CN212341904U

CN212341904U - Cargo storage system

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Publication number: CN212341904U
Application number: CN202020784663.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩旭
Original assignee: Beijing Kuangshi Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Kuangshi Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-07
Filing date: 2020-05-12
Publication date: 2021-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 2030-05-12

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of warehousing, and provides a goods storage system, and the system includes: the first identification recognizer is used for recognizing a first identification attached to the target container to obtain first container information; a first station at which a facility is provided for placing goods into the target container; the second identification recognizer is used for recognizing a second identification attached to the goods placed in the target container to obtain first goods information; and the information processing equipment is respectively in communication connection with the first identification recognizer and the second identification recognizer and is used for judging whether the goods put into the target container are consistent with the goods required by the target container according to the first goods information. The system utilizes the second identification recognizer to recognize the second identification attached to the goods so as to realize goods verification, and is favorable for finding out the goods abnormity in the target container in time.

Description

Cargo storage system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a storage technical field particularly, relates to a system is deposited to goods.

Background

In the links of goods storage, sorting, feeding and the like, the appointed goods need to be put into an appointed container. In the prior art, due to the lack of effective technical means for verifying the goods put into the container, the goods put into the container by mistake are difficult to find in time, and the running risk of the system is increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

It is an object of the embodiments of the present application to provide a cargo storage system to improve the above technical problem.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present application provides a cargo storage system, including:

the first identification recognizer is used for recognizing a first identification attached to the target container to obtain first container information; a first station at which a facility is provided for placing goods into the target container; the second identification recognizer is used for recognizing a second identification attached to the goods placed in the target container to obtain first goods information; and the information processing equipment is respectively in communication connection with the first identification recognizer and the second identification recognizer and is used for judging whether the goods put into the target container are consistent with the goods required by the target container according to the first goods information.

After goods are placed into the target container, the system firstly utilizes the second identification recognizer to recognize the second identification attached to the goods to obtain the first goods information, and then the information processing equipment utilizes the first goods information to verify the goods placed into the target container, so that whether errors exist in the goods placed into the target container can be found in time, and risks caused by abnormal goods in the target container are effectively reduced. Particularly, if the goods are placed manually, due to the effective goods checking mechanism, the problem that the goods are misplaced when workers work is avoided, and therefore the working efficiency is improved. In addition, the cargo verification process is automatically completed, manual intervention is not needed, and the verification efficiency is high.

In one implementation, the second identity recognizer includes one of: a bar code recognizer, a two-dimensional code recognizer and an electronic label recognizer.

Whether it is a goods identification or a container identification may in fact take several forms from the above described implementations. The bar code and the two-dimensional code have low cost, but the identification mode is greatly limited, and the existing equipment can only scan the bar codes one by one; electronic tags (such as RFID tags, NFC tags, etc.) are relatively high in cost, but the identification mode is not limited so much, and existing equipment can be scanned in batches generally, and goods can be stacked freely. Therefore, the selection can be made according to actual requirements, for example, the second identifier is an RFID label, and the first identifier is a bar code.

In one implementation, the system further comprises: the third identifier recognizer is in communication connection with the information processing equipment and is used for recognizing a third identifier attached to the source goods to obtain second goods information and sending the second goods information to the information processing equipment; wherein the source cargo refers to cargo transported to the first site; and/or a fourth identifier recognizer, communicatively connected to the information processing apparatus, configured to recognize a fourth identifier attached to a source container to obtain second container information, and send the second container information to the information processing apparatus; wherein the source container is a container transported to the first station.

To place the goods required for the target container into the target container at the first site, the information processing apparatus first confirms that the goods actually reach the first site, and in the above-described implementation, confirmation is assisted by the third identification recognizer (goods are not loaded in the container when they reach the first site) and the fourth identification recognizer (goods are loaded in the container when they reach the first site), respectively.

In one implementation, the system further comprises: and the releasing device is arranged at the first site, is in communication connection with the information processing device, and is used for releasing goods into the target container under the control of the information processing device.

The operation mode that the releasing equipment is used for placing goods, namely a machine is adopted, and the releasing equipment can automatically place the goods into the target container under the control of the information processing equipment.

In one implementation, the system further comprises: the guiding device is arranged at the first site, is in communication connection with the information processing device, and is used for receiving guiding information sent by the information processing device and outputting the guiding information; wherein the guiding information is used for guiding the manual goods placing into the target container.

Adopt the guide equipment guide staff to place the goods promptly manual operation mode, guide equipment can export guide information to instruct the staff to put into the target container with the goods.

In one implementation, the guiding device is arranged in a manner including at least one of: the first station is provided with a plurality of source positions for containing source containers or source goods, and the guide device is arranged at each source position; the guiding device is arranged on the source container; the first station is provided with a plurality of working positions for accommodating the target containers, and the guide equipment is arranged at each working position; the guiding device is arranged on the target container; wherein the source cargo refers to cargo transported to the first station, and the source container refers to container transported to the first station.

The guide equipment has various setting modes and can be flexibly selected according to requirements. In addition to the above, the guidance device may be collectively provided at a location, for example, a display screen is provided as the guidance device at a fixed location of the first site to display the guidance information transmitted from the information processing device.

In one implementation, the system further comprises: and the feedback device is in communication connection with the information processing device and is used for generating a feedback signal indicating that the required goods are placed in the target container and sending the feedback signal to the information processing device.

After goods in the target container are placed, the feedback device can generate a feedback signal to feed back the information processing device, so that the information processing device can start a subsequent goods checking process, and the feedback mechanism is favorable for ensuring efficient and automatic operation of the goods storage process. The feedback signal can be generated once after all goods required by the target container are placed, and can also be generated once when one kind of goods required by the target container is placed, so that the verification of the goods can be performed once after all the goods required by the target container are placed, and can also be performed once when one kind of goods required by the target container is placed, and for the latter, the abnormity of the goods in the placing process can be found more timely, and the abnormity can be processed timely.

In one implementation, the feedback device is configured in a manner including at least one of: the first station is provided with a plurality of source positions for containing source containers or source goods, and the feedback equipment is arranged at each source position; the feedback device is arranged on the source container; the first station is provided with a plurality of working positions for accommodating the target container, and the feedback equipment is arranged at each working position; the feedback device is arranged on the target container; wherein the source cargo refers to cargo transported to the first station, and the source container refers to container transported to the first station.

The feedback equipment has various setting modes and can be flexibly selected according to requirements. In addition to the above, the feedback device may be centrally disposed at a location, for example, a touch screen is disposed at a fixed location of the first station as the feedback device, and the staff clicks a button on the touch screen to perform feedback when the goods required by the target container are placed.

In one implementation of the cargo storage system, the feedback device is a button, the cargo storage system further comprises a display screen as a guidance device, and the feedback device and the guidance device are integrated in an electronic sign.

The guiding device and the feedback device aim at the object of goods placement operation, so that the guiding device and the feedback device can be arranged together, and can be integrated on the same device, so that the manufacturing cost of the device is saved, and the control logic of the device is simplified.

In one implementation of the cargo storage system, the system further comprises: a second station at which a facility for handling a cargo anomaly in the target container is disposed; wherein the cargo abnormality means that the cargo put in the target container is inconsistent with the cargo required by the target container.

The cargo exception can be handled locally at the first station, but the exception handling is not easy to control in time, so a second station can be additionally arranged for handling the exception, and the first station is prevented from being over-stressed.

In one implementation of the cargo storage system, the system further comprises: at least one transfer apparatus for transporting the target container under the control of the information processing apparatus.

Some of the equipment or facilities involved in the cargo storage system may be geographically separated, so that the transfer apparatus may be utilized to transfer the target container between such equipment or facilities. For example, a transfer device may be used to transport a target container from a first site to a second identification identifier; for another example, the transfer apparatus may be configured to transport the target container from the second identification identifier to the second site after determining that the cargo anomaly exists in the target container.

In one implementation manner of the cargo storage system, the second identifier is an RFID tag, the second identifier is an RFID gateway, and the transfer apparatus is configured to transport the target container with the cargo through the RFID gateway under the control of the information processing apparatus.

The RFID tag identification range is large, the RFID channel machine supports batch identification of the RFID tags attached to the goods passing through the equipment, the identification efficiency is high, the RFID channel machine has no clear requirements on the stacking mode of the goods in the target container, and the RFID channel machine is convenient to apply.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments of the present application will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and that those skilled in the art can also obtain other related drawings based on the drawings without inventive efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cargo storage system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 shows another structural schematic diagram of the cargo storage system provided by the embodiment of the application.

In the figure, 10 — cargo storage system; 100-an information processing apparatus; 102-a first identification recognizer; 104-a boot device; 105-a delivery device; 106-a feedback device; 108-a third identity recognizer; 110-a fourth identification recognizer; 112-a first site; 114-a second identification recognizer; 116-a second site; 118-fifth identification recognizer.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present application, it is further noted that, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

The goods storage system that this application embodiment provided is used for putting into appointed container with appointed goods to accomplish the goods check after the container is put into to goods. For example, the system can be applied to a certain cargo classification task, and is used for putting the same kind of cargo into the same container for storage; for another example, the system may be applied to a certain goods picking task, for picking several kinds of goods purchased by a user into the same container for packaging and shipping, and the like. It is to be noted that the operation of placing the goods into the container may be performed by the system itself, or may be performed by an operator (possibly a human or a machine) who instructs the system on the goods storage operation. In the solution of the present application, the designated container is referred to as a target container, and the designated goods is referred to as target goods, that is, goods to be placed in the target container. The goods storage system can be deployed in a warehouse, but is not limited to application in a warehouse.

In the context of the present application, "a piece of goods" is understood to mean the smallest unit of handling of goods, either a piece of goods or a collection of pieces of goods (for example a bin, inside which a plurality of pieces of goods are placed), and a container is understood to mean any device capable of containing goods, such as a bucket, a box, a bag, a tray, etc.

Fig. 1 and fig. 2 are schematic structural diagrams illustrating a cargo storage system according to an embodiment of the present application, wherein black arrows indicate a flow direction of cargo. Referring to fig. 1 or 2, the cargo storage system 10 includes at least an information processing device 100, a first identification identifier 102, a first site 112, and a second identification identifier 114.

The first station 112 is provided with a functional facility that performs the function of placing the goods into the target container, which for the purposes of the present solution is primarily the placement of the target goods into the target container. From the perspective of input and output, the input of the first station 112 can be considered as the target cargo and the target container, and the output is the target container with the target cargo.

The information processing apparatus 100 is communicatively connected (either by wire or wirelessly) to the first identification recognizer 102 and the second identification recognizer 114, respectively. The main functions implemented by the information processing apparatus 100 are:

first, first container information of a target container is obtained from the first identifier 102, and then goods to be placed in the target container are determined according to the first container information. The goods to be placed into the target container are determined in advance, for example, in one implementation, the need to place the target goods into the target container may be derived from a goods processing task, which may be a goods sorting task, or the like, and the goods processing task includes description information of the target goods involved in the task. After the cargo handling task is assigned to the information processing apparatus 100, the information processing apparatus 100 associates the cargo handling task with the target container, so that once the first container information is identified and obtained by the first identifier 102, the association relationship is queried, and the description information of the target cargo can be obtained.

After the goods are placed in the target container (completed at the first station 112), the information processing apparatus 100 obtains the first goods information of the goods placed in the target container from the second identifier 114, and then determines whether the goods placed in the target container are consistent with the target goods according to the first goods information. If the two are consistent, the goods verification is successful, and a subsequent goods processing link can be entered, such as storage of a target container or sorting and feeding of the target container; if the two are not consistent, it indicates that the cargo verification fails, or there is an abnormality in the cargo in the target container, and the processing manner is described later.

For example, the first goods information is IDs of 7 goods, and after inquiry, the goods corresponding to the 7 IDs are 4 bottles of soy sauce and 3 bottles of vinegar (correspondence between the goods ID and the kind of the goods is recorded in advance), and the target goods are exactly 4 bottles of soy sauce and 3 bottles of vinegar, so that the first goods information and the target goods are identical, and the verification is successful. If the goods corresponding to the 7 IDs are 3 bottles of soy sauce, 3 bottles of vinegar and 1 bottle of oyster sauce through inquiry, so that the first goods information is inconsistent with the target goods, and the verification fails.

In one implementation, the information processing apparatus 100 may further output indication information after determining the target good, so that an executor of the goods storage operation (which may be a human or a machine, located at the first station 112) places the target good into the target container according to the indication information.

The information processing apparatus 100 may be a physical apparatus such as a PC, a notebook, a tablet, a server, an embedded apparatus, etc., or may be a virtual apparatus such as a virtual machine, a virtualized container, etc. Further, the information processing apparatus 100 is not limited to a single apparatus, and may be a combination of a plurality of apparatuses or one or a plurality of clusters configured by a large number of apparatuses.

The first identifier recognizer 102 is configured to recognize a first identifier attached to the target container to obtain first container information, and to transmit the first container information to the information processing apparatus 100.

The second identifier recognizer 114 is configured to recognize a second identifier attached to the goods placed in the target container to obtain the first goods information, and to transmit the first goods information to the information processing apparatus 100.

The second identifier recognizer 114 and the first identifier recognizer 102 may operate autonomously or under the control of the information processing device 100, for example, the second identifier recognizer 114 may be in an operating state all the time, and as long as a target container enters the recognition range, the second identifier attached to the goods placed in the target container is actively recognized, or the second identifier recognizer 114 may not actively recognize the second identifier entering the recognition range, and only after receiving a recognition instruction issued by the information processing device 100, the second identifier recognizer 114 may recognize the second identifier.

The second identifier is an identifier with information contained therein, which can be used to uniquely identify an item, and may be, for example, an ID of the item. The second identifier may be in the form of one of a bar code, a two-dimensional code, and an electronic tag (e.g., an RFID tag, an NFC tag, etc.), and accordingly, the second identifier 114 may be a handheld bar code scanner, a fixed bar code scanner, an RFID gateway, etc. The second identifier is attached to the item of merchandise, and as used herein "attached" refers to either being affixed to the item of merchandise (e.g., by affixing an RFID tag to a surface of the item of merchandise) or being otherwise attached to the item of merchandise (e.g., by printing a bar code on the packaging of the item of merchandise). In addition, it should be noted that, when the second identifier is an electronic tag, the information contained in the electronic tag is not limited to the ID of the goods, and may also include more contents such as description information of the goods.

The bar code and the two-dimensional code have low cost, but the identification mode is limited greatly, the existing equipment can only scan the codes one by one, and the stacking mode of the goods has high requirements (for example, the bar code must be just opposite to a code scanning gun to be scanned). The cost of the electronic tag is high, but the identification mode is not limited greatly, the existing equipment generally supports batch scanning, and the requirement on the stacking mode of goods is not high (for example, the RFID tag is only scanned within the identification range of the RFID channel machine). The specific form of the second identifier may be selected according to actual needs, for example, in some scenarios of the present application, a lot of goods may be stacked in the target container, and information for accurately identifying the goods is required for goods verification, so that an RFID tag with a large identifiable range and capable of performing batch identification is one of the better choices, and in cooperation with the RFID tag, the second identifier 114 may employ an RFID channel machine.

The first identifier is an identifier having information embedded therein that may be used to uniquely identify a container in a manner similar to and not repeated with respect to the second identifier, and the first identifier 102 in a manner similar to and not repeated with respect to the second identifier 114. The specific form of the first identifier may be selected according to actual needs, for example, in some scenarios of the present application, there is no need for batch identification of the container, so that attaching a barcode on the surface of the container as one of the better choices for cost saving is considered, and in cooperation with the barcode, the first identifier 102 may adopt a handheld barcode scanning gun or a fixed barcode scanner.

With continued reference to fig. 1 or 2, in one implementation, the cargo storage system 10 may further include a conveying device (not shown) communicatively coupled to the information processing device 100 for conveying the cargo or the container having the cargo stored therein to the first station 112 under the control of the information processing device 100. Alternatively, the information processing apparatus 100 may control the transportation apparatus to transport the target cargo to the first station 112 after obtaining the description information of the target cargo.

The location to which the goods or the containers with the goods stored therein are transferred is referred to as a source location of the first station 112, and accordingly, the goods transferred to the first station 112 may be referred to as source goods, and the containers transferred to the first station 112 may be referred to as source containers. The first site 112 may set one or more source bits, the location of which may be fixed. The conveying device may be a conveying line, an automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV for short), and the like, and the AGV may be of various types, such as a lift type, a traction type, a clamp type, a flap type, and the like, and the present application is not limited thereto. The conveying equipment may have one or more conveying lines, for example, one conveying line may be arranged to convey the goods to the first station 112 in sequence, or a plurality of conveying lines may be arranged to convey the goods to the first station 112 at the same time. It is further noted that a conveying device is not necessary, and that the goods may be conveyed to the first station 112 manually, for example. It will be appreciated that a corresponding delivery device may also be provided for the target container to deliver it to the first station 112.

With continued reference to fig. 1 or fig. 2, in one implementation, the cargo storage system 10 may further include a third identifier recognizer 108, where the third identifier recognizer 108 is in communication with the information processing apparatus 100, and is configured to recognize a third identifier attached to the source cargo to obtain second cargo information, and send the second cargo information to the information processing apparatus 100, and after receiving the second cargo information, the information processing apparatus 100 may determine whether the target cargo is included in the source cargo.

In one implementation, the cargo storage system 10 may further include a fourth identifier 110, where the fourth identifier 110 is connected to the information processing apparatus 100 in a communication manner, and is configured to identify a fourth identifier attached to the source container to obtain second container information, and send the second container information to the information processing apparatus 100, and after receiving the second container information, the information processing apparatus 100 may determine whether the cargo stored in the source container includes the target cargo according to the second container information.

To place the target item into the target container at the first site 112, it is first confirmed that the target item actually arrives at the first site 112 (i.e., the source item or the source container contains the target item), otherwise no subsequent processing is possible. In both implementations above, this is facilitated by the provision of a third identity recognizer 108 and a fourth identity recognizer 110, respectively. If the goods are not loaded in the container when arriving at the first station 112, the third identifier 108 can be used to identify the goods, for example, a bottle of soy sauce arrives at the first station 112, and the information processing device 100 can know that the goods are soy sauce after scanning the barcode on the soy sauce bottle, and of course, the corresponding relationship between the barcode and the goods is recorded in advance; if the goods are loaded in the container when arriving at the first station 112, the fourth identifier 110 can be used to identify the goods, for example, a box of soy sauce arrives at the first station 112, but the information processing device 100 can know that the goods in the box are soy sauce after scanning the bar code on the box only if the carton box is likely to not know what is inside, and of course, the corresponding relationship between the bar code and the goods in the carton box is recorded in advance.

The third and third identity recognizers 108 and the fourth and fourth identity recognizers 110 may refer to the implementation of the first identity and first identity recognizer 102 and are not repeated. For example, in some scenarios of the present application, the source containers are delivered to the first station 112 via a conveyor line, and the conveyor line sequentially transports the source containers as they are transported, such that only the bar codes are required to be placed on the source containers and the bar code scanners are placed at fixed locations on the conveyor line (e.g., on both sides of the conveyor line, above the conveyor line, etc.) to effectively scan the source containers that are passing by. In addition, it should be noted that since the third identifier 108 and the fourth identifier 110 have similar functions, the same device may be used in implementation, and of course, different devices may be used if the third identifier and the fourth identifier are not the same type of identifier.

Further, it is mentioned earlier that the information processing apparatus 100 may output instruction information for instructing to put the target cargo into the target container, and in the above two implementations, the instruction information may be output after the information processing apparatus 100 confirms that the target cargo arrives at the first station 112, otherwise, if the target cargo has not arrived at the first station 112, the subsequent cargo deposit operation cannot be driven only by the instruction information.

Before describing components of the cargo deposit system 10 directly related to the placement of the cargo, the contents of the indication information output by the information processing apparatus 100 that may be included will be described first.

In one implementation, the indication includes the number and/or type of target goods, e.g., "take 4 bottles of soy sauce and 3 bottles of vinegar" (meaning expressed by the indication, not the text expressing the indication). Of course, if it is known what goods are currently being stored (e.g., known from the aforementioned third identification recognizer 108 or fourth identification recognizer 110), the indication information may not include the kind of goods, e.g., the conveyor line always conveys goods to the first station 112 in the order of one soy sauce and one vinegar, the indication information may be "take 4 bottles" when the boxes with soy sauce arrive at the first station 112, and the indication information may be "take 3 bottles" when the boxes with vinegar arrive at the first station 112. Prompting only the quantity of the goods is beneficial to simplifying the goods taking operation, and the details are shown in the following examples of the electronic tags. The indication information may not include the number of the goods if the number of the goods put in the target container is not limited or is fixed. For example, in a certain scenario, it is not limited to placing several bottles of soy sauce in the target container, and the indication information may be "take soy sauce" if the target container is filled with soy sauce.

In one implementation, if the first site 112 includes a plurality of source bits, the indication information may include: the source location at which the source container containing the target cargo is located, and the number and/or type of target cargo to be removed from each source container containing the target cargo. For example, there are 3 transportation lines for transporting goods to the first station 112, where the No. 1 transportation line transports soy sauce, the No. 2 transportation line transports vinegar, and the No. 3 transportation line transports oyster sauce, and the target goods are 4 bottles of soy sauce and 3 bottles of vinegar, the indication information may include "the source location of the No. 1 transportation line takes 4 bottles of soy sauce, and the source location of the No. 2 transportation line takes 3 bottles of vinegar", and of course, if the No. 1 transportation line transports soy sauce and the No. 2 transportation line transports vinegar, the indication information may be simplified to "the source location of the No. 1 transportation line takes 4 bottles, and the source location of the No. 2 transportation line takes 3 bottles".

Further, in some alternatives, the indication information may also directly point to each source container containing the target cargo, for example, if the above 3 conveying lines each send one container, respectively numbered 1-3, the indication information may include "container No. 1 takes 4 bottles, container No. 2 takes 3 bottles".

In one implementation, the first site 112 is provided with a plurality of work stations, each of which may be used to hold a target container, since there are likely to be multiple tasks that need to be processed in parallel, each of which may involve its own target container. For example, the first station 112 is provided with 5 work stations, each of which is provided with a container, and each of the containers is used for placing a type of designated goods, so as to realize goods classification. At this time, the instruction information may include a work place where the target container is located, otherwise it is unclear to the performer of the cargo storage operation which work place the target cargo to be placed in, and for example, the instruction information may include "taken cargo is placed in work place No. 3".

Further, in some alternatives, the indication information may also point directly to the target container, for example, the containers on the upper 5 stations are numbered 1-5, respectively, and the indication information may include "the taken goods are put into container number 3".

Different implementation modes are adopted for placing the target goods into the target container, and the implementation modes mainly comprise a manual mode and a machine mode, wherein a goods storage system 10 in the manual mode corresponds to the figure 1, and a goods storage system 10 in the machine mode corresponds to the figure 2.

In fig. 1, the cargo storage system 10 includes a guiding device 104, and the guiding device 104 is communicatively connected to the information processing device 100, and is configured to receive guiding information sent by the information processing device 100 (in a manual mode, the indication information output by the information processing device 100 includes guiding information), and output the guiding information in a manner that can be perceived by a worker, so as to guide the worker to place the target cargo into the target container. The content that the guidance information may contain is already described above when the content that the indication information may contain is introduced, and is not repeated.

The location of the guide device 104 may be determined by one or more of the following methods, but is not limited to:

(1) the focus is on a location setting, for example, a display screen at the first site 112.

(2) If the first site 112 has multiple source bits, each source bit is set so that if the directing device 104 at a source bit outputs information, it indicates that the source bit has the target item. For example, display screens are provided for all 3 source positions, and if a number is displayed on a certain display screen, it indicates that a corresponding number of goods are to be taken from the source position.

(3) Is arranged on the source container. For example, if a number is displayed on a display screen mounted on a container, it indicates that a corresponding quantity of goods is to be taken from the source container.

(4) If the first station 112 has a plurality of work stations, it is set at each work station, so that if the guidance device 104 at a work station outputs information, it indicates that the target cargo should be placed in the target container at the work station. For example, the indicator lights are arranged on 5 working positions, and if one indicator light is turned on, the target container on the working position is indicated to be placed with the target goods.

(5) Is arranged on the target container. For example, if an indicator lamp attached to a certain container is turned on, it indicates that the container is the target container.

The boot device 104 may be implemented in a variety of forms, for example, a combination of one or more of the following:

a display screen for displaying guidance information, examples being as mentioned in the above cases (1) (2) (3);

the loudspeaker is used for playing the guide information, the function is similar to that of the display screen, and the indication information is broadcasted through voice;

an indicator lamp for displaying an optical signal representing guide information, for example as mentioned in the above cases (4) (5).

With continued reference to fig. 1 or 2, the cargo storage system 10 may further include a feedback device 106, and the feedback device 106 is communicatively coupled to the information processing device 100 for generating a feedback signal indicating that the target cargo in the target container has been placed (either fully or only partially) and sending the feedback signal to the information processing device 100. After the information processing apparatus 100 receives the feedback signal, a subsequent cargo verification process may be started.

Feedback devices 106 can be broadly divided into two categories: one is passive and one is active. The passive device refers to a device that requires manual operation to generate a feedback signal, such as a button, a touch screen, and the like. For example, the worker puts all the target goods into the target container according to the indication of the touch screen, and may click a button on the touch screen with a hand, so that the information processing apparatus 100 may know that the worker has put the goods. An active device refers to a device capable of autonomously generating a feedback signal, such as a pressure sensing device, an image recognition device, and the like. For example, a pressure sensing device is disposed at a working position where the target container is located, and when the information processing device 100 finds that the detected pressure value is greater than a preset value, it may be determined that the target container has the target goods placed therein. For another example, an image recognition device is disposed at a work station where the target container is located, and when the information processing device 100 determines that the target container is full according to the acquired image, it may determine that the target container has the target goods placed therein. For active devices, it is possible to generate only a signal (e.g., pressure value, image), but not necessarily the specific meaning of the signal, and the information processing device 100 is responsible for determining whether the signal is indicative of the target cargo being placed in the target container.

The set position of the feedback device 106 may be determined by one or more of the following methods, but is not limited to:

(1) are arranged in a single position.

(2) If the first site 112 has multiple source bits set, then each source bit is set.

(3) Is arranged on the source container.

(4) If the first station 112 has a plurality of work stations, each work station is provided.

(5) Is arranged on the target container.

It will be appreciated that the feedback device 106, and in particular the passive feedback device 106, is arranged in a similar manner to the guide device 104 and is therefore not repeated.

In particular, since both are similar in arrangement, in one implementation, both may be integrated into one device to save implementation costs. For example, if the feedback device 106 is a button and the guiding device 104 is a display screen, the two devices may be integrated to form an electronic label, which is also called a PTL electronic label or a DPS electronic label.

For example, there are 3 lines for conveying the goods to the first station 112, and an electronic label is respectively disposed at appropriate positions on the 3 lines, and the information processing apparatus 100 knows (for example, it can know by means of the third identifier recognizer 108 or the fourth identifier recognizer 110, and can also know by a preset goods conveying rule) that the No. 1 line conveys soy sauce, the No. 2 line conveys vinegar, the No. 3 line conveys oyster sauce, and the target goods are 4 bottles of soy sauce and 3 bottles of vinegar. After the information processing apparatus 100 outputs the guidance information, the electronic sign display screen of No. 1 conveyor line displays 4 while the indicator lamp lights, the electronic sign display screen of No. 2 conveyor line displays 3 while the indicator lamp lights, and the electronic sign display screen of No. 3 conveyor line does not display (or displays 0) while the indicator lamp does not light.

Therefore, the worker can take 4 cargos from the source position on the No. 1 conveying line (the worker can not know to take soy sauce) to put the cargos into the target container according to the guiding information, and can take 3 cargos from the source position on the No. 2 conveying line to put the cargos into the target container to complete the task. After taking 4 goods, the worker can press a button on the electronic label of the No. 1 conveying line to generate a feedback signal, the button is immediately turned off (or changed into color or pressed state), a good goods is shown to be placed, and one-time verification can be performed (only the goods placed in the current container, such as whether the target goods also contain 4 bottles of soy sauce or not); after taking 3 goods again, the staff can press the button on the electronic label of the No. 2 conveying line to generate a feedback signal again, the button is extinguished immediately to indicate that another kind of goods is put, and the checking can be performed again (only checking the goods put in the current container, such as whether the target goods also contain 4 bottles of soy sauce and 3 bottles of vinegar, or only checking the newly put 3 bottles of vinegar).

After each verification pass, the information processing apparatus 100 may further calculate whether the number of the goods already in the target container is consistent with the total number of the target goods, and in the above example, after the second verification pass, if it is found that the number of the goods already in the target container is 5, which is exactly consistent with the total number of the target goods, it indicates that all the target goods have been placed in the target container, so that the information processing apparatus 100 may confirm that the goods verification has been successful.

As can be seen from the above examples, the electronic tag is very convenient to use, and in the case where the information processing apparatus 100 is completely known about the goods transportation status (for example, which kind of goods is currently transported on which transportation line), the electronic tag may only display the number of goods, but not display the kind of goods, which is beneficial to further simplifying the complexity of manual operation. Because the staff can take out the goods according to the numbers on the electronic label without knowing the information about the goods (for example, without knowing what the soy sauce looks like). This is very useful because many times the worker is unable to effectively distinguish between similar looking items, and if the items are all collected together and delivered to the first station 112, and then the worker is informed of the specific type and quantity of the items to be picked up, the worker is very likely to make mistakes when picking up the items.

In fig. 2, the cargo storage system 10 includes a delivering device 105, and the delivering device 105 is connected to the information processing device 100 in a communication manner, and is configured to receive a control instruction sent by the information processing device 100 (in a machine mode, the instruction information output by the information processing device 100 includes the control instruction), and to place the target cargo into the target container according to the control instruction. The content that the control command may contain is already described above when the content that the indication information may contain is introduced, and is not repeated. Delivery device 105 may be a robotic arm or the like.

In fig. 2, the feedback device 106 may not be needed to be provided since the delivering device 105 itself may generate the feedback signal, but in some implementations, it is also possible to provide the feedback device 106, but the feedback device 106 in fig. 2 is mainly referred to as an active device. For example, in a certain scenario, the target container is required to be checked for goods after being filled, and although the dispensing device 105 may generate a feedback signal every time the dispensing device is filled, the dispensing device 105 itself does not know when the target container is filled, so that an image recognition device may be disposed at a work station where the target container is located, and when the information processing device 100 determines that the target container is filled according to the acquired image, the goods check in the target container is performed.

In one implementation, the cargo storage system 10 further includes at least one transfer device (not shown) that may be utilized to transfer target containers between some of the equipment or facilities involved in the cargo storage system 10, as such equipment or facilities may be geographically separated. For example, a first one of the transfer devices may be configured to transport the target container from the first site to the second identifier recognizer, and a second one of the transfer devices may be configured to transport the target container from the second identifier recognizer to the second site upon determining that the cargo anomaly exists in the target container. As will be described later. The transfer equipment can be equipment such as a conveying line and an automatic guide vehicle.

In one implementation, the target container is located in close proximity to the second identifier 114, for example, in the first station 112, the target container is located at a work station where the target container is located, and the second identifier 114 may also be located at the work station, which facilitates rapid verification of the target container after the target container is located with the goods. However, in different implementations, the position of the target container when the goods are placed may be separated from the position where the second identification identifier 114 is disposed, for example, the second identification identifier 114 may not be disposed at the work position, and may not even be disposed at the first station 112, and the target container needs to be moved when the goods are checked.

In one implementation, the cargo storage system 10 further includes a first transfer device (not shown) communicatively connected to the information processing device 100, and configured to transport the target container to the second identifier recognizer 114 under the control of the information processing device 100 (although the second transfer device may be used for other purposes), so that the second identifier recognizer 114 recognizes the second identifier attached to the cargo placed in the target container. If the second identifier is an RFID tag and the second identifier 114 is an RFID gateway, the first transfer device may also be responsible for carrying the target container through the RFID gateway, so that the RFID gateway identifies the RFID tag attached to the goods placed in the target container, thereby implementing the goods verification.

The above description is mainly about the case of successful cargo verification, and if the cargo verification is unsuccessful, an exception handling process is performed. First, the information processing apparatus 100 records the cargo abnormality in the target container, for example, may record: the type of anomaly (e.g., a wrong quantity of goods, a wrong type of goods, etc.), a detailed description of the anomaly (e.g., which goods are few, which goods are misplaced, etc.), the container associated with the anomaly (i.e., the target container), the identity of the person or machine placing the goods (which may be used for later liability), and so forth.

Recording the exception of the cargo in the target container provides a number of options for subsequent handling, and because the exception condition of the cargo is fully documented, there is flexibility in whether, when, and how the exception is handled.

Second, the information processing apparatus 100 can also output abnormality prompt information. The abnormal prompt information has different implementation modes: for example, an alert message may be included, the content of which is to inform the user whether an anomaly exists in the target container; also for example, a specific exception description may be included that may be used to indicate how an exception handler (either manual or machine) should perform the exception handling, e.g., if the exception description is missing 1 bottle of soy sauce, then the correct exception handling may be to refill 1 bottle of soy sauce into the target container. The abnormal description may be generated according to the verification result of the goods, for example, if the target goods contains 4 bottles of soy sauce, but the second mark identifier 114 only identifies 3 second marks representing soy sauce, which indicates that 1 bottle of soy sauce is lacking. It will be appreciated that the cargo storage system may include corresponding devices for receiving the exception description for handling the cargo exception, such as devices similar to the directing device 104 and the launching device 105, and will not be repeated.

With continued reference to fig. 1 or 2, in one implementation, the cargo storage system 10 further includes a second station 116, and the second station 116 is provided with a functional facility that performs a function of handling a cargo anomaly in the target container, i.e., the cargo placed in the target container is inconsistent with the target cargo. For the handling of the exception, the handling may be performed at the first site 112, and in particular for the case where the second identity identifier 114 is also provided at the first site 112, it may be found that the exception is immediately handled locally. However, since the exception handling is not easily controlled in time and may affect the first station 112 in handling other goods, the second station 116 may be configured to handle the exception of goods to avoid over-stressing the first station 112.

If the second station 116 is separate from the first station 112, the cargo storage system 10 can further include a second transfer apparatus (not shown). The second transfer facility is connected to the information processing facility 100 in communication, and is configured to convey the target container having the abnormal goods to the second station 116 under the control of the information processing facility 100 to perform the abnormality processing (of course, may be used for other purposes). The second transfer facility and the first transfer facility may or may not be the same facility.

The second site 116 may be fixed and need not be selected; the second site 116 may also be non-stationary, dynamically selecting a suitable site from a plurality of candidate sites as the second site 116. The candidate sites may be dedicated to handling anomalous cargo, or may be used to handle both normal cargo and anomalous cargo.

With continued reference to fig. 1 or 2, in one implementation, the cargo storage system 10 further includes a fifth identification identifier 118. After the cargo exception is processed, the cargo in the target container may be checked again to ensure that the exception was indeed processed, at which point the fifth identifier 118 may be utilized. The fifth identifier 118 is in communication connection with the information processing apparatus 100, and is configured to identify a second identifier attached to the cargo placed in the target container, and send third cargo information obtained by identification to the information processing apparatus 100, where the information processing apparatus 100 may determine, according to the third cargo information, whether the cargo placed in the target container after the exception processing is consistent with the target cargo, if the two are consistent, the verification is successful, otherwise, the exception processing may be continued, the cargo may be verified again after the processing, and the process is repeated. It will be appreciated that the fifth identification recognizer 118 and the second identification recognizer 114 are functionally similar and may be implemented as the same device or as different devices. The fifth identification recognizer 118 may be located at the second site 116 or may be located elsewhere.

It should be understood that in some implementations, the cargo storage system 10 may also include components not shown in fig. 1 and 2. Also, some of the components in fig. 1 and 2 may be integrated into one device: for example, the guidance device 104 and the feedback device 106 mentioned above may be integrated into an electronic sign; for example, if the information processing apparatus 100 is a PC, the guidance apparatus 104 may be a display screen of the PC.

To sum up, after the goods are placed in the target container, the system firstly identifies the second identifier attached to the goods by using the second identifier to obtain the first goods information, and then the information processing device 100 verifies the goods placed in the target container by using the first goods information, so that whether the goods placed in the target container have errors can be found in time, and the risk caused by the abnormal goods in the target container is effectively reduced. In addition, the cargo verification process is automatically completed, manual intervention is not needed, and the verification efficiency is high.

In the prior art, the goods put into the target container are not checked, or the goods put into the target container are checked manually, for example, whether the goods put into the target container are correct or not is checked manually every time a plurality of goods are put into the target container, so that the efficiency is low and the reliability is not high. In the scheme of the application, since the second identifier and the second identifier recognizer 114 can be used in cooperation to realize automatic verification of the goods, the worker has stronger confidence when putting the goods (because the worker can find errors timely even if the goods are carelessly put by mistake, and can also perform effective exception handling in some implementation manners), and the work efficiency is higher.

In addition, in the whole cargo processing flow, the target cargo is placed into the target container possibly in an early link, corresponding measures can be taken timely when the abnormal condition is found in time through cargo verification in the link, the burden of a subsequent link is reduced, and the risk of the system is effectively controlled.

The above description is only an example of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A cargo storage system, comprising:

the first identification recognizer is used for recognizing a first identification attached to the target container to obtain first container information;

a first station at which a facility is provided for placing goods into the target container;

the second identification recognizer is used for recognizing a second identification attached to the goods placed in the target container to obtain first goods information;

and the information processing equipment is respectively in communication connection with the first identification recognizer and the second identification recognizer and is used for judging whether the goods put into the target container are consistent with the goods required by the target container according to the first goods information.

2. The cargo storage system of claim 1, wherein the second identification identifier comprises one of: a bar code recognizer, a two-dimensional code recognizer and an electronic label recognizer.

3. The cargo storage system of claim 1, further comprising:

the third identifier recognizer is in communication connection with the information processing equipment and is used for recognizing a third identifier attached to the source goods to obtain second goods information and sending the second goods information to the information processing equipment; wherein the source cargo refers to cargo transported to the first site; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the fourth identification recognizer is in communication connection with the information processing equipment and is used for recognizing a fourth identification attached to a source container to obtain second container information and sending the second container information to the information processing equipment; wherein the source container is a container transported to the first station.

4. The cargo storage system of claim 1, further comprising:

and the releasing device is arranged at the first site, is in communication connection with the information processing device, and is used for releasing goods into the target container under the control of the information processing device.

5. The cargo storage system of claim 1, further comprising:

the guiding device is arranged at the first site, is in communication connection with the information processing device, and is used for receiving guiding information sent by the information processing device and outputting the guiding information; wherein the guiding information is used for guiding the manual goods placing into the target container.

6. The cargo storage system of claim 5, wherein the guide apparatus is arranged in a manner that includes at least one of:

the first station is provided with a plurality of source positions for containing source containers or source goods, and the guide device is arranged at each source position;

the guiding device is arranged on the source container;

the first station is provided with a plurality of working positions for accommodating the target containers, and the guide equipment is arranged at each working position;

the guiding device is arranged on the target container;

wherein the source cargo refers to cargo transported to the first station, and the source container refers to container transported to the first station.

7. The cargo storage system of claim 1, further comprising:

and the feedback device is in communication connection with the information processing device and is used for generating a feedback signal indicating that the required goods are placed in the target container and sending the feedback signal to the information processing device.

8. The cargo storage system of claim 7, wherein the feedback device is configured to include at least one of:

the first station is provided with a plurality of source positions for containing source containers or source goods, and the feedback equipment is arranged at each source position;

the feedback device is arranged on the source container;

the first station is provided with a plurality of working positions for accommodating the target container, and the feedback equipment is arranged at each working position;

the feedback device is arranged on the target container;

9. The cargo storage system of claim 7, wherein the feedback device is a button, the cargo storage system further comprising a display screen as a guide device, the feedback device integrated with the guide device in an electronic sign.

10. The cargo storage system of claim 1, further comprising:

a second station at which a facility for handling a cargo anomaly in the target container is disposed; wherein the cargo abnormality means that the cargo put in the target container is inconsistent with the cargo required by the target container.

11. A cargo storage system according to any of claims 1-10, wherein the system further comprises:

at least one transfer apparatus for transporting the target container under the control of the information processing apparatus.

12. The cargo storage system according to claim 11, wherein the second identification is an RFID tag, the second identification identifier is an RFID gateway, and the transfer apparatus is configured to transport the target container with the cargo through the RFID gateway under the control of the information processing apparatus.