CN117427920A - Sorting system and sorting method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a sorting system and a sorting method, which enable sorting personnel to accurately put articles into a sorting channel, improve the sorting operation efficiency and reduce the probability of false sorting. And to the condition that a plurality of flip doors are opened simultaneously, sorting personnel can swiftly close a plurality of flip doors of opening through triggering the closing unit, avoid the mistake letter sorting. The sorting system comprises: a plurality of sorting channels, an identification unit, a control unit and a closing unit. Wherein, the entrance of each sorting channel is provided with a flip door; the identification unit is used for identifying the articles to be sorted and obtaining article information; the control unit is electrically connected with the identification unit and the flip door, matches the corresponding sorting channel based on the article information, and sends an opening instruction to the flip door corresponding to the sorting channel to control the flip door to be opened; and the closing unit is used for controlling all the flip doors to be closed in response to the triggering of the closing unit.

Description

Sorting system and sorting method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of logistics storage, in particular to a sorting system and a sorting method.

Background

With the rise of logistics industry, daily commodity throughput of warehouses/logistics stations is increased significantly, and higher requirements are put on the sorting efficiency of articles during warehouse entry or warehouse exit.

The existing sorting system is mainly divided into: manual sorting, semi-automatic sorting and full-automatic sorting, wherein the manual sorting cost is high, the operation efficiency is low, and the sorting error rate is high; full-automatic sorting can save manpower, but earlier stage input is big, and is not applicable to in the sorting of some large, overweight, special-shaped super-specification parcel.

Semi-automatic sorting can be used for keeping manual sorting to intelligently select various packages with super specifications while saving manpower and improving sorting efficiency. At present, semi-automatic sorting is mainly carried out by a conveyor belt, after manual scanning, the articles are placed in corresponding sorting channels, and accordingly the articles are transported to corresponding sorting racks through the sorting channels. However, the manual operation is easy to fatigue, has a certain misjudgment probability, and is easy to sort by mistake.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a sorting system and a sorting method, which can reduce the probability of manual false sorting in semi-automatic sorting.

To solve the above problems, a first aspect of the present invention provides a sorting system, including: a plurality of sorting channels, an identification unit, a control unit and a closing unit. Wherein, the entrance of each sorting channel is provided with a flip door; the identification unit is used for identifying the articles to be sorted and obtaining article information; the control unit is electrically connected with the identification unit and the flip door, matches the corresponding sorting channel based on the article information, and sends an opening instruction to the flip door corresponding to the sorting channel to control the flip door to be opened; and the closing unit is used for controlling all the flip doors to be closed in response to the triggering of the closing unit.

According to the technical scheme of the invention, for the articles to be sorted, sorting personnel firstly identify the articles to be sorted through the identification unit to identify the article information. And then matching the corresponding sorting channels according to the identified article information, for example, matching the articles with the small sorting channels, the medium sorting channels and the large sorting channels according to the identified article volume, shape and weight information, sending an opening instruction to the flip door corresponding to the sorting channels after matching the corresponding sorting channels, controlling the flip door to open, and enabling sorting personnel to identify the sorting channels corresponding to the articles according to the opening condition of the flip door and putting the articles into the sorting channels to finish sorting. Then, the flip door is closed by triggering the closing unit, so that sorting staff can accurately put articles into the sorting channel, the sorting operation efficiency is improved, and the false sorting probability is reduced.

In addition, the setting of flip door can let letter sorting personnel more obviously perceive corresponding letter sorting passageway to the condition that a plurality of flip doors open simultaneously, letter sorting personnel can swiftly close a plurality of flip doors of opening through triggering the unit of closing this moment, avoid the mistake letter sorting.

As a preferred solution, the closing unit comprises a plurality of closing buttons arranged at the inlet of each sorting channel, respectively.

According to this preferred technical solution, a closing button is provided at each sorting channel, and each closing button can be such that all the flip doors are closed, so that after placing the articles into the sorting channel corresponding to the opening of the flip doors, the sorting personnel conveniently realize the closing of all the flip doors by pressing the closing button corresponding to the entrance of the sorting channel.

As a preferred technical solution, the sorting system further comprises: and the light-emitting units are arranged at the inlet of each sorting channel and are in communication connection with the control unit, and respond to the starting instruction sent by the control unit, and the light-emitting units corresponding to the sorting channels flash.

According to the preferred technical scheme, the light-emitting unit flashes corresponding to the opening of the flip door, so that the position of the sorting channel matched with the articles of the sorting personnel can be better prompted. Moreover, under the condition that a plurality of flip doors are opened, the sorting personnel can quickly know the opening condition of the flip doors through visual lamplight flickering prompt, and the probability of missorting is further reduced.

As the preferable technical scheme, the luminous unit is an LED lamp bead and is fixed on the surface of one side of the closing button far away from the sorting channel.

According to this preferred technical scheme, keep away from the one side surface of letter sorting passageway with the LED lamp pearl setting at the close button, because close the button and set up corresponding to letter sorting passageway to can be in the position of the letter sorting passageway of quick suggestion flip door opening, the position of closing the button can also be convenient for sort personnel's quick location.

As the preferable technical scheme, the flip door is an outward opening flip door, and the inner surface of the flip door is abutted to the inlet of the sorting channel.

According to the preferred technical scheme, the visual difference between the opening state and the closing state of the outward-opening type flip door is more obvious, the outward-opening type flip door is easy to distinguish, sorting staff can conveniently and rapidly locate the position of a sorting channel matched with the article, and the flip door is abutted with the inlet of the sorting channel, besides the condition that the flip door is opened in an outward-opening manner, the article cannot be put into the sorting channel, and the fact that which flip door 2 is opened is automatically judged by code scanning can be determined, so that the probability of error sorting of the article can be further avoided.

As a preferred technical solution, the flip door includes: the door comprises a rotary shaft sleeve, a rotary shaft and a door body. Wherein, the rotating shaft sleeve is fixed on the upper edge of the inlet of the sorting channel; the rotary shaft is rotatably arranged in the rotary shaft sleeve in a mode of horizontally penetrating through the rotary shaft sleeve; the upper edge of the door body is fixed at two ends of the rotating shaft.

According to the preferable technical scheme, the rotating shaft rotates in the rotating shaft sleeve to drive the door body to lift and open/fall to close, so that the outward rotation opening of the flip door is realized, and the structure is simple and reliable.

As a preferable technical scheme, the closing unit and the light-emitting unit are arranged on the surface of one side of the rotary shaft sleeve, which is far away from the sorting channel.

According to the preferred technical scheme, when the roll-over door is opened, the rotating shaft sleeve is fixed on the upper edge of the inlet of the sorting channel, and the rotating shaft rotates in the rotating shaft sleeve, so that the closing unit and the light-emitting unit are arranged on the rotating shaft sleeve, the closing unit and the light-emitting unit can be kept to be always positioned on the upper edge of the inlet of the sorting channel, and the position of the corresponding sorting channel is more clearly indicated to sorting personnel.

As the preferable technical scheme, this letter sorting system still includes the sensing unit, and this sensing unit is close to flip door setting in the letter sorting passageway, and is connected with flip door communication, senses the article and gets into the letter sorting passageway after, sends the instruction of closing to the flip door that the letter sorting passageway corresponds, controls flip door and closes.

According to the preferred technical scheme, through the setting of induction unit, can be after article gets into letter sorting passageway self-closing flip door, guarantee the closure of flip door behind the article letter sorting cooperatively through auto-induction and manual triggering, avoid forgetting the mistake letter sorting that closes flip door and cause because of the letter sorting personnel.

A second aspect of the invention provides a sorting method comprising the steps of:

an identification step of identifying articles to be sorted and obtaining article information;

a control step, based on the matching of the article information with the corresponding sorting channel, sending an opening instruction to a flip door corresponding to the sorting channel, and controlling the flip door to be opened;

and a closing step of controlling all the flip doors to be closed in response to the triggering of the closing unit.

As an preferable technical scheme, the sorting method provided by the invention further comprises the following steps:

and a light emitting step of flashing a light emitting unit corresponding to the sorting channel in response to the on instruction.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a sorting system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a sorting method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the structure of a flip door of the sorting system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a sorting method provided by a second embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals: 100-sorting personnel; 200-items to be sorted;

1-sorting channels; 10-entry to the sorting channel; 2-flip door; 21-rotating a shaft sleeve; 22-a rotation axis; 23-door body; 3-an identification unit; 4-a control unit; 41-memory; 42-a processor; 5-closing the unit; 51-off button; a 6-sensing unit; 7-a light emitting unit.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but 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.

First embodiment

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a sorting system according to the present embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a sorting system having a plurality of sorting channels 1, and the sorting channels 1 may be sorting channels for articles before they are put in storage, or may be sorting channels for articles during the process of putting out of storage. In particular, the sorting channel 1 may be formed as a plurality of conveyor belts or also as an inclined ramp, without limitation. Before the articles 200 to be sorted are transported to the entrance 10 of the sorting channel by a conveying mechanism, which may be a transport vehicle, a conveyor belt or the like, the articles 200 to be sorted are sorted by the sorting personnel 100 and then put into the matched sorting channel 1 to finish sorting.

In particular, in the sorting system according to the present embodiment, the flip door 2 is provided at the inlet 10 of each sorting channel, and the flip door 2 may be an outward opening type or an inward opening type flip door, or may be lifted and opened by taking the upper edge of the inlet 10 of the sorting channel as a rotation axis, or may be opened by taking the side edge of the inlet 10 of the sorting channel as a rotation axis to rotate transversely, so that the opening and closing of the inlet 10 of the sorting channel can be controlled. Preferably, the flip door 2 is outwardly opened, and the visual difference between the opened state and the closed state of the outwardly opened flip door 2 is more obvious, so that the difference is easy to distinguish, and the sorting personnel 100 can quickly position the sorting channel 1 matched with the articles. Further preferably, the inner surface of the flip door 2 is abutted against the entrance 10 of the sorting channel, so that articles can be put into the corresponding sorting channel 1 only when the flip door 2 is opened, and the probability of false sorting can be reduced by determining which flip door 2 is automatically judged by code scanning.

In order to improve sorting efficiency and reduce probability of false sorting, the sorting system of the present embodiment further includes an identification unit 3, a control unit 4, and a closing unit 5, so that semi-automatic sorting of articles can be achieved in cooperation with manual sorting.

Specifically, the identifying unit 3 may be any device capable of identifying the article information of the articles 200 to be sorted, wherein the article information may include the size, shape, weight, content type, and the like of the articles.

As the identification unit 3 in one embodiment, the identification unit 3 may include a code scanning device, the surface of the article is provided with a two-dimensional code or a bar code written with article information, the sorting personnel 100 aligns the two-dimensional code or the bar code on the article with the code scanning device, the code scanning device can identify and acquire the article information of the article 200 to be sorted, and the method is suitable for the case that the identifiable two-dimensional code or bar code is preset on the article 200 to be sorted, and can quickly and accurately acquire the article information.

As the recognition unit 3 in the second embodiment, the recognition unit 3 may include a recognition camera, and the articles 200 to be sorted are placed directly in front of the lens of the recognition camera, i.e., the outline of the articles can be captured directly with the camera to recognize the shape and size information of the articles.

As the recognition unit 3 in the third embodiment, the recognition unit 3 may include a microphone, a voice processing device and a speaker, and the sorting person 100 may visually observe the appearance information of the article, input the article information through voice or modify the article information, for example, after visually observing that the article size is "big", "middle" or "small", directly send out the voice information of "article is small", "article is middle" or "article is small", after capturing the voice signal, transmit the voice signal to the voice processing device, the voice processing device converts the voice signal into the article information of text, and send confirmation voice to the sorting person 100 through the speaker, for example, "whether the article is small? The item information is entered after confirmation by the sorting personnel 100. Therefore, when in semiautomatic manual sorting, the sorting personnel 100 can process special pieces with peculiar shapes or blurred bar codes more conveniently and directly through voice, and can also correct article information with wrong image recognition rapidly and conveniently through voice.

As the identification unit 3 in the fourth embodiment, the identification unit 3 may also have the above three types of identification units 3 at the same time, the bar code or two-dimensional code on the article is scanned by the code scanning device to obtain the content type information of the article 200 to be sorted, the shape and size information of the article 200 to be sorted is obtained by the identification camera, and the other article information is supplemented and the automatically identified article information is corrected by the microphone, the voice processing device and the speaker, so that the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the article information identified by the identification unit 3 can be ensured from multiple aspects, the article can be accurately sorted by the article information of subsequent comprehensive aspects, and the method is basically applicable to sorting of all types of articles.

The control unit 4 may have a memory 41 and a processor 42, the memory 41 having stored therein matching information of the item information to the sorting channel 1, the memory 41 may comprise a non-volatile memory, such as a read-only memory (ROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), a FLASH memory (FLASH) or any other means capable of storing program instructions or data with or without application of electrical power. The memory may also include volatile memory such as Random Access Memory (RAM), static Random Access Memory (SRAM), dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), and Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM). Other types of RAM may also be used to implement memory. The memory 41 may be implemented using a single memory module or a plurality of memory modules. Although memory 41 is depicted as part of a computer, those skilled in the art will recognize that memory 41 may be separated from a computer without departing from the scope of the subject technology.

The processor 42 may call the article information identified by the identification unit 3 and the information stored in the memory 41, obtain the information of the sorting channel 1 matched with the article information identified by the identification unit 3, generate an opening instruction of the flip door 2 corresponding to the sorting channel 1, and control the flip door 2 to be opened. Processor 42 may be a general-purpose processor, a processor core, a multiprocessor, a reconfigurable processor, a microcontroller, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a controller, a state machine, gating logic, a discrete hardware component, or any other processing unit or combination of one or more of the above. In some particular embodiments, processor 42 may also virtualize a computing machine executing within one or more other devices.

For example, the memory 41 stores therein a plurality of article information and matching information of the sorting channel 1: the article information 'fresh' is matched with a 'cold chain' channel; the volume of the article information is more than 10cm, the weight is more than 5kg, and the article information is matched with a large channel; the article information "glass" matches the "fragile" channel, etc.

The processor 42 simultaneously calls the information of the sorting channel 1, which is identified by the identification unit 3 and matches with the item information stored in the memory 41, generates an opening instruction of the flip door 2 of the corresponding sorting channel 1, and controls the flip door 2 of the sorting channel 1 to be opened. For example, when the article information identified by the identification unit 3 is "glass", the processor 42 invokes the sorting channel 1 matched with the article information stored in the memory 41 as a "fragile article" channel, and generates an opening instruction of the flip door 2 corresponding to the "fragile article" channel, so as to control the flip door 2 to be opened.

The closing unit 5 may be any device which requires an active triggering by the sorting personnel 100, in this case without limitation. For example, the closing unit 5 may be a closing option on a touch screen display, or may be a closing button 51 provided near the sorting channel 1. In the case where the closing unit 5 is formed as the closing buttons 51, the closing buttons 51 may be formed in plurality, and the plurality of closing buttons 51 are provided corresponding to each sorting passage 1, respectively.

In particular, since during the process of identifying the articles 200 to be sorted by the identifying unit 3, there may occur a situation in which a manual misoperation may occur (a plurality of articles are identified by the identifying unit 3 at the same time, or the flip doors 2 are not closed after sorting is performed, or a situation in which a plurality of flip doors 2 are opened due to misjudgment of the system, if the article is identified again, the articles cannot be quickly sorted by the opening situation of the flip doors 2, in this embodiment, the closing unit 5 is configured such that each of the closing buttons 51 triggers to send a closing instruction to all the flip doors 2, and all the flip doors 2 are controlled to be closed, so that after the articles are placed in the sorting channels 1 corresponding to the open flip doors 2, the sorting personnel 100 conveniently implement closing of all the flip doors 2 by pressing the closing button 51 at the entrance 10 of the sorting channel.

In other alternative embodiments of the invention, the sorting system further comprises a sensing unit 6, which sensing unit 6 may be a sensor emitting infrared light into the sorting channel 1 for detecting whether an article is passing through the sorting channel 1. Specifically, the sensing unit 6 is in communication connection with the flip door 2, and sends a closing instruction to the flip door 2 corresponding to the sorting channel 1 after sensing that an article enters the sorting channel 1, so as to control the flip door 2 to be closed. Through the setting of induction element 6, both can utilize induction element 6 automatic control flip door 2 to close, can also utilize the manual work initiative to trigger to close unit 5 and close flip door 2, through automatic and manual cooperation guarantee article letter sorting back flip door 2's closing, avoid because of letter sorting personnel 100 forget to close flip door 2 and the mistake letter sorting that causes.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a sorting method provided in the present embodiment. As seen in fig. 1 and 2, there is also provided a sorting method suitable for the sorting system according to the present embodiment, the sorting method including the steps of:

the method comprises the following steps of S1, identifying articles to be sorted, and obtaining article information;

a control step S2, based on matching of the article information with the corresponding sorting channel, sending an opening instruction to the flip door 2 corresponding to the sorting channel, and controlling the flip door 2 to be opened;

and a closing step S3, wherein all the flip doors 2 are controlled to be closed in response to the triggering of the closing unit.

Specifically, for the articles 200 to be sorted, the identifying step S1 is performed first, and the sorting person 100 identifies the articles 200 to be sorted by the identifying unit 3 (for example, obtains the article information by scanning the bar code on the surface of the articles by the code scanning device). Then, a control step S2 is performed to match the corresponding sorting channel 1 according to the identified article information, for example, to match glass articles to the "fragile articles" sorting channel 1, to match fresh articles to the "cold chain" sorting channel 1, etc. And, send opening command to flip door 2 of corresponding letter sorting passageway 1 after matching corresponding letter sorting passageway 1, control flip door 2 and open, letter sorting personnel 100 can discern corresponding letter sorting passageway 1 according to flip door 2's opening condition to put into this letter sorting passageway 1. After sorting is completed, a closing step S3 is finally performed, by triggering the closing unit 5, closing the flip door 2.

According to the sorting system and the sorting method provided by the embodiment, the sorting personnel 100 can accurately put articles into the sorting channel 1, so that the sorting operation efficiency is improved, and the probability of false sorting is reduced. Moreover, the arrangement of the flip door 2 enables the sorting staff 100 to more obviously perceive the corresponding sorting channel 1, and for the case that a plurality of flip doors 2 are opened simultaneously, the sorting staff 100 can rapidly close a plurality of open flip doors 2 by triggering the closing unit 5 at this time, so as to avoid error sorting.

Second embodiment

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a flip door 2 of the sorting system provided in the second embodiment of the present invention. As seen in connection with fig. 1 and 3, the sorting system may further comprise: a lighting unit 7 arranged at the inlet 10 of each sorting channel, the lighting unit 7 being in communication with the control unit 4.

The light emitting unit 7 may have any light source structure, such as a lamp bead, a lamp strip, etc., and the light emitting mode may be that a plurality of color lamps alternately flash or a single lamp bead flashes. The light emitting unit 7 is in communication connection with the control unit 4, and can be controlled by the control unit 4 by sending an instruction alone, that is, the control unit 4 can obtain the corresponding sorting channel 1 according to the matching of the article information, and send a flashing instruction to the light emitting unit 7 corresponding to the sorting channel 1, and in the process, the control unit 4 makes repeated judgment on the corresponding sorting channel 1 twice. Alternatively, the light emitting unit 7 may blink in response to an opening instruction sent from the control unit 4 to the flap door 2. By means of the flashing indication of the light of the lighting unit 7, the sorting operator 100 can be quickly positioned in the position of the sorting channel 1 matching the item information.

Preferably, the light emitting unit 7 blinks in response to the on command transmitted by the control unit 4, corresponding to the light emitting unit 7 of the sorting channel 1. The flip door 2 is opened and the light-emitting unit 7 is in flashing linkage, so that under the condition that a plurality of flip doors 2 are opened, the sorting personnel 100 can quickly know the opening condition of the flip doors 2 through visual lamplight flashing prompt, and under the condition that a plurality of flip doors 2 are opened, the sorting personnel 100 is prompted to trigger the closing button 51, and the probability of false sorting is further reduced.

Further, a plurality of light emitting units 7 and a plurality of closing buttons 51 are provided corresponding to the sorting channels 1, and the light emitting units 7 and the closing buttons 51 may be provided separately for each sorting channel 1, or the light emitting units 7 may be formed directly on the surface of the closing buttons 51. In particular in the case of a plurality of flap doors 2 open, in order to better prompt the sorting operator 100 to trigger the closing button 51, the light-emitting unit 7 can also be provided directly as an LED lamp bead which is fastened to the side surface of the closing button 51 remote from the sorting channel 1. Thus, the LED lamp beads can be convenient for the sorting personnel 100 to quickly position the closing button 51 when flashing.

In an alternative solution of this embodiment, the flip door 2 may include: a rotary sleeve 21, a rotary shaft 22, and a door body 23. Wherein, the rotary shaft sleeve 21 is fixed on the upper edge of the inlet 10 of the sorting channel, the rotary shaft 22 is rotatably arranged in the rotary shaft sleeve 21 in a mode of horizontally penetrating the rotary shaft sleeve 21, and the upper edge of the door body 23 is fixed on two ends of the rotary shaft 22. Namely, when the flip door 2 is opened, the rotary shaft 22 rotates in the rotary shaft sleeve 21 to drive the door body 23 to lift and open, so that the flip door 2 is opened by external rotation; when the flip door 2 is closed, the rotary shaft 22 rotates in the rotary shaft sleeve 21 to drive the door body 23 to fall down for closing, and the structure is simple and reliable.

Based on the structure of the flip door 2 described above, the rotating shaft sleeves 21 are kept stationary and fixed to the upper edge of the entrance 10 of the sorting passage when the flip door 2 is rotated to be opened/closed. Thus, in some preferred embodiments, the closing unit 5 and the light emitting unit 7 are both disposed on a side surface of the rotating sleeve 21 remote from the sorting channel 1, so that it is possible to keep the closing unit 5 and the light emitting unit 7 always at an upper edge of the entrance 10 of the sorting channel, and the position of the corresponding sorting channel 1 can be indicated to the sorting personnel 100 more clearly at the upper edge of the entrance 10 of the sorting channel than on the left and right sides of the entrance 10 of the sorting channel.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a sorting method provided by a second embodiment of the present invention. As seen in conjunction with fig. 1, 3 and 4, the sorting method according to the second embodiment of the present invention further includes:

and a lighting step S4, responsive to the opening instruction, flashing the lighting unit corresponding to the sorting channel.

Fig. 4 shows by way of example that the lighting step S4 may be performed after the control step S3 controls the opening of the flip door 2, i.e. the lighting unit 7 flashes as it is after the flip door 2 is opened. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the lighting step S4 may also be performed by opening the flip door 2 and controlling the lighting unit 7 to flash when the flip door 2 receives the opening command, that is, the flip door 2 and the lighting unit 7 are opened simultaneously, which is also within the scope of the present invention.

According to the sorting system and the sorting method provided by the embodiment, through the arrangement of the light-emitting unit 7, the sorting personnel 100 can conveniently and rapidly find the position of the inlet 10 of the corresponding sorting channel, and the opening of the light-emitting unit 7 and the opening of the flip doors 2 are arranged in a linkage manner, so that under the condition that a plurality of flip doors 2 are opened, the sorting personnel 100 can be obviously prompted to have a plurality of flip doors 2 which are opened by mistake by utilizing the light signals, and the sorting personnel 100 is guided to trigger the closing unit 5 to close all the flip doors 2, so that the probability of wrong sorting is further reduced.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. A sorting system, comprising:

a plurality of sorting channels, wherein a flip door is arranged at the inlet of each sorting channel;

the identification unit is used for identifying the articles to be sorted and obtaining article information;

the control unit is electrically connected with the identification unit and the flip door, and is used for sending an opening instruction to the flip door corresponding to the sorting channel based on the sorting channel corresponding to the article information, so as to control the flip door to be opened;

and the closing unit is used for controlling all the flip doors to be closed in response to the triggering of the closing unit.

2. The sorting system of claim 1, wherein the closing unit includes a plurality of closing buttons respectively disposed at the entrance of each of the sorting channels.

3. The sortation system as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

and the light-emitting units are arranged at the inlet of each sorting channel and are in communication connection with the control unit, and respond to the opening instruction sent by the control unit, and the light-emitting units corresponding to the sorting channels flash.

4. A sorting system according to claim 3, wherein the light emitting unit is an LED bead, fixed to a surface of the side of the closing button remote from the sorting channel.

5. The sortation system as recited in claim 1 wherein said flip door is an outwardly opening flip door and an inner surface of said flip door is disposed in abutment with an entrance to said sortation tunnel.

6. The sortation system as claimed in claim 4, said flip door comprising:

a rotating shaft sleeve fixed on the upper edge of the inlet of the sorting channel,

a rotation shaft rotatably provided in the rotation shaft housing so as to horizontally pass through the rotation shaft housing;

the upper edge of the door body is fixed at two ends of the rotating shaft.

7. The sortation system of claim 6, wherein said shutoff unit and said light emitting unit are each disposed on a side surface of said swivel housing remote from said sortation channel.

8. The sortation system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

the sensing unit is close to the flip door is arranged in the sorting channel and is in communication connection with the flip door, and after sensing that an article enters the sorting channel, the sensing unit sends a closing instruction to the flip door corresponding to the sorting channel to control the flip door to be closed.

9. A method of sorting comprising the steps of:

an identification step of identifying articles to be sorted and obtaining article information;

a control step, based on the matching of the article information with the corresponding sorting channel, sending an opening instruction to a flip door corresponding to the sorting channel, and controlling the flip door to be opened;

and a closing step of controlling all the flip doors to be closed in response to the triggering of the closing unit.

10. The sorting method of claim 9, further comprising:

and a lighting step of flashing a lighting unit corresponding to the sorting channel in response to the opening instruction.