CN210527522U

CN210527522U - Goods shelf system

Info

Publication number: CN210527522U
Application number: CN201920439859.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘亮; 申世安; 王斌
Original assignee: Shenzhen Yingda Information Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Yingda Information Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-01
Filing date: 2019-04-01
Publication date: 2020-05-15
Anticipated expiration: 2029-04-01

Abstract

The utility model provides a goods shelf system, include: a plurality of smart shelves, each said smart shelf comprising: the goods shelf body is provided with a plurality of goods positions which are used for correspondingly storing the same kind of goods or the same kind of goods; the indicating device is arranged on one side or above the goods shelf body and corresponds to the goods position, and is provided with a power supply unit, a signal processing unit, an indicating lamp and a control switch, wherein the indicating lamp is used for indicating the positions of the same goods or the same goods; the indicator light is lightened through an instruction received by the signal processing unit and is triggered to be turned off through the control switch. The modularized indicating device is convenient to install and reduce cost, and the indicating lamp accurately indicates the position of a goods position where goods are located, so that goods can be picked conveniently, time is saved, efficiency is improved, and operation cost is reduced; and the indicator light is triggered by the control switch to be turned off, so that the operation is simple and practical.

Description

Goods shelf system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a goods shelves system especially indicates a goods shelves system that can fix a position goods position fast.

Background art:

in modern warehouses, diversification of product varieties puts higher requirements on enterprise warehouse management. The traditional manual goods picking mode is too dependent on the manual experience of warehouse management personnel, and has low speed, low efficiency and high error probability, thereby seriously influencing the daily management and economic benefit of an enterprise warehouse.

To the above problems, the present invention provides a new shelf system, which adopts new methods and technical means to solve these problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

To the problem that the background art faces, the utility model provides a light the pilot lamp according to the instruction to indicate the position of goods, and trigger by control switch and close the goods shelves system of pilot lamp.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical means:

the utility model provides a goods shelf system, a serial communication port, include:

a plurality of smart shelves, each said smart shelf comprising: the goods shelf body is provided with a plurality of goods positions which are used for correspondingly storing the same kind of goods or the same kind of goods; the indicating device is arranged on one side or above the goods shelf body and corresponds to the goods position, and is provided with a power supply unit, a signal processing unit, an indicating lamp and a control switch, wherein the indicating lamp is used for indicating the positions of the same goods or the same goods;

the indicator light is lightened through an instruction received by the signal processing unit and is triggered to be turned off through the control switch.

Optionally, a plurality of the intelligent shelves are arranged in the storage bins in different areas to store different kinds of goods, at least one main channel and a plurality of auxiliary channels for passing are separated, at least one main channel lamp is correspondingly arranged on the shelf system in each area, the main channel lamp is located at the eye of the main channel, and the indicator lamp and the main channel lamp in the same area are synchronously lightened.

Optionally, the instruction is sent to the indicating device by the upper computer through an interactive device, and the upper computer is further configured to reset the state of the indicating device according to information fed back by the indicating device.

Optionally, the indication device has a reset switch for resetting the state of the indication device.

Optionally, the indicator light emits light in a blinking manner, and the color of the emitted light is different from the color of the ambient light.

Optionally, the brightness of the indicator light is greater than the brightness of the ambient light surrounding the indicator device.

Optionally, the indicator light sequentially displays a plurality of different colors according to a plurality of instructions received by the signal processing unit at the same time period, the plurality of different colors displayed by the indicator light are all different from the color of the ambient light, and when the indicator light displays one of the colors, the control switch is triggered, so that the indicator light stops displaying one of the colors and continues to sequentially display the other colors of the plurality of different colors.

Optionally, each of the indicating devices has a plurality of indicating lamps with different colors and a plurality of control switches, and the plurality of control switches correspondingly control the plurality of indicating lamps.

Optionally, each of the indicating devices has an indicator light and a plurality of control switches, the indicator light can alternately emit lights with a plurality of different colors, and the plurality of control switches correspond to the plurality of colors of the indicator light to turn off the corresponding color of the indicator light.

Optionally, the control switch is a lamp cover, and the indicator lamp is arranged in the lamp cover.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:

the modularized indicating device is convenient to install and reduce cost, and the indicating lamp accurately indicates the position of a goods position where goods are located, so that goods can be picked conveniently, time is saved, efficiency is improved, and operation cost is reduced; and the indicator light is triggered by the control switch to be turned off, so that the operation is simple and practical.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a cargo compartment system of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the racking system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the smart shelf of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the mobile terminal of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the indicating device of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of an indicating device;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a third embodiment of an indicating device;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a fourth embodiment of an indicating device;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the warehouse system of FIG. 1 processing individual picklists;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of the warehouse system of FIG. 1 processing a plurality of picklists;

FIG. 12 is a flow chart of a method of locating a cargo space in the warehouse system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a flow chart of another method of locating a cargo space of the warehouse system of FIG. 1.

Detailed description of the embodiments reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which:

Detailed Description

For better understanding of the objects, structures, features, and functions of the present invention, reference should now be made to the drawings and detailed description of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, the present invention discloses a cargo compartment system 10, wherein the cargo compartment system 10 mainly comprises: the system comprises an upper computer 11 for background control, a mobile terminal 13 and a shelf system 20.

As shown in fig. 1, the upper computer 11 sends an instruction through the interactive device 12 to control information of the whole warehouse system 10, the interactive device 12 sends an instruction through wifi or bluetooth or ZigBee, and the interactive device 12 is preferably a router.

As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the mobile terminal 13 is carried by a user to receive an instruction sent by the upper computer 11 at any time and respond quickly. The mobile terminal 13 is provided with a communication module 14 and a prompt component 15, the communication module 14 is used for communicating with the upper computer 11 and the shelf system 20, the prompt component 15 is a display screen, optionally, the prompt component 15 further comprises a prompt lamp 15', or the prompt component 15 is one of the display screen, the prompt lamp or other suitable prompt devices (not shown in the figure, the same below). Preferably, the mobile terminal 13 in this embodiment is a PDA (personal digital assistant).

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the shelf system 20 includes a plurality of intelligent shelves, and the plurality of intelligent shelves 30 are disposed in the storage bins in different areas, so that similar goods spaces 32 can be stored on the intelligent shelves 30 in the same area, and management is facilitated. As shown in fig. 2, the plurality of intelligent shelves 30 are divided into a first area 21 and a second area 22 opposite to each other, the plurality of intelligent shelves 30 are arranged in a row, a wide main channel 23 is arranged between the first area 21 and the second area 22, and each area has a plurality of narrow sub-channels 24 for a user to go through for picking. In other embodiments, one or more rows of the intelligent shelves 30 may be set as one area as required, the size of the area may be adjusted reasonably, and more main channels 23 and auxiliary channels 24 may be set according to the size of the warehouse. One or more main channel lamps 25 are correspondingly installed on the intelligent shelves 30 in each area, the main channel lamps 25 can emit various colors, and the main channel lamps 25 are positioned at the positions where the main channels 23 are visible, so that a user can quickly distinguish the areas of the intelligent shelves 30 needing to pick goods in the main channels 23, and the range of the user for searching the goods space 32 is narrowed; in this embodiment, it is preferable that the main channel lamp 25 is installed at one end of each row of the intelligent shelves 30 located at the main channel 23, so as to further precisely locate the position of the goods (not shown, the same applies below).

Each row of the intelligent shelves 30 may include one or more of the intelligent shelves 30, as shown in fig. 2, and preferably each row has a plurality of the intelligent shelves 30, so as to facilitate the installation of the intelligent shelves 30. As shown in fig. 3, each of the intelligent shelves 30 includes a shelf body 31 and a plurality of indicating devices 33. The shelf body 31 partitions a plurality of goods spaces 32, and each goods space 32 is used for correspondingly storing the same kind of goods or the same kind of goods. A plurality of said indicating means 33 correspond to a plurality of said cargo spaces 32 for indicating the exact position of said cargo spaces 32.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, each of the indicating devices 33 has a power supply unit 34, a signal processing unit 35, an indicator light 36, a control switch 37 and a reset switch 38, the power supply unit 34 is a built-in battery for supplying power to the indicating device 33; in other embodiments, the power supply unit 34 can also supply power to the indicating device 33 by connecting a power line. Referring again to fig. 1, the signal processing unit 35 is configured to receive an instruction sent by the upper computer 11 to illuminate the indicator light 36 to indicate the precise location of the goods to be picked by the user; in other embodiments, the signal processing unit 35 may directly receive an instruction sent by the mobile terminal 13 to illuminate the indicator light 36. The control switch 37 is used to turn off the indicator light 36 after the picking is completed, so that the indicator device 33 receives a new command to turn on the indicator light 36 again.

As a remedy to the erroneous turning off of the indicator light 36, the control switch 37 is also configured to trigger the indicator light 36 to be turned on again within a certain time after the turning off of the indicator light 36; in other embodiments, the indication lamp 36 may be turned off by being triggered by the matching mobile terminal 13, and since the instruction received by the mobile terminal 13 is matched with the instruction received by the indication device 33, the error turning off of the indication lamp 36 by other users may be avoided.

As a remedy for the error display of the indicating device 33, the upper computer 11 resets the state of the indicating device 33 according to the error display information fed back by the indicating device 33; as another remedy for the error display of the indicating device 33, when the user finds that the indicating device 33 is displayed incorrectly, for example, the goods position 32 where the indicating lamp 36 is on has no goods to be picked, or the indicating lamp 36 is abnormally flashed, or other abnormal phenomena occur in the indicating device 33, the user may manually trigger the reset switch 38 to reset the state of the indicating device 33 to a normal state or an initial state.

In this embodiment, the indicating device 33 does not have a display screen, and a display screen with a larger power is removed, so as to enhance the cruising ability of the indicating device 33 and reduce the cost of the indicating device 33. In other embodiments, the indication device 33 may be added with a display screen as required.

In this embodiment, only one indicator light 36 and one control switch 37 corresponding to the indicator light 36 are provided, and the control switch 37 may be of a button type, a touch type, an infrared induction type, or the like.

In other embodiments, each of the indicating devices 33 may include a plurality of the indicator lights 36 or a plurality of the control switches 37. As shown in fig. 7, when each of the indicating devices 33 has one of the indicating lamps 36 and a plurality of the control switches 37, one of the indicating lamps 36 can emit a plurality of colors corresponding to different orders, each of the control switches 37 controls one of the colors of the indicating lamp 36, and when one of the switches is triggered, one of the colors of the indicating lamp 36 is turned off. As shown in fig. 8, when each of the indicating devices 33 has a plurality of the indicating lamps 36 and a plurality of the control switches 37, the colors of the plurality of the indicating lamps 36 are different to correspond to different picking orders; each of the control switches 37 controls one color of the indicator light 36. As shown in fig. 9, the control switch 37 may be configured as a lamp cover, the indicator lamp 36 is accommodated in the control switch 37, and the user can turn off the indicator lamp 36 by pressing the lamp cover, which is more intuitive, and avoids triggering other control switches 37, thereby reducing the error rate.

In other embodiments, the control switch 37 may not be provided on the indicating device 33, and the indicating device 33 and the mobile terminal 13 communicate with each other through a built-in nfc module, an rfid module, or a bluetooth module to turn off the indicator light 36. For example, when the user brings the mobile terminal 13 close to the indicating device 33, the indicator light 36 may be turned off by using the nfc technology or the rfid technology, or when the intensity of the bluetooth signal between the mobile terminal 13 and the indicating device 33 exceeds (when the mobile terminal 13 gradually approaches the indicating device 33) or is lower (when the mobile terminal 13 gradually moves away from the indicating device 33) than a certain threshold (a threshold may be set according to a specific application scenario), the indicator light 36 is automatically turned off, the user is not required to manually turn off the indicator light 36, hands are released, a picking process is simplified, and picking efficiency is improved.

As shown in fig. 10, a block diagram of the warehouse system 10 of the present invention for processing a single pick order is shown.

One embodiment of the method for positioning goods when the warehouse system 10 processes multiple picking orders simultaneously is described in detail below with reference to fig. 1, 11, and 12.

In this embodiment, the indicating device 33 includes a first indicating device 331 and a second indicating device 332, the first indicating device 331 has a first indicating lamp 361 and a first control switch 371, and the second indicating device 332 has a second indicating lamp 362 and a second control switch 372. The mobile terminal 13 includes a first mobile terminal 131 and a second mobile terminal 132.

When the upper computer 11 receives a first order, the information of the first order is sent through a router, normally, a plurality of mobile terminals 13 wait for receiving the first order, when the idle first mobile terminal 131 receives the first order, the information of the first order is displayed on the display screen of the first mobile terminal 131, and in synchronization with this, a first main aisle light 251 of a shelf area corresponding to goods on the first order is triggered to light through the first order, and simultaneously, a first indicator light 361 of a first indicator device 331 corresponding to a goods location 32 where the goods to be picked are located is triggered to light, the first indicator light 361 is preferably in a flashing type to light, and the display screen of the first mobile terminal 131, the first main aisle light 251 and the first indicator light 361 are all the same in light-emitting color and are all different from the light-emitting (ambient light) color in the goods compartment, so that the user can recognize the position of the first indicator light 361.

When the upper computer 11 receives a second order (the order picking of the first order is not finished), the information of the second order is sent out through a second instruction, when the second mobile terminal 132 receives the second instruction, the information of the second instruction is displayed on the display screen of the second mobile terminal 132, the user of the second mobile terminal 132 triggers the second main channel lamp 252 of the shelf area corresponding to the goods on the second order to light through the second mobile terminal 132, and simultaneously triggers the second indicator lamp 362 of the second indicator device 332 corresponding to the goods 32 where the goods to be picked are located to light, the second indicator lamp 362 preferably emits light in a flashing manner, and the display screen of the second mobile terminal 132, the second main channel lamp 252 and the second indicator lamp 362 have the same light color, and have the same color as that of the illumination light (environment light) in the first indicator lamp 361 and the goods warehouse, so that the user can recognize the position of the second indicator light 362.

And so on, the warehouse system 10 handles more picking orders at the same time.

When the user finishes picking the goods position 32 at the goods position 32 indicated by the first indicating device 331, the first indicating lamp 361 is turned off by triggering the first control switch 371, and when the goods prompted by the first main aisle lamp 251 are all picked, the upper computer 11 triggers to turn off the first main aisle lamp 251. When all the items on the first order are picked up, the main passage lights 25 and the indicator lights 36 corresponding to the first order for prompting are turned off. This is similar to the case where the user picks a second pick order.

As a remedy for the first indicator light 361 or the second indicator light 362 being turned off by mistake, the first control switch 371 of the first indicator device 331 is further configured to trigger the first control switch 371 again to turn on the indicator light 36 within a certain time after the first indicator light 361 is turned off; in other embodiments, the first indicator light 361 may be turned off when the first mobile terminal 131 matches (nfc or rfid or bluetooth signal strength reaches a certain threshold), and since the first instruction received by the first mobile terminal 131 matches with the first instruction received by the first indicator device 331, it is possible to prevent other users from turning off the first indicator light 361 by mistake.

As a remedy for the error display of the indicating device 33 (the first indicating device 331 or the second indicating device 332, the same below), the upper computer 11 resets the state of the indicating device 33 according to the error display information fed back by the indicating device 33; as another remedy for the error display of the indicating device 33, when the user finds that the indicating device 33 is displayed incorrectly, for example, the goods position 32 where the indicating lamp 36 is on has no goods to be picked, or the indicating lamp 36 is abnormally flashed, or other abnormal phenomena occur in the indicating device 33, the user may manually trigger the reset switch 38 to reset the state of the indicating device 33 to a normal state or an initial state.

In other embodiments, the first indicator 331 may include a plurality of the first indicator 361 or a plurality of the first control switch 371. When each of the first indicator devices 331 has one of the first indicator lamps 361 and a plurality of the first control switches 371, one of the first indicator lamps 361 can emit a plurality of colors to correspond to different picking orders, each of the first control switches 371 controls one color of the first indicator lamp 361, and when one of the switches is triggered, one color of the first indicator lamp 361 is turned off; when each of the first indicating devices 331 has a plurality of the first indicating lamps 361 and a plurality of the first control switches 371, the colors of the plurality of the first indicating lamps 361 are different to correspond to different picklists; each of the first control switches 371 controls one color of the first indicator light 361. In other embodiments, the first control switch 371 may be configured as a lamp cover, the first indicator light 361 is received in the first control switch 371, and the user can turn off the first indicator light 361 by pressing the lamp cover, which is more intuitive and avoids triggering other first control switches 371, thereby reducing the error rate. The second indicating device 332 may be configured the same as the first indicating device 331.

Fig. 12 is a flowchart of the positioning method for the cargo compartment of the present invention, which specifically includes the following steps:

s1, the first mobile terminal receives a first instruction of the upper computer, and then information of corresponding goods is displayed on a first prompt component of the first mobile terminal;

s2, the first indicating device receives the first instruction to light a first indicating lamp corresponding to the goods position, so that the light emitting color of the first indicating lamp is matched with the information displayed on the first prompting component;

s3, the second mobile terminal receives a second instruction of the upper computer, and then information of another cargo is displayed on a second prompt component of the second mobile terminal;

and S4, receiving the second instruction by a second indicating device to light a second indicating lamp corresponding to the goods space, so that the luminous color of the second indicating lamp is matched with the information displayed on the second prompting component, and the luminous color of the second indicating lamp is different from that of the first indicating lamp.

Fig. 13 is another flowchart of the positioning method for cargo hold of the present invention, which specifically includes the following steps:

s11, the upper computer sends a first instruction and a second instruction in sequence;

s21, the first mobile terminal receives a first instruction of the upper computer, and then information of goods is displayed on a first prompt component of the first mobile terminal; the second mobile terminal receives a second instruction of the upper computer, and then information of another cargo is displayed on a second prompt component of the second mobile terminal;

s31, the first indicating device receives the first instruction and lights a first indicating lamp corresponding to the goods position, so that the light emitting color of the first indicating lamp is matched with the information displayed on the first prompting component;

and S41, receiving the second instruction by a second indicating device to light a second indicating lamp corresponding to the goods space, so that the luminous color of the second indicating lamp is matched with the information displayed on the second prompting component, and the luminous color of the second indicating lamp is different from that of the first indicating lamp.

The utility model discloses a goods shelves system has following beneficial effect:

the modularized indicating device 33 is convenient to install and reduce the cost, and the indicating lamp 36 accurately indicates the position of the goods in the goods position 32, so that the goods can be picked conveniently, the time is saved, the efficiency is improved, and the operation cost is reduced; and the indicator light 36 is triggered to be turned off through the control switch 37, so that the operation is simple and practical.

The shelf system 20 composed of the intelligent shelves 30 in a plurality of areas, the intelligent shelves 30 in each area are indicated by the main channel lamp 25, and the main channel lamp 25 and the indicator lamp 36 are matched to gradually narrow the range and indicate the precise position of the goods step by step.

The above detailed description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not for the purpose of limiting the scope of the present invention, therefore, all the equivalent technical changes using the description and drawings of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A shelving system, comprising:

2. The shelving system of claim 1, wherein: the intelligent goods shelf system is characterized in that a plurality of intelligent goods shelves are arranged in the goods warehouse in a partitioned mode to store different kinds of goods, at least one main channel and a plurality of auxiliary channels for passing are separated, at least one main channel lamp is correspondingly arranged on each regional goods shelf system, the main channel lamps are located at the visible positions of the main channels, and the indicating lamps and the main channel lamps in the same region are synchronously lightened.

3. The shelving system of claim 1, wherein: the instruction is sent to the indicating device by the upper computer through an interactive device, and the upper computer is further used for resetting the state of the indicating device according to the information fed back by the indicating device.

4. The shelving system of claim 1, wherein: the indicating device is provided with a reset switch for resetting the state of the indicating device.

5. The shelving system of claim 1, wherein: the indicator light shines with flickering, and the color of the light of the indicator light is different from the color of the ambient light.

6. The shelving system of claim 1, wherein: the brightness of the indicator light is greater than the brightness of the ambient light around the indicator device.

7. The shelving system of claim 1, wherein: the indicating lamp sequentially displays a plurality of different colors according to a plurality of instructions received by the signal processing unit at the same time period, the colors of the plurality of different colors displayed by the indicating lamp are different from the color of the ambient light, when the indicating lamp displays one of the colors, the control switch is triggered, and then the indicating lamp stops displaying one of the colors and continues to sequentially display other colors in the plurality of different colors.

8. The shelving system of claim 1, wherein: each indicating device is provided with a plurality of indicating lamps with different colors and a plurality of control switches, and the plurality of control switches correspondingly control the plurality of indicating lamps.

9. The shelving system of claim 1, wherein: each indicating device is provided with an indicating lamp and a plurality of control switches, the indicating lamp can alternately emit light with a plurality of different colors, and the plurality of control switches correspond to the plurality of colors of the indicating lamp so as to turn off the corresponding color of the indicating lamp.

10. The shelving system of claim 1, wherein: the control switch is a lamp shade, and the indicator light is arranged in the lamp shade.