KR100932783B1 - Wireless recognition-based transportation container automatic method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for automatically arranging a transport container based on a wireless recognition system for automatically arranging transport containers through a radio recognition device in a distribution warehouse in the postal and logistics fields. , The locator is installed at any branch point on the automatic placement line to convey its identification value, and a tag for identifying the transportation container is attached to the transportation container, and the transportation vessel placement controller moves along the automatic deployment line. , Identify and connect the designated container through the tag, check the identification value of the locator to know the moving position of the container, and connect the container according to the control of the container arrangement controller. Release, providing efficient automatic placement and movement of the container and reducing operating costs. There.

Description

TECHNICAL AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNIT LOAD USING RFID DEVICES

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for automatically arranging a transport container based on radio recognition, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for automatically arranging a transport container through a radio recognition device in a warehouse in the postal and logistics fields.

The present invention is derived from the research conducted as part of the IT new growth engine core technology development project of the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Ministry of Information and Communication Research and Development. [Task management number: 2006-X-001-02, Title: Development of real-time postal logistics element technology ].

In general, pallets (or roll cages) are used as major transport containers in postal and logistics. Pallets load postal matters, such as parcels, at arrival halls, signing places, and dispatch places, and are loaded onto and unloaded from postal vehicles.

In the postal service, a direct exchange operation is carried out in the transport exchange center to directly send the pallets of the arrival hall to the dispatch place without sorting / classifying and fastening the operation. However, most workers connect the unloaded pallets with a separate attachment device. Is driving to the shipping place.

The yard placement of the post pallets depends on the skill of the operator despite the installation / attach of the radio recognition device (including the reader, antenna, and tag) to the pallet, and the pallet placement by manual operation through the truck. There is a problem in that the system is inadequate and complicated, and a lot of costs for operating a truck are generated.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to solve the problems as described above, in the postal and logistics fields, the automatic pallet arrangement of the transport container through the wireless recognition device in the arrival hall, the fastening place, the shipping place of the logistics warehouse, etc. It is to provide a radio recognition-based transport container automatic arrangement method and apparatus for.

In order to solve this problem, according to the present invention, in the field of postal and logistics by providing an automatic arrangement method and apparatus in connection with a radio recognition device in the labor-intensive and high operating cost problem inherent in the conventional work method and related technologies Improve the automation environment for pallet placement. In this case, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for supporting automatic placement of a pallet with a wireless recognition device in a designated location in the postal and logistics fields.

According to one aspect of the invention, in the postal and logistics field in the automatic recognition of the transport container based on the automatic batching line consisting of the arrival place to the shipping place, installed at any branch on the automatic placement line A locator for transmitting its identification value, a tag attached to the transport container, a tag for identifying the transport container, moving along the automatic placement line, and identifying and connecting the transport container designated by the tag; A transport container arrangement controller for identifying an identification value of the locator to know a moving position of the transport container, and a transport container connecting rod and a connector for connecting or releasing the transport container under control of the transport container placement controller; Implement an automatic placement device.

The automatic arrangement device further includes a folding part provided in the middle of the transport container connecting unit for folding the transport container connecting unit.

According to another feature of the present invention, in the postal and logistics field in the method of automatically placing the transport container based on the wireless recognition, recognizing a tag attached to the transport container in the yard, the transport container to move the transport container Searching for a placement controller to see if there is a shipping placement arrangement corresponding to the tag; if the shipping placement arrangement exists, connect the shipping vessel to the shipping placement arrangement and connect the shipping vessel to a designated destination. Moving the container, recognizing a location tag installed at each branch point when the transport container moves, checking whether the location tag is matched, determining whether the location tag is matched, determining whether the location is the designated destination, and if the designated destination is Connection of the container from the container placement controller. It implements automatic layout method including the step of.

This automatic placement method further includes the step of re-searching the other container placement controller to move the container if it is not present.

And the automatic arrangement method, if not the designated destination, further comprises the step of re-confirming whether the location tag matching by recognizing the location tag at another branch point.

Thus, according to the present invention, by providing a method and apparatus for supporting automatic placement to a designated location for a pallet with a radio recognition device in the postal and logistics fields, providing effective automatic placement and movement of the pallet and operating costs Can be reduced.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “… module” described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. Can be.

With reference to the drawings will now be described in detail with respect to the radio recognition-based transport container automatic arrangement method and apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

With respect to the configuration of a method and apparatus for automatically arranging and moving a transport container (for example, pallet) with a radio recognition (for example, RFID) device from a starting point to a destination, according to an embodiment of the present invention, With regard to the structure and shape of the relevant structure for automatically positioning and moving the transport container with a radio recognition device according to the embodiment, and the automatic placement and movement of the transport container with a radio recognition device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The detailed procedure and algorithm will be described.

1 is a view showing a front view of a radio recognition-based automatic transport container arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus for automatically arranging the radio based vehicle identification according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a transport container 101, a radio recognition device 102, a positioning device 103, and a transport container connector 104. ), The container container connection 105, the container placement controller 106, the automatic placement line 107.

The radio recognition device 102 (e.g., tag) is attached to a predetermined position (e.g., in the middle of the upper end) of the container 101 (e.g., pallet), and identifies the container 101. Do it.

The locator 103 is installed at an arbitrary branch point on the automatic batch line 107 and performs wireless communication with the container arrangement controller 106 to transmit its identification value to the container arrangement controller 106. do.

The container container 105 (for example, pallet pallet) and the container container 104 (for example, pallet connector) are connected to each one of the container 101, and the container container controller 106 The transport container 101 is connected or disconnected under the control of.

The container placement controller 106 is, for example, a pallet movement and pallet placement controller, which moves along the automatic placement line 107 to control the placement of the container 101. At this time, the transport container arrangement controller 106 checks the designated transport container 101 through the radio recognition device 102, and determines the transport container 101 specified through the transport container connecting rod 105 and the transport container connector 104. Connect. In addition, the container placement controller 106 checks the identification value of the positioner 103 to know the position during the movement of the container 101 through a radio recognition device built therein.

In the postal and logistics fields, the automatic placement line 107 is configured from the arrival hall to the postal point where the postal and logistic transportation is carried out after the postal and logistical transportation from the transport vehicle. Not shown), a power unit (not shown in the drawings for convenience of description), and the like.

2 and 3 are views showing the structure of the automatic recognition based transport container automatic arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention from the side. That is, it is a view showing the detailed structure of the core configuration of the automatic recognition-based automatic transport container arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3, '201, 301' is a position finder, '202, 302' is a transport container connector, '203, 303' is a transport container connecting rod, '205, 305' is a transport container arrangement Controller, '206, 306' is an automatic placement line.

In the middle of the container connecting strips 203 and 303 connected to the container placing controllers 205 and 305 moving along the automatic batching lines 206 and 306, the folding portion 204 for folding the container connecting strips 203 and 303. , 304).

Hereinafter, a method for automatically arranging a radio recognition-based transport container according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

Figure 4 is a detailed embodiment of the automatic recognition-based transport container arrangement method proposed in the present invention.

In order to connect the designated transport container 101 through the transport container connecting rod 105 and the transport container connector 104, first, a radio recognition device attached to the transport container 101 (for example, a pallet) in the yard ( 102 (e.g., a tag) is recognized (S401), and then the container placement controller 106 (e.g., pallet placement controller) to move the corresponding container 101 is searched (S402). At this time, it is checked whether there is a transport container arrangement controller 106 corresponding to the tag recognized in step S401 (S403).

If, in the above-described step S403, the transport container arrangement controller 106 does not exist, the process returns to the above-described step S402 and the other transport container arrangement controller is repeatedly searched again.

On the other hand, if the transport container arrangement controller 106 exists in step S403 described above, the transport container arrangement controller 106 is connected to the transport container 101, and the designated destination is confirmed to correspond to the confirmed destination. The transport container 101 is moved (S404).

At this time, the designated destination is set by the operator in advance in the transport container arrangement controller 106 or in advance by setting the radio recognition device 102 (for example, a tag) attached to the transport container 101 in advance. In addition, the information on the movement route of the transport container 101 (that is, the identification value of the positioner 103 provided for each branch point on the automatic placement line 107) can also be set in advance.

During the movement of the transport container 101, the position tag is recognized through the position indicator 103 at every branch point on the automatic batch line 107 where the position indicator 103 is installed (S405). It is checked whether or not the recognized location tag matches (S406).

At this time, the locator 103 transmits its identification value to the transportation container arrangement controller 106, whereby the transportation container arrangement controller 106 is embedded therein to know the position during the movement of the transportation container 101. By checking the identification value of the location indicator 103 through the wireless recognition device, it is possible to identify whether the location tag is matched.

At this time, if the tag is not matched in the above-described step S406, an error message is generated and output to warn the operator that an error has occurred (S407).

In addition, when the tag matches in step S406 described above, it is determined whether or not it is a designated destination (S408). If it is not the designated destination, the process returns to the above-described step S405 and repeats the location tag recognition at another branch point, and when it arrives at the designated final destination, the transport container 101 is disconnected and terminated (S409).

As described above, the method of automatically arranging a wireless container based on a wireless recognition system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is directly utilized in the desorption process and direct exchange of pallets, which are transport containers in a postal warehouse / transport center and warehouse. Can be.

In addition, the automatic pallet allocation and control algorithm according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium, and may be utilized in a general internet environment and a general computer system. Since this process can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art will not be described in more detail.

The embodiments of the present invention are wireless recognition to be installed in a yard or warehouse entrance in the postal and logistics fields through a method and apparatus related to automatic arrangement for the direct exchange of a pallet with an RFID tag in the postal and logistics fields. It has been described to reduce operating costs by providing effective automatic placement and movement based on the device.

However, embodiments of the present invention are not implemented only through the above-described apparatus and / or method, but implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, a recording medium on which the program is recorded, and the like. Such an implementation may be easily implemented by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains based on the description of the above-described embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

1 is a front view showing a radio recognition-based automatic transport arrangements according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3 is a side view showing a radio recognition-based transport container automatic arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for automatically arranging a wireless recognition-based transport container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (5)

In the device for automatically arranging transport containers on the basis of radio recognition in the postal and logistics fields, Automatic batch line consisting of the arrival hall to the dispatch place, A locator installed at an arbitrary branch point on the automatic placement line to transmit its identification value, A tag attached to the shipping container to identify the shipping container, A transport container arrangement controller which moves along the automatic placement line, checks and connects a designated transport container through the tag, and checks an identification value of the positioner to know a moving position of the transport container; A container connecting rod and a connector for connecting or releasing the container under the control of the container arrangement controller, and Folding portion for folding the transport container is provided in the middle of the transport container connection Automatic placement device comprising a. delete In the method of automatically arranging transport containers based on radio recognition in the postal and logistics fields, Recognizing the tag attached to the shipping container in the yard; Searching for a container arrangement controller to move the container and confirming whether a container arrangement controller corresponding to the tag exists; If the transport container placement controller is present, connecting the transport container to the transport container placement controller to move the transport container to a designated destination, Recognizing a location tag installed at each branch point when the transport container is moved and checking whether the location tag is matched; Determining that the location tag is the designated destination when the location tag matches, and If the designated destination, disconnecting the container from the container placement controller; Automatic placement method comprising a. The method of claim 3, And re-navigating another transport container placement controller to move the transport container if the transport container layout does not exist. The method of claim 3, And reconfirming whether or not the location tag is matched by recognizing the location tag at another branch point when the destination is not the designated destination.

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