CN117718230A - Automatic sorting system and method and automatic conveying unit - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an automatic sorting system and method and an automatic conveying unit. The automatic sorting system comprises: the piece supply area is used for distributing the articles to be sorted; a transport zone for one or more transport units to move therein, the transport units transporting the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and a drop zone including a plurality of sorting target objects, and in which the transport unit performs drop of the articles to be sorted to the corresponding sorting target objects; the conveying area and the falling part area are positioned on the same plane, the falling part area comprises at least two areas, each area corresponds to a sorting target object, and the sorting target object is a movable container for accommodating the articles. The automatic sorting system, the automatic sorting method and the automatic conveying unit can realize high-flexibility, low-cost and high-efficiency object sorting by adopting planar area arrangement.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to the field of automated logistics and, more particularly, to automated sorting systems and methods and automated transport units having planar non-overlapping area arrangements.
Background
The rapid development of electronic commerce not only brings unprecedented development opportunities to the express industry, but also provides serious challenges for express service. How to sort packages efficiently, with low cost and flexibility and accuracy has been a challenge in the industry. The traditional manual matrix type sorting mainly solves the problems of low efficiency, high error rate, high manual strength, difficult labor recruitment, difficult management and the like. Traditional automatic sorting equipment such as cross-belt sorting machine mainly faces the problem of investment big, returns slowly, flexibility and expansibility poor, can't adapt to the change demand of each period crest trough on the equipment utilization, and cross-belt sorting machine belongs to serial system, all can cause whole cross-belt sorting system to stop work after the trouble occurs at a point on the trunk line. Therefore, flexible automated parcel sorting has become a key issue and urgent need for development in the express industry.
In recent years, the vigorous development of robot technology brings about great technological transformation for the whole logistics industry, and also brings about new technology and new design ideas for the sorting industry. Fig. 1 is a schematic view of one example of a conventional automated sorting system employing a robot. As shown in fig. 1, the automatic sorting system adopts a form of a robot and a steel platform, an operator places packages on a robot bearing device at a piece supply platform, and the robot bears the packages and runs to a steel piece drop grid position to deliver the packages to the piece drop grid so as to complete the package sorting task.
Compared with the traditional manual sorting mode, the automatic sorting system greatly improves the sorting efficiency, and has the advantages of low cost, high flexibility and the like compared with the traditional automatic mode such as a cross belt sorting machine and the like, so that the automatic sorting system is widely focused and rapidly popularized in the industry. However, the use and construction of steel platforms makes the above-described system a great deal less flexible and cost-effective.
In addition, in the automatic sorting system, the goods falling grid is positioned in the plane of the steel platform in an array mode, and the robot workpiece falling task can cause other robots to wait or the robots to cross and avoid, so that the sorting efficiency of the whole system is reduced. In particular, when the number of robots in the system is large and the density of robots is large, the efficiency of the whole system is rapidly lowered.
Accordingly, there is a need for an automated sorting system that ameliorates the above-described problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims at solving the above-mentioned drawbacks and deficiencies of the prior art by providing a novel and improved automated sorting system and method with a planar non-overlapping area arrangement, and an automated transport unit for use therein.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic sorting system including: the piece supply area is used for distributing the articles to be sorted; a transport zone for movement therein by one or more transport units, the transport units transporting the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and a drop zone including a plurality of sorting target objects, and in which the transport unit performs drop of the articles to be sorted to the corresponding sorting target objects; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
In the automatic sorting system, the conveying area and the falling part area are directly arranged on the ground.
In the automatic sorting system, the feeding area, the transporting area and the falling area are positioned on the same plane, and the feeding area, the transporting area and the falling area are not overlapped with each other.
In the automatic sorting system, the piece supply area is located at one side of the transportation area, and the piece dropping area is located at one or more sides of the transportation area except for the one side where the piece supply area is located.
In the automatic sorting system, the feeding area is positioned at the center of the conveying area, and the falling area is positioned at least at a part of the periphery of the conveying area.
In the automatic sorting system described above, the sorting target object is a movable container for accommodating the article.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic sorting system comprising: a transport unit for transporting the articles to be sorted; a sorting area for operation therein by the transport unit to effect sorting of the articles to be sorted; and control means for controlling the sorting of the articles to be sorted and the movement of the transport unit in the sorting area; wherein the sorting area further comprises: the piece supply area is used for distributing the articles to be sorted; a transport zone for movement therein by one or more transport units, the transport units transporting the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and a drop zone including a plurality of sorting target objects, and in which the transport unit performs drop of the articles to be sorted to the corresponding sorting target objects; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
In the above automatic sorting system, the transporting unit is a robot.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic sorting method including: placing one or more articles to be sorted on a transport unit at a feed zone; the conveying unit carries the articles to be sorted through a conveying area; and the transportation unit advances to a falling part area to execute falling part from the article to be sorted to the sorting target object corresponding to the article to be sorted; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
In the automatic sorting method, before the transporting unit carries the articles to be sorted through the transporting area, the automatic sorting method further includes: acquiring article related information of the articles to be sorted; determining a specific sorting target object corresponding to the article to be sorted based on the article related information; and the transportation unit carrying the articles to be sorted through a transportation area specifically comprises: and determining a moving path of the conveying unit based on the specific sorting target object so that the conveying unit carries the articles to be sorted through a conveying area to reach the specific sorting target object.
In the above automatic sorting method, after the transporting unit travels to the sorting area to perform sorting of the articles to be sorted to the sorting target object corresponding thereto, further comprising: determining whether the item to be sorted corresponds to another sorting objective; in response to the item to be sorted corresponding to another sorting target object, the transport unit carries the item to be sorted through a transport zone; and the transportation unit advances to the other sorting target object, and performs dropping of the article to be sorted to the other sorting target object.
In the above automatic sorting method, after the transporting unit travels to the sorting area to perform sorting of the articles to be sorted to the sorting target object corresponding thereto, further comprising: the transport unit returns to the supply area.
In the automatic sorting method, the conveying unit carrying the articles to be sorted through a conveying area further includes: determining whether the electrical quantity of the transportation unit is less than a predetermined threshold; and controlling the transport unit to travel to a predetermined charging location in response to determining that the charge of the transport unit is less than a predetermined threshold.
In the automatic sorting method, the conveying unit carrying the articles to be sorted through a conveying area further includes: the transportation unit adopts two-dimensional code navigation to move through the transportation area.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic transport unit for sorting articles, comprising: a carrier for receiving and dispensing articles to be sorted; a transport member for moving the automatic transport unit in a transport zone for sorting articles such that the automatic transport unit carries the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and a delivery part for performing dropping of the article to be sorted to a corresponding sorting target object of a plurality of sorting target objects in a dropping area for article sorting; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
The automatic sorting system, the automatic sorting method and the automatic conveying unit can realize high-flexibility, low-cost and high-efficiency sorting of articles by adopting planar non-overlapping area arrangement.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one example of a prior art automated sorting system employing robots;
fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of one example of an automated sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an automatic sorting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an automated transport unit according to an embodiment of the invention.
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The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention. The preferred embodiments in the following description are by way of example only and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art. The basic principles of the invention defined in the following description may be applied to other embodiments, variations, modifications, equivalents, and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not limited to literal meanings, but are used only by the inventors to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art, therefore, that the following description of the various embodiments of the invention is provided for illustration only and not for the purpose of limiting the invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
It will be understood that the terms "a" and "an" should be interpreted as referring to "at least one" or "one or more," i.e., in one embodiment, the number of elements may be one, while in another embodiment, the number of elements may be plural, and the term "a" should not be interpreted as limiting the number.
Although ordinal numbers such as "first," "second," etc., will be used to describe various components, those components are not limited herein. The term is used merely to distinguish one component from another. For example, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and likewise, a second component may be referred to as a first component, without departing from the teachings of the inventive concept. The term "and/or" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing various embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular is intended to include the plural as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, or groups thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, or groups thereof.
Terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, provided that the terms are not defined differently. It is to be understood that terms defined in commonly used dictionaries have meanings that are consistent with the meaning of the terms in the prior art.
The invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and the detailed description.
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As described above, in the existing automatic sorting system using the robot, first, the system adopts a structure in which a platform is elevated (for example, a steel platform is built), the robot is operated above the platform, and the container for the parcel is placed below the platform. Although the structure achieves the sorting purpose, the construction and the use of the platform make the system greatly discounted in terms of flexibility and cost, so that an automatic sorting system with higher flexibility and lower cost is needed.
In addition, in the above system, the drop grid is located in an array within the robot motion area (as shown in fig. 1, the drop grid is located in an array within the plane of the steel platform). Therefore, in the process of carrying out the workpiece falling task, other robots can wait or cross avoidance among the robots, and the robot waiting or avoidance can reduce the sorting efficiency of the whole system. Particularly, when the number of robots in the system is large and the density of the robots is high, the efficiency of the whole system is rapidly reduced due to waiting or avoiding of the robots caused by the robots executing the workpiece dropping task.
Therefore, how to break through the bottleneck of the system efficiency of the existing automatic sorting system, reduce the waiting or cross avoidance of the robot caused by the falling of the robot, and effectively improve the efficiency of the automatic sorting system for packages is one of the key problems faced by engineering application.
Regarding the flexibility of the automatic sorting system, the automatic sorting system has high requirements on flexibility due to the periodicity factor of the logistics industry. In particular, for the logistics industry, the items to be transported exhibit a significant peak-trough distribution, for example, for the courier industry, a sharp increase in the amount of goods occurs in large online shopping knots, and a significant decrease in the amount of goods occurs in holidays such as spring knots. Therefore, the automatic sorting system needs to be able to cope well with such an unbalanced amount of the required amount of the goods to be transported, so that the system is not idle while meeting the requirements.
Thus, according to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an automatic sorting system comprising: the piece supply area is used for distributing the articles to be sorted; a transport zone for movement therein by one or more transport units, the transport units transporting the articles to be sorted; and a drop zone including a plurality of sorting target objects, and in which the transport unit performs drop of the articles to be sorted to the corresponding sorting target objects; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
Compared to the automated sorting system using a "robot+steel platform" as shown in fig. 1, the automated sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention adopts a planar arrangement, i.e., the transportation area and the drop area are disposed in the same plane, thereby avoiding the cost of elevating the transportation area.
Here, in the automatic sorting system of the embodiment of the present invention, the drop zone is defined as a zone in which the automatic transporting unit performs drop, i.e., delivers the articles to be sorted to the corresponding sorting target objects. That is, in the drop zone, a complete drop process of the articles to be sorted is required to effect sorting of the articles. For example, in the automated sorting system shown in fig. 1, the drop gate of the steel platform is merely an entrance for delivering items into a conduit for connecting parcel containers, and thus, the drop gate of the steel platform shown in fig. 1 does not correspond to the drop zone of an embodiment of the invention, but rather the whole consisting of the drop gate and delivery conduit is equivalent to the drop zone of an embodiment of the invention.
Thus, the planar arrangement defined by the embodiments of the present invention refers to the transport zone and the drop zone being located on the same plane as a whole, and not to a portion of the transport zone and the drop zone being located on the same plane.
And, since the drop zone is defined as a region in which the automatic transporting unit performs drop, it is not limited that the automatic transporting unit does not necessarily move in the drop zone. In essence, in one example of an automated sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the drop lanes of the automated transport units may be provided in the drop zone such that multiple automated transport units may perform drops simultaneously, corresponding to the same sort target object. In particular, for a certain sorting object, for example a basket containing articles, a passage for allowing the automatic transport unit to pass through may be further provided on both sides of the basket and on the rear side with respect to the transport zone. When two robots arrive near the basket at the same time in a short time, one robot can travel to the side of the basket facing the transport area for falling, and the other robot can wind to the side of the basket far away from the transport area for falling via the passage, so that sorting efficiency can be further improved.
Preferably, in the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the transporting area and the drop area are provided on the ground.
In this way, the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the invention further adopts the 'floor type' structure, so that the transportation area and the falling part area are positioned in the same plane, and correspondingly, the transportation unit moving in the transportation area and the sorting target object included in the falling part area are also positioned in the same plane, thereby avoiding the need of independently building a platform for the transportation unit and avoiding the loss of flexibility and cost.
Of course, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in an automated sorting system according to embodiments of the present invention, the transport zone and the drop zone may be located directly on the ground or in other planes as desired. For example, an automated sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention may also be implemented as a stereoscopic automated sorting system, including a multi-level plane provided with a transport zone and a drop zone. This is particularly suitable in situations where field conditions are limited, so that the height space can be fully utilized and the cost of the automatic sorting system can be reduced.
In addition, in the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the invention, the conveying area and the falling part area are not overlapped, namely, the conveying area and the falling part area respectively occupy different parts in the plane physical space, so that the conveying unit does not need to wait for falling parts of other conveying units or avoid falling parts in the middle when carrying out falling parts, and the efficiency of the automatic sorting system is remarkably improved.
Here, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention is used for sorting articles in the logistic process, and the articles to be sorted are packages transported in the express industry, for example, and may be other articles to be transported after sorting. In addition, the transporting unit in the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the invention can be a robot or other transportable units for transporting objects.
In addition, the sorting target object in the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the invention relates to the category corresponding to the sorted articles. For example, in the courier industry, a sort target object typically corresponds to a particular transportation route, and may be a container for holding packages that need to be transported via the transportation route. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the sorting target object in the embodiments of the present invention is not limited to a specific transportation route, and may also relate to a category corresponding to other objects after sorting, such as a size of an object, a characteristic (brittleness, etc.) of an object.
In summary, an automated sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention provides an automated sorting system having a planar non-overlapping arrangement of areas, the core of which is the planar non-overlapping arrangement of the transport and drop zones. It will thus be appreciated by those skilled in the art that whether or not the articles to be sorted are actually sorted in an automated sorting system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is not an essential feature of an automated sorting system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. That is, even if no transport unit is present to transport the articles to be sorted from the infeed section to the drop section via the transport section, it is intended to be included within the scope of the present invention as long as the transport section and the drop section have a planar non-overlapping arrangement.
Also, the plurality of sorting target objects included in the drop zone are not necessarily objects having entities, and for example, the drop zone may be divided into a plurality of areas, each corresponding to one sorting target object, thereby realizing sorting of the articles. Of course, the sorting target object may be a physical shelf, a basket, or the like. Also, in order to increase the flexibility of the system, when the sorting target object is a container for holding articles, such container is preferably movable so that after being filled, a convenient replacement can be performed.
That is, in the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the sorting target object is a movable container for accommodating the article.
It has been mentioned above that in an automated sorting system according to an embodiment of the invention, the transport zone and the drop zone lie in the same plane and do not overlap. Further, the feeding area in the automatic sorting system is also located in the same plane with the transporting area and the falling area, and the feeding area is not overlapped with the transporting area and the falling area. In this way, the high flexibility, low cost and high efficiency of the automatic sorting system according to the embodiments of the present invention can be further ensured by the arrangement of the feeding zone.
In terms of the layout of the actual feeding area, the transporting area and the drop area, the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the invention can adopt various schemes. In general, the supply and drop zones need to be arranged according to the transport zone. For example, in one example, the infeed and drop zones are located on either side of the transport zone, respectively, such that the transport unit achieves sorting of the articles by transporting the articles from the infeed zone to different sorting target objects in the drop zone. Here, the transport zone may be of various shapes depending on the actual site conditions, for example, the transport zone may be a common rectangle and square, in which case the supply zone may be located at the center of one side of the transport zone, while the drop zone is located on the opposite side of the transport zone. Here, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the drop zones may be provided on multiple sides of the transport zone when more sorting target objects are involved and the transport zone has limited area. For example, the drop zones may be provided on three other sides of the rectangular and square transport zones, except on the side where the drop zones are located, to meet the sorting needs of the articles.
In another example, the supply area may be arranged in the centre of the transport area and the drop area around the transport area, so that the site of the transport area may be utilized to a maximum extent, which is especially suitable in situations where the site conditions are limited.
Of course, even in the case where the supply area is provided in the center of the transport area, the drop area is not necessarily provided around the transport area, but an appropriate number of sorting target objects may be provided according to specific sorting needs, so as to determine whether all sorting target objects can be accommodated at one side of the transport area or whether another side or sides need to be occupied.
Furthermore, from another perspective, in the automated sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the articles to be sorted are transported from the feeding section to the drop section, the transport section is obviously located between the feeding section and the drop section, it can be considered that the shapes of the feeding section and the drop section, in particular, the shape of the drop section, determine the shape of the transport section. Thus, it is also possible to first determine the layout of the drop zone and then determine the layout of the transport zone based on the shape of the drop zone.
Also, since the sorting target objects are preferably movable as described above, the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention can set an appropriate number of sorting target objects according to the number of articles to be sorted. Also taking package sorting in the courier industry as an example, assume that packages need to be sorted to correspond to 30 routes. Then, it is possible to determine how many times the number is included in each route according to the existing data, thereby setting a plurality of sorting target objects corresponding to the same route. For example, if it is determined that the number of packages corresponding to a certain route is large, a plurality of sorting target objects corresponding to the route may be set so that packages corresponding to the route may be sorted in parallel without reducing the overall efficiency of the system due to the route. In addition, if the number of packages to be sorted increases significantly in a certain period of time, the number of sorting target objects corresponding to the respective routes may be increased as a whole. For example, if each line corresponds to one sorting target object at ordinary times, the number of sorting target objects corresponding to each line may be set to two or more at busy times, so that the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention may well cope with the periodic characteristics of the logistics industry to have good flexibility.
Of course, in the case where the number of sorting target objects increases, there may be a case where the area of the original drop zone is insufficient to accommodate the sorting target objects. This can be solved by enlarging the area of the transport zone only, and thus the area of the drop zone accordingly.
In addition, since in the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the supply area, the transport area, and the drop area are implemented in the same plane, it is possible to simply copy the automatic sorting system on the ground in addition to implementing the automatic sorting system in a stereoscopic manner as described above.
In particular, it was mentioned above that the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention is expanded in such a way that the area of the transport zone and thus the area of the drop zone is enlarged. However, in the case of an increased area of the transport zone, the course of travel of the transport unit within the transport zone also changes. It is obviously an optimal solution for a transport unit, such as a robot, to travel according to a pre-set path. Thus, in order to avoid the influence of changes in the transport area on the travel of the transport units, the automated sorting system according to embodiments of the present invention may be duplicated in its entirety without changing the transport area. That is, another new automatic sorting system is provided, but the planar layout of the supply area, the transport area, and the drop area, which are identical to those of the old automatic sorting system, is maintained, so that the same arrangement of the transport units can be ensured.
That is, according to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an automatic sorting system including: a first feeding area for distributing articles to be sorted; a first transport zone for movement therein by one or more transport units, the transport units transporting the articles to be sorted; and a first drop zone including a plurality of sorting target objects, and in which the transport unit performs drop of the articles to be sorted to the corresponding sorting target objects; wherein the first transport zone and the first drop zone are located in the same plane, and the first transport zone and the first drop zone do not overlap; the automatic sorting system further comprises a second piece supply area, a second transportation area and a second piece dropping area, and the second plane layout of the second piece supply area, the second transportation area and the second piece dropping area is identical to the first plane layout of the first piece supply area, the first transportation area and the first piece dropping area.
Here, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the same planar layout means the same planar layout of the respective areas, and is not intended to limit the number of transport units that run in the second transport area, and the sorting target objects included in the second drop zone must also be the same as in the first transport area and the first drop zone, respectively.
As described above, the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention is present as a work object of the above-described logistics sorting system in practical use, both of the articles to be sorted and the transport units, such as the transport robots, that transport the articles to be sorted. However, it will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that an automated sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention may also include a transport unit and its control system to effect automated sorting of articles.
That is, according to an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an automatic sorting system including: a transport unit for transporting the articles to be sorted; a sorting area for operation therein by the transport unit to effect sorting of the articles to be sorted; and control means for controlling the sorting of the articles to be sorted and the movement of the transport unit in the sorting area; wherein the sorting area further comprises: the piece supply area is used for distributing the articles to be sorted; a transport zone for movement therein by one or more transport units, the transport units transporting the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and a drop zone including a plurality of sorting target objects, and in which the transport unit performs drop of the articles to be sorted to the corresponding sorting target objects; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
In the automatic sorting system, the conveying area and the falling part area are directly arranged on the ground.
In the automatic sorting system, the feeding area, the transporting area and the falling area are positioned on the same plane, and the feeding area, the transporting area and the falling area are not overlapped with each other.
In the automatic sorting system, the piece supply area is located at one side of the transportation area, and the piece dropping area is located at one or more sides of the transportation area except for the one side where the piece supply area is located.
In the automatic sorting system, the feeding area is positioned at the center of the conveying area, and the falling area is positioned at least at a part of the periphery of the conveying area.
In the automatic sorting system described above, the sorting target object is a movable container for accommodating the article.
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Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of one example of an automated sorting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, in the automated sorting system in this example, the infeed area is realized in the form of an infeed station, by which the items to be sorted are placed on the mobile conveyor by means of manual or automated means. Although not shown in fig. 2, the automated sorting system of this example may include a parcel inspection portal having a parcel inspection device installed therein, the parcel inspection device including parcel information acquisition means for acquiring parcel information of a parcel to be sorted entering the parcel inspection portal corresponding to the parcel information acquisition means, and the parcel information including a destination of the parcel to be sorted, i.e., a sorting target object as described above. Preferably, the parcel inspection portal is disposed in the supply zone.
The mobile transport devices, which may be robots for example, are movable within the transport section, each of which may be used to load one or more packages to be sorted. And destination information of packages to be sorted is carried in a destination address information code, and the destination address information code is arranged on the packages to be sorted, so that the mobile transportation device can carry the packages to the sorting destination.
In addition, in the transportation section, a transportation walking platform may be included, where the transportation walking platform refers to a platform on which the mobile transportation device walks, and may be a ground, a built platform, or a track.
At the peripheral edge of the transport section as shown in fig. 2, there is provided a drop end as a drop zone, the drop end is provided with a parcel receiving device, the transport device is moved to the drop end, and the parcel to be sorted is thrown into the parcel receiving device at the drop end.
In addition, the automated sortation system of this example includes a control device, interconnected with the parcel detection device and the mobile conveyance device, to provide the mobile conveyance device with task or scheduling information based on the parcel-related information, to control the mobile conveyance device to complete the entire set of parcel sorting processes and tasks.
That is, according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an automatic sorting system including: the feeding platform is used for placing the articles to be sorted on the conveying unit; the article inspection device is used for obtaining article related information of the articles to be sorted; control means for determining one or more sorting destinations corresponding to the articles to be sorted based on the article-related information; a transport zone for controlling the transport unit to pass through the transport zone by the control device to reach the sorting destination; a drop zone including the sorting destination for executing drops of the articles to be sorted to the sorting destination by the transport unit; wherein the transport area and the drop area are located in the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
In the automatic sorting system, the conveying area and the falling part area are directly arranged on the ground.
In the automatic sorting system, the workpiece feeding table, the conveying area and the workpiece dropping area are positioned on the same plane, and the area where the workpiece feeding table is positioned, the conveying area and the workpiece dropping area are not overlapped with each other.
In the automatic sorting system, the workpiece feeding table is located at one side of the conveying area, and the workpiece dropping area is located at one side or more sides of the conveying area except for the side where the workpiece feeding table is located.
In the automatic sorting system, the workpiece feeding platform is positioned in the center of the conveying area, and the workpiece dropping area is positioned at least in part of the periphery of the conveying area.
In the automatic sorting system described above, a movable container for accommodating the articles to be sorted is placed on the sorting destination.
According to an example of embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an automatic sorting system including: a transporting unit for transporting the articles to be sorted; a feeding table for placing the articles to be sorted on the transport unit; the article inspection device is used for obtaining article related information of the articles to be sorted; control means for determining one or more sorting destinations corresponding to the articles to be sorted based on the article-related information, and controlling the transporting unit to travel to the sorting destinations; a transport zone for controlling the transport unit to pass through the transport zone by the control device to reach the sorting destination; a drop zone including the sorting destination for executing drops of the articles to be sorted to the sorting destination by the transport unit; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned in the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped
Automatic sorting method
According to another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an automatic sorting method, including: placing one or more articles to be sorted on a transport unit at a feed zone; the conveying unit carries the articles to be sorted through a conveying area; and the transportation unit advances to a falling part area to execute falling part from the article to be sorted to the sorting target object corresponding to the article to be sorted; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an automatic sorting method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, the automatic sorting method according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: s1, placing one or more articles to be sorted on a conveying unit in a piece supply area; s2, carrying the articles to be sorted by the conveying unit to pass through a conveying area; s3, the transportation unit advances to a falling part area, and the falling part of the article to be sorted to the sorting target object corresponding to the article to be sorted is executed; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
In particular, in the infeed area, one or more articles to be sorted, such as packages, may be placed on the transport unit, either manually or automatically. The transport unit may be a robot for carrying packages to be sorted, and the packages to be sorted may be placed on a carrier of the robot.
Subsequently, the transport unit may obtain article-related information about a sorting destination or the like of the articles to be sorted through the article inspection portal to be sorted, through the article inspection device. For example, the item inspection device may be a scanning device that scans a manifest on a package to obtain destination information for the package.
Then, the control device determines the correspondence relationship with the sorting target object of the drop zone according to the destination information of the package, wherein the correspondence relationship between the destination of the package and the sorting target object can be any one of one-to-one, many-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many. And, based on the correspondence and the scheduling logic, the control device may determine a sort target object to which the transport unit carrying the particular item to be sorted is to be moved.
That is, in the automatic sorting method according to the embodiment of the present invention, before the transporting unit carries the articles to be sorted through the transporting area, further comprising: acquiring article related information of the articles to be sorted; determining a specific sorting target object corresponding to the article to be sorted based on the article related information; and the transport unit carries the articles to be sorted through a transport area specifically comprising: and determining a moving path of the conveying unit based on the specific sorting target object so that the conveying unit carries the articles to be sorted through a conveying area to reach the specific sorting target object.
In the transportation area, the control device can further control the transportation unit to travel to the corresponding sorting target object and execute the falling part action of the articles, so that the single sorting task is completed. In addition, if the transporting unit carries other articles to be sorted which need to be transported to different sorting target objects, the control device continues to control the transporting unit to travel to the next sorting target object until delivery of all the carried articles to be sorted is completed.
That is, in the automatic sorting method according to the embodiment of the present invention, after the transporting unit travels to the drop zone to perform drop of the article to be sorted to the sorting target object corresponding thereto, further comprising: determining whether the item to be sorted corresponds to another sorting objective; in response to the item to be sorted corresponding to another sorting target object, the transport unit carries the item to be sorted through a transport zone; and the transportation unit advances to the other sorting target object, and performs dropping of the article to be sorted to the other sorting target object.
The control device may then control the transport unit to return to the supply area, continuing to perform sorting tasks for the articles.
That is, in the automatic sorting method according to the embodiment of the present invention, after the transporting unit travels to the drop zone to perform drop of the article to be sorted to the sorting target object corresponding thereto, further comprising: the transport unit returns to the supply area.
Here, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the control means may be an integral control means provided in the automated sorting system and adapted to communicate with the transport unit via, for example, wireless communication, thereby controlling the movement and drop actions of the transport unit. In addition, the control device can also be arranged in each transport unit so as to control the respective movement and falling motion of the transport units.
In addition, in the automatic sorting method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the transporting unit carrying the articles to be sorted through the transporting area further includes: determining whether the electrical quantity of the transportation unit is less than a predetermined threshold; in response to determining that the charge of the transport unit is less than a predetermined threshold, the transport unit is controlled to travel to a predetermined charging location.
Moreover, in the automatic sorting method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the transporting unit carrying the articles to be sorted through the transporting area further includes: the transportation unit adopts two-dimensional code navigation to move through the transportation area.
Automatic transport unit
According to yet another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an automatic transporting unit for sorting articles, including: a carrier for receiving and dispensing articles to be sorted; a transport member for moving the automatic transport unit in a transport zone for sorting articles such that the automatic transport unit carries the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and a delivery part for performing dropping of the article to be sorted to a corresponding sorting target object of a plurality of sorting target objects in a dropping area for article sorting; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an automated transport unit according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 4, the automatic transportation unit 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a carrier 101 for accommodating and dispensing articles to be sorted; a transport member 102 for moving the automatic transport unit in a transport zone for sorting articles such that the automatic transport unit carries the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and a delivery part 103 for performing dropping of the article to be sorted to a corresponding sorting target object of a plurality of sorting target objects in a dropping area for article sorting; wherein the transport area and the drop area are positioned on the same plane, and the transport area and the drop area are not overlapped.
The automatic transport unit according to an embodiment of the present invention may be, for example, a robot for transporting the articles to be sorted to the respective sorting target objects in the automatic sorting system as described above, to achieve sorting of the articles.
In particular, the carrier member may be a tray provided on the robot for placing the articles to be sorted. The transport means refers to a means for moving the robot, such as wheels, and necessary means for driving the movement of the means, such as electric motors or the like. And, the delivery means refers to a device for delivering the items to be sorted to the respective sorting target objects when the robot travels to the drop zone. For example, it may be a robot-mounted flap as shown in fig. 1, or other device such as a robotic arm. In the automatic conveying unit, the bearing part is used for receiving the articles to be sorted in a piece feeding area, wherein the piece feeding area, the conveying area and the piece falling area are positioned on the same plane, and the piece feeding area, the conveying area and the piece falling area are not overlapped with each other.
In the above automatic conveying unit, the conveying means is configured to convey the articles to be sorted from the article supply section located on one side of the conveying section to the article drop section located on one or more sides of the conveying section other than the one on which the article supply section is located.
In the above-described automatic conveying unit, the conveying means is configured to convey the articles to be sorted from the article supply area located at the center of the conveying area to the article drop area located at least a part of the periphery of the conveying area.
In the above automatic transport unit, the delivery means is for executing a drop of the item to be sorted into a movable container for containing the item.
Adaptation of automatic sorting system
As described above, in the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the transportation area and the drop area are located on the same plane, and the transportation area and the drop area do not overlap. The objects to be sorted are thus transported through different areas on essentially the same plane, which requires that the transport units transporting the objects to be sorted are adapted appropriately based on the layout of the automated sorting system.
For example, in existing automated sorting systems as shown in fig. 1, since the drop zone is in the form of a drop gate on a steel platform, the transport robot may include a flap for carrying the packages to be sorted, by which the packages are poured into the drop gate when the transport robot reaches the side of the drop gate.
Here, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in the automated sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, a similar transporting robot may be employed as the transporting unit, so that the package is placed into the drop zone by turning the flap when the transporting robot moves to the drop zone. Furthermore, as described above, the sorting target object may be a container for accommodating articles, and the container preferably has a certain height in order to accommodate articles. In this case, it is necessary to make appropriate adjustments to the transport robot so that the transport robot can conveniently deliver the transported articles into the container.
In one example, the transport robot itself may be raised, or a specific delivery device may be provided on the transport robot for delivering the transported item into the container.
In addition, in the automatic sorting system as shown in fig. 1, the moving path of the transporting robot is optimized by setting the positions and the number of the falling lattice openings, so that the overall operation efficiency of the system is improved. In the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, as described above, it can be considered that the shape of the drop zone determines the shape of the transport zone. Therefore, in the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the efficiency of the transporting unit to move the transported article in the transporting area can be improved by optimizing the layout of the drop zone, that is, the shape of the edge of the transporting area can be changed by setting the position of the sorting target object in addition to the number of the sorting target objects in the drop zone and the position of the edge of the transporting area, thereby further optimizing the transporting path.
Also, in the automatic sorting system according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the transportation area and the drop area do not overlap, the sorting target object disposed in the drop area does not affect the travel of the transportation unit moving in the transportation area, which also makes it possible to further optimize the mobility configuration of the sorting target object. Specifically, in one example, the sorting target object may be arranged not only to be movable after the end of the sorting process, but also to be movable during the sorting process, thereby further optimizing the system sorting efficiency by the movement of both the moving object and the sorting target object.
In addition, the transportation units do not interfere with the movement of other transportation units when the falling parts are executed, and only the avoidance problem of each transportation unit in the transportation area needs to be considered. Thus, the algorithm controlling the transport units in the transport zone may be further improved to make the automated sorting system according to embodiments of the present invention more efficient.
According to the automatic sorting system and the operation method thereof, the transportation area and the piece dropping area are arranged on the same plane, so that the problems of low flexibility and high cost caused by the fact that the transportation area is elevated can be avoided.
In addition, the automatic sorting system and the operation method thereof provided by the embodiment of the invention can avoid the problem that other transport units wait or avoid among the transport units when the transport units for transporting the articles execute the falling parts by arranging the transport areas and the falling part areas not to overlap with each other.
Therefore, the automatic sorting system and the operation method thereof provided by the embodiment of the invention can realize a logistics sorting scheme with high flexibility, low cost and high efficiency by adopting planar non-overlapping area arrangement.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the embodiments of the invention described above and shown in the drawings are by way of example only and are not limiting. The objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively achieved. The functional and structural principles of the present invention have been shown and described in the examples and embodiments of the invention may be modified or practiced without departing from such principles.
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1. An automated sorting system, comprising:
the piece supply area is used for distributing the articles to be sorted;
a transport zone for one or more transport units to move therein, the transport units transporting the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and
a drop zone including a plurality of sorting target objects, and in which the transport unit performs drop of the articles to be sorted to the corresponding sorting target objects;
The conveying area and the falling part area are positioned on the same plane, the falling part area comprises at least two areas, each area corresponds to a sorting target object, and the sorting target object is a movable container for accommodating the articles.
2. The automated sorting system of claim 1, the infeed region, the transport region, and the drop region being on a same plane, and the infeed region, the transport region, and the drop region not overlapping each other, the infeed region being on one side of the transport region and the drop region being on one or more sides of the transport region other than the side on which the infeed region is located.
3. The automated sorting system of claim 1, the infeed, transport and drop zones being on the same plane, and the infeed, transport and drop zones not overlapping one another, the infeed zone being located at a center of the transport zone and the drop zone being located at least a portion of a periphery of the transport zone.
4. The automated sorting system of claim 2 or 3, the shape of the transport zone being determined based on the shape of the drop zone, the shape of the transport zone comprising a rectangle or square.
5. The automated sorting system of claim 1, the transport zone and the drop zone being disposed directly on the ground.
6. The automated sorting system of claim 1, the transport zone and the drop zone being disposed on a built platform or track.
7. The automated sorting system of claim 1, comprising a multi-level plane provided with the transport zone and the drop zone.
8. The automated sorting system of claim 1, wherein the destination information of the items to be sorted has a correspondence with the sorting target object of the drop zone, the correspondence including any one of one-to-one, many-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many.
9. An automated sorting system according to claim 1 or 8, the transport unit carrying at least one item to be sorted, each item to be sorted corresponding to at least one sorting target object.
10. The automated sorting system of claim 1, the drop zone being provided with a drop channel for sorting target objects, the drop channel for a transport unit to perform drops at the drop zone.
11. The automated sorting system of claim 1, wherein in the event that the number of items to be sorted changes, the number of sorting target objects of the drop zone is changed based on the number of items to be sorted.
12. The automated sorting system of claim 11, for any destination, increasing the number of sorting target objects corresponding to the destination in the event that the number of items to be sorted corresponding to the destination increases.
13. The automated sorting system of claim 11, wherein the number of sorting target objects of the drop zone is increased during a predetermined time period and in the event that the number of items to be sorted is increased during the predetermined time period.
14. The automated sorting system of claim 12 or 13, wherein the area of the transport zone and the area of the drop zone are enlarged in the event that the number of sorting target objects increases and the area of the drop zone is insufficient to accommodate sorting target objects.
15. The automated sorting system of claim 14, comprising a first supply zone, a first transport zone, and a first drop zone, and a second supply zone, a second transport zone, and a second drop zone, and wherein the second planar layout of the second supply zone, the second transport zone, and the second drop zone is the same as the first planar layout of the first supply zone, the first transport zone, and the first drop zone, wherein the first supply zone, the first transport zone, and the first drop zone are automated sorting systems before replication of the automated sorting system, and the second supply zone, the second transport zone, and the second drop zone are automated sorting systems after replication of the automated sorting system.
16. An automated sorting system, comprising:
a transport unit for transporting the articles to be sorted;
a sorting area for operation therein by the transport unit to effect sorting of the articles to be sorted; and
a control device for controlling the sorting of the articles to be sorted and the movement of the transport unit in the sorting area;
wherein the sorting area further comprises:
the piece supply area is used for distributing the articles to be sorted;
a transport zone for movement therein by one or more transport units, the transport units transporting the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and, a step of, in the first embodiment,
a drop zone including a plurality of sorting target objects, and in which the transport unit performs drop of the articles to be sorted to the corresponding sorting target objects;
the conveying area and the falling part area are positioned on the same plane, the falling part area comprises at least two areas, each area corresponds to a sorting target object, and the sorting target object is a movable container for accommodating the articles.
17. An automatic sorting method, comprising:
placing one or more articles to be sorted on a transport unit at a feed zone;
the conveying unit carries the articles to be sorted through a conveying area; and, a step of, in the first embodiment,
The transportation unit advances to a falling part area and performs falling part from the article to be sorted to a sorting target object corresponding to the article to be sorted;
the conveying area and the falling part area are positioned on the same plane, the falling part area comprises at least two areas, each area corresponds to a sorting target object, and the sorting target object is a movable container for accommodating the articles.
18. An automated transport unit for sorting items, comprising:
a carrier for receiving and dispensing articles to be sorted;
a transport member for moving the automatic transport unit in a transport zone for sorting articles such that the automatic transport unit carries the articles to be sorted through the transport zone; and
a delivery part for performing dropping of the article to be sorted to a corresponding sorting target object of a plurality of sorting target objects in a dropping area for article sorting;
the conveying area and the falling part area are positioned on the same plane, the falling part area comprises at least two areas, each area corresponds to a sorting target object, and the sorting target object is a movable container for accommodating the articles.
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