JPH05254609A - Management for automatic deposit shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a management method for an automatic deposit shelf which can perform the optimum delivery management according to the state of a manufacturing device. CONSTITUTION:An automatic deposit shelf which is constituted of a product deposit shelf 1, automatic transferring mechanism 2, transfer control part 5, and an inventory control computer 7 is equipped with a parallel I/O interface 6 which can receive the inventory port load existence signal on the deposit shelf 1 and the state signal of an external manufacturing device, and the delivered product is judged through a delivery table for combining a delivery flag and a state flag.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for managing automatic storage shelves, and more particularly to a method for managing delivery.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional automatic storage shelf is shown in FIG.
The product storage shelf 1, the automatic transfer mechanism 2, the transfer control unit 5, and the inventory management computer 7 are provided and configured.
Has a parallel I / O interface for inputting a stock flag indicating whether or not there is a stock at the delivery port 3.
The stock management computer 7 connected to the host computer 9 determines the product to be delivered based on the status of the stock flag by the stock sensor 4 and the settings programmed in the stock management computer 7 in advance.
Then, the goods are unloaded and the necessary processing is performed in the external manufacturing apparatus 8.

[0003]

In this conventional automatic storage shelf, the product to be delivered is determined based on the status of the stock flag and the settings programmed in the stock management computer in advance, and therefore the following problems are encountered. was there.

(1) Inappropriate products may be delivered depending on the state of the external device after being delivered.

(2) Further, it is not easy to change the settings programmed in the computer in advance.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has a parallel I / O interface for inputting a stock flag indicating the presence / absence of a cargo at the exit and a status flag indicating the status of an external device. . Further, the inventory management computer is provided with a programmable shipping table that links the shipping flag and the status flag.

[0007]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

The automatic storage shelf of this embodiment is the product storage shelf 1
It is configured to have a delivery port 3 and a delivery port 3, and is automated by being controlled by the automatic transfer mechanism 2, the transfer control unit 5, and the inventory management computer 7 connected to the host computer 9. The transfer control unit 5 has a parallel I / O interface 6 to which a signal from the on-board sensor 4 and a signal from the manufacturing apparatus 8 are input. The respective signals are sent to the inventory management computer 7 as respective shipping flags 10 and status flags 11, and the delivery determination processing of FIG. 2 is performed. Figure 2
As shown in FIG.
It has a shipping table 12 for combining 0 and the status flag 11, and carries out the shipping determination 13 accordingly. After that, the transfer control unit 5 is instructed to output the product that meets the shipping determination 13 from the stock.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the parts having the same functions as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In the second embodiment, the parallel I / O interface 6 is provided in the inventory management computer 7, and the delivery is decided according to the delivery determination algorithm similar to that of the first embodiment.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, a parallel I / O interface for inputting a stock flag indicating the presence / absence of a cargo at the exit and a status flag indicating the status of an external device, Since it has a programmable shipping table that links flags and status flags, optimal product shipping is possible, and changes in external devices can be handled by simply changing the shipping table.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a shipping determination algorithm according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Product Storage Shelf 2 Automatic Transfer Mechanism 3 Outgoing Port 4 In-Sensor 5 Transfer Control Section 6 Parallel I / O Interface 7 Inventory Management Computer 8 Manufacturing Equipment 9 Host Computer 10 Shipping Flag 11 Status Flag 12 Outgoing Table 13 Outgoing Judgment

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of managing delivery of an automatic storage shelf comprising a product storage shelf, an automatic transfer mechanism, a transfer control unit, and an inventory management computer, wherein the transfer control unit is provided A program having a plurality of parallel I / O interfaces for inputting a presence flag for notifying presence / absence and a status flag for notifying the state of an external device, and linking the presence flag and the status flag in an inventory management computer A method for managing an automatic storage shelf, comprising a possible shipping table, and determining a product to be shipped based on the setting of the table. 2. A programmable warehousing system comprising the plurality of parallel I / O interfaces in the inventory management computer for inputting the on-going flag and the status flag, and linking the on-going flag with the status flag. The automatic storage rack management method according to claim 1, further comprising a table, and determining a product to be delivered based on the setting of the table.