JPH01203104A - Goods collecting equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prolong the operating time of a traveling vehicle by stopping the indicating operation of an indication means in a state without power consumption when the operation of the equipment in the caption is canceled by hand, and restarting the operation of the equipment so as to restore the indication to its indicating state before the stop of the indicating operation. CONSTITUTION:A traveling vehicle controller 100 reads operation data from an IC card 13 by means of a card reader 15, receives shelf information from a shelf controller TC via optical communication devices 18a, 18b, and performs the collection of goods by the power source of a battery G, indicating each information on an indication device 5. Then, when the operation is canceled by pushing an illuminating push button 38 for canceling an operation, the indicating operation of the indication device 5 is stopped in a state without the power consumption of the battery G, so that the useless consumption of the battery G can be restrained, Then when the operation is started, the indicating operation of the indication device 5 is restarted in an indicating state before the stop of the indicating operation. As a result, the operating time of a traveling vehicle can be prolonged so that an efficient operation can be achieved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a mobile vehicle having an article storage section and a shelf disposed along the longitudinal direction of the travel path of the vehicle. The shelf is configured so that a plurality of types of articles are stored in each of the plurality of shelf parts divided in the longitudinal direction, and the articles to be collected are stored in the moving vehicle. Destination information indicating the location of the shelf section to be displayed, and
a storage means for storing article retrieval information indicating the type and quantity of articles to be taken out from the shelf; a display means for displaying the destination information and the article retrieval information; The present invention relates to an article collection facility provided with a display control means for operating the means, and a battery for driving the display control means and the display means.

(Prior Art) This kind of article collection equipment described above does not run a mobile vehicle over each of the plurality of shelves storing articles to be taken out, but instead takes out the articles based on the article removal information. The work is performed in the procedure of storing the retrieved articles in the article storage section.

Then, destination information indicating the position of the shelf portion where the article to be taken out is stored, and article removal information indicating the type and quantity of the article to be taken out from the shelf portion are stored in advance in the storage means of the moving vehicle, Based on the stored information, destination information and article retrieval information are displayed using the display means.

In addition, the bipedal display means includes, for example, a plurality of lamps corresponding to a plurality of shelf portions, a plurality of lamps corresponding to the respective storage positions of a plurality of types of articles stored in each shelf portion, and Since a numerical display is installed to display the quantity to be taken out, the destination information is displayed by lighting the corresponding lamp, and the type and quantity of the goods to be taken out are displayed by lighting the corresponding lamp and operating the numerical display. However, in the past, when work started on -1,
Destination information and article removal information were always displayed until the work was completed.

Incidentally, since the work of picking up articles is carried out while the mobile vehicle is traveling across a plurality of shelf sections, a battery that supplies power for operating the display means and the display control means that controls the display operation is used. It will be mounted on a moving vehicle.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional configuration described above, the article removal information is always displayed, which has the following disadvantages:
Improvement was desired.

In other words, since the above-mentioned display means is operated by electric power supplied from the battery mounted on the mobile vehicle, if it is in a constant display state, it will be difficult to display the display when the worker is interrupting work during break time, for example. During this time, the battery is wasted, and due to the wasteful power consumption, it is necessary to frequently replace or charge the battery, which has the disadvantage that the mobile vehicle cannot be used efficiently.

By the way, when work is interrupted, it is possible to use the power switch that will be installed on the moving vehicle to turn off the power switch and stop the display operation of the display means, but in that case, , the operation of the display control means that operates the display means is also stopped, and as a result, it becomes impossible to know at what point the work was interrupted.
This has the disadvantage that display operation cannot be restarted in a display state corresponding to the interrupted working state.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to suppress wasteful battery power consumption by the display means while making it possible to restart the display operation from the display state where the work was interrupted. It is to make it.

[Means to solve the problem]

A characteristic configuration of the article collection equipment according to the present invention is that a manual instruction means for instructing work interruption and restart is provided, and the display control means is configured to display a non-power consumption state based on the work interruption instruction information of the instruction means. The display device is configured to stop the display operation of the display means at the time when the display operation is stopped, and to restart the display operation of the display means in the display state before the display operation was stopped, based on restart instruction information of the precursor instruction means. .

[For production]

In other words, when interrupting work by using manual instruction means to instruct the interruption and resumption of work,
When the display operation of the display means is stopped in a power-free state and work is resumed, the display operation of the display means is restarted in the display state before the display operation was stopped.

〔Effect of the invention] Therefore, while making it possible to restart the display operation in the display state corresponding to the interrupted work state, it is possible to suppress wasteful consumption of the battery when work is interrupted, so that the battery can be used only when the battery is replaced or charged - times. You can extend the usage time of your moving vehicle. As a result, mobile vehicles can be used efficiently. − 〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

As shown in the first port, the article collection equipment includes a mobile vehicle (A
), and a plurality of shelves (B) that store a plurality of types of articles in a divided state and are arranged side by side along the longitudinal direction of the travel path of the moving vehicle (Δ).

As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, each shelf (B) is
It is partitioned into a plurality of sections along its longitudinal direction, and each partitioned shelf section (2) is provided with a two-lower four-tier loading section. It can store three types of items.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile vehicle (A) is equipped with a pair of left and right free wheels (3) arranged at each of the front and rear ends, and a pair of left and right handles (4) for steering. , which is constructed in a so-called handcart type manner, and is provided with a display panel (5) that also serves as a setting panel as a display means for displaying article removal information near the handle section (4).

The storage frame (1) is provided with three upper and lower shelves, and each shelf can store two article storage containers (7) in the horizontal direction.

Note that each container (7) corresponds to a respective shipping destination.

In addition, in FIG. 3, (6) is a temporary storage stand for temporarily storing the article taken out from the shelf portion (2).

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
7) into the storage frame (1) of the mobile vehicle (A),
It travels to a desired shelf section (2) based on the destination information, takes out the article from the shelf section (2) based on the article retrieval information, and places the taken out article in a desired container (7) based on the article storage information. You will have to work on storing it. When all the operations are completed, the container (7) containing the articles is fed to the collection conveyor (9) at the container unloading point (E).

However, before starting the work, or after performing the work of supplying the container (7) containing the goods to the collection conveyor (9), and before starting the work again, the destination information, the goods retrieval information, It is also run at the data receiving location (F) in order to obtain work data for collecting articles for instructing each piece of article storage information.

Next, based on the block diagram shown in FIG. 4, the article collection work will be explained while describing the control configuration.

In other words, orders issued by customers, etc.:! : When the contents of (10) are input to Boss I/Con I-1: I-La (IIC), the post controller (IIc:) will create a purchase order ( 11) is created, goods are purchased according to the contents of the purchase order (11), and the warehousing data of the purchased goods (12) is created.
) is also input to the host controller (IIc).

The host controller (HC) receives the order form (11
) and the inventory data (12) above, while managing the inventory of various goods based on the contents of the above-mentioned inventory data (12).
Based on the contents of 0), destination information indicating the position of the shelf part (2) where the items to be collected are stored, and the shelf part (2)
2) It is configured to create work data for collecting goods consisting of goods removal information indicating the type of goods to be taken out and the quantity to be taken out, and to output the work data to a work controller (SC). However, the said work data is
- The type and quantity of articles to be stored in each container (7) mounted on the mobile vehicle (A) can be classified according to the amount of work performed by the mobile vehicle (A). ) will be formed in a state that can be distinguished from each other.

The work controller (SC) is configured to comprehensively manage the goods collection operation while exchanging various information such as work data with a mobile vehicle controller (IC) provided in the mobile vehicle (A). There is.

Information exchange between the work controller I/roller (SC) and the mobile vehicle controller (IC) is carried out by a read/write control controller.
-+Cola (13A), ROM (13B), and R
This is done while using an IC card (13) equipped with A M (13C) as a storage means for storing work data as article retrieval information, and the IC card (13) is a card for writing work data into the IC car F (13). l lighter (
14) is attached to the work controller (SC), and a card reader (15) for reading the information stored in the IC card (13) is attached to the mobile vehicle controller (IC) 111.

In FIG. 4, (16) is a printer for creating article slips to be attached to each container (7) to be stored in the moving vehicle (A), and is a printer for creating an article slip to be attached to each container (7) to be stored in the moving vehicle (A). It will be activated in conjunction with the operation. The goods slip is
These are used for inspection after goods collection work, and are placed into the containers (7) in a predetermined order when loading empty containers (7) into the storage frame (1). become.

However, the mobile vehicle controller (IC) and the display panel (5) are configured to operate with electric power supplied from a driving battery (G) mounted on the mobile vehicle (A). Therefore, due to the power consumption of the battery (
In order to prevent each part from malfunctioning due to a decrease in the capacity of G), the mobile vehicle controller (IC) is used to monitor the capacity of the pantry (G), and the capacity drops below a set value. Accordingly, a warning light (17) attached to the display panel (5) (see FIG. 5) is turned on to warn the user to replace or charge the battery (G).

The moving vehicle controller (IC) is based on the above-mentioned work data, storage information of the articles stored on the shelves (B), and classification information for sorting which of the shelves (2) they belong to. destination information for driving the moving vehicle (A), information on taking out articles from the shelf section (2) where the moving vehicle (A) has traveled, and information on the container (7) in which the taken out articles are stored and the information for taking them out. Each of the storage information indicating the quantity is determined and the information is displayed on the display panel (5) as a display means.
).

In other words, using the mobile vehicle controller (IC),
Each of the destination information instruction means, article retrieval information instruction means, article storage information instruction means, and display control means (100) is configured.

The mobile vehicle controller (IC) is configured using a microcomputer, and although not shown, is equipped with a memory, and the IC car F' (13
) is set on the mobile vehicle side, the work data stored in the IC card (13) is transferred to the memory.

The destination information indicating means is for indicating the shelf row number assigned in advance to each type (B) and the shelf number assigned in advance to each shelf portion (2), as shown in FIG. The display panel (5) includes a shelf row number display section (G,) that lights up a section corresponding to each shelf row number, and a shelf number display section (G,) that lights up a section corresponding to the shelf number. is provided.

However, in the shelf row N (1 display section (Gl)), as the IC card (13) is set in the moving vehicle, all the shelf row NOs in which the article removal operation is to be performed are lit, and Shelf (B) where the car (A) is taking out items (shelf row)
As the vehicle travels along the front surface of the vehicle, the corresponding shelf row number will flash.

Further, as the mobile vehicle (A) travels along the front of the shelf row where there is work, the shelf number display section (G2) displays the shelf number of the shelf part (2) where work is performed in the shelf row. N.

are all lit, and as the moving vehicle (A) is positioned in front of the shelf section (2) where the work is being done, the shelf section (2)
) shelf number is flashing. Therefore, when instructing destination information, while using the classification information,
This is to accurately notify the current location of the moving vehicle (A).

To explain the configuration for transmitting sorting information to the mobile vehicle, such as whether it is a fence where items are taken out or each column (B), and which of the above-mentioned shelves (2), As shown in Figures 1 and 2, a previous generation communication device (as a communication means for transmitting the shelf row number and shelf number to the moving vehicle using optical signals) is installed on the top of each shelf section (2). 18a
) is provided, and a communication device (18a) on the shelf side thereof is provided.
The previous generation communication device (1
8b) is provided on the mobile vehicle (A).

As shown in FIG. 4, the shelf-side communication device (
A shelf controller (TC) that controls the operation of 18a)
The communication device (18b) on the mobile vehicle side will transmit the received information to the mobile vehicle controller (Ic) r1''lI.

Further, both of the communication devices (18a) and (18b) are also used as means for transmitting information from the moving vehicle to the shelf for instructing information on taking out articles. The communication device (18a) on the shelf side projects an optical signal toward the road side of the moving vehicle (A), and the communication device (18b) on the moving vehicle side projects the optical signal toward the traveling road side of the moving vehicle (A), and the communication device (18b) on the shelf side Directivity is given to these transmission and reception directions so that only signals from the left side of the vehicle body corresponding to the direction are received.

However, by reducing the communication range of both the communication devices (18a) and (18b) in the rear direction of the moving vehicle, it is possible to prevent the moving vehicle (A) from accidentally running while continuing work on one shelf (2). If so, this can be detected as communication failure information. Then, based on the detected information, the alarm switch (33) attached to the mobile vehicle (A) is activated (see the fourth part). Incidentally, if the moving vehicle (A) returns to the communicable state as it travels again, the warning buzzer (33) will be stopped.

The article retrieval information instruction means basically indicates the shelf position corresponding to the storage location of each article and the quantity of articles to be taken out, and as shown in FIG. There is a big shelf display section (G3) for indicating the shelf position that requires work, that is, the item, and a pink quantity display section (G4) for indicating the quantity to be taken out from each shelf position.
is established.

The big shelf display section (G3) is provided with a plurality of illuminated push buttons (19) for indicating shelf positions in correspondence with each shelf position. As the mobile vehicle (A) is positioned in front of the shelf section (2) where the work is to be performed, the push buttons (19) for indicating the shelf position are illuminated corresponding to the shelf position where the work is required.
Moreover, the lighted one will blink when pressed to instruct the next task.

The pick ¥'IN display section (G4) is a numeric display section (2
0) In addition to displaying the quantity of items to be taken out, it also has the following functions. In other words, it is possible to take out the items stored in each shelf part (2) one by one in a slow manner.
A single item indicator light (21) and a unit indicator light (22) are attached to indicate whether to take out a unit, which takes out several units at a time, or a case, which takes out items in units of cases. , when both indicator lights (21) and (22) are turned off, the case can be taken out; when only the unit indicator light (22) is turned on, the unit can be taken out; and when only the single item indicator light (21) is turned on, the single item can be taken out. They are displayed respectively.

Further, in order to make instructions for article retrieval information easier to understand, the following configuration is added. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, instruction lamps (23
) are provided.

As mentioned above, when the shelf position indicating push button (19) on the display panel (5) is pressed, the instruction lamps (23) transmit the information to both the shelf side and moving vehicle side communication devices (18).
a), (18b) is used to transmit the information to the shelf side, and the corresponding one lights up. At the same time, instructions for article retrieval information are started, and an illuminated pick completion push button (for instructing completion of retrieval work for one shelf position provided on the display panel (5)) is activated.
2, 1) (see FIG. 5) is pressed, the instruction of article retrieval information for one shelf position is stopped. Furthermore, the memory of the mobile vehicle controller (IC) distinguishes and stores articles for which retrieval work has been completed and items for which retrieval work has not been completed at one shelf position, based on the commands of both phases (19) and (24). is configured to do so. Furthermore, among the information stored in the memory, information on whether the article has been taken out or not, is also transferred to the IC card (13) at an appropriate time.

The pick completion push button (24) lights up when it is determined that storage has been completed in a storage information instruction to be described later, and turns off when pressed.

The storage information indicating means basically displays the quantity in the lower storage frame of each container (7), and as shown in FIG. A pair of left and right numerical display sections (25a) and (25b) and an illuminated push button (26) for instructing completion of storage are provided in correspondence with each other.

The pair of left and right numerical display sections (25a), (25b)
When one container (7) is partitioned into left and right by the partition plate (27), the two correspond to the left and right container parts, respectively. However, if the partition plate (27) is not installed, only the left numerical display section (25a) is operated.

Incidentally, whether or not to set the partition plate (27) is determined by checking both the numerical display parts (2) when inserting the IC card (13) into the cart reader (15) of the moving vehicle (A).
5a) and (25b) are both turned on to indicate that the partition plate (27) is required. When the cellar 1- of the partition plate (27) is completed, the illuminated push button (26) for instructing completion of storage is pressed.

The storage completion instruction push button (26) is located in the numerical display section (
25a) and (25b) are turned on, and when the storage operation for the corresponding container (7) is completed and the button is pressed, the light is turned off.

However, the numerical display parts (25a) and (25b) are
The light does not turn off even when the storage completion instruction push button (26) is pressed, and the light is turned off when the pick completion instruction push button (24) is pushed.

Furthermore, in order to perform the article collection work without errors and efficiently, various means described below are provided.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the display panel (5) is provided with a lamp check push button (28) for the display panel and a lamp check push button (29) for the storage frame. When (28) and (29) are pressed, the entire display panel (5) and the storage frame (1) are turned on.

Similarly, each shelf portion (2) is also provided with a lambuchinic push button (30) (see FIG. 2).

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the display panel (5) is provided with a work number display section (G5).

This work number display section (G5) includes a numerical display section (31) for displaying the work number and a check button (32),
As the check button (32) is pressed, the number of the work currently being performed is displayed. Note that the work number is stored in advance in the IC card (13).

The display panel (5) also has a pass button (35) for the work bus.
) is provided. This pass button (35) can be pressed when you want to skip the retrieval work currently being performed for an item due to a shortage of items, etc. after starting the work by operating the shelf position instruction push button (19). become. By the way, if you want to bus all the work remaining on the shelf part (2), press the lit push button (19), and then press the bus button (35). This can be done by repeating the same number of push buttons (19) that are lit.

It should be noted that the items set as uncompleted items using the pass button (35) are distinguished from unfinished items in the original item collection work, that is, items that have not been passed and are incomplete, by εJ. In the original article collection work, the mobile vehicle controller (Ic) handles the articles as completed articles.

However, as shown in FIG. 4, if you use the numerical setting device (36) to instruct the mobile vehicle controller (Ic) to display the passed items, the display section (37) will display the passed items. The data for completed items will be displayed.

Therefore, based on the displayed data, it is possible to replenish unfinished items.

Further, the display panel (5) is designed to suppress wasteful consumption of the battery (G) due to lighting of the display panel (5) when the worker interrupts work during a break or the like. For this purpose, an illuminated push button (38) for instructing work interruption is provided as a manual operating means for instructing to turn off all the displays on the display panel (5) and for returning the lights from the off state to the on state. It is provided. and,
The mobile vehicle controller (IC) is connected to the display panel (5).
is lit, the work interruption instruction push button (38
) is pressed, all the displays on the display board (5) are turned off and the work interruption instruction push 20 (38) is turned on, and when the display board (5) is in the off state, When the work interruption instruction push button (38) is pressed, the display panel (5) is restarted in the display state before the light was turned off, and the work interruption instruction push button (38) is turned off. , will control the display state.

Furthermore, if none of the push buttons attached to the display panel (5) are pressed even after a set time has elapsed, the display panel (5) is automatically turned off, and the battery (G ), it is also possible to automatically suppress unnecessary power consumption.

However, when the display panel (5) is automatically turned off, the work interruption instruction push 20 (3B) is turned on to indicate that the display is in a stopped state, and the work The display state can be restarted by the same operation as returning from the light-off state to the light-on state using the interruption instruction push button (38).

The process for switching the display panel (5) to the light-off state is executed as a so-called interrupt process, separately from the process for displaying work data on the display panel (5), as will be described later. It has become.

In FIG. 5, (39) is a work completion instruction push button (24) for instructing the moving vehicle control unit 1 to complete all work in 1 Coke (IC), and is similar to the pink completion instruction push button (24). )
Similarly, the light will turn on when the article retrieval work corresponding to all the work data stored in the IC card (13) is completed, and the light will turn off when the IC card (13) is pressed for confirmation.

Further, (40) is a push button for canceling the alarm, which is repeatedly pressed to forcefully stop the operation of the alarm buzzer (33).

Next, flowchart 1 shown in FIGS. 6(a) to 6(c)
Based on this, while describing the control operation of the mobile vehicle controller (IC), 11 (■) will be explained about the operation of the mobile vehicle (A).

When the power is turned on and the mobile vehicle (A) starts to be used, first, a lamp check process is executed, and then,
The process of reading the information of the set IC card (13) is executed.

After reading the information, a process is executed to light up the shelf row number where the work is to be performed, and then it is checked whether the work is to be performed by installing the partition plate (27), and if installation is required, the work is performed by The device waits until the storage completion push button (26) is used to indicate whether the installation is complete.

When instructed to complete partition plate installation, the shelf row number where work is to be done
If it has been received, the corresponding shelf row number is blinked and the shelf number with the work to be carried out on that shelf row is lit.

However, shelf row N has work to be done during the above-mentioned check.

If it is determined that the message has not been received, the user checks whether or not a set time has elapsed after receiving the message, and only when the set time has elapsed does the process of switching the shelf number to the lit state or changing the shelf number. A process is executed to turn off the NO light.

By the way, this part of the processing is provided as a post-processing when the vehicle travels along a row of shelves where there is work to be done, but does not perform any work, or leaves the work to be done and travels to another row of shelves. It is.

Also, the reason why the set time is determined is to maintain the previous display state even if communication becomes unavailable while traveling between adjacent shelf sections (2) in one shelf row. be.

Thereafter, it is checked whether or not a shelf number with work to be done has been received, and if no IS has been received, the process moves to the above-mentioned check for receiving a shelf row number. On the other hand, if a shelf number with work is received, a process of blinking the corresponding shelf number or a process of lighting up one of the shelf position indication push buttons (19) that corresponds to the shelf position with work. is executed, and then it is checked whether the push button (19) with the work has been pressed.

If the push button (19) is not pressed, it is checked whether or not the shelf number is still being received. If the shelf number is not being received, the process of switching the shelf number to a lit state or the process of switching the shelf number to the lit state or pressing the ↑0 After executing the process of turning off the light (19), the process moves to the above-mentioned check for receiving the shelf row number.

When the push button (19) with work is pressed, the pressed push button (19) is blinked, the big quantity is displayed, the storage quantity is displayed, and the instruction lamp (23) on the shelf side is lit. , lights up the storage completion indication push button (26) on the storage frame side, and further turns on the unit indicator light (21) as necessary.
and a process of turning off the single item indicator light (22).

Thereafter, it is checked whether the storage completion instruction push button (26) has been pressed, and if it has not been pressed, it is checked whether the reception of shelf numbers is continuing. If the operation is not continued, the alarm buzzer (33) is activated to prompt the worker to return to the vehicle. Also,
If it continues, check the information on the pass button (35) and execute pass processing as necessary.

To explain the pass processing, when the bus button (35) is pressed, the blinking push button (19) is turned off,
Turn off the big quantity display, turn off the storage quantity display, turn off the storage completion instruction push button opening (26), turn off the shelf-side instruction lamp (23), and further turn off the above-mentioned as necessary. Single indicator light (21) and unit indicator light (2)
2) is executed, and then the process moves to checking the shelf position instruction push button (19) described above.

If it is determined through the above-mentioned check that the storage completion instruction push button (26) has been pressed, the push button (26) is turned off, and then the push button 6[-1 (26) with which the work was performed is pressed. It is checked whether all of the buttons have been pressed, and if they have not been pressed, the process moves to checking the above-mentioned storage completion instruction push button (26).

If it is determined that all the storage completion instruction push buttons (26) that have been used have been pressed, the pick completion push button 60 (24) on the display panel is lit, and then the pick completion push button (26) is turned on. Wait until 24) is pressed.

When the pick completion push button (24) is pressed, the pick completion push button (24) is turned off, the shelf position indication push button (19) where the work has been completed is turned off, and the shelf side indication lamp (23) is turned off. It turns off the light, and further executes a process of turning off the single indicator light (23) and the unit indicator light (22) as necessary.

Next, it is checked whether there is any remaining work on the current shelf number, and if there is, the process moves to the above-mentioned shelf position instruction push button (19) to be checked. On the other hand, if there is no remaining work, after executing the process of turning off the shelf number where the work has been completed,
Check whether there is any remaining work on the current shelf row.

If there is remaining work on the current shelf row, the above shelf row No.
Shifts to reception check processing. On the other hand, if there is no remaining work, after turning off the shelf row number where the work has been completed,
It is checked whether there is any remaining work on other shelf rows, and if there is, the process shifts to the above-mentioned reception check process for the shelf row No.

Then, as all the work on the shelf (B) where the article retrieval work is performed is completed, the work completion push button (39) is lit, and as it is pressed, the work completion push button (39) is turned on.
) will be turned off and the entire process will be completed.

Next, based on the flowchart 1 shown in FIG. 7, a description will be given of a process for turning off the display panel (5).

However, although not shown, this interrupt processing is automatically activated repeatedly at every set time.

That is, as the interrupt process is started, it is determined whether or not the work interruption push tD (38) has been pressed, and if it has been pressed, the display on the display panel (5) changes. Determine whether the light is off.

When the display panel (5) is in the off state, each display section is turned on and the work interruption push button (38) is turned off so that the display state is the same as before the light was turned off. When the display panel (5) is in the lit state, all the displays are turned off and the work interruption push button (38) is turned on.

That is, every time the work interruption push 60 (38) is pressed, all the displays on the display panel (5) are switched between a lit state and an extinguished state.

On the other hand, if the work interrupting push l1fD (38) is not pressed, it is determined whether any of the push buttons attached to the display panel (5) are pressed, and any of the push buttons is pressed. When it is determined that the push button 60 has not been pressed, after counting the elapsed time in which the push button 60 has not been pressed, it is determined whether the count value has reached a set time (for example, 10 minutes) or more. If the state in which no push button has been pressed has exceeded the set time, the same process as turning off all displays by the work interruption push button (38) is performed, and the strange (G) to ensure that it is not wasted.

However, if any one of the push buttons on the display panel (5) is pressed, the count value for counting the elapsed time will be reset to zero, and the display panel (5) will be reset to zero during work.
5) The light should not be turned off automatically.

[Another example]

In the above embodiment, the mobile vehicle (A) is configured as a hand-cart type, but the specific configuration can be changed in various ways, such as being equipped with electric propulsion wheels.

Further, in the above embodiment, the container (7) is used for collection, but the container (7) may be used to collect the materials directly.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the article retrieval information indicating means instructs only the shelf position on the shelf side is exemplified, but the quantity may also be instructed on the shelf side.

In addition, when transmitting work data for collecting goods to the moving vehicle,
Instead of using the IC card (13), various changes can be made, such as transmitting information through communication between the work controller (SC) and the mobile vehicle controller (IC).

In addition, various changes can be made to the specific configuration of each part necessary for carrying out the present invention.

Note that although reference numerals are written in the claims section for convenient comparison with the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the structure shown in the accompanying drawings.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the article collection equipment according to the present invention, and the first
The figure is a schematic plan view of the goods collection facility, the second figure is the front section of the fence,
Figure 3 is a side view of the mobile vehicle, Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the control configuration, Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the control configuration, and Figure 6 (
A), (TI), and (++) are flowcharts showing control operations, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing interrupt processing for stopping display. (A)...Moving vehicle, (B)...Shelf,
(E)...Battery, (1)...Goods storage section, (2)...Shelf section, (5)...
... Display means, (13) ... Storage means, (3
8)...Manual instruction means, (100)...
...Display control means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A mobile vehicle (A) including an article storage section (1) is provided, and a shelf (B) is provided along the longitudinal direction of the travel path of the mobile vehicle (A), and the shelf (B) is, each of the plurality of shelf parts (2) partitioned in the longitudinal direction,
It is configured to store multiple types of items in a separated manner,
The mobile vehicle (A) includes destination information indicating the position of the shelf section (2) in which the items to be collected are stored, and the shelf section (2).
2) storage means (13) for storing article retrieval information indicating the type and quantity of articles to be taken out; and display means (5) for displaying the destination information and the article retrieval information.
), and display control means (100) for operating the display means (5) based on the stored information in the storage means (13).
and the display control means (100) and the display means (5).
The article collection equipment is equipped with a battery (G) for driving a battery (G), and is equipped with a manual instruction means (38) for instructing work interruption and resumption, and the display control means (1).
00) stops the display operation of the display means (5) in a power-free state based on the work interruption instruction information of the instruction means (38), and restarts the display operation of the instruction means (38). The article collection equipment is configured to restart the display operation of the display means (5) in the display state before the display operation was stopped, based on the following.