CN214298135U - Full-automatic package guiding and feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

Full-automatic leading-in device of going up of parcel, behind the tipper, get into the full-automatic leading-in device of going up of constitution before the sorting machine, cancel the manual work and pursue the mode of going up, utilize the separation of singleton and fold a detection device to realize autofilter and directional accent and flow to for the follow-up crossing area letter sorting of getting into of parcel, automatic bar code scanning provides and prepares fully, solve after the discharge one by one the operating pressure who goes up, improve one by one speed and the accuracy of scanning identification and last, fundamentally guarantees the high-speed operation and the letter sorting efficiency of follow-up parcel letter sorting. The full-automatic parcel guiding and loading device comprises an online conveying device, a gradient separating device, a scattering separating device, a single piece separating device, a visual identification device, an identification conveying belt machine, a balance wheel sorting machine, a shunt belt machine, a chute, a backflow conveyor and a guiding device which are sequentially connected.

Description

Full-automatic package guiding and feeding device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a full-automatic leading-in piece device of going up of high-speed letter sorting of implementation parcel belongs to commodity circulation letter sorting field.

Background

In the logistics sorting operation field of the existing e-commerce and express delivery industries, a front-end manual piece loading operation mode is generally adopted, and a large number of packages which are piled up and enter a conveying line are manually separated so as to facilitate subsequent scanning and information input. At present, a plurality of field personnel are required to be configured in the front-end manual workpiece supply mode, sorting equipment generally runs at a high speed and cannot be stopped, accordingly, the requirement on the skill quality of manual workpiece feeding personnel is high, and the field labor intensity is high.

In case the problem that the processing speed of the upper piece of goods descends appears, a large amount of parcels can appear in the short time and concentrate and get into follow-up scanning letter sorting process and cause the phenomenon that goods overstock is serious, both scanning and letter sorting operation pressure have been increased rapidly, will directly lead to a large amount of unidentified parcels to circulate once more again and get into the upper piece and scanning process again to directly seriously influence the treatment effeciency of whole letter sorting operation, prolonged the repeated treatment time of some processes, reduced whole logistics storage efficiency and ability.

Also as a domestic prior application patent disclosing the following scheme, application number cn201910162842.x, entitled side-by-side object separation method and device. This object separator side by side includes a plurality of bar conveyer belts, a plurality of motor and the control unit that sets up side by side, the motor with bar conveyer belt one-to-one. The method comprises the steps that when a first object and a second object are detected to be side by side, the control unit obtains first position information of the first object and second position information of the second object, and the first strip-shaped conveyor belt set and the second strip-shaped conveyor belt set are controlled to run at different conveying speeds through a motor, so that the first object is separated from the second object. The separating device is provided with spacing grooves between adjacent strip-shaped conveyor belts, photoelectric sensors are arranged in the spacing grooves, the spacing grooves are located at the upstream positions of the objects on the conveying paths of the strip-shaped conveyor belts, and the photoelectric sensors are connected with the control unit. Controlling the first set of linear conveyors to transport the first object at the first speed by a first set of motors, and controlling the second set of motors to transport the second object at a third speed, the third speed being less than the first speed.

The above-mentioned prior applications have the following significant drawbacks and disadvantages: 1. how can a package being inspected and separated effectively be diverted before entering a different strip conveyor formed by adjacent compartments? How can the workload be adjusted between different conveyors simultaneously? The prior application does not provide enough technical solutions, and if manual intervention and manual scanning are still adopted, the scanning efficiency is still low, and the sorting efficiency is difficult to improve. 2. The problem that the position relation of common packages such as irregular parts, stacked parts and the like in a package queue is not effectively solved, and unnecessary workload is brought to subsequent automatic sorting and automatic scanning operations, so that the packages can only be manually sorted and scanned manually. 3. The prior art separates the disposition through sensor signal trigger mode, and processing speed is lower, is difficult to satisfy the field letter sorting operation demand of current high-speed, big batch parcel. 4. The separated parcels are still in a disordered discrete state and do not form a single queue, the subsequent single-code scanning operation is still not facilitated, the missing proportion is still large, and whether the subsequent parcels can be correctly conveyed to a cross belt cannot be guaranteed.

In view of this, the present patent application is specifically proposed.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Full-automatic leading-in device of going up of parcel, lie in solving the problem that above-mentioned prior art exists and behind the tipper, get into and establish full-automatic leading-in device of going up before the sorting machine, cancel artifical one by one mode of going up, utilize a separation and pile detection device to realize autofilter and directional accent and flow, thereby for the follow-up crisscross band letter sorting that gets into of parcel, automatic bar code scanning provides and prepares fully, solve the work pressure of one by one piece of going up after the discharge, improve one by one speed and the accuracy of scanning identification and last, fundamentally guarantees the high-speed operation and the letter sorting efficiency of follow-up parcel letter sorting.

In order to achieve the design purpose, the full-automatic package guiding and feeding device comprises an online conveying device, a gradient separating device, a scattering separating device, a single piece separating device, a visual identification device, an identification conveying belt machine, a balance wheel sorting machine, a shunt belt machine, a chute, a backflow conveying machine and a guiding device which are sequentially connected.

The device comprises an upper line conveying device, a slope separating device, a plurality of vertical guide plates and a plurality of vertical guide plates, wherein the upper line conveying device is directly connected with an unloading end, the slope separating device is provided with a plurality of belt conveyors which are sequentially connected along a slope, the vertical guide plates are connected between adjacent belt conveyors, and each belt conveyor is driven by a separate servo motor;

the scattering and separating device comprises a plurality of belt conveyors which are arranged in a divergent state along the conveying direction, and each belt conveyor is driven by a separate servo motor.

The single-piece separating device comprises a plurality of belt conveyors arranged in a matrix manner along the conveying direction, and each belt conveyor is driven by a separate servo motor; the belt conveyor matrix is provided with 1 longitudinal isolation area and 2 conveying channels;

arranging a visual recognition device above the single piece separation device and the recognition belt conveyor in the vertical direction, wherein the visual recognition device comprises a plurality of 3D cameras, and the 3D cameras are installed downwards along the vertical direction of the package conveying direction;

the identification belt conveyor corresponds to a single piece separating device and is divided into 1 longitudinally extending middle isolation area and 2 transversely arranged and longitudinally extending conveying channels;

the balance wheel sorting machine is provided with a plurality of sorting modules distributed in rows and columns, each sorting module is provided with a plurality of balance wheel units arranged in a queue, and each sorting module is driven by an independent servo motor;

the split-flow belt conveyor is provided with 2 belt devices for independent conveying;

the sliding chute is arranged at the side part of the balance wheel sorting machine;

the backflow conveyor is a plurality of belt conveyors connected in series, one end of the backflow conveyor is connected with the chute, and the other end of the backflow conveyor is connected with the upper line conveying device;

the tail ends of the 2 belt devices of the shunt belt conveyor are connected with the leading-in device, and the leading-in device is directly connected with the cross belt sorting machine.

In summary, the full-automatic package guiding and loading device has the following advantages:

1. the full-automatic sorting machine provides a screening and directional flow-regulating full-automatic tally process from unloading to entering a sorting machine, including single piece separation and stacked piece detection, and realizes a full-automatic mechanical piece feeding processing device and a control method on the basis of canceling manual piece feeding, so that the working pressure of manual piece feeding after unloading is solved, and the speed and the accuracy of piece feeding and scanning identification are remarkably improved.

2. The automatic sorting machine can effectively reduce the manual workpiece loading quantity and the work load, and can fundamentally ensure the high-speed operation and the sorting efficiency of the sorting machine.

3. The method and the device can meet the requirements of large-batch package, no manual intervention and pretreatment, can automatically screen abnormal parts, are suitable for the full-automatic operation requirement of a high-speed sorting machine, and do not need the original manual screening link and greatly reduce manual input.

4. The method and the device can greatly reduce the labor input, reduce the operation intensity and the operation amount of workers, and simultaneously reduce the requirement on the skill quality of field personnel.

5. The method and the device can identify and calculate the position relation of a plurality of adjacent parcels simultaneously by adopting an image identification algorithm, thereby improving the accuracy and efficiency of processing the separation processing one by one, and improving the execution reliability of the separation method to the maximum extent.

6. According to the method, the single queue packages are separated one by one, so that high-speed separation and single queue conveying of the packages in batches are realized, the maximum speed of follow-up single-scanning operation is realized, the missing rate is reduced, and the sorting operation efficiency is improved.

7. This application can carry out attitude adjustment effectively with the parcel after the separation, and the long limit of every parcel can be parallel with direction of delivery to realize the parcel arrangement according to follow-up bar code scanning demand, also can guarantee simultaneously that the parcel is follow-up correctly be carried on sorting equipment such as cross area, improve whole parcel letter sorting efficiency.

8. The image recognition algorithm is adopted in the method, the coordinates and the position information of a plurality of adjacent packages can be recognized, marked and calculated at the same time, then counting and directional flow regulation are carried out before the packages enter different conveyor belts, so that the balanced distribution of the workload among the different conveyor belts is realized, and the package sorting efficiency and the accuracy rate are improved integrally.

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The invention will now be further described with reference to the following figures.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a fully automatic package guiding and loading device according to the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the construction of the single piece separating apparatus and the stack detecting apparatus;

FIG. 3 is a top down schematic view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the on-line conveying and grade separation apparatus;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the construction of the single piece separation and visual identification device;

FIG. 6 is a control flow diagram of a package separation singleton arrangement;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a system module for implementing the control method of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a belt conveyor matrix layout of a single piece separating apparatus;

9-1 and 9-2 are schematic views of the belt conveyor matrix rotation control for different zone wrapping, respectively;

fig. 10 is a schematic view of the visual identification and identification conveyor;

FIG. 11 is a schematic flow chart of a method for anomaly detection and flow-regulated sorting;

FIGS. 12-1 to 12-4 are respectively a schematic diagram of a judgment criterion and an example of whether a parcel is abnormal or not;

fig. 13 is a schematic view of the structure of the balance sorter;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural view of the introducing device;

fig. 15 is a schematic flow chart of a full-automatic package import and loading control method according to the present application.

Detailed Description

Example 1, as shown in fig. 1, at the front end of a cross-belt sorter 10, 2 sets of the fully-automatic package-introducing and loading apparatus according to the present invention were arranged in parallel in the conveying direction. Each group of full-automatic lead-in and lead-out devices is provided with a lead-in conveying device 1, a gradient separating device 2, a scattering separating device 3, a single piece separating device 4, a visual identification device 5, an identification conveying belt machine 6, a balance wheel sorting machine 7, a diversion belt machine 8, a chute 9, a backflow conveying machine 11 and a lead-in device 12 which are connected in sequence.

The feeding conveyor device 1 is directly connected with the unloading end, namely the feeding conveyor device 1 can be directly butted with a loading vehicle, and piled packages unloaded from the transport vehicle are directly placed on the feeding conveyor device 1. The upper line conveyor 1 can be a belt conveyor in general.

As shown in fig. 2 to 5, the gradient separating device 2 has a plurality of belt conveyors connected in sequence along the gradient, a vertical guide plate 21 is connected between adjacent belt conveyors, the vertical guide plate 21 forms a vertical height difference between the two belt conveyors, and each belt conveyor is driven by a separate servo motor. The batch piled packages are guided into the gradient separation device 2 through the online conveying device 1, and the packages are separated into different intervals along the conveying direction by utilizing the conveying height difference and the speed difference among the plurality of belt conveyors of the gradient separation device 2.

The scattering and separating device 3 comprises a plurality of belt conveyors arranged in a divergent state along the conveying direction, and each belt conveyor is driven by a separate servo motor.

The single-piece separating device 4 comprises a plurality of belt conveyors arranged in a matrix along the conveying direction, each belt conveyor is driven by a single servo motor, the belt conveyor matrix is provided with 1 longitudinal isolation area 40 and 2 conveying channels 41, and the conveying channels 41 are butted with subsequent independent bar code scanning and sorting equipment.

A visual recognition device 5 is arranged vertically above the single-piece separation device 4 and the recognition belt conveyor 6, the visual recognition device 5 comprises a plurality of 3D cameras 51, and the 3D cameras 51 are installed vertically downwards along the conveying direction of the parcels.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3 and 10, the identification conveyor 6 corresponds to a single-piece separating device 4, which is also divided into 1 longitudinally extending intermediate separating zone and 2 transversely aligned and longitudinally extending conveyor paths. The packages which are respectively conveyed in 2 rows through the single piece separating device 4 enter the identification conveyor belt 6, the visual identification device 5 is used for photographing and identifying 2 package queues in 2 conveying channels one by one, and coordinate data of each package are obtained so as to correspondingly generate the three-dimensional size and real-time position coordinates of the edge of the package image. Judging whether abnormal parts such as stacked parts exist or not based on the image recognition result, and marking the abnormal parts such as the stacked parts; meanwhile, the normal pieces are numbered one by one in sequence so as to count the number of the packages in each conveying channel; all the parcel information generated in the image recognition stage is sent to a PLC of the balance wheel sorting machine 7;

as shown in fig. 1 and 13, the balance sorter 7 has several sets of sorting modules 70 arranged in rows and columns, each set of sorting modules 70 has several balance units 71 arranged in a row, and each set of sorting modules 70 is driven by a single servo motor 72 to uniformly control the angle and speed of swing of the balance units 71.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the diverting belt conveyor 8 has 2 belt devices for individual conveying, corresponding to 2 transversely arranged and longitudinally extending conveying paths of the identification belt conveyor 6, and the 2 belt devices of the diverting belt conveyor 8 are distributed in parallel in the transverse direction to realize 2 respectively operated parcel conveying paths. Each belt device of the split belt conveyor 8 comprises a plurality of belt conveyors connected in series, each belt conveyor being driven by a separate servo motor to control the speed of the respective belt conveyor. The conveying speed difference of the packages among the belt conveyors further increases and separates the packages into different intervals along the conveying direction.

The sliding chute 9 is arranged at the side part of the balance wheel sorting machine 7, and abnormal pieces which are detected and marked on the identification belt conveyor 6 wrap the sliding chute 9 after the balance wheel sorting machine 7 rotates and reverses.

As shown in fig. 1, the return conveyor 11 is a plurality of belt conveyors connected in series, one end of which is connected to the chute 9, and the other end of which is connected to the upper conveying device 1. The abnormal part packages which are rotated out through the chute 9 flow back to the original on-line conveying device 1 again through the backflow conveyor 11 to be manually intervened and processed.

As shown in fig. 1 and 14, the leading-in device 12 is connected to the end of the 2 belt devices of the diversion belt conveyor 8, and the leading-in device 12 is directly connected with the cross belt sorter 10.

The lead-in device 12 is composed of a front end conveying line 301, an inclined lead-in section 302, an encoding section 303, a light curtain assembly 304, a weighing section 305, a synchronization section 306, an uploading section 307 and a supporting assembly 308. When packages to be sorted reach an automatic leading-in area formed by the device, the packages firstly enter a front-end conveying line 301 formed by 3 sections of belt conveyors, and the packages are subjected to distance-drawing treatment at different conveying speeds of the belt conveyors, so that relatively proper conveying distances are kept among the packages; the packages processed by the front-end conveying line 301 reach the inclined lead-in section 302, and then reach the coding section 303 at a proper angle, and information is acquired and processed by the light curtain assembly 304; then, the weight of the package is accurately counted when the package reaches the weighing section 305, and the collected information is transmitted to the PLC control system; eventually, the package arrives at the synchronization section 306 and through the upload section 307 onto the sorting cart loop 309 of the cross-belt sorter 10. The uploading section 307 and the sorting trolley loop 309 keep a certain included angle to ensure that the packages reach the sorting trolley loop 309 in a more ideal state, and further improve the sorting accuracy of the packages in the cross belt sorting machine 1.

By applying the full-automatic package guiding and loading device with the structural design, the following full-automatic package guiding and loading control method is realized simultaneously in the application:

the batch piled packages are guided to the gradient separation device 2 by the online conveying device 1, and the packages are separated into different intervals along the conveying direction by utilizing the conveying height difference and the speed difference among a plurality of belt conveyors of the gradient separation device 2;

the parcels sequentially reach the scattering and separating device 3, and are dispersed along the extending included angle between the belt and the conveying direction, namely, the adjacent parcels are separated into different intervals again along the transverse direction;

the parcels enter a single piece separating device 4 to carry out a single piece separating and arranging process, and a visual recognition device 5 is used for carrying out information recognition on each parcel to obtain the three-dimensional size and real-time position coordinate data; during this time, the conveyor speed of the front row zone 4-1 (front four rows) of the belt conveyor matrix is gradually increased, so that the longitudinal distance between the packages in this zone is continuously increased.

In the process that the packages enter a back row area 4-2 (back three rows of belt conveyors) in the belt conveyor matrix, the conveying speed of the belt conveyors in the area where the packages are located is adjusted according to a sorting rule so as to realize single piece arrangement conveying between the packages along the conveying direction; during this time, according to the recognition of the visual recognition device 5, the several belt conveyors in the area of the isolated area 40 perform different conveying speeds to divert the parcel to the adjacent conveying channel 41; according to the recognition result of the visual recognition device 5, the longest edge of the outermost peripheral edge of the package is not parallel to the conveying direction, and different conveying speeds are performed on the plurality of belt conveyors in the area where the package is located to adjust the rotation of the plurality of belt conveyors until the longest edge of the outermost peripheral edge is parallel to the conveying direction.

The packages which are respectively conveyed in 2 rows by the single-piece separating device 4 enter the identification belt conveyor 6, and abnormal piece detection and flow regulation sorting processes are carried out on the identification belt conveyor 6. Using a visual recognition device 5 to take pictures of 2 parcel queues in 2 conveying channels one by one for recognition, and obtaining coordinate data of each parcel so as to correspondingly generate the three-dimensional size and real-time position coordinates of the edge of the parcel image; judging whether abnormal parts such as stacked parts exist or not based on the image recognition result, and marking the abnormal parts such as the stacked parts; meanwhile, the normal pieces are numbered one by one in sequence so as to count the number of the packages in each conveying channel; all the parcel information generated in the image recognition stage is sent to a PLC of the balance wheel sorting machine 7;

after entering the balance wheel sorting machine 7 along 2 conveying channels, the packages marked as abnormal parts are directly swung and reversed to be conveyed to the chute 9, and the abnormal parts are returned to the initial online conveying device 1 through the return flow conveyor 11 to be manually intervened and processed.

The normal parcel is carried to gatherer 12 by 2 belt means of reposition of redundant personnel belt feeder 8, in the automatic leading-in region of gatherer 12 constitution, carries out information acquisition and weighing to the parcel.

Finally, the package arrives at the cross-belt sorter 10 for sorting operations.

As shown in fig. 6, 8 to 9-2, the separated single piece arraying process performed on the single piece separating device 4 includes the steps of:

1-1) longitudinal separation

In the conveying process of the batch parcel gradient separating device 2, the height difference and the speed difference of conveying planes among the plurality of belt conveyors are utilized to separate parcels into intervals along the conveying direction;

1-2) transverse Dispersion

The packages arriving at the scattering and separating device 3 are dispersed along the extending included angle between the belt and the conveying direction, and the adjacent goods are separated from each other in the transverse direction of the equipment to form a space;

1-3) detection recognition

Identifying each parcel by using a visual identification device 5 so as to acquire the three-dimensional size and real-time position coordinate data and define the size coordinate of the outermost periphery of the parcel along the conveying direction as the current position of the parcel;

1-4) separation

Defining a sorting rule among the identified adjacent packages, and executing the sorting rule through the speed difference among a plurality of belt conveyors in the area where the package is positioned to realize single-piece arrangement conveying among the packages along the conveying direction;

1-5) splitting

The belt conveyor matrix defining the single-piece separating device 4 has at least 1 isolation zone 40 and at least 2 conveying channels 41; for the parcel in the isolated area, according to the identification of the visual identification device 5, the belt conveyors in the area where the parcel is located execute different conveying speeds to regulate the flow of the parcel to the adjacent conveying channel.

In the arrangement process of the separated single pieces, the mode of dispersing and pulling the space back and then dispersing and expanding the space left and right is adopted, the volume, the position coordinates and the adjacent relation of each parcel are identified and marked based on the application of an image identification algorithm technology, so that the conveying sequence between the adjacent parcels is determined, the specification and the arrangement of the separation and single-row conveying queues in the conveying direction are finally completed, a good forward moving foundation is provided for the following processes of high-speed and orderly entering of the parcels into the cross belt sorting, bar code scanning and the like, and the one-time scanning success rate and the sorting efficiency of the parcels in large batch can be effectively improved.

As shown in fig. 7, the control module applied in the above-mentioned single-piece separation process includes an upper computer, a PLC, a vision controller, and a servo driver, where the servo driver drives each belt conveyor of the single-piece separation device 4. In the control communication of the whole separation single piece arrangement process, the PLC sends an instruction to the upper computer and the visual controller, the PLC sends an instruction to the servo driver to drive and control each belt conveyor to operate at a corresponding rotating speed, and meanwhile, the PLC also sends an instruction to the visual controller to trigger the 3D camera to take pictures.

When the parcel is on the single piece separating apparatus 4, the vision controller obtains the current position coordinates and the size information through the 3D camera. For packages which are preferentially conveyed, the PLC can send corresponding running instructions with different conveying speeds to a belt conveyor servo driver in a region where the packages are located so as to realize the conveying speed difference between adjacent belt conveyors, the packages can be separated through the speed difference, and the posture rotation adjustment can be realized for a region where a certain package is located or an included angle between the certain package and the conveying direction.

In order to improve the accuracy of the identification information and improve the identification result to reflect the real-time state and the physical parameter data of the package more truly and effectively, further, in the step 1-3), the visual identification device 5 performs edge detection on the package image, and screens out the outermost peripheral edge information of the package to correspondingly generate the three-dimensional size and position coordinate information.

In order to increase the longitudinal and transverse distances between adjacent packages in the conveying process and further provide sufficient time intervals for subsequent bar code scanning and one-time successful sorting, further, in the step 1-4), the package sorting rule can be that the real-time position of the packages is judged firstly according to the recognition result of the visual recognition device 5, and the packages are conveyed with priority in the front position; if the real-time positions are the same, comparing the data of the peripheral sizes of the packages, and preferentially conveying the packages with larger volume; and so on;

the belt conveyor in the area of the packages to be conveyed preferentially runs at a faster conveying speed until the packages to be conveyed preferentially completely pass the other packages in the conveying direction.

In order to expand the range of the viewing angle required by information collection and calculation of the identification area, further, in the steps 1-4) to 1-5), a visual identification device 5 is arranged vertically above the single piece separation device 4, and the visual identification device 5 comprises a plurality of 3D cameras; the 3D camera identifies the package information vertically down the package conveying direction.

In order to improve the success rate of the subsequent one-time scanning and the sorting efficiency to the maximum extent, further, in the step 1-4) and the step 1-5), according to the identification result of the visual identification device 5, the longest edge of the outermost peripheral edge of the parcel is not parallel to the conveying direction, and different conveying speeds are performed on a plurality of belt conveyors in the area where the parcel is located so as to adjust the rotation of the belt conveyors until the longest edge of the outermost peripheral edge is parallel to the conveying direction.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the upper left corner of the outermost peripheral edge of the parcel is marked as the origin, the conveying direction is the X axis, and the vertical direction is the Y axis, so that the rear row area 4-2 of the belt conveyor matrix of the single piece separating device 4 (the rear three rows of belt conveyors, including 1 isolation area 40 and 2 conveying channels 41, form a coordinate system.

As shown in FIG. 9-1, for example, after the parcel enters the back row zone 4-2 at a speed of 1.2m/s, the operation of the 58# and 59# belt conveyors is stopped. The 3D camera 51 locates the center coordinate of the parcel, four vertex angle coordinate data U1, U2, U3 and U4 of the outermost periphery edge, calculates the length L and the width W according to the coordinate, identifies the included angle of the long edge L of the outermost periphery edge of the parcel relative to the X axis as alpha, determines the rotation direction of the parcel as the clockwise direction and the rotation angle as alpha, and can rotate the parcel by alpha angle in the clockwise direction and by taking U2(X2 and Y2) as a fixed point through the speed difference (the conveying speed of 58# belt conveyor is higher) between the areas 58# and 59# belt conveyor where the parcel is located. In the rotation process, the visual recognition device 5 always performs photographing recognition. The parcels to be wrapped are turned to the right position, and the 58# belt conveyor and the 59# belt conveyor are started to convey forwards at the same speed of 2 m/s.

As shown in fig. 9-2, the middle two rows of belts of the belt matrix defining the single separation device 4 form an isolation zone 40. For a package partially in the isolation area, the long side of the outermost peripheral edge is at an angle β with respect to the X-axis, as identified by the visual recognition device 5.

At the moment, the 65# and 66# belt conveyors stop running, and the packages need to rotate anticlockwise to be far away from the middle area because the packages are in the middle area. I.e., rotate counterclockwise by β with U8(X4, Y4) as a fixed point. The packages were adjusted to have long sides parallel to the X-axis by the speed difference between the 64# to 66# conveyors. The packages to be wrapped are turned in place, and the 64# belt conveyor and the 65# belt conveyor are started to convey forwards at the same speed of 2 m/s.

As shown in fig. 11, the abnormal component detection and flow adjustment sorting process implemented on the identification belt conveyor 6 includes the following steps:

2-1) visual recognition

The parcels entering the identification conveyor belt 6 are photographed one by one through the visual identification device 5 to generate image information, and the three-dimensional size data and the real-time position coordinates of each parcel are obtained;

2-2) type tag

Identifying abnormal pieces according to the package images, marking the abnormal pieces to be subjected to subsequent rejection processing if the abnormal pieces belong to the normal pieces, sequentially numbering the normal pieces one by one if the normal pieces belong to the normal pieces, and counting the number of the normal packages in each conveying channel;

all the parcel information generated at this stage is sent to the PLC of the balance wheel sorting machine 7;

2-3) sorting and flow-adjusting

After the parcels enter the balance wheel sorting machine 7, the parcels marked as abnormal pieces are directly swung and reversed to be conveyed to the backflow belt conveyor 9, and the normal pieces of parcels are continuously conveyed forward to the diversion belt conveyor 8;

according to the counted number of the parcels in each conveying channel in unit time, the flow is regulated among 2 single conveying belt devices of the shunt belt conveyor 8 by the swinging and rotating direction change of the balance wheel unit 71.

As shown in fig. 7, the control module for abnormal component detection and flow adjusting and sorting process application includes an upper computer, a PLC, a visual controller, and a servo driver. The servo driver drives the servo motor 72 in each of the set of sorting modules 70 of the balance sorter 7. In the control communication of the whole parcel detection and flow regulation sorting process, the upper computer and the visual controller send instructions to the PLC, the PLC sends instructions to the servo driver to drive and control the swing angle and speed of the balance wheel unit 71 in each group of sorting modules 70, and meanwhile, the PLC also sends instructions to the visual controller to trigger the 3D camera 51 to shoot so as to identify abnormal parts.

As in the above step 2-3), according to the package mark or the number statistical result received by the PLC of the balance sorting machine 7, adjusting different swing angles and speeds of the balance unit 71 to remove the abnormal parts to the backflow belt conveyor 9 to flow back to the initial part feeding position, i.e. the on-line conveying device 1, and finally forwarding to the manual intervention treatment; or the normal parts are diverted to any one of 2 independent conveying belt devices of the diversion belt conveyor 8.

In the step 2-1), as shown in fig. 12-1, the upper left corner of the belt conveyor 6 is calibrated and identified as the origin of coordinates, the conveying direction is the X axis, and the vertical direction is the Y axis, so that the belt conveyor 6 (including 1 longitudinally extending intermediate isolation region and 2 transversely arranged and longitudinally extending conveying channels) forms a coordinate system, and each parcel thereon can acquire specific three-dimensional size and position coordinate data, that is, the 3D camera 51 of the visual recognition device 5 can recognize the real-time coordinates of any point in the coordinate system and the size information of the outermost peripheral edge of the parcel. For example, by taking the coordinates of the center of the package, having several corners, and the coordinates of each corner, the length, width, height, etc. of the outermost peripheral edge of the package can be calculated.

Based on the application of the image recognition algorithm technology, the three-dimensional size (including volume), the position coordinates and the adjacent relation of the outermost periphery image of each package are recognized, so that information such as the distance between the adjacent packages and the position relation is determined, the detection and the marking of abnormal parts are finally completed, and a judgment basis is provided for the subsequent sorting and flow adjustment of the packages.

In order to improve the accuracy of the identification information and improve the identification result to reflect the real-time state and the physical parameter data of the package more truly and effectively, the visual identification device 5 further performs edge detection on the package image, and screens out the outermost peripheral edge information of the package to correspondingly generate three-dimensional size and position coordinate information.

In order to expand the range of the visual angle required for information collection and calculation of the identification area, further, in step 2-1), a visual recognition device 5 is arranged vertically above the identification belt conveyor 6, and the visual recognition device 5 comprises a 3D camera 51; the 3D camera 51 recognizes the package information vertically downward in the package conveying direction. In this embodiment, 1 3D camera 51 is arranged above the vertical direction of the recognition belt conveyor 6, the visual range of the 3D camera 51 is a rectangular area along the X axis 1000mm and along the Y axis 1560mm, and 2 parcels conveyed along 2 transverse conveying channels can be photographed and recognized in this area.

In the above step 2-2), as an example of the normal piece parcel shown in fig. 12-2, the definition for the normal piece parcel is as follows: the packages are cuboid, and the vertical height of the same package is within 3 mm; the distance between two adjacent packages is not less than 200 mm.

In the figure, it can be judged that 2 parcels entering the detection visual field range of the 3D camera 51 all have 4 vertex angles, that is, all are cuboids; according to the coordinate data of 4 corners of each of 2 packages, for example, the coordinate data of four corners of the outermost peripheral edge of the first package are respectively U21, U22, U23 and U24, and the coordinate data of four corners of the outermost peripheral edge of the second package are respectively U11, U12, U13 and U14. And selecting the minimum X-axis value point in the coordinate points of the first parcel and the maximum X-axis coordinate point in the second parcel to perform data comparison, namely L is | X21-X14 |. As shown in the figure, if the distance L > between the first parcel and the second parcel is 200, the 2 parcels are determined to have normal space, and each parcel is a normal piece. The two packages are respectively numbered in sequence so as to count the total quantity of all packages in the conveying channel in the unit conveying time.

As shown in fig. 12-3, in the abnormal piece example, if 2 adjacent parcels in the figure are in a stacked state, i.e. the difference L between the maximum value points of the X-axis in the coordinate points of the first parcel and the second parcel is less than 200, the distance between the two parcels is judged to be too small, and the parcels are directly marked as stacked pieces, i.e. abnormal pieces, and the marks are simultaneously sent to the PLC of the balance wheel sorting machine 7. When the subsequent packages reach the balance wheel sorting machine 7, the packages are reversed through the swing rotation of the balance wheel unit 71 to be rejected to the return belt conveyor 9.

As the anomaly example shown in fig. 12-4, in addition to stacks, there are also anomaly situations such as non-rectangular packages, such as polygons, cylinders, circles, etc., that are in the field of view of the 3D camera 51. These abnormal packages are marked together and sent to the PLC of the balance sorter 7 to be subjected to a subsequent rejection process.

The non-rectangular parcel is judged on the basis that the parcel has more or less than 4 top angles and the vertical height of the parcel is more than 3 mm.

In the step 2-3), in order to match the number of parcels between 2 individual conveyor belts of the diversion belt conveyor 8 to achieve relative balance, a unit conveying time is defined, for example, 5 minutes, and according to the counted number of parcels in each conveying channel, the direction, speed and time of oscillation of the balance wheel unit 71 of the balance wheel sorting machine 7 are controlled, so that parcel flow regulation can be accurately achieved.

After the wrapping number among the 2 single conveying belt devices of the flow-adjusting and flow-dividing belt conveyor 8 tends to be equal, the balance wheel unit 71 is restored to the original state to wait for the next abnormal part removal or flow-adjusting swing motion.

In summary, the embodiments presented in connection with the figures are only preferred. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that other alternative structures according to the design concept of the present invention can be derived directly from the above teachings, and the present invention shall also fall within the scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a parcel is full-automatic to be directed into and is gone up a device which characterized in that: the device comprises an online conveying device, a gradient separating device, a scattering separating device, a single piece separating device, a visual identification device, an identification conveying belt machine, a balance wheel sorting machine, a shunt belt machine, a chute, a reflux conveyor and a guiding device which are connected in sequence;

the device comprises an upper line conveying device, a slope separating device, a plurality of vertical guide plates and a plurality of vertical guide plates, wherein the upper line conveying device is directly connected with an unloading end, the slope separating device is provided with a plurality of belt conveyors which are sequentially connected along a slope, the vertical guide plates are connected between adjacent belt conveyors, and each belt conveyor is driven by a separate servo motor;

the scattering separation device comprises a plurality of belt conveyors arranged in a divergent state along the conveying direction, and each belt conveyor is driven by a separate servo motor;

the single-piece separating device comprises a plurality of belt conveyors arranged in a matrix manner along the conveying direction, and each belt conveyor is driven by a separate servo motor; the belt conveyor matrix is provided with 1 longitudinal isolation area and 2 conveying channels;

arranging a visual recognition device above the single piece separation device and the recognition belt conveyor in the vertical direction, wherein the visual recognition device comprises a plurality of 3D cameras, and the 3D cameras are installed downwards along the vertical direction of the package conveying direction;

the identification belt conveyor corresponds to a single piece separating device and is divided into 1 longitudinally extending middle isolation area and 2 transversely arranged and longitudinally extending conveying channels;

the balance wheel sorting machine is provided with a plurality of sorting modules distributed in rows and columns, each sorting module is provided with a plurality of balance wheel units arranged in a queue, and each sorting module is driven by an independent servo motor;

the split-flow belt conveyor is provided with 2 belt devices for independent conveying;

the sliding chute is arranged at the side part of the balance wheel sorting machine;

the backflow conveyor is a plurality of belt conveyors connected in series, one end of the backflow conveyor is connected with the chute, and the other end of the backflow conveyor is connected with the upper line conveying device;

the tail ends of the 2 belt devices of the shunt belt conveyor are connected with the leading-in device, and the leading-in device is directly connected with the cross belt sorting machine.

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