article to be transported by the first carrying container.

S720, the scheduling server determines a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer direction information of the article to be transferred in the first carrying container.

And S730, the carrying equipment carries the first carrying container to the target workstation.

S740, the target workstation sorts each article to be transported in the first carrying container to a second carrying container matched with the corresponding information of the transportation way of the article to be transported, and the second carrying container is used for waiting for the article to be transported in the second carrying container to be transported to be delivered out of the warehouse when the article to be transported meets the warehouse-out condition.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, optionally, the method further includes: when the articles to be transported are determined to reach the preset unloading position, the dispatching server sends a container supply instruction to the carrying equipment so as to carry the idle first carrying container to an article collecting and loading position corresponding to the preset unloading position for collecting the articles to be transported.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the preset unloading position is provided with an article supply table, the article supply table is provided with sensor equipment in advance, and if it is detected that the transportation equipment carrying the article to be transported reaches the article supply table, the sensor equipment sends the in-place information of the article to be transported to the scheduling server; the in-position information is used for indicating that the articles to be transported reach the preset unloading position corresponding to the article collecting and loading position.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, optionally, the method further includes:

acquiring article identification information of the article to be transported to be collected in the first carrying container through first article information acquisition equipment;

when the first article information acquisition equipment is used for acquiring article identification information of any article to be transported in the first article carrying container, the scheduling server is configured to allocate a virtual container identification to the first article carrying container and bind the virtual container identification with the article to be transported in the first article carrying container.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, optionally, the method further includes: and grabbing the article to be transported through first article grabbing equipment, and putting the grabbed article to be transported into the first carrying container.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, optionally, the method further includes: when the first carrying container is determined to meet the preset collection condition, the first article information acquisition equipment triggers a first carrying instruction of the first carrying container, so that the carrying equipment carries out carrying operation on the first carrying container.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, optionally, the preset collection condition includes that the amount of the collected to-be-transported articles in the first cargo container satisfies a preset article amount threshold; the quantity of the articles to be transported is represented by at least one of the following: space occupied by the items and item stacking height.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, optionally, determining a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer direction information of the article to be transferred in the first cargo container, includes:

according to the transfer direction information of the article to be transferred in the first carrying container, matching the article to be transferred with the transfer direction of each work station in the at least one work station;

determining a first target workstation of the transfer path, which is matched with the article to be transferred in the first loading container, from at least one workstation according to the matching result of the transfer path;

the first target workstation comprises a workstation which is provided with a pre-configured transfer path and can empty the articles to be transferred in the first loading container only by sorting at the same workstation or an idle workstation which needs to be newly added with the configured transfer path; alternatively, the pre-allocated transfer direction station for emptying the articles to be transferred in the first load container can be used in combination with other stations for sorting.

if the fact that the articles to be transported in the first loading container cannot be emptied at one time only through sorting at one work station is detected, determining a second target work station, which is matched with the article to be transported in the first loading container in the transport path, from at least one work station according to the matching result of the transport path;

when the articles to be transported in the first loading container are sorted at different workstations according to the matching condition of the transport path, the allowable sorting amount of the second target workstation is larger than the allowable sorting amounts of other workstations.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, optionally, determining a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer direction information of the article to be transferred in the first carrier container, includes:

if the fact that the articles to be transported in the first cargo container cannot be emptied at one time only by sorting at one work station is detected, and the allowable sorting amounts of different work stations are the same when the articles to be transported in the first cargo container are sorted, determining a third target work station of which the transfer path is partially matched with the articles to be transported in the first cargo container from at least one work station according to the matching result of the transfer path;

when the objects to be transported in the first object carrying container are sorted at different work stations according to the adaptive condition of the transport path, the sorting waiting time at the third target work station is shorter than the sorting waiting time at other work stations.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the workstation includes a station to be sorted and a sorted station;

when the information of the transfer direction of each article to be transferred in the first article carrying container is different, the to-be-sorted station receives the first article carrying container which is carried with the article to be transferred and carried by the carrying equipment, sorts the article to be transferred in the first article carrying container according to the transfer direction, and determines a sorted station to which the article to be transferred belongs according to a sorting result;

the sorted stations receive and sort the articles to be transported to the sorted stations through the second carrier containers which are configured in advance, and one sorted station corresponds to the articles to be transported in one transport path.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the station to be sorted is configured with second item information acquisition equipment in association; and the second article information acquisition equipment acquires the article identification information of the article to be transported and determines the path information of the article to be transported according to the acquisition result so as to sort the article to be transported.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the station to be sorted is associated with a second article grasping device; and the second article grabbing equipment grabs the articles to be transported from the first carrying container and sorts the grabbed articles to be transported according to the direction of the transportation path.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, when the transfer direction information of each article to be transferred in the first carrier container is the same, the carrying device carries the first carrier container to a sorted station, matched with the transfer direction information of the article to be transferred, in the target workstation, so as to receive each article to be transferred in the first carrier container through a second carrier container pre-configured on the sorted station.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, when the transfer direction information of each article to be transported in the first carrier container is the same, the transporting device is configured to directly transport the first carrier container carrying at least one article to be transported for the ex-warehouse and transportation of the article to be transported.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the workstation to be sorted is configured with sorting display equipment in association; and the sorting display equipment displays the use states of the stations to be sorted and the sorted stations in the work stations and the layout positions of the work stations.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, when determining the sorted station to which the to-be-transferred article is sorted, the sorting display device highlights the sorted station to which the to-be-transferred article is sorted.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the workstation comprises at least two to-be-sorted stations configured sequentially, the at least two to-be-sorted stations being configured to receive in sequence different first carrier containers carrying articles to be transported.

On the basis of the above-described embodiment, optionally, a load container waiting area is provided at a preset position of the station to be sorted for receiving the first load containers waiting in line in case the station to be sorted has received the first load containers.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the workstation includes at least two sorted stations configured in sequence, and each sorted station is configured with a transfer direction prompting function for prompting to place an article to be transferred; each sorted station is provided with a function of prompting the quantity of the articles to be transported, and the function is used for prompting the quantity of the articles to be transported which are still required to be sorted to the sorted station at present.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the scheduling server determines the proportion of the articles to be transported in different transportation paths according to the information of the transportation paths of each article to be transported in the target time period, allocates the transportation paths applicable in the target time period to each workstation according to the proportion of the articles to be transported in different transportation paths, and empties the allocated transportation paths after waiting for completing sorting.

On the basis of the above embodiment, optionally, the scheduling server pre-divides each article to be transported according to the transport path information of each article to be transported, and places a group of articles to be transported, which are divided according to the pre-division result, into the same first loading container, so that the number of types of the transport path information of each article to be transported, which is collected by the first loading container, is less than a preset number.

On the basis of the foregoing embodiment, optionally, the method further includes: and receiving the second carrying container meeting the warehouse-out condition through the warehouse-out transferring cache position to wait for the warehouse-out transferring of the article to be transferred in the second carrying container.

The logistics transferring method provided by the embodiment of the invention can be applied to the logistics transferring system provided by any embodiment of the invention, and has the corresponding functions and beneficial effects of the logistics transferring system, and the detailed process refers to the relevant operation of the logistics transferring system in the embodiment.

It should be understood that various forms of the flows shown above may be used, with steps reordered, added, or deleted. For example, the steps described in the present invention may be executed in parallel, sequentially, or in different orders, and are not limited herein as long as the desired results of the technical solution of the present invention can be achieved.

The above-described embodiments should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and substitutions may be made, depending on design requirements and other factors. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A logistics transit system, wherein the system comprises: the system comprises a scheduling server, carrying equipment, a first cargo container, a second cargo container and at least one workstation; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the first payload container is configured to collect and carry at least one item to be transported;

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a first item information collection device; the first article information acquisition device is configured to acquire article identification information of the article to be transported to be collected in the first cargo container;

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the dispatch server is configured to:

the first target workstation comprises a workstation which is provided with a pre-configured transfer path and can empty the articles to be transferred in the first carrying container only by sorting at the same workstation or an idle workstation which needs to be provided with a newly-added transfer path; alternatively, the pre-allocated transfer direction station for emptying the articles to be transferred in the first load container can be used in combination with other stations for sorting.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the dispatch server is further configured to:

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the dispatch server is further configured to:

if the fact that the articles to be transported in the first carrying container cannot be emptied at one time only through sorting at one work station is detected, and the allowable sorting amounts of different work stations are the same when the articles to be transported in the first carrying container are sorted, determining a third target work station, which is matched with the articles to be transported in the first carrying container in the transfer path, from at least one work station according to the matching result of the transfer path;

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the workstations include a to-be-sorted station and a sorted station;

when the information of the transfer path direction of each article to be transferred in the first article carrying container is different, the to-be-sorted station is configured to receive the first article carrying container which is carried with the article to be transferred and carried by the carrying equipment, so as to sort the article to be transferred in the first article carrying container according to the transfer path direction and determine a sorted station to which the article to be transferred belongs according to a sorting result;

the sorted stations are configured to receive the articles to be transported sorted to the sorted stations by the preconfigured second carrier containers, and one sorted station corresponds to an article to be transported in one transport path.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein when the diversion routing information for each article to be diverted in the first carrier container is the same, the handling device is configured to route the first carrier container to a sorted station in the destination workstation that matches the diversion routing information for the article to be diverted for receipt of each article to be diverted in the first carrier container by a second carrier container preconfigured at the sorted station.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein when the transfer direction information of each article to be transferred in the first carrier container is the same, the carrying device is configured to directly carry the first carrier container carrying at least one article to be transferred for the ex-warehouse transfer of the article to be transferred.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the scheduling server is configured to determine the quantity ratio of the articles to be transported between the different transportation directions according to the information of the transportation direction of each article to be transported in the target time period, allocate the transportation direction applicable in the target time period to each workstation according to the quantity ratio of the articles between the articles to be transported between the different transportation directions, and empty the allocated transportation direction after waiting for the completion of the sorting.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the scheduling server is configured to pre-group the articles to be transported according to the transportation path information of the articles to be transported, and place the articles to be transported, which are divided into the same group, into the same first cargo containers, so that the number of types of the transportation path information of the articles to be transported, which is collected by each first cargo container, is less than a preset number.

11. A method of transporting a material flow, the method comprising:

the scheduling server determines a target workstation from at least one workstation according to the transfer direction information of the article to be transferred in the first carrier container;