CN111602184A

CN111602184A - Express cabinet

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Publication number: CN111602184A
Application number: CN201880086845.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邓耀桓
Original assignee: Shenzhen Dorabot Robotics Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Dorabot Robotics Co ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-13
Filing date: 2018-08-13
Publication date: 2020-08-28
Also published as: WO2020034071A1

Abstract

The application discloses an express cabinet, which comprises an express cabinet unit, a storage unit and a display unit, wherein the express cabinet unit is used for placing a to-be-sent express item or receiving the to-be-sent express item; the receiving mechanism is used for receiving the to-be-sent express delivery or placing the to-be-sent express delivery; and the robot is used for sorting the to-be-sent express items in the receiving mechanism to the express cabinet unit according to preset rules, or sorting the to-be-sent express items in the express cabinet unit to the receiving mechanism. Through the mode, the effective utilization rate of the express cabinet can be improved.

Description

Express cabinet

[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device

The application relates to the technical field of express service, in particular to an express cabinet.

[ background of the invention ]

When the existing express is delivered to an express cabinet, information is input into the express cabinet by express personnel according to express information such as addresses and the like, the express is put into the corresponding express cabinet, and then the corresponding pickup person is informed to pick up the express according to the express information.

The inventor of this application discovers in long-term research and development, because express delivery cabinet capacity is limited, and the express delivery of express delivery cabinet holding is taken out and can be decided according to the person's time of getting, and consequently a large amount of express delivery cabinet units occupy. When the transport person puts in the express delivery, can not 100% use the express delivery cabinet capacity with whole input, lead to the input rate that the transport person corresponds an express delivery cabinet to be less than the maximum input rate.

[ summary of the invention ]

The application relates to an express delivery cabinet to solve the problem that express delivery cabinet space availability factor is low among the prior art.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application provides an express cabinet, wherein the express cabinet includes an express cabinet unit, configured to place a to-be-sent express item or receive a to-be-sent express item; the receiving mechanism is used for receiving the to-be-sent express delivery or placing the to-be-sent express delivery; and the robot is used for sorting the to-be-sent express items in the receiving mechanism to the express cabinet unit according to preset rules, or sorting the to-be-sent express items in the express cabinet unit to the receiving mechanism.

The application provides an express delivery cabinet, this express delivery cabinet includes express delivery cabinet unit, receiving mechanism and robot, will receive the express delivery piece letter sorting to the express delivery cabinet unit of waiting in the mechanism through the robot according to predetermineeing the rule, perhaps will send the express delivery piece letter sorting to the receiving mechanism with waiting in the express delivery cabinet unit to the realization is sorted the express delivery piece of being correlated with and is put in, can promote the effective rate of utilization of express delivery cabinet.

[ description of the drawings ]

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an express delivery cabinet of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of an express delivery cabinet of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the take-up mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the take-up mechanism of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the robot shown in fig. 1.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not limiting of the application. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present application are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an express delivery cabinet of the present application, and an express delivery cabinet 100 disclosed in the present embodiment may include an express delivery cabinet unit 11, a receiving mechanism 12, and a robot 13.

The express cabinet 100 is used for realizing the sending of the to-be-sent express, and correspondingly, the express cabinet unit 11 is used for placing the to-be-sent express or receiving the to-be-sent express; the receiving mechanism 12 is used for receiving the to-be-sent express items or placing the to-be-sent express items; the robot 13 is used for sorting the to-be-sent couriers in the receiving mechanism 12 to the express delivery cabinet unit 11 according to preset rules, or sorting the to-be-sent couriers in the express delivery cabinet unit 11 to the receiving mechanism 12.

When express delivery cabinet 100 is used for posting, express delivery cabinet unit 11 is used for receiving and waits to post the express delivery piece, and receiving mechanism 12 is used for placing and waits to post the express delivery piece, and robot 13 is arranged in will express delivery cabinet unit 11 wait to post the express delivery piece letter sorting to receiving mechanism 12 according to predetermineeing the rule.

Specifically, when a sender sends a mail through the express cabinet 100, the to-be-sent mail is placed in the express cabinet unit 11, the robot 13 in the express cabinet 100 moves the to-be-sent mail placed by the sender from the express cabinet unit 11 to the receiving mechanism 12 according to a preset rule, and a carrier, such as a courier, can obtain the to-be-sent mail from the receiving mechanism 12.

When the express cabinet 100 is used for taking the express items, the receiving mechanism 12 is used for receiving the express items to be taken, the express cabinet unit 11 is used for placing the express items to be taken, and the robot 13 is used for sorting the express items to be taken in the receiving mechanism 12 to the express cabinet unit 11 according to preset rules.

Particularly, the carrier places the to-be-taken express delivery piece in the receiving mechanism 12, the robot 13 in the express cabinet 100 moves the to-be-taken express delivery piece placed by the carrier from the receiving mechanism 12 to the express cabinet unit 11 according to preset rules, and the carrier can obtain the to-be-taken express delivery piece from the express cabinet unit 11, so that the to-be-taken express delivery piece is taken out.

The preset rule for the robot 13 to sort the to-be-sent/taken couriers may be that the to-be-sent/taken couriers associated with the express delivery information are sorted to one place. Wherein, the express delivery information can include the person's of getting of the express delivery piece of waiting to get information or the conveyer information of waiting to send the express delivery piece, and the rule of predetermineeing promptly can be: and sorting the couriers with the same consignee or sorting the couriers with the same consignee.

Express delivery cabinet 100 that this embodiment provided includes express delivery cabinet unit 11, collection mechanism 12 and robot 13, will collect the express delivery piece letter sorting of treating in the mechanism 12 to express delivery cabinet unit 11 according to predetermineeing the rule through robot 13, or will send the express delivery piece letter sorting of treating in the express delivery cabinet unit 11 to collection mechanism 12 to the realization is sorted relevant express delivery piece and is put in, can promote express delivery cabinet 100's the effective use rate.

The courier cabinet 100 of this embodiment may also include a non-standard item storage mechanism 14 for holding couriers having a volume above a volume threshold or a weight above a weight threshold. For example, when a sender needs to send a delivery and the delivery is bulky, the delivery can be placed in the non-standard storage facility 14 and the courier can directly access the delivery through the non-standard storage facility 14. Similarly, when the courier delivers a courier with a large volume, the courier can also be placed in the non-standard part storage mechanism 14, and the courier directly obtains the courier through the non-standard part storage mechanism 14.

Robot 13 acquires from express delivery cabinet unit 11 or receiving mechanism 12 and waits to post the express delivery piece after, can not directly sort to receiving mechanism 12 or express delivery cabinet unit 11, robot 13 can wait to post the express delivery piece after acquireing promptly, will wait to post the express delivery piece cache in an area of express delivery cabinet 100, after receiving the instruction, shift the express delivery piece again, avoid detaining the express delivery piece in express delivery cabinet unit 11 or receiving mechanism 12 to improve express delivery cabinet 100's availability factor. Therefore, on the basis of the above embodiment, the express delivery cabinet 100 may further include a cache area 15, specifically as shown in fig. 2, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the express delivery cabinet of the present application.

When the express cabinet 100 is used for taking out the express items, the robot 13 is used for sorting the to-be-taken express items in the receiving mechanism 12 to the cache area 15 according to preset rules, and moving the sorted to-be-taken express items to the express cabinet unit 11 from the cache area 15 according to an item taking instruction.

The pickup instruction may include an instant pickup instruction and a reserved pickup instruction.

For example, when the pickup person arrives at the express delivery cabinet 100 to pick up the delivery, the pickup instruction is sent out through the mobile terminal or the interactive device of the express delivery cabinet 100; the express delivery cabinet 100 receives the pickup instruction sent by the pickup person. After receiving the pickup instruction, responding to the pickup instruction, obtaining the to-be-picked up express item corresponding to the pickup instruction in the cache region 15 according to the information content of the pickup instruction, and moving the to-be-picked up express item to the express cabinet unit 11 so that a pickup person can pick up the to-be-picked up express item.

The pickup person can also make a reservation for pickup, and when the conditions for taking the pickup reservation are met, the to-be-picked express delivery in the cache area 15 is automatically moved to the express cabinet unit 11 so that the pickup person can take the to-be-picked express delivery. In this embodiment, the reserved pickup instruction may include a reserved pickup time, a reserved express cabinet unit 11, and a reserved pickup number.

When the reservation instruction comprises the reserved pickup time, the robot 13 periodically moves the to-be-picked express items in the cache area 15 to the express cabinet unit 11 according to the reserved pickup time. Specifically, the to-be-taken express item in the cache area 15 is moved to the express cabinet unit 11 at a first time before the reserved item taking time, and if the to-be-taken express item is not taken within the reserved item taking time, the to-be-taken express item in the express cabinet unit 11 is moved to the cache area 15 at a second time after the reserved time.

When the pickup person makes a reservation for picking up the express mail, if the pickup person can not pick up the express mail to be picked up in the reservation time and can not cancel the reservation pickup instruction: the robot 13 moves the to-be-taken express delivery item in the cache area 15 to the express delivery cabinet unit 11 at the first time before the reservation of the item taking time. If the to-be-taken express delivery is not taken away within the reserved delivery time, the robot 13 moves the to-be-taken express delivery of the express cabinet unit 11 to the cache area 15 at a second time after the reserved time. For example, the pick-up person appoints 20 points 30 to 21 points 30 for pick-up in 7 months, 25 days, 20 points and 15 points in 7 months, 25 days and 15 points, the robot 13 moves the to-be-picked up express items in the cache area 15 to the pick-up port, and if the robot 13 detects that the to-be-picked up express items are not picked up, the robot 13 moves the to-be-picked up express items in the pick-up port to the cache area 15 in 21 points and 45 points, so that the express cabinet unit 11 can be prevented from being occupied for a long time.

The reservation instruction can also include reserving the express delivery cabinet unit 11, and at this time, the robot 13 periodically moves the to-be-taken express delivery in the cache area 15 to the reserved express delivery cabinet unit 11 according to the reserved delivery time.

For example, after receiving the order for taking the scheduled delivery, the robot 13 periodically moves the to-be-taken delivery in the cache area 15 to the scheduled delivery cabinet unit 11 according to the scheduled delivery time. For example, the pick-up person reservation time is 7 months, 25 days, 20 points, 30 minutes to 21 points, 30 minutes, and the reservation receiving port is 2 rows and 3 columns, the robot 13 moves the to-be-picked express delivery in the cache area 15 to the receiving port in 2 rows and 3 columns for the pick-up person to pick up the delivery before 7 months, 25 days, 20 points and 30 minutes according to the reservation pick-up instruction sent by the pick-up person.

Get a person and can independently select reservation express delivery cabinet unit 11 to make things convenient for the person of getting to get, can present the position of express delivery cabinet unit 11 in express delivery cabinet 100 for the person of getting, for example the person of getting that the height is lower, then can reserve the lower express delivery cabinet unit 11 in position. If the express cabinet unit 11 is not reserved, the express cabinet 100 autonomously allocates the express cabinet unit 11.

When the reservation instruction further includes the reserved pickup quantity, the robot 13 moves the to-be-picked express delivery items with the reserved pickup quantity in the timed cache area 15 to the express cabinet unit 11 according to the pickup instruction.

For example, after receiving the order of picking up the scheduled delivery, the robot 13 periodically moves the to-be-picked delivery items with the scheduled number of picking up the delivery items in the cache area 15 to the delivery cabinet unit 11 according to the scheduled delivery time. For example, the pick-up person reservation time is 7 months, 25 days, 20 points, 30 minutes to 21 points, 30 minutes, and the number of reserved picks is 3, the robot 13 moves 3 to-be-picked couriers in the cache area 15 to the express delivery cabinet unit 11 for the pick-up person to pick up the couriers before 7 months, 25 days, 20 points and 30 minutes according to the reserved pick-up instruction sent by the pick-up person.

If the number of the to-be-taken express items of the item taker is less than the reserved item taking number, all the to-be-taken express items in the cache region 15 can be moved to the express cabinet unit 11 at regular time according to the reserved item taking time.

If the number of the to-be-picked express items of the pickup person exceeds the reserved pickup number, the to-be-picked express items with the reserved pickup number after being picked in the cache region 15 can be picked randomly or picked according to the pickup time to meet the reserved pickup number, and the to-be-picked express items with the reserved pickup number after being picked in the cache region 15 are moved to the express cabinet unit 11 in a timing mode.

When the express cabinet 100 is used for sending, the to-be-sent express items in the express cabinet unit 11 are sorted to the cache area 15 according to preset rules, and the sorted to-be-sent express items are moved to the receiving mechanism 12 from the cache area 15 according to the receiving instruction.

The receiving instruction can comprise an instant receiving instruction and a reserved receiving instruction.

For example, when a carrier arrives at the express delivery cabinet 100 to receive an item, an item receiving instruction is sent out through the mobile terminal or the interactive device of the express delivery cabinet 100; the express delivery cabinet 100 receives the receiving instruction sent by the transporter. After receiving the receiving instruction, responding to the receiving instruction, obtaining the to-be-sent express item corresponding to the receiving instruction in the cache region 15 according to the information content of the receiving instruction, and moving the to-be-sent express item to the receiving mechanism 12 so that the transporter can take out the to-be-sent express item.

The reserved receipt instruction may include a reserved receipt time. The robot 13 of the express delivery cabinet 100 regularly moves the to-be-sent express delivery related to the transportation information from the cache area 15 to the receiving mechanism 12 according to the reserved receiving time. And at the first time before the appointed receiving time, the to-be-sent express item related to the transportation information is moved to the receiving mechanism 12 from the cache region 15, and if the to-be-sent express item is not received in the appointed receiving time, the to-be-sent express item related to the transportation information is moved to the cache region 15 from the receiving mechanism 12 at the second time after the appointed receiving time.

In this embodiment, the robot 13 needs to sort the to-be-sent/taken couriers according to the to-be-sent/taken couriers, and therefore the to-be-sent/taken couriers further include the sensing device 16 in the courier cabinet 100, and this sensing device 16 may be disposed on the receiving mechanism 12 or the robot 13, and is in communication connection with the robot 13, and the to-be-sent couriers express information is acquired through the sensing device 16, so that the robot 13 can sort the to-be-sent couriers in the receiving mechanism 12 to the courier cabinet unit 11 based on this express information according to a preset rule.

In the present embodiment, the sensing device 16 may include a visual sensor and/or a code scanning device, and the position of the sensing device 16 on the picking-up mechanism 12 or the robot 13 may be set according to the specific structure of the picking-up mechanism 12, which will be described in detail below.

In this embodiment, the take-up mechanism 12 may include the following two forms:

the first method comprises the following steps: referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the take-up mechanism shown in fig. 1. The collecting mechanism 12 may include a collecting window 121, a telescoping mechanism 122, and a storage device 123, the storage device 123 being extended or retracted relative to the collecting window 121 by the telescoping mechanism 122, the storage device being used for placing the to-be-taken courier.

For example, when a transporter needs to deliver a courier through the courier cabinet 100, the receiving window 121 of the courier cabinet 100 is opened, the telescopic mechanism 122 drives the storage device 123 to extend out of the receiving window 121, and the transporter receives the courier to be received placed in the storage device 123; after receiving the to-be-taken express delivery, the telescopic mechanism 122 drives the storage device 123 to retract into the express cabinet 100, and the receiving window 121 is closed, so that the receiving is completed, and the waiting robot 13 sorts the to-be-taken express delivery. Wherein the storage device 123 may be a tray.

The sensing device 16 may be a visual sensor, or a visual sensor and a code scanning device, corresponding to the above-described take-up mechanism 12.

Specifically, if the sensing device 16 is a visual sensor, the visual sensor is disposed on the storage device or the robot 13, the visual sensor is used to obtain the express information and the position information of the to-be-taken express item, and the robot 13 can obtain the to-be-taken express item according to the position information.

For example, the visual sensor is disposed on the storage device or the robot 13, acquires image information of the to-be-taken express item in the pickup mechanism 12, for example, the image information includes information of the to-be-taken express item, such as size, volume, color, weight, shape, and the like, analyzes the image information to obtain a spatial position of the to-be-taken express item, and calculates an acquisition path of the to-be-taken express item according to the spatial position and a current position of the robot 13.

The sensing device 16 may analyze the image information to obtain a spatial state of the to-be-delivered item, thereby determining a holding manner of the to-be-delivered item according to the spatial state. For example, the spatial state may include a size, and the robot 13 may include a large grip, a medium grip, or a small grip, respectively: setting a size threshold range of the to-be-taken express item, and if the size of the to-be-taken express item is larger than or equal to an upper threshold, adopting a large clamping part when the robot 13 obtains the to-be-taken express item; if the size of the to-be-taken express item is smaller than or equal to the lower threshold value, the robot 13 adopts a small clamping part when acquiring the to-be-taken express item; if the size of the to-be-taken express item is larger than the lower threshold value and smaller than the upper threshold value, the robot 13 adopts the medium-sized clamping portion when acquiring the to-be-taken express item. The space state may include a space coordinate and/or a posture, and the robot 13 may plan a path and/or a trajectory for obtaining the to-be-taken express item and a path and/or a trajectory for placing the to-be-taken express item according to the space state of the to-be-taken express item and the position and/or the posture of the express delivery cabinet unit 11. It should be noted that, the execution sequence of planning to obtain the path and/or track of the to-be-taken courier and planning to place the path and/or track of the to-be-taken courier is not limited.

When the receiving mechanism 12 obtains a plurality of to-be-obtained couriers at a time, the vision sensor may analyze the obtained image information by using a segmentation algorithm to obtain a spatial state of the to-be-obtained couriers, for example, obtain position information of the to-be-obtained couriers to be held, so that the robot 13 determines a holding manner according to the position information of the to-be-obtained couriers to be held.

If the sensing device 16 is a visual sensor and a code scanning device, the visual sensor may be disposed on the storage device or the robot 13 for acquiring the position information of the to-be-picked-up courier, so that the robot 13 can hold the to-be-picked-up courier according to the position information, and the code scanning device may be disposed on the robot 13 for acquiring the express information of the to-be-picked-up courier. The detailed description is similar to the above description and will not be repeated herein.

And the second method comprises the following steps: referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the take-up mechanism shown in fig. 1. The take-up mechanism 12 may also include a take-up window 121 and a conveyor belt 124; the robot 13 sorts the to-be-sent couriers on the conveyor belt 124 to the express cabinet unit 11, or sorts to-be-sent couriers in the express cabinet unit 11 to the conveyor belt 124.

The sensing device 16 comprises a code scanning device, is arranged on the conveyor belt, and is used for acquiring express information of the express to be taken.

For example, when a transporter needs to deliver a courier through the courier cabinet 100, the courier to be taken is delivered onto the conveyor belt 124 in the courier cabinet 100 through the receiving window 121, the conveyor belt 124 may move in the courier cabinet 100 along with the courier to be taken, the robot 13 sorts the courier to be taken on the conveyor belt 124, for example, the courier to be taken on the conveyor belt 124 may be sorted according to the communication information acquired by the sensing device 16, and the sorted courier to be taken is moved into the courier cabinet unit 11 to be taken.

The space state of the to-be-taken express is obtained through the code scanning device, for example, the identification such as the surface bar code/two-dimensional code of the to-be-taken express is obtained, so that the space state of the to-be-taken express is obtained, and the robot 13 determines the obtaining mode of the to-be-taken express according to the space state. At this time, the capturing manner is the same as when the sensing device 16 is a visual sensor, and is not described herein again.

In this embodiment, the preset rule may be that the robot 13 sorts the express delivery to be taken that the pickup person is consistent to the same express delivery cabinet unit 11 based on the express information acquired by the sensing device 16, so that the situation that the same pickup person disperses the express delivery to be taken to the plurality of express delivery cabinet units 11 and occupies the plurality of express delivery cabinet units 11 can be avoided.

In this embodiment, when placing the express delivery to be taken in the express cabinet unit 11, the express delivery person is notified to take the express delivery, so the express cabinet unit 11 is correspondingly provided with the sensing device 17, the sensing device 17 is used for sensing that the express delivery to be taken is placed in the express cabinet unit 11, triggering the express cabinet 100 to send the express delivery notification to the express delivery person, and the express delivery person can send the express delivery instruction to the express cabinet 100 after receiving the express delivery notification, so that the robot 13 in the express cabinet 100 moves the express delivery to be taken in the pickup mechanism 12 to the express cabinet unit 11 according to the express delivery instruction. The sensing means 17 may be a distance sensor, a force sensor, a visual sensor or a tactile sensor.

The sensing device 17 can also receive and take the to-be-sent express delivery piece at the express cabinet unit 11, sense to the to-be-sent express delivery piece and place in the receiving mechanism 12, according to the transportation information of the to-be-sent express delivery piece, trigger the express cabinet 100 to send the consignment notice to the carrier, the carrier can send the consignment instruction to the express cabinet 100 after receiving the consignment notice, so that the robot 13 in the express cabinet 100 moves the to-be-sent express delivery piece related to the transportation information in the express cabinet unit 11 to the receiving mechanism 12 according to the consignment instruction.

The triggering of the express delivery cabinet 100 to send the receipt notification may be sending the receipt notification to a transporter when the transporter related to the transportation information is detected within a preset distance range.

When a sender sends a mail through the express cabinet 100, the express cabinet 100 may acquire express information of the mail to be sent, and accordingly, the express cabinet 100 may include the information acquisition device 18. The information acquisition device 18 is in communication connection with the robot 13 and is used for acquiring express delivery information of the to-be-delivered express items, so that the robot 13 sorts the to-be-delivered express items in the express cabinet unit 11 to the receiving mechanism 12 according to preset rules based on the express delivery information. The information acquiring device 18 may include a visual sensor or a code scanning device. For example, the identification such as characters/bar codes/two-dimensional codes on the surface of the to-be-sent courier can be acquired through the visual sensor to acquire the express information, or the identification such as bar codes/two-dimensional codes on the surface of the to-be-sent courier can be acquired through the code scanning device to acquire the express information.

When a sender needs to input express information into the express cabinet 100, the information acquiring device 18 may include an instruction input device 181, configured to acquire a sending instruction and generate express information according to the sending instruction, and the information acquiring device 18 may directly acquire the express information input by the sender through the instruction input device 181.

When the express waybills need to be pasted, the express cabinet 100 is further provided with a label printing device 19, which is in communication connection with the instruction input device 181, and is used for printing the corresponding express waybills according to the express information generated by the instruction input device 181, and the sender can paste the express waybills to the surface of the to-be-posted waybills, and can also paste the express waybills through the robot 13.

The courier cabinet 100 can also generate an identifier containing courier information on the surface of the courier to be sent through an ink jet device.

After the robot 13 acquires the express information of the to-be-posted express item through the information acquisition device 19, the to-be-posted express item with the consistent carrier can be sorted to the receiving mechanism 12 together based on the express information.

In this embodiment, the robot 13 may have different structures according to the working situation in the express delivery cabinet 100:

referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the robot shown in fig. 1. The robot 13 may include a moving chassis 131 and a robot arm 132 disposed on the moving chassis 131. The mechanical arm 132 is used for grabbing the to-be-taken or to-be-sent couriers; the movement of the moving chassis 131 and the movement of the mechanical arm 132 are used for realizing the movement of the to-be-delivered item in the pick-up mechanism 12 to the express cabinet unit 11, or the movement of the to-be-sent item in the express cabinet unit 11 to the pick-up mechanism 12.

The robot 13 further includes a lifting mechanism 133 disposed between the moving chassis 131 and the robot arm 132. For example, when the height of the express delivery cabinet unit 11 is greater than the arm spread value of the mechanical arm 132, the robot 13 moves to the lower side of the express delivery cabinet unit 11, and the lifting mechanism 133 may lift the mechanical arm 132, so that the mechanical arm 132 moves the to-be-taken express item in the longitudinal space, and the to-be-taken express item is placed in the express delivery cabinet unit 11.

The cabinet 100 further includes a slide rail (not shown) on which the robot 13 moves to move the to-be-delivered item in the pick-up mechanism 12 to the cabinet unit 11 or to move the to-be-delivered item in the cabinet unit 11 to the pick-up mechanism 12. The sliding guide rails may extend in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction depending on the arrangement of the express cabinet unit 11, and the robot 13 moves in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction to realize the movement of the express items to be taken.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the specific embodiment described with respect to one of the to-be-sent courier and the to-be-taken courier is also applicable to the other.

The application provides an express delivery cabinet 100, this express delivery cabinet 100 includes express delivery cabinet unit 11, collection mechanism 12 and robot 13, will collect the express delivery piece letter sorting of treating in the mechanism 12 to express delivery cabinet unit 11 according to predetermineeing the rule through robot 13, or with the express delivery piece letter sorting of treating in the express delivery cabinet unit 11 to collection mechanism 12, thereby realize sorting the express delivery piece that will be correlated with and put in, can promote the effective rate of utilization of express delivery cabinet 100.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules or units is only one logical division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be substantially implemented or contributed by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by the contents of the specification and the drawings of the present application or are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are also included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

An express delivery cabinet, characterized in that, express delivery cabinet includes:

the express cabinet unit is used for placing the to-be-sent express delivery or receiving the to-be-sent express delivery;

the receiving mechanism is used for receiving the to-be-sent express delivery or placing the to-be-sent express delivery;

and the robot is used for sorting the to-be-sent express items in the receiving mechanism to the express cabinet unit according to preset rules, or sorting the to-be-sent express items in the express cabinet unit to the receiving mechanism.
The courier cabinet of claim 1, wherein the courier cabinet further comprises a cache;

the robot is further used for sorting the to-be-picked express delivery items in the receiving mechanism to the cache area according to preset rules, and moving the sorted to-be-picked express delivery items to the express cabinet unit from the cache area according to an item picking instruction;

or sorting the to-be-sent express items in the express cabinet unit to the cache region according to a preset rule, and moving the sorted to-be-sent express items to the receiving mechanism from the cache region according to an receiving instruction.
The cabinet of claim 1, further comprising a non-standard item storage mechanism for holding ready-to-pick or ready-to-send items having a volume above a volume threshold or a weight above a weight threshold.
The cabinet of claim 1, further comprising a sensing device disposed on the take-up mechanism or the robot in communication with the robot;

the sensing device is used for acquiring express information of the to-be-taken express, so that the robot sorts the to-be-taken express in the receiving mechanism to the express cabinet unit according to the preset rule based on the express information.
The cabinet of claim 4, wherein the take-up mechanism includes a take-up window, a telescoping mechanism, and a storage device that extends or retracts relative to the take-up window under the action of the telescoping mechanism; the storage device is used for placing the to-be-taken express delivery piece.
The courier cabinet of claim 5, wherein the sensing device includes a visual sensor disposed on the storage device or the robot; the vision sensor is further used for acquiring the position information of the to-be-taken express item, so that the robot can hold the to-be-taken express item according to the position information.
The courier cabinet of claim 5, wherein the sensing device comprises:

the visual sensor is arranged on the storage device or the robot and used for acquiring the position information of the to-be-taken express item, so that the robot can hold the to-be-taken express item according to the position information;

sweep a yard equipment, set up in on the robot, be used for acquireing the express delivery information of express delivery piece waits to get.
The courier cabinet of claim 6 or 7, wherein the vision sensor obtains the location information of the courier to be taken according to a segmentation algorithm.
The courier cabinet of claim 4, wherein the take-up mechanism includes a take-up window and a conveyor belt; the robot sorts the to-be-sent express items on the conveyor belt to the express cabinet unit, or sorts to-be-sent express items in the express cabinet unit to the conveyor belt.
The cabinet of claim 9, wherein the sensing device comprises a code scanning device disposed on the conveyor belt for acquiring express delivery information of the to-be-taken express delivery.
The cabinet of claim 4, wherein the robot is configured to sort courier-to-be-picked items that are consistent with the picker to the same cabinet unit based on the courier information.
The express cabinet unit as claimed in claim 11, wherein the express cabinet unit is provided with a sensing device for triggering the express cabinet unit to send an express pickup notice to the express pickup person when the express pickup is sensed to be placed in the express cabinet unit.
The courier cabinet of claim 12, wherein the sensing device includes a distance sensor, a force sensor, a visual sensor, or a tactile sensor.
The cabinet unit of claim 1, wherein the cabinet unit is provided with an information acquisition device in communication with the robot;

the information acquisition device is used for acquiring express information of the to-be-sent express items, so that the robot sorts the to-be-sent express items in the express cabinet unit to the receiving mechanism according to the preset rules based on the express information.
The cabinet according to claim 14, wherein the information acquiring device comprises an instruction input device configured to acquire a mail order and generate the express information according to the mail order.
The express delivery cabinet of claim 15, further comprising a label printing device, communicatively connected to the command input device, for printing a corresponding express delivery order according to the express delivery information generated by the command input device.
The courier cabinet of claim 14, wherein the robot is configured to sort consistence shippers of the courier-to-be-addressed parcels together to a pickup mechanism based on the courier information.
The courier cabinet of claim 1, wherein the robot comprises:

moving the chassis;

the mechanical arm is arranged on the movable chassis and used for grabbing the to-be-sent express delivery or the to-be-sent express delivery;

the moving of the moving chassis and the movement of the mechanical arm are used for moving the to-be-sent express delivery in the receiving mechanism to the express cabinet unit or moving the to-be-sent express delivery in the express cabinet unit to the receiving mechanism.
The courier cabinet of claim 18, wherein the robot further comprises a lift mechanism disposed between the mobile chassis and the robotic arm.
The cabinet of claim 1, further comprising a sliding track on which the robot moves to move the to-be-picked up item in the pick-up mechanism to the cabinet unit or to move the to-be-posted item in the cabinet unit to the pick-up mechanism.