CN212862731U

CN212862731U - Goods identification device

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Publication number: CN212862731U
Application number: CN202021362338.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴文龙; 徐浩
Original assignee: Shanghai Minglue Artificial Intelligence Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Minglue Artificial Intelligence Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-10
Filing date: 2020-07-10
Publication date: 2021-04-02
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-10

Abstract

The utility model discloses a goods recognition device. Wherein, the device includes: a device body; the conveying belt passes through the device body; the camera is arranged on the device body, is positioned above the conveyor belt and is arranged towards the conveyor belt; the measuring light curtain is movably arranged on the device body and is positioned on at least one side of the conveying belt; the scale is positioned below the conveyor belt; the storage stores cargo information of various cargos; and the comparison device is connected with the camera, the measuring light curtain, the scale and the memory. The utility model provides a technical problem that goods recognition efficiency is low.

Description

Goods identification device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a commodity circulation field particularly, relates to a goods recognition device.

Background

In the prior art, in the process of identifying goods in the logistics field, workers are generally required to check the goods, identify the goods information of the goods, and then classify or transport the goods.

However, the above method is inefficient in identifying the cargo information of the cargo.

In view of the above problems, no effective solution has been proposed.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the utility model provides a goods recognition device to solve the technical problem that goods recognition efficiency is low at least.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a cargo identification device, including: a device body; a conveyor belt passing through the device body; a camera mounted on the apparatus body; the measuring light curtain comprises a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter is arranged on one side of the conveyor belt, and the receiver is arranged on the other side of the conveyor belt; the distance sensor is close to the measuring light curtain and positioned at two sides of the conveyor belt; the weighing device is positioned below the conveyor belt and is connected with the conveyor belt; the storage stores cargo information of various cargos; the comparison device is connected with the camera, the measuring light curtain, the weighing device and the storage and is used for comparing the cargo information collected by the camera, the measuring light curtain and the weighing device with the cargo information in the storage.

As an optional example, the cargo identification device further includes: and the shunting device is arranged at the downstream of the conveyor belt and comprises an abnormal channel and a connecting table.

As an optional example, the device body includes a frame body, a top of the frame body is in a quadrilateral structure, the number of the cameras is greater than or equal to four, and at least one camera is disposed at four corners of the top of the frame body.

As an optional example, the apparatus further includes: and the alarm is arranged on the device body.

As an alternative example, the device body includes a frame body, the frame body includes a supporting platform, the conveyor belt is located above the supporting platform, and the weighing device is a dynamic scale, and the dynamic scale is disposed between the supporting platform and the conveyor belt.

As an alternative example, the conveyor belt is provided with a clamping groove, and the clamping groove is used for clamping goods placed on the conveyor belt.

As an optional example, the apparatus further includes: and a light source installed on the top of the apparatus body, the light source irradiating toward the conveyor belt.

As an alternative example, the light source is provided in plurality, and the plurality of light sources are arranged around the top of the device body.

As an optional example, the apparatus further includes: and the inductor is used for inducing whether goods exist on the conveying belt or not.

As an alternative example, the light source is connected to the sensor and is turned on or off according to a sensing result of the sensor.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in, adopt the combination of above-mentioned parts, acquire image, volume and the weight of the goods on the conveyer belt respectively through camera, measurement light curtain and distance sensor, weighing device, then compare the information of above-mentioned information and storage in the memory through comparing the ware, compare out the goods article class of the goods on the conveyer belt to the effect of automatic identification goods has been realized. And then solved the technical problem that goods discernment is efficient.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without undue limitation to the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an alternative cargo identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a top view of an alternative cargo identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a front view of an alternative cargo identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a side view of an alternative cargo identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a bottom view of an alternative cargo identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of a camera angle of an alternative cargo identifying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of cargo diversion of an alternative cargo identification device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solution of the present invention better understood, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts shall belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a cargo identification device, optionally, as an optional implementation manner, as shown in fig. 1, the cargo identification device may include:

(1) a device body 1002;

(2) a conveyor belt 1004 passing through the inside of the apparatus body;

(3) a camera 1006 mounted on the apparatus body;

(4) a measuring light curtain 1008 comprising a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the transmitter is installed on one side of the conveyor belt, and the receiver is installed on the other side of the conveyor belt (only one side of the sensor is marked in the figure, and the sensor can be a transmitter or a receiver);

(5) distance sensors 1010, adjacent to the measuring light curtain, on both sides of the conveyor belt;

(6) a weighing device 1012 located below the conveyor belt and interfacing with the conveyor belt;

(7) a memory 1014 which stores cargo information of a plurality of kinds of cargo;

(8) the comparison device 1016 is connected with the camera 1006, the measuring light curtain 1008, the weighing device 1012, the distance sensor 1010 and the memory 1014, and is configured to compare the cargo information collected by the camera, the measuring light curtain and the weighing device with the cargo information in the memory.

Alternatively, the goods identification device may be, but not limited to, connected to a server via a network, and performs data interaction with the server.

Optionally, the memory 1010 in the present application may store cargo information of various cargos. The cargo information may include volume, weight, pictures taken of the cargo surface. And providing information support for comparison of the comparator. The memory 1010 may add, delete, and modify the cargo information through the input device.

The camera 1004 in the present application can photograph goods on a conveyor belt. The scale may weigh the goods on the conveyor belt. The height and the length of the goods are measured when the measuring light curtain moves or stops moving on the conveyor belt, and the width of the goods is measured when the conveyor belt passes through the distance sensor. The distance sensor can measure the distance of the conveyor belt edge to the goods, while the width of the conveyor belt is known. Thus, by subtracting the distance measured by the distance sensor (two distances of two distance sensors) from the width of the conveyor belt, the width of the goods can be found. Thereby the comparator determines the kind of goods on the conveyer belt through the picture of comparing the weight of above-mentioned goods, volume and camera shooting and the information of the goods of storage in the memory, realizes automatic identification goods.

Optionally, the device further comprises a shunting device, the shunting device comprises a docking station and an abnormal port, inlets of the docking station and the abnormal port are connected with the tail end of the conveyor belt, and after goods on the conveyor belt move to the tail end of the conveyor belt, the goods are determined to enter the docking station or enter the abnormal port according to comparison with the order information.

That is to say, the application also includes a comparator for comparing the input order information with the identified goods on the conveyor belt, and the comparator outputs information that the order information is the same as the goods information or the order information is different from the goods information according to the comparison result, so that the diverter of the diverting device is controlled to divert the goods on the conveyor belt to the docking station or the abnormal port. Through above-mentioned diverging device, realized discerning after the goods to the automatic reposition of redundant personnel of goods according to the order.

Optionally, the device body includes the support body, and the top of support body is quadrangle structure, and the quantity more than or equal to four of camera all is provided with at least one camera in four angles departments at the top of support body. That is to say, in this application, the goods on the conveyer belt can be shot through four cameras arranged at the top, so that at least four pictures of the side surface and the upper surface of the goods on the conveyer belt can be obtained.

Optionally, the device may further include an alarm, and the alarm is connected to the device body or disposed at the abnormal opening for prompting the alarm information. The alarm may be a flashing light.

Optionally, the device body includes the support body, and the support body includes supporting platform, and the conveyer belt is located supporting platform's top, and weighing device is dynamic balance, and dynamic balance sets up between supporting platform and conveyer belt. That is to say, the dynamic balance sets up on supporting platform, and the conveyer belt is located the supporting platform top, and the conveyer belt is carrying the goods and removing the in-process, and the weight of goods can be surveyed to the dynamic balance.

Optionally, be provided with the draw-in groove on the conveyer belt, the draw-in groove can block the goods of placing on the conveyer belt. Through above-mentioned draw-in groove, avoided the conveyer belt to remove the in-process, the goods slides or the goods drops from the conveyer belt.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises: the light source is installed on the top of the device body and irradiates towards the conveyor belt. The number of the light sources can be four, and the light sources are respectively arranged on four edges of the frame body of the device and irradiate towards the conveying belt. The light source may be a lamp. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of light sources 1016 are disposed toward the conveyor belt.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include a sensor, wherein the sensor may sense whether there is any cargo on the conveyor belt, and send an on signal to the light source when there is any cargo, and send an off signal to the light source when there is no cargo.

The above-described cargo recognition apparatus is explained below with reference to a specific example.

The device can be applied to logistics processes. Order information may be entered via an input-output device into an order pool, which may be stored in a memory. Cargo information is also stored in the memory, and the cargo information comprises the volume and weight of the cargo and the shot image information. If the goods are loaded in a paper box or a metal or plastic box, the marks, colors, identification codes and the like on the surface of the container can be shot. The cargo information of the cargo is different for each category.

Fig. 2-5 are top, front, side and bottom views, respectively, of the cargo identification device described above.

The staff puts the goods on the conveyer belt from the front end of conveyer belt, and the buckle on the conveyer belt can promote the goods and advance and can not make the goods slide on the conveyer belt.

The carton is driven by the conveyor belt to firstly pass through the measuring light curtain, and the measuring light curtain automatically measures the volume of the carton;

at the moment, the carton passes through the dynamic scale below the carton, and the dynamic scale can measure the weight of the commodities running above the carton in real time;

under the drive of conveyer belt, continue to move forward, arrange the camera of 4 apex angles of frame above the conveyer belt and shoot simultaneously, the overall arrangement of these 4 cameras can guarantee once to shoot 5 other faces except the bottom surface of box completely. As shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 is a picture of the top and two sides of the cargo taken by two cameras, for example. When four cameras are arranged, pictures of four surfaces of the top and the side of the cargo can be shot. The taken picture may be characterized by a network recognition model arranged in hardware or a server connected to the above-described apparatus. The extracted features include characters, logo, printed patterns, even colors, etc. on the surface of the box body. The surface information of the commodity is recorded in the database in advance, and the surface information is matched with the database after the surface information is acquired each time. The comparator can compare the acquired goods information with the goods information in the memory, firstly compares the volume and the weight, screens out the non-conforming goods in the memory, and then compares the picture or the picture characteristics, thereby determining the category of the goods. And after the identification is finished, the identification result is sent to the comparator, the comparator compares the commodity with the order, if the commodity is consistent with the order, the commodity is transmitted to the docking station, and if the commodity is inconsistent with the order, the commodity is transmitted to the abnormal port. As shown in fig. 7, the cargo may be transferred to a docking station or exception port. The device also comprises an alarm which can give an alarm under the condition that the number of commodities at the abnormal port is large. Or after the characteristics of the goods are identified by the network identification model, the surface damage of the goods is judged, and then the alarm device gives an alarm.

It should be noted that, for the sake of simplicity, the above-mentioned embodiments of the apparatus are described as a series of combinations of actions, but those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention is not limited by the described order of actions, because some steps may be performed in other orders or simultaneously according to the present invention. Further, those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are preferred embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required by the invention.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed client may be implemented in other manners. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, a division of a unit is merely a division of a logic function, and an actual implementation may have another division, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, units or modules, and may be in an electrical or other form.

Units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of improvements and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these improvements and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cargo identification device, comprising:

a device body;

a conveyor belt passing through the device body;

a camera mounted on the apparatus body;

the measuring light curtain comprises a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter is arranged on one side of the conveyor belt, and the receiver is arranged on the other side of the conveyor belt;

the distance sensor is close to the measuring light curtain and positioned at two sides of the conveyor belt;

the weighing device is positioned below the conveyor belt and is connected with the conveyor belt;

the storage stores cargo information of various cargos;

the comparison device is connected with the camera, the measuring light curtain, the distance sensor, the weighing device and the storage and is used for comparing the cargo information collected by the camera, the measuring light curtain and the weighing device with the cargo information in the storage.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the cargo identification device further comprises:

and the shunting device is arranged at the downstream of the conveyor belt and comprises an abnormal channel and a connecting table.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device body comprises a frame body, the top of the frame body is of a quadrilateral structure, the number of the cameras is greater than or equal to four, and at least one camera is arranged at each of four corners of the top of the frame body.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

the alarm is installed on the device body.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus body comprises a frame body comprising a support platform, the conveyor belt is positioned above the support platform, and the weighing device is a dynamic scale disposed between the support platform and the conveyor belt.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the conveyor belt is provided with a slot for retaining goods placed on the conveyor belt.

7. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising:

a light source mounted at the top of the apparatus body, the light source illuminating toward the conveyor belt.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the light source is a plurality of light sources, and the plurality of light sources are arranged around the top of the device body.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

and the inductor is used for inducing whether goods exist on the conveying belt or not.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the light source is connected to the sensor and is turned on or off according to a sensing result of the sensor.