JP2007238295A - Automated warehouse for residence - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automated warehouse for a residence, which detects a posture abnormality of an operation auxiliary tool in a storage box before closing operation of an opening/closing door is performed and continues and resumes storage in the storage box without recovering the entire control system after correction of the posture abnormality of the operation auxiliary tool. <P>SOLUTION: The automated warehouse for the residence is provided with: a plurality of storage shelves 10; a box conveyor 20; a storage and retrieval floor 30; the opening/closing door 33 between a movement path of the box conveyor 20 and the storage and retrieval floor 30; and a control means 35 for controlling operation of the box conveyor 20 and automatic opening/closing of the opening/closing door 33. The storage box 1 has the operation auxiliary tool 3 of which posture is changed, and a posture abnormality detection sensor 40 is provided in the vicinity of the opening/closing door 33. An auxiliary tool abnormality detection sensor is a sensor for detecting the posture abnormality of the operation auxiliary tool 3 in the storage box 1 before closing operation of the opening/closing door 33. When receiving a signal indicating the posture abnormality of the operation auxiliary tool 3 from the posture abnormality detection sensor 40, the control means 35 does not execute closing operation of the opening/closing door 33. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a residential automatic warehouse, and more particularly, to a residential automatic warehouse for loading and unloading storage boxes having auxiliary tools for operation.

An automatic warehouse is a facility that is usually used in a logistics-related site such as a factory or a warehouse.
In recent years, a facility in which an automatic warehouse is installed in a house has been proposed. For example, an apartment house system with an automatic warehouse disclosed in Patent Document 1 can be given.
This apartment house with an automatic warehouse has an automatic warehouse adjacent to the apartment house such as a condominium, and stores articles that do not need to be always around in the automatic warehouse, thereby making the living space wider.

Moreover, for example, there is a housing storage system disclosed in Patent Document 2 as the same type of equipment.
This housing storage system has a storage box formed in a vertical direction in a house, and a plurality of storage sections are defined in the storage box.
A transport / transfer device is arranged adjacent to the storage, the transport / transfer device is a transport passage extending over the storage, and a moving main body that moves up and down along the transport passage and puts / removes stored items into / from the storage section. Have
On the side wall surface of the transfer passage, there are formed delivery ports that face the interior of each floor, and openable and closable doors are respectively attached to these delivery ports.
In this housing storage system, a storage box having a size that can be stored in the storage section in the storage is handled.
This type of storage box may be provided with an operation tool such as a handle on the box body. The operation tool is an auxiliary tool that facilitates handling of the storage box when the storage box is delivered. is there.
In this type of housing storage system, there is a case in which a loading state abnormality detection sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a loading state abnormality of the storage box on the transfer / transfer apparatus is provided in the same manner as an automatic warehouse.
When a load appearance abnormality is detected, control means such as a computer stops the transfer operation by the transfer / transfer apparatus and waits for the entire system to recover.

Incidentally, for example, a dam waiter device described in Patent Document 3 is known as a conventional technique for detecting an abnormality in a package appearance.
This device is a dam waiter device that lifts and lowers a luggage car to carry the luggage, and has a light projecting means disposed above the loading / unloading port of the luggage car, and the light projecting means is directed downward inside the luggage car. Irradiate light.
Reflecting means is provided in the lower part of the baggage car entrance / exit, and the reflecting means reflects light from the light projecting means to the baggage car entrance / exit.
The light emitted from the light projecting means is blocked by the luggage loaded from the luggage basket, so that the protrusion of the luggage from the luggage basket is left unattended.
JP 2005-224309 A JP 2004-100233 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-10425

In the technology of Patent Document 2, although the package shape abnormality detection sensor can detect the presence or absence of the package shape of the storage box on the transport transfer device, the package shape abnormality detection sensor is mounted on the transport transfer device. In some cases, it is not possible to immediately confirm whether or not the posture of the auxiliary operation tool for the storage box is appropriate.
For example, in the case of a storage box mounted on a transfer / transfer apparatus through a delivery port, the load form abnormality detection sensor may not detect a load form abnormality even if the posture of the auxiliary tool for operation of the storage box is inappropriate. is there.
In this case, even if the posture error of the operation aid is found as an abnormal load after the door of the delivery port is closed, it is necessary to open the door and correct the posture of the operation aid. There is a problem that it takes time to recover the system, such as resetting instructions of the means.
In other words, if it is impossible to grasp the abnormal posture of the operation aid when the door is open, and the abnormal posture of the operation aid that can be recovered immediately is detected as an abnormal loading condition of the storage box, the entire system is There is a complication that must be restored.
The technology of Patent Document 3 is merely an apparatus for detecting the protrusion of a luggage from a luggage basket.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to detect an abnormal posture of an operation auxiliary tool in a storage box before closing an opening / closing door. The present invention is to provide an automatic warehouse for housing that can continuously resume storage of storage boxes without restoring the entire control system after correcting the posture abnormality of the auxiliary equipment.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is directed to a plurality of storage shelves that accommodate storage boxes, a box transporter that reciprocates along a movement path facing the storage shelves, and the movement path. An entrance / exit floor, an opening / closing door that partitions the moving path of the box transporter and the entrance / exit floor, a control unit that controls the operation of the box transporter and the opening / closing of the door based on an input / output instruction; A packaging form abnormality detecting sensor for detecting a packaging form abnormality of the storage box in the box transporter, wherein the box transporter receives the storage box, and a storage box with respect to the storage shelf. An automatic warehouse for housing having box transfer means for taking in and out the storage box, wherein the storage box includes a box body having a storage space and an operation for changing a posture with respect to the box body. An auxiliary tool is provided, and a posture abnormality detection sensor is provided in the vicinity of the open / close door, and the auxiliary tool abnormality detection sensor, when the storage box is placed on the box receiving part from the storage floor, It is a sensor that detects a posture error of the operation aid of the storage box before the opening / closing door is closed, and the control means receives a signal of a posture error of the operation aid from the posture abnormality detection sensor. In this case, the closing operation of the door is not executed.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the storage box to be accommodated on the loading / unloading floor is mounted on the box receiving portion in the waiting box transporter after the opening / closing door is opened.
At this time, if the posture abnormality detection sensor does not recognize the posture abnormality of the operation tool particularly in the storage box, the opening / closing door closing operation is executed, and the box transporter starts moving toward the accommodation destination.
On the other hand, when there is a posture abnormality of the operation auxiliary tool in the storage box at the time of mounting on the box receiving portion in the box transporter, the posture abnormality detection sensor is detected before the opening / closing door closing operation.
When the control means receives a signal indicating an abnormality from the posture abnormality detection sensor, the control means waits for the closing operation of the door.
Then, after eliminating the abnormal posture of the operation assisting tool, the control unit releases the waiting for the opening / closing door closing operation by performing an operation for prompting the opening / closing door closing operation.
Thereby, the closing operation of the open / close door by the control means is executed, and the storage of the storage box by the box transporter is resumed.
In this case, even if a posture abnormality of the operation assisting tool occurs, it is not necessary to restore the entire control system because the opening / closing door closing operation is not executed.
Thus, the posture abnormality of the operation auxiliary tool can be grasped before the door is closed. Moreover, the situation which restores the whole control system by the attitude | position abnormality of the operation tool is not caused.
It should be noted that a load state abnormality of the storage box excluding an abnormal posture of the operation auxiliary tool is detected by a load state abnormality detection sensor.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the automatic warehouse for housing according to claim 1, wherein the abnormal posture of the operation assisting tool is a protrusion of the operation assisting tool from the box receiving part to the open / close door side, The posture abnormality detection sensor is disposed at a position corresponding to an assisting tool that detects whether or not the operation assisting tool protrudes toward the open / close door side, and the assisting tool corresponding position corresponds to a side or an upper side of the operation assisting tool. It is characterized by being a position.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the posture abnormality detection sensor detects the posture abnormality of the operation assisting tool by detecting the protrusion of the operation assisting tool toward the door.
Since the posture abnormality detection sensor is provided at the auxiliary tool corresponding position corresponding to the side or upper side of the operation auxiliary tool, the protrusion of the operation auxiliary tool is reliably detected.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the residential automatic warehouse according to the first or second aspect, an alarm unit controlled by the control unit is provided, and the alarm unit is the auxiliary for operation detected by the posture abnormality detection sensor. It operates when an abnormal posture of the tool is detected.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the alarm means is activated when the posture abnormality detection sensor detects the posture abnormality of the operation aid.
Accordingly, it is possible to notify the posture abnormality of the operation assisting tool before the opening / closing door is closed, and thereby it is expected that the posture abnormality of the operation assisting tool can be quickly and quickly released.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to detect an abnormal posture of the operation auxiliary tool in the storage box before the closing operation of the door, and to restore the entire control system after correcting the abnormal posture of the auxiliary operation tool. It is possible to provide a residential automatic warehouse that can continuously resume storage of storage boxes without performing the operation.

(First embodiment)
The residential automatic warehouse according to the first embodiment will be described below.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the residential automatic warehouse according to the first embodiment includes a plurality of storage shelves 10 that store the storage boxes 1, and a box transporter 20 that reciprocates opposite to the storage shelves 10. The entrance / exit floor 30 that faces the movement path of the box transporter 20, the opening / closing door 33 that partitions between the travel path of the box transporter 20 and the entrance / exit floor 30, and the operation of the box transporter 20 based on the entry / exit instruction. And a control unit 40 that controls automatic opening and closing of the door 33, and a posture abnormality detection sensor 40 provided near the door 33.

First, the storage box 1 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the storage box 1 includes a box main body 2 having a storage space, and a telescopic handle 3 as an operation auxiliary tool that changes its attitude with respect to the box main body 2.
The handle 3 includes a pair of handle bases 4 that are pivotally supported on the side surface of the box body 2, and a sliding handle 5 that slides within a certain range along the longitudinal direction of the handle base 4.
The sliding handle 5 has a pair of sliding rods 5a that slide with respect to the handle base 4, and a horizontal rod 5b that is connected to the tip of the sliding rod 5a.
The horizontal rod 5b is a member that is gripped by the operator, and when the storage box 1 is pulled, the sliding handle 5 is in a position away from the box body 2.
On the other hand, the state in which the horizontal rod 5b of the sliding handle portion 5 is closest to the box body 2 side is the posture of the handle 3 required when the storage box 1 is stored in the storage shelf 10 (for convenience of explanation, hereinafter referred to as “storage”). It is written as “time posture”).

Next, the automatic warehouse for houses will be described.
The storage shelf 10 of this embodiment is arrange | positioned in the space adjacent to the box conveyance machine 20, as shown in FIG. 1, and each storage shelf 10 is arrange | positioned up and down as shown in FIG. Yes.
In each storage shelf 10, a space in which the storage box 1 can be stored is secured by the support 11, the cross beam member 12, and the placement unit 13.

The box transporter 20 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an elevating guide 21 is disposed between the columns 11, and a carriage 22 that elevates and lowers along the elevating guide 21 is provided.
The carriage 22 can be stopped facing each storage shelf 10 under the control of a carriage raising / lowering drive source (not shown).
The carriage 22 is provided with a fork 24 as a box transfer means having a box receiving portion 23 for receiving the storage box 1.
The box receiving unit 23 is a mounting surface of the storage box 1 that is advanced and retracted by the forks 24 toward the respective storage shelves 10. The forks 24 are controlled by a fork advance / retreat drive source (not shown). The box receiving portion 23 can be advanced and retracted toward the shelf 10.
By moving the box receiving portion 23 back and forth, the storage box 1 can be taken in and out of the storage shelf 10.
In this embodiment, since the box conveyance machine 20 moves up and down along the raising / lowering guide 21, it can be said that the movement path | route of the box conveyance machine 20 is set to the up-down direction.

In this embodiment, since it is a residential automatic warehouse, an entry / exit floor 30 that faces the movement path of the box transporter 20 is set on each floor of the house.
Assuming that an area including the box transporter 20 and the storage shelf 10 is a warehouse side area, the warehouse side area and the entry / exit floor 30 are partitioned by a partition wall 31.
The entry / exit floor 30 is substantially the floor surface of each floor, and in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the entry / exit floor 30 is constituted by the second floor.
An opening 32 is formed in the partition wall 31 so as to face the moving path of the box transporter 20.
Therefore, the moving path between the loading / unloading floor 30 and the box transporter 20 is communicated with the opening 32.
The opening 32 has a sufficient opening area in which the storage box 1 can be taken in and out.
The opening 32 is provided with a sliding opening / closing door 33.
The open / close door 33 is a door that shields the opening 32 when lowered and opens most of the opening 32 when raised, and is opened and closed by a door drive source (not shown).

A control unit 35 as a control means is provided along the moving path of the box transporter 20 (in the vicinity of the opening 32).
The control unit 35 of this embodiment includes a transfer machine control panel 36 for controlling the operation of the box transfer machine 20, an open / close door control board 37 for controlling automatic opening / closing of the open / close door 33, and a management computer 38. It has become.
In this embodiment, the control unit 35 is fitted in the partition wall 31.
The transport machine control panel 36 has a function of controlling each part of the box transport machine 20 such as raising / lowering and stopping of the carriage 22 in the box transport machine 20 and advance / retreat of the fork 24.
The door opening / closing control panel 37 has a function of automatically opening and closing the opening / closing door 33.
The door control panel 37 in this embodiment has alarm means (not shown) for notifying an alarm indicating an abnormal posture of the handle 3 in the storage box 1, and the alarm means is based on screen display and sound.

The transport machine control panel 36, the door control panel 37, and the management computer 38 are connected to each other and to a management computer 38 that is installed separately.
The management computer 38 gives an instruction to the storage shelf 10 to enter and exit the storage box 1 to the transporter control panel 36 and the door control panel 37, and manages the storage status of the storage box 1 in each storage shelf 10.
In addition, an instruction to stop the loading / unloading of the storage box 1 when the storage box 1 has a load appearance abnormality is given to the transport machine control panel 36.

By the way, the house warehouse in this embodiment has a load form abnormality detecting means for detecting a load form abnormality of the storage box 1 in the box transporter 20.
The package appearance abnormality detection means is means for detecting an abnormality in the package form of the storage box 1 when the storage box 1 is placed on the box receiving portion 23 at the time of loading / unloading.
Although not shown, the load appearance abnormality detection means is a means for detecting whether the storage box 1 is misaligned with respect to the box transporter 20, such as the presence or absence of the storage box 1 protruding from the box receiving portion 23.
The package appearance abnormality detection means is provided in the box transporter 20, and specifically uses a known sensor of a contact type or a non-contact type.
The load appearance abnormality detecting means is connected to the transport machine control panel 36, and when the load appearance abnormality of the storage box 1 is detected, the load appearance abnormality is transmitted to the management computer 38, and control for stopping or waiting for a series of control of loading and unloading is performed. Like to do.

In addition, the residential automatic warehouse according to this embodiment includes a posture abnormality detection sensor 40.
The storage box 1 may be mounted on the box transporter 20 from the entry / exit floor 30, but the posture abnormality detection sensor 40 detects the presence or absence of the posture of the handle 3 in the storage box 1 when the storage box 1 is mounted on the box transporter 20. It has the function to do.
The posture abnormality detection sensor 40 of this embodiment is an optical non-contact sensor, and as shown in FIG. 2, a light emitting unit 41 of the sensor is provided on one of a pair of columns 11 near the opening 32, and the other The support 11 is provided with a light receiving portion 42 of the sensor.
The height of the handle 3 of the light emitting unit 41 and the light receiving unit 42 is set to be the same as the height of the handle 3 in the storage box 1 placed on the box receiving unit 23.
In a state where the storage box 1 in which the handle 3 is in the storage posture is mounted on the box receiving portion 23 of the box transporter 20, as shown in FIG. 3, the height of the sensor light traverses just in front of the horizontal rod 5b. Is set.
Thus, since the posture abnormality detection sensor 40 is provided at a position corresponding to the handle 3 as the operation auxiliary tool, the installation position of the posture abnormality detection sensor 40 corresponds to the auxiliary tool corresponding position.
Incidentally, the top, bottom, front, and left and right positions of the light emitting unit 41 and the light receiving unit 42 are provided so that they can be adjusted according to the condition of the handle 3 that is a detection target.
The posture abnormality detection sensor 40 outputs a signal indicating the posture abnormality of the handle 3 when the handle 3 is in a state other than the posture during storage, the handle 3 is blocked from the sensor light, and the light receiving unit 42 does not recognize the sensor light. It has a function to send to the control panel 37.

Next, the warehousing procedure of the storage box 1 by the residential automatic warehouse according to this embodiment will be described.
First, the storage box 1 to be stored is moved to the loading / unloading floor 30.
When the storage box 1 is moved, for example, an operator pulls the handle 3 to move the storage box 1, so that the sliding handle 5 in the handle is moved from the box body 2 as shown in FIG. It will be a distant position.
When the storage box 1 is moved to the entry / exit floor 30, the handle 3 of the storage box 1 is kept in the storage posture as shown in FIG.
Incidentally, the storage box 1 shown in FIG. The sliding handle portion 5 of the handle 3 is not completely moved toward the box body 2 side, and shows an incomplete storage posture state.

After moving the storage box 1 to the entry / exit floor 30, the operator performs an entry operation on the management computer 38.
In the warehousing operation, data relating to the floor on which warehousing is performed, the box number that identifies the storage box 1 to be warehousing, and the storage shelf 10 that is the warehousing destination are input.
The transporter control panel 36 controls the box transporter 20 to move the box transporter 20 to the opening 32 side of the floor where the storage is performed based on the warehousing operation in the management computer 38.
The open / close door control panel 37 controls the door drive source so as to raise the open / close door 33 based on the warehousing operation in the management computer 38.
The opening 32 is opened by raising the open / close door 33.

After the opening 32 is opened, the operator pushes the storage box 1 through the opening 32 and mounts it on the box receiving portion 23 of the box transporter 20.
Next, the operator operates the management computer 38 so that the open / close door control panel 37 closes the open / close door 33.
At this time, when the handle 3 in the storage box 1 is maintained in a normal storage posture, the light receiving unit 42 in the posture abnormality detection sensor 40 recognizes the sensor light from the light emitting unit 41, so that the handle 3 Does not recognize posture abnormalities.
Since the opening / closing door control panel 37 satisfies the closing operation condition of the opening / closing door 33 so as not to recognize the abnormal posture of the handle 3, the opening / closing door 33 descends and closes the opening 32 under the control of the opening / closing door control panel 37.

Further, when a load state abnormality of the storage box 1 except for the posture of the handle 3 such as a protrusion of the storage box 1 with respect to the box receiving portion 23 is not recognized by the load state abnormality detection sensor, the loader control panel 36 performs a load state abnormality. The operating condition of the box transporter 20 not recognizing is satisfied.
For this reason, the box conveyor 20 is operated under the control of the conveyor control panel 36.
The box transporter 20 moves the mounted storage box 1 to a position facing the storage shelf 10 that is the storage destination.
The box transporter 20 stops at a position facing the storage shelf 10 as the storage destination, and then inserts the fork 24 toward the storage shelf 10 and transfers the storage box 1 to the storage shelf 10.
After the storage box 1 is transferred to the storage shelf 10, the transfer machine control panel 36 recognizes that the storage of the storage box 1 has been completed, and the box transfer machine 20 is ready for the next storage or exit.

Next, a case where an abnormal posture of the handle 3 of the storage box 1 mounted on the box transporter 20 is recognized will be described.
As shown in FIG. 4B, the handle 3 in the storage box 1 does not maintain the normal storage posture when the storage box 1 to be stored is mounted on the box receiving portion 23 of the box transporter 20. Is the case.
That is, the sliding handle portion 5 does not completely approach the box body 2 side, but the sliding handle portion 5 protrudes toward the opening door 33 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It is in a state.

In this case, the operator operates the management computer 38 so that the door control panel 37 closes the door 33, but the protruding slide handle 5 blocks the sensor light of the posture abnormality detection sensor 40. It exists in the position to do.
For this reason, the light receiving unit 42 in the posture abnormality detection sensor 40 cannot recognize the sensor light from the light emitting unit 41, and transmits a signal indicating the posture abnormality of the handle 3 to the open / close door control panel 37.
The door control panel 37 receives a signal indicating an abnormal posture of the handle 3 and recognizes that the closing operation condition of the door 33 is not satisfied.

Since the closing operation condition of the opening / closing door 33 is not satisfied, the opening / closing door 33 controlled by the opening / closing door control panel 37 is not lowered, and the warehousing operation is in a standby state.
In addition, in the door control panel 37 that has received a signal indicating an abnormal posture of the handle 3, an alarm indicating an abnormal posture of the handle 3 is issued by the alarm means for the storage box 1 mounted on the box transporter 20, and the operator The posture abnormality of the handle 3 can be recognized with respect to the storage box 1 by the alarm.

In this case, the operator may solve the abnormal posture of the handle 3 of the storage box 1 through the opening 32 or pull out the storage box 1 to the entrance / exit floor 30 side to eliminate the abnormal posture of the handle 3.
Even when the abnormal position of the handle 3 in the storage box 1 mounted on the box transporter 20 is resolved, control is performed such that the opening / closing door 33 does not close the opening 32 unless the management computer 38 is operated by the operator. ing.
For this reason, the operator operates the management computer 38 so that the door control panel 37 closes the door 33.
At this time, when the posture abnormality of the handle 3 in the storage box 1 is resolved and the handle 3 is maintained in a normal storage posture, the light receiving unit 42 in the posture abnormality detection sensor 40 is detected by the sensor light from the light emitting unit 41. Therefore, the posture abnormality of the handle 3 is not recognized.
Since the opening / closing door control panel 37 satisfies the closing operation condition of the opening / closing door 33, the opening / closing door 33 descends and closes the opening 32 under the control of the opening / closing door control panel 37.
After the opening / closing door 33 closes the opening 32, the loading state abnormality detection sensor confirms whether there is a loading state abnormality in the storage box 1. If the loading state abnormality is not recognized, the box conveyor 20 receives the goods. Work is done.

Even if the operator operates the management computer 38 so as to prompt the user to close the door 33, if the posture abnormality of the handle 3 has not been resolved, a signal indicating the posture abnormality of the handle 3 is again generated. It is transmitted to the door control panel 37 and it is recognized that the closing operation condition of the door 33 is not satisfied.
Accordingly, an alarm is issued again by the alarm means, and the opening / closing door 33 is not lowered under the control of the opening / closing door control panel 37, and the standby state of the warehousing operation is continued.

In addition, when a load appearance abnormality occurs in the storage box 1 after the open / close door 33 is closed, it is recognized as an “abnormal stop” on the transport machine control panel 36 side, and the warehousing operation initially performed in the management computer 38 is performed. Such control is discontinued.
After once resetting the control related to the warehousing operation at the management computer 38, the packaging state abnormality of the storage box 1 is resolved, and after the packaging state abnormality is resolved, the warehousing operation performed at the management computer 38 is started from the beginning. .

The residential automatic warehouse according to this embodiment has the following effects.
(1) Before the closing operation of the opening / closing door 33, which is a stage before entering the storage shelf 10 side, it is possible to confirm whether or not there is an abnormal posture of the handle 3 in the storage box 1. When there is an abnormal posture of the handle 3 in the storage box 1, the opening / closing door 33 is not closed, and the opening / closing door 33 does not close so that the presence of the abnormal posture of the handle 3 can be easily recognized. .
(2) When there is an abnormal posture of the handle 3 in the storage box 1, the closing operation of the opening / closing door 33 is not executed, so that it is possible to eliminate the abnormal posture of the handle 3 with the opening 32 opened. Become. A relatively small abnormality such as a posture abnormality of the handle 3 does not cause a situation in which the entire control system of the automatic warehouse for housing is restored, and the operation after the removal of the posture abnormality of the handle 3 is easy.

(3) Even if the posture abnormality of the handle 3 is resolved, the closing operation of the open / close door 33 requires an operation of the management computer 38 by the operator. At this time, if the posture abnormality of the handle 3 is not resolved, the door 33 is opened. Since the box is not closed, the storage operation of the storage box 1 by the box transporter 20 is not performed while the posture abnormality of the handle 3 exists.
(4) Since the mounting positions of the light receiving unit 42 and the light emitting unit 41 of the posture abnormality detection sensor 40 can be adjusted in accordance with the conditions of the handle 3 of the storage box 1 on the box receiving unit 23, the storage box 1 Even if the type of the handle 3 is changed, the presence or absence of the posture abnormality of the handle 3 can be confirmed.
(5) Since the alarm means for notifying the posture abnormality of the handle 3 is provided, the operator recognizes the posture abnormality of the handle in the storage box 1 even when it cannot be immediately confirmed whether the opening / closing door 33 opens the opening 32. Can be expected to do.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a residential automatic warehouse according to the second embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the automatic warehouse for houses of the second embodiment has a large number of storage shelves 50 arranged in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, and corresponds to each storage shelf 50. Thus, a box transporter 60 that is movable in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction is employed.
In addition, since the storage box 1 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is the same as the storage box 1 in 1st Embodiment, description in previous embodiment is used and description is abbreviate | omitted here.

In the residential automatic warehouse shown in FIG. 5, the traveling track 55 of the box transporter 60 is installed on the floor surface, and a large number of storage shelves 50 are continuously provided on both sides of the traveling track 55 in the vertical and horizontal directions. .
The storage shelf 50 has a space section defined by the structure of the column 51 and the horizontal members 52 and 53, and a pair of mounting members 54 that support the storage box 1 are provided in the space section.

The box transporter 60 is a so-called stacker crane that travels back and forth on the traveling track 55, and includes a carriage 61, a mast 65, a carriage 62, and a fork 64.
As shown in FIG. 6, the box transporter 60 is provided with a carriage 62 that is movable up and down with respect to a mast 65 installed on the carriage, and the carriage 62 is provided with a fork 64 that is movable back and forth with respect to the storage shelf 50. ing.
The upper surface of the fork 64 corresponds to the box receiving portion 63, and the carriage 62 provided with the fork 64 corresponds to the box transfer means.
The carriage 62 includes an unillustrated packing form abnormality detection sensor, and the packing form abnormality detection sensor detects a package form abnormality due to a protrusion or inclination of the box body 2 from the box receiving portion 63.

As shown in FIG. 5, the loading / unloading floor 70 is set so as to face the traveling track 55 within a certain range, and the loading / unloading floor 70 and the traveling track 55 side are separated by a partition wall 71.
An opening 72 is formed in the partition wall 71, and the opening 72 is provided with an opening / closing door 73 that opens and closes the opening 72 by moving up and down.
In this embodiment, the position of the carriage 62 that faces the opening 72 is set as the loading / unloading position.
The column 51 arranged on the moving path side of the partition wall 71 is provided with a posture abnormality detection sensor 80.
Specifically, the light emitting unit 81 and the light receiving unit 82 that constitute the posture abnormality detection sensor 80 are attached to the moving path side of the support column 51.
As shown in FIG. 6, the positions of the light emitting unit 81 and the light receiving unit 82 are set to be the same as the height of the handle 3 of the storage box 1 when the carriage 62 on which the storage box 1 is mounted is in the loading / unloading position. ing.
In this embodiment as well, it can be said that the posture abnormality detection sensor 80 is installed at the assisting device corresponding position.

A control unit 75 in which a management computer 78, a door opening / closing control panel 77, and a transport machine control panel 76 are integrated is installed on the entrance / exit floor 70.
The functions of the management computer 78, the door control panel 77, and the transport machine control panel 76 and the relationship between them are the same as those in the first embodiment.

In this embodiment, the entry procedure from the entry / exit floor 70 of the storage box 1 and the action when the handle 3 of the storage box 1 is abnormal are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.
According to the residential automatic warehouse according to this embodiment, the same effect as the effect of the first embodiment can be expected.

The present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments described above, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist of the invention. For example, the following modifications may be made.
In the first and second embodiments described above, the handle of the storage box is composed of a rigid member that can be expanded and contracted by the handle base and the sliding handle, but the handle is not necessarily a rigid member. Instead, the storage box 5 can be pulled to use a material. For example, a cloth belt formed of a flexible member may be used.
In the first and second embodiments described above, the handle as an operation aid in the storage box has been illustrated and described. However, the operation aid is not limited to the handle, for example, a lid that covers the upper portion of the box body May be used as an auxiliary tool for operation. When the operation aid is a lid, a posture abnormality detection sensor may be installed so as to detect whether or not the lid is displaced relative to the box body.

In the first and second embodiments described above, only one posture abnormality detection sensor is provided. However, a plurality of posture abnormality detection sensors may be provided according to the type and conditions of the operation aid. Good. The posture abnormality detection sensor is not limited to the optical non-contact type sensor, and a contact type sensor may be used.
In the first embodiment described above, the posture abnormality detection sensor detects whether or not a part of the handle provided in the storage box protrudes from the box receiving part to the open / close door side. The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit that are configured are not limited to the arrangement positions through which the sensor light passes in the horizontal direction, and may be arranged at the arrangement positions that irradiate the sensor light in the vertical direction so as to detect the protrusion of the handle from above and below.

It is a schematic plan view of the house automatic warehouse which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic front view which fractures | ruptures and shows some automatic warehouses for houses which concern on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic side view which fractures | ruptures and shows a part of the automatic warehouse for houses which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the state of a storage box and a handle. It is a schematic plan view of the automatic warehouse for houses concerning a 2nd embodiment. It is a schematic side view which fractures | ruptures and shows a part of residential automatic warehouse which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage box 3 Handle 10, 50 Storage shelf 20, 60 Box conveyance machine 22, 62 Carriage 23, 63 Box receiving part 24, 64 Fork 30, 70 Entrance / exit floor 31, 71 Partition 32, 72 Opening 33, 73 Opening / closing Doors 35, 75 Control units 36, 76 Transporter control panels 37, 77 Opening / closing door control panels 38, 78 Management computer 40, 80 Attitude abnormality detection sensor 41, 81 Light emitting part 42, 82 Light receiving part

Claims (3)

A plurality of storage shelves for storing storage boxes; a box transporter that reciprocates along a movement path opposite to the storage shelves; an entry / exit floor that faces the movement path; a movement path of the box transporter; An opening / closing door for partitioning from the delivery floor, a control means for controlling the operation of the box transporter and the opening / closing of the door based on an entry / exit instruction, and a load form for detecting a load form abnormality of the storage box in the box transporter The box transporter is an automatic warehouse for a house having a box receiving part for receiving the storage box and a box transfer means for taking in and out the storage box with respect to the storage shelf. There,
The storage box has a box main body having a storage space, and an operation auxiliary tool that changes its attitude with respect to the box main body,
An attitude abnormality detection sensor is provided near the open / close door,
When the storage box is placed on the box receiving part from the loading / unloading floor, the auxiliary tool abnormality detection sensor detects an abnormal posture of the operation auxiliary tool of the storage box before the closing operation of the door. A sensor to detect,
The automatic warehouse for a house, wherein the control means does not execute the closing operation of the door when receiving a signal of a posture abnormality of the auxiliary tool for operation from the posture abnormality detection sensor. The abnormal position of the operation assisting tool is a protrusion of the operation assisting tool from the box receiving portion to the door side, and the posture abnormality detection sensor is protruded from the opening / closing door side. The automatic warehouse for houses according to claim 1, wherein the position is corresponding to a position corresponding to a side or an upper side of the operation assisting tool. The alarm means controlled by the said control means is provided, The said alarm means act | operates when detecting the attitude | position abnormality of the said auxiliary tool for operation which the said attitude | position abnormality detection sensor detects. Automatic warehouse for residential use.

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