CN112407742A - Warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method, warehousing control system and warehousing system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application discloses warehouse system article warehouse-out control method, warehouse control system and warehouse system, the method comprises: the method comprises the steps that order information is obtained, according to the order information and the storage position of a first transfer box containing first-class articles in a storage area, a goods taking robot in the storage area is controlled to pick up a target first transfer box and convey the target first transfer box to an upper rack area and a lower rack area, after the first transfer box is transferred to a first seeding area associated with the storage area from the upper rack area and the lower rack area, after seeding of a transfer box needing seeding is completed, the transfer box with the seeding completed is distributed to the upper rack area of a distributing area to be distributed, and then the transfer box is taken out of a warehouse; and/or acquiring turnover box identification information, determining a second turnover box which needs to be mixed and contains second type articles according to the order information and the turnover box identification information, distributing and transporting the second turnover box to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area, and distributing and transporting the finished circulation box to an racking area of the distribution area for distribution and delivery after the finished circulation box is sowed.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a warehousing system, and more particularly, to a method for controlling the delivery of articles from a warehousing system, a warehousing control system and a warehousing system.
Background
Currently, the warehouse goods sorting refers to a process of sorting and centralizing the goods from a goods sorting area or a storage area according to the requirement of an ex-warehouse order or a distribution plan, and classifying and centralizing the goods according to a certain mode. At present, a batch sorting method is generally adopted, and the method can be summarized as follows: sorting types and then sorting quantity, and classifying and gathering each shipment item of a plurality of shipment lists or picking lists by the storage background server; then, appointing special equipment to extract the goods in batches according to the goods types and conveying the goods to a goods sorting area; finally, the quantity of each order is sorted out from the single-variety batch goods by the staff in the sorting area, and the goods are packed and delivered out of the warehouse, but the sorting efficiency is low, if the goods are too many and various, the goods are stacked in the sorting area, most processes are manually realized, the intelligent degree of management is not high, or the sorting is blocked because of crowding among the staff, the work efficiency is lower, and mistakes are easy to make.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, a warehousing system article delivery control method, a warehousing control system and a warehousing system with higher intelligent management degree and improved warehousing work efficiency are provided.
The embodiment of the application provides a first convenience and provides a warehouse system article delivery control method, which is applied to a warehouse control system, wherein the warehouse system comprises a warehouse control system, a storage area and a distribution area, and the method comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the steps of obtaining order information, controlling a goods taking robot in a storage area to pick up a target first transfer box and convey the target first transfer box to a loading and unloading area according to the order information and the storage position of the first transfer box containing a first type of articles in the storage area, controlling a transfer box needing to be sown in a first sowing wall in the first sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of articles to be disassembled in the first transfer box after the target first transfer box is conveyed to a first sowing area associated with the storage area from the loading and unloading area, and distributing the transfer box needing to be sown to the loading area of a distribution area for distribution and delivery after the transfer box needing to be sown is sown; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
acquiring turnover box identification information, determining a second turnover box which needs to be mixed and contains second type of articles according to the order information and the turnover box identification information, distributing and transporting the second turnover box to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area, controlling a corresponding turnover box needing to be sown in a second sowing wall of the second sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of the articles in the second turnover box to be mixed, and distributing and transporting the finished turnover box to an overhead area of the distribution area for distribution and delivery after the finished sowing of the finished turnover box needing to be sown.
In a second aspect of the embodiments of the present application, a warehousing control system is provided, including a tag reading device, a processor and a memory, where the tag reading device is configured to detect transfer container identification information and carrier identification information, and send the transfer container identification information and the carrier identification information to the processor, and the memory stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor, the steps of the warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method according to any embodiment of the present application are executed.
A third aspect of the embodiment of the application provides a warehousing system, which comprises a warehousing control system, a storage area and a distribution area, wherein the storage area comprises a warehousing body, a goods rail erected above the warehousing body and a goods taking robot moving along the goods rail, the warehousing body comprises a goods cabin area for storing turnover boxes, a first seeding area and an upper and lower rack area, the first seeding area and the upper and lower rack area are located on one side of the goods cabin area, the goods taking robot moves along the goods rail so as to pick up the turnover boxes to move between the goods cabin area and the upper and lower rack area, and each first upper and lower rack opening of the upper and lower rack area is respectively provided with label information; the distribution area comprises designated delivery positions defined according to different order receivers, the distribution area comprises a plurality of third carrying devices placed at the designated delivery positions in sequence, a second seeding area and an upper rack area which are positioned on one side of the designated delivery positions, a track rack positioned above the delivery positions and the upper rack area, and a distribution robot capable of moving along the track rack, and each second upper rack opening of the upper rack area is provided with label information;
the warehousing control system is used for managing the delivery of the turnover boxes filled with different types of articles;
the warehousing control system acquires order information, controls a goods taking robot in the storage area to pick up a target first transfer box to be conveyed to a loading and unloading area according to the order information and the storage position of the first transfer box containing a first type of articles in the storage area, controls a transfer box needing to be sown in a first sowing wall in the first sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of articles in the first transfer box to be disassembled after the target first transfer box is conveyed to a first sowing area associated with the storage area from the loading and unloading area, and distributes the transfer box needing to be sown to be conveyed to the loading area of the distribution area for distribution and then to be discharged after the transfer box needing to be sown is sown; and/or acquiring turnover box identification information, determining a second turnover box which needs to be mixed and contains second type of articles according to the order information and the turnover box identification information, distributing and transporting the second turnover box to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area, controlling a corresponding turnover box needing to be sown in a second sowing wall of the second sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of the articles in the second turnover box to be mixed, and distributing and transporting the sown turnover box to an overhead area of the distribution area for distribution and delivery after the sowing of the turnover box needing to be sown is completed.
The warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method, the warehousing control system and the warehousing system provided in the above embodiments at least have the following characteristics:
the storage control system designs a zero-removing, storing, sorting and allocating scheme for an implementation mode of automatically distributing first-class articles according to order information, and in the zero-removing, storing, sorting and allocating scheme, a first transfer case is sown in a first sowing area associated with a storage area and then conveyed to an upper rack area of an allocating area for allocating and then is delivered out of a warehouse; the warehousing control system designs a mixed box distribution scheme for the implementation mode of automatically distributing second-class articles according to order information, and in the mixed box distribution scheme, a second transfer box is distributed and taken out of a warehouse after being sowed in a second sowing area associated with a distribution area, so that flexible and variable automatic distribution of various orders can be met, uniform distribution is carried out through the distribution area, the reuse rate of the warehousing system can be improved, and transportation management after distribution is optimized;
secondly, in the process of sowing in the corresponding sowing area, the storage control system controls the circulation box which needs to be sown in the sowing wall of the sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the types of the objects in the corresponding circulation box to be separated, the types and the quantity of the objects which need to be separated and put into the circulation box which needs to be sown can be guided through the reminding information, and the sowing operation can be rapidly and accurately finished.
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FIG. 2 is a schematic view of one embodiment of a tote;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart of another embodiment of a warehousing system item-out-of-warehouse control method;
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a transfer robot transferring totes to designated shipment locations within a staging area;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a warehouse control system;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a warehousing system;
FIG. 7 is a flow chart of one embodiment of the warehousing system's out-warehousing of items.
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Before the embodiments are described in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangements of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of embodiments in other forms of implementation. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of "including," "comprising," "having," and the like, herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. In particular, when "a certain element" is described, the present invention is not limited to the number of the element being one, and may include a plurality of the elements.
Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling goods leaving of a warehousing system, which is applied to a warehousing control system, wherein the warehousing system includes the warehousing control system, a storage area and a distribution area, and the method includes the following steps:
s103, obtaining order information, controlling a goods taking robot in the storage area to pick up a target first transfer box and convey the target first transfer box to a loading and unloading area according to the order information and the storage position of the first transfer box containing a first type of articles in the storage area, controlling a transfer box which corresponds to the required seeding in a first seeding wall in the first seeding area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of the articles to be disassembled in the first transfer box after the target first transfer box is conveyed to the first seeding area associated with the storage area, and distributing the transfer box which is used for completing the seeding to the loading area of the distribution area for distribution and then discharging after the seeding of the transfer box which is required to be seeded is completed.
The turnover boxes are box bodies used for storing articles, each turnover box can be used as an independent unit for sorting, storing and distributing the articles, and the articles are loaded into the turnover boxes for storing, sorting and distributing, so that management is convenient. The turnover box identification is a label arranged on the turnover box, corresponds to the turnover box one by one and is used for uniquely representing the identity of each turnover box. The container identifier is an electronic tag or other tag, and in some embodiments, the container identifier may be a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). In general, a container can be used as a minimum unit for storing classified articles, a specified number of articles of the same type and the same variety can be stored in the same container, for convenience of management, the articles are counted in parts, each part can comprise the same number of the same articles or each part can comprise the same weight of the same articles, and the same container can store the specified number of articles of the same type and the same variety. Optionally, a storage grid is arranged in the turnover box, the storage grid divides the space in the turnover box into a plurality of separated cells, and one article is correspondingly placed in each cell. Referring to fig. 2, which is a schematic view of a circulation box 20 according to an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the circulation box 20 is rectangular as a whole, at least one side of the circulation box 20 is provided with an opening and includes a side door capable of rotating relative to the opening to open or close the opening, a storage grid 21 is disposed in the circulation box 20, the storage grid 21 forms a separated cell 210 by a space in the circulation box 20, each cell 210 is used for storing one article, upper and lower ends of the storage grid 21 are hollowed out, and when the storage grid 21 is pulled out from the opening in the circulation box 20, each article in each cell 210 can fall down from the hollowed out below. As can be appreciated, the smallest unit of distribution of the articles is distributed according to the number of copies through the arrangement of the storage grids in the turnover box. The carrying device is a device capable of carrying one or more turnover boxes to be transferred between different areas of the warehousing system, such as one or more turnover boxes are carried from the temporary storage area to the storage area, from the upper and lower shelf areas of the storage area to the first seeding area, from the storage area to the distribution area, from the temporary storage area to the distribution area and the like.
In the embodiment of the application, the turnover box for containing the first type of articles is called as a first turnover box. The distribution means that a first turnover box after seeding is set in the storage control system to be transferred to a distribution area for distribution and then is delivered out of the warehouse. Wherein, the mode of transporting can be including two kinds, and first kind, the manual work transports the first carrying device of piling first week case from first seeding district to the zone of allocating, and the second kind transports the first carrying device of piling first week case from first seeding district to the zone of allocating through walkable first carrying device according to setting for the route. According to the first type, a first circulation box after the seeding of the warehousing control system is distributed to the distribution area to be distributed and then discharged from the warehouse, whether the first type of articles reach the distribution area or not is tracked and identified to execute the distribution action, and according to the second type, the warehousing control system further comprises a first carrying device which is controlled to automatically travel to the distribution area from the first seeding area, and whether the first type of articles reach the distribution area or not is identified to execute the distribution action.
The storage control system can be predetermined according to the whole capacity of the storage area, the current storage condition of the articles in the storage area and the current condition of the articles to be stored when the first circulation box is stored in the storage area, and after the first circulation box reaches the storage area, the storage control system controls the goods taking robot in the storage area to convey the goods taking robot to the corresponding storage position for storage according to the predetermined storage position, and finally forms the association relation of the storage positions of the first circulation box in the storage area according to the storage position information of the first circulation box in the storage area. As another optional embodiment, each first circulation box containing a first type of article is located at a corresponding storage position in the storage area, or the warehousing control system may divide an approximate storage area according to only the type of the article in the first circulation box, and when the first circulation box reaches the storage area, the warehousing control system controls the pick-up robot in the storage area to transport the pick-up robot to any position of the predetermined storage area for storage, and obtains the storage position information of the first circulation box in the storage area, so as to finally form an association relationship between the first circulation box and the storage position in the storage area. After receiving the order information, the warehousing control system counts the quantity of various first articles of the first articles required in the order information, and takes out the first transfer boxes of the first articles meeting the corresponding quantity according to the order information and the storage positions of the first transfer boxes containing the first articles in the storage area and the position information of the first transfer boxes in the storage area. After the first turnover case that will need the seeding transports first seeding district, carries out the split with former splendid attire in the article of first turnover case through the seeding, takes out the first type article partial shipment of corresponding quantity and transports again to the district of allocating on the first seeding wall after corresponding first turnover incasement that needs the seeding and allocate.
And S105, acquiring turnover box identification information, determining a second turnover box which needs to be mixed and contains second type of articles according to the order information and the turnover box identification information, distributing and transporting the second turnover box to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area, controlling a corresponding turnover box needing to be sown in a second sowing wall of the second sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of the articles in the current second turnover box to be mixed, and distributing and transporting the sown turnover box to an overhead area of the distribution area for distribution and delivery after the turnover box needing to be sown is sown.
In the embodiment of the present application, the transfer box containing the second type of articles is referred to as a second transfer box. The distribution means that the warehousing control system is internally set to transfer the second transfer box to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area, and the second transfer box is distributed and taken out of the warehouse after sowing is completed. The transferring mode can include two modes, wherein the first mode is that the second carrying device of the stacked second transfer box is manually transferred to the second seeding area, and the second mode is that the second carrying device of the stacked second transfer box is transferred to the second seeding area through the second walkable carrying device according to a set route. For the first type, the warehousing control system allocates the transfer of the second transfer box to a second planting zone associated with the distribution zone by tracking to identify whether the second type of item reaches the second planting zone to perform the allocation, and for the second type, the warehousing control system further comprises controlling the self-walking second carrier to move to the second planting zone and then to identify whether the second type of item reaches the second planting zone to perform the allocation.
After receiving the order information, the warehousing control system counts the quantity of various second articles of the second category of articles required in the order information, determines which second transfer boxes are required to be mixed and contain the second category of articles according to the order information, transports the second transfer boxes required to be sowed to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area, splits the articles originally contained in the second transfer boxes through sowing, takes out the second category of articles with corresponding quantity, distributes the second transfer boxes corresponding to the second sowing wall and required to be sowed into the second transfer boxes, and distributes the second transfer boxes.
It should be noted that, the above-mentioned S103 and S105 may only include one of them, for example, when the received order information only includes the order of the first category of items, the warehouse system item delivery control method in S103 and S105 only includes S103, and when the order information only includes the order of the second category of items, the warehouse system item delivery control method in S103 and S105 only includes S105; alternatively, S103 and S105 may include both, for example, when the order information includes both the order of the first category of item and the order of the second category of item.
The method for controlling the warehouse system to discharge the articles provided by the embodiment at least has the following advantages:
the storage control system designs a zero-removing, storing, sorting and allocating scheme for an implementation mode of automatically distributing first-class articles according to order information, and in the zero-removing, storing, sorting and allocating scheme, a first transfer case is sown in a first sowing area associated with a storage area and then conveyed to an upper rack area of an allocating area for allocating and then is delivered out of a warehouse; the warehousing control system designs a mixed box distribution scheme for the implementation mode of automatically distributing second-class articles according to order information, and in the mixed box distribution scheme, a second transfer box is distributed and taken out of a warehouse after being sowed in a second sowing area associated with a distribution area, so that flexible and variable automatic distribution of various orders can be met, uniform distribution is carried out through the distribution area, the reuse rate of the warehousing system can be improved, and transportation management after distribution is optimized;
secondly, in the process of sowing in the corresponding sowing area, the storage control system controls the circulation box which needs to be sown in the sowing wall of the sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the types of the objects in the corresponding circulation box to be separated, the types and the quantity of the objects which need to be separated and put into the circulation box which needs to be sown can be guided through the reminding information, and the sowing operation can be rapidly and accurately finished.
In some embodiments, the warehousing system further includes a buffer, as shown in fig. 3, the method further includes:
and S1011, acquiring turnover box identification information and carrying device identification information, identifying the types of the articles in the turnover box according to the turnover box identification information, and forming the association relationship between the first carrying device and the turnover box according to the stacking position relationship between the first carrying device positioned in the temporary storage area and the first turnover box stacked on the first carrying device and filled with the first type of articles.
The carrying device identification information refers to labels arranged on the carrying devices, corresponds to the carrying devices one by one and is used for uniquely representing the identity of each carrying device. The carrier identifier may also be a barcode tag, a two-dimensional code tag, an electronic tag, or the like, and in some embodiments, the carrier identifier may also be a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Acquire turnover case identification information and shiies device identification information, can indicate that the turnover case splendid attire is transported to the district of keeping in or article adopt the turnover case partial shipment after transporting the district of keeping in after the good article, when the district of keeping in piles up the turnover case to the shiver that corresponds on, adopt label reading device to read the label on the turnover case respectively and correspond the label on the shiver to acquire turnover case identification information and shiver device identification information. The tag reading device can be a stand-alone device for reading tags, or a device for reading tags, which is arranged at a designated position of the temporary storage area. The label reading device acquires identification information of the turnover box and identification information of the carrying devices and sends the identification information to the storage control system, the storage control system stores the identification information of the turnover box and the information of the corresponding articles such as the type, the quantity and the variety of the articles in the turnover box in advance, the storage control system returns the information of the corresponding articles such as the type, the quantity and the variety of the articles after acquiring the identification information of the turnover box, workers for carrying the turnover box select to stack the turnover box onto the corresponding first carrying device or second carrying device according to the type of the articles, and the storage control system binds the carrying devices and labels of the turnover box stacked on the carrying devices with each other to correspondingly form and store the association relationship between the carrying devices and the turnover box. Specifically, optionally, the warehousing control system forms the association relationship between the first carrier device and the turnover box according to the stacking position relationship between the first carrier device located in the temporary storage area and the first turnover box stacked on the first carrier device and filled with the first type of articles.
S1012, the first carrying device of the first transfer box bearing the first category of articles is distributed to the storage area, the incidence relation between the first carrying device and a first upper and lower rack opening in an upper and lower rack area of the storage area is obtained, and according to the incidence relation between the first carrying device and the transfer box, the goods taking robot in the storage area is controlled to transfer the first transfer box to a corresponding storage position from the corresponding first upper and lower rack opening, and the storage position information of the first transfer box in the storage area is obtained.
The storage area is provided with a loading and unloading area, the loading and unloading area is used for supplying a first transfer box to be in loading or unloading operation of the storage area, when the first transfer box is transferred to the storage area, the first transfer box is firstly transferred to each loading and unloading opening of the loading and unloading area, and each loading and unloading opening is provided with a label reading device which can identify identification information of the first transfer device reaching the loading and unloading opening and/or identification information of the first transfer box reaching the loading and unloading opening, so that the storage control system can track the state of a first type of articles distributed to the storage area from the temporary storage area. The goods robot of getting in the storage area can operate in between each frame mouth and each storage position in the storage area about each in frame district, then draw first transfer case from the corresponding frame mouth about the frame district and transport and correspond the storage position and deposit when putting on the shelf, then draw first transfer case from the corresponding storage position in the storage area and transport and correspond frame mouth about when putting off the shelf. The number of the first upper and lower rack openings of the upper and lower rack areas is multiple, the functions of the upper and lower rack areas can be set according to time period differentiation, for example, the first upper and lower rack openings of the upper and lower rack areas are set to be used as upper racks in a certain time period, and the first upper and lower rack openings of the upper and lower rack areas are set to be used as lower racks in another time period; optionally, the warehousing control system may set each first upper and lower rack opening of the upper and lower rack areas to be currently used as an upper rack or a lower rack according to a current need of loading and unloading the articles.
The warehousing control system distributes the first carrying device of the first transfer box bearing the first type of articles to the storage area, after the first transfer box is transferred to the upper and lower shelf areas of the storage area, the label reading device at the first upper and lower shelf openings of the upper and lower shelf areas can read the identification information of the first carrying device and send the identification information to the warehousing control system, so that the warehousing control system can track the execution result of the distribution of the storage area distributed by the first carrying device according to the state of the upper and lower shelf areas of the storage area reached by the first carrying device, and the warehousing control system obtains the incidence relation of the first carrying device and the first upper and lower shelf openings in the upper and lower shelf areas of the storage area. And the warehousing control system controls the goods taking robot in the storage area to transfer the first transfer box to the corresponding storage position from the corresponding first upper and lower rack openings according to the association relation between the first carrying device and the transfer box, and obtains the storage position information of the first transfer box in the storage area.
The storage area can provide a special and independent operation area for the automatic operation of storing and extracting the articles in the storage area through the arrangement of the upper and lower shelf areas, and the storage area with high intelligent degree is formed.
In some embodiments, the method further comprises:
according to the order information and the storage position of a first transfer box containing a first class of articles in a storage area, controlling a goods taking robot in the storage area to pick up a target first transfer box and convey the target first transfer box to a shelving area, and distributing and transferring the target first transfer box from the shelving area to the shelving area of a distribution area for distribution and then delivering the target first transfer box out of a warehouse.
The warehousing control system obtains order information, counts the quantity of various first articles of a first article type required in the order information, and takes out the first transfer boxes meeting the first article type with the corresponding quantity according to the position information of the first transfer boxes in the storage area. The warehousing control system forms a whole-box storage, picking and distribution scheme according to the implementation mode of automatically distributing the first-class articles according to the order information according to the characteristics of the first-class articles, and distributes and directly transfers the target first transfer boxes from the racking area to the racking area of the distribution area for distribution and then delivers the target first transfer boxes out of the warehouse aiming at the whole-box storage, picking and distribution scheme.
In some embodiments, the warehousing system further comprises a staging area, the method further comprising:
s1013, acquiring turnover box identification information and carrying device identification information, identifying the type of the articles in the turnover box according to the turnover box identification information, and forming an association relationship between a second carrying device and the turnover box according to the stacking relationship between the second carrying device in the temporary storage area and a second turnover box stacked on the second carrying device and filled with the articles of the second type;
the step of determining a second transfer box containing a second type of articles to be mixed according to the order information and the transfer box identification information, and allocating and transferring the second transfer box to a second seeding area associated with the distribution area comprises the following steps: and distributing and transporting the second carrying device stacked with the second transfer boxes containing the second type of articles to be mixed to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area according to the order information and the transfer box identification information.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the tote containing the second type of articles is referred to as a second tote, and the carrier carrying the second tote stacker is referred to as a second carrier. The manner of forming the association relationship between the second carrier and the turnover box may be the same as the manner of forming the association relationship between the first carrier and the turnover box, and is not described herein again.
And the warehousing control system determines which second transfer boxes stacked on the second carriers are the second transfer boxes which need to be mixed and contain the second type of articles according to the order information, and distributes the second transfer boxes carried by the second carriers to the second sowing area associated with the distribution area. The second sowing area can also be provided with a label reading device, and identification information for identifying the second carrier is sent to the warehousing control system, so that the warehousing control system can track the execution result of the distribution operation for transferring the second carrier to the second sowing area associated with the distribution area.
Optionally, the method further includes:
according to the order information, distributing and transferring a second carrying device of a second transfer box containing a second category of articles and allocated to the whole box to a racking area of the allocation area, acquiring the association relation between the second carrying device and a second racking port in the racking area, and controlling an allocation robot in the allocation area to pick up the second transfer box from the second racking port and transfer the second transfer box to a specified delivery position in the allocation area.
The warehousing control system acquires the order information, counts the quantity of various second articles of the second category articles required in the order information, and acquires the second transfer boxes of the second category articles which meet the requirement of corresponding quantity and need to be distributed in whole boxes from the temporary storage area. And the warehousing control system forms a whole-box distribution scheme according to the characteristics of the second class of articles and the implementation mode of automatically distributing the second class of articles according to the order information, and distributes and directly transfers the second transfer boxes to the racking areas of the distribution areas for distribution and then delivers the second transfer boxes out of the warehouse aiming at the whole-box distribution scheme.
The distribution area is provided with an upper rack area, and the upper rack area is used for providing the upper rack distribution operation of a second turnover box to be distributed in the whole box in the distribution area. When the second circulation box to be distributed in the whole box is transferred to the distribution area, the second circulation box is firstly transferred to each rack opening of the rack opening area, and each rack opening is provided with a label reading device which can identify the identification information of the transfer device reaching the rack opening and/or the identification information of the circulation box reaching the rack opening, so that the warehousing control system can track the state of the corresponding category of articles distributed to the distribution area. The distribution robot in the distribution area can operate between each racking port of the racking area and each appointed goods discharging position in the distribution area, and the second transfer box to be distributed in the whole box is subjected to racking distribution operation in the distribution area, so that the transfer boxes are extracted from the corresponding racking ports of the racking area by the distribution robot in the distribution area and are conveyed to the corresponding appointed goods discharging positions. The number of the second racking openings contained in the racking area is multiple.
The racking area of the distribution area can also provide racking distribution operation of a first transfer box to be stored, sorted and distributed in the whole box, a first transfer box after seeding and a second transfer box after seeding in the distribution area.
The racking area is arranged through the distribution area, the first transfer box for sorting and distributing the whole boxes, the second transfer box for distributing the whole boxes, the first transfer box after sowing and the second transfer box after sowing are uniformly distributed through the distribution area, the reuse rate of the warehousing system can be improved, and transportation management after distribution is optimized.
In some embodiments, the allocating transfers the completed containers to the racking area of the distribution area for distribution and then to the warehouse, and includes:
distributing the transfer boxes which are to be sown to the racking areas of the distribution areas, and acquiring identification information of racking ports of the racking areas and identification information of the transfer boxes located at corresponding racking ports to form an association relationship between the racking ports and the transfer boxes;
and controlling the distribution robot in the distribution area to pick up the corresponding turnover box from the second upper rack opening and transfer the turnover box to the appointed shipment position in the distribution area according to the order information.
And a plurality of designated shipment positions are respectively assigned in the distribution area according to different order receivers. The storage control system allocates the rack loading port for transferring the sowed turnover box to the distribution area, namely, the storage control system sets the rack loading port for transferring the sowed turnover box to the distribution area, and the execution result of the allocation operation can be determined by detecting whether the sowed turnover box reaches the rack loading port of the distribution area or not. The warehousing control system acquires identification information of the racking port of the racking area and identification information of the corresponding racking port of the turnover box, and forms an association relation between the racking port and the turnover box, wherein each racking port has corresponding identification information, a tag reading device at each racking port identifies identification information of a carrying device reaching the racking port, and then the association relation between the racking port and the turnover box is obtained according to the identification information of the carrying device and the association relation between the carrying device and the turnover box. The distribution robot of the distribution area can operate between the shelf area and each appointed shipment position in the distribution area, corresponding turnover boxes are picked up through the distribution robot and are respectively transferred to the appointed shipment positions in the distribution area, and the step of distributing commodities according to stores is completed.
Optionally, the storage control system is a warehousing control system of a central warehouse, the central warehouse is used for distributing goods for stores, the order information is store order information, and different shipment positions are formed in the distribution area according to different store divisions. Stores, which may be warehouses, may be located in relatively close proximity to the user, may be located in different cities and different regions, and typically each store corresponds to an area covered by items within a predetermined distance from the store. Each store is responsible for the article ordering orders of the users in the corresponding article distribution area, the article ordering orders in the previous period are counted according to the set period and sent to the warehousing control system of the central warehouse, so that the warehousing control system extracts the articles meeting the order information according to the store order information and distributes the articles to the corresponding store, and then the stores distribute the articles to the corresponding users. The distribution area distributes different types of articles in a unified mode, different delivery positions are formed in the distribution area according to different stores, first types of articles meeting order demands can be picked from the storage area according to store order information, second types of articles meeting the order demands can be picked from the temporary storage area and then distributed to the corresponding delivery positions in a unified mode, and packaging and transportation are waited.
In some embodiments, the allocating area includes a plurality of third carrying devices respectively placed at the designated shipment positions, and a rail rack located above the third carrying devices and the rack loading area, the allocating robot moves along the rail rack, and before controlling the allocating robot in the allocating area to pick up a corresponding transfer container from the second rack loading opening and transfer the transfer container to the designated shipment position in the allocating area, the allocating area further includes:
s201, acquiring the weight of the transfer box detected after the transfer robot picks up the corresponding transfer box;
s203, determining the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box at the specified delivery position according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing turnover box at the specified delivery position to which the turnover box is to be transferred.
The goods delivery position can be placed with a plurality of third carrying devices, the turnover box is transferred to the appointed goods delivery position in the distribution area, the appointed goods delivery position refers to the fact that the turnover box is transferred to the third carrying device of the appointed goods delivery position, and the third carrying device is directly carried to the corresponding transport tool before being convenient for packing and transporting.
The distribution robot can be provided with a weight sensor, and the weight of the turnover box can be detected after the turnover box is picked up from the shelf loading area of the distribution area and is sent to the storage control system. The warehousing control system can calculate the appointed shipment position to which each turnover box is transferred according to the order information, the incidence relation between the frame opening and the carrying device and the incidence relation between the transfer device and the turnover box. After the transfer box is picked up by the transfer robot, the warehousing control system determines the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the transfer box at the appointed shipment position according to the weight of the transfer box detected by the transfer robot and the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing transfer box at the appointed shipment position to which the transfer box is to be transferred. The turnover box stacking positions and the target stacking sequence are calculated according to the principle that the turnover box stacking positions are wholly stacked according to the weight of the turnover box and the weight of the turnover box, and the stability of the stacked turnover boxes can be improved.
The warehousing control system calculates the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover boxes at the appointed shipment position by acquiring the weight of the turnover boxes so as to optimize the stacking mode of the turnover boxes and ensure the stability of the turnover boxes after stacking.
In some embodiments, the allocation area includes a plurality of second carriers respectively placed at the shipment position, and a track frame located above the second carriers and the upper rack area, the allocation robot moves along the guide rail frame, and before controlling the allocation robot in the allocation area to pick up a corresponding transfer container from the second upper rack opening and transfer the transfer container to a designated shipment position in the allocation area, the allocation area further includes:
acquiring the types of the articles contained in the turnover boxes and the detected weight of the turnover boxes, which are identified after the corresponding turnover boxes are picked up by the allocating robot;
and determining the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box at the specified delivery position according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing turnover box containing similar article types at the specified delivery position to which the turnover box is to be transferred.
The distribution robot can be provided with a weight sensor, and can detect the weight of the turnover box after the turnover box is picked up from the racking area of the distribution area and send the weight to the storage control system; the distribution robot can also be provided with a label reading device, and identification information of the turnover box can be identified after the turnover box is picked up from the racking area of the distribution area and is sent to the storage control system. The warehousing control system can calculate the appointed shipment position to which each turnover box is transferred according to the order information, the incidence relation between the frame opening and the carrying device and the incidence relation between the transfer device and the turnover box. After the transfer box is picked up by the transfer robot, the warehousing control system determines the type and the weight of the articles in the transfer box according to the weight of the transfer box detected by the transfer robot and the identification information of the transfer box, and determines the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the transfer box at the designated shipment position according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing transfer box at the designated shipment position to which the transfer box is to be transferred. In this embodiment, when the turnover box is stacked at the target stacking position, the turnover box is stacked integrally according to the principle that the lower weight and the upper weight are light, and the number of layers of the stacking sequence in which the articles are fragile cannot be higher than the set range, the same appointed shipment position may include a plurality of turnover box stacking towers, and after the corresponding turnover box is picked up by the sorting robot, the storage control system calculates the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box according to the principle that each turnover box stacking tower is integrally stacked according to the upper weight and the light principle, so that the articles in the turnover box can be better protected, and the stability of the stacked turnover box is improved.
The warehousing control system calculates the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box at the appointed shipment position by acquiring the weight of the turnover box and the type of the articles in the turnover box so as to optimize the stacking mode of the turnover box, avoid the damage of the articles due to improper stacking, ensure that the articles are not damaged and improve the stability of the stacked turnover box.
Optionally, control allocation robot in the allocation district follows the second is put on shelf mouthful and is picked up corresponding turnover case and transport to appointed shipment position in the allocation district includes:
determining a walking track of a corresponding allocating robot on the track frame according to the position of a second racking port in the racking area corresponding to the turnover box to be placed currently, the target stacking position of the turnover box at the appointed shipment position and the target stacking sequence;
and controlling the distribution robot to pick up corresponding turnover boxes according to the walking track, then respectively transferring the turnover boxes to the target stacking positions of the appointed shipment positions in the distribution area, and stacking according to the target stacking sequence.
When the distribution area distributes the turnover boxes, the distribution robot picks up the turnover boxes, the storage control system calculates the traveling track of the distribution robot on the track frame of the distribution area according to the positions of the turnover boxes to be placed at present, the target stacking positions and the target stacking sequence of the turnover boxes at the appointed shipment positions, and therefore the distribution robot can quickly and accurately pick up the turnover boxes and stack the turnover boxes to the appointed shipment positions according to the target stacking positions and the target stacking sequence. The mode of allocating the turnover boxes by the allocating area can be suitable for allocating a first turnover box for allocating the whole boxes in the allocating area, a second turnover box for allocating the whole boxes, a first turnover box after seeding and a second turnover box after seeding. The distribution area distributes the whole boxes, the first transfer boxes after sowing and the second transfer boxes after sowing are respectively stacked to corresponding positions on the third carrying devices, and therefore the commodities are distributed according to stores.
In some embodiments, the controlling, according to the order information and the type of the article in the first turnover box to be split, the turnover box in the first seeding area, which corresponds to the needed seeding, to send out a reminding message includes:
after the target first turnover box is transferred to the first seeding area associated with the storage area, controlling a turnover box corresponding to seeding in a first seeding wall of the first seeding area to emit light for reminding and displaying the quantity of articles to be put in at a position corresponding to the turnover box according to order information and the type of articles in the first turnover box to be split.
The turnover box that corresponds needs the seeding in the second seeding wall of second seeding district according to the article type control in the second turnover box of the current case of waiting to mix sends out warning information, includes:
after the second turnover box is transferred to the second sowing area of the distribution area, according to order information and the type of the articles in the first turnover box to be mixed, the corresponding turnover box to be sown in the second sowing wall of the second sowing area is controlled to emit light for reminding, and the quantity of the articles to be input is displayed at the position corresponding to the turnover box.
Wherein, the seeding warning information sends out light and reminds and show the quantity of the article that need drop into including the position that need be sowed the turnover case that the control needs to be corresponded in the seeding wall in seeding district to the seeding can be directly according to the suggestion of system and after taking out the article of corresponding quantity from the first turnover case of waiting to sow at present, drop into corresponding position. Taking the implementation process that the first circulation box seeds in the first seeding area as an example, after the warehousing control system detects that the first circulation box reaches the first seeding area, the positions of the first seeding wall to which the objects in the first circulation box to be sown need to be detached can be determined according to order information, and the first seeding wall of the first seeding area is controlled to send out seeding reminding information, so that the corresponding positions of the objects which are detached and put into the first seeding wall can be indicated. The implementation process of the second revolving box for sowing seeds in the second sowing area is similar to the implementation process of the first revolving box for sowing seeds in the first sowing area, and the details are not repeated herein.
Optionally, the method further includes:
detecting the operation of putting a corresponding number of articles into the turnover box, and controlling the corresponding turnover box to send alarm information if the articles are put into the wrong turnover box to be filled and/or the articles are put into the corresponding turnover box to be sown in wrong number; if the containers to be packed are completely packed, controlling the corresponding containers to be packed to send out finishing prompt information
The positions corresponding to the turnover boxes needing to be sown in the sowing wall can be respectively provided with a detection device for detecting whether actions of throwing articles into the corresponding turnover boxes exist or not and whether the quantity of the articles thrown into the turnover boxes is accurate or not within a specified time after sowing reminding information of the positions corresponding to the turnover boxes needing to be sown in the sowing wall is sent out. The detection device can comprise an infrared sensor and a weight sensor, wherein the infrared sensor is used for sensing whether the action of throwing the articles is available, and the weight sensor is used for sensing whether the articles with the corresponding number of portions are thrown. Alternatively, the detection device may be an image recognition device or the like, and is configured to analyze the captured image of the position corresponding to the container to be sown according to the need to recognize whether there is an operation of the input article and whether the corresponding number of input articles are input. The warehousing control system detects the operation of putting the corresponding number of articles into the turnover box, and controls the corresponding turnover box to send out alarm information if the articles are put into the wrong turnover box and/or the number of the articles put into the corresponding turnover box is wrong. The alarm information can be a luminous prompt, a text prompt and/or a sound prompt. And if the alarm information is luminous reminding, the light color of the alarm information is different from that of the sowing reminding information so as to be distinguished. And the warehousing control system detects the operation of putting a corresponding number of articles into the turnover box, and controls the corresponding turnover box to send out finish prompt information if the turnover box is completely packed. The completion prompt information can also be luminous prompt, character prompt and/or sound prompt, if the completion prompt information is luminous prompt, the light color of the completion prompt information is different from the light color of the alarm information and the light color of the seeding prompt information so as to be distinguished.
In the above embodiment, the warehousing control system intelligently indicates and monitors the seeding process, and intelligently sends out the seeding reminding information, the warning information and the completion prompting information to guide the rapid and accurate completion of seeding.
In another aspect of the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 5, which further provides a warehousing control system, including a tag reading device 143, a processor 142 and a memory 141, where the tag reading device 143 is configured to detect transfer container identification information and carrier identification information, and send the transfer container identification information and the carrier identification information to the processor 142, and the memory 141 stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor 142, the steps of the warehousing system article warehousing control method provided in any embodiment of the present application are executed. The tag reading device 143, the processor 142, and the memory 141 may respectively include one or more, the warehousing control system may serve as a platform for uniformly controlling processes of storing, distributing, and the like of the articles in the warehousing system, and may include a plurality of physically separated servers, terminal devices, and the like, and the steps of the warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method are jointly implemented by respectively installing computer programs for implementing the warehousing system article ex-warehouse control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, and by mutual communication and interaction between the servers, between the terminal devices, and between the servers and the terminal devices.
On another aspect of the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 6 in combination, further disclose a warehousing system, which includes a warehousing control system, a storage area 52 and a distribution area 53, where the storage area 52 includes a warehousing body, a goods rail erected above the warehousing body, and a goods taking robot moving along the goods rail, the warehousing body includes a goods compartment area 520 for storing turnover boxes, and a first seeding area 521 and an upper and lower rack area 522 located on one side of the goods compartment area 520, the goods taking robot moves along the goods rail to pick up the turnover boxes to move between the goods compartment area 520 and the upper and lower rack area 522, and each first upper and lower rack opening of the upper and lower rack area 522 is respectively provided with tag information; the distribution area 53 comprises designated delivery positions defined by different order receivers, the distribution area 53 comprises a plurality of third carrying devices sequentially placed at the designated delivery positions, a second seeding area 532 and an upper rack area 533 which are positioned on one side of the designated delivery positions, a track rack positioned above the delivery positions and the upper rack area 533, and a distribution robot capable of moving along the track rack, and each second upper rack opening of the upper rack area 533 is provided with label information;
the warehousing control system is used for managing the delivery of the turnover boxes filled with different types of articles;
the warehousing control system acquires order information, and according to the order information and the storage position of a first transfer box containing a first type of articles in a storage area 52, the warehousing control system controls a goods taking robot in the storage area 52 to pick up a target first transfer box and convey the target first transfer box to an upper and lower rack area 522, after the target first transfer box is transferred from the upper and lower rack area 522 to a first sowing area 521 associated with the storage area 52, the warehousing control system controls a transfer box needing to be sown in a first sowing wall of the first sowing area 521 to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of articles in the first transfer box to be separated, and after the transfer box needing to be sown is sown, the transfer box which is sown is transferred to an upper rack area 533 of a distribution area 53 to be separated and then is discharged from a warehouse; and/or acquiring turnover box identification information, determining a second turnover box which needs to be mixed and contains second type of articles according to the order information and the turnover box identification information, distributing and transporting the second turnover box to a second sowing area 532 associated with the distribution area 53, controlling a turnover box which needs to be sown in a second sowing wall of the second sowing area 532 to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of articles in the second turnover box which needs to be mixed currently, and distributing and transporting the sown turnover box to an overhead area 533 of the distribution area 53 for distribution and delivery after the sowing of the turnover box which needs to be sown is completed.
The warehousing control system may be as described in the foregoing embodiments, and is not described herein again. First-class articles can be stored in the warehousing body of the storage area in advance, and after the warehousing control system receives an order, the corresponding first-class articles are picked up from the storage area 52 according to order information and then transferred to the distribution area 53 for distribution. The second category of articles may be delivered to the warehousing system in real time according to the order, and when the second category of articles is delivered to the warehousing system, the warehousing system extracts the corresponding second category of articles according to the order information and transfers the second category of articles to the distribution area 53 for distribution. The distribution area 53 is used for distributing the first category items and the second category items to the specified delivery positions 530 matched with the corresponding orders. When the first type of articles are stored in the storage area and the second type of articles are conveyed to the storage system, the articles are contained in a unified mode according to article types through the turnover boxes, the number of the articles needed in different order information is different, and therefore the articles in partial turnover boxes can be split and recombined to meet the order requirements. And forming a split-zero storage and sorting allocation scheme by splitting and recombining the items in the first transfer box of the first type of items, and forming a mixed box allocation scheme by splitting and recombining the items in the second transfer box of the second type of items.
According to the scheme of the zero-splitting storage sorting and sorting, the goods taking robot in the storage area 52 is controlled to pick up a first transfer box and convey the first transfer box to the upper and lower shelf areas, after the target first transfer box is transferred from the upper and lower shelf area 522 to the first sowing area 521 associated with the storage area 52, after the sowing of the transfer box needing to be sown is completed, the transfer box which is sown is distributed to the upper shelf area 533 of the sorting area 53 to be sorted and then is taken out of the warehouse. And for the mixed box distribution scheme, the second transfer box is distributed and transported to a second sowing area 532 associated with the distribution area 53, and after the circulation box needing to be sowed is sowed, the circulation box which is sowed is distributed and transported to an upper rack area 533 of the distribution area 53 for distribution and then is delivered out of the warehouse.
In some embodiments, the warehousing system further includes a temporary storage area 51, where the temporary storage area 51 includes a plurality of first carriers and a plurality of second carriers arranged in sequence, the first carriers and the second carriers are respectively provided with tag information, the first carriers and the second carriers are respectively used for bearing turnover boxes of different types of articles, and the turnover boxes are respectively provided with tag information. The carrying device which carries the first transfer box containing the first type of articles in the temporary storage area is a tray, and the carrying device which carries the second transfer box containing the second type of articles in the temporary storage area and is determined to be mixed box distribution is a box car. In the warehousing system, articles are transported between different areas by adopting a first transporting device and a second transporting device respectively, each first transporting device and second transporting device can once bear a plurality of turnover box stacking towers, and each first transporting device and second transporting device are respectively provided with label information, can be bound between multiple turnover box stacking towers and corresponding turnover boxes in the transportation process, realize that the position and the state of each turnover box in the warehousing system can be tracked in real time, and provide convenience for the warehousing system through the warehouse-out flow of intelligent article control of the warehousing control system. The tray can adopt fork truck to realize transporting, the little boxcar can include wheel and handle, can directly stimulate the handle and realize transporting. When the first category of articles or the second category of articles are conveyed to the warehousing system, the first category of articles or the second category of articles reach the temporary storage area, and after the first category of articles or the second category of articles are sorted in the temporary storage area, subsequent management is carried out according to different delivery schemes of different categories of articles.
Optionally, referring to fig. 7, the process of controlling the delivery of the articles from the warehousing system includes: s1, the articles arrive at the temporary storage area; s2, sorting in the temporary storage area, and stacking different types of articles on the carrying devices and associating with the corresponding carrying devices; s3, judging whether the item type is a first type item or a second type item, if so, executing S31, and if so, executing S32; s31, transferring the first circulation box of the first type of articles to an upper rack area and a lower rack area of the storage area through a carrying device, and storing the first circulation box of the first type of articles into corresponding storage positions in the cargo hold area through a cargo taking robot of the storage area; s311, receiving order information, and extracting a first transfer tank from the cargo compartment area according to the order information; s312, judging whether the order is the zero-removing, sorting and allocating; s314, if yes, seeding is carried out on the first seeding wall, and after seeding is finished, the seeds are transferred to a distribution area to be distributed to a designated shipment position; s32, receiving the order information, and determining whether the second transfer box is mixed box distribution or not according to the order information; and S322, if so, transferring the second transfer box of the second type of articles to a second sowing wall for sowing, transferring the second transfer box to a corresponding position of a racking area of the distribution area after sowing, and distributing the second transfer box to a specified delivery position at the corresponding position of the racking area.
Optionally, the first seeding wall and the second seeding wall respectively include a shelf and a turnover box arranged on the shelf, and display lamps and/or display panels are arranged at corresponding positions of the turnover box on the first seeding wall and the second seeding wall. The goods shelves of the first sowing wall and the second sowing wall are used for respectively placing empty turnover boxes corresponding to the objects to be sown and put in corresponding number of the objects in sequence, and the display lamp and/or the display panel are used for displaying sowing reminding information, warning information, finishing reminding information and the like according to control signals of the storage control system.
Optionally, the distribution robot is a four-way operation robot, and moves above the rail rack, lifts each transfer container to be distributed from below the rail rack to above the rail rack, and moves to a corresponding designated shipment position to be transferred, wherein the distribution robot has a transfer container accommodating area, and the top of the transfer container accommodating area is in an open state, so that the transfer container transported by the distribution robot can protrude out of the top of the distribution robot. The distribution machine can move transversely and longitudinally along the rail frame above the rail frame, so that the turnover boxes are picked up and conveyed to various positions in the distribution area. The distribution robot is placed in the turnover box containing area after picking up the turnover box, and the top of the turnover box containing area is provided with an opening, so that the distribution robot can pick up and stack any turnover boxes with the height larger than the height of the turnover box containing area per se for transportation.
Optionally, the first category of articles are articles with a shelf life meeting a set requirement, and the second category of articles are articles with a shelf life lower than the set requirement. The setting requirement may be determined according to actual conditions, in an optional embodiment of the present application, the first category of articles are general articles of non-fresh type that can be stored, the second category of articles are fresh articles, and the fresh articles cannot be stored for too long time, so that when the fresh articles are delivered out of the warehouse through unified allocation of the warehousing system, after being sorted in the temporary storage area 51, the fresh articles are directly transferred to the distribution area 53 by using a corresponding distribution scheme according to order information and then delivered out of the warehouse, while the general articles of non-fresh types may be transferred to the temporary storage area 51 in advance, and after being sorted in the temporary storage area 51, the general articles are stored in the storage area 52 of the warehousing system, and after receiving an order, the articles in required number are extracted from the storage area 52 and then transferred to the distribution area 53 for distribution and then delivered out of the warehouse.
In the above embodiment, the storage system is divided into the temporary storage area 51, the storage area 52 and the distribution area 53, the storage and the distribution are performed according to different article categories, the storage system is functionally divided, so that the highly intelligent management storage system integrating classification, sorting, storage and distribution is formed, the articles can be tracked and managed in a full flow after being classified and identified from the temporary storage area 51, the manual work procedures are greatly reduced, and the storage work efficiency and the accuracy of the storage system are improved. The warehousing control system provides a zero-splitting, storing, sorting and allocating scheme according to the implementation mode of automatically distributing the first category of articles according to the order information, provides a mixed-box allocating scheme according to the implementation mode of automatically distributing the second category of articles according to the order information so as to meet the automatic distribution of various flexible orders, and can improve the reuse rate of the warehousing system by uniformly allocating through the allocating area 53 so as to optimize transportation management after allocation. Therefore, the storage system optimizes and sets the ex-warehouse process of each class of articles by optimizing the setting and the division of the functional areas, providing the zero-splitting storage, sorting and distribution scheme and the mixed-box distribution scheme, and realizes intelligent ex-warehouse management of the articles by controlling the operation of the articles in the storage system and tracking the state of the articles in the storage system in real time, so that a large amount of labor cost is saved, and the efficiency and the accuracy of the article in-warehouse and out-warehouse of the storage system are greatly improved.
The concepts described herein may be embodied in other forms without departing from the spirit or characteristics thereof. The particular embodiments disclosed should be considered illustrative rather than limiting. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. Any changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.
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1. A warehouse system goods delivery control method is applied to a warehouse control system, the warehouse system comprises the warehouse control system, a storage area and a distribution area, and the method comprises the following steps:
the method comprises the steps of obtaining order information, controlling a goods taking robot in a storage area to pick up a target first transfer box and convey the target first transfer box to a loading and unloading area according to the order information and the storage position of the first transfer box containing a first type of articles in the storage area, controlling a transfer box needing to be sown in a first sowing wall in the first sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of articles to be disassembled in the first transfer box after the target first transfer box is conveyed to a first sowing area associated with the storage area from the loading and unloading area, and distributing the transfer box needing to be sown to the loading area of a distribution area for distribution and delivery after the transfer box needing to be sown is sown; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
acquiring turnover box identification information, determining a second turnover box which needs to be mixed and contains second type of articles according to the order information and the turnover box identification information, distributing and transporting the second turnover box to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area, controlling a corresponding turnover box needing to be sown in a second sowing wall of the second sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of the articles in the second turnover box to be mixed, and distributing and transporting the finished turnover box to an overhead area of the distribution area for distribution and delivery after the finished sowing of the finished turnover box needing to be sown.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the warehousing system further comprises a staging area, the method further comprising:
acquiring turnover box identification information and carrying device identification information, identifying the types of articles in the turnover box according to the turnover box identification information, and forming an association relationship between a first carrying device and the turnover box according to the stacking position relationship between the first carrying device in the temporary storage area and the first turnover box stacked on the first carrying device and filled with the first type of articles;
the method comprises the steps that a first carrying device of a first transfer box bearing first-class articles is distributed to a storage area, the incidence relation between the first carrying device and a first upper and lower rack opening in an upper and lower rack area of the storage area is obtained, according to the incidence relation between the first carrying device and a transfer box, a goods taking robot in the storage area is controlled to transfer the first transfer box to a corresponding storage position from the corresponding first upper and lower rack opening, and the storage position information of the first transfer box in the storage area is obtained.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:
according to the order information and the storage position of a first transfer box containing a first class of articles in a storage area, controlling a goods taking robot in the storage area to pick up a target first transfer box and convey the target first transfer box to a shelving area, and distributing and transferring the target first transfer box from the shelving area to the shelving area of a distribution area for distribution and then delivering the target first transfer box out of a warehouse.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the warehousing system further comprises a staging area, the method further comprising:
acquiring turnover box identification information and carrying device identification information, identifying the type of articles in the turnover box according to the turnover box identification information, and forming an association relationship between a second carrying device and a turnover box according to the stacking relationship between the second carrying device in the temporary storage area and a second turnover box which is stacked on the second carrying device and is filled with articles of a second type;
the step of determining a second transfer box containing a second type of articles to be mixed according to the order information and the transfer box identification information, and allocating and transferring the second transfer box to a second seeding area associated with the distribution area comprises the following steps: and distributing and transporting the second carrying device stacked with the second transfer boxes containing the second type of articles to be mixed to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area according to the order information and the transfer box identification information.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises:
according to the order information, distributing and transferring a second carrying device of a second transfer box containing a second category of articles and allocated to the whole box to a racking area of the allocation area, acquiring the association relation between the second carrying device and a second racking port in the racking area, and controlling an allocation robot in the allocation area to pick up the second transfer box from the second racking port and transfer the second transfer box to a specified delivery position in the allocation area.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the allocating transfers the completed containers to a racking area of the staging area for staging and ex-warehouse comprises:
distributing the transfer boxes which are to be sown to the racking areas of the distribution areas, and acquiring identification information of racking ports of the racking areas and identification information of the transfer boxes located at corresponding racking ports to form an association relationship between the racking ports and the transfer boxes;
and controlling the distribution robot in the distribution area to pick up the corresponding turnover box from the second upper rack opening and transfer the turnover box to the appointed shipment position in the distribution area according to the order information.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the storage control system is a warehouse control system of a central warehouse, the central warehouse is used for distributing goods for stores, the order information is store order information, and different shipment positions are formed in the distribution area according to different store divisions.
8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the distribution area includes a plurality of third carriers respectively placed at the designated shipment positions, and a rail frame located above the third carriers and the racking area, the distribution robot moves along the rail frame, and before the distribution robot in the distribution area picks up the corresponding tote from the second racking port and transfers the tote to the designated shipment position in the distribution area, the method further includes:
acquiring the weight of the transfer box detected after the transfer robot picks up the corresponding transfer box;
and determining the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box at the specified delivery position according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing turnover box at the specified delivery position to which the turnover box is to be transferred.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the distribution area comprises a plurality of second carriers respectively placed at the shipment positions, and a rail frame located above the second carriers and the racking area, the distribution robot moves along the rail frame, and before the distribution robot in the distribution area is controlled to pick up the corresponding tote from the second racking port and transfer the tote to the specified shipment position in the distribution area, the method further comprises:
acquiring the types of the articles contained in the turnover boxes and the detected weight of the turnover boxes, which are identified after the corresponding turnover boxes are picked up by the allocating robot;
and determining the target stacking position and the target stacking sequence of the turnover box at the specified delivery position according to the position distribution information and the weight information of the existing turnover box containing similar article types at the specified delivery position to which the turnover box is to be transferred.
10. The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein said controlling the allocation robot within the allocation zone to pick up the corresponding tote from the second racking port for transfer to the designated shipment location within the allocation zone comprises:
determining a walking track of a corresponding allocating robot on the track frame according to the position of a second racking port in the racking area corresponding to the turnover box to be placed currently, the target stacking position of the turnover box at the appointed shipment position and the target stacking sequence;
and controlling the distribution robot to pick up corresponding turnover boxes according to the walking track, then respectively transferring the turnover boxes to the target stacking positions of the appointed shipment positions in the distribution area, and stacking according to the target stacking sequence.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling the first seeding wall of the first seeding area to send out a reminding message corresponding to the container to be seeded according to the order information and the type of the article in the first container to be split comprises:
after the target first turnover box is transferred to the first seeding area associated with the storage area, controlling a turnover box corresponding to seeding in a first seeding wall of the first seeding area to emit light for reminding and displaying the quantity of articles to be put in at a position corresponding to the turnover box according to order information and the type of articles in the first turnover box to be split.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling the turnover box in the second seeding wall of the second seeding area to send out the reminding information corresponding to the turnover box to be seeded according to the order information and the type of the article in the second turnover box to be mixed currently comprises:
after the second turnover box is transferred to the second sowing area of the distribution area, according to order information and the type of the articles in the first turnover box to be mixed, the corresponding turnover box to be sown in the second sowing wall of the second sowing area is controlled to emit light for reminding, and the quantity of the articles to be input is displayed at the position corresponding to the turnover box.
13. The method of claim 11 or 12, further comprising:
detecting the operation of putting a corresponding number of articles into the turnover box, and controlling the corresponding turnover box to send alarm information if the articles are put into the wrong turnover box to be filled and/or the articles are put into the corresponding turnover box to be sown in wrong number; and if the containers to be packed are completely packed, controlling the corresponding containers to be packed to send out finishing prompt information.
14. A warehouse control system comprising tag reading means for detecting tote identification information and carrier identification information sent to the processor, a processor, and a memory storing a computer program that, when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 13.
15. A warehousing system is characterized by comprising a warehousing control system, a storage area and a distribution area, wherein the storage area comprises a warehousing body, a goods rail erected above the warehousing body and a goods taking robot moving along the goods rail, the warehousing body comprises a goods cabin area for storing turnover boxes, a first seeding area and an upper and lower rack areas, the first seeding area and the upper and lower rack areas are located on one side of the goods cabin area, the goods taking robot moves along the goods rail so as to pick up the turnover boxes to move between the goods cabin area and the upper and lower rack areas, and each first upper and lower rack opening of the upper and lower rack areas is respectively provided with label information; the distribution area comprises designated delivery positions defined according to different order receivers, the distribution area comprises a plurality of third carrying devices placed at the designated delivery positions in sequence, a second seeding area and an upper rack area which are positioned on one side of the designated delivery positions, a track rack positioned above the delivery positions and the upper rack area, and a distribution robot capable of moving along the track rack, and each second upper rack opening of the upper rack area is provided with label information;
the warehousing control system is used for managing the delivery of the turnover boxes filled with different types of articles;
the warehousing control system acquires order information, controls a goods taking robot in the storage area to pick up a target first transfer box to be conveyed to a loading and unloading area according to the order information and the storage position of the first transfer box containing a first type of articles in the storage area, controls a transfer box needing to be sown in a first sowing wall of the first sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of articles in the first transfer box to be disassembled after the target first transfer box is conveyed to a first sowing area associated with the storage area from the loading and unloading area, and distributes the transfer box needing to be sown to be conveyed to the loading area of the distribution area for distribution and then to be discharged after the transfer box needing to be sown is sown; and/or acquiring turnover box identification information, determining a second turnover box which needs to be mixed and contains second type of articles according to the order information and the turnover box identification information, distributing and transporting the second turnover box to a second sowing area associated with the distribution area, controlling a corresponding turnover box needing to be sown in a second sowing wall of the second sowing area to send out reminding information according to the order information and the type of the articles in the second turnover box to be mixed, and distributing and transporting the sown turnover box to an overhead area of the distribution area for distribution and delivery after the sowing of the turnover box needing to be sown is completed.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the stocker system further comprises a buffer area, wherein the buffer area 1 comprises a plurality of first carriers and a plurality of second carriers arranged in sequence, wherein the first carriers and the second carriers are respectively provided with label information, the first carriers and the second carriers are respectively used for carrying containers of different types of articles, and the containers are respectively provided with label information.
17. The stocker system of claim 16, wherein the carriers carrying the first turnaround containing said first type of articles in said staging area are pallets and the carriers carrying the second turnaround containing said second type of articles in said staging area are tote carts.
18. The warehousing system of claim 15, wherein the first seeding wall and the second seeding wall respectively comprise a shelf and a turnover box arranged on the shelf, and display lamps and/or display panels are arranged at corresponding positions of the turnover box on the first seeding wall and the second seeding wall.
19. The warehousing system of claim 15, wherein the allocating robot is a four-way robot moving above the track rack, lifting each tote to be allocated from below the track rack to above the track rack, moving to a corresponding designated shipment location, and lowering, wherein the allocating robot has a tote receiving area with a top open so that the tote transported by the allocating robot can protrude out of the top of the allocating robot.
20. The warehousing system of claim 15, wherein the first category of items are items having a shelf life meeting a set requirement and the second category of items are items having a shelf life below the set requirement.
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