CN116823082A

CN116823082A - Article confirmation method, device, electronic equipment and medium

Info

Publication number: CN116823082A
Application number: CN202310728265.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨世允; 支涛
Original assignee: Beijing Yunji Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Yunji Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-06-19
Filing date: 2023-06-19
Publication date: 2023-09-29

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the field of intelligent robots and provides an article confirmation method, an article confirmation device, electronic equipment and a medium. The method comprises the following steps: when a request for opening the bin for the delivery robot is received, acquiring order information corresponding to a request sending end based on the request for opening the bin; controlling the delivery robot to interact with the article delivery personnel based on the order information to obtain an order confirmation result; if the order confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the distribution robot to interact with the user, and obtaining a meal taking confirmation result; and if the meal taking confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the delivery robot to open the cabin door to take goods and deliver. The method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure obtains the meal taking confirmation result by controlling the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel and the user respectively. The method provided by the disclosure can develop an article confirmation method by utilizing the intelligent interaction function of the distribution robot, so that the accuracy of article distribution is improved, the user experience is improved, and economic losses are avoided.

Description

Article confirmation method, device, electronic equipment and medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of intelligent robots, and in particular, to an article confirmation method, apparatus, electronic device, and medium.

Background

At present, under the background that the labor population is reduced, the aging phenomenon is accelerated, the wages are increased, the land cost is increased, and the robot replacement is the most main solution for reducing the logistics labor cost and improving the warehouse logistics efficiency. Meanwhile, applications of intelligent robots are moving into the age of simple man-machine interaction, for example AMR robots can be operated, working in a mixed environment with fork trucks, other mobile robots or humans. In the future, the system will evolve to the man-machine cooperation era and then to the man-machine coexistence symbiotic era. Nowadays, intelligent robots are used for terminal distribution from four walls of a warehouse, and become sharp instruments for solving the pain point of the last kilometer in a closed cell, namely the intelligent distribution robot. However, when the last kilometer of the enclosed area is charged for the delivery of the articles, the article delivery personnel directly opens the bin gate of the delivery robot to give a delivery instruction, and delivery errors often occur.

Therefore, how to develop an article confirmation method by using the intelligent interaction function of the dispensing robot, so as to improve the accuracy of article dispensing and the user experience, and avoid economic loss is a technical problem that needs to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a medium for confirming an article, so as to solve the problem in the prior art that when an article is delivered in the last kilometer of a closed cell, an article delivery person directly opens a door of a delivery robot to deliver a delivery instruction, and delivery errors frequently occur.

In a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an article confirmation method, including: when a request for opening the bin for the delivery robot is received, acquiring order information corresponding to a request sending end based on the request for opening the bin; controlling the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel based on the order information to obtain an order confirmation result; if the order confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the distribution robot to interact with the user, and obtaining a meal taking confirmation result; and if the meal taking confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the delivery robot to open the cabin door to take goods and deliver.

In a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an article confirmation device comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire order information corresponding to an issuing end of a request based on an open-cabin request when the open-cabin request for the delivery robot is received; an order interaction unit configured to control the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel based on the order information, so as to obtain an order confirmation result; the meal taking interaction unit is configured to control the distribution robot to interact with a user if the order confirmation result is displayed as passing, so as to obtain a meal taking confirmation result; and the delivery unit is configured to control the delivery robot to open the cabin door for taking goods and delivering the goods if the meal taking confirmation result is displayed as passing.

In a third aspect of the disclosed embodiments, an electronic device is provided, comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the processor implementing the steps of the above method when executing the computer program.

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

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the disclosure has the beneficial effects that: firstly, when a request for opening a bin for a delivery robot is received, acquiring order information corresponding to a request sending end based on the request for opening the bin; secondly, controlling the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel based on the order information to obtain an order confirmation result; then, if the order confirmation result is displayed as passing, controlling the distribution robot to interact with the user, so as to obtain a meal taking confirmation result; and finally, if the meal taking confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the delivery robot to open the cabin door to take goods and deliver. The method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure obtains a meal taking confirmation result by controlling the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel and the user respectively. The method provided by the disclosure can develop an article confirmation method by utilizing the intelligent interaction function of the distribution robot, so that the accuracy of article distribution is improved, the user experience is improved, and economic losses are avoided.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings that are required for the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person of ordinary skill in the art.

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of some embodiments of an item verification method according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of some embodiments of an item verification device according to the present disclosure;

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

Detailed Description

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

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

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in this disclosure are merely used to distinguish between different devices, modules, or units and are not used to define an order or interdependence of functions performed by the devices, modules, or units.

It should be noted that references to "one", "a plurality" and "a plurality" in this disclosure are intended to be illustrative rather than limiting, and those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that "one or more" is intended to be understood as "one or more" unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

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

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of one application scenario of an item confirmation method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the application scenario of fig. 1, first, when receiving an open-cabin request 101 for a delivery robot, the computing device 101 may acquire order information 102 corresponding to the request issuing end based on the open-cabin request; then, the computing device 101 may control the dispensing robot to interact with the article dispensing personnel based on the order information 102 to obtain an order confirmation result 103; if the order confirmation result 103 is displayed as passing, the computing device 101 may control the delivery robot to interact with the user, so as to obtain a meal taking confirmation result 104; if the meal taking confirmation result 104 is displayed as passing, the dispensing robot is controlled to open the cabin door for taking goods and dispensing.

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

It should be understood that the number of computing devices in fig. 1 is merely illustrative. There may be any number of computing devices, as desired for an implementation.

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

step S201, when receiving the request of opening the warehouse for the distribution robot, acquiring order information corresponding to the sending end of the request based on the request of opening the warehouse.

In some embodiments, when an open-cabin request for the dispensing robot is received, an execution subject of the item confirmation method (such as the computing device 101 shown in fig. 1) acquires order information corresponding to the request issuing side based on the open-cabin request.

In some embodiments, the request for the opening of the bin may be issued by voice interaction, code scanning, and clicking an opening button of the dispensing robot.

In some embodiments, when an open-cabin request for the delivery robot is received, acquiring an order delivery code based on the way the request is sent out by the request sending end; based on the order distribution code, corresponding order information is obtained, wherein the order information comprises: the request issuing end IP, the user name, the user contact information, the article type, the article quantity and the delivery address.

In an alternative manner of some embodiments, the system automatically assigns a series of numbers when the order delivery code is placed by the user.

Step S202, controlling the delivery robot to interact with the article delivery personnel based on the order information, and obtaining an order confirmation result.

In some embodiments, the execution body controls the dispensing robot to display a dispensing address, a kind of the article, and a quantity of the article on a screen; and when detecting clicking operation of the object distribution personnel on the screen, determining to obtain an order confirmation result.

In some embodiments, the execution body displays the delivery address, the item type, and the item number, and a click control for selecting pass or fail on the screen. And when detecting the click operation of the passing control of the object distribution personnel on the screen, determining that the result of order confirmation is passing. And when detecting that the object distribution personnel do not pass through the control clicking operation aiming at the screen, determining that the obtained order confirmation result is not passed.

Step S203, if the order confirmation result is displayed as passing, the distribution robot is controlled to interact with the user, and the meal taking confirmation result is obtained.

In some embodiments, if the order confirmation result is displayed as passing, the execution body controls the delivery robot to open the camera for video recording; the execution subject sends the video to the user; the execution main body obtains a meal taking confirmation result sent by the user.

In an alternative manner of some embodiments, the executing body sends the video and the click link for selecting pass or fail to the user to the client, and when detecting the click operation of the user on the pass link, determines that the meal taking confirmation result is pass. And when the click operation of the user aiming at the non-passing link is detected, determining that the meal taking confirmation result is not passing.

In step S204, if the meal taking confirmation result is displayed as passing, the dispensing robot is controlled to open the cabin door for taking goods and dispensing.

In some embodiments, the execution body controls the dispensing robot to open the door to pick up the food if the food pick-up confirmation result is displayed as passing, and dispenses based on the dispensing address.

In an alternative manner of some embodiments, if the order confirmation result shows that the order confirmation result does not pass, controlling the dispensing robot to perform self-locking on the cabin door; and sending the order confirmation result to the user and requesting to close the task by the background.

In an alternative manner of some embodiments, if the meal taking confirmation result shows that the meal taking confirmation result does not pass, controlling the distribution robot to perform self-locking on the cabin door; and sending the order confirmation result to the background to request to close the task.

Any combination of the above optional solutions may be adopted to form an optional embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein.

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

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of some embodiments of an item verification device according to the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 3, the article confirmation device includes: an acquisition unit 301, an order interaction unit 302, a meal taking interaction unit 303 and a distribution unit 304. Wherein, the obtaining unit 301 is configured to obtain, when receiving an opening request for the delivery robot, order information corresponding to an issuing end of the request based on the opening request; an order interaction unit 302 configured to control the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel based on the order information, so as to obtain an order confirmation result; a meal taking interaction unit 303 configured to control the dispensing robot to interact with the user if the order confirmation result is displayed as passing, so as to obtain a meal taking confirmation result; and a dispensing unit 304 configured to control the dispensing robot to open the door to pick up and dispense if the result of the meal taking confirmation is displayed as passing.

In some alternative implementations of some embodiments, the request to open the bin may be issued by voice interaction, code scanning, and clicking an open button of the dispensing robot.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the acquisition unit 301 of the item confirmation device is further configured to: when a request for opening a bin of the delivery robot is received, acquiring an order delivery code based on a delivery mode of a request delivery end; based on the order distribution code, corresponding order information is obtained, wherein the order information comprises: the request issuing end IP, the user name, the user contact information, the article type, the article quantity and the delivery address.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the order interaction unit 302 of the item confirmation device is further configured to: controlling the distribution robot to display the distribution address, the article type and the article quantity on a screen; and when detecting clicking operation of the object distribution personnel on the screen, determining to obtain an order confirmation result.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the meal retrieval interaction unit 303 of the item confirmation device is further configured to: if the order confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the distribution robot to open a camera for video recording; transmitting the video to a user; and obtaining a meal taking confirmation result sent by the user.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the item confirmation device is further configured to: if the order confirmation result shows that the order confirmation result does not pass, controlling the distribution robot to perform self-locking on the cabin door; and sending the order confirmation result to the user and requesting to close the task by the background.

In some optional implementations of some embodiments, the item confirmation device is further configured to: if the meal taking confirmation result shows that the meal taking confirmation result does not pass through, controlling the distribution robot to perform self-locking on the cabin door; and sending the order confirmation result to the background to request to close the task.

Referring now to FIG. 4, a schematic diagram of an electronic device 400 (e.g., computing device 101 of FIG. 1) suitable for use in implementing some embodiments of the present disclosure is shown. The server illustrated in fig. 4 is merely an example, and should not be construed as limiting the functionality and scope of use of the embodiments of the present disclosure in any way.

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

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

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

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

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

The computer readable medium may be embodied in the apparatus; or may exist alone without being incorporated into the electronic device. The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to: when a request for opening the bin for the delivery robot is received, acquiring order information corresponding to a request sending end based on the request for opening the bin; controlling the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel based on the order information to obtain an order confirmation result; if the order confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the distribution robot to interact with the user, and obtaining a meal taking confirmation result; and if the meal taking confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the delivery robot to open the cabin door to take goods and deliver.

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

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

The units described in some embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by means of software, or may be implemented by means of hardware. The described units may also be provided in a processor, for example, described as: a processor includes an acquisition unit, an order interaction unit, a meal retrieval interaction unit, and a distribution unit. The names of these units do not limit the unit itself in some cases, and may be described as "a unit that obtains order information corresponding to the request issuing side based on the above-described opening request" when the opening request for the delivery robot is received.

The functions described above herein may be performed, at least in part, by one or more hardware logic components. For example, without limitation, exemplary types of hardware logic components that may be used include: a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP), a system on a chip (SOC), a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), and the like.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure and description of the principles of the technology being employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the application in the embodiments of the present disclosure is not limited to the specific combination of the above technical features, but encompasses other technical features formed by any combination of the above technical features or their equivalents without departing from the spirit of the application. Such as the above-described features, are mutually substituted with (but not limited to) the features having similar functions disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A method of validating an article, comprising:

when a request for opening a bin of a delivery robot is received, acquiring order information corresponding to a request sending end based on the request for opening the bin;

controlling the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel based on the order information to obtain an order confirmation result;

if the order confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the distribution robot to interact with the user, and obtaining a meal taking confirmation result;

and if the meal taking confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the delivery robot to open the cabin door to take goods and deliver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request to unpack is issued by voice interaction, a code swipe, and clicking an unpack button of the dispensing robot.

3. The article confirmation method according to claim 2, wherein when receiving an open-cabin request for a delivery robot, acquiring order information corresponding to an issuing end of the request based on the open-cabin request, comprises:

when a request for opening a bin of the delivery robot is received, acquiring an order delivery code based on a delivery mode of a request delivery end;

based on the order distribution code, corresponding order information is obtained, wherein the order information comprises: the request issuing end IP, the user name, the user contact information, the article type, the article quantity and the delivery address.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein controlling the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel based on the order information to obtain the order confirmation result comprises:

controlling the distribution robot to display a distribution address, the type of the article and the quantity of the article on a screen;

and when detecting clicking operation of the object distribution personnel on the screen, determining to obtain an order confirmation result.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein if the order confirmation result is displayed as passing, controlling the dispensing robot to interact with the user to obtain a meal taking confirmation result, comprising:

if the order confirmation result is displayed to pass, controlling the distribution robot to open a camera for video recording;

transmitting the video to a user;

and obtaining a meal taking confirmation result sent by the user.

6. The method of item identification of claim 5, further comprising:

if the order confirmation result shows that the order confirmation result does not pass, controlling the distribution robot to perform self-locking on the cabin door;

and sending the order confirmation result to the user and requesting to close the task by the background.

7. The method of item identification of claim 6, wherein the method further comprises:

if the meal taking confirmation result shows that the meal taking confirmation result does not pass, controlling the distribution robot to perform self-locking on the cabin door;

and sending the order confirmation result to the background to request to close the task.

8. An article confirmation device, comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire order information corresponding to a request issuing end based on a request for opening a bin when the request for opening the bin for the delivery robot is received;

the order interaction unit is configured to control the distribution robot to interact with the article distribution personnel based on the order information, so as to obtain an order confirmation result;

the meal taking interaction unit is configured to control the distribution robot to interact with the user if the order confirmation result is displayed as passing, so as to obtain a meal taking confirmation result;

and the delivery unit is configured to control the delivery robot to open the cabin door for taking goods and delivering the goods if the meal taking confirmation result is displayed as passing.

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

10. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that the computer program when executed by a processor implements the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.