CN116468366A - Inventory system, inventory method, inventory stand, electronic device and computer medium - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of vertical library inventory, and provides an inventory system, a method, a vertical library, electronic equipment and a computer medium, wherein the inventory system comprises: the device comprises a loading unit, an image acquisition unit, a weighing unit and an inventory processing unit; the loading unit is used for loading a target to be processed, wherein the target to be processed comprises a material to be checked and a tray for containing the material to be checked; the image acquisition unit is used for acquiring images of materials to be checked after the objects to be processed are loaded; the weighing unit is used for detecting the weight of the target to be processed after the target to be processed is loaded; and the inventory processing unit is used for determining the category and the quantity of the materials to be checked based on the images and the weight. The invention is used for solving the defect that in the prior art, when the machine vision is adopted for checking the materials in the opposite warehouse, the materials cannot be checked accurately due to the limitation of shooting angles and/or shooting spaces.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of inventory making, and in particular, to an inventory making system, an inventory making method, an inventory making electronic device, and a computer medium.
Background
For standing a warehouse, the traditional warehouse-checking mode is manual, so that the mode not only consumes labor, but also is low in efficiency and easy to make mistakes. Thus, a number of ways of inventorying by means of devices are currently occurring, such as: shooting an on-site goods shelf through a monitoring camera on the storage goods shelf by utilizing a camera and a remote image transmission unit, remotely transmitting the shot image to an inventory service module, and inventory the number of goods and goods shelf number information where the goods are located based on a target detection model and an image text recognition network; the unmanned aerial vehicle cruising is combined with an image processing technology and a machine vision technology to realize goods stacking condition detection, goods information inventory, environment monitoring and stacker monitoring; and detecting the product information of the warehouse product based on the bar code/two-dimensional code, RFID or computer vision, automatically inputting the detected product information into a database, and carrying out warehouse management including warehouse entry, warehouse exit, transfer, warehouse shift, shift and inventory on the warehouse product according to the input product information, and the like.
However, for the inventory method of the fixed shooting shelf which simply adopts the machine vision to realize the regionalization, the detection of the large-scale inventory position cannot be satisfied, the photos are shot by manually selecting the camera, the automatic inventory process of the whole inventory cannot be realized, and the judgment of the multi-layer and stacked pieces cannot be realized. For the inventory mode of adopting unmanned aerial vehicle to shoot, the width distance in upright storehouse tunnel is limited, and single storehouse position height is limited, can't carry out detailed inventory to the goods in the tray in the upright storehouse position, can't handle to stacking the condition again. And to the inventory mode that adopts bar code/two-dimensional code, RFID or computer vision to detect storage product, when waiting to inventory the round product such as cable drum utensil, make the code strip not in fixed position because rotate, or have the material of stacking in the tray, and shooting angle and space are limited, also can make the camera be difficult to cover, cause to detect inaccurately.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an inventory system, an inventory method, an upright warehouse, electronic equipment and a computer medium, which are used for solving the defect that in the prior art, when inventory is carried out on materials in the upright warehouse by adopting machine vision, the materials cannot be accurately checked due to the limitation of shooting angles and/or shooting spaces.
The invention provides an inventory system, comprising: the device comprises a loading unit, an image acquisition unit, a weighing unit and an inventory processing unit;
the loading unit is used for loading a target to be processed, wherein the target to be processed comprises a material to be checked and a tray for containing the material to be checked;
the image acquisition unit is used for acquiring the image of the material to be checked after the object to be processed is loaded;
the weighing unit is used for detecting the weight of the target to be processed after the target to be processed is loaded;
the inventory processing unit is used for determining the category and the quantity of the materials to be checked based on the images and the weight.
According to the inventory system, the loading unit is further used for unloading the object to be processed after the image acquisition unit acquires the image of the material to be inventory and the weighing unit detects the weight of the object to be processed.
The inventory system according to the present invention further includes: a warehouse management system and a warehouse control system;
the warehouse management system is used for generating inventory tasks;
the warehouse control system is used for receiving the inventory task and generating a control instruction based on the inventory task;
wherein the control instruction includes: the system comprises a loading unit, an image acquisition unit, an image processing unit, a loading unit, an image processing unit and a counting processing unit, wherein the loading unit is used for loading or unloading the target to be processed, the image acquisition unit is used for acquiring the image of the material to be counted, and the counting processing unit is used for determining the category and the quantity of the material to be counted based on the image and the weight.
According to the inventory system of the invention, the loading unit includes a controller;
the controller is used for generating loading completion information after the loading unit loads the target to be processed and sending the loading completion information to the warehouse control system and the weighing unit respectively;
the warehouse control system is used for generating an instruction for controlling the image acquisition unit to acquire the image of the material to be checked after receiving the loading completion signal;
the weighing unit is used for detecting the weight of the object to be processed after receiving the loading completion signal.
According to the inventory system, the warehouse control system is used for sending an instruction for controlling the loading unit to unload the target to be processed to the controller after the image acquisition unit finishes acquiring the image of the material to be inventory, and feeding back an inventory completion signal to the warehouse management system after receiving the unloading completion signal fed back by the controller;
and the warehouse management system is used for storing the category and the quantity of the materials to be checked, which are acquired by the checking processing unit, as checking results after receiving the checking completion signal.
According to the inventory system, the inventory processing unit obtains the category of the materials to be checked from the preset deep learning classification model by inputting the image into the preset deep learning classification model, and determines the quantity of the materials to be checked through the preset single weight of the materials to be checked, the weight of the materials to be checked and the preset weight of the tray.
The invention also provides an inventory method applying the inventory system, which comprises the following steps:
creating an inventory task;
acquiring the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked, which are determined based on the execution of the checking task, wherein the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked are obtained by loading a target to be processed, and then acquiring the image and the weight of the target to be processed, and the target to be processed comprises the materials to be checked and a tray for containing the materials to be checked;
and generating and storing the checking result.
The invention also provides a vertical warehouse which is a tray type storage vertical warehouse and comprises the inventory system or the inventory method for material inventory.
The invention also provides an electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor realizes the checking method according to any one of the above when executing the computer program.
The present invention also provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method of inventory as described in any of the above.
The inventory system is divided into a loading unit, an image acquisition unit, a weighing unit and an inventory processing unit, wherein the loading unit loads an object to be processed, then the image acquisition unit can conveniently and completely acquire images of the object to be checked, and meanwhile, the weighing unit can detect the weight of the object to be processed, so that the inventory processing unit can determine the types and the quantity of the object to be checked based on the images of the object to be checked and the weight of the object to be processed, and inventory of the object to be checked is completed. The method has the advantages that the problem that the acquired images cannot cover the materials to be checked and the checking is inaccurate due to the fact that the photographing positions and the distance limits of the vertical warehouse roadway are avoided through the mode that the images and the weights are acquired after the objects to be processed are loaded is solved, so that the checking system can adapt to the complex vertical warehouse environment, automatic accurate checking of the materials to be checked is achieved through the combination of the images and the weights, checking efficiency is improved, and warehouse management is facilitated.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an inventory system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a second schematic diagram of an inventory system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an inventory method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
An inventory system, method, library, electronic device and computer medium of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1-4.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the inventory system is directed to inventory of materials in a vertical warehouse where the same materials are stacked, and the inventory system includes: the device comprises a loading unit, an image acquisition unit, a weighing unit and an inventory processing unit.
The loading unit is used for loading a target to be processed, wherein the target to be processed comprises a material to be checked and a tray for containing the material to be checked; the image acquisition unit is used for acquiring images of materials to be checked after the objects to be processed are loaded; the weighing unit is used for detecting the weight of the target to be processed after the target to be processed is loaded; and the inventory processing unit is used for determining the category and the quantity of the materials to be checked based on the images and the weight.
In this embodiment, the image acquisition unit and the weighing unit are disposed on the loading unit, so that the loading unit can respectively perform image acquisition and weighing on the target to be processed after loading the target to be processed. Therefore, the image acquisition unit can move along with the loading unit, so that the movable type traversing of the library position can be realized, the condition that the image acquisition unit is fixed at a specific position in the upright library and the coverage is easily caused is effectively avoided, and the integrity and the accuracy of the acquired image are ensured.
In this embodiment, the loading unit is a device such as a stacker or a forklift that can load the materials to be checked through the tray. The image acquisition unit is a vision sensor, for example: monitoring cameras, line scanning sensors, structural light sensors, binocular vision sensors, and the like. The weighing unit is a weighing sensor, a weighing instrument and the like. By arranging the image acquisition units above the loading units, above the sides and the like, and arranging the weighing units on the forks of the loading units, the image acquisition of the materials to be checked and the weighing of the materials to be checked and the weight of the tray can be realized after the objects to be processed are loaded.
In this embodiment, the loading unit loads the whole tray where the object to be processed, that is, the material to be checked is located, then obtains the image of the loaded material and the weight of the material communicating tray, after the image of the material is identified by the checking processing unit, the type of the material can be determined, and then the number of the material to be checked on the tray can be determined by the weight of the tray and the weight of the material communicating tray, so that the checking of the material to be checked is completed.
In the embodiment, the materials to be checked are loaded one by taking the tray as a unit, so that the materials such as the whole vertical warehouse, the lane plate, the layer plate and the like can be automatically checked, and the management of the vertical warehouse is facilitated.
Based on the foregoing embodiment, the loading unit is further configured to unload the target to be processed after the image acquisition unit acquires the image of the material to be checked, and the weighing unit detects the weight of the target to be processed.
In this embodiment, after the image and the weight are acquired, the object to be processed is unloaded, and the material on the next tray can be continuously checked, so that the accurate and automatic checking of the material to be checked in the object area is realized by loading and unloading the material one by taking the tray as a unit.
Based on the content of the above embodiment, the inventory system further includes: a warehouse management system and a warehouse control system;
the warehouse management system is used for generating inventory tasks;
the warehouse control system is used for receiving the inventory task and generating a control instruction based on the inventory task;
wherein the control instruction includes: the system comprises a loading unit, an image acquisition unit, an image processing unit, a loading unit, an image processing unit and a counting processing unit, wherein the loading unit is used for loading or unloading the target to be processed, the image acquisition unit is used for acquiring the image of the material to be counted, and the counting processing unit is used for determining the category and the quantity of the material to be counted based on the image and the weight.
In this embodiment, the warehouse management system (Warehouse Management System, WMS) is a management system that integrates functions of batch management, material correspondence, inventory checking, quality inspection management, virtual warehouse management, and immediate inventory management through functions of warehouse entry service, warehouse exit service, warehouse allocation, inventory allocation, virtual warehouse management, and the like, so that the whole logistics and cost management process of the warehouse service can be effectively controlled and tracked, and perfect enterprise warehouse information management is realized. And creating an inventory document through the WMS, and then generating an inventory task consisting of an object to be checked, an inventory time and the like. The object to be checked can be a material on a single bin, a full disc, a lane disc, a layer disc or the like.
In this embodiment, a warehouse control system (Warehouse Control System, WCS) is used to direct real-time activities within the warehouse and Distribution Center (DC). The WCS is connected with the WMS and is used for receiving tasks distributed by the WMS and distributing the tasks to each material processing subsystem so as to balance system activities and complete required workload.
In this embodiment, taking an example of counting a single bin material, the WMS issues a generated counting task to the WCS, after receiving the counting task, the WCS first generates an instruction for controlling the loading unit to load a target to be processed, so that the loading unit moves to a target bin position, loads the target to be counted by a tray on the target bin, then generates an instruction for controlling the image acquisition unit to acquire an image of the target to be counted after the loading unit loads the target to be processed, and generates an instruction for determining a type and a quantity of the target to be counted based on the image and the weight after the image acquisition is completed, and simultaneously generates an instruction for controlling the loading unit to unload the target to be processed, thereby completing the counting of the target bin material.
Through the application of WMS and WCS, the inventory system provided by the embodiment of the invention can perform single inventory according to warehouse, roadway, row, column, layer and the like, for example: when checking according to the roadway, the loading unit can be controlled to load the trays in the roadway one by inputting the roadway number, so that the whole roadway is completed; when checking according to the layer, the loading unit can be controlled to load the trays in the layer one by inputting the layer number, so that the checking of the whole layer of materials is completed.
Based on the above embodiments, the loading unit includes a controller;
the controller is used for generating loading completion information after the loading unit loads the target to be processed and sending the loading completion information to the warehouse control system and the weighing unit respectively;
the warehouse control system is used for generating an instruction for controlling the image acquisition unit to acquire the image of the material to be checked after receiving the loading completion signal;
the weighing unit is used for detecting the weight of the object to be processed after receiving the loading completion signal.
In this embodiment, the controller of the loading unit is configured to interact with the WCS to implement control of the loading unit based on the control instruction of the WCS. Specifically, taking the loading unit as a stacker as an example, the controller may be a programmable logic controller (Programmable Logic Controller, PLC) of the stacker, the WCS first sends a control instruction for loading the target to be processed to the PLC, the PLC feeds back a loading completion signal to the WCS after controlling the stacker to complete loading of the target to be processed according to the control instruction, and meanwhile, receives an image acquisition control instruction issued by the WCS, and then controls the weighing unit to perform weight detection on the target to be processed while controlling the image acquisition unit to perform image acquisition on the material to be checked, thereby completing image acquisition on the material to be processed and weight detection on the material to be processed communicating with the tray.
Based on the foregoing embodiment, the warehouse control system is configured to send, to the controller, an instruction for controlling the loading unit to unload the target to be processed after the image acquisition unit completes acquisition of the image of the material to be checked, and to feedback, to the warehouse management system, an inventory completion signal after receiving an unloading completion signal fed back by the controller;
and the warehouse management system is used for storing the category and the quantity of the materials to be checked, which are acquired by the checking processing unit, as checking results after receiving the checking completion signal.
In this embodiment, the WCS determines that image acquisition is completed through feedback of the controller, sends a control instruction for controlling the loading unit to unload the target to be processed to the controller, and after controlling the loading unit to complete an unloading task of the target to be processed, the controller feeds back an unloading completion signal to the WCS, and then feeds back an inventory completion signal to the WMS by the WCS, so that the WMS obtains the type and the number of the materials to be checked by the inventory processing unit, generates an inventory result for saving, so as to facilitate material management, for example: the comparison is marked with inventory data to verify inventory information, etc.
In this embodiment, the inventory result at least includes the category, the quantity, the inventory time of the materials to be checked, the area where the materials are located, and the like, so that the materials in the opposite warehouse can be managed conveniently.
Based on the above embodiments, the inventory processing unit obtains the category of the to-be-checked material from the preset deep learning classification model by inputting the image into the preset deep learning classification model, and determines the number of to-be-checked materials by the preset material single weight of the category, the weight of the to-be-checked material, and the preset weight of the tray.
In this embodiment, the preset deep learning classification model is a deep learning model obtained by training based on sample images of various materials placed in a vertical library, for example: and a YOLOv3 model, thereby ensuring the accuracy and stability of material identification. The weight of each material and the weight of the tray can be stored in advance, and then after the category of the material to be checked is determined based on a preset deep learning classification model, the number of the material to be checked is determined according to the weight of the object to be processed by calling the weight of the corresponding category of the material and the weight of the tray.
In a specific embodiment, fig. 2 is a schematic connection diagram of a specific structure of an inventory system, in which image recognition and quantity determination of materials to be checked, which can be achieved by an image acquisition unit and an inventory processing unit, are collectively referred to as a vision system, and loading and unloading of objects to be processed, which can be achieved by a loading unit, are collectively referred to as an electrical system under the control of a controller.
Further, taking the controller as the PLC as an example, the operation flow of the inventory system provided in the embodiment of the present invention is shown in fig. 2, and specifically includes: the WMS creates an inventory document, an inventory task is generated based on the inventory document and issued to the WCS, the WCS receives the inventory task and then loads an instruction to the lower side of the PLC, after the PLC receives the instruction, the loading unit is controlled to load an object to be processed and feeds back a loading completion signal, the weighing system detects the weight of the object to be processed and sends weight data to the inventory processing unit, meanwhile, the WCS issues an image acquisition instruction to the image acquisition unit after receiving the loading completion signal, the WCS issues an unloading instruction to the PLC after acquiring an image of the material to be checked, the PLC receives the unloading instruction and then controls the loading unit to unload the object to be processed and feeds back an unloading completion signal to the WCS, the WCS feeds back the inventory completion signal to the WMS, and the WMS acquires the type and the number of the material to be checked to the inventory processing unit so as to finally generate an inventory result in combination with information such as inventory time and the like for storage.
According to the inventory system provided by the embodiment of the invention, through the arrangement of the WMS, the WCS, the loading unit, the controller of the loading unit, the image acquisition unit and the weighing unit, when the inventory is conducted in a vertical warehouse with complex environments, the MCS can generate control instructions based on inventory tasks, so that the loading and unloading of the materials to be checked in the unit of a tray are realized, the images and the weight of the materials to be checked are acquired under the condition that the materials to be checked are loaded, the space and the position when the images of the materials to be checked are acquired are ensured, namely, the full-automatic inventory of stacked materials in the vertical warehouse is realized based on the combination of material loading and unloading, weighing data and visual identification, and the accuracy of material inventory is ensured.
The following describes an inventory method provided by the present invention, and the inventory method described below and the inventory system described above may be referred to correspondingly.
The method for checking the system according to the embodiment of the present invention is a checking method using any one of the checking systems provided in the above embodiment, and the checking method is executed in a WMS, as shown in fig. 3, and includes the following steps:
301. creating an inventory task;
302. acquiring the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked, which are determined based on the execution of the checking task, wherein the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked are obtained by loading a target to be processed, and then acquiring the image and the weight of the target to be processed, and the target to be processed comprises the materials to be checked and a tray for containing the materials to be checked;
303. and generating and storing the checking result.
In this embodiment, the WMS creates the inventory task and then issues the inventory task to the WCS, so that the WCS controls to execute the inventory task, and the WMS may generate and store the inventory result based on the determined category and number of the materials to be checked by executing the inventory task, thereby implementing automatic and accurate inventory of the materials to be checked.
Meanwhile, because the acquired type and quantity of the materials to be checked are determined by executing the checking task, the acquired image and weight of the objects to be checked are obtained after the objects to be checked are loaded, the problems that the acquired image cannot cover the materials to be checked and the checking is inaccurate due to the limitation of photographing positions and distances of the vertical warehouse tunnels are avoided, the checking system can adapt to the complex environment of the vertical warehouse, and the automatic accurate checking of the materials to be checked is realized through the combination of the image and the weight, so that the checking efficiency is improved, and the warehouse management is facilitated.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a vertical warehouse which is a tray type storage vertical warehouse and comprises the inventory system according to any one of the embodiments, or performs material inventory by adopting the inventory method according to the embodiment.
It can be understood that the tray storage vertical library including the checking system according to any one of the foregoing embodiments or using the checking method according to any one of the foregoing embodiments to perform material checking has all the advantages and technical effects of the checking system according to any one of the foregoing embodiments or the checking method according to any one of the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein.
Fig. 4 illustrates a physical schematic diagram of an electronic device, as shown in fig. 4, which may include: processor 410, communication interface (Communications Interface) 420, memory 430 and communication bus 440, wherein processor 410, communication interface 420 and memory 430 communicate with each other via communication bus 440. The processor 410 may invoke logic instructions in the memory 430 to perform a inventory method comprising: creating an inventory task; acquiring the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked, which are determined based on the execution of the checking task, wherein the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked are obtained by loading a target to be processed, and then acquiring the image and the weight of the target to be processed, and the target to be processed comprises the materials to be checked and a tray for containing the materials to be checked; and generating and storing the checking result.
Further, the logic instructions in the memory 430 described above may be implemented in the form of software functional units and may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium when sold or used as a stand-alone product. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art or in a part of the technical solution, in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, comprising several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (RAM, random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.
In another aspect, the present invention also provides a computer program product comprising a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions which, when executed by a computer, enable the computer to perform a method of inventory provided by the methods described above, the method comprising: creating an inventory task; acquiring the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked, which are determined based on the execution of the checking task, wherein the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked are obtained by loading a target to be processed, and then acquiring the image and the weight of the target to be processed, and the target to be processed comprises the materials to be checked and a tray for containing the materials to be checked; and generating and storing the checking result.
In yet another aspect, the present invention also provides a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method of inventory, the method comprising: creating an inventory task; acquiring the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked, which are determined based on the execution of the checking task, wherein the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked are obtained by loading a target to be processed, and then acquiring the image and the weight of the target to be processed, and the target to be processed comprises the materials to be checked and a tray for containing the materials to be checked; and generating and storing the checking result.
The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the elements illustrated as separate elements may or may not be physically separate, and the elements shown as elements may or may not be physical elements, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network elements. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand and implement the present invention without undue burden.
From the above description of the embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the embodiments may be implemented by means of software plus necessary general hardware platforms, or of course may be implemented by means of hardware. Based on this understanding, the foregoing technical solution may be embodied essentially or in a part contributing to the prior art in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc., including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method described in the respective embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and are not limiting; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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1. A system for inventory, comprising: the device comprises a loading unit, an image acquisition unit, a weighing unit and an inventory processing unit;
the loading unit is used for loading a target to be processed, wherein the target to be processed comprises a material to be checked and a tray for containing the material to be checked;
the image acquisition unit is used for acquiring the image of the material to be checked after the object to be processed is loaded;
the weighing unit is used for detecting the weight of the target to be processed after the target to be processed is loaded;
the inventory processing unit is used for determining the category and the quantity of the materials to be checked based on the images and the weight.
2. The inventory system according to claim 1, characterized in that,
the loading unit is also used for unloading the object to be processed after the image acquisition unit acquires the image of the material to be checked and the weighing unit detects the weight of the object to be processed.
3. The inventory system according to claim 2, further comprising: a warehouse management system and a warehouse control system;
the warehouse management system is used for generating inventory tasks;
the warehouse control system is used for receiving the inventory task and generating a control instruction based on the inventory task;
wherein the control instruction includes: the system comprises a loading unit, an image acquisition unit, an image processing unit, a loading unit, an image processing unit and a counting processing unit, wherein the loading unit is used for loading or unloading the target to be processed, the image acquisition unit is used for acquiring the image of the material to be counted, and the counting processing unit is used for determining the category and the quantity of the material to be counted based on the image and the weight.
4. A checking system according to claim 3, wherein the loading unit comprises a controller;
the controller is used for generating loading completion information after the loading unit loads the target to be processed and sending the loading completion information to the warehouse control system and the weighing unit respectively;
the warehouse control system is used for generating an instruction for controlling the image acquisition unit to acquire the image of the material to be checked after receiving the loading completion signal;
the weighing unit is used for detecting the weight of the object to be processed after receiving the loading completion signal.
5. The inventory system according to claim 4, characterized in that,
the warehouse control system is used for sending an instruction for controlling the loading unit to unload the target to be processed to the controller after the image acquisition unit finishes acquiring the image of the material to be checked, and feeding back a checking completion signal to the warehouse management system after receiving the unloading completion signal fed back by the controller;
and the warehouse management system is used for storing the category and the quantity of the materials to be checked, which are acquired by the checking processing unit, as checking results after receiving the checking completion signal.
6. The inventory system according to claim 1, characterized in that,
the inventory processing unit obtains the category of the materials to be checked from the preset deep learning classification model by inputting the image into the preset deep learning classification model, and determines the quantity of the materials to be checked through the preset single weight of the materials to be checked, the weight of the materials to be checked and the preset weight of the tray.
7. A checking method using the checking system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising:
creating an inventory task;
acquiring the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked, which are determined based on the execution of the checking task, wherein the type and the quantity of the materials to be checked are obtained by loading a target to be processed, and then acquiring the image and the weight of the target to be processed, and the target to be processed comprises the materials to be checked and a tray for containing the materials to be checked;
and generating and storing the checking result.
8. A vertical warehouse, characterized in that the vertical warehouse is a tray-type warehouse vertical warehouse, and comprises the inventory system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, or performs inventory by adopting the inventory method according to claim 7.
9. An electronic device comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program when executed by the processor implements the inventory method of claim 7.
10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program, which when executed by a processor implements the inventory method of claim 7.
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