CN117408274A - Medicine sorting method, system, equipment and storage medium - Google Patents

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CN117408274A
CN117408274A CN202311428471.8A CN202311428471A CN117408274A CN 117408274 A CN117408274 A CN 117408274A CN 202311428471 A CN202311428471 A CN 202311428471A CN 117408274 A CN117408274 A CN 117408274A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a medicine sorting method, a system, equipment and a storage medium, wherein barcode information scanned by a first scanner from a picking container is acquired before the picking container is sent into a picking area, orders are distributed to the picking container, the barcode information is bound with order numbers, when the picking container is conveyed by a conveyor belt to enter the picking area and sequentially passes through each electronic shelf, barcode information scanned by a second scanner on the electronic shelf is acquired, the picking area is provided with a plurality of electronic shelves, each electronic shelf is used for storing a medicine, the bound order numbers are determined based on the barcode information, the order information of the order numbers is determined, the order information comprises medicines and medicine numbers, and medicines with corresponding numbers are picked from the electronic shelves into the picking container based on the order information. The medicine sorting method provided by the invention can realize automatic sorting of medicines required by orders, has higher sorting efficiency, reduces labor cost and improves shipment speed.

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Medicine sorting method, system, equipment and storage medium
Technical Field
The present invention relates to sorting technology, and in particular, to a method, a system, an apparatus, and a storage medium for sorting medicines.
Background
Along with the rapid development of electronic commerce, the market competition of electronic commerce is increasingly vigorous, automatic equipment is increasingly important in the electronic commerce field, and medicine sorting is an important link in electronic commerce order picking, and has an important role in improving order shipment efficiency and customer experience.
Most of the existing sorting modes are manual sorting, and a person who needs to sort goods needs to put medicines into a sorting container from a goods shelf position to the appointed goods shelf position, so that a great deal of labor cost is required, and the needs of a great deal of orders are difficult to adapt.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a medicine sorting method, a system, equipment and a storage medium, which are used for realizing automatic sorting of medicines required by orders, and have higher sorting efficiency, lower labor cost and improve shipment speed.
In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method of sorting pharmaceutical products, comprising:
acquiring bar code information scanned from the picking container by the first scanner before the picking container is sent to the picking area;
distributing orders for the picking containers, and binding the bar code information to order numbers;
when the conveyor belt conveys the goods picking containers into the goods picking area and sequentially passes through each electronic goods shelf, the bar code information scanned by the second scanner on the electronic goods shelf is obtained, the goods picking area is provided with a plurality of electronic goods shelves, and each electronic goods shelf is used for storing a medicine;
determining a bound order number based on the bar code information, and determining order information of the order number, wherein the order information comprises medicines and medicine quantity;
and picking up a corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf to the picking container based on the order information.
Optionally, distributing orders for the picking containers and binding the bar code information to order numbers, including:
determining a volume of the pick container;
assigning orders to the pick container that match the volume of the pick container with the quantity of the drug;
binding the bar code information to an order number.
Optionally, picking a corresponding amount of the medicine from the electronic shelf into the pick container based on the order information includes:
searching the quantity of the current medicines of the electronic shelf in the order form from the order form information;
if the current quantity of the medicines of the electronic shelf in the order is greater than zero, picking the corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf into the picking container;
and if the current quantity of the medicines in the electronic shelf in the order is zero, waiting for the goods picking container to be transmitted to the next electronic shelf.
Optionally, each electronic shelf is provided with a shelf code, and the shelf code is associated with the medicine stored on the shelf, and the method further includes acquiring the shelf code while acquiring the bar code information scanned by the scanner on the electronic shelf.
Optionally, searching the number of the medicines of the electronic shelf in the order from the order information includes:
determining a medicine stored on a current electronic shelf based on the shelf code;
and searching the quantity of the medicine in the order from the order information.
Optionally, picking up a corresponding amount of the medicine from the electronic shelf into the pick container based on the order information, further comprising:
determining the quantity of medicines stored on a current electronic shelf based on the shelf code;
judging whether the quantity of the medicines stored on the current electronic shelf meets the quantity requirement of the medicines in the order;
if yes, picking up the corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf to the picking container, and updating the quantity of medicines on the electronic shelf;
if not, all the medicines on the electronic shelf are picked into the picking container, the order shortage information is recorded, and meanwhile the medicine quantity on the electronic shelf is updated.
Optionally, after picking a corresponding amount of the medicine from the electronic shelf into the pick container based on the order information, further comprising:
acquiring bar code information scanned from the picking container by a third scanner when the picking container is sent out of the picking area;
determining whether the order has backorder information based on the bar code information;
if yes, the goods picking container is moved out of the conveyor belt and sent to a manual goods supplementing area;
if not, the goods picking container is transmitted to a rechecking area.
In a second aspect, the present invention also provides a drug sorting apparatus comprising:
the first bar code information acquisition module is used for acquiring bar code information scanned by the first scanner from the picking container before the picking container is sent into the picking area;
the order distribution module is used for distributing orders to the picking containers and binding the bar code information to order numbers;
the second bar code information acquisition module is used for acquiring bar code information scanned by a second scanner on each electronic shelf when the conveyor belt conveys the goods picking container into the goods picking area and sequentially passes through each electronic shelf, and the goods picking area is provided with a plurality of electronic shelves, and each electronic shelf is used for storing a medicine;
the order determining module is used for determining the bound order number based on the bar code information and determining order information of the order number, wherein the order information comprises medicines and medicine quantity;
and the order picking module is used for picking a corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf to the order picking container based on the order information.
In a third aspect, the present invention also provides a drug sorting system comprising:
the goods picking area comprises a plurality of electronic goods shelves, wherein each electronic goods shelf is used for storing a medicine;
the conveyor belt sequentially passes through the electronic racks of the picking area and is used for conveying the picking containers;
a first scanner disposed at an entrance to the pick zone, the first scanner for scanning a barcode on a pick container prior to the pick container being fed into the pick zone;
the second scanner is arranged on each electronic shelf and is used for scanning a bar code on the picking container when the picking container passes through the electronic shelf;
the goods picking mechanism is arranged on each electronic goods shelf and is used for picking medicines on the electronic goods shelf into the goods picking container when the goods picking container passes through the electronic goods shelf;
and the controller is respectively connected with the first scanner, the second scanner and the picking mechanism and is used for executing the medicine sorting method provided by the first aspect of the invention.
In a fourth aspect, the present invention also provides an electronic device, including:
one or more processors;
a storage means for storing one or more programs;
the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method for sorting medicines as provided in the first aspect of the present invention.
In a fifth aspect, the present invention also provides a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which when executed by a processor implements a method for sorting medicines as provided in the first aspect of the invention.
The invention provides a medicine sorting method, which comprises the steps of acquiring bar code information scanned by a first scanner from a picking container before the picking container is sent into a picking area, distributing orders for the picking container, binding the bar code information with order numbers, acquiring the bar code information scanned by a second scanner on an electronic shelf when the picking container enters the picking area and sequentially passes through each electronic shelf, arranging a plurality of electronic shelves in the picking area, each electronic shelf is used for storing a medicine, determining the bound order numbers based on the bar code information, determining the order information of the order numbers, wherein the order information comprises medicines and the medicine numbers, and picking the medicines with corresponding numbers from the electronic shelves to the picking container based on the order information. The medicine sorting method provided by the invention can realize automatic sorting of medicines required by orders, has higher sorting efficiency, reduces labor cost and improves shipment speed.
It should be understood that the description in this section is not intended to identify key or critical features of the embodiments of the invention or to delineate the scope of the invention. Other features of the present invention will become apparent from the description that follows.
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Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a drug sorting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a drug sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a drug sorting device 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.
Specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in more detail. These drawings and the written description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concepts in any way, but to illustrate the concepts of the present application to those skilled in the art by reference to specific embodiments.
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In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present invention, a technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is apparent that the described embodiments are only 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 present invention without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and the claims of the present invention and the above figures are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that the embodiments of the invention described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a drug sorting method according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the method may be applicable to the case of automatically sorting drugs for orders, and the method may be performed by a drug sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the apparatus may be implemented by software and/or hardware, and is generally configured in an electronic device, and as shown in fig. 1, the drug sorting method specifically includes the following steps:
s101, acquiring bar code information scanned from the picking container by the first scanner before the picking container is sent into a picking area.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a drug sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the drug sorting system includes:
the picking area 110, the picking area 110 includes a plurality of electronic shelves 111, each electronic shelf 111 for storing a medicine, for example, electronic shelf a for storing medicine a and electronic shelf B for storing medicine B.
The conveyor belt 120, the conveyor belt 120 passes through the plurality of electronic racks 111 of the picking area 110 in turn, the conveyor belt 120 is used for conveying the picking containers 130, and the picking containers 130 are used for containing medicines to be picked.
The first scanner 140 is disposed at an entrance of the picking area 110, and the first scanner 140 is configured to scan a barcode on the picking container 130 before the picking container 130 is sent to the picking area 110. The bar code of the present invention may be a bar code or a two-dimensional code, and the scanner may be a bar code scanner, which is not limited herein.
The second scanner 150, the second scanner 150 is disposed on each electronic shelf 111, and the second scanner 150 is configured to scan the bar code on the picking container 130 when the picking container 130 passes through the electronic shelf 111.
A picking mechanism (not shown) is provided on each electronic shelf 111 for picking the medicine on the electronic shelf 111 into the picking container 130 as the picking container 130 passes the electronic shelf 111. The picking mechanism may be a manipulator, a push rod, etc., and embodiments of the present invention are not limited herein.
And a controller 160, wherein the controller 160 is respectively connected with the first scanner 140, the second scanner 150 and the picking mechanism, and is used for executing the steps in the medicine sorting method in the embodiment of the invention.
Illustratively, the warehouse personnel applies a unique barcode label to each pick container and enters Guan Tiaoma into the background system and places the pick container on the conveyor with the barcode label on the pick container facing the first scanner, which feeds the pick container into the pick zone. Before the picking container is sent into the picking area, the picking container passes through a first scanner, the first scanner scans the bar code labels on the picking container, bar code information is obtained, and the bar code information is uploaded to the controller.
S102, distributing orders for the picking containers, and binding bar code information to order numbers.
The controller selects an appropriate order from the order list to be allocated to the picking container, and binds the bar code information to an order number, wherein the order number is related to the order information, and the order signal comprises the required medicine types and medicine amounts. Thus, the corresponding order information can be found through the bar code information of the picking container.
Illustratively, in some embodiments of the invention, the order picking container may have different volumes, and an appropriate order may be dispensed based on the volume of the order picking container, avoiding the risk of dropping all of the drugs in the order picking container failing to hold the drugs in the order. Illustratively, the volume of the pick container is first determined, then an order is assigned to the pick container for which the quantity of medication matches the volume of the pick container, and the barcode information is bound to the order number. For example, if a pick-up container can hold up to 20 medications, an order with a quantity of medications less than or equal to 20 is assigned to the pick-up container.
S103, when the conveyor belt conveys the goods picking containers into the goods picking area and sequentially passes through each electronic goods shelf, the bar code information scanned by the second scanner on the electronic goods shelf is obtained.
When the conveyor belt conveys the goods picking containers into the goods picking area and sequentially passes through each electronic goods shelf, a second scanner on the electronic goods shelf scans the bar code labels on the goods picking containers, bar code information is obtained, and the bar code information is uploaded to the controller.
S104, determining the bound order number based on the bar code information, and determining order information of the order number, wherein the order information comprises medicines and the quantity of the medicines.
The controller determines the order number bound with the bar code information based on the obtained bar code information, so that order information of the order number is determined, namely the type and the quantity of medicines required by the order are determined.
S105, picking up the corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf to the picking container based on the order information.
After determining the type and quantity of medication required by the electronic shelf's current pick container, the order information controls the pick mechanism to pick a corresponding quantity of medication from the electronic shelf into the pick container. For example, the medicines required for the pick container resting at electronic shelf a are: 2 boxes of medicines a,3 boxes of medicines b,2 boxes of medicines c and the electronic shelf A store the medicines a, 2 boxes of medicines a are taken out of the electronic shelf A and placed into a picking container. After the pick of the current electronic pick is completed, the conveyor belt carries the pick container on its way to the next electronic shelf, and steps S103-S105 are repeated until the pick container is delivered out of the pick area.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the step S105 includes the following sub-steps:
1. and searching the quantity of the medicine of the current electronic shelf in the order from the order information.
Illustratively, after determining order information for the pick container binding at step S104, the quantity of the drug in the order for the current electronic shelf is looked up from the order information. I.e. the number of medicines required for the order on the current electronic shelf. Each electronic shelf is provided with a shelf code, the shelf code is associated with the medicine stored on the shelf, and the shelf code is acquired while the bar code information scanned by the scanner on the electronic shelf is acquired, namely, the second scanner also uploads the shelf code to the controller. The controller may determine the drug currently stored on the electronic shelf and then look up the required amount of the drug in the order from the order information.
2. And if the quantity of the medicines in the current electronic shelf in the order is greater than zero, picking the corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf into the picking container.
If the number of the medicines in the current electronic shelf in the order is greater than zero, namely the order requires the medicines in the current electronic shelf, picking the medicines with the corresponding number from the electronic shelf into the picking container, after the picking of the current electronic shelf is finished, moving the picking container to the next electronic shelf by the conveyor belt, and repeating the picking process.
3. If the number of medicines in the order of the current electronic shelf is zero, waiting for the pick container to be transferred to the next electronic shelf.
If the number of the medicines in the current electronic shelf in the order is zero, namely the order does not need the medicines in the current electronic shelf, waiting for the picking container to be transmitted to the next electronic shelf, and repeating the picking process.
In the following embodiments of the present invention, the step S105 further includes:
1. the number of drugs currently stored on the electronic shelf is determined based on the shelf code.
Illustratively, in some embodiments of the present invention, each electronic shelf is provided with a shelf code that is associated with a drug stored on the shelf, and the shelf code is acquired at the same time as the bar code information scanned by the scanner on the electronic shelf is acquired, i.e., the second scanner also uploads the shelf code to the controller. The controller can determine the type and quantity of the medicines stored on the current electronic shelf.
2. And judging whether the quantity of the medicines stored on the current electronic shelf meets the quantity requirement of the medicines in the order.
After the type and the quantity of the medicines stored on the current electronic shelf are determined, whether the quantity of the medicines stored on the current electronic shelf meets the quantity requirement of the medicines in the order is judged.
3. If yes, picking up the corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf to the picking container, and updating the quantity of medicines on the electronic shelf.
4. If not, all the medicines on the electronic shelf are picked into the picking container, the order shortage information is recorded, and meanwhile the medicine quantity on the electronic shelf is updated.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the drug sorting system further includes a third scanner 170, the third scanner 170 being disposed at the outlet of the picking area and being coupled to the controller 160. After picking the corresponding amount of the medication from the electronic shelf into the pick container based on the order information, further comprising:
the bar code information scanned from the pick container by the third scanner is acquired as the pick container is being moved out of the pick region.
Whether the acquisition order has backorder information is determined based on the bar code information.
If yes, the picking container is moved out of the conveyor belt and sent to a manual replenishment area for manual replenishment.
If not, the goods picking container is transmitted to a rechecking area for rechecking so as to be finally delivered.
The medicine sorting method provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the steps of acquiring bar code information scanned by a first scanner from a picking container before the picking container is sent into a picking area, distributing orders for the picking container, binding the bar code information with order numbers, transmitting the picking container into the picking area by a conveyor belt, acquiring bar code information scanned by a second scanner on each electronic goods shelf when the picking container sequentially passes through each electronic goods shelf, arranging a plurality of electronic goods shelves in the picking area, wherein each electronic goods shelf is used for storing a medicine, determining the bound order numbers based on the bar code information, determining the order information of the order numbers, wherein the order information comprises medicines and the medicine numbers, and picking the medicines with corresponding numbers from the electronic goods shelves into the picking container based on the order information. The medicine sorting method provided by the invention can realize automatic sorting of medicines required by orders, has higher sorting efficiency, reduces labor cost and improves shipment speed.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a drug sorting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where, as shown in fig. 3, the drug sorting device includes:
a first bar code information acquisition module 201 for acquiring bar code information scanned from the pick container by the first scanner before the pick container is sent to the pick region;
an order distribution module 202, configured to distribute orders for the pick containers and bind the barcode information to order numbers;
a second barcode information obtaining module 203, configured to obtain, when the conveyor belt conveys the pick container into the pick region and sequentially passes through each electronic shelf, the barcode information scanned by the second scanner on the electronic shelf, where the pick region is provided with a plurality of electronic shelves, and each electronic shelf is used for storing a drug;
an order determining module 204, configured to determine a bound order number based on the barcode information, and determine order information of the order number, where the order information includes a medicine and a medicine quantity;
a picking module 205 is configured to pick a corresponding amount of medicine from the electronic shelf into the picking container based on the order information.
In some embodiments of the invention, the order assignment module 202 includes:
a volume determination sub-module for determining a volume of the pick container;
an order matching sub-module for distributing orders with the medicine quantity matched with the volume of the picking container to the picking container;
and the order binding sub-module is used for binding the bar code information with an order number.
In some embodiments of the invention, the pick module 205 includes:
the required medicine quantity determining submodule is used for searching the quantity of the medicines of the electronic shelf in the order form from the order form information;
the goods picking sub-module is used for picking corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic goods shelf to the goods picking container if the quantity of the medicines in the current electronic goods shelf in the order is larger than zero;
and the waiting execution sub-module is used for waiting the goods picking container to be transmitted to the next electronic shelf if the quantity of the medicines in the current electronic shelf in the order is zero.
In some embodiments of the present invention, each of the electronic shelves is provided with a shelf code associated with a drug stored on the shelf, and the method further comprises acquiring the shelf code while acquiring the bar code information scanned by a scanner on the electronic shelf.
In some embodiments of the invention, the required drug quantity determination submodule includes:
a shelf medicine determining unit for determining a medicine stored on a current electronic shelf based on the shelf code;
and the required medicine quantity determining unit is used for searching the quantity of the medicine in the order form information.
In some embodiments of the invention, the pick module 205 further includes:
the shelf medicine quantity determining submodule is used for determining the quantity of medicines stored on the current electronic shelf based on the shelf codes;
the judging submodule is used for judging whether the quantity of the medicines stored on the current electronic shelf meets the quantity requirement of the medicines in the order;
if yes, the goods picking sub-module picks the corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic goods shelf to the goods picking container and updates the quantity of medicines on the electronic goods shelf;
if not, the picking sub-module picks all the medicines on the electronic shelf into the picking container, records the order shortage information and updates the medicine quantity on the electronic shelf.
In some embodiments of the invention, the drug sorting apparatus further comprises:
a third bar code information acquisition module, configured to acquire bar code information scanned from the pick-up container by a third scanner when the pick-up container is sent out of the pick-up area after picking up a corresponding number of medicines from the electronic shelf into the pick-up container based on the order information;
the order information determining module is used for determining whether the order information exists or not based on the bar code information;
the replenishment module is used for moving the picking container out of the conveyor belt and sending the picking container to a manual replenishment area if the picking container is in the replenishment module;
and if not, the rechecking module is used for transmitting the goods picking container to a rechecking area.
The medicine sorting device can execute the medicine sorting method provided by the embodiment of the invention, and has the corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of executing the medicine sorting method.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device being intended to represent various forms of digital computers, such as laptops, desktops, workstations, personal digital assistants, servers, blade servers, mainframes, and other suitable computers. Electronic equipment may also represent various forms of mobile devices, such as personal digital processing, cellular telephones, smartphones, wearable devices (e.g., helmets, glasses, watches, etc.), and other similar computing devices. The components shown herein, their connections and relationships, and their functions, are meant to be exemplary only, and are not meant to limit implementations of the inventions described and/or claimed herein.
As shown in fig. 4, the electronic device includes at least one processor 11, and a memory, such as a Read Only Memory (ROM) 12, a Random Access Memory (RAM) 13, etc., communicatively connected to the at least one processor 11, wherein the memory stores a computer program executable by the at least one processor, and the processor 11 can perform various suitable actions and processes according to the computer program stored in the Read Only Memory (ROM) 12 or the computer program loaded from the storage unit 18 into the Random Access Memory (RAM) 13. In the RAM 13, various programs and data required for the operation of the electronic device can also be stored. The processor 11, the ROM 12 and the RAM 13 are connected to each other via a bus 14. An input/output (I/O) interface 15 is also connected to bus 14.
A number of components in the electronic device are connected to the I/O interface 15, including: an input unit 16 such as a keyboard, a mouse, etc.; an output unit 17 such as various types of displays, speakers, and the like; a storage unit 18 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or the like; and a communication unit 19 such as a network card, modem, wireless communication transceiver, etc. The communication unit 19 allows the electronic device to exchange information/data with other devices via a computer network, such as the internet, and/or various telecommunication networks.
The processor 11 may be a variety of general and/or special purpose processing components having processing and computing capabilities. Some examples of processor 11 include, but are not limited to, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), various specialized Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing chips, various processors running machine learning model algorithms, digital Signal Processors (DSPs), and any suitable processor, controller, microcontroller, etc. The processor 11 performs the various methods and processes described above, such as the drug sorting method.
In some embodiments, the drug sorting method may be implemented as a computer program tangibly embodied on a computer-readable storage medium, such as storage unit 18. In some embodiments, part or all of the computer program may be loaded and/or installed onto the electronic device via the ROM 12 and/or the communication unit 19. When the computer program is loaded into RAM 13 and executed by processor 11, one or more steps of the drug sorting method described above may be performed. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the processor 11 may be configured to perform the drug sorting method by any other suitable means (e.g. by means of firmware).
Various implementations of the systems and techniques described here above may be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, integrated circuit systems, field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs), systems On Chip (SOCs), load programmable logic devices (CPLDs), computer hardware, firmware, software, and/or combinations thereof. These various embodiments may include: implemented in one or more computer programs, the one or more computer programs may be executed and/or interpreted on a programmable system including at least one programmable processor, which may be a special purpose or general-purpose programmable processor, that may receive data and instructions from, and transmit data and instructions to, a storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output device.
A computer program for carrying out methods of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages. These computer programs may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, such that the computer programs, when executed by the processor, cause the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks to be implemented. The computer program may execute entirely on the machine, partly on the machine, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the machine and partly on a remote machine or entirely on the remote machine or server.
In the context of the present invention, a computer-readable storage medium may be a tangible medium that can contain, or store a computer program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The computer readable storage medium may include, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. Alternatively, the computer readable storage medium may be a machine readable signal medium. More specific examples of a machine-readable storage medium would include an electrical connection based on 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.
To provide for interaction with a user, the systems and techniques described here can be implemented on an electronic device having: a display device (e.g., a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor) for displaying information to a user; and a keyboard and a pointing device (e.g., a mouse or a trackball) through which a user can provide input to the electronic device. Other kinds of devices may also be used to provide for interaction with a user; for example, feedback provided to the user may be any form of sensory feedback (e.g., visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback); and input from the user may be received in any form, including acoustic input, speech input, or tactile input.
The systems and techniques described here can be implemented in a computing system that includes a background component (e.g., as a data server), or that includes a middleware component (e.g., an application server), or that includes a front-end component (e.g., a user computer having a graphical user interface or a web browser through which a user can interact with an implementation of the systems and techniques described here), or any combination of such background, middleware, or front-end components. The components of the system can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include: local Area Networks (LANs), wide Area Networks (WANs), blockchain networks, and the internet.
The computing system may include clients and servers. The client and server are typically remote from each other and typically interact through a communication network. The relationship of client and server arises by virtue of computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other. The server can be a cloud server, also called a cloud computing server or a cloud host, and is a host product in a cloud computing service system, so that the defects of high management difficulty and weak service expansibility in the traditional physical hosts and VPS service are overcome.
Embodiments of the present invention also provide a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a method of sorting medicines as provided by any of the embodiments of the present application.
Computer program product in the implementation, the computer program code for carrying out operations of the present invention 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).
It should be appreciated that various forms of the flows shown above may be used to reorder, add, or delete steps. For example, the steps described in the present invention may be performed in parallel, sequentially, or in a different order, so long as the desired results of the technical solution of the present invention are achieved, and the present invention is not limited herein.
The above embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and alternatives are possible, depending on design requirements and other factors. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A method of sorting a pharmaceutical product, comprising:
acquiring bar code information scanned from the picking container by the first scanner before the picking container is sent to the picking area;
distributing orders for the picking containers, and binding the bar code information to order numbers;
when the conveyor belt conveys the goods picking containers into the goods picking area and sequentially passes through each electronic goods shelf, the bar code information scanned by the second scanner on the electronic goods shelf is obtained, the goods picking area is provided with a plurality of electronic goods shelves, and each electronic goods shelf is used for storing a medicine;
determining a bound order number based on the bar code information, and determining order information of the order number, wherein the order information comprises medicines and medicine quantity;
and picking up a corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf to the picking container based on the order information.
2. The medication sorting method of claim 1, wherein assigning orders to said pick containers and binding said bar code information to order numbers comprises:
determining a volume of the pick container;
assigning orders to the pick container that match the volume of the pick container with the quantity of the drug;
binding the bar code information to an order number.
3. The medication sorting method of claim 1, wherein picking a corresponding amount of medication from the electronic shelf into the pick container based on the order information comprises:
searching the quantity of the current medicines of the electronic shelf in the order form from the order form information;
if the current quantity of the medicines of the electronic shelf in the order is greater than zero, picking the corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf into the picking container;
and if the current quantity of the medicines in the electronic shelf in the order is zero, waiting for the goods picking container to be transmitted to the next electronic shelf.
4. A method of sorting medicines as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of the electronic shelves is provided with a shelf code associated with the medicines stored on the shelf, the method further comprising acquiring the shelf code in addition to the bar code information scanned by a scanner on the electronic shelf.
5. The medication sorting method of claim 4, wherein looking up the current quantity of medication on said electronic shelf in said order from said order information comprises:
determining a medicine stored on a current electronic shelf based on the shelf code;
and searching the quantity of the medicine in the order from the order information.
6. The medication sorting method of claim 5, wherein picking a corresponding number of medications from said electronic shelf into said pick container based on said order information, further comprising:
determining the quantity of medicines stored on a current electronic shelf based on the shelf code;
judging whether the quantity of the medicines stored on the current electronic shelf meets the quantity requirement of the medicines in the order;
if yes, picking up the corresponding quantity of medicines from the electronic shelf to the picking container, and updating the quantity of medicines on the electronic shelf;
if not, all the medicines on the electronic shelf are picked into the picking container, the order shortage information is recorded, and meanwhile the medicine quantity on the electronic shelf is updated.
7. The medication sorting method of claim 6, further comprising, after picking a corresponding number of medications from said electronic shelf into said pick container based on said order information:
acquiring bar code information scanned from the picking container by a third scanner when the picking container is sent out of the picking area;
determining whether the order has backorder information based on the bar code information;
if yes, the goods picking container is moved out of the conveyor belt and sent to a manual goods supplementing area;
if not, the goods picking container is transmitted to a rechecking area.
8. A medication sorting system, comprising:
the goods picking area comprises a plurality of electronic goods shelves, wherein each electronic goods shelf is used for storing a medicine;
the conveyor belt sequentially passes through the electronic racks of the picking area and is used for conveying the picking containers;
a first scanner disposed at an entrance to the pick zone, the first scanner for scanning a barcode on a pick container prior to the pick container being fed into the pick zone;
the second scanner is arranged on each electronic shelf and is used for scanning a bar code on the picking container when the picking container passes through the electronic shelf;
the goods picking mechanism is arranged on each electronic goods shelf and is used for picking medicines on the electronic goods shelf into the goods picking container when the goods picking container passes through the electronic goods shelf;
a controller coupled to the first scanner, the second scanner, and the picking mechanism, respectively, for performing the drug sorting method of any of claims 1-7.
9. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors;
a storage means for storing one or more programs;
when the one or more programs are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors are caused to implement the drug sorting method of any of claims 1-7.
10. A computer readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the program, when being executed by a processor, implements a method of sorting medicines as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7.
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