JPH0620930B2 - Goods collection equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an article collecting facility used for collecting a plurality of types of articles according to a shipping destination, and more specifically, a mobile vehicle provided with an article storage section. , And a shelf arranged along the longitudinal direction of the traveling path of the moving vehicle is provided, and the shelf divides a plurality of types of articles into each of a plurality of shelf portions partitioned in the longitudinal direction. The present invention relates to an article collection facility that is configured to be stored in a state and that is provided with an article take-out information instructing unit that gives information about article take-out information from a shelf portion on which the moving vehicle has traveled.

[Conventional technology]

In such an article collection facility, the work is performed by a procedure in which a mobile vehicle is run on a shelf part that stores the article to be taken out, the article is taken out based on the article take-out information, and the taken-out article is stored in the article storage section. become. By the way, in order to instruct the item take-out information, it is necessary to know the type of item to be taken out and the number thereof, because a plurality of types of items are stored in each of the shelves.

By the way, in order to instruct the item take-out information, it is possible to display all the items to be taken out among the items stored in each shelf part, and to display all the take-out numbers of the respective items in order to take them out. To be

That is, for example, a moving vehicle is provided with a plurality of lamps corresponding to the storage positions of the plurality of types of articles stored in the shelf portion and a plurality of numerical indicators corresponding to the respective lamps. Then, it is conceivable that the kind of the article to be taken out is indicated by lighting the lamp, and the taken-out quantity is displayed by the operation of the numerical display (the conventional literature cannot be described.) Problems to be attempted] As described above, if all the types of articles to be taken out and all the take-out quantities of those articles are displayed at once, for example, the quantity is again set in the middle of taking-out work of one article. When checking, there is a risk of mistakes in work due to incorrect recognition of the quantity of different items,
Improvement is desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to make it possible to display article take-out information in a form that is easy for an operator to understand.

[Means for solving problems]

The characteristic configuration of the article collecting facility according to the present invention is that the article take-out information instructing means for instructing the article take-out information from the shelf portion on which the mobile vehicle has traveled is all the articles to be taken out of the articles stored in each shelf portion. Is provided with a display means for displaying, a selection means for selecting one of the articles to be taken out displayed by the display means, and a quantity display means for displaying the taken-out quantity of the selected article. The action and effect are as follows.

[Work]

That is, in order to instruct the article take-out information, first, all the types of articles to be taken out are displayed, and when one of the displayed article types is selected, the take-out quantity of the selected article is displayed. Let them do it.

〔The invention's effect〕

Therefore, even when a plurality of types of articles are taken out from one shelf part, the take-out quantity of the articles can be displayed for each one of the articles individually, so that an error in confirming the take-out quantity is eliminated, and moreover, a plurality of types of articles are taken out. Since any one of the above items is selected, the worker can be surely made aware of the article to be taken out, thereby suppressing the occurrence of a trouble that the wrong article is taken out when taking out the article from the shelf. Therefore, it is possible to perform good sorting work while suppressing the occurrence of work mistakes.

〔Example〕

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a moving vehicle (A) having a storage frame (1) as an article storage unit and a plurality of types of articles are stored in the article collecting facility, and A plurality of shelves juxtaposed along the longitudinal direction of the car (A) passage
(B) is provided.

Each of the shelves (B) is divided into a plurality of pieces along the longitudinal direction thereof, and each of the divided shelves (2) is provided with upper and lower four-stage loading sections, and each loading section Each can store three kinds of articles in a lateral direction in a divided state.

The moving vehicle (A) is configured as a so-called hand cart type vehicle, which includes a pair of left and right idler wheels (3) arranged at the front and rear ends, respectively, and a pair of left and right handle parts (4) for steering. Is done,
A display panel (5) that doubles as a setting panel is provided near the handle (4). Incidentally, (6) in the figure is a temporary placing table for temporarily placing the articles taken out from the shelf portion (2).

The storage frame (1) is provided with three upper and lower shelves, and each of the shelves accommodates two containers (7) in the lateral direction. Incidentally, each container (7) corresponds to each shipping destination.

Therefore, the worker loads the empty container (7) on the container carrier (8) into the storage frame (1) at the empty container loading position (D), and then, based on the destination information, the desired shelf portion ( 2), take out the article from the shelf part (2) based on the article take-out information, and take out the taken-out article into a desired container based on the article storage information.
It will be stored in (7). When all the work is completed, the work for supplying the container (7) containing the articles to the collecting conveyor (9) is performed at the container unloading place. Furthermore, in order to obtain work data for collecting articles, which is the basic data for instructing each of the destination information, the article take-out information, and the article storage information, in advance of the work, the data receiving location (F) It will also be run.

Next, description will be added while describing the control configuration.

As shown in Fig. 4, the order form (10) issued by the customer etc.
When the contents of is input to the host controller (HC), the host controller (HC) creates a purchase order (11) according to the contents of the purchase order (10), and according to the contents of the purchase order (11). In addition to the purchase of the goods, the storage data (12) of the purchased goods is also input to the host controller (HC).

The host controller (HC) manages the inventory of various items, creates work data for item collection based on the contents of the order form (10) entered in advance, and uses this work data as the work controller (SC). ). However, the work data can be classified by the work amount of one moving vehicle (A),
Moreover, it is formed in such a manner that the type and the number of articles to be stored in each container (7) can be discriminated.

The work controller (SC) comprehensively manages the operation of collecting goods while exchanging various information such as work data with the mobile vehicle controller (IC) provided in the mobile vehicle (A).

Information exchange between the work controller (SC) and the mobile vehicle controller (IC) is performed by a controller for read / write control (13A),
IC card (13) including ROM (13B) and RAM (13C)
Is used as a storage medium, and a card rider (14) that functions as a writing means for writing work data to the IC card (13) is attached to the work controller (SC) and the IC card is also attached. A card reader (1
5) is attached to the mobile vehicle controller (IC).

However, (16) in the figure is a printer that creates an item slip that is stored separately in each container (7) that is stored in the moving vehicle (A), and is synchronized with the operation of the card writer (14). Will be activated. The item slip is used for inspection after the item collecting work, and when the empty container (7) is loaded into the storage frame (1), the container (7) is ordered in a predetermined order. )
Will be thrown into.

The mobile vehicle controller (IC) uses the above-mentioned work data, shelf
Based on the storage information of the articles stored in (B) and the sorting information for sorting which of the shelves (2),
Instruct destination information for traveling the moving vehicle (A), information on taking out the article from the shelf part (2) on which the moving vehicle (A) has traveled, and a container (7) for storing the taken out article and the input amount. Each of the storage information is discriminated and the information is output.

That is, the destination information instructing means (100), the article removal information instructing means (101), and the article storage information instructing means (102) are configured while using the moving vehicle controller (IC).

The mobile vehicle controller (IC) is configured by using a microcomputer, and, of course, includes a memory that functions as a storage unit, and the IC card (13) is set on the mobile vehicle side. In this state, the work data is stored in the memory.

The destination information consists of a shelf row NO given in advance to each shelf (B) and a shelf NO given in advance to each shelf portion (2), and as shown in FIG. In (5), a shelf row NO display section (G ₁ ) that lights up a portion corresponding to each shelf row NO.
Or the shelf NO display part (G
₂ ) is provided.

However, as the IC card (13) is set on the moving vehicle side, all of the shelf row NO display sections (G ₁ ) are turned on, and the moving vehicle (A) is turned on. As the vehicle runs along the front surface of the shelving row in which work is performed, the corresponding shelving row NO is blinked. In addition, the shelf NO display section (G ₂ ) is for the moving vehicle (A).
As the vehicle runs along the front of the shelf row with work, all of the shelf NOs with work in the shelf row are lit up, and the moving vehicle (A) has a shelf part (2) with work. As it is located on the front side, the shelf number of the shelf portion (2) blinks. Therefore, in the destination information instruction, the current position of the moving vehicle (A) is accurately notified while using the classification information.

Which of the above-mentioned shelves (B), and each of the shelving parts
Explaining the configuration for transmitting the classification information of which is (2) to the moving vehicle side, the shelf row NO or the shelf NO is moved to the upper part of each shelf part (2) using an optical signal. An optical communication device (17) as communication means for transmitting to the vehicle side is provided, and an optical communication device (18) as communication means for receiving information of the communication device (17) on the shelf side, While the received information is being transmitted to the mobile vehicle controller (IC),
Prepared for (A).

However, a shelf controller (TC) for controlling the operation of the communication device (17) on the shelf side is provided, and the communication devices (17) and (18) on the shelf side and the moving vehicle side are provided with an article removal information instruction. Therefore, it is also used as a means for transmitting information on the moving vehicle side to the shelf side. The communication device (17) on the shelf side projects an optical signal toward the passage side of the moving vehicle, and the communication device (18) on the moving vehicle side receives only the signal from the left lateral side of the vehicle body. Directivity is given so that

The article take-out information basically includes a shelf position corresponding to a storage location of each article and an article take-out quantity.
As shown in the figure, the display panel (5) has a pick shelf display section (G ₃ ) for instructing the shelf position requiring work and a pick quantity display section for instructing the quantity to be taken out from each shelf position. (G ₄ )
And are provided.

The pick shelf display portion (G ₃ ) is provided with a plurality of illuminated push buttons (19) corresponding to each shelf position. These illuminated pushbuttons (19) are turned on and turned on as the moving vehicle (A) is located in front of the shelf part (2) on which work is to be performed, corresponding to the shelf position on which work is required. The object is made to blink when it is pushed to instruct the next work.

The pick quantity display section (G ₄ ) is provided with a numerical value display (20) for displaying the number of articles taken out corresponding to the push button (19) being pressed as described above.

Therefore, using the entire pick shelf display (G ₃ ), the shelf
Display means for displaying all types of articles to be taken out of the articles housed in (2) is configured, and one of the displayed types of articles to be taken out is displayed by using each of the push buttons (19). The selection means for selecting is configured, and the quantity display means for displaying the quantity of the selected article taken out is configured by using the numerical display (20).

The pick quantity display section (G ₄ ) also has the following functions. In other words, to indicate whether to take out the case (Items Xa) taken out in case units, take out the united items that are grouped into several units, or take out the individual items one by one in a loose state, Indicator light (2
1) and a single unit indicator light (22) are attached.
When the (21) and (22) are turned off, the case is ejected, when the unit indicator light (21) is turned on, the unit is ejected, and when the single item indicator (22) is turned on, the individual item is ejected. .

Further, in order to make it easy to understand the instruction of the article take-out information, the following configuration is added. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, an instruction lamp (23) as a take-out target article instruction tool is arranged corresponding to each shelf position of each shelf portion (2). When the illuminated push button (19) is pushed as described above, these indicator lamps (23) are accompanied by information transmitted to the shelf side by using both the communication devices (17) and (18). ,
The corresponding one is lit up.

By the way, the article take-out information instruction is the above-mentioned illuminated push button (1
The instruction is started as (9) is pressed, and the display panel (5)
The instruction is stopped when the illuminated push button (24) for work completion provided on the above is pushed. The illumination push button (24) for work completion is turned on when it is determined that the storage is completed in the storage information instruction described later, and is turned off when the push operation is performed.

The storage information instruction is basically performed by displaying the quantity on the storage frame portion below each container (7). A pair of numerical display parts (25a), (25b) and one illuminated push button (26) for completion of storage are provided.

The pair of left and right numerical value display parts (25a), (25b) are one container (7)
When the partition plate (27) is divided into the left and right parts, the two parts respectively correspond to the left and right container parts. However, when the partition plate (27) is not installed, the left numerical display (25a)
Only is activated.

By the way, whether or not to set the partition plate (27) is necessary when the IC card (13) is set by turning on both numerical value display sections (25a) and (25b). I'm trying to instruct them. When the setting of the partition plate (27) is completed, the illuminated push button (26) for completion of storage is pushed.

The illuminated push button (26) for completion of storage is
When the lights are turned on at the same time as the lights of 5a) and (25b) and the storage work for the corresponding container (7) is completed, the push operation is performed.

However, the numerical display parts (25a) and (25b) do not go off even when the storage completion illumination push button (26) is pressed, and the work completion illumination push button (24) is pressed. It is supposed to be turned off.

Further, in order to perform the article collecting work without error and efficiently, various means described below are provided.

That is, 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, and these push buttons (28), (29) When pressed, the entire display panel (5) and the entire storage frame (1) are turned on. Similarly, for each of the shelves (2),
A lamp check push button (30) is provided.

The display panel (5) is provided with a work NO display section (G ₅ ). The work No. display section (G ₅ ) includes a numerical value display section (31) and a check button (22), and displays the work No. currently being performed as the check button (32) is pressed. It is like this. The work number is stored in the IC card (13) in advance.

If the communication range of the optical communication devices (17) and (18) in the rear direction of the moving vehicle is reduced and the moving vehicle (A) is accidentally run while continuing work on one shelf part (2). The information can be detected as the incommunicable information. Then, the alarm buzzer (33) is activated based on the detected information. By the way, if the mobile vehicle (A) is returned to the normal state and the communication state is restored again, the alarm buzzer (3
3) will be stopped.

A pass button (35) for a work pass is provided on the display panel (5). This pass button (35) is an illuminated pushbutton for shelf position indication.
It is pressed when the user wants to pass the work due to lack of articles or the like after operating (19) to start the work.
By the way, if you want to pass all the work remaining on the shelf (2), the number of illuminated pushbuttons (19)
Press the pass button (35).

Next, the operation of the moving vehicle (A) will be described while describing the control operation of the moving vehicle controller (IC) based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

That is, first, the 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, the process of turning on the shelf row NO in which the work is performed is executed, and then it is checked whether or not the work is performed by installing the partition plate (27). If installation is required, the storage is completed. Stand by until the completion of installation is instructed by the illuminated push button (26).

When the completion of partition plate installation is instructed, the shelf row with work
Is received, and if it is received, the corresponding shelf row NO is blinked and the shelf NO with work in the shelf row is lit.

When it is determined that the set time has not been received by the above-described check, it is checked whether or not the set time has elapsed after the non-reception, and only when the set time has elapsed, the rack row NO
Is switched to the lit state or the process of turning off the shelf NO is executed. By the way, the processing of this part is provided as a post-treatment when the vehicle travels along the shelf row of the work, but does not perform the work, or travels to another shelf row with the work left. is there. Further, the set time is determined in order to maintain the previous display state even if the communication is temporarily disabled while traveling between the adjacent shelf portions (2) in one shelf row. .

After that, it is checked whether or not the shelf NO with work is received, and if not received, the process shifts to the above-mentioned check of the shelf row NO reception. On the other hand, when it is received, the process of blinking the corresponding shelf NO or the process of lighting the instruction push button (19) corresponding to the shelf position where the work is performed is executed.
It is checked whether or not the push button (19) with work is pushed.

If the push button (19) is not pressed, it is checked whether or not the shelf NO is continuously received. If not, the process of switching the shelf NO to lighting or the push button (19) is turned off. After performing the processing, the process shifts to the above-described check of the rack row NO reception.

When the push button (19) with work is pushed, the pushed push button
(19) blinks, the pick quantity is displayed, the storage quantity is displayed, the indicator lamp (23) on the shelf side is turned on, the completion button (26) on the storage frame side is turned on, and further, if necessary. Accordingly, processing for turning off the unit indicator light (21) and the single item indicator light (22) is executed.

After that, it is checked whether or not the completion button (26) on the storage frame side has been pressed, and if not, it is checked whether or not the reception of the shelf NO continues. Then, when it is not continued, the alarm buzzer (33) is activated to prompt the worker to return and travel. If it is continuing, the pass process is executed as necessary while checking the information of the work pass push button (35).

If it is determined in the above check that the completion button (26) has been pressed, turn off the completion button (26) and then check if all the completed completion buttons (26) have been pressed. It is checked whether or not it has been pressed, and if the button has not been pressed, the above-described completion button (26) is checked.

If it is determined that all of the completed work complete buttons (26) have been pressed, the completion button (24) on the display panel side is lit and then waits until that button (24) is pressed. To do.

Then, when the button (24) is pressed, the completion button (24) on the display board side is turned off, the shelf position indicating push button (19) on which the work is completed is turned off, and the shelf side indicating lamp (23) is turned off. Further, a process of turning off the unit indicator light (21) and the single item indicator light (22) is executed as necessary.

Next, it is checked whether or not there is any remaining work on the current shelf NO. If there is any, there is a check on the push button (19). On the other hand, when there is no remaining work, the shelf N where the work is finished
After executing the processing for turning off the O, it is checked whether or not there is remaining work on the current shelf line.

If there is remaining work on the current shelf line, the above shelf line No.
The process shifts to the reception check process. On the other hand, when there is no remaining work, after turning off the shelf row NO where the work is finished,
It is checked whether or not there is remaining work on another shelf line, and if there is any remaining work, the process shifts to the above-described reception check process for the shelf line NO.

[Another embodiment]

The mobile vehicle (A) may be of various configurations, such as those equipped with propulsion wheels.

In the above embodiment, the case where the container (7) is used for collection is illustrated, but the storage frame (1) may be directly collected.

Further, in the above embodiment, the article take-out information instruction means (101)
However, although the case where the shelf position is also instructed on the shelf side has been illustrated, it may be implemented without instructing the shelf side.

To let the operator instruct the destination information, for example, a printer
In (16), collection data in which the shelf row number and the shelf number are described may be created.

In addition, to transmit work data for collecting goods to the moving vehicle side,
Instead of using the IC card (13), a work controller
(SC) and the mobile vehicle controller (IC) can be changed by communication etc.

In addition, various changes can be made to the specific configurations of the respective parts necessary for carrying out the present invention.

It should be noted that reference numerals are added to the claims for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the structures of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of an article collecting facility according to the present invention,
Figure is a schematic plan view of the goods collection facility, Figure 2 is a front view of the shelf,
FIG. 3 is a side view of the mobile vehicle, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control configuration, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the display panel, and FIGS. 6 (a), 6 (b) and 6 (c).
Is a flowchart showing a control operation. (1) …… Item storage part, (2) …… Shelf part, (19) …… Selection means, (20) …… Quantity display means, (101) …… Item removal information instruction means, (A) …… Mobile vehicle, (B) …… Shelves, (G ₃ ) …… Display means.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Seiichi Majima 7-5-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Shiseido Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tamotsu Yamakawa 7-5-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Capital Shidouchi (72) Inventor Shigeki Kubo 7-5-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Shiseido Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-63-306103 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A mobile vehicle (A) having an article storage section (1), and a shelf (B) arranged along a longitudinal direction of a traveling path of the mobile vehicle (A). (B) is configured to store a plurality of types of articles in a divided state in each of a plurality of shelf portions (2) divided in the longitudinal direction thereof,
(A) is an article collection facility provided with an article take-out information instructing means (101) for instructing article take-out information from the shelf part (2) on which the article (A) has traveled.
It includes a display means for displaying all kinds of articles to take out ones of the articles housed in the rack compartment (2) (G _3), of the article to retrieve displayed by the display unit (G ₃₎ An article collection facility comprising a selection means (19) for selecting one of the types and a quantity display means (20) for displaying the number of picked-up articles selected.