WO2022100016A1

WO2022100016A1 - Intelligent warehousing storage location allocation method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2022100016A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/089914
Authority: WO
Inventors: 金杰峰; 张�浩; 万阳
Original assignee: 杭州景业智能科技股份有限公司
Priority date: 2020-11-16
Filing date: 2021-04-26
Publication date: 2022-05-19
Also published as: CN112101881A; CN112101881B

Abstract

An intelligent warehousing storage location allocation method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium. The intelligent warehousing storage location allocation method comprises: acquiring information about a material to be stored and the allocation situation of a storage compartment; pre-allocating, for said material, a target storage compartment having an unlocked empty storage location; before said material is delivered to the target storage compartment, determining whether the target storage compartment is occupied by a double extension storage location; determining whether an internal storage location of the target storage compartment is a locked empty storage location; and storing said material in the internal storage location.

Description

Storage location allocation method, device, computer equipment and storage medium for intelligent warehousing

Related applications

This application claims the priority of the Chinese patent application filed on November 16, 2020, the application number is 202011278784.6, and the invention title is "storage location allocation method, device, computer equipment and storage medium for intelligent storage", the entire content of which is by reference Incorporated in this application.

technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of intelligent storage, and in particular, to a storage location allocation method, device, computer equipment and storage medium for intelligent storage.

Background technique

Smart warehousing is a warehousing management concept. It is a smart logistics realized through informatization, Internet of Things and mechatronics, thereby reducing warehousing costs, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing warehousing management capabilities. As a link in the logistics process, intelligent warehousing ensures the speed and accuracy of data input in all aspects of cargo warehouse management, ensures that enterprises can grasp the real data of inventory in a timely and accurate manner, and reasonably maintain and control enterprise inventory. Using the management function of the WMS system (warehousing management system), it is possible to grasp the current location of all inventory goods in time, which is conducive to improving the work efficiency of warehouse management.

The traditional method of storage location allocation in intelligent warehousing is that a specific storage location is allocated before the material is ready to be put into storage, and the storage location is reserved. Previously, the location was locked for a long time, and although it was vacant, it could not be used for the storage of other materials to be stored, which affected the efficiency of material storage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The embodiments of the present application provide a storage location allocation method, device, computer equipment and storage medium for intelligent warehousing, so as to at least solve the problem in the related art that the storage location is locked for a long time after being reserved, which affects the efficiency of material storage.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for allocating storage locations in smart storage, including:

Obtain the information of the materials to be put into storage and the allocation of the warehouse;

Pre-allocate a target warehouse with an unlocked empty warehouse for the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation of the warehouse;

After locking the empty storage space in the target storage space, transport the material to be stored in front of the target storage space, and determine whether the target storage space is occupied by the double-extended storage space;

If the target warehouse is occupied by a double-extension warehouse, it is determined whether the inner warehouse of the target warehouse is a locked empty warehouse, wherein the double-extension warehouse includes an outer warehouse close to the aisle between shelves and said inner storage space away from the aisle between racks;

When the inner storage location is a locked empty storage location, the material to be stored is stored in the inner storage location, and the locking of the inner storage location is released.

In some of the embodiments, after determining whether the inner storage location of the target warehouse is a locked empty storage location, the method further includes:

When the inner storage location is an unlocked empty storage location, the material to be stored is stored in the inner storage location, and the locking of the outer storage location is released.

In the case that the inner storage location is a non-empty storage location, the material to be stored is stored in the outer storage location, and the locking of the outer storage location is released.

In some of the embodiments, after acquiring the information of the materials to be put into storage and the allocation of the warehouse, the method further includes:

Based on the information of the material to be put into storage and the distribution of the warehouse, it is judged whether the material to be put into storage meets the storage conditions;

If the storage conditions are met, the warehouse allocation is performed;

If the storage conditions are not met, the storage of materials will be stopped.

In some of these embodiments, after the judging whether the target warehouse is occupied by the double-extended warehouse location, the method further includes:

If the target warehouse is occupied by the single-stretching storage location, the material to be stored is stored in the single-stretching storage location, and the locking of the single-stretching storage location is released.

In some of these embodiments, the pre-allocation of the target warehouse with unlocked empty warehouse locations for the to-be-warehousing materials according to the information of the materials to be warehoused and the allocation of the warehouses further includes:

If there is no unlocked empty storage location in the warehouse, a prompt of insufficient storage location will be output.

In some of the embodiments, after acquiring the information on the materials to be put into storage, the method further includes:

The information of the materials to be put into storage is stored in the database of the intelligent storage.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a storage location allocation device for intelligent storage, including:

The information acquisition module is used to acquire the information of the materials to be put into storage and the distribution of the warehouse;

an allocation module, configured to pre-allocate a target warehouse with an unlocked empty warehouse for the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation of the warehouse;

The first judging module is used for locking the empty storage space in the target warehouse, transporting the materials to be stored in front of the target warehouse, and judging whether the target warehouse is double-extended warehouse occupy;

The second judging module is configured to judge whether the inner storage position of the target coffer is a locked empty storage position if the target coffer is occupied by a double-extending storage position, wherein the double-extending storage position includes a close The outer storage location of the aisle between the shelves and the inner storage location away from the aisle between the shelves;

The storage module is configured to store the materials to be stored in the inner storage position and release the locking of the inner storage position when the inner storage position is a locked empty storage position.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, when the processor executes the computer program The storage location allocation method of the intelligent warehouse as described in the first aspect above is realized.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, and when the program is executed by a processor, implements the storage location allocation method for a smart warehouse as described in the first aspect above.

Compared with the related art, the storage location allocation method, device, computer equipment and storage medium for intelligent storage provided by the embodiments of the present application obtain the information of the materials to be put in storage and the allocation situation of the warehouse; The information and the allocation situation of the warehouse is that the material to be stored is pre-allocated to a target warehouse with an unlocked empty warehouse; after locking the empty warehouse in the target warehouse, the Before the incoming materials are transported to the target warehouse, determine whether the target warehouse is occupied by the double-extension warehouse; if the target warehouse is occupied by the double-extension warehouse, judge the inner side of the target warehouse Whether the storage location is a locked empty storage location, wherein the double-extension storage location includes an outer storage location close to the aisle between shelves and the inner storage location away from the aisle between shelves; the inner storage location is locked In the case of an empty storage location, the materials to be stored are stored in the inner storage location, and the locking method of the inner storage location is released. When the storage location is locked, the materials are still stored, and the outer storage location is reserved for the materials occupied by the storage location, so as to prevent the storage location from being locked for a long time, facilitate the storage location maintenance, and improve the storage location utilization rate and the material storage efficiency. .

The details of one or more embodiments of the application are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below in order to make other features, objects and advantages of the application more apparent.

Description of drawings

The drawings described herein are used to provide further understanding of the present application and constitute a part of the present application. The schematic embodiments and descriptions of the present application are used to explain the present application and do not constitute an improper limitation of the present application. In the attached image:

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a storage location allocation method for intelligent warehousing according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a material locking double-extended storage location in a storage location allocation method for intelligent storage according to an embodiment of the application;

Fig. 3 is the schematic flow sheet when material locks double-extended storage location in the storage location allocation method of the intelligent storage of another embodiment of the application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart of a single-extension storage location when a material is locked in a storage location allocation method for intelligent storage according to an embodiment of the application;

5 is a schematic diagram of a database field of a storage location allocation method for smart storage according to an embodiment of the application;

6 is a schematic flowchart of a storage location allocation method for smart storage according to another embodiment of the present application;

7 is a structural block diagram of a storage location allocation device for intelligent storage according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be described and illustrated below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application, but not to limit the present application. Based on the embodiments provided in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some examples or embodiments of the present application. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the present application can also be applied to the present application according to these drawings without any creative effort. other similar situations. In addition, it will also be appreciated that while such development efforts may be complex and lengthy, for those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains, the techniques disclosed in this application Some changes in design, manufacture or production based on the content are only conventional technical means, and it should not be understood that the content disclosed in this application is not sufficient.

Reference in this application to an "embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor a separate or alternative embodiment that is mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described in this application may be combined with other embodiments without conflict.

Unless otherwise defined, the technical or scientific terms involved in this application shall have the usual meanings understood by those with ordinary skill in the technical field to which this application belongs. Words such as "a", "an", "an", "the" and the like mentioned in this application do not denote a quantitative limitation, and may denote the singular or the plural. The terms "comprising", "comprising", "having" and any of their variants referred to in this application are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion; for example, a process, method, system, product or process comprising a series of steps or modules (units) The apparatus is not limited to the steps or units listed, but may further include steps or units not listed, or may further include other steps or units inherent to the process, method, product or apparatus. Words like "connected," "connected," "coupled," and the like referred to in this application are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. The "plurality" referred to in this application refers to two or more. "And/or" describes the association relationship between associated objects, indicating that there can be three kinds of relationships. For example, "A and/or B" can mean that A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects are an "or" relationship. The terms "first", "second", "third", etc. involved in this application are only to distinguish similar objects, and do not represent a specific order for the objects.

Smart warehousing, also known as smart warehousing, is a new concept compared to purely physical warehousing in traditional industries. It emerged with the development of the Internet of Things and has been called an indispensable link in the modern logistics process. Its application guarantees It improves the speed and accuracy of data input in all aspects of cargo warehouse management, ensures that enterprises can grasp the real data of inventory in a timely and accurate manner, and reasonably maintain and control enterprise inventory. Consolidation and stockpiling are the two basic functions of smart warehousing. Among them, stockpiling is the basic function, and consolidation is the economic benefit of smart warehousing. Through such installation, the consolidation warehouse receives the specified goods and integrates them into a single shipment, This not only achieves the lowest transportation costs, but also reduces the congestion of cargo transportation. Additionally, smart warehousing allows for inbound and outbound transfers to consolidate into maximum shipments.

Smart warehousing usually contains at least three functional modules, two of which are physical modules, one is a virtual module, and one of the two physical modules is a library that implements warehousing. There are usually shelves in the warehouse. The warehouses are arranged on the shelves according to certain rules. The other is transportation equipment. The transportation equipment can include conveyors, stackers, etc. Special transport equipment stations can be set up for transport equipment, such as conveyor inbound stations, stacker inbound stations, and these stations can be a relatively fixed area in the warehouse. The virtual module is usually a master control system used to control each execution device in the intelligent warehouse, and can also be called a virtual platform. The master control system (or virtual platform) can be used for the overall layout of the intelligent storage, such as statistics and allocation of warehouse locations, Dispatching transportation equipment, etc. In some more advanced intelligent storage systems, the master control system can also control the movement of shelves.

Please refer to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a storage location allocation method for smart storage according to an embodiment of the present application.

In this embodiment, the storage location allocation method of intelligent warehousing includes:

S101: Obtain the information of the material to be put into storage and the allocation of the warehouse.

Exemplarily, the information on the materials to be put into storage includes information such as the type, quantity, and location of the materials to be put into storage, and the distribution of the warehouses includes the storage of materials in each warehouse in the warehouse, including whether there are materials stored in the warehouses, Quantity and type of materials.

S102: Pre-allocate a target warehouse with an unlocked empty warehouse location for the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation situation of the warehouse.

It is understandable that the target warehouse with an unlocked empty location may be occupied by a single-extending location or a double-extending location. If the target warehouse is occupied by a single-extending location, the single-extending location must be empty. Storage location; if the target warehouse is occupied by a double extension storage location, both storage locations of the double extension storage location may be empty storage locations, or only one of the storage locations may be empty storage locations.

S103: After locking the empty storage space in the target storage space, transport the materials to be put into storage to the front of the target storage space, and determine whether the target storage space is occupied by the double-extended storage space.

Exemplarily, after the target warehouse is determined, a transportation route is planned according to the target warehouse, and based on the transportation route, the materials to be stored are transported to the front of the target warehouse.

S104: If the target warehouse is occupied by the double-extension warehouse, determine whether the inner warehouse of the target warehouse is a locked empty warehouse, wherein the double-extension warehouse includes the outer warehouse near the aisle between the shelves and the outer warehouse far away from the shelf. Inside the aisle.

In this embodiment, if the target warehouse is occupied by a double-extended warehouse, at least one of its warehouses is empty and locked. It is understandable that when materials are stored in the outer storage location of the double-extension storage location, even if the inner storage location is empty, the material cannot be stored to the inner storage location beyond the outer storage location; When the location is empty, even if the inner location has stored materials or is disabled, the material can be stored in the outer location. Therefore, first judge the material storage and locking status of the inner location.

S105: If the inner storage location is a locked empty storage location, store the materials to be stored in the inner storage location, and release the locking of the inner storage location.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 . FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are schematic flowcharts of the process of locking the double-extended storage location in the storage location allocation method of the smart storage according to an embodiment of the application. Exemplarily, when the inner storage location is a locked empty storage location, there may be two situations: the inner storage location is locked by the material to be stored that has been delivered to the target storage location, or the inner storage location is not reached the target. Another material locked in front of Coog. 1. If the inner storage location is locked by the material to be stored that has been transported to the target warehouse, and it is empty, the material to be stored will be stored in the inner storage location, and the lock of the inner storage location will be released. The inner storage location is no longer empty, and subsequent materials can no longer lock the inner storage location, but you can select the outer storage location to lock it. 2. If the inner storage location is locked by another material that does not reach the target warehouse, and it is empty, it means that the material to be stored is locked to the outer storage location of the double-extended storage location. If the warehouse material is stored in the outer location, the locked inner location will not be able to be stored after arrival. Therefore, the material to be stored is still stored in the inner location, and the inner location is unlocked. At this time, since the outer storage location has been locked by the material to be stored, the outer storage location is locked and empty, and will not be locked by other materials. After the material in the subsequently occupied storage location arrives in front of the target warehouse, it is detected If the inner storage location is not empty, it will be stored in the outer storage location, and the lock of the outer storage location will be released.

The above-mentioned storage location allocation method of intelligent warehousing obtains the information of the materials to be put into storage and the allocation situation of the storage space; according to the information of the materials to be put into storage and the allocation situation of the storage space, the pre-allocation of the materials to be put into storage has an unlocked empty space. The target warehouse of the warehouse location; after locking the empty warehouse in the target warehouse, transport the materials to be stored in front of the target warehouse, and determine whether the target warehouse is occupied by the double-extension warehouse; if the target warehouse is double-stretched If the storage space is occupied, it is judged whether the inner storage position of the target warehouse is a locked empty storage position. Among them, the double-extended storage position includes the outer storage position close to the aisle between the shelves and the inner storage position far away from the aisle between the shelves; in the inner storage position When the location is a locked empty location, the materials to be stored are stored in the inner location, and the lock of the inner location is released. Using the characteristics of the double-extension location, even in the inner warehouse of the double-extension location. When the location is locked, the material is still stored, and the outer storage location is reserved for the material occupied by the storage location, so as to prevent the storage location from being locked for a long time, facilitate the storage location maintenance, and improve the storage location utilization rate and material storage efficiency.

In another embodiment, after judging whether the inner storage location of the target warehouse is a locked empty storage location, the method further includes storing the materials to be stored in the inner storage location in the case that the inner storage location is an unlocked empty storage location storage location, and unlock the outer storage location. Exemplarily, if the inner storage location is an unlocked empty storage location, it means that the material to be stored is locked to the outer storage location. At this time, if the material to be stored is stored in the outer storage location, the inner storage location is locked. After the material arrives, it will not be able to be stored. Therefore, the material to be stored is still stored in the inner storage location, and the inner storage location is still unlocked, but because the material has been stored, other materials can no longer lock the inner storage location. , and cannot be stored. It is understandable that after the inbound materials are stored in the inner storage location, the original lock on the outer storage location is released, so that the outer storage location is available, and the warehouse where the double-extended storage location is located can be pre-allocated to subsequent materials. And make the material lock the outer storage location.

In another embodiment, after judging whether the inner storage location of the target warehouse is a locked empty storage location, the method further includes storing the materials to be stored in the outer storage location under the condition that the inner storage location is a non-empty storage location, And unlock the outer storage location. Exemplarily, if the inner storage location is a non-empty storage location, there may be two situations, that is, the material to be put into storage is locked as the inner storage location, but before reaching the target storage location, the inner storage location has been occupied by other materials in advance. , or, the material to be put into storage is locked to the outer storage location, and the inner storage location originally stored other materials. 1. If the material to be put into storage is locked at the inner storage location, but the inner storage location has been occupied by other materials before reaching the target warehouse, it can be judged that the material occupying the inner storage location should be originally locked as the outer storage location. , after the material occupying the inner storage location is put into storage, the outer storage location will be locked and reserved for the materials to be stored. Therefore, at this time, the outer storage location should be a locked empty storage location. After the inbound material is delivered to the target warehouse, it is judged that the inner warehouse is not empty, then the material to be warehoused is stored in the outer warehouse, and the lock of the outer warehouse is released. At this time, the outer warehouse is no longer available. It is an empty storage location, and subsequent materials can no longer lock the outer storage location. 2. If the material to be put into storage is locked at the outer storage location, and the inner storage location originally stored other materials, after the storage material is transported to the target storage space, it is judged that the inner storage location is a non-empty storage location, and the pending storage location will be stored. Warehouse materials are stored in the outer storage location, and the lock of the outer storage location is released.

In another embodiment, after acquiring the information of the materials to be put into storage and the allocation of the warehouse slots, it further includes judging whether the materials to be put into storage meet the storage conditions based on the information of the materials to be put into storage and the allocation situation of the storage slots; If the storage conditions are met, the warehouse allocation will be carried out; if the storage conditions are not met, the material storage will be stopped. Understandably, judging whether the materials to be put into storage meet the storage conditions can avoid the storage of materials that do not meet the storage conditions, affect the storage conditions, or cause storage confusion.

In another embodiment, judging whether the material to be put into storage satisfies the storage condition based on the information of the material to be put in storage and the allocation of the warehouse includes judging whether there is duplicate information based on the information of the material to be put into storage and the allocation of the storage space; Based on the information of the materials to be put into storage, it is judged whether the materials to be put into storage are preset materials; based on the information of the materials to be put into storage, it is determined whether the materials to be put into storage have been prepared for storage. Exemplarily, storage information can be obtained through the allocation of warehouses, and each material information is unique. This results in confusion and errors in the system; if there is no duplicate information in the storage information, and the materials to be put into storage are preset materials, that is, the materials set by the user for storage, and the materials to be put into storage have been prepared for storage, the materials to be put in storage meet the requirements for storage. library conditions. Specifically, including:

1. Traverse the warehouse information to find out whether the warehouse has the same data as the material to be put into storage, such as whether there is a pallet number in the warehouse that is the same as the pallet that transports the material to be put into storage, and the pallet number is the unique identifier corresponding to the material.

2. Scan the information bar code on the accompanying loading tray when the materials to be put into storage are scanned by the scanner, enter the information into the database, and judge whether the entered information is consistent with the information of the materials to be put into storage. In actual operation, before the materials to be put into storage, the user will load the materials to be put into the warehouse, and record the pallet number, material name, material type, quantity, unit and other information into the pending storage information in the database. When the materials to be put into storage arrive at the storage station of the conveyor, start the scanner to scan the pallet barcode on the pallet corresponding to the materials to be put into storage, and check whether the scanned barcode of the pallet is consistent with the pending storage information of the materials to be put into storage. If it is consistent with the information to be stored, it can be considered that the material to be stored is a preset material and meets the storage conditions. If it is inconsistent with the information to be stored, it is considered that the material to be stored is not a preset material and does not meet the storage conditions. Need to exit or reset.

3. Whether the status of the materials to be put into storage has been prepared for storage. Specifically, in this step, first obtain the signals transmitted by the control center, such as the inspection signal, weighing signal, storage signal, and arrival at the preset location signal. Wait for the detection signal, and the equipment at the storage port will detect the materials to be stored. If the test results meet the preset conditions, it is considered that the materials to be stored have completed the storage preparation and can be stored at any time. If there is any one of them If it is not completed, it is considered that the material to be put into storage has not yet completed the storage preparation, and needs to wait or re-check.

If the materials to be stored meet the storage conditions, the current status of each stacker will be judged, and the stackers that can handle the task normally will be screened out to prevent material congestion on the equipment.

Please refer to FIG. 4 . FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a process for locking a single-extension storage location in a storage location allocation method for intelligent storage according to an embodiment of the application. In another embodiment, after judging whether the target warehouse is occupied by the double-extending storage location, the method further includes storing the material to be stored in the single-extending storage location if the target warehouse is occupied by the single-extending storage location, and releasing the single-extending storage location. bit locking. It is understandable that if the target warehouse is occupied by the single extension storage location, and the material to be stored can be locked in the storage location, it means that the storage location is not locked and the material is not stored, so the material to be stored is directly stored in the single extension storage location. in the storage location, and unlock the single-extension storage location. Exemplarily, if materials have been stored in the single-extension location for other reasons, the materials to be put into storage will wait for the control center to allocate the next storage location, and then put them into storage.

In another embodiment, pre-allocating a target warehouse with an unlocked empty location for the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation of the warehouse also includes that if there is no unlocked empty warehouse in the warehouse If the warehouse location is not enough, output the prompt that the warehouse location is insufficient. Exemplarily, if after traversing all the storage locations, there is no unlocked empty storage location, it means that the warehouse cannot store the material to be put into storage, and a prompt of insufficient storage location is output.

In another embodiment, after acquiring the information of the materials to be put into storage, the method further includes storing the information of the materials to be put into storage into the database of the intelligent warehousing. Exemplarily, the information of all incoming materials is entered into the database of the intelligent warehousing for subsequent query and screening.

In another embodiment, before pre-allocating a target warehouse with an unlocked empty warehouse location for the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation situation of the warehouse, it further includes information based on the material to be warehoused and The allocation of the warehouse is the allocation of storage racks for the materials to be put in storage. Exemplarily, according to the type and quantity of the materials to be put into storage, and the storage conditions of materials on each shelf in the warehouse, select the shelves with remaining capacity to allocate them to the materials to be put into storage, or carry out storage according to the storage sequence number table preset by the user. The selection of warehouse shelves is to poll each shelf in turn according to the order set by the user, and select the shelf that can store the materials to be stored as the warehouse shelf. It can be understood that, in other embodiments, the storage racks can be obtained in other ways, as long as the storage racks can store the materials to be stored.

In another embodiment, the storage location further includes three types of storage locations: high, medium and low, which are used to characterize the height of the storage location on the shelf. It can be understood that, in other embodiments, other classifications can be performed on the storage locations, which can be set by the user according to the actual situation.

In another embodiment, pre-allocating a target warehouse with an unlocked empty location for the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation of the warehouse may also include information based on the material to be warehoused, The distribution of the warehouse, the storage rack and the location type get the target location. It can be understood that when the storage location type represents the height of the storage location on the shelf, when materials with special requirements for storage height are put into storage, the storage location of a specific storage location type can be obtained by screening. When the location type represents other characteristics of the location, such as length, width, and storage conditions, when materials that have corresponding requirements for the storage location are put into storage, they can be filtered based on the location type.

The double-extension storage location refers to the material storage location where two rows of steel frames are used on both sides of the stacker to arrange the steel frame. Each storage location in the double-extension storage location includes at least two storage locations. This storage location It can also be regarded as the most basic storage unit in the double-extension warehouse. In the storage shelf, each double-extension warehouse can be regarded as occupying a warehouse, that is to say, the two storage locations jointly occupy a warehouse. In this way, the number of warehouses stored in the warehouse can be saved, and the space can be used more rationally. In the double-extension warehouse, one warehouse is located on the inside (away from the stacker), and the other is located on the outside (close to the stacker). machine), according to the principle of reasonable space arrangement, usually when storing, store the inner storage space first, and then place the outer storage space after the inner storage space is full. When the inner storage space is not full, the default Do not occupy the outer storage location. Correspondingly, when picking up the goods, the outer storage location is taken first, and then the inner storage location is taken. When the outer storage location is not taken away, the inner storage location is not taken by default.

BindingFlag refers to the number of cells occupied by each storage location in the shelf, or it can be considered as the storage location serial number. In the double extension storage location, two storage locations belonging to the same double extension storage location share a library. Grid identification, that is, there will be two storage positions with the same storage position serial number, one of which is located on the inner side and the other is located on the outer side.

Exemplarily, the BindingFlag is used to identify the location of the double extension location, and the BindingFlag values of the two locations of the dual extension location are the same. Therefore, if the BindingFlag values of the two adjacent locations are the same, the two locations are Double extension storage location, for example, the storage location of the double extension storage location on the left side of the current stacker close to the stacker is assumed to be A storage location, and the left side of the stacker away from the stacker is assumed to be B storage location, then The value of the BindingFlag of the A bin and B bin is the same. SideFlag is used to identify each specific location. The SideFlag values of the two locations in the double-extension location are different. For example, the SideFlag value of the A location is 2, and the SideFlag value of the B location is 1; The value is 1. Understandably, all locations in the warehouse are set with corresponding BindingFlag and SideFlag values. Understandably, the BindingFlag value and SideFlag value of the location are configured in the database. Please refer to FIG. 5 . FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a database field of a storage location allocation method for smart storage according to an embodiment of the application.

It can be understood that, in other embodiments, the storage condition may also include other detection criteria, which may be set by the user according to the actual situation.

In another embodiment, the storage location allocation method for intelligent warehousing may further include planning a storage route based on the storage shelf, transferring the material to be stored to the storage shelf position based on the storage route, and storing the material to be stored at the target warehouse location. It can be understood that the storage route is obtained based on the storage rack planning, which is only an approximate travel route, excluding the specific location and storage path of the target storage location. The storage location can not be directly allocated in the planning stage to prevent the storage location from being locked for a long time. It is convenient for storage location maintenance, and improves the utilization rate of storage location and the efficiency of material storage.

Please refer to FIG. 6 . FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a storage location allocation method for smart storage according to another embodiment of the present application.

In this embodiment, after the materials to be put into storage arrive at the storage station of the conveyor, it is judged whether they meet the storage conditions. If they do not meet the storage conditions, the process is exited; In the current state, if there is no stacker that can handle the task normally, exit this process; if the stacker that can handle the task normally is screened, the corresponding steel frame number and storage location type will be generated based on the materials to be stored. The steel frame is the shelf. The storage route is planned based on the steel frame number and storage location type, and the conveyor task is issued. The conveyor will deliver the materials to be stored to the storage station of the stacker. At this time, the storage location is screened. Obtain the warehouse location set that meets the conditions, that is, the warehouse location set that meets the aforementioned steel frame number and warehouse location type. If there is no qualified warehouse location set, exit this process; if the qualified warehouse location set is filtered, first determine whether it is Double-extending storage location, if it is not a double-extending storage location and the storage location is an empty storage location, the storage location is directly output and allocated to the materials to be put into storage; if the storage location is a double-extending storage location, it is judged that it is close to the stacking location Whether the storage location on the machine side is an empty location, if not, select the next location for judgment; if the location close to the stacker is an empty location, judge whether the location far from the stacker is an empty location. Empty storage location, if it is an empty storage location, the output is far away from the stacker side storage location and allocated to the material to be stored; if the far away stacker side storage location is not an empty storage location, it means that it is in the warehouse or disabled state , at this time, the output is close to the storage location on the side of the stacker, allocated to the material to be stored, and continues to judge the next storage location.

It should be noted that the steps shown in the above flow or the flow chart of the accompanying drawings can be executed in a computer system such as a set of computer-executable instructions, and although a logical sequence is shown in the flow chart, in the In some cases, steps shown or described may be performed in an order different from that herein.

This embodiment also provides a storage location allocation device for intelligent storage, which is used to implement the above-mentioned embodiments and optional implementations, and what has been described will not be repeated. As used below, the terms "module," "unit," "subunit," etc. may be a combination of software and/or hardware that implements a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, implementations in hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, are also possible and contemplated.

FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of a storage location allocation device for smart storage according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 7 , the device includes:

The information acquisition module 10 is used for acquiring the information of the materials to be put into storage and the distribution of the warehouse.

The allocation module 20 is configured to pre-allocate a target warehouse with an unlocked empty warehouse location for the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation situation of the warehouse.

The allocation module 20 is further configured to output a prompt of insufficient storage space if there is no unlocked empty storage space in the warehouse.

The first judging module 30 is configured to, after locking the empty storage space in the target storage space, transport the materials to be stored in front of the target storage space, and determine whether the target storage space is occupied by the double-extended storage space.

The second judging module 40 is configured to judge whether the inner storage position of the target storage position is a locked empty storage position if the target storage position is occupied by the double-extended storage position.

The storage module 50 is used to store the materials to be stored in the inner storage location and release the locking of the inner storage location when the inner storage location is a locked empty storage location.

The storage module 50 is also used to store the materials to be stored in the inner storage location and release the locking of the outer storage location when the inner storage location is an unlocked empty storage location.

The storage module 50 is also used to store the materials to be stored in the outer storage location and release the lock of the outer storage location when the inner storage location is a non-empty storage location.

The storage module 50 is further configured to store the materials to be stored in the single-stretch storage location if the target warehouse is occupied by the single-stretch storage location, and release the lock of the single-stretch storage location.

The storage location allocation device for intelligent storage also includes: a storage judging module.

The warehousing judgment module is used for:

Based on the information of the materials to be put into storage and the distribution of the warehouse, it is judged whether the materials to be put into storage meet the storage conditions;

If the storage conditions are met, the warehouse allocation will be carried out;

If the storage conditions are not met, the material storage will be stopped.

The storage location allocation device for intelligent storage also includes: an information storage module.

The information storage module is also used to store the information of the materials to be stored in the database of the intelligent warehousing.

It should be noted that each of the above modules may be functional modules or program modules, and may be implemented by software or hardware. For the modules implemented by hardware, the above-mentioned modules may be located in the same processor; or the above-mentioned modules may also be located in different processors in any combination.

In addition, the storage location allocation method of the smart storage according to the embodiment of the present application described in conjunction with FIG. 1 may be implemented by a computer device. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present application.

The computer device may include a processor 81 and a memory 82 storing computer program instructions.

Specifically, the above-mentioned processor 81 may include a central processing unit (CPU), or a specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC for short), or may be configured to implement one or more integrated circuits of the embodiments of the present application.

Among others, memory 82 may include mass storage for data or instructions. By way of example and not limitation, the memory 82 may include a hard disk drive (Hard Disk Drive, abbreviated as HDD), a floppy disk drive, a solid state drive (referred to as SSD), flash memory, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, magnetic tape, or universal serial A Universal Serial Bus (USB for short) drive or a combination of two or more of these. Memory 82 may include removable or non-removable (or fixed) media, where appropriate. Where appropriate, memory 82 may be internal or external to the data processing device. In certain embodiments, the memory 82 is a non-volatile (Non-Volatile) memory. In a specific embodiment, the memory 82 includes a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, referred to as ROM for short) and a random access memory (Random Access Memory, referred to as RAM for short). In appropriate cases, the ROM can be a mask-programmed ROM, a programmable ROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory, referred to as PROM), an erasable PROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, referred to as EPROM), an electrically erasable Except PROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, referred to as EEPROM), Electrically Rewritable ROM (Electrically Alterable Read-Only Memory, referred to as EAROM) or Flash (FLASH) or a combination of two or more of these. In a suitable case, the RAM may be Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM for short) or Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM for short), where DRAM may be a fast page Mode dynamic random access memory (Fast Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory, referred to as FPMDRAM), extended data output dynamic random access memory (Extended Date Out Dynamic Random Access Memory, referred to as EDODRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory, referred to as SDRAM) and so on.

The memory 82 may be used to store or cache various data files required for processing and/or communication use, as well as possibly computer program instructions executed by the processor 81.

The processor 81 reads and executes the computer program instructions stored in the memory 82 to implement any one of the storage location allocation methods for the smart warehouse in the foregoing embodiments.

In some of these embodiments, the computer device may also include a communication interface 83 and a bus 80 . Among them, as shown in FIG. 8 , the processor 81 , the memory 82 , and the communication interface 83 are connected through the bus 80 and complete the mutual communication.

The communication interface 83 is used to implement communication between modules, apparatuses, units, and/or devices in the embodiments of the present application. The communication interface 83 can also implement data communication with other components such as: external devices, image/data acquisition devices, databases, external storage, and image/data processing workstations.

The bus 80 includes hardware, software, or both, coupling the components of the computer device to each other. The bus 80 includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: a data bus (Data Bus), an address bus (Address Bus), a control bus (Control Bus), an expansion bus (Expansion Bus), and a local bus (Local Bus). By way of example and not limitation, the bus 80 may include an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) or other graphics bus, an Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) bus, a Front Side Bus (Front Side Bus) , referred to as FSB), Hyper Transport (Hyper Transport, referred to as HT) interconnect, Industry Standard Architecture (Industry Standard Architecture, referred to as ISA) bus, wireless bandwidth (InfiniBand) interconnect, Low Pin Count (Low Pin Count, referred to as LPC bus, memory bus, Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, PCI-Express (PCI-X) bus, serial Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) bus, Video Electronics Standards Association Local Bus (VLB) bus or other suitable bus or a combination of two or more of these. Where appropriate, bus 80 may include one or more buses. Although embodiments of this application describe and illustrate a particular bus, this application contemplates any suitable bus or interconnect.

The computer device can execute the storage location allocation method of the smart storage in the embodiment of the present application based on the acquired computer program instructions, thereby realizing the storage location allocation method of the intelligent storage described in conjunction with FIG. 1 .

In addition, in combination with the storage location allocation method of the smart warehouse in the above embodiment, the embodiment of the present application may provide a computer-readable storage medium for implementation. Computer program instructions are stored on the computer-readable storage medium; when the computer program instructions are executed by the processor, any one of the storage location allocation methods of the smart warehouse in the foregoing embodiments is implemented.

The storage location allocation method, device, computer equipment and storage medium of the above-mentioned intelligent warehousing are obtained by obtaining the information of the materials to be put into storage and the allocation situation of the warehouse; Pre-allocate the target warehouse with the unlocked empty warehouse; after locking the empty warehouse in the target warehouse, transport the materials to be put into the warehouse to the target warehouse, and determine whether the target warehouse is occupied by the double-extended warehouse ; If the target warehouse is occupied by the double-extended warehouse, judge whether the inner warehouse of the target warehouse is a locked empty warehouse, wherein the double-extension warehouse includes the outer warehouse close to the aisle between the shelves and far away from the aisle between the shelves. If the inner storage location is a locked empty storage location, store the materials to be stored in the inner storage location, and release the locking method of the inner storage location. When the inner storage space of the double-extended storage position is locked, the materials are still stored, and the outer storage space is reserved for the materials occupied in the storage position, so as to prevent the storage position from being locked for a long time, which is convenient for storage position maintenance and improves the storage space. Utilization and material warehousing efficiency.

The technical features of the above-described embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. For the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described. However, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of these technical features, All should be regarded as the scope described in this specification.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent several embodiments of the present application, and the descriptions thereof are relatively specific and detailed, but should not be construed as a limitation on the scope of the patent application. It should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, several modifications and improvements can be made, which all belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the scope of protection of the patent of the present application shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

A storage location allocation method for intelligent warehousing, characterized in that the method comprises:

Obtain the information of the materials to be put into storage and the allocation of the warehouse;

Pre-allocate a target warehouse with an unlocked empty warehouse for the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation of the warehouse;

After locking the empty storage space in the target storage space, transport the material to be stored in front of the target storage space, and determine whether the target storage space is occupied by the double-extended storage space;

If the target warehouse is occupied by a double-extension warehouse, it is determined whether the inner warehouse of the target warehouse is a locked empty warehouse, wherein the double-extension warehouse includes an outer warehouse close to the aisle between shelves and said inner storage space away from the aisle between racks;

When the inner storage location is a locked empty storage location, the material to be stored is stored in the inner storage location, and the locking of the inner storage location is released.
The storage location allocation method for intelligent storage according to claim 1, wherein after judging whether the inner storage location of the target storage location is a locked empty storage location, the method further comprises:

In the case that the inner storage location is an unlocked empty storage location, the material to be stored is stored in the inner storage location, and the locking of the outer storage location is released.
The storage location allocation method for intelligent storage according to claim 1, wherein after judging whether the inner storage location of the target storage location is a locked empty storage location, the method further comprises:

When the inner storage location is a non-empty storage location, the material to be stored is stored in the outer storage location, and the locking of the outer storage location is released.
The storage location allocation method for intelligent warehousing according to claim 1, wherein after acquiring the information of the materials to be put into storage and the allocation situation of the warehouse, the method further comprises:

Based on the information of the material to be put into storage and the distribution of the warehouse, it is judged whether the material to be put into storage meets the storage conditions;

If the storage conditions are met, the warehouse allocation is performed;

If the storage conditions are not met, the storage of materials will be stopped.
The storage location allocation method for intelligent storage according to claim 1, wherein after judging whether the target storage location is occupied by a double-extended storage location, the method further comprises:

If the target warehouse is occupied by the single-stretching storage location, the material to be stored is stored in the single-stretching storage location, and the locking of the single-stretching storage location is released.
The warehouse location allocation method for intelligent warehousing according to claim 1, wherein the pre-allocation of the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation situation of the warehouse has an unlocked Target warehouses for empty locations also include:

If there is no unlocked empty storage location in the warehouse, a prompt of insufficient storage location will be output.
The storage location allocation method for intelligent warehousing according to claim 1, wherein after acquiring the information of the materials to be put into storage, the method further comprises:

The information of the materials to be put into storage is stored in the database of the intelligent storage.
A storage location allocation device for intelligent warehousing, characterized in that it includes:

The information acquisition module is used to acquire the information of the materials to be put into storage and the distribution of the warehouse;

an allocation module, configured to pre-allocate a target warehouse with an unlocked empty warehouse for the material to be warehoused according to the information of the material to be warehoused and the allocation of the warehouse;

The first judging module is used for locking the empty storage space in the target warehouse, transporting the materials to be stored in front of the target warehouse, and judging whether the target warehouse is double-extended warehouse occupy;

The second judging module is configured to judge whether the inner storage position of the target coffer is a locked empty storage position if the target coffer is occupied by a double-extending storage position, wherein the double-extending storage position includes a close The outer storage location of the aisle between the shelves and the inner storage location away from the aisle between the shelves;

The storage module is configured to store the materials to be stored in the inner storage position and release the locking of the inner storage position when the inner storage position is a locked empty storage position.
A computer device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the processor, characterized in that, when the processor executes the computer program, the process according to claim 1 to The storage location allocation method for intelligent storage according to any one of 7.
A computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that, when the program is executed by a processor, the method for allocating storage locations of an intelligent warehouse according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is implemented.