EP2876614A1 - Station de paquets entièrement automatique - Google Patents

Station de paquets entièrement automatique Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP2876614A1
EP2876614A1 EP13194294.8A EP13194294A EP2876614A1 EP 2876614 A1 EP2876614 A1 EP 2876614A1 EP 13194294 A EP13194294 A EP 13194294A EP 2876614 A1 EP2876614 A1 EP 2876614A1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
parcel
package
transport robot
station
transport
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP13194294.8A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Felix Schlocker
Peter Gülzow
Elizabeth Melhuish
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
Original Assignee
Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH filed Critical Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
Priority to EP13194294.8A priority Critical patent/EP2876614A1/fr
Publication of EP2876614A1 publication Critical patent/EP2876614A1/fr
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/16—Delivery means
    • G07F11/165—Delivery means using xyz-picker or multi-dimensional article picking arrangements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/10—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property
    • G07F17/12—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned
    • G07F17/13—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned the containers being a postal pick-up locker

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a parcel station according to the preamble of patent claim 1 and to a method for operating a parcel station according to the preamble of patent claim 13.
  • a parcel station serves for the temporary storage of parcels.
  • Packages may not be delivered directly to designated recipients, but may be forwarded by a shipping company to a parcel post near a variety of recipients.
  • Designated recipients of packets are then informed of an intermediately stored packet and can pick up the packet from the packet station itself.
  • a separate locker is usually provided in the parcel station for each recipient.
  • Such a parcel station is for example in the EP 1 959 406 A1 disclosed.
  • This parcel station comprises a plurality of lockers and a control unit for monitoring access authorizations for the lockers.
  • Such a known parcel station has a plurality of disadvantages.
  • the height of a conventional parcel station must not exceed a certain height, such as an ordinary headroom, otherwise receivers will not get to their assigned locker and / or requirements for a handicapped accessible Construction can not be fulfilled.
  • a flap, hinges, as well as locks and the like provided, which leads to high costs.
  • the volume of the parcel station is used very inefficiently. For example, there is no possibility to adjust the storage volumes of the lockers depending on the particular packages to be stored.
  • the storage area is formed by compact high-bay warehouse, which form a conveyor shaft for at least one vertically or vertically and horizontally movable and driven storage and retrieval unit. Shelf load carriers are flexibly stored vertically depending on the heights of the highest goods on the respective load-carrier in a shelf position.
  • a variety of automatically driven transport modules are necessary, such as a stacker crane, a positioning slide, automatically operated transfer locks, movable lock channel piston and the like more.
  • this prior art parcel dispenser is error prone and costly.
  • a complex control unit is provided to coordinate all movements of all transport modules together.
  • the object underlying the present invention is therefore to propose a parcel station, in which packages can be automatically stored space-efficient and at the same time easy accessibility for the storage and dispensing of packages is given.
  • this object is achieved by a parcel station having the features of independent claim 1.
  • a second aspect of the present invention is the method for operating a parcel station having the features of independent claim 13.
  • the parcel station comprises a parcel gateway device for accepting and / or issuing parcels.
  • This parcel lock device is designed, for example, in the form of a parcel compartment which has an electrically operated door and a parcel receiving and parcel delivery area.
  • the packet gateway device can simultaneously act as a packet acceptor for accepting packets and as a packet outbox for issuing packets to recipients.
  • a single Packet lock means may be provided for accepting and delivering parcels, which entails cost benefits, or multiple parcel lock facilities, such that multiple users, such as customers and / or parcel service personnel, may simultaneously use the parcel station for warehousing and / or retrieval of parcels.
  • the packet gateway device may be of modular design, for example, such that the packet gateway device has a first packet lock for issuing packets and a second packet lock for accepting packets.
  • the parcel station according to the invention comprises a plurality of storage spaces for storing parcels.
  • the parking spaces are realized, for example, by a shelving system for storing parcels, in which parcels can be stored by means of carrying trays depending on their dimensions, in particular as a function of their height. Due to the associated avoidance of voids, the capacity of the parcel station is optimally utilized. An exemplary more accurate embodiment of the parking spaces will be described in more detail later.
  • the parcel station also has a transport robot with an electric drive coupled thereto.
  • the transport robot is configured and arranged to transport parcels from the parcel lock device to the parking spaces and / or from the parking spaces to the parcel lock device. If the parcel lock device comprises said first parcel lock and said second parcel lock, the transport robot is preferably designed to transport parcels from the second lock to the places and parcels from the places to the first parcel lock.
  • the transport robot is movably arranged in at least three axes and the electric drive is designed to automatically move the transport robot along these three axes in order to pick up a parcel contained in the parcel lock device and transport it to one of the plurality of parking spaces and park it there. Furthermore, the electric drive is preferably designed to automatically move the transport robot along the three axes in response to an issue command in order to transport a parcel parked at one of the plurality of parking spaces to the parcel lock device.
  • the three axes are the three spatial axes of a Cartesian coordinate system, ie the x-axis, the y-axis and the z-axis. The three axes are therefore preferably perpendicular to each other.
  • the preferably installed within the parcel station transport robot is designed as a movement machine with at least three axes whose movements with respect to movement sequence and paths (or angles) are free, so without mechanical intervention, programmable and optionally sensor-guided.
  • the parcel station according to the invention has improved accessibility and increased user-friendliness on account of the parcel lock device. Furthermore, the parcel lock device allows accessibility to the parcel station that is suitable for the disabled. In the parcel station according to the invention, therefore, no plurality of lockers are provided, which are assigned to different customers, but a parcel lock device, which preferably simultaneously acts for accepting and dispensing of parcels and can be used by different customers for picking up and / or storage of parcels.
  • This central packet lock device is arranged at a height of, for example, 1 m or 1.5 m. It preferably has spatial dimensions suitable for a variety of package formats. The ease of use is further enhanced because a customer does not have to troublesomely go to a locker assigned to him, but only has to serve the parcel lock facility for both dropping and picking up parcels.
  • the overall height of the parcel station can also be much higher than in the case of previously known parcel stations. Heights of over 3 m can be easily implemented. The elaborate production of flaps, hinges and locks is eliminated. The cost-intensive and programming-technically complex control of individual electromechanical locks is not necessary because the packet lock device is provided as a substantially single user interface. Thus, as a result, a cost-effective housing construction for the parcel station can be used.
  • the parcel station according to the invention is more stable, less susceptible to errors and safer against external interference, such as weather or violence, since preferably only a single packet lock device is provided, so that the rest of the housing construction is not disturbed by a variety of lockers.
  • the parcel station according to the invention can, like previously known parcel stations, likewise be set up at any desired location. Users of the parcel station, like customers (Recipient and / or sender of parcels) and / or parcel service personnel can directly visit the parcel gateway facility to pick up a parcel addressed to them or to abandon a parcel or to deposit a plurality of parcels. The time-consuming search for assigned lockers is eliminated.
  • a single transport robot is provided.
  • This transport robot is designed to automatically receive a parcel located in the parcel lock device, to transport it within the parcel station and to park it at a specific parking space.
  • the transport robot is adapted to transport a parked at a certain location package on an issue command for the purpose of the output of the package to a customer to the package lock device.
  • the transport robot has due to its at least three axes movable arrangement the advantage that can be dispensed with further transport modules. There should be only one single unit responsible for picking up a package and putting it into storage, ie parking it at one of the sites. This allows easy control of the parcel station. In addition, the parcel station is characterized comparatively low maintenance.
  • the transport robot comprises a rail vehicle.
  • a rail on which the transport robot is movably arranged by means of the rail vehicle is preferably arranged on the floor / and / or a wall of the parcel station.
  • the rail is straight and is arranged in a central lane, a transport lane, the parcel station.
  • On both adjacent sides of the central lane (transport lane) of the parcel station preferably storage lanes are arranged with storage racks, which provide the plurality of parking spaces.
  • the transport robot movably arranged along the transport lane thus serves both adjacent storage lanes and not just a single neighboring lane. Colloquially formulated, the already required transport lane is thus "used twice". Also, the capacity of the parcel station is used efficiently.
  • the electric drive has, for example, a linear drive to move the transport robot by means of the rail vehicle along the rail in the transport lane for the purpose of storage and retrieval of packages back and forth.
  • the electric drive has at least three drive units, wherein a first drive unit is configured to move the transport robot along a first of the three axes, a second drive unit is configured to move the transport robot along a second of the three axes, and a third drive unit is formed is to move the transport robot along a third of the three axes.
  • the at least three drive units comprise, for example, a linear drive and / or a rotary drive.
  • all three drive units are linear drives which are designed to move the transport robot or modules of the transport robot in the x-direction, in the y-direction and z-direction, ie along the three axes.
  • the transport robot preferably has a number of toothed racks, a number of deflection rollers and / or a number of toothed belts.
  • the electric drive of the transport robot has a first drive unit in the form of a horizontal drive, which is designed to move the transport robot along the rail within the parcel station.
  • the second drive unit is also, for example, in the form of a horizontal drive and is designed to move a receiving module of the transport robot in a direction perpendicular to the rail and also horizontal direction.
  • the third drive unit is designed to adjust this receiving module of the transport robot in the vertical direction.
  • the transport robot has said toothed belts and deflection rollers as well as toothed racks and the like.
  • a control unit is preferably provided, which is in particular designed to control the transport robot via the electric drive.
  • a detection unit coupled to the control unit, which is designed to detect spatial dimensions of a package located in the packet lock device and to transmit indicative data to the control unit for the spatial dimensions of the package.
  • the control unit is preferably designed to determine an optimal parking space for the respective package based on this data and to instruct the transport robot to transport the package to this determined parking space and to turn it off there.
  • the detection unit is preferably designed to determine a weight of a parcel parked in the parcel lock device. Knowing the weight, the control unit can determine a postage.
  • the parcel station is also designed to sell postage to customers and to postpay packages to be stored accordingly after payment of the postage by a customer.
  • the parcel station preferably has means configured therefor.
  • the detection unit for detecting the spatial dimensions of a parcel and / or the weight of the parcel is preferably at least partially implemented as part of the parcel lock device, ie positioned in or on the parcel lock device. Thereby, the detection of the dimensions and / or the weight of the package can take place immediately after a user of the parcel station has supplied the parcel to the parcel lock device.
  • a plurality of package carrying means is arranged within the parcel station.
  • the transport robot preferably has a receiving module and is configured to park one of the multiplicity of package carrying means in the package lock device and to receive a package carrying means parked in the package lock device together with a package located thereon by the receiving module and to transport it to one of the plurality of storage spaces and place it there.
  • the package carrying means are for example in the form of a carrier tray or the like.
  • the plurality of locations is preferably formed by a plurality of vertically arranged storage racks, each storage rack has receiving means for receiving a package support means.
  • the receiving means are preferably arranged at a ratcheted distance from each other.
  • the receiving means are in the form of grooves and / or carrying beams into which or onto which a respective package-carrying means, for example in the form of a carrying tray, can be inserted or placed.
  • the package support means each have identical dimensions.
  • the storage racks are arranged according to the dimensions of the package carrier. For example, define two each opposite storage racks a width of 70 cm and a depth of 50 cm. Of course, all variants are possible here.
  • the bays or support bars are arranged for example at a vertical distance of 5 cm. Thus, depending on a height of a package to be stored, the package can be assigned a suitable parking space by the control unit.
  • the parcel station comprises an intermediate store arranged next to the parcel lock device, wherein the transport robot is designed to intermediately store a parcel located in the parcel lock device in the interim storage facility for a rapid acceptance of several parcels and to one of the plurality of storage spaces at a later time transport.
  • the intermediate storage is preferably arranged in the immediate vicinity of the package lock device, in order to ensure short transport routes, that is to say a short period for the intermediate storage.
  • the shipping company may want to store a variety of packages.
  • the transport robot In order to achieve short waiting times for the parcel service personnel, the transport robot temporarily stores the parcels respectively in the parcel lock facility in the interim storage facility and only then does the size-dependent storage at a later point in time, ie transport the parcels to those for the particular parking spaces.
  • the intermediate storage is formed by the plurality of said storage racks.
  • the storage racks form on the one hand, the plurality of parking spaces, to which the packages are automatically transported depending on the size of the package, as well as the interim storage.
  • the intermediate storage forms the transition between the parcel lock device and the parking spaces.
  • the Interim storage is designed so that packages regardless of their dimensions by the transport robot can be quickly parked there.
  • the control unit is preferably designed to independently determine the later time from which the packages located in the intermediate storage are transported to the storage spaces as a function of their dimensions. For example, the control unit registers that the parcel station is not currently being used by a customer or parcel service personnel and instructs the transport robot during such non-use period to make the parcels, ie the transport from the interim storage facility to the parking spaces.
  • the parcel station preferably also comprises a registration unit which is designed to register a parcel contained in the parcel lock device and to store registration data associated with the parcel. This guarantees an association between the recipient and the intermediate package or the location of the package.
  • the parcel station preferably further comprises a customer interface having input means via which a customer can enter customer data, wherein the registration unit is preferably operatively coupled to the customer interface and adapted to compare entered customer data with stored registration data and in case of a match output the den Register data associated with the transport robot to the customer.
  • the customer interface is designed to automatically capture the customer data, for example by means of RFID, NFC, infrared, Bluetooth, with the aid of a barcode or QR code reader or via another transmission path.
  • the parcel station according to the invention forms a fully automatic parcel station, in which a recipient who wishes to pick up his parcel only enters customer data via the customer interface and which then automatically determines the parcel assigned to the recipient and outputs it via the parcel lock device. It is just as easy for a shipping company to store parcels. In essence, it is only necessary for the parcels to be transported to the parcel lock facility.
  • the spatial survey (registration), registration, storage is fully automatic and also a notification to the recipient, a package status and the like can be sent and / or stored in a central package management program.
  • a second aspect of the present invention is a method of operating a packet station according to independent claim 13.
  • the method of the second aspect shares the advantages of the packet station of the first aspect of the present invention.
  • the method has preferred embodiments corresponding to the preferred embodiments of the parcel station described above, in particular, as defined in the dependent claims.
  • the method comprises a temporary storage of a plurality of packets entered via the packet lock device in an intermediate storage of the parcel station by means of the transport robot, wherein the intermediate storage is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the parcel lock device.
  • the intermediate storage preferably forms a transition between the parcel lock device and the parking spaces.
  • the intermediate storage can be designed as a simple container, so that the interaction of the transport robot for temporarily storing the packages can be limited to a few actions, the intermediate storage operation can thus be implemented quickly.
  • the method for operating the parcel station comprises registering a period during which the parcel station is not used.
  • the parcel station is neither visited by a customer who wants to pick up or drop off a parcel, nor is parcel service personnel going to store a variety of parcels.
  • a detection of the spatial dimension of a respective package stored in the intermediate storage and determination of a storage location as a function of the acquired spatial dimension and transportation of a respective package to the determined parking space by means of the transport robot takes place.
  • the size-dependent storage of the packages takes place at certain parking spaces in the parcel station during a period of non-use.
  • the packages are preferably stored largely adjacent to one another in order to avoid empty spaces between the packages.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a front view of a parcel station 100 according to the invention.
  • the parcel station 100 according to the invention does not comprise a plurality of lockers, but only a parcel lock device 110 for accepting and issuing parcels.
  • the parcel station 100 due to the fact that no plurality of lockers are provided, includes a simply configured housing 101 which protects the stored parcels from foreign interference and environmental influences.
  • the parcel station Via the parcel lock device 110, parcels can be stored in the parcel station 100 and output therefrom.
  • the parcel station for interaction with a person wishing to store packages or having a package issued, the parcel station according to the invention comprises a customer interface 112, which comprises input means via which a customer can enter customer data.
  • the height of the parcel station 110 Due to the parcel lock device 110, which is arranged approximately at a standing height, the height of the parcel station 110 can basically be as high as desired.
  • a plurality of (in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 not shown) spaces provided to store packages.
  • a cross-sectional view of the parcel station 100 is shown in a schematic representation.
  • a transport lane 102 Located approximately in the center is a transport lane 102, along which a transport robot (not shown) can travel in order to store parcels in parking spaces which are located in a first storage lane 104 and a second storage lane 106 left and right of the transport lane 102 are arranged.
  • Within the transport lane guide rails 108 are further provided, along which the transport robot can proceed for the purpose of storage and delivery of packages.
  • Fig. 3 shows a schematic representation of a cross-sectional view of the first storage lane 104 of the parcel station 100.
  • the second storage lane 106 is similar to the first storage lane 104 constructed.
  • a plurality of vertically arranged storage racks 132-1 to 132-10 is provided in the first storage lane 104.
  • the storage racks 132-1 to 132-10 are arranged at a regular distance from each other. The distance can also be variable.
  • At each storage rack 132-1 to 132-10 is a plurality of receiving means 134-1 to 134-5 intended. These receiving means 134-1 to 134-5 are each adapted to receive a package carrying means 136-1 to 136-7.
  • a respective storage rack 132-1 to 132-10 may be formed, for example, by two or more holding rods arranged one behind the other. Alternatively, a respective retaining wall may be provided.
  • a variety of constructive variants are known to the person skilled in the art and the invention is not limited to any particular.
  • the package carrying means 136-1 to 136-7 are, for example, respective carrying trays or similar devices suitable for carrying packages.
  • the receiving means 134-1 to 134-5 are arranged, for example, in a standardized distance from each other. It is also conceivable that the receiving means 134-1 to 134-5 are arranged at a variable distance from each other.
  • parcels 140-1, 140-2 and 140-3 are stored depending on their respective height of the transport robot at a certain parking space. In this way, the entire volume capacity of the parcel station 100 can be efficiently utilized.
  • a sump or similar device may be provided to which the transport robot travels to stop a package carrying means in the package lock device 110.
  • the receiving means 134-1 to 134-5 are provided for example in the form of groove-like recesses, and / or in the form of carrying wedges / support beams, as shown in the Fig. 3 are shown schematically. For reasons of clarity is in the Fig. 3 only a certain selection of recording means (134-1 to 134-5) provided with reference numerals; however, the selection is for illustration purposes only and is otherwise of no importance.
  • Fig. 4a to 5c show schematic representations of a transport robot 120 for the parcel station 100 in various cross-sectional and side views and the Fig. 6 shows an enlarged schematic representation of a receiving module 126 of the transport robot 120. In the following is on all Fig. 4a to 6 Referenced.
  • the transport robot 120 is movably arranged in the transporting lane 108 of the parcel station 100 in order to transport parcels from the parcel lock device 110 to the parking spaces and Transport packages from the parking spaces to the parcel lock device 110.
  • the transport robot 120 comprises corresponding guide means (not shown in the figures), which are designed for a coupling of the transport robot 120 to the guide rails 108.
  • the transport robot 120 For a movement along the approximately linearly extending guide track 108, the transport robot 120 comprises a (also not shown) driven rail vehicle, which is formed for example in the upper and / or lower part of the transport robot 120 for the purpose of driving along one or both guide rails 108.
  • the transport robot 120 of the parcel station 100 is movably arranged in at least three axes 120-1, 120-2 and 120-3.
  • these axes are the x-axis, the y-axis, and the z-axis of a Cartesian coordinate system.
  • the transport lane 108 extends along the x-axis 120-1.
  • the bearing lanes 104 and 106 are respectively arranged on the left and right of the transport lane 108, ie in the positive and negative y-direction 120-2.
  • the transport robot 120 comprises a receiving module 126, which is arranged to be movable in the vertical direction, that is to say in the z-direction 120-3.
  • the transport robot 120 comprises a drive unit 122-1.
  • the receiving module 126 is coupled to this drive unit 122-1 via a toothed belt 125-3 and via deflection rollers 125-1 and 125-2.
  • the drive unit 122-1 includes, for example, a conventional electric motor.
  • the transport robot 120 further includes a frame structure 124 in which the receiving module 124 is movably disposed.
  • the frame structure 124 includes four frame bearings 124-1 through 124-4 along which the receiving module 126 can slide.
  • the receiving module 126 is coupled via ball bearings to the frame bearings 124-1 to 124-4.
  • the receiving module 126 is moved by the drive unit 122-1. Furthermore, a counterweight 127 is coupled to the toothed belt 125-3 so that the drive unit 122-1 can transport and transport comparatively high-weight packets even with low power.
  • Fig. 6 shows a more detailed side view of the receiving module 126 of the transport robot 120 in a schematic representation.
  • the transport robot 120 comprises a second drive unit 122-2.
  • the receiving module 126 is at this second Drive unit 122-2 coupled via a rack 126-1 and via toothed belt wheels 126-3 and 126- 4 and a toothed belt 126-2.
  • the receiving module 126 is coupled to the frame construction 124 via telescopically extendable pull-out rails 126-5.
  • a parcel 140-1 For storing a parcel 140-1, it is first transported into the parcel lock device 110, for example by a customer who wishes to have the parcel 140-1 sent or by parcel service personnel who want to store a large number of parcels.
  • a registration unit which registers a parcel contained in the parcel lock device 110 and stores the registration data associated with the parcel 140-1.
  • a detection unit is provided in the parcel station 100, which registers the spatial dimensions of the parcel located in the parcel lock device 110 and transmits indicative data to a control unit of the parcel station 100 for the spatial dimensions of the parcel.
  • the detection of a packet takes place for example via optical means, such as a light barrier or the like.
  • the detection unit may determine a weight of the packet to calculate a postage based thereon.
  • the parcel station 100 can be equipped with a post-sales device and with a franking device, so that a customer can pay a postage for his parcel at the parcel station 100 and the parcel can be franked accordingly after the payment process.
  • the control unit of the parcel station 100 is operatively coupled to the registration unit, the acquisition unit, and in particular to the transport robot 120, and is configured to control and coordinate all the processes for storing and issuing parcels within the parcel station 100.
  • the control unit controls the transport robot 120 along the three axes 120-1 to 120-3 so that it automatically picks up a parcel contained in the parcel lock device 110 and transports it to one of the plurality of parking spaces and places it there.
  • the control unit determines a parking space for the parcel 140-1 in the first storage lane 104 or the second storage lane 106 on the basis of the data indicative of the spatial dimension of the parcel and the available parking spaces For the package 140-1 determined location, the control unit controls the transport robot 120. First, the transport robot 120 accesses the package carrying means 136 - 1, on which the package 140 - 1 has been stored in the package lock device 110, by means of the receiving module 126.
  • the receiving module 126 is moved vertically just below the package carrying means 136-1 located in the package lock means 110. Subsequently, the receiving module 126 is pulled out horizontally under the package supporting means 136-1, and then moves vertically upward. The package carrying means 136-1 and the package 140-1 are now on the receiving module 126. This picking process can be facilitated by various discoveries and guides.
  • the transport robot 120 after having received the package support 136-1 with the package thereon, first moves in the x direction 120-1 along the transport lane 108 to a position between two storage racks 132-6 and 132-5.
  • the control unit uses the drive unit 122-1, the control unit causes a displacement of the receiving module 126 in the z direction 120-3 up to the height of the parking space 130-1 assigned to the package 140-1. This offset in the z-direction 120-3 may also occur during the process along the x-direction 120-1 in order to accelerate the storage process.
  • the control unit causes a displacement of the receiving module 126 in the y-direction 120-2, wherein the package supporting means 136-1 is pushed into the parking space 130-1 with the package 140-1 thereon.
  • the parking of the package-carrying means 136-1 is effected by slight settling in the z-direction 120-3, so that the package-carrying means 136-1 rests on the receiving means 134 in the form of the carrying wedges.
  • the control unit controls the transport robot 120 to pick up another package carrying means 136-7 from a package carrying agent collecting station and to transport it to the baggage lock device 110.
  • This package carrying means 136-7 can then be loaded with another package, which the transport robot 120 stores in a similar procedure.
  • the parcel station 100 optionally includes an adjacent to Parcel lock device 110 arranged (not shown in the figures) intermediate storage.
  • the control unit may be instructed to control the transport robot 120 to temporarily store the parcels located in the parcel lock device 110 in the immediately adjacent interim storage facility without prior detection only after this intermediate storage process, the packages are registered by the registration unit and are detected by the registration unit and then stored size-dependent to their assigned parking spaces.
  • a customer inputs customer data using input means of the customer interface 112.
  • the input of customer data may be via some mechanism, such as a keyboard, verbally via a microphone, via a touch screen, a bar code reader, etc.
  • the customer interface 112 is operatively coupled to the registration unit, with the registration unit entering the Compare customer data with stored registration data. If the registration unit determines a match between the entered customer data and stored registration data, the registration unit identifies an intermediately stored package for the customer. The registration unit then transmits corresponding identification data to the control unit, which then causes the transport robot 120 to deliver the package assigned to the customer from the parking space to the central package receiving compartment 110. At the same time, the packet lock device 110 thus also functions as a packet output compartment.
  • control unit at defined times causes the transport robot 120 to reorder the intermediately stored parcels 140-1 to 140-3 by spaces and / or spaces that have arisen, for example, due to parcel removal to eliminate. In this way, the entire capacity of the parcel station 100 is used efficiently.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
EP13194294.8A 2013-11-25 2013-11-25 Station de paquets entièrement automatique Withdrawn EP2876614A1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP13194294.8A EP2876614A1 (fr) 2013-11-25 2013-11-25 Station de paquets entièrement automatique

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP13194294.8A EP2876614A1 (fr) 2013-11-25 2013-11-25 Station de paquets entièrement automatique

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP2876614A1 true EP2876614A1 (fr) 2015-05-27

Family

ID=49626863

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP13194294.8A Withdrawn EP2876614A1 (fr) 2013-11-25 2013-11-25 Station de paquets entièrement automatique

Country Status (1)

Country Link
EP (1) EP2876614A1 (fr)

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3392848A1 (fr) 2017-04-23 2018-10-24 Cleveron AS Procédé pour augmenter la vitesse de décharge et d'insertion d'objets postaux dans un terminal de colis et terminal de colis
CN110015528A (zh) * 2018-01-10 2019-07-16 德国邮政股份公司 用于接收、临时储存以及发放运送物的运送物仓库以及方法
WO2020161385A1 (fr) 2019-02-06 2020-08-13 Shipmypacket Oy Système de stockage automatisé
CN112429456A (zh) * 2020-11-20 2021-03-02 深圳市海柔创新科技有限公司 取出货物异常处理方法、装置、设备、系统及存储介质
DE102021003398A1 (de) 2021-07-01 2023-01-05 Hyundai Motor Company Paketstation, paketsystem und verfahren zum betätigen einer paketstation
EP4081962A4 (fr) * 2019-12-24 2023-12-27 Trakkit Pty Ltd Système d'inventaire mobile automatisé
EP4238893A4 (fr) * 2020-11-20 2024-03-13 Hai Robotics Co., Ltd. Procédé d'attribution d'espace, procédé et dispositif de stockage de marchandises, robot et système d'entreposage
EP4238894A4 (fr) * 2020-11-20 2024-03-20 Hai Robotics Co., Ltd. Procédé et appareil de stockage de marchandises, ainsi que robot, système d'entreposage et support de stockage

Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2718624A1 (fr) * 1994-04-14 1995-10-20 Blanc Roger Installation pour restauration rapide.
WO2003072471A1 (fr) * 2001-11-23 2003-09-04 Munroe Chirnomas Machine et procedes de distribution automatique d'articles
EP1400932A1 (fr) 2002-09-13 2004-03-24 Gilomen Lorenz Procédé et dispositif de stockage et d'extraction automatique d'articles individuels
EP1959406A1 (fr) 2007-02-16 2008-08-20 Deutsche Post AG Installation de coffres multiples, système logistique et procédé de fonctionnement de l'installation de coffres multiples
EP1993078A2 (fr) * 2007-05-16 2008-11-19 Sanden Corporation Dispositif d'exécution de marchandises
WO2010130913A1 (fr) * 2009-05-13 2010-11-18 Sudco Disupositif de distribution automatique de bouteilles de gaz en libre service permettant l'échange d'une bouteille vide contre une bouteille pleine
US20120029687A1 (en) * 2010-07-28 2012-02-02 Par Systems, Inc. Robotic storage and retrieval systems
DE102011115663A1 (de) * 2011-09-28 2013-03-28 Safelog Gmbh Vorrichtung zur Bevorratung und vollautomatischen Ausgabe einer Vielzahl von Produkten
US20130264381A1 (en) * 2012-04-09 2013-10-10 Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute Unmanned parcel storage apparatus capable of dynamically allocating storage space and method of using the same

Patent Citations (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2718624A1 (fr) * 1994-04-14 1995-10-20 Blanc Roger Installation pour restauration rapide.
WO2003072471A1 (fr) * 2001-11-23 2003-09-04 Munroe Chirnomas Machine et procedes de distribution automatique d'articles
EP1400932A1 (fr) 2002-09-13 2004-03-24 Gilomen Lorenz Procédé et dispositif de stockage et d'extraction automatique d'articles individuels
EP1959406A1 (fr) 2007-02-16 2008-08-20 Deutsche Post AG Installation de coffres multiples, système logistique et procédé de fonctionnement de l'installation de coffres multiples
EP1993078A2 (fr) * 2007-05-16 2008-11-19 Sanden Corporation Dispositif d'exécution de marchandises
WO2010130913A1 (fr) * 2009-05-13 2010-11-18 Sudco Disupositif de distribution automatique de bouteilles de gaz en libre service permettant l'échange d'une bouteille vide contre une bouteille pleine
US20120029687A1 (en) * 2010-07-28 2012-02-02 Par Systems, Inc. Robotic storage and retrieval systems
DE102011115663A1 (de) * 2011-09-28 2013-03-28 Safelog Gmbh Vorrichtung zur Bevorratung und vollautomatischen Ausgabe einer Vielzahl von Produkten
US20130264381A1 (en) * 2012-04-09 2013-10-10 Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute Unmanned parcel storage apparatus capable of dynamically allocating storage space and method of using the same

Cited By (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10357804B2 (en) 2017-04-23 2019-07-23 Cleveron As Method for increasing the speed of discharge and insertion of postal objects in a parcel terminal and a parcel terminal
EP3392848A1 (fr) 2017-04-23 2018-10-24 Cleveron AS Procédé pour augmenter la vitesse de décharge et d'insertion d'objets postaux dans un terminal de colis et terminal de colis
US10974915B2 (en) 2018-01-10 2021-04-13 Deutsche Post AG Bonn Consignment store and method for accepting, temporarily storing and issuing consignments
EP3511268A1 (fr) * 2018-01-10 2019-07-17 Deutsche Post AG Stockage d'envois et procédé de réception, de stockage intermédiaire et de distribution d'envois
CN110015528A (zh) * 2018-01-10 2019-07-16 德国邮政股份公司 用于接收、临时储存以及发放运送物的运送物仓库以及方法
WO2020161385A1 (fr) 2019-02-06 2020-08-13 Shipmypacket Oy Système de stockage automatisé
US11414272B2 (en) 2019-02-06 2022-08-16 Shipmypacket Oy Automated storage system
US11661281B2 (en) 2019-02-06 2023-05-30 Agora Networks Oy Automated storage system
EP4081962A4 (fr) * 2019-12-24 2023-12-27 Trakkit Pty Ltd Système d'inventaire mobile automatisé
CN112429456A (zh) * 2020-11-20 2021-03-02 深圳市海柔创新科技有限公司 取出货物异常处理方法、装置、设备、系统及存储介质
CN112429456B (zh) * 2020-11-20 2022-12-30 深圳市海柔创新科技有限公司 取出货物异常处理方法、装置、设备、系统及存储介质
EP4238893A4 (fr) * 2020-11-20 2024-03-13 Hai Robotics Co., Ltd. Procédé d'attribution d'espace, procédé et dispositif de stockage de marchandises, robot et système d'entreposage
EP4238894A4 (fr) * 2020-11-20 2024-03-20 Hai Robotics Co., Ltd. Procédé et appareil de stockage de marchandises, ainsi que robot, système d'entreposage et support de stockage
DE102021003398A1 (de) 2021-07-01 2023-01-05 Hyundai Motor Company Paketstation, paketsystem und verfahren zum betätigen einer paketstation
US12091250B2 (en) 2021-07-01 2024-09-17 Hyundai Motor Company Parcel station, parcel system and method for operating a parcel station

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP2876614A1 (fr) Station de paquets entièrement automatique
EP2297005B2 (fr) Système de stockage et procédé pour le faire fonctionner
EP2318293B1 (fr) Procédé et dispositif de préparation manuelle de commandes de marchandises de détail à l'aide d'une étagère de transfert
EP2186754B1 (fr) Installation de préparation et son procédé de fonctionnement avec un chariot de préparation
EP3619150B1 (fr) Dispositif de prélèvement mobile pour un magasin à rayonnage
EP2315713B2 (fr) Procédé de préparation de commandes de marchandises de détail à l'aide d'un dispositif automatique de préparation de commandes et étagère de transfert associée
EP1820754B1 (fr) Système d'étagère et procédé de stockage automatisé de petits objets
WO2017015681A1 (fr) Procédé et système de livraison de marchandises dans des récipients de livraison
AT519498A2 (de) Verfahren und Abgabestation zur Verteilung von Waren
WO2003019425A1 (fr) Systeme d'entreposage intermediaire de marchandises identifiees et procede de transfert de marchandises commandees
WO2019179768A1 (fr) Système de production
AT13910U1 (de) Kommissionierstation und Verfahren zum Bereitstellen von Ladehilfsmitteln
EP2566788A1 (fr) Système de stockage et de préparation de commandes comprenant des navettes
WO2013004695A1 (fr) Système et procédé d'entrée d'un produit à stocker dans un rayon et de sortie hors du rayon
AT511860A2 (de) Kommissionierstation und verfahren zum bereitstellen von ladehilfsmitteln
EP1400932A1 (fr) Procédé et dispositif de stockage et d'extraction automatique d'articles individuels
EP2396253B1 (fr) Système de stockage et procédé de répartition automatique d'unités conditionnées
WO2007012444A1 (fr) Systeme de stockage a rayonnages comprenant une station d'entree
AT525328B1 (de) Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Regallagers, sowie ein Regallager, Fahrwagen und Hubeinheit hierfür
DE4444925C2 (de) Parkeinrichtung, insbesondere nach Art eines Hochregallagers
EP1175362B1 (fr) Systeme de transport
DE102023104135A1 (de) Warenlagersystem
DE9305367U1 (de) Vorrichtung zum Einlagern von Gütern auf Rollpaletten in ein Regallager
DE202008010879U1 (de) Vorrichtung zum manuellen Kommissionieren von Stückgut mit einem Durchlaufregal
EP0811566A2 (fr) Procédé et dispositif pour le ramassage automatique et la préparation de commandes ordonnées d'articles empilés

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20140707

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: BA ME

APBK Appeal reference recorded

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNREFNE

APBN Date of receipt of notice of appeal recorded

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNNOA2E

APBR Date of receipt of statement of grounds of appeal recorded

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNNOA3E

APAF Appeal reference modified

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSCREFNE

APBT Appeal procedure closed

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNNOA9E

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 20200603