CN115892812A

CN115892812A - Cargo transmission system, cargo transmission method and processing terminal

Info

Publication number: CN115892812A
Application number: CN202211364182.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 覃伯强; 陈代荣; 陈凯
Original assignee: Hai Robotics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hai Robotics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-02
Filing date: 2022-11-02
Publication date: 2023-04-04
Also published as: WO2024093805A1

Abstract

The application discloses goods transmission system, goods transmission method and processing terminal, this goods transmission system includes: at least one picking station; at least one warehousing workstation; and the conveying mechanism is used for connecting the at least one picking workstation with the at least one warehousing workstation, and the at least one warehousing workstation is arranged at the downstream position of the at least one picking workstation. The scheme that this application provided selects the workstation and puts in storage workstation on same transmission device through setting up to realized the warehouse entry and the integration of leaving warehouse of goods, reduced robot handling cost, and do not influence the efficiency of selecting of leaving warehouse. In addition, the picking work station and the warehousing work station realize the balance of ex-warehouse picking and reverse warehousing, thereby improving the utilization rate of the storage capacity.

Description

Cargo transmission system, cargo transmission method and processing terminal

[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device

The application relates to the technical field of intelligent warehousing, in particular to a cargo transmission system, a cargo transmission method and a processing terminal.

[ background of the invention ]

In recent years, the technology of transporting goods based on warehousing robots is becoming mature. In the prior art, in the process of carrying goods to be warehoused, a warehousing robot usually needs to carry out the bins in a warehouse area to a workstation, the goods to be warehoused are put into the bins through the workstation to be warehoused, in the process, the bins carried to the workstation cannot be used as the bins for sorting, the warehouse-out efficiency is affected, and the bins can be hit by warehouse-out tasks and warehouse-in tasks for multiple times respectively to carry out repeated carrying, so that the overall warehousing efficiency is low.

[ summary of the invention ]

The embodiment of the application provides a cargo transmission system, a cargo transmission method and a processing terminal, which are used for improving the carrying efficiency of an in-out warehouse.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cargo conveying system, where the cargo conveying system includes: at least one picking station; at least one warehousing workstation; and the conveying mechanism is used for connecting the at least one picking workstation with the at least one warehousing workstation, and the at least one warehousing workstation is arranged at the downstream position of the at least one picking workstation.

In some embodiments, the conveying mechanism includes at least one first picking conveying line on which the picking station is disposed and at least one second picking conveying line on which the warehousing station is disposed.

In some embodiments, at least one first transfer device is disposed on the first picking conveying line, and the first transfer device is configured to convey the to-be-picked bin that has been picked out of the warehouse on the first picking conveying line to the second picking conveying line.

In some embodiments, the conveying mechanism comprises a picking cache line, at least one first picking conveying line and at least one second picking conveying line, the first picking conveying line is provided with the picking workstation thereon, and the second picking conveying line is provided with the warehousing workstation thereon; the picking cache line comprises at least one cache goods position used for caching the to-be-picked bin and conveying the to-be-picked bin to the first picking conveying line and/or the second picking conveying line.

In some embodiments, a code scanner is arranged downstream of the picking workstation and used for identifying whether the bin to be picked which finishes the out-of-warehouse picking is a bin to be replenished.

In some embodiments, at least one second transfer device is respectively arranged on the first picking conveying line, the second picking conveying line and the picking cache line, the first picking conveying line and the picking cache line form a first conveying line through the second transfer device, and the first picking conveying line and the second picking conveying line and the picking cache line form a second conveying line through the second transfer device; when the bin to be sorted which is finished to be sorted is not a bin to be replenished, returning the bin to be sorted to the warehouse through the first conveying line; and when the bin to be selected which is selected after the bin is taken out of the warehouse is the bin to be supplemented, the bin to be supplemented is conveyed to the warehousing workstation through the second conveying line, and when the operation of selecting the bin to be supplemented is completed, the bin to be supplemented is returned to the warehouse through the second conveying line.

In some embodiments, the transport mechanism further includes a cross-station line connected between at least two of the first picking conveyor lines, the cross-station line for conveying the to-be-picked bins from a first picking station to a second picking station, the first and second picking stations being any one of the at least one picking station.

In some embodiments, at least one third transfer device is disposed on the cross-station line, and the cross-station line is communicated with at least one first picking conveying line through the third transfer device.

In some embodiments, the picking station and the warehousing station each include an operation table, and the operation table corresponding to the picking station is disposed on the first picking conveying line and is configured to perform out-warehouse picking operation on the bin to be picked; and the operation platform corresponding to the warehousing workstation is arranged on the second picking conveying line and used for executing replenishment picking operation on the to-be-replenished bin.

In some embodiments, a code scanner and a display are arranged on an operation table of the warehousing workstation, and the display is used for displaying information of the to-be-supplemented goods grids in the to-be-supplemented goods box and the quantity of the to-be-supplemented goods when the code scanner identifies the to-be-supplemented goods box.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cargo transmission method, which is applied to a processing terminal, where the processing terminal is in communication connection with the cargo transmission system, and the cargo transmission method includes: controlling a conveying mechanism to convey the bins to be picked to at least one picking workstation; determining the bin to be selected after the bin is taken out of the warehouse as a bin to be replenished; and controlling the transmission mechanism to transmit the material box to be replenished to a warehousing workstation so as to finish the replenishment sorting operation aiming at the material box to be replenished.

In some embodiments, the cargo transport system includes a scanner disposed downstream of the picking station, the method further comprising: identifying the code of the bin passing through the picking workstation through the code scanner, and detecting whether the bin is a bin to be replenished according to the code.

In some embodiments, the cargo transfer system includes a scanner and a display, the scanner and the display being disposed at the warehousing workstation, the method further comprising: after the code scanner identifies the material box to be supplemented, the information of the gaps of the material box to be supplemented and the quantity of the goods to be supplemented are displayed through the display.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: when the replenishment sorting operation of the bin to be replenished is completed, controlling the conveying mechanism to return the bin to be replenished, or determining that the bin to be sorted which is sorted after being discharged is not the bin to be replenished, controlling the conveying mechanism to complete the sorting after being discharged and return the bin to be sorted.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cargo transmission device, which is applied to a processing terminal, where the processing terminal is in communication connection with the cargo transmission system, and the cargo transmission device includes: the first transmission control module is used for controlling the transmission mechanism to transmit the bin to be picked to at least one picking work station; the bin determining module is used for determining the bin to be selected after the bin is taken out of the warehouse as a bin to be replenished; and the second transmission control module is used for controlling the transmission mechanism to transmit the material box to be supplemented to a warehousing workstation so as to finish the replenishment picking operation aiming at the material box to be supplemented.

In some embodiments, the cargo conveying system comprises a scanner disposed downstream of the picking station, the bin determination module being specifically configured to: identifying the code of the bin passing through the picking workstation through the code scanner, and detecting whether the bin is a bin to be replenished according to the code.

In some embodiments, the cargo transfer system includes a scanner and a display, the scanner and the display being disposed at the warehousing workstation, the apparatus further comprising: and the display module is used for displaying the information of the to-be-supplemented goods lattice and the supplement quantity in the to-be-supplemented goods box through the display after the to-be-supplemented goods box is identified through the code scanner.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises: and the third transmission control module is used for controlling the transmission mechanism to return the to-be-supplemented material box to the warehouse when the operation of selecting the to-be-supplemented material box is completed, or controlling the transmission mechanism to finish the warehouse-out selection when the to-be-selected material box which is finished the warehouse-out selection is not the to-be-supplemented material box, so that the transmission mechanism is controlled to finish the warehouse-out selection to return the to-be-selected material box to the warehouse.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a processing terminal, including: at least one processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform a cargo transfer method as described above.

In a fifth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer executing instruction is stored, and when a processor executes the computer executing instruction, the cargo transmission method as described above is implemented.

According to the goods transmission system, the goods transmission method and the goods transmission terminal, at least one picking work station, at least one warehousing work station and a transmission mechanism are arranged, the transmission mechanism is used for connecting the at least one picking work station and the at least one warehousing work station, and the at least one warehousing work station is arranged at the downstream position of the at least one picking work station. The scheme that this application provided selects the workstation and puts in storage workstation on same transmission device through setting up to realized the warehouse entry and the integration of leaving warehouse of goods, reduced robot handling cost, and do not influence the efficiency of selecting of leaving warehouse. In addition, the picking work station and the warehousing work station realize the balance of ex-warehouse picking and reverse warehousing, thereby improving the utilization rate of the storage capacity.

[ description of the drawings ]

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the application. Specific embodiments of the present application have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in more detail below. These drawings and written description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concepts in any manner, but rather to illustrate the inventive concepts to those skilled in the art by reference to specific embodiments.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a cargo transportation system provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a cargo transfer system according to another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a cargo transfer system according to yet another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a cargo conveying method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a block diagram of a structure of a cargo conveying device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a processing terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

[ detailed description ] A

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clearly understood, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of and not restrictive on the broad application.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used in the description of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

In the embodiment of the application, the picking workstation is used for providing picking operation for the bins passing through the picking workstation, particularly for picking the commodities in the bins, the bins can be in a full state or a non-full state, and after the picking operation of an operator of the picking workstation, the bins can be changed into a non-full state or an empty state. The warehousing workstation is used for carrying out replenishment sorting operation on the bins passing through the warehousing workstation, the bins passing through the warehousing workstation can be conveyed to the conveying line by a robot, and are directly conveyed to the bins of the warehousing workstation by the conveying line, or the bins which are conveyed to the conveying line by the robot, are firstly sorted by the sorting workstation and are detected as the bins to be replenished. The bin to be replenished refers to a bin into which goods to be warehoused returned by a user or newly warehoused goods needs to be replenished, and the bins belong to bins to be replenished. When the bin to be replenished passes through the warehousing workstation, an operator of the warehousing workstation selects the goods to be warehoused so as to place the goods to be warehoused into the corresponding bin to be replenished, the selecting operation comprises the step of classifying the same goods into the same bin, the step of supplementing the bin which is not full, and the like. The above-mentioned operators include robots, robot arms, natural persons, and the like.

When a picking workstation and a warehousing workstation are arranged in the prior art, the two types of workstations are respectively and independently arranged, so that the problems of high carrying cost, low stock volume rate and the like of a robot are caused.

In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present application provides a cargo transmission system and a cargo transmission method, where at least one picking workstation and at least one warehousing workstation are disposed on a closed-loop conveying line, the picking workstation is used to pick a bin, and it is determined whether the bin after the picking operation is a bin to be replenished, if the bin is a bin to be replenished, the bin is conveyed to the warehousing workstation through the closed-loop conveying line, the replenishment picking operation is performed on the bin to be replenished at the warehousing workstation, and the bins after the picking operation of the picking workstation and/or the warehousing workstation are returned to the warehouse through the same conveying line. The warehouse returning comprises the step of warehousing the non-to-be-supplemented material boxes after the picking operation of the picking work station, and the step of warehousing the to-be-supplemented material boxes after the picking operation of the warehousing work station. Through the integrated design of the sorting workstation and the warehousing workstation, the carrying cost of the robot is reduced, and the ex-warehouse sorting efficiency is not influenced. In addition, the balance of ex-warehouse picking and reverse warehousing is realized through the picking work station and the warehousing work station, so that the utilization rate of the storage capacity is improved.

The following describes the technical solution of the present application and how to solve the above technical problems in detail by specific embodiments. These several specific embodiments may be combined with each other below, and details of the same or similar concepts or processes may not be repeated in some embodiments. Embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cargo conveying system provided in an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 1, the cargo conveying system includes: at least one picking station 11, at least one warehousing station 12, and a transport mechanism.

The picking workstation 11 and the warehousing workstation 12 are arranged on the transmission mechanism, the transmission mechanism is connected in series to form a closed-loop transmission line by the picking workstation 11 and the warehousing workstation 12, the transmission direction of the transmission line is shown as an arrow in fig. 1, and the warehousing workstation 12 is arranged at the downstream of the picking workstation 11 on the transmission line. The transmission line shown in fig. 1 including the arrow constitutes the transmission mechanism. Wherein the transfer mechanism comprises a first picking conveyor line 131, a second picking conveyor line 132 and a picking buffer line 133. The picking buffer line 133 connects the first picking conveying line 131 and the second picking conveying line 132, respectively. The picking workstation 11 is disposed on the first picking conveyor line 131, and the warehousing workstation 12 is disposed on the second picking conveyor line 132.

In the embodiment of the application, the goods transmission system is used for picking the goods in the bin out of the warehouse and picking the goods in the warehouse, and the goods can be simultaneously picked out of the warehouse and put in the warehouse through the goods transmission system. Specifically, after the bin is on line, the bin is conveyed to the first picking conveying line 131 through the picking cache line 133, the picking workstation 11 performs out-of-warehouse picking operation on the passing bin, and identifies whether the bin after out-of-warehouse picking operation is a bin to be replenished. If the bin after the picking operation by the picking workstation 11 is a bin to be replenished, the bin to be replenished is conveyed to the second picking conveyor line 132 through the picking buffer line 133, the warehousing workstation 12 performs a replenishment picking operation on the bin to be replenished, and stores goods into the corresponding bin cell in the bin to be replenished through the replenishment picking operation. If the bin after the picking operation by the picking workstation 11 is not the bin to be restocked, that type of bin may be delivered to the back-to-stock location via the picking cache line 133.

The material box returning and discharging can be in butt joint with the robot through the material loading and unloading equipment, so that the material box is returned or discharged. The loading and unloading device comprises a loading machine and an unloading machine, wherein the unloading machine is used for unloading the bin from the robot and placing the bin on the conveying mechanism so that the bin is selected. The feeding machine is used for taking down the workbin from the outlet of the conveying mechanism, loading the workbin to the robot, and conveying the workbin back to the warehouse by the robot.

When the picking workstation 11 identifies whether the bin after the picking operation is a bin to be replenished, it may detect whether the bin after the picking operation is a bin to be replenished by arranging a relevant detection device at a position near the picking workstation 11, for example, reading a two-dimensional code on the bin by a code reading device, determining whether the bin is a bin to be replenished required by the system, or arranging a camera device to shoot an image of the bin, and determining whether the bin is a bin to be replenished required by the goods to be warehoused by image recognition, image processing and other technologies.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a scanner 14 is provided downstream of the picking station 11, the scanner 14 being configured to identify whether the bin to be picked that has completed out-of-stock picking is a bin to be replenished. One or more scanners 14 may be provided downstream of a picking station 11, the scanners 14 being primarily intended to identify the code on the bin, from which it is determined whether the bin is a bin to be refilled. Encoded information about the corresponding bin to be replenished may be pre-stored in the scanner 14, and when a code is detected, it is determined whether the bin corresponding to the code belongs to the bin to be replenished by comparing the code with the pre-stored associated encoded information. The barcode scanner 14 may be connected to an external device, such as a communication connection with a background server, the barcode scanner 14 uploads the scanned encoded information to the background server, the background server determines whether the bin corresponding to the encoded information belongs to a bin to be replenished, and controls the flow direction of the bin through a cargo conveying system according to the determination result, or the barcode scanner may be connected to a device of the picking workstation, the barcode scanner 14 uploads the scanned encoded information to the device of the picking workstation, and the picker determines whether the bin is the bin to be replenished. When the picking station 11 includes a plurality of picking stations 11, one or more scanners 14 may be respectively disposed downstream of each picking station 11 for detecting whether the bin picked by each picking station 11 belongs to a bin to be replenished.

The material box to be replenished and the material box not to be replenished can be conveyed to corresponding positions through different conveying lines. The conveying mechanism can be provided with a transfer device, and the conveying direction of the material box on the conveying mechanism is changed through the transfer device, so that the material box to be supplemented and the material box not to be supplemented are conveyed to corresponding positions. The transferring device may be in communication connection with an external device, such as a background server, while the background server is in communication connection with the controller of the transfer mechanism, or in direct communication connection with the controller of the transfer mechanism. And the controller of the transmission mechanism controls the transfer device to decide the conveying direction of the material box according to the judgment result of the material box, so that the material box to be supplemented and the material box not to be supplemented are transmitted to corresponding positions. The non-replenishment bin is a bin which is not the bin to be put in storage. For example, as shown in fig. 1, a plurality of transfer devices may be provided, including a first transfer line and a second transfer line formed by providing a transfer device on each of the picking buffer line 133, the first picking transport line 131, and the second picking transport line 132. The first picking conveying line 131, the picking buffer line 133 and the transferring device form the first conveying line, and the first conveying line is provided with a picking workstation 11. The first picking conveying line 131, the picking cache line 133, the second picking conveying line 132 and the transfer device constitute the second conveying line, and the picking workstation 11 and the warehousing workstation 12 are arranged on the second conveying line. The first conveying line and the second conveying line may partially overlap, for example, the first picking conveying line corresponding to the picking workstation 11 is an overlapping portion of the first conveying line and the second conveying line.

When the to-be-picked bin is not the to-be-supplemented bin, the to-be-picked bin is returned to the warehouse through the first conveying line. And when the bin to be sorted is the bin to be replenished, the bin to be replenished is conveyed to the warehousing workstation 12 through the second conveying line, and when the picking operation of the bin to be replenished is finished, the bin to be replenished returns to the warehouse through the second conveying line.

When the picking workstation 11 and/or the warehousing workstation 12 include a plurality of picking workstations 11, each picking workstation 11 has a corresponding segment of the first picking conveying line 131, and each warehousing workstation 12 has a corresponding segment of the second picking conveying line 132. The first transmission line and the second transmission line corresponding to the picking work station 11 can be determined according to the judgment result of the picked bin corresponding to the picking work station.

When the picking workstation 11 and the warehousing workstation 12 respectively perform the ex-warehouse picking operation and the replenishment picking operation, a next bin corresponding to a bin performing the picking operation in the picking workstation 11 and the warehousing workstation 12 may be in a waiting state, and similarly, all bins behind the next bin are also in a waiting state, until the bin performing the picking operation is picked, the next bin is transmitted to the picking workstation 11 or the warehousing workstation 12 to be performed with the corresponding picking operation. Optionally, the picking workstation 11 and the warehousing workstation 12 respectively include at least one operating platform, and the operating platform corresponding to the picking workstation 11 is disposed on the first picking conveying line 131, and is configured to perform warehouse-out picking operation on the bin to be picked. The operation platform corresponding to the warehousing workstation 12 is disposed on the second picking conveying line 132, and is configured to perform replenishment picking operation on a to-be-replenished bin. The operator station provides a platform for an operator to perform picking operations on the bins.

In some embodiments, a scanner and a display are provided on the operator station of the warehousing workstation 12. When the goods are picked by the picking workstation and determined to be the goods bins to be replenished, the goods bins to be replenished pass through the second picking conveying line 132, the goods bins to be replenished positioned on the second picking conveying line 132 are queued in a gathering and placing manner, and after a certain goods bin to be replenished is positioned, the goods bins to be replenished are automatically identified by the code scanner, and at the moment, the display displays the information of the bin to be replenished and the information of the quantity of goods to be replenished, so that an operator at the warehousing workstation 12 can know how to replenish the goods to be warehoused to the corresponding bin. The scanner may be similar to the scanner 14, and the scanner and the display are both communicatively connected to an external device, such as a background server. The specific placement position and the placement mode of the display can be adjusted by combining the position of an operator, so that the operation of the work bin by the operator is facilitated to the maximum extent.

In some embodiments, the pick cache line 133 includes a cache slot, which is used to cache bins. When there are more bins that need to be processed at the picking workstation 11 and/or warehousing workstation 12, or there are more bins queued on the first picking conveyor line 131 and/or second picking conveyor line 132, a portion of the bins may be buffered at the buffer inventory of the picking buffer line 133 to relieve pressure on the processing bins of the picking workstation 11 and/or warehousing workstation 12.

In some embodiments, the transport mechanism further includes a cross-station line 134, the cross-station line 134 may be juxtaposed to the picking cache line, and the cross-station line 134 is connected between at least two of the first picking conveyor lines 131, the cross-station line 134 is used to transport the to-be-picked bins from a first picking station to a second picking station, the first and second picking stations being any one of the at least one picking station. When the cargo transport system includes a plurality of picking stations 11, bins may be transported by the cross-station line 134 to a target picking station, which is any one or more of the at least one picking station 11. At least one transfer device is arranged on the cross-station line 134, and the cross-station line 134 is communicated with the first picking conveying line 131 through the transfer device. The cross-station line 134 can quickly convey the bin which is picked by the first picking workstation to a target position when the bin needs to be picked by the second picking workstation, so that the conveying efficiency of the bin is improved, meanwhile, the buffer pressure of the picking buffer line 133 can be relieved, the cross-station line 134 can be a part of the picking buffer line 133, namely, the cross-station line 134 has the function of buffering the bin and the function of quickly crossing the bin, and when the bin needs to enter another workstation from one workstation, the buffer position of the picking buffer line 133 can be not occupied, but the cross-station line 134 can quickly cross the bin.

It should be noted that only two picking work stations 11, one warehousing work station 12, a part of the first picking conveying line 131, a part of the second picking conveying line 132, a part of the picking cache line 133 and a part of the cross-station line 134 are shown in fig. 1, and it should be noted that the number of the picking work stations 11 and the warehousing work stations 12 in fig. 1 is only an example, and may be a larger number of the picking work stations 11 and the warehousing work stations 12, and the arrangement of the first picking conveying line 131, the second picking conveying line 132, the picking cache line 133 and the cross-station line 134 may be more or less according to the arrangement of the picking work stations 11 and the warehousing work stations 12.

The embodiment of the application provides a goods transmission system, and the goods transmission system selects the workstation and puts in storage workstation on same transmission device through setting up to realized the integration of putting in storage and leaving warehouse of goods, reduced robot handling cost, and do not influence the efficiency of selecting of leaving warehouse. In addition, the balance of ex-warehouse picking and reverse warehousing is realized through the picking work station and the warehousing work station, so that the utilization rate of the storage capacity is improved.

In some embodiments, please refer to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a cargo transportation system according to another embodiment of the present application. The goods transmission system comprises at least one picking workstation 11, at least one warehousing workstation 12 and a transmission mechanism, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises at least one first picking conveying line 131 and at least one second picking conveying line 132, the picking workstation 11 is arranged on the first picking conveying line 131, and the warehousing workstation 12 is arranged on the second picking conveying line 132.

The functional roles of the picking workstation 11 and the warehousing workstation 12 can refer to the above-mentioned cargo transmission system embodiment.

At least one transfer device is arranged on the first picking conveying line 131, and the transfer device is used for conveying the to-be-picked bins which are delivered from the warehouse on the first picking conveying line 131 to the second picking conveying line 132.

As shown in fig. 2, the bins may be brought on line through different entrances, the bins are conveyed by the first picking conveyor line 131 after being brought on line, and when being conveyed to the picking workstation 11, the passing bins are subjected to ex-warehouse picking operation, and whether the bins after the out-warehouse picking operation are bins to-be-replenished. If the bin after being picked by the picking workstation 11 is a bin to be replenished, the bin to be replenished is conveyed from the first picking conveying line 131 to the second picking conveying line 132 through the transfer device, the warehousing workstation 12 located on the second picking conveying line 132 performs replenishment picking operation on the bin to be replenished, and commodities in the bin to be replenished are stored into the corresponding bin grid through the replenishment picking operation so as to facilitate warehousing of the bin. If the bin after the picking operation performed by the picking workstation 11 is not the bin to be restocked, the type of bin may be directly conveyed to the outlet by the first picking conveyor line 131, and the type of bin at the outlet may be put in storage or returned to storage.

The goods transmission system provided by fig. 2 can realize the integration of warehousing and ex-warehouse of the bins by arranging the first picking conveying line 131, the second picking conveying line 132, the picking workstation 11, the warehousing workstation 12 and the transfer device, thereby realizing the integration of warehousing and ex-warehouse of goods, reducing the carrying cost of robots, and not influencing the ex-warehouse picking efficiency. In addition, the balance of ex-warehouse picking and reverse warehousing is realized through the picking work station and the warehousing work station, so that the utilization rate of the storage capacity is improved.

It should be noted that fig. 2 is only an example of the cargo conveying system of this embodiment, and may further include more or fewer picking workstations 11, warehousing workstations 12, transfer devices, first picking conveying lines 131, and second picking conveying lines 132. Such as the cargo transfer system shown in fig. 3.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a flowchart of a cargo transportation method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method may be applied to a processing terminal which may be communicatively connected to the cargo transfer system in the above embodiments. As shown in fig. 4, the cargo transferring method includes:

s101, controlling a conveying mechanism to convey the bin to be picked to at least one picking workstation;

s102, determining the bin to be sorted which finishes the out-of-warehouse sorting as a bin to be replenished;

s103, controlling the transmission mechanism to transmit the material box to be supplemented to a warehousing workstation so as to complete the replenishment picking operation aiming at the material box to be supplemented.

Wherein the cargo transfer system comprises a scanner disposed downstream of the picking station, the method further comprising: identifying the code of the bin passing through the picking workstation through the code scanner, and detecting whether the bin is a bin to be replenished according to the code.

The cargo transmission system comprises a code scanner and a display, the code scanner and the display are arranged at the warehousing workstation, and the method further comprises the following steps: and after the code scanner identifies the material box to be replenished, displaying information of the grid opening to be replenished and the replenishment quantity in the material box to be replenished through the display.

The cargo transmission method provided by the embodiment of the application and the cargo transmission system in the embodiment are based on the same inventive concept, and the embodiment can be referred to for corresponding details.

According to the goods transmission method provided by the embodiment of the application, the processing terminal executes the method, the method is particularly applied to the goods transmission system, and the picking work station and the warehousing work station are arranged on the same transmission mechanism, so that the integration of warehousing and ex-warehouse of goods is realized, the carrying cost of a robot is reduced, and the ex-warehouse picking efficiency is not influenced. In addition, the balance of ex-warehouse picking and reverse warehousing is realized through the picking work station and the warehousing work station, so that the utilization rate of the storage capacity is improved.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a block diagram of a cargo conveying device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The corresponding module of the cargo transferring device 20 can be applied to the following processing terminals, and the cargo transferring device 20 comprises: a first transmission control module 21, a bin determination module 22 and a second transmission control module 23.

The first conveying control module 21 is used for controlling the conveying mechanism to convey the bin to be picked to at least one picking work station; the bin determining module 22 is configured to determine that the bin to be picked that completes the picking out of the warehouse is a bin to be replenished; the second transmission control module 23 is configured to control the transmission mechanism to transmit the bin to be replenished to the warehousing workstation, so as to complete the replenishment picking operation for the bin to be replenished.

The cargo conveying system includes a barcode scanner disposed downstream of the picking station, and the bin determining module 22 is specifically configured to identify, by the barcode scanner, a code of a bin passing through the picking station, and detect whether the bin is a bin to be replenished according to the code.

In some embodiments, the cargo conveying system includes a code scanner and a display, the code scanner and the display are disposed at the warehousing workstation, the apparatus 20 further includes a display module 24, and the display module 24 is configured to display information of the lot to be replenished and the replenishment quantity in the bin to be replenished through the display after the bin to be replenished is identified through the code scanner.

In some embodiments, the apparatus 20 further includes a third transmission control module 25, where the third transmission control module 25 is configured to control the transmission mechanism to return the bin to be replenished when the replenishment picking operation of the bin to be replenished is completed, or to control the transmission mechanism to return the bin to be picked after the out-of-stock picking is completed when it is determined that the bin to be picked after the out-of-stock picking is not the bin to be replenished.

It should be noted that the cargo transmission device can execute the cargo transmission method provided by the embodiment of the present application, and has the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method. For details of the cargo conveying device, reference may be made to the cargo conveying method provided in the embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a processing terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The processing terminal can execute the cargo transmission method, and the processing terminal can be in communication connection with the cargo transmission system. The processing terminal 30 includes: one or more processors 31 and a memory 32, one processor 32 being exemplified in fig. 6.

The processor 31 and the memory 32 may be connected by a bus or other means, and fig. 6 illustrates the connection by a bus as an example.

The memory 32 is a non-volatile computer readable storage medium and can be used for storing non-volatile software programs, non-volatile computer executable programs, and modules, such as program instructions/modules corresponding to the cargo transfer method in the embodiment of the present application. The processor 31 executes various functional applications and data processing of the processing terminal by running the nonvolatile software programs, instructions and modules stored in the memory 32, that is, implements the cargo transmission method of the above-described method embodiment.

The memory 32 may include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function. Further, the memory 32 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid state storage device.

The one or more modules are stored in the memory 32 and, when executed by the one or more processors 31, perform the cargo transfer method of any of the method embodiments described above, e.g., performing the method steps of fig. 4 described above.

The product can execute the method provided by the embodiment of the application, and has the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method. For technical details that are not described in detail in this embodiment, reference may be made to the methods provided in the embodiments of the present application.

The processing terminal of the embodiment of the present application exists in various forms, including but not limited to: mobile communication devices, such devices being characterized by mobile communication functions, such as smart phones, functional phones, etc.; ultra-mobile personal computer equipment, which belongs to the category of personal computers, has computing and processing functions and generally has mobile internet access characteristics, and the terminals comprise PDA, MID, UMPC equipment and the like; the server is similar to a general computer architecture, but has high requirements on processing capacity, stability, reliability, safety, expandability, manageability and the like due to the requirement of providing highly reliable services, and other electronic devices with data interaction functions.

Embodiments of the present application provide a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which stores computer-executable instructions, where the computer-executable instructions are executed by one or more processors, such as one of the processors 31 in fig. 6, so that the one or more processors may execute a cargo transmission method in any of the method embodiments described above.

The present application provides a computer program product comprising a computer program stored on a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by the processing terminal, enable the processing terminal to perform the cargo transfer method of any of the above-mentioned method embodiments.

The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by software plus a general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the processes in the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a computer program, and the computer program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when executed, the computer program can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), or the like

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the same; within the context of the present application, where technical features in the above embodiments or in different embodiments may also be combined, the steps may be implemented in any order and there are many other variations of the different aspects of the present application described above which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and these modifications or substitutions do not depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A cargo transfer system, comprising:

at least one picking station;

at least one warehousing workstation;

the conveying mechanism is used for connecting the at least one picking workstation and the at least one warehousing workstation, and the at least one warehousing workstation is arranged at the downstream position of the at least one picking workstation.

2. The cargo transfer system of claim 1, wherein the transfer mechanism includes at least one first picking conveyor line on which the picking station is disposed and at least one second picking conveyor line on which the warehousing station is disposed.

3. The cargo conveying system according to claim 2, wherein at least one first transfer device is provided on the first picking conveyor line, and the first transfer device is configured to transfer the bin to be picked, which has been picked out of the warehouse on the first picking conveyor line, to the second picking conveyor line.

4. The cargo conveying system according to claim 1, wherein the conveying mechanism comprises a picking cache line, at least one first picking conveying line and at least one second picking conveying line, the picking workstation is arranged on the first picking conveying line, and the warehousing workstation is arranged on the second picking conveying line;

the picking cache line comprises at least one cache goods position used for caching the to-be-picked bin and conveying the to-be-picked bin to the first picking conveying line and/or the second picking conveying line.

5. The cargo transfer system of claim 4, wherein a code scanner is provided downstream of the picking station for identifying whether the bin to be picked that has completed out-of-stock picking is a bin to be replenished.

6. The cargo conveying system according to claim 4, wherein at least one second transfer device is provided on each of the first picking conveying line, the second picking conveying line, and the picking buffer line, the first picking conveying line and the picking buffer line form a first conveying line through the second transfer device, and the first picking conveying line and the second picking conveying line and the picking buffer line form a second conveying line through the second transfer device;

when the to-be-picked bin which is picked out of the warehouse is not a to-be-supplemented bin, returning the to-be-picked bin to the warehouse through the first conveying line;

and when the bin to be sorted which is sorted out of the warehouse is the bin to be replenished, the bin to be replenished is conveyed to the warehousing workstation through the second conveying line, and when the sorting operation of the bin to be replenished is finished, the bin to be replenished returns to the warehouse through the second conveying line.

7. The cargo transport system of any of claims 2-6 wherein the transport mechanism further includes a cross-station line connected between at least two of the first picking conveyor lines, the cross-station line for transporting bins to be picked from a first picking station to a second picking station, the first and second picking stations being any of the at least one picking station.

8. The cargo transfer system according to claim 7, wherein at least one third transfer device is provided on the cross-station line, and the cross-station line is communicated with at least one first picking conveyor line through the third transfer device.

9. The cargo transfer system of any of claims 2-6, wherein the picking station and the warehousing station each include an operator station,

the operation table corresponding to the picking workstation is arranged on the first picking conveying line and is used for carrying out ex-warehouse picking operation on the bins to be picked;

and the operation platform corresponding to the warehousing workstation is arranged on the second picking conveying line and used for executing replenishment picking operation on the to-be-replenished bin.

10. The cargo conveying system according to claim 5, wherein the operation platform of the warehousing workstation is provided with a code scanner and a display, and the display is used for displaying information of the gaps of the cargo to be replenished and the replenishment quantity in the cargo tank to be replenished when the code scanner identifies the cargo tank to be replenished.

11. A cargo transmission method applied to a processing terminal, wherein the processing terminal is in communication connection with the cargo transmission system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, the cargo transmission method comprising:

controlling a conveying mechanism to convey the bin to be picked to at least one picking workstation;

determining the bin to be selected after the bin is taken out of the warehouse as a bin to be replenished;

and controlling the transmission mechanism to transmit the material box to be replenished to a warehousing workstation so as to finish the replenishment picking operation aiming at the material box to be replenished.

12. The cargo transfer method of claim 11, wherein the cargo transfer system includes a scanner disposed downstream of the picking station, the method further comprising:

and identifying the code of the bin passing through the picking workstation through the code scanner, and detecting whether the bin is a bin to be replenished according to the code.

13. The cargo conveying method according to claim 12, wherein the cargo conveying system includes a scanner and a display, the scanner and the display being provided at a warehousing workstation, the method further comprising:

and after the code scanner identifies the material box to be replenished, displaying information of the grid opening to be replenished and the replenishment quantity in the material box to be replenished through the display.

14. The cargo transfer method according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the method further comprises:

when the replenishment sorting operation of the bin to be replenished is completed, controlling the conveying mechanism to return the bin to be replenished, or determining that the bin to be sorted which is sorted after being discharged is not the bin to be replenished, controlling the conveying mechanism to complete the sorting after being discharged and return the bin to be sorted.

15. A cargo transfer device for use in a processing terminal communicatively coupled to the cargo transfer system of any one of claims 1 to 10, the cargo transfer device comprising:

the first transmission control module is used for controlling the transmission mechanism to transmit the bin to be picked to at least one picking workstation;

the bin determining module is used for determining that the bin to be picked which finishes the delivery picking is a bin to be replenished;

and the second transmission control module is used for controlling the transmission mechanism to transmit the material box to be supplemented to the warehousing workstation so as to finish the replenishment picking operation aiming at the material box to be supplemented.

16. A processing terminal, comprising:

at least one processor; and the number of the first and second groups,

a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform the method of transporting cargo as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 14.

17. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, implement the cargo transfer method of any of claims 11-14.