WO2019095882A1

WO2019095882A1 - Item delivery and pickup device, method, unmanned delivery vehicle, and fixed delivery locker

Info

Publication number: WO2019095882A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/108989
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张占辉
Original assignee: 北京京东尚科信息技术有限公司; 北京京东世纪贸易有限公司
Priority date: 2017-11-20
Filing date: 2018-09-30
Publication date: 2019-05-23
Also published as: CN109809098A; CN109809098B

Abstract

An item delivery and pickup device, a method, an unmanned delivery vehicle, and a fixed delivery locker, pertaining to the field of logistics. The item delivery and pickup device comprises: a main container body, an item container framework, a container door (4), multiple item containers (A-H), and a control system. The container door (4) is located at a surface of the main container body. The item container framework is located within the main container body. The multiple item containers are located in the item container framework, and directly or indirectly communicate with the container door (4) via the item container framework. The container door (4) and the multiple item containers (A-H) are arranged in the main container body in a matrix-like structure. The control system is used to control one or more of the item containers to move within the item container framework, so as to move a specified item container to the position of the container door (4) and then to open the container door (4). The invention enables fast and convenient retrieval of an item in a specified item container via a single container door and fast and convenient delivery of an item to a specified item container via the single container door.

Description

Goods handling equipment and methods, unmanned delivery vehicles and fixed express cabinets

Cross-reference to related applications

The present application claims the priority of the Chinese Patent Application No. 201711160580.0, entitled "Cargo Handling Equipment and Methods, Unmanned Distribution Vehicles and Fixed Courier Cabinets", which was filed on November 20, 2017. The content of the application is disclosed as part of this application.

Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of logistics technology, and in particular, to a cargo feeding device and method, an unmanned delivery vehicle and a fixed express delivery cabinet.

Background technique

In recent years, with the rapid development of e-commerce, the development of the logistics industry has also advanced by leaps and bounds. The use of automated equipment such as unmanned car distribution and fixed express cabinets in logistics has greatly improved logistics efficiency.

As shown in FIG. 1 , it is a container design scheme of an unmanned delivery vehicle or a fixed express delivery cabinet in the related art. In the related art, a plurality of cargo boxes are disposed on the main tank, and each of the cargo boxes is provided with one tank door. The delivery personnel put the goods into the designated container, and the user finds the corresponding container according to the delivery information and takes the goods.

However, in the related art, the delivery personnel need to open each container and place the goods in the corresponding container, thereby resulting in inefficient work; and when the user picks up the goods, firstly, it is necessary to find the load in the plurality of cases. The cargo box of own goods, thus increasing the customer's pick-up time and reducing the user experience.

It should be noted that the information disclosed in the Background section above is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the present disclosure, and thus may include information that does not constitute prior art known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

Public content

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a cargo dispensing device is provided. The cargo feeding device comprises: a main box body, a cargo box frame, a box door, a plurality of cargo boxes and a control system. Wherein, the box door is located on the surface of the main box body; the container rack is located in the main box body; the plurality of cargo boxes are located in the container rack, and the box rack is directly or indirectly connected to the box door, and the box door and the plurality of the box doors are The containers are arranged in a matrix structure on the main box; the control system is configured to control the movement of one or more containers in the container rack to transfer the designated container to the door position and open the door.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the control system includes: an information processing unit, a driving unit, and an electromechanical unit. The information processing unit is configured to receive the acquisition information, and generate a control signal after the verification of the retrieval information; the driving unit is connected to the information processing unit, configured to receive the control signal and generate a driving signal accordingly; the electromechanical unit and The driving unit is connected to receive the driving signal, and drives the container to move according to the driving signal.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the matrix structure is a two-dimensional matrix structure, and the box door is located at a center of the matrix structure.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the bottom of the container is provided with a first groove and a second groove, and the electromechanical unit includes a conveyor belt set, a motor, and an electromagnetic switch group. a conveyor belt set directly below the cargo box, comprising a plurality of first conveyor belts that are driven in a row direction of the matrix structure and a plurality of second conveyor belts that are driven along the matrix structure column direction; a motor for driving the conveyor belt group The transmission; the electromagnetic switch group includes a plurality of first electromagnetic switches and a plurality of second electromagnetic switches. a plurality of first electromagnetic switches are located on the first conveyor belt, opposite to the cargo box, the first electromagnetic switch includes a first locking tongue that is mated with the first groove; a plurality of second An electromagnetic switch is located on the second conveyor belt, opposite the cargo box, and the second electromagnetic switch includes a second bolt that is mated with the second groove.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt are stacked, and the first conveyor belt is located above the second conveyor belt layer; the second groove is two The two second grooves are spaced apart in the direction of the matrix structure column, and the distance between the two second grooves is greater than the width of the first conveyor belt.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the control system further includes:

The door control unit is configured to automatically close the door after the door is opened for a preset time.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the submission information includes one or more of a voice signal, two-dimensional code information, and telephone number information.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a cargo dispensing method using the above-described cargo dispensing device, the method comprising:

Receiving the acquisition information and generating a control signal;

Generating a driving signal according to the control signal;

Driving the container to move according to the driving signal;

By moving one or more of the containers, the designated container is moved to the door position and the door is opened.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an unmanned delivery vehicle including the above-described cargo dispensing device is provided.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a fixed express cabinet is provided, the fixed express cabinet including the cargo take-up device described above.

The present disclosure provides a cargo dispensing device and method, an unmanned delivery vehicle, and a fixed delivery cabinet. The cargo delivery device includes a plurality of cargo boxes and a box door, and the box door and the plurality of the cargo boxes are arranged in a matrix structure. On the main box, you can move the specified container to the door position. On the one hand, the cargo dispensing device can quickly and conveniently obtain the items in the designated container through a box door. On the other hand, the cargo dispensing device can quickly and conveniently deliver the goods to the designated container through a box door.

Other features and advantages of the present disclosure will be apparent from the following detailed description.

The above general description and the following detailed description are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive.

DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in the specification It is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained from those skilled in the art without departing from the drawings.

1 is a container design scheme of an unmanned delivery vehicle or a fixed express delivery cabinet in the related art;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a control system in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

3 is a layout diagram of a cargo take-up device in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the cargo dispensing device of the exemplary embodiment;

Figure 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the cargo dispensing device in the column direction in the exemplary embodiment;

Figure 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the cargo take-up device in the row direction in the exemplary embodiment;

7 is a flow chart of an exemplary embodiment of a cargo dispensing method of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the exemplary embodiments can be embodied in a variety of forms and should not be construed as being limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be more complete and complete, and It is communicated to those skilled in the art. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar structures, and thus their detailed description will be omitted.

Although the relative terms such as "upper" and "lower" are used in the specification to describe the relative relationship of one component of the icon to another component, these terms are used in this specification for convenience only, for example, according to the accompanying drawings. The direction of the example described. It will be understood that if the device of the icon is flipped upside down, the component described above will become the component "below". Other relative terms such as "high", "low", "top", "bottom", "left", "right", etc. also have similar meanings. When a structure is "on" another structure, it may mean that a structure is integrally formed on another structure, or that a structure is "directly" disposed on another structure, or that a structure is "indirectly" disposed through another structure. Other structures.

The terms "a", "an", and "the" are used to mean the presence of one or more elements/components, etc.; the terms "including" and "having" are used to mean the meaning of the open and mean Additional elements/components/etc. may be present in addition to the listed elements/components/etc.

The present exemplary embodiment first proposes a cargo dispensing device comprising: a main box, a container rack, a box door, a plurality of cases, and a control system. Wherein, the box door is located on the surface of the main box body; the container rack is located in the main box body; the plurality of cargo boxes are located in the container rack, and the box rack is directly or indirectly connected to the box door, and the box door and the plurality of the box doors are The containers are arranged in a matrix structure on the main box; the control system is configured to control the movement of one or more containers in the container rack to transfer the designated container to the door position and open the door.

The present disclosure provides a cargo dispensing device, an unmanned delivery vehicle, and a fixed delivery cabinet. The cargo delivery device includes a plurality of cargo boxes and a box door, and the box door and the plurality of the cargo boxes are arranged in a matrix structure according to a matrix structure. Physically, the specified container can be moved to the door position. On the one hand, the cargo dispensing device can quickly and conveniently obtain the items in the designated container through a box door. On the other hand, the cargo dispensing device can quickly and conveniently deliver the goods to the designated container through a box door.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a control system in the exemplary embodiment. The control system may include an information processing unit 1, a driving unit 2, and an electromechanical unit 3. The information processing unit 1 is configured to receive the acquisition information, and generate a control signal after the verification of the information; the driving unit 2 is connected to the information processing unit for receiving the control signal and generating a driving signal accordingly; The unit 3 is connected to the drive unit 2 for receiving the drive signal and driving the container to move according to the drive signal.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the information processing unit 1 prestores the number information of each container and the corresponding position information. When the information processing unit 1 receives the submission information, the information processing unit 1 verifies the retrieval information and determines whether the retrieval information is legal. If it is legal, the number information of the specified container is obtained according to the information obtained. The information processing unit 1 derives an optimal path for moving the designated container to the door position based on the pre-stored number information of each container and the corresponding position information, and generates a control signal based on the optimal path. The drive unit 2 receives the control signal generated by the information processing unit 1 and generates a drive signal according to the control signal. The electromechanical unit 3 receives the drive signal generated by the drive unit 2 and drives the cargo box to move on the optimal path described above. At the same time, the drive unit 2 feeds back the movement information of the container to the information processing unit 1 for the update of the container position information in the information processing unit 1. The information about the acquisition may include one or more of a voice signal, two-dimensional code information, and telephone number information.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the distribution form of the container and the door has various forms. For example, the container and the door can be a three-dimensional matrix structure or a two-dimensional matrix structure. The exemplary embodiment is described by taking a horizontal two-dimensional matrix structure distribution of the container and the door as an example.

As shown in FIG. 3, it is a design plan diagram of the cargo dispensing device in the present exemplary embodiment. In the present exemplary embodiment, eight cases A-H and one box door 4 may be included. Eight containers and one box door are distributed on the matrix nodes in a matrix structure of three by three. In the present exemplary embodiment, in order to avoid that the path of a certain container to the door is too long, the door position may be set at the center of the matrix structure. The path length of the container to the door in different orientations in the matrix structure is similar. It should be noted that the position of the door can also be set at different positions as needed, for example, to conveniently place the box door at the edge position of the matrix structure, which should fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

The present exemplary embodiment describes the scheme of moving the container in the case where it is necessary to take the goods in the containers A and D as an example. When it is necessary to take the goods in the container D, it is only necessary to move the container D to the right, so that the container D is located at the position of the box door, and the box door can be opened to take the goods in the box D. When you need to take the goods in the container A, you can move the container D to the right, then move the container A downward, then move the container B to the left, then move the container D upwards, and finally the goods. Box A moves to the right to the door position, and the door is opened to take the goods in the container A.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that in order to reduce the length of the moving path of the container, the container may not be provided at the matrix structure node. These variations are understood to fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In the exemplary embodiment, the electromechanical unit is used to drive the cargo box to move on a predetermined path. 4, 5, and 6, FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the cargo dispensing device of the exemplary embodiment; FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the cargo dispensing device in the column direction of the exemplary embodiment; A partial cross-sectional view of the cargo take-up device in the row direction in the present exemplary embodiment. The bottom of the container may be provided with a first groove 91 and a second groove 92. One option of the electromechanical unit may be that the electromechanical unit comprises a conveyor belt set, a motor 6 and an electromagnetic switch group. The conveyor belt group is located directly below the cargo box, and includes a plurality of first conveyor belts 51 that are driven in the row direction of the matrix structure and a plurality of second conveyor belts 52 that are driven along the matrix structure column direction, wherein the first belt The conveyor belt 51 and the second conveyor belt 52 may be stacked, and the first conveyor belt 51 is located above the second conveyor belt 52; the motor 6 is used to drive the belt assembly; the electromagnetic switch group includes a plurality of first The electromagnetic switch 71 and the plurality of second electromagnetic switches 72. A plurality of first electromagnetic switches 71 are located on the first conveyor belt 51, and opposite to the cargo box, the first electromagnetic switch 71 includes a first locking tongue that is mated with the first groove 91 711; a plurality of second electromagnetic switches 72 are located on the second conveyor belt 52, opposite to the cargo box, the second electromagnetic switch 72 includes a second lock that is mated with the second groove 92. Tongue 721.

In the present exemplary embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the first electromagnetic switch 71 may be fixed to the first conveyor belt 51, and the first electromagnetic switch 71 may retract and bounce the first bolt 711 by the control signal. For example, when the first electromagnetic switch 71 receives the high level signal, the first locking tongue 711 bounces, and the popped first locking tongue 711 can be engaged with the first groove 91 at the bottom of the cargo box, thereby making the first The conveyor belt 51 can drive the container to move. When the first electromagnetic switch 71 receives the low level, the first locking tongue 711 retracts to be separated from the first groove 91 at the bottom of the container, and the first conveyor belt 51 can move away from the container.

It should be noted that the first conveyor belt 51 and the second conveyor belt 52 have intersections 8 . When the bouncing tongue on the second conveyor belt of the lower layer moves to the intersection portion 8, it is blocked by the first conveyor belt 51 of the upper layer, and the transmission cannot be continued. In the exemplary embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the second groove 92 may include a second groove 921 and a second groove 922, and the two second grooves 921 and the second groove 922 are in the The matrix structures are spaced apart in the direction of the columns, and the distance S between the two second grooves is greater than the width of the first conveyor belt 51. The exemplary exemplification is described by taking the second conveyor belt to move the cargo box to the left as an example. When the second locking tongue 721 snapped to the second groove 921 is moved to the left to the position of the intersection portion 8, the second locking tongue 721 Retracted and moved to the right to the position of the second groove 922, at which time the second locking tongue 721 protrudes into the second groove 922, the second conveyor belt 52 can continue to drive the cargo box to the left; when the second lock When the tongue 721 moves to the intersection portion 8, the second groove 921 is already located on the left side of the first conveyor belt 51. At this time, the second locking tongue 721 retracts and moves to the left to the position of the second groove 921, so that the goods can continue to be driven. The box moves to the left.

It should be understood that in other exemplary embodiments, the first conveyor belt may also be located on the lower side of the second conveyor belt, and in this case, the first groove may be provided in two, which are all within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

In other exemplary embodiments, the electromechanical unit may have more implementations. For example, the electromechanical unit may drive the container by magnetic force, and such variations are understood to fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

When the courier and the user take the goods, the door may not be closed because of forgetting or inconvenience, causing the container to be exposed to the outside. In the exemplary embodiment, the control system may further include: a door control unit configured to automatically close the door after the door is opened for a preset time. Here, the preset time can be set according to the time when the courier or the user normally takes the goods, and the preset time is slightly larger than the time when the courier or the user normally picks up the goods.

The present exemplary embodiment also provides a cargo dispensing method, applying the above-described cargo dispensing device, as shown in FIG. 7, is a flow chart of an exemplary embodiment of the disclosed cargo dispensing method. The method includes:

Step S1: receiving the acquisition information and generating a control signal;

Step S2: generating a driving signal according to the control signal;

Step S3: driving the container to move according to the driving signal;

The cargo taking method has the same technical features and working principles as the above-mentioned cargo taking device, and the above content has been described in detail, and details are not described herein again.

The present exemplary embodiment also provides an unmanned delivery vehicle including the above-described cargo dispensing device. The structural principle of the cargo dispensing device has been described in detail in the above, and will not be described here.

The exemplary embodiment also provides a fixed courier cabinet including the above-described cargo dispensing device. The structural principle of the cargo dispensing device has been described in detail in the above, and will not be described here.

Other embodiments of the present disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the <RTIgt; The present application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present disclosure, which are in accordance with the general principles of the present disclosure and include common general knowledge or conventional technical means in the art. The specification and examples are to be regarded as illustrative only,

The features, structures, or characteristics described above may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments, and the features discussed in the various embodiments are interchangeable, if possible. In the description above, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the disclosure. However, one skilled in the art will appreciate that the technical solution of the present disclosure may be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or other methods, components, materials, and the like may be employed. In other instances, well-known structures, materials or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the present disclosure.

Claims

A cargo dispensing device characterized by comprising:

Main box

a box door located on a surface of the main box body;

a container rack located in the main box;

a plurality of containers located in the container rack, directly or indirectly connected to the box door through the container rack, and the box door and the plurality of the boxes are arranged in a matrix structure in the main box Physically

A control system for controlling movement of one or more of the containers on the container rack to transfer the designated container to the door position and opening the door.
The cargo dispensing device of claim 1 wherein said control system comprises:

An information processing unit, configured to receive the information for the acquisition, and generate a control signal after the verification of the information;

a driving unit, connected to the information processing unit, configured to receive the control signal and generate a driving signal accordingly;

An electromechanical unit coupled to the drive unit for receiving the drive signal and driving the container to move in accordance with the drive signal.
The cargo dispensing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said matrix structure is a two-dimensional matrix structure, and said box door is located at a center of said matrix structure.
The cargo dispensing device according to claim 3, wherein the bottom of the container is provided with a first groove and a second groove, and the electromechanical unit comprises:

a conveyor belt group, located directly below the cargo box, comprising a plurality of first conveyor belts that are driven in a row direction of the matrix structure and a plurality of second conveyor belts that are driven along the matrix structure column direction;

a motor for driving the conveyor belt drive;

Electromagnetic switch set, including:

a plurality of first electromagnetic switches located on the first conveyor belt, opposite to the cargo box, the first electromagnetic switch including a first locking tongue that is mated with the first groove;

A plurality of second electromagnetic switches are disposed on the second conveyor belt, opposite to the cargo box, the second electromagnetic switch includes a second locking tongue that is mated with the second groove.
The cargo dispensing device according to claim 4, wherein said first conveyor belt and said second conveyor belt are stacked, and said first conveyor belt is located above said second conveyor belt layer;

The second grooves are two, and the two second grooves are spaced apart in the direction of the matrix structure column, and the distance between the two second grooves is greater than the width of the first conveyor belt.
The cargo dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the control system further comprises:

The door control unit is configured to automatically close the door after the door is opened for a preset time.
The cargo dispensing device according to claim 2, wherein the information of the acquisition comprises one or more of a voice signal, two-dimensional code information, and telephone number information.
A cargo dispensing method, characterized by using the cargo dispensing device of any of claims 1-7, the method comprising:

Receiving the acquisition information and generating a control signal;

Generating a driving signal according to the control signal;

Driving the container to move according to the driving signal;

By moving one or more of the containers, the designated container is moved to the door position and the door is opened.
An unmanned delivery vehicle, characterized by comprising the cargo dispensing device of any of claims 1-7.
A fixed express cabinet characterized by comprising the cargo dispensing device of any of claims 1-7.