CN115730885A

CN115730885A - Article distribution management method, article distribution management device, electronic equipment and computer readable medium

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Publication number: CN115730885A
Application number: CN202211467890.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 齐心; 赵博学; 支涛
Original assignee: Beijing Yunji Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Yunji Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-22
Filing date: 2022-11-22
Publication date: 2023-03-03

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the field of article distribution management methods, and provides an article distribution management method, an article distribution management device, an electronic device and a computer-readable medium. The method comprises the following steps: generating an article delivery path according to the article delivery order and the position of the delivery robot; selecting a target delivery robot based on the article delivery path and the delivery state of the delivery robot; the target delivery robot delivers the goods according to the goods delivery route, and when the goods delivery is completed, the target delivery robot sends goods signing confirmation information to the account corresponding to the goods delivery order; and receiving the confirmed article signing information fed back by the account to complete the distribution of the article order. According to the embodiment, the cross-region distribution of the distribution robot can be realized by taking efficiency and effectiveness into consideration, and the distribution cost is reduced.

Description

Article distribution management method, article distribution management device, electronic equipment and computer readable medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of article distribution management methods, and in particular, to an article distribution management method, an article distribution management apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium.

Background

With the development of the logistics industry, cross-regional distribution in cities begins to automatically distribute orders by using distribution robots, in the industries such as flowers, cakes and handicrafts with long making periods, one distribution robot only sends one order with low efficiency in a single trip, and the distribution robot is also responsible for multiple orders and can cause distribution overtime due to too long path.

Therefore, a technical problem to be solved by those skilled in the art is how to make a distribution robot take efficiency and effectiveness into consideration when performing cross-regional distribution.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an article distribution management method, an article distribution management apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable medium, so as to solve the problem in the prior art how to enable a distribution robot to perform cross-region distribution while considering both efficiency and effectiveness.

In a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an article delivery management method, including: generating an article delivery path according to the article delivery order and the position of the delivery robot; selecting a target delivery robot based on the article delivery path and the delivery state of the delivery robot; the target delivery robot delivers the goods according to the goods delivery route, and when the goods delivery is completed, the target delivery robot sends goods signing confirmation information to an account corresponding to the goods delivery order; and receiving the confirmed article signing information fed back by the account to complete the distribution of the article order.

In a second aspect of the disclosed embodiment, there is provided an article distribution management apparatus including: a generating unit configured to generate an item delivery path according to an item delivery order and a position of the delivery robot; a selecting unit configured to select a target delivery robot based on the article delivery path and a delivery state of the delivery robot; a sending unit configured to send article receipt confirmation information to the account corresponding to the article delivery order when the object delivery robot performs article delivery according to the article delivery route and finishes article delivery; and the completion unit is configured to receive the item signing confirmation information fed back by the account and complete the delivery of the item order.

In a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided, which includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor implements the steps of the above method when executing the computer program.

In a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, which stores a computer program, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the above-mentioned method.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the disclosure has the following beneficial effects: firstly, generating an article delivery path according to an article delivery order and the position of a delivery robot, and secondly, selecting a target delivery robot based on the article delivery path and the delivery state of the delivery robot; then, the target delivery robot delivers the goods according to the goods delivery route, and when the goods delivery is completed, the target delivery robot sends goods signing confirmation information to an account corresponding to the goods delivery order; and finally, receiving the confirmed article signing information fed back by the account to complete the distribution of the article order. The method provided by the disclosure can give consideration to both efficiency and effectiveness when the distribution robots perform cross-regional distribution, and reduces distribution cost.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one application scenario of an item delivery management method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of some embodiments of an item delivery management method according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of some embodiments of an article distribution management apparatus according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an electronic device suitable for use in implementing some embodiments of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While certain embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it is to be understood that the disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for a more thorough and complete understanding of the present disclosure. It should be understood that the drawings and embodiments of the disclosure are for illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure.

It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the portions related to the related invention are shown in the drawings. The embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present disclosure may be combined with each other without conflict.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like in the present disclosure are only used for distinguishing different devices, modules or units, and are not used for limiting the order or interdependence relationship of the functions performed by the devices, modules or units.

It is noted that references to "a" or "an" in this disclosure are intended to be illustrative rather than limiting, and that those skilled in the art will appreciate that references to "one or more" are intended to be exemplary and not limiting unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

The names of messages or information exchanged between devices in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for illustrative purposes only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the messages or information.

The present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of an item delivery management method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the application scenario of fig. 1, first, the computing device 101 may generate an item delivery path 103 according to an item delivery order and the location 102 of the delivery robot. The computing device 101 may select a target dispensing robot based on the article dispensing path and the dispensing status of the dispensing robot, as indicated by reference numeral 104. The computing device 101 may control the target dispensing robot to dispense the items according to the item dispensing path, as indicated by reference numeral 105. When the article delivery is completed, the computing device 101 may control the target delivery robot to send an article receipt confirmation message to the account corresponding to the article delivery order, as denoted by reference numeral 106; and receiving the item signing confirmation information fed back by the account, and completing the delivery of the item order, as shown by reference numeral 107.

The computing device 101 may be hardware or software. When the computing device 101 is hardware, it may be implemented as a distributed cluster composed of a plurality of servers or terminal devices, or may be implemented as a single server or a single terminal device. When the computing device 101 is embodied as software, it may be installed in the hardware devices listed above. It may be implemented, for example, as multiple software or software modules to provide distributed services, or as a single software or software module. And is not particularly limited herein.

It should be understood that the number of computing devices in FIG. 1 is merely illustrative. There may be any number of computing devices, as the implementation requires.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of some embodiments of an item delivery management method according to the present disclosure. The item distribution management method of fig. 2 may be performed by the computing device 101 of fig. 1. As shown in fig. 2, the article distribution management method includes:

in step S201, an article delivery route is generated based on the article delivery order and the position of the delivery robot.

In some embodiments, an executing agent (e.g., the computing device 101 shown in fig. 1) of the article delivery management method may generate a travel path based on the location information of the target delivery robot and the delivery destination of the article delivery order. Wherein, above-mentioned article delivery order includes: telephone number, type and quantity of article, delivery destination, delivery arrival time.

Step S202, selecting a target delivery robot based on the article delivery path and the delivery status of the delivery robot.

In some embodiments, the execution body may determine whether there is a delivery robot in a pickup state; when the delivery robot is determined to exist, obtaining the destination of the delivery robot in the goods taking state to obtain a destination set; calculating the distance between the delivery destination and each destination in the destination set based on the delivery destination to obtain a distance set; and selecting the delivery robot corresponding to the destination with the minimum distance as the target delivery robot. The delivery robot in the delivery state is a robot with an unfinished order. Wherein the distance between each destination is a distance traveled by the delivery robot according to a road on the map.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the method further comprises: the execution body determines that the target delivery robot completes delivery and generates a new article delivery path; and controlling the target delivery robot to deliver the objects based on the new object delivery path.

In some embodiments, the execution agent may determine whether there is a delivery robot in an idle state; when the presence is determined, the delivery robot in the idle state is selected as the target delivery robot.

In step S203, the target delivery robot delivers the article according to the article delivery route, and when the article delivery is completed, transmits article receipt confirmation information to the account corresponding to the article delivery order.

In some embodiments, when it is determined that the target distribution robot completes distribution according to the travel path, the execution body controls the target distribution robot to photograph distributed articles to obtain article photographs; generating article sign-in confirmation information based on the article photo; and sending the article signing confirmation information to an account corresponding to the article delivery order.

Step S204, receiving the confirmed article signing information fed back by the account, and completing the distribution of the article order.

All the above optional technical solutions may be combined arbitrarily to form optional embodiments of the present application, and are not described herein again.

The following are embodiments of the disclosed apparatus that may be used to perform embodiments of the disclosed methods. For details not disclosed in the embodiments of the apparatus of the present disclosure, refer to the embodiments of the method of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of some embodiments of an article distribution management apparatus according to the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3, the article distribution management apparatus includes: a generating unit 301, a selecting unit 302, a sending unit 303 and a completing unit 304. Wherein the generating unit 301 is configured to generate an item delivery path according to the item delivery order and the location of the delivery robot; a selecting unit 302 configured to select a target delivery robot based on the article delivery path and the delivery status of the delivery robot; a sending unit 303, configured to perform article delivery by the target delivery robot according to the article delivery route, and send article receipt confirmation information to the account corresponding to the article delivery order when article delivery is completed; a completion unit 304 configured to receive the item signing confirmation information fed back from the account, and complete the delivery of the item order.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the generation unit 301 of the article distribution management apparatus is further configured to: the item delivery order includes: telephone number, type and quantity of article, delivery destination, delivery arrival time.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the generation unit 301 of the article distribution management apparatus is further configured to: an article delivery route is generated based on the position information of the delivery robot and the delivery destination of the article delivery order.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the selecting unit 302 of the article distribution management apparatus is further configured to: determining whether there is a delivery robot in a pick-up state; when the delivery robot is determined to exist, obtaining the destination of the delivery robot in the goods taking state to obtain a destination set; calculating the distance between the delivery destination and each destination in the destination set based on the delivery destination to obtain a distance set; and selecting the delivery robot corresponding to the destination with the minimum distance as the target delivery robot.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the article distribution management apparatus is further configured to: determining that the target delivery robot completes delivery, and generating a new article delivery path; and controlling the target delivery robot to deliver the objects based on the new article delivery path.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the selecting unit 302 of the article distribution management apparatus is further configured to: determining whether there is a delivery robot in an idle state; when it is determined to exist, the delivery robot in an idle state is selected as a target delivery robot.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the sending unit 303 of the article distribution management apparatus is further configured to: when the target distribution robot is determined to finish distribution according to the travelling path, controlling the target distribution robot to photograph distributed articles to obtain article photographs; generating article sign-in confirmation information based on the article photo; and sending the article signing confirmation information to an account corresponding to the article delivery order.

Referring now to FIG. 4, a block diagram of an electronic device (e.g., computing device 101 of FIG. 1) 400 suitable for use in implementing some embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. The server shown in fig. 4 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 4, electronic device 400 may include a processing device (e.g., central processing unit, graphics processor, etc.) 401 that may perform various appropriate actions and processes in accordance with a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 402 or a program loaded from a storage device 408 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 403. In the RAM 403, various programs and data necessary for the operation of the electronic apparatus 400 are also stored. The processing device 401, the ROM402, and the RAM 403 are connected to each other via a bus 404. An input/output (I/O) interface 405 is also connected to bus 404.

Generally, the following devices may be connected to the I/O interface 405: input devices 406 including, for example, a touch screen, touch pad, keyboard, mouse, camera, microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope, etc.; an output device 407 including, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a speaker, a vibrator, and the like; storage devices 408 including, for example, magnetic tape, hard disk, etc.; and a communication device 409. The communication means 409 may allow the electronic device 400 to communicate wirelessly or by wire with other devices to exchange data. While fig. 4 illustrates an electronic device 400 having various means, it is to be understood that not all illustrated means are required to be implemented or provided. More or fewer devices may alternatively be implemented or provided. Each block shown in fig. 4 may represent one device or may represent multiple devices as desired.

In particular, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to the flow diagrams may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, some embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code for performing the method illustrated in the flow chart. In some such embodiments, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network through the communication device 409, or from the storage device 408, or from the ROM 402. The computer program, when executed by the processing apparatus 401, performs the above-described functions defined in the methods of some embodiments of the present disclosure.

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

In some embodiments, the clients, servers may communicate using any currently known or future developed network Protocol, such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), and may interconnect with any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communications network). Examples of communication networks include a local area network ("LAN"), a wide area network ("WAN"), the Internet (e.g., the Internet), and peer-to-peer networks (e.g., ad hoc peer-to-peer networks), as well as any currently known or future developed network.

The computer readable medium may be embodied in the apparatus; or may exist separately without being assembled into the electronic device. The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to: generating an article delivery path according to the article delivery order and the position of the delivery robot; selecting a target delivery robot based on the article delivery path and the delivery state of the delivery robot; the target delivery robot delivers the goods according to the goods delivery route, and when the goods delivery is completed, the target delivery robot sends goods signing confirmation information to an account corresponding to the goods delivery order; and receiving the confirmed article signing information fed back by the account to complete the distribution of the article order.

Computer program code for carrying out operations for embodiments of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, smalltalk, C + +, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

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

The units described in some embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by software or hardware. The described units may also be provided in a processor, and may be described as: a processor includes a generating unit, a selecting unit, a transmitting unit, and a completing unit. Where the names of these units do not in some cases constitute a limitation on the unit itself, for example, the generation unit may also be described as "a unit that generates an item delivery path according to an item delivery order and the position of the delivery robot".

The functions described herein above may be performed, at least in part, by one or more hardware logic components. For example, without limitation, exemplary types of hardware logic components that may be used include: field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs), system on a chip (SOCs), complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and the like.

The foregoing description is only exemplary of the preferred embodiments of the disclosure and is illustrative of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the invention in the embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited to the specific combination of the above-mentioned features, but also encompasses other embodiments in which any combination of the above-mentioned features or their equivalents is made without departing from the inventive concept as defined above. For example, the above features and (but not limited to) technical features with similar functions disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are mutually replaced to form the technical solution.

Claims

1. A method for managing delivery of an article, comprising:

generating an article delivery path according to the article delivery order and the position of the delivery robot;

selecting a target delivery robot based on the article delivery path and the delivery state of the delivery robot;

the target delivery robot delivers the goods according to the goods delivery path, and when the goods delivery is completed, the target delivery robot sends goods signing confirmation information to an account corresponding to the goods delivery order;

and receiving the confirmed article signing information fed back by the account, and completing the delivery of the article order.

2. The item delivery management method according to claim 1, wherein the item delivery order comprises: telephone number, type and quantity of article, delivery destination, delivery arrival time.

3. The item delivery management method according to claim 2, wherein the generating an item delivery path according to the item delivery order and the location of the delivery robot includes:

and generating an article delivery route based on the position information of the delivery robot and the delivery destination of the article delivery order.

4. The article distribution management method according to claim 3, wherein the selecting a target distribution robot based on the article distribution route and the distribution status of the distribution robot includes:

determining whether there is a delivery robot in a pickup state;

when the delivery robot is determined to exist, obtaining the destination of the delivery robot in the goods taking state to obtain a destination set;

calculating the distance between the delivery destination and each destination in the destination set based on the delivery destination to obtain a distance set;

and selecting the delivery robot corresponding to the destination with the minimum distance as the target delivery robot.

5. The article distribution management method according to claim 4, wherein after the target distribution robot is selected based on the article distribution route and the distribution status of the distribution robot, the method further comprises:

determining that the target delivery robot completes delivery, and generating a new article delivery path;

and controlling the target delivery robot to deliver the objects based on the new delivery path.

6. The article distribution management method according to claim 3, wherein the selecting a target distribution robot based on the article distribution route and the distribution status of the distribution robot includes:

determining whether there is a delivery robot in an idle state;

when the presence is determined, the delivery robot in the idle state is selected as the target delivery robot.

7. The article delivery management method according to claim 1, wherein the target delivery robot performs article delivery according to the article delivery route, and when the article delivery is completed, transmits article receipt confirmation information to the account corresponding to the article delivery order, and includes:

when the target distribution robot is determined to finish distribution according to the traveling path, controlling the target distribution robot to photograph distributed articles to obtain article photographs;

generating item sign-off confirmation information based on the item photo;

and sending the item signing confirmation information to an account corresponding to the item delivery order.

8. An article distribution management apparatus, comprising:

a generating unit configured to generate an item delivery path according to the item delivery order and a position of the delivery robot;

a selecting unit configured to select a target delivery robot based on the article delivery path and a delivery state of the delivery robot;

the sending unit is configured to carry out article delivery by the target delivery robot according to the article delivery path, and send article signing confirmation information to an account corresponding to the article delivery order when the article delivery is finished;

and the completion unit is configured to receive the item signing confirmation information fed back by the account and complete the delivery of the item order.

9. An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, characterized in that the processor realizes the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7 when executing the computer program.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.