CN220200304U - Article position indicating system and warehouse system - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses article position indication system, warehouse system, article position indication system is applied to storage device, and storage device includes a plurality of goods shelves, and every goods shelves has a plurality of goods shelves, and article position system includes: the goods shelf indicators are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the goods shelves; the goods space indicators are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the goods spaces, and each goods space indicator is in signal connection with a goods shelf indicator of a goods shelf where the corresponding goods space is located; the controller is in signal connection with the goods shelf indicator and the goods space indicator and is used for controlling the goods shelf indicator corresponding to the goods shelf and the goods space indicator corresponding to the goods space to send out indication signals after the goods shelf and the goods space of the object to be fetched are determined. According to the method and the device, the corresponding goods shelf indicator and goods position indicator are controlled to send the indication signal after the goods shelf and goods position of the goods to be taken are determined, so that the goods to be taken can be found according to the indication signal, the efficiency of obtaining the goods is improved, and the error probability is reduced.

Description

Article position indicating system and warehouse system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of storage positioning, in particular to an article position indicating system and a storage system.

Background

In mass production of electronic products in factories, batching is required. The material receiving member searches one by one on a goods shelf in the warehouse according to the names and the marks of the materials on the materials list until the materials on the materials list are aligned and then delivered to a production line of a production workshop, and then the material receiving member continues to search the materials again for the next materials list. However, some bill of materials have more kinds, and are found back and forth on the shelf according to the names or labels of the materials in a warehouse with larger space, so that the efficiency is low and the error is easy.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides an article position indicating system and a storage system, which aim at solving the problems that when the variety of materials on a bill of materials is more, the efficiency is low and errors are easy to occur when the materials are searched back and forth on a goods shelf according to the names or labels of the materials.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an article position indication system for use with a warehouse apparatus, the warehouse apparatus including a plurality of shelves, each of the shelves having a plurality of cargo spaces, the article position indication system comprising:

a shelf indicator configured to be disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the shelf;

the goods space indicators are configured to be arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the goods spaces, and each goods space indicator is in signal connection with a goods shelf indicator of a goods shelf where the corresponding goods space is located;

and the controller is in signal connection with the goods shelf indicator and the goods space indicator and is configured to control the goods shelf indicator corresponding to the goods shelf and the goods space indicator corresponding to the goods space to send out indication signals after determining the target goods shelf and the target goods space where the goods to be fetched are located.

In this application, when needing to find the article of waiting to get, through after confirming the target goods shelves and the target goods shelves that wait to get article place, the goods shelf indicator that control target goods shelves corresponds and the goods shelves indicator that target goods shelves correspond send instruction signal to suggestion operating personnel wait to get article specific place's goods shelves and goods shelves, from this, the operating personnel of being convenient for just find required article of waiting fast and accurately, improve the efficiency that obtains waiting to get article and reduce the probability of making mistakes.

In some embodiments, the controller has a first communication module, the shelf indicator has a second communication module, the cargo space indicator has a third communication module, the first communication module is in signal connection with the second communication module, and the second communication module is in signal connection with the third communication module.

In some embodiments, the controller further comprises:

the information input module is used for inputting information of the to-be-fetched articles;

the control module is connected with the information input module and is used for determining a target goods shelf and a target goods position where the to-be-fetched goods are located according to the to-be-fetched goods information and a preset corresponding table, and controlling the goods shelf indicator corresponding to the target goods shelf and the goods position indicator corresponding to the target goods position to send out indication signals, and the corresponding relation among the goods, the goods position indicator, the goods shelf and the goods shelf indicator is recorded in the preset corresponding table.

In some embodiments, all of the shelf indicators are connected in series with the cargo space indicators to form a control signal link in which, for each of the shelves, the shelf indicators are connected in series with all of the cargo space indicators in turn, and in which, in an adjacent shelf, a last cargo space indicator of a preceding shelf is connected in series with a shelf indicator of a subsequent shelf, the item position indication system further comprising:

the detector is connected with the control signal link and is used for detecting whether the control signal link is conducted or not and outputting a detection result signal;

and the detection result indicator is connected with the detector and is used for displaying the detection result according to the detection result signal.

In some embodiments, the detector is in signal connection with the controller, the controller is further configured to send a link reference signal to the detector, the detector is further configured to receive a link actual signal from the control signal link, and compare the link reference signal to the link actual signal and output the detection result signal.

In some embodiments, the detection result indicator comprises a first indicator light in signal connection with the detector, the first indicator light is electrically connected with the controller, and the first indicator light displays green when the controller works normally; and when the controller works abnormally, the first indicator lamp displays red.

In some embodiments, the detection result indicator further comprises a second indicator light in signal connection with the detector, and the second indicator light displays green when the control signal link is turned on; and when the detection result is that the control signal link is not conducted, the second indicator light displays red.

In some embodiments, the shelf indicators include an optocoupler isolation module for enabling power sources of the shelf indicators and cargo space indicators on adjacent shelves to assume a parallel configuration.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a warehousing system comprising the article location indication system of the first aspect, further comprising:

the storage device comprises a plurality of goods shelves, each goods shelf is provided with a plurality of goods places, each goods shelf is provided with a goods shelf indicator, and each goods place is provided with a goods place indicator.

In some embodiments, a plurality of said shelves are spaced side by side, and said shelf indicator is located at the same end of a plurality of said shelves.

According to the method, the controller inputs the information of the to-be-fetched article into the controller, the controller obtains the goods shelf and the goods space where the to-be-fetched article is located according to the information of the to-be-fetched article and the corresponding relation table among the article, the goods shelf and the goods space, and controls the goods shelf indicator of the goods shelf where the to-be-fetched article is located to send out indication signals, and controls the goods space indicator of the goods space where the to-be-fetched article is located to send out indication signals, so that the operator is prompted to the specific position where the article is located. Meanwhile, whether the whole control signal link is conducted or not can be detected according to the cooperation of the controller and the detector, so that the shelf indicator and/or the goods position indicator in the control signal link fail, and an operator is timely reminded, so that the failed shelf indicator and goods position indicator can be overhauled.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a control block diagram of a warehousing system provided by an embodiment of the application;

reference numerals illustrate: 1. a warehousing system; 11. an item location indication system; 111. a shelf indicator; 1111. a second communication module; 1112. an optical coupling isolation module; 112. a cargo space indicator; 1121. a third communication module; 113. a controller; 1131. a first communication module; 1132. an information input module; 1133. a control module; 114. a detector; 115. a detection result indicator; 12. a storage device; 121. goods shelves, 122, goods space.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application. Furthermore, it should be understood that the detailed description is presented herein for purposes of illustration and explanation only and is not intended to limit the present application. In this application, unless otherwise indicated, terms of orientation such as "upper" and "lower" are used to generally refer to the upper and lower positions of the device in actual use or operation, and specifically the orientation of the drawing figures; while "inner" and "outer" are for the outline of the device.

The embodiment of the application provides an article position indication system and a warehousing system. The following will describe in detail. The following description of the embodiments is not intended to limit the preferred embodiments.

First, referring to fig. 1, a warehouse system 1 includes an article position indicating system 11 and a warehouse 12, where the article position indicating system 11 is applied to the warehouse 12. The bin 12 includes a plurality of shelves 121, each shelf 121 having a plurality of cargo spaces 122. The item location indicating system 11 includes a shelf indicator 111, a cargo space indicator 112, and a controller 113. Each shelf 121 is provided with a shelf indicator 111. Each cargo space 122 is provided with a cargo space indicator 112. The plurality of shelves 121 are arranged side by side at intervals. The shelf indicator 111 is located at the same end of the plurality of shelves 121. Wherein shelf indicators 111 are configured to be disposed in a one-to-one correspondence with shelves 121. The cargo space indicators 112 are configured to be disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the cargo spaces 122. Each cargo space indicator 112 is in signal communication with a shelf indicator 111 of the shelf 121 on which its corresponding cargo space 122 is located.

The controller 113 is in signal connection with the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112, and is configured to control the shelf indicator 111 corresponding to the target shelf 121 and the cargo space indicator 112 corresponding to the target cargo space 122 to emit an instruction signal after determining the target shelf 121 and the target cargo space 122 where the to-be-fetched article is located.

Specifically, each cargo space 122 has a cargo space indicator 112 disposed thereon. Each cargo space 122 is used for placing an item. Accordingly, each cargo space indicator 112 corresponds to an item. The controller 113 performs comparison screening according to the information of the to-be-fetched articles, and determines the target goods shelf 121 and the goods space 122 where the to-be-fetched articles are located. Then, the controller 113 controls the shelf indicator 111 on the shelf 121 where the target object is located to send out an indication signal, and controls the goods-position indicator 112 of the goods-position 122 where the target object is located to send out an indication signal, so that the operator can find out the required object to be fetched according to the indication signals of the shelf indicator 111 and the goods-position indicator 112, thereby improving the efficiency of obtaining the object to be fetched.

In this embodiment, the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112 may each be full-color LED lamps, such as N302B-5050RGB beads. The first full color LED light on each shelf 121 is the shelf indicator 111. In this embodiment, the indication signals of the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112 may be indicated by turning on or off the LED lamp. When the controller 113 obtains the goods shelf 121 and the goods space 122 where the goods to be fetched are located, the controller can control the first full-color LED lamp on the goods shelf 121 where the goods to be fetched are located and the full-color LED lamp on the goods space 122 where the goods to be fetched are located to be lighted, and control the full-color LED lamps on the rest goods shelves 121 and the goods space 122 to be unlit, so that the controller prompts the operator of the positions where the goods to be fetched are located, and the operator is convenient to obtain the goods to be fetched quickly.

In other embodiments, a color change of a full color LED light may be used for indication. For example, the color of the full-color LED lamp on the selected shelf 121 and the goods location 122 (i.e., the shelf 121 and the goods location 122 where the to-be-fetched object is located) is different from the color of the full-color LED lamp on the non-selected shelf 121 and the goods location 122, and the location where the to-be-fetched object is located is determined according to the difference in the color of the selected shelf 121 and the goods location 122.

In other embodiments, the indication may be made using a changing state of the lighting of the full-color LED lamp. For example, the full-color LED lamps on the shelf 121 and the goods space 122 which are not selected are normally lighted, and the full-color LED lamps on the shelf 121 and the goods space 122 which are selected are flashed, so that the position of the article to be fetched is determined according to the flashed full-color LED lamps.

Further, the controller 113 has a first communication module 1131. The shelf indicator 111 has a second communication module 1111. The cargo space indicator 112 has a third communication module 1121. The first communication module 1131 is in signal connection with the second communication module 1111. The second communication module 1111 is in signal connection with the third communication module 1121.

In this embodiment, the first communication module 1131 is a network communication chip built in the controller 113, which realizes high-speed data transmission and stable network connection, and supports multiple network protocols, such as TCP/IP, UDP, and the like. The second communication module 1111 and the third communication module 1121 may employ the same communication chip. Specifically, the full-color LED lamp beads of each shelf indicator 111 and the full-color LED lamp beads of the cargo space indicator 112 are respectively provided with a communication chip, and a single-wire communication mode is adopted and a return-to-zero code mode is adopted to send signals. Therefore, the controller 113 controls the full-color LED lamps of the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112 to be turned on by the communication connection between the network communication chip built in the controller 113 and the communication chip in the full-color LED lamp bead.

Further, the controller 113 also includes an information entry module 1132 and a control module 1133. The information input module 1132 is used for inputting information of the to-be-fetched articles. The control module 1133 is connected to the information input module 1132, and is configured to determine, according to the information of the to-be-fetched article and the preset correspondence table, the target shelf 121 and the target cargo space 122 where the to-be-fetched article is located, and control the shelf indicator 111 corresponding to the target shelf 121 and the cargo space indicator 112 corresponding to the target cargo space 122 to send out an indication signal. The preset correspondence table records the correspondence between the items, the goods space 122, the goods space indicator 112, the shelf 121, and the shelf indicator 111.

Specifically, the information entry module 1132 includes a touch display screen disposed on the control module 1133, through which item information is entered into the control module 1133.

The control module 1133 includes a Pi4B controller. The Pi4B controller is a card computer, and the touch display screen is positioned on the Pi4B controller to provide data display and information input operation. The Pi4B controller has the size of a leg, runs a Linux system and has a mature development environment. Pi4B may receive data from ERP, SAP, MES, etc. system servers via the network.

The Pi4B controller stores a preset corresponding table established in advance according to the articles, the goods space 122, the goods space indicator 112, the goods shelves 121 and the goods shelf indicator 111, and can match the information of the articles to be fetched with the preset corresponding table through a control program of the Pi4B controller, determine the goods shelves 121 and the goods space 122 where the articles to be fetched are located, and control the goods space indicator 111 on the determined goods shelves 121 and the goods space indicator 112 on the goods space 122 to send out indication signals. Notably, the item information may include an item name, an item number, and the like.

It will be appreciated that the control program of the Pi4B controller may refer to the content of the related art, and will not be described in detail herein.

Further, all of the shelf indicators 111 are connected in series with the cargo space indicators 112 to form a control signal link. In the control signal link, the shelf indicator 111 is serially connected with all the cargo space indicators 112 in sequence for each shelf 121. In the adjacent shelves 121, the last shelf indicator 112 of the preceding shelf 121 is connected in series with the shelf indicator 111 of the following shelf 121.

The article position indication system 11 further includes a detector 114 and a detection result indicator 115. The detector 114 is connected to the control signal link, and is configured to detect whether the control signal link is turned on, and output a detection result signal. The detection result indicator 115 is connected to the detector 114 for displaying the detection result according to the detection result signal.

In this embodiment, the power connection and the signal connection of the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112 are different. The series connection of the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112 means that the signal connection is in series with each other in order to allow the signal to be transmitted in the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112 in sequence. The power supplies of the shelf indicator 111 and the goods space indicator 112 are connected in parallel, so that the power supplies of the shelf indicator 111 and the goods space indicator 112 are independent, that is, any shelf indicator 111 or the goods space indicator 112 fails, and the rest of the shelf indicators 111 and the goods space indicator 112 can work normally.

Notably, the Pi4B controller sends a control signal to the shelf indicators 111 arranged on the first shelf 121, and then the shelf indicators 111 of the first shelf 121 send the control signal to the respective shelf indicators 112 of the current shelf 121 in sequence until the last shelf indicator 112 of the current shelf 121 sends the control signal to the next shelf indicator 111 arranged on the first shelf 121 when the control signal sent by the Pi4B controller passes the last shelf indicator 112 of the current shelf 121, so that the control signal sent by the Pi4B controller passes the respective shelf indicators 111 and the shelf indicators 112 in sequence. After receiving the control signal, each of the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112 determines whether the control signal indicates that the control signal itself needs to send out an indication signal according to the control signal, and if so, sends out the indication signal.

Further, the detector 114 may include a 51-chip microcomputer, an STM-series chip microcomputer, an AVR chip microcomputer, or the like. In the specific implementation, the single-chip microcomputer capable of realizing the function is selected from the prior art, and is not limited to any type, for example, the single-chip microcomputer of STM32F103 series of ST company is selected to be connected with the control signal link and detect whether the control signal link is conducted. The related art may be referred to for the control program of the STM32F103 series single chip microcomputer, which is not described in the present application.

The detection result indicator 115 may use the same full-color LED lamp as the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112, and display the detection result in green and red by the full-color LED lamp. When the SCM of STM32F103 series detects that the control signal link is on, the detection result indicator 115 displays green; when the SCM of STM32F103 series detects that the control signal link is not conductive, the detection result indicator 115 displays red to indicate that the control signal link fails.

In the above embodiment, the detection result indicator 115 is provided on the Pi4B controller, so that the operator can obtain the detection result of the detector at the first time when operating the Pi4B controller.

Further, the detector 114 is in signal connection with the controller 113. The controller 113 is further configured to send a link reference signal to the detector 114, and the detector 114 is further configured to receive a link actual signal from the control signal link, compare the link reference signal with the link actual signal, and output a detection result signal.

It will be appreciated that a single-chip microcomputer of the STM32F103 series is in signal connection with the Pi4B controller. The link reference signal is a signal that controls the cargo space indicator 112 that is last placed after the signal link is normally turned on. The link actual signal is a signal which is received by a singlechip of STM32F103 series and contains the states of all the shelf indicators 111 and the goods space indicators 112. The last cargo space indicator 112 signal received by the SCM of STM32F103 series is matched with the last cargo space indicator 112 signal sent by the Pi4B controller, so that the control signal link is conducted and normal; if the last cargo space indicator 112 signal received by the SCM of STM32F103 series is not matched with the last cargo space indicator 112 signal sent by the Pi4B controller, the control signal link is provided with more cargo space indicators 112 or fewer cargo space indicators 111 or fewer cargo space indicators 112 or fewer cargo space indicators 111; if the SCM of STM32F103 series can not receive the actual signal of the control signal link, the control signal link is not conducted, and the condition of interruption occurs.

Further, the detection result indicator 115 includes a first indicator light connected with the detector 114 in a signal manner, the first indicator light is electrically connected with the controller 113, and when the controller 113 works normally, the first indicator light displays green; when the controller 113 works abnormally, the first indicator lamp displays red.

The detection result indicator 115 further includes a second indicator light connected to the detector 114 in a signal manner, and when the detection result is that the control signal link is turned on, the second indicator light displays green; and when the detection result is that the control signal link is not conducted, the second indicator light displays red.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment, the first indicator light and the second indicator light may be two full-color LED lights disposed on the Pi4B controller, where one full-color LED light is electrically connected to the Pi4B controller, displaying green indicates that the Pi4B controller works normally, and displaying red indicates that the Pi4B controller fails; the other full-color LED lamp signal is connected to the SCM of STM32F103 series, when the link reference signal received by the SCM of STM32F103 series is matched with the link actual signal, the full-color LED lamp is green, and when the link reference signal received by the SCM of STM32F103 series is not matched with the link actual signal or the link actual signal is not received, the full-color LED lamp is red.

Further, the shelf indicator 111 includes an optocoupler isolation module 1112, where the optocoupler isolation module 1112 is configured to enable the power sources of the shelf indicator 111 and the cargo space indicator 112 on the adjacent shelf 121 to be in a parallel configuration. In this embodiment, each shelf 121 is powered by a separate power source, and the power sources of each shelf 121 are connected in parallel. By arranging the optocoupler isolation module 1112, ground loop noise caused by common ground parallel connection of power supplies of each shelf 121 is reduced on the shelf indicator 111 of each shelf 121, so that data are reserved and transmitted through optocouplers in communication between the cascaded shelves 121, and the stability of the whole control signal link system is improved.

The above describes in detail an article position indication system and a warehouse system provided in the embodiments of the present application, and specific examples are applied herein to describe the principles and embodiments of the present application, where the description of the above embodiments is only for helping to understand the solution and core ideas of the present application; meanwhile, those skilled in the art will have variations in the specific embodiments and application scope in light of the ideas of the present application, and the present description should not be construed as limiting the present application in view of the above.

Claims (10)

1. An item location indicating system for use with a warehouse, the warehouse including a plurality of shelves, each of the shelves having a plurality of cargo bays, the item location indicating system comprising:

a shelf indicator configured to be disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the shelf;

the goods space indicators are configured to be arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the goods spaces, and each goods space indicator is in signal connection with a goods shelf indicator of a goods shelf where the corresponding goods space is located;

and the controller is in signal connection with the goods shelf indicator and the goods space indicator and is configured to control the goods shelf indicator corresponding to the goods shelf and the goods space indicator corresponding to the goods space to send out indication signals after determining the target goods shelf and the target goods space where the goods to be fetched are located.

2. The item location indicating system of claim 1, wherein the controller has a first communication module, the shelf indicator has a second communication module, the cargo space indicator has a third communication module, the first communication module is in signal connection with the second communication module, and the second communication module is in signal connection with the third communication module.

3. The item location indicating system of claim 1, wherein the controller further comprises:

the information input module is used for inputting information of the to-be-fetched articles;

the control module is connected with the information input module and is used for determining a target goods shelf and a target goods position where the to-be-fetched goods are located according to the to-be-fetched goods information and a preset corresponding table, and controlling the goods shelf indicator corresponding to the target goods shelf and the goods position indicator corresponding to the target goods position to send out indication signals, and the corresponding relation among the goods, the goods position indicator, the goods shelf and the goods shelf indicator is recorded in the preset corresponding table.

4. The item location indicating system of claim 3 wherein all of said shelf indicators are serially connected with said cargo space indicators to form a control signal link in which said shelf indicators are serially connected with all of said cargo space indicators in turn for each of said shelves, and in which the last cargo space indicator of a preceding shelf is serially connected with the shelf indicator of a subsequent shelf, said item location indicating system further comprising:

the detector is connected with the control signal link and is used for detecting whether the control signal link is conducted or not and outputting a detection result signal;

and the detection result indicator is connected with the detector and is used for displaying the detection result according to the detection result signal.

5. The article position indicating system of claim 4 wherein said detector is in signal communication with said controller, said controller further for transmitting a link reference signal to said detector, said detector further for receiving a link actual signal derived from said control signal link, and comparing said link reference signal to said link actual signal and outputting said detection result signal.

6. The article position indicating system of claim 4 wherein said detection result indicator comprises a first indicator light in signal communication with said detector, said first indicator light being electrically connected to said controller, said first indicator light displaying a green color when said controller is operating normally; and when the controller works abnormally, the first indicator lamp displays red.

7. The article position indicating system of claim 4 wherein said detection result indicator further comprises a second indicator light in signal communication with said detector, said second indicator light displaying a green color when said control signal link is on; and when the detection result is that the control signal link is not conducted, the second indicator light displays red.

8. The item location indicating system of claim 4, wherein the shelf indicators comprise an optocoupler isolation module for enabling power sources of the shelf indicators and cargo space indicators on adjacent shelves to assume a parallel configuration.

9. A warehousing system, comprising:

the item location indicating system of any one of claims 1 to 8;

the storage device comprises a plurality of goods shelves, each goods shelf is provided with a plurality of goods places, each goods shelf is provided with a goods shelf indicator, and each goods place is provided with a goods place indicator.

10. The warehousing system of claim 9 wherein a plurality of said shelves are spaced side by side, said shelf indicator being located at the same end of a plurality of said shelves.