CN114906523B - A material box distribution method, device, storage medium and program product - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a bin issuing method, apparatus, storage medium and program product. The material box issuing method comprises the following steps: determining first material attribute information of materials loaded by a material box to be discharged on a material box conveying line; determining a target conveying branch line which needs to be entered by the to-be-discharged material box according to the first material attribute information; judging whether the to-be-discharged material box is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line or not according to target information; wherein the target information includes at least one of the following information: the information of the stay of the to-be-discharged material box on the material box conveying line, the first material attribute information, the first operation station information to which the to-be-discharged material box goes, and the material box related information of the existing material box on the target conveying branch line. Can promote the pile up neatly efficiency of each transport branch line arm under the commodity circulation operation scene through this disclosure.

Description

A material box distribution method, device, storage medium and program product

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of logistics technology, and in particular to a material box dispatching method, equipment, storage medium and program product.

Background technique

In logistics operations, material receipt is an important link. In related technologies, after the materials are transported by trucks, they need to be transported to the warehouse via automated conveyor lines in boxes as containers. Furthermore, the boxes will merge on the loop line (also known as the box conveyor line) and then be diverted to each branch line. For each branch line, multiple operating stations on the branch line are respectively equipped with pallets for carrying boxes. The robotic arm in the branch line will stack the boxes that flow into the branch line onto the pallet. When the pallet is filled with a certain number of boxes, the AGV will transport the pallet to the pallet line, and finally transport it to the warehouse until it is put on the shelf.

In the related art, due to business needs, boxes loaded with the same type of materials need to be stacked on the same pallet, and the same pallet can only be used to stack boxes loaded with the same type of materials. Therefore, if different types of materials enter the conveyor branch line in an interlaced manner, the pallet may be frequently replaced. Frequent replacement of pallets will lead to reduced stacking efficiency, and the boxes on the conveyor branch line cannot be emptied in time, causing congestion in the conveyor branch line; and the AGV is frequently moved, which is prone to AGV line congestion and other problems.

Summary of the invention

In order to overcome the problems existing in the related art, the present disclosure provides a material box delivery method, device, storage medium and program product.

According to a first aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for distributing a material box is provided, comprising:

Determine first material attribute information of the material loaded in the to-be-dispatched box on the box conveyor line; determine the target conveying branch line that the to-be-dispatched box needs to enter based on the first material attribute information; determine whether to control the to-be-dispatched box to enter the target conveying branch line based on the target information; wherein the target information includes at least one of the following information: the stay information of the to-be-dispatched box on the box conveyor line, the first material attribute information, the first operating station information to which the to-be-dispatched box goes, and the box-related information of the existing boxes on the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, the material box related information includes the number of material boxes, second material attribute information of the material carried by the material boxes, and second operating station information to which the material boxes go; the judging based on the target information whether to control the material boxes to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line includes: judging whether the target conveying branch line is full according to the number of material boxes; if the target conveying branch line is not full, detecting whether the stay information of the material boxes to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition; if the stay information of the material boxes to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition, judging whether to control the material boxes to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information.

In one embodiment, judging whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line based on the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information includes: judging whether the number of material boxes is greater than or equal to a first value; if so, judging whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to a first target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information; otherwise, judging whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to a second target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information.

In one embodiment, the method of determining whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the first target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information includes: determining a first specified number of material boxes according to the order of time of entering the target conveying branch line from back to front; determining whether any two material attribute information in the first material attribute information and each second material attribute information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes are consistent, and determining whether the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operation station information; if there is consistent material attribute information, or the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operation station information, then controlling the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line; if there is no consistent material attribute information, and there is second operation station information consistent with the first operation station information in the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes, then controlling the material box to be dispatched not to enter the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, the method of determining whether to control the to-be-delivered material box to enter the target conveying branch line according to the second target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information includes: determining a second specified number of material boxes in order of time of entering the target conveying branch line from back to front; determining whether the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first material attribute information, determining whether the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operating station information, and determining whether the target conveying branch line is a conveying branch line located at the target position; if the second indicator If the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first material attribute information, or the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operating station information, or the target conveying branch line is the conveying branch line located at the target position, the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled to enter the target conveying branch line; if the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first material attribute information, and the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operating station information, and the target conveying branch line is not the conveying branch line located at the target position, the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, the stop information includes the stay time of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line, and the number of revolutions of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line; the target stop condition includes: the stay time of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is less than a specified time; and/or the number of revolutions of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is less than a second value.

According to a second aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a material box dispensing device is provided, comprising:

A determination unit, for determining first material attribute information of the material loaded in the to-be-dispatched box on the box conveyor line; and for determining, based on the first material attribute information, a target conveyor branch line that the to-be-dispatched box needs to enter; a control unit, for determining, based on the target information, whether to control the to-be-dispatched box to enter the target conveyor branch line; wherein the target information includes at least one of the following information: the stay information of the to-be-dispatched box on the box conveyor line, the first material attribute information, the first operating station information to which the to-be-dispatched box goes, and box-related information of existing boxes on the target conveyor branch line.

In one embodiment, the material box related information includes the number of material boxes, second material attribute information of the material carried by the material boxes, and second operating station information to which the material boxes go; the control unit uses the following method to determine whether to control the material boxes to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the target information: determine whether the target conveying branch line is full according to the number of material boxes; if the target conveying branch line is not full, detect whether the stay information of the material boxes to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line meets the target stay condition; if the stay information of the material boxes to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line meets the target stay condition, then determine whether to control the material boxes to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information.

In one embodiment, the control unit determines whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information in the following manner: determine whether the number of material boxes is greater than or equal to a first value; if so, determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the first target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information; otherwise, determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the second target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information.

In one embodiment, the control unit determines whether to control the to-be-dispatched material box to enter the target conveying branch line according to the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information in the following manner according to the first target rule: determine a first specified number of material boxes according to the time of entering the target conveying branch line from back to front; determine whether any two material attribute information in the first material attribute information and each second material attribute information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes are consistent, and determine whether the second operating station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operating station information; if there is consistent material attribute information, or the second operating station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operating station information, then control the to-be-dispatched material box to enter the target conveying branch line; if there is no consistent material attribute information, and there is second operating station information consistent with the first operating station information in the second operating station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes, then control the to-be-dispatched material box not to enter the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, the control unit uses the following method to determine whether to control the to-be-dispatched material box to enter the target conveying branch line according to the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information according to the second target rule: determine a second specified number of material boxes in order from back to front of the time of entering the target conveying branch line; determine whether the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first material attribute information, determine whether the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operating station information, and determine whether the target conveying branch line is a conveying branch line located at the target position; if the If the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first material attribute information, or the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operating station information, or the target conveying branch line is the conveying branch line located at the target position, then the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled to enter the target conveying branch line; if the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first material attribute information, and the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operating station information, and the target conveying branch line is not the conveying branch line located at the target position, then the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, the control unit is further used to: if the stay information of the material box to be sent down on the material box conveyor line does not meet the target stay condition, control the material box to be sent down to enter the target conveyor branch line.

In one embodiment, the stop information includes the stay time of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line, and the number of revolutions of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line; the target stop condition includes: the stay time of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is less than a specified time; and/or the number of revolutions of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is less than a second value.

According to a third aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device, including:

a processor; a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

Wherein, the processor is configured to: execute the material box dispatching method described in the first aspect or any one of the embodiments of the first aspect.

According to a fourth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a storage medium is provided, in which instructions are stored. When the instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor, the processor is enabled to execute the material box dispatching method described in the first aspect or any one of the embodiments of the first aspect.

According to a fifth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer program product is provided, the computer program product comprising a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the material box dispatching method described in the first aspect or any one of the embodiments of the first aspect is implemented.

The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may include the following beneficial effects: In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the conveyor branch line that the material box to be dispatched needs to enter is determined based on the material attribute information of the material loaded in the material box to be dispatched, and then the judgment control of whether the material box to be dispatched enters the target conveyor branch line is realized based on at least one of the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line, the first material attribute information, the first operating station information to which the material box to be dispatched goes, and the material box related information of the existing material box on the target conveyor branch line. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, when controlling the material box to enter the conveyor branch line, the attribute information of the material loaded in the material box and the operating station information to which it needs to go are fully considered, so that the frequency of pallet replacement can be reduced, thereby achieving the goal of alleviating or eliminating the problems caused by frequent pallet replacement, thereby improving business efficiency.

It is to be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of a method for dispatching material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of another method for delivering material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of yet another method for dispatching material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing another method for delivering material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between a material box conveying line and a conveying branch line according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart showing yet another method for dispatching material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart showing a method for determining whether to control a to-be-dispatched material box to enter a target conveying branch line according to a first target rule according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a flow chart showing a method for determining whether to control a to-be-dispatched material box to enter a target conveying branch line according to a second target rule according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a flow chart showing a method of determining whether to control a material box to be delivered to enter a target conveying branch line according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a device for distributing material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram of an electronic device for dispatching material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed ways

Here, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail, examples of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, the same numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure.

In the accompanying drawings, the same or similar reference numerals throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements with the same or similar functions. The described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all of the embodiments. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to be used to explain the present disclosure, and should not be construed as limitations on the present disclosure. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in the field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure. The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

With the development of intelligent technologies such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and big data, the demand for using these intelligent technologies to transform and upgrade the traditional logistics industry has become increasingly strong, and intelligent logistics (Intelligent Logistics System) has become a research hotspot in the field of logistics. Intelligent logistics uses artificial intelligence, big data, and various information sensors, radio frequency identification technology, global positioning system (GPS) and other Internet of Things devices and technologies, which are widely used in basic activities such as material transportation, warehousing, distribution, packaging, loading and unloading, and information services, to achieve intelligent analysis and decision-making, automated operation, and efficient optimization management of the material management process. Internet of Things technologies include sensor equipment, RFID technology, laser infrared scanning, infrared sensing recognition, etc. The Internet of Things can effectively connect materials in logistics with the network, monitor materials in real time, and sense environmental data such as humidity and temperature in the warehouse to ensure the storage environment of materials. Through big data technology, all data in logistics can be sensed and collected, uploaded to the data layer of the information platform, and filtered, mined, and analyzed, and finally provide accurate data support for business processes (such as transportation, warehousing, storage and retrieval, picking, packaging, sorting, outbound, inventory, distribution, etc.). The application of artificial intelligence in logistics can be roughly divided into two directions: 1) Intelligent devices such as unmanned trucks, AGVs, AMRs, forklifts, shuttles, stackers, unmanned delivery vehicles, drones, service robots, robotic arms, smart terminals, etc. powered by AI technology replace some manual labor. 2) Improve manual efficiency through software systems such as transportation equipment management systems, warehouse management, equipment scheduling systems, and order distribution systems driven by technologies or algorithms such as computer vision, machine learning, and operations optimization. With the research and progress of smart logistics, this technology has been applied in many fields, such as retail and e-commerce, electronic products, tobacco, medicine, industrial manufacturing, footwear, textiles, and food.

The material box dispatching method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can be applied to a logistics operation scenario in which material boxes in a material box conveyor line are dispatched to a conveyor branch line.

In logistics operations, material receipt is an important link and the first process of the entire logistics business system. In related technologies, after the materials are transported by trucks, they need to be transported to the warehouse via automated conveyor lines in boxes as containers. Furthermore, the boxes will merge on the loop line (also known as the box conveyor line) and then be diverted to each branch line. For each branch line, multiple operating stations on the branch line are respectively equipped with pallets for carrying boxes. The robotic arm in the branch line will stack the boxes that flow into the branch line onto the pallet. When the pallet is filled with a certain number of boxes, the AGV will transport the pallet to the pallet line, and finally transport it to the sub-warehouse until it is put on the shelf.

In the related art, due to business needs, boxes loaded with the same type of materials need to be stacked on the same pallet, and the same pallet can only be stacked with boxes for loading the same type of materials. In the related art, for the robotic arm palletizing scenario on the conveyor branch line side, since the types of boxes sent to the conveyor branch line are random, the AGV needs to frequently replace the pallets placed at the operating station for the scenario where the robotic arm needs to continuously stack boxes for installing different types of materials. For example, the conveyor branch line includes boxes loaded with type A materials (hereinafter referred to as box A), boxes loaded with type B materials (hereinafter referred to as box B), and boxes loaded with type C materials (hereinafter referred to as box C), and the operating station is currently equipped with a pallet for stacking box A and a pallet for stacking box B. For bins A and B, the robot arm can directly stack the bins on the corresponding pallets, but for bin C, it is necessary to first use the AGV to replace the pallet at the operating station (for example, the pallet used to stack bin A is replaced with the pallet used to stack bin C by the AGV), and then perform the palletizing operation so that C is stacked on the corresponding pallet. In view of the above situation, since it usually takes a long time for the AGV to replace the pallet, it may happen that bin C is already in place waiting for stacking, but the AGV has not yet completed the replacement of the pallet. In this case, the robot arm needs to wait for the AGV to complete the replacement of the pallet before it can continue the palletizing operation. Therefore, in the related art, there is a problem that the AGV frequently replaces the pallet, resulting in the inability to empty the bins on the conveyor branch line in time.

The disclosed embodiment provides a material box dispatching method, which can determine the conveying branch line that the material box to be dispatched needs to enter according to the material attribute information of the material loaded in the material box to be dispatched, and then realize the judgment and control of whether the material box to be dispatched enters the target conveying branch line according to at least one of the stop information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line, the first material attribute information, the first operating station information to which the material box to be dispatched goes, and the material box related information of the existing material box on the target conveying branch. In the disclosed embodiment, when controlling the material box to enter the conveying branch line, the attribute information of the material loaded in the material box and the operating station information to which it needs to go are fully considered, so as to reduce the frequency of pallet replacement, thereby achieving the goal of alleviating or eliminating the problems caused by frequent pallet replacement, thereby improving business efficiency. For the convenience of description below, the material attribute information of the material loaded in the material box to be dispatched is referred to as the first material attribute information, and the operating station information to which the material box to be dispatched goes is referred to as the first operating station information.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for delivering material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes the following steps.

In step S11, first material attribute information of the material loaded in the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line is determined.

In the disclosed embodiment, the material attribute information is used to characterize the type of material loaded in the material box. For example, if the material is a stationery product, the material attribute may be the type, model, size, color and other information of the stationery.

For example, the first material attribute information of the material loaded in the material box to be dispatched can be determined in a variety of different ways. For example, the type identification pre-set in the material box can be detected, and the type of material loaded in the material box can be determined according to the type identification, and then the first material attribute information can be determined. For another example, the type of material loaded in the material box can be directly detected, and the first material attribute information of the material in the material box to be dispatched can be determined according to the detected material type.

In step S12, the target conveying branch line that the material box to be dispatched needs to enter is determined according to the first material attribute information.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, there may be multiple sub-warehouses or multiple storage areas for logistics operation scenarios. Therefore, different sub-warehouses or storage areas correspond to different conveyor branches, and each conveyor branch is usually preset with one or more material attribute information that matches it. On this basis, for a certain material, it will only be sent to the conveyor branch that matches it, and will not be sent to other conveyor branches. For example, the target conveyor branch that the material box to be sent needs to enter can be determined based on the preset relationship between the conveyor branch and the material attribute information.

In step S13, it is determined whether to control the material box to be sent out to enter the target conveying branch line according to the target information.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the target information includes at least one of the following: the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line, the first material attribute information, the first operating station information to which the material box to be dispatched goes, and the material box related information of the existing material box on the target conveying branch line. Among them, the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line is used to characterize the stay state of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line, and the stay information can be the stay time of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line, and/or the number of circulation circles of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line. The material box related information of the existing material box on the target conveying branch line can include, for example, the number of material boxes on the target conveying branch line, the material attribute information of the material carried by the existing material box on the target conveying branch line, and the operating station information to which the existing material box on the target conveying branch line goes. For the convenience of description below, the material attribute information of the material carried by the existing material box on the target conveying branch line is referred to as the second material attribute information, and the operating station information to which the existing material box on the target conveying branch line goes is referred to as the second operating station information.

In specific implementation, it can be determined whether to control the to-be-dispatched material box to enter the target conveying branch line based on one, two or more combinations of the first material attribute information, the stop information, the first operating station information, and the material box related information of the existing material box; which specific information to use can be selected according to actual needs, and the embodiments of the present disclosure will not be listed one by one.

For example, the material attribute information can be determined according to the type of material loaded in the material box. Among them, the material type can be set differently according to different usage scenarios. For example, different material types can be set according to one or a combination of the price, size, size, color and taste of the material, and the present disclosure does not specifically limit this. As a feasible embodiment, the material type can be set according to the price query code (Price Look-Up, PLU) of different materials. Further, the same material attribute information can be configured for the material box loaded with materials with the same price query code, and different material attribute information can be configured for the material box loaded with materials with different price query codes.

Among them, the above-mentioned operating station information may refer to a palletizing station. Of course, it may also be other information according to specific scene requirements, and the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to this.

In the disclosed embodiment, when judging whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line through the target information, it is possible to first judge whether the target conveying branch line is full through the number of material boxes, and to judge whether the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition. Among them, it can be understood that the execution order between judging whether the target conveying branch line is full and judging whether the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition can be swapped. For example, it is possible to first judge whether the target conveying branch line is full, and if it is determined that the target conveying branch line is not full, it is possible to judge whether the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition. For another example, it is possible to first judge whether the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition, and if it is determined that the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition, it is possible to judge whether the target conveying branch line is full. The present disclosure below uses an example of first determining whether the target conveying branch line is full by the number of material boxes, and then determining whether the stay information of the material boxes to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay conditions, to exemplify the implementation method of determining whether to control the material boxes to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line.

Optionally, in a specific embodiment, the material box related information includes the number of material boxes, second material attribute information of the material carried by the material boxes, and second operating station information to which the material boxes go; for this situation, Figure 2 is a flow chart of another material box dispatching method according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 2, steps S21 and S22 of the embodiment of the present disclosure are similar to the execution methods of steps S11 and S12 in Figure 1, and are not elaborated here.

In step S23, it is determined whether the target conveying branch line is full according to the number of existing material boxes on the target conveying branch line.

For example, a bin quantity threshold for determining whether the conveyor branch is full may be pre-set for each conveyor branch. For a target conveyor branch, when the bin quantity in the target conveyor branch is greater than or equal to the bin quantity threshold, it may be determined that the target conveyor branch is full.

In step S24a, if the target conveying branch line is full, the material box to be sent out is controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line.

In step S24b, if the target conveying branch line is not full, it is detected whether the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition.

In step S25, if the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line meets the target stay condition, it is determined whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line based on the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information.

The material box dispatching method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can, when there are too many material boxes in the target conveying branch line, choose to control the material boxes to be dispatched from entering the target conveying branch line, so as to avoid a decrease in overall business efficiency due to congestion in the target conveying branch line.

In the disclosed embodiment, the target stop condition is used to determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to directly enter the target conveying branch line. Further, the target stop condition can be applied, for example, when the stop information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line does not meet the target stop condition, the material box to be dispatched is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line, and when the stop information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stop condition, further determine whether the material box to be dispatched meets the condition of entering the target conveying branch line according to the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information, and the second operating station information.

FIG3 is a flow chart of another method for distributing material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG3 , step S31, step S32, step S33, step S34a, step S34b and step S35a of the embodiment of the present disclosure are similar to the execution methods of step S21, step S22, step S23, step S24a, step S24b and step S25 in FIG2 , and are not described in detail here.

In step S35b, if the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line does not meet the target stay condition, the material box to be dispatched is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line.

For example, the stay information of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line may include the stay time of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line, and/or the number of turns of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line. Corresponding to the stay information, the target stay condition may include that the stay time of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line is sufficiently short, and/or that the number of turns of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line is sufficiently small. For the convenience of description, the disclosure hereinafter refers to the time used for threshold judgment of the stay time as the designated time, and the value used for threshold judgment of the number of turns of the box to be dispatched as the second value. The following takes the target stay condition that the stay time of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line is less than the designated time, and the number of turns of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line is less than the second value as an example, and the specific judgment process is exemplified.

FIG4 is a flow chart of another material box dispatching method according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG4 , step S41, step S42, step S43, and step S44b in the embodiment of the present disclosure are similar to the execution methods of step S31, step S32, step S33, and step S34b in FIG3 , and are not described in detail here.

In step S44b, if the target conveying branch line is not full, determine whether the residence time of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line is less than the specified time, and determine whether the number of revolutions of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line is less than a second value.

In step S45a, if the residence time of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line is less than the specified time, and the number of revolutions of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line is less than the second value, then based on the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information, it is determined whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line.

In step S45b, if the stay time of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line is greater than or equal to the specified time, or the number of revolutions of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line is greater than or equal to the second value, the box to be dispatched is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line.

The material box dispatching method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can control the material boxes to be dispatched that have stayed on the material box conveyor line for a long time and/or have made a large number of turns to directly enter the target conveying branch line, so that the material boxes that have been stockpiled on the material box conveyor line for a long time can be dispatched to the corresponding conveying branch line in time to complete the dispatching process, thereby reducing the possibility of material box stockpiling in the material box conveyor line.

For example, as shown in FIG5, the logistics business scenario includes multiple conveyor branches (the examples are represented by the first conveyor branch, the second conveyor branch, the third conveyor branch, the fourth conveyor branch and the fifth conveyor branch) and a material box conveyor line. Among them, a detection position is provided in the material box conveyor line, and each material box passing through the detection position can be used as a material box to be dispatched, and it is determined whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveyor branch. In one embodiment, the length of time that the material box to be dispatched stays on the material box conveyor line, and/or the number of revolutions of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line can be determined by the detection position. For example, if the material box circulates in the material box conveyor line for many times but is never dispatched, then each time the material box passes through the detection position, the detection position can record the number of revolutions of the material box to determine whether to control the material box to enter the target conveyor branch directly. For another example, the time corresponding to the first time a material box passes through the detection position can be recorded. Then, during the process of multiple circulations of the material box in the material box conveyor line, if the detection position is at a certain time when the material box passes through, and it is determined that the time between the current time and the time when the material box first passes through the detection position exceeds the specified time, the material box can be controlled to directly enter the target conveyor branch line. This method can reduce the possibility of the material box being stranded on the material box conveyor line and improve the material box dispatching process.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, on the basis that the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line meets the target stay condition, it can be determined whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveyor branch line in the following manner. For the convenience of description, the following disclosure refers to different judgment rules configured for different material box quantities as the first target rule and the second target rule, respectively, and the quantity threshold set to distinguish the target rules corresponding to different material box quantities is referred to as the first value.

Figure 6 is a flow chart of another material box dispatching method according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in Figure 6, the execution methods of step S51, step S55, step S53, step S54a and step S54b in the embodiment of the present disclosure are similar to those of step S21, step S22, step S23, step S24a and step S24b in Figure 2, and are not repeated here.

In step S55, if the stay information of the material boxes to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line meets the target stay condition, it is determined whether the number of material boxes is greater than or equal to a first value.

For example, the first value may be 2. The present disclosure distinguishes the number of bins by the first value, divides the number of bins into one or more two cases, and subsequently makes differentiated judgments for different numbers of bins.

In step S56a, if yes, then according to the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information, it is determined whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the first target rule.

In step S56b, otherwise, according to the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information, it is determined according to the second target rule whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line.

In the disclosed embodiment, the first target rule is used to determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line when there are multiple material boxes, and the second target rule is used to determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line when there is only one material box. Among them, although the second target rule also involves the situation where there are no material boxes in the target conveying branch line, since in this case, controlling the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line will not affect the stacking efficiency of the robot arm in the target conveying branch line, this situation is not taken into consideration when determining whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line.

The present disclosure hereinafter exemplifies a specific determination method for the first target rule. For ease of description, the present disclosure hereinafter refers to the number of bins in the target conveying branch line selected under the first target rule as the first designated number.

FIG7 is a flow chart of a method for determining whether to control a material box to be discharged to enter a target conveying branch line according to a first target rule according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG7 , the method includes the following steps S61 to S63b.

In step S61, a first designated number of bins are determined in order of time of entering the target conveying branch line from the back to the front.

For example, the first designated number may be 2, that is, the two material boxes that last enter the target conveying branch line will be determined under the first target rule.

In step S62, it is determined whether any two of the first material attribute information and the second material attribute information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes are consistent, and it is determined whether the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operation station information.

In step S63a, if there is consistent material attribute information, or the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operation station information, the material boxes to be sent out are controlled to enter the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, in the case where there is consistent material attribute information among multiple material attribute information, the first specified number of boxes determined includes boxes with consistent material attribute information with the boxes to be dispatched, and/or boxes with inconsistent material attribute information with the boxes to be dispatched but inconsistent operation station information. In this case, the boxes to be dispatched are directly controlled to enter the target conveying branch line, and in the case of palletizing the first specified number of boxes and the boxes to be dispatched, there is no possibility of replacing the pallet, and the business efficiency of the robot arm will not be affected.

In another embodiment, when the second operating station information corresponding to the first specified number of bins is inconsistent with the first operating station information, the bins to be dispatched are controlled to enter the target conveying branch line, and the pallet replacement will not occur due to the consistency of the operating station information between the bins to be dispatched and any of the first specified number of bins. For example, in the case where the first specified number of bins includes bin A and bin B, and the bin to be dispatched is bin C, if the operating station information corresponding to bin A, bin B, and bin C are all different, the robot arm can directly place bin A, bin B, and bin C on the corresponding pallets respectively. In this process, the AGV does not need to perform the pallet replacement operation, and the robot arm side still maintains a high palletizing efficiency.

In step S63b, if there is no consistent material attribute information, and the second operating station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes contains second operating station information that is consistent with the first operating station information, the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, in the case where there are multiple material boxes in the target conveying branch line, two material boxes in the target conveying branch line can be determined in the order of the time of entering the target conveying branch line from back to front. For example, if the determined material boxes include material box B and material box C, and the type of material loaded in the material box to be dispatched is A, then multiple material attribute information including the first material attribute information and each second material attribute information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes are inconsistent. On this basis, if the pallet used for stacking material box A and the pallet used for stacking material box B correspond to the same operating station, then the second operating station information corresponding to each second operating station information of the first specified number of material boxes contains second operating station information that is consistent with the first operating station information. In this case, the material box to be dispatched can be controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line. In the process of replacing the pallet for stacking material box B in the same operating station with the pallet for stacking material box A, the robot arm business scenario will appear in the situation where the robot arm waits for the AGV to complete the replacement of the pallet. Therefore, in view of the above situation, the way in which material box A enters the target conveying branch line is not controlled. This can avoid the situation where the robot arm waits for the AGV to replace the pallet used to stack material box A after completing the stacking of material box B and material box C. This can reduce the frequency of pallet replacement in the target conveying branch line and improve the working efficiency of the robot arm.

The present disclosure hereinafter exemplifies a specific determination method for the second target rule. For ease of description, the present disclosure hereinafter refers to the number of bins in the target conveying branch line selected under the second target rule as the second specified number.

FIG8 is a flow chart of a method for determining whether to control a material box to be delivered to enter a target conveying branch line according to a second target rule according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG8 , the method includes the following steps.

In step S71, a second designated number of bins is determined in order of time of entering the target conveying branch line from the last to the first.

For example, the second designated number may be 1, that is, the last material box in the target conveying branch line to enter the target conveying branch line will be determined under the first target rule.

In step S72, determine whether the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first material attribute information, determine whether the second operation station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operation station information, and determine whether the target conveying branch line is the conveying branch line located at the target position.

In step S73a, if the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first material attribute information, or the second operation station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operation station information, or the target conveying branch line is a conveying branch line located at the target position, then the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled to enter the target conveying branch line.

In step S73b, if the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first material attribute information, and the second operation station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operation station information, and the target conveying branch line is not the conveying branch line located at the target position, then the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, compared with the situation where there are multiple material boxes in the target branch line under the first target rule, since there is only one material box in the target conveying branch line under the second target rule, there is often a situation where the material box in the target conveying branch line has been emptied when the material box to be sent down enters the target conveying branch line, and the material box sending method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure can determine the target position of the target conveying branch line in such a situation in a corresponding manner. Furthermore, the above situation is judged by judging whether the position of the target conveying branch line is the target position. The setting method of the target position is exemplified as follows.

For example, as shown in FIG5, taking the target conveyor branch line as the first conveyor branch line, for the case where there is only one material box in the first conveyor branch line, the time required for the material box to be sent to enter the first conveyor branch line is T1, the time required for the first conveyor branch line to empty the material box in the current conveyor branch line is T2, and the time required for the AGV to perform a single pallet replacement is T3. If T1 ≥ T2 + T3, the position of the first conveyor branch line can be set as the target position, and the first conveyor branch line is the conveyor branch line located at the target position. Correspondingly, if T1 < T2 + T3, the position of the first conveyor branch line can not be set as the target position, and the first conveyor branch line is a conveyor branch line that is not located at the target position. Among them, since the thread of the material box to be sent from the detection position to the conveyor branch line is fixed, the time required for the material box to be sent to each conveyor branch line can be known in advance. In one embodiment, the conveyor branch line located at the target position can also be directly determined based on the distance between each conveyor branch line and the detection position. For example, the conveyor branch line whose distance from the detection position is greater than the specified distance is determined as the conveyor branch line located at the target position. Further, taking Figure 5 as an example, the conveyor branch line located at the target position determined by the above method can include, for example, the fourth conveyor branch line and the fifth conveyor branch line, while the conveyor branch line not located at the target position includes the first conveyor branch line, the second conveyor branch line and the third conveyor branch line. In the case where the number of material boxes of the target conveyor branch is less than the first value (for example, the number of material boxes is 1), if the target conveyor branch is the fourth conveyor branch or the fifth conveyor branch, the material box to be sent can be directly controlled to enter the target conveyor branch.

FIG9 is a flow chart of determining whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, in combination with FIG5 and FIG9, for the material box to be dispatched transmitted to the material box conveying line detection position, the first material attribute information of the material box to be dispatched can be determined, and the target conveying branch line can be determined based on the correspondence between the material attribute information and the target conveying branch line. If the target conveying branch line is full (the number of material boxes in the target conveying branch line is greater than the material box number threshold), the material box to be dispatched will not be dispatched to the target conveying branch line. If the target conveying branch line is not full (the number of material boxes in the target conveying branch line is less than the material box number threshold), it is further determined whether the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the stay condition.

For example, the target stay condition is that the stay time of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is less than the specified time, and the number of turns of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is less than the second value. If the stay time of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is greater than or equal to the specified time, or the number of turns of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is greater than or equal to the second value, the to-be-dispatched material box is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line. If the stay time of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is less than the specified time, and the number of turns of the to-be-dispatched material box on the material box conveyor line is less than the second value, then based on the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information, and the second operating station information, it is determined whether to control the to-be-dispatched material box to enter the target conveying branch line.

For example, it is possible to determine whether the number of boxes is greater than or equal to the first value when the length of time that the box to be dispatched stays on the box conveyor line is less than the specified length of time, and the number of turns of the box to be dispatched on the box conveyor line is less than the second value. The following takes the first value of 2 as an example to illustrate the specific determination method.

In one embodiment, for the case where there are multiple material boxes in the target conveying branch line. If the multiple material attribute information is inconsistent, and the second operating station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes contains second operating station information that is consistent with the first operating station information, the material box to be sent out is controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line. If it is any other case except this case, the material box to be sent out is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line. For example, if there is consistent material attribute information among the multiple material attribute information, or the second operating station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operating station information, the material box to be sent out is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line.

In another embodiment, for the case where the number of material boxes in the target conveying branch line is one. If the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first material attribute information, and the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operating station information, and the target conveying branch line is not the conveying branch line located at the target position, then the material box to be dispatched is controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line. If it is any other case except this case, then the material box to be dispatched is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line. For example, if the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first material attribute information, or the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operating station information, or the target conveying branch line is the conveying branch line located at the target position, then the material box to be dispatched is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line.

On this basis, the material boxes waiting to be dispatched entering the target conveyor branch line are in line with the actual operating conditions of the target conveyor branch line. This can improve the problem of the material boxes already in place in the target conveyor branch line waiting for the AGV to complete the pallet replacement, and the overall operating efficiency of the robotic arm business scenario is improved.

Based on the same concept, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a material box dispensing device.

It is understandable that in order to achieve the above functions, the material box distributing device provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure includes hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to the execution of each function. In combination with the units and algorithm steps of each example disclosed in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the embodiment of the present disclosure can be implemented in the form of hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is executed in the form of hardware or computer software driving hardware depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to exceed the scope of the technical solution of the embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a device for delivering a material box according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to Fig. 10 , the device 100 includes a determination unit 101 and a control unit 102 .

The determination unit 101 is used to determine the first material attribute information of the material loaded in the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line. And it is used to determine the target conveying branch line that the material box to be dispatched needs to enter according to the first material attribute information. The control unit 102 is used to determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the target information. Among them, the target information includes at least one of the following information: the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line, the first material attribute information, the first operating station information to which the material box to be dispatched goes, and the material box related information of the existing material box on the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, the material box related information includes the number of material boxes, the second material attribute information of the material carried by the material box, and the second operating station information to which the material box goes. The control unit 102 uses the following method to determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the target information: determine whether the target conveying branch line is full according to the number of material boxes. If the target conveying branch line is not full, detect whether the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition. If the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition, then determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information, and the second operating station information.

In one embodiment, the control unit 102 determines whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information, and the second operating station information in the following manner: determine whether the number of material boxes is greater than or equal to the first value. If so, determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the first target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information, and the second operating station information. Otherwise, determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the second target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information, and the second operating station information.

In one embodiment, the control unit 102 uses the following method to determine whether to control the material box to be sent down to enter the target conveying branch line according to the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information, according to the first target rule: determine the first specified number of material boxes according to the time of entering the target conveying branch line from back to front. Determine whether any two material attribute information in the first material attribute information and each second material attribute information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes are consistent, and determine whether the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operation station information. If there is consistent material attribute information, or the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operation station information, then the material box to be sent down is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line. If there is no consistent material attribute information, and there is second operation station information consistent with the first operation station information in the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes, then the material box to be sent down is controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, the control unit 102 uses the following method to determine whether to control the material boxes to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the second target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information: determine the second specified number of material boxes in the order of the time of entering the target conveying branch line from back to front. Determine whether the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first material attribute information, determine whether the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operating station information, and determine whether the target conveying branch line is the conveying branch line located at the target position. If the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first material attribute information, or the second operating station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operating station information, or the target conveying branch line is the conveying branch line located at the target position, then the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled to enter the target conveying branch line. If the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first material attribute information, and the second operation station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operation station information, and the target conveying branch line is not the conveying branch line located at the target position, then the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line.

In one implementation, the control unit 102 is further configured to: if the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line does not meet the target stay condition, control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line.

In one embodiment, the stay information includes the stay time of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line, and the number of turns of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line. The target stay condition includes: the stay time of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line is less than the specified time. And/or the number of turns of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line is less than a second value.

Regarding the device in the above embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiment of the method, and will not be elaborated here.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram of an electronic device 200 for dispatching material boxes according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in FIG11 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device 200. The electronic device 200 includes a memory 201, a processor 202, and an input/output (I/O) interface 203. The memory 201 is used to store instructions. The processor 202 is used to call the instructions stored in the memory 201 to execute the material box delivery method of the embodiment of the present disclosure. The processor 202 is connected to the memory 201 and the I/O interface 203, respectively, for example, through a bus system and/or other forms of connection mechanisms (not shown). The memory 201 can be used to store programs and data, including the program of the material box delivery method involved in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and the processor 202 executes various functional applications and data processing of the electronic device 200 by running the program stored in the memory 201.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor 202 can be implemented in at least one hardware form of a digital signal processor (DSP), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and a programmable logic array (PLA). The processor 202 can be a central processing unit (CPU) or one or a combination of other forms of processing units with data processing capabilities and/or instruction execution capabilities.

The memory 201 in the embodiment of the present disclosure may include one or more computer program products, and the computer program product may include various forms of computer-readable storage media, such as volatile memory and/or non-volatile memory. The volatile memory may include, for example, random access memory (RAM) and/or cache memory (cache), etc. The non-volatile memory may include, for example, read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, hard disk drive (HDD), or solid state drive (SSD), etc.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the I/O interface 203 may be used to receive input instructions (such as digital or character information, and key signal input related to user settings and function control of the electronic device 200), and may also output various information (such as images or sounds) to the outside. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the I/O interface 203 may include one or more of a physical keyboard, a function key (such as a volume control key, a switch key, etc.), a mouse, a joystick, a trackball, a microphone, a speaker, and a touch panel.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions. When the computer-executable instructions are executed by a processor, any of the methods described above can be implemented.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a computer program product, which includes a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, any of the methods described above can be implemented.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a computer program, which, when executed, can implement the above-described method.

Although operations are described in a particular order in the drawings, this should not be understood as requiring that the operations be performed in the particular order shown or in serial order, or that all shown operations be performed to achieve desired results. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

The methods and apparatus of the present disclosure can be implemented using standard programming techniques, using rule-based logic or other logic to implement various method steps. It should also be noted that the words "apparatus" and "module" used herein and in the claims are intended to include implementations using one or more lines of software code and/or hardware implementations and/or devices for receiving input.

Any steps, operations or procedures described herein may be performed or implemented using one or more hardware or software modules, either alone or in combination with other devices. In one embodiment, the software module is implemented using a computer program product including a computer-readable medium containing computer program code, which can be executed by a computer processor to perform any or all of the described steps, operations or procedures.

The foregoing description of the implementation of the present disclosure has been given for the purpose of illustration and description. The foregoing description is not exhaustive nor is it intended to limit the present disclosure to the exact form disclosed, and various variations and modifications may exist in accordance with the above teachings or may be obtained from the practice of the present disclosure. These embodiments are selected and described in order to illustrate the principles of the present disclosure and its practical application, so that those skilled in the art can utilize the present disclosure in various embodiments and various modifications suitable for the specific purpose contemplated.

Regarding the device in the above embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs operations has been described in detail in the embodiment of the method, and will not be elaborated here.

It is to be understood that in the present disclosure, "plurality" refers to two or more than two, and other quantifiers are similar thereto. "And/or" describes the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may represent: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects before and after are in an "or" relationship. The singular forms "a", "the" and "the" are also intended to include plural forms, unless the context clearly indicates other meanings.

It is further understood that the terms "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various information, but such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other, and do not indicate a specific order or degree of importance. In fact, the expressions "first", "second", etc. can be used interchangeably. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, the first information can also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information can also be referred to as the first information.

It can be further understood that, unless otherwise specified, “connection” includes a direct connection without other components between the two, and also includes an indirect connection with other components between the two.

It is further understood that, although the operations are described in a specific order in the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, it should not be understood as requiring the operations to be performed in the specific order shown or in a serial order, or requiring the execution of all the operations shown to obtain the desired results. In certain environments, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate other embodiments of the present disclosure after considering the specification and practicing the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any modification, use or adaptation of the present disclosure, which follows the general principles of the present disclosure and includes common knowledge or customary techniques in the art that are not disclosed in the present disclosure. The specification and examples are intended to be exemplary only, and the true scope and spirit of the present disclosure are indicated by the following scope of rights.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise structures that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

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1. A material box delivery method, characterized in that the material box delivery method comprises: Determine the first material attribute information of the material loaded in the material box to be sent down on the material box conveyor line; Determine, based on the first material attribute information, a target conveying branch line that the to-be-dispatched material box needs to enter; Determine whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the target information; wherein the target information includes at least one of the following information: the stay information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line, the first material attribute information, the first operating station information to which the material box to be dispatched goes, and the material box related information of the material box already on the target conveying branch line; the material box related information includes the number of material boxes, the second material attribute information of the material carried by the material box, and the second operating station information to which the material box goes; The step of judging whether to control the material box to be sent down to enter the target conveying branch line according to the target information includes: According to the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information, determining whether to control the material box to be sent down to enter the target conveying branch line; The determining whether to control the material box to be sent down to enter the target conveying branch line according to the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information includes: Determining whether the number of bins is greater than or equal to a first value; If yes, judging whether to control the to-be-dispatched material box to enter the target conveying branch line according to the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information according to the first target rule; Otherwise, based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information, it is determined according to the second target rule whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line. 2. The method for distributing material boxes according to claim 1, characterized in that before determining whether the number of material boxes is greater than or equal to the first value, determining whether to control the material boxes to be distributed to enter the target conveying branch line according to the target information, further comprises: Determining whether the target conveying branch line is full according to the number of the material boxes; If the target conveying branch line is not full, detecting whether the stay information of the material box to be sent down on the material box conveying line meets the target stay condition; Among them, if the stop information of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveyor line meets the target stop condition, then according to the number of material boxes, the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operating station information and the second operating station information, it is determined whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line. 3. The material box dispatching method according to claim 1, characterized in that the determining whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information according to the first target rule comprises: Determine a first specified number of bins according to the order of time of entering the target conveying branch line from the back to the front; Determine whether any two of the first material attribute information and the second material attribute information corresponding to the first specified number of bins are consistent, and determine whether the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of bins is consistent with the first operation station information; If there is consistent material attribute information, or the second operation station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first operation station information, then the material box to be sent out is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line; If there is no consistent material attribute information, and the second operating station information corresponding to the first specified number of material boxes contains second operating station information that is consistent with the first operating station information, the material boxes to be dispatched are controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line. 4. The material box dispatching method according to claim 1, characterized in that the determining whether to control the material box to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line according to the second target rule based on the first material attribute information, the second material attribute information, the first operation station information and the second operation station information comprises: Determine a second specified number of bins according to the order of time of entering the target conveying branch line from the back to the front; Determine whether the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of bins is consistent with the first material attribute information, determine whether the second operation station information corresponding to the second specified number of bins is consistent with the first operation station information, and determine whether the target conveying branch line is the conveying branch line located at the target position; If the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of bins is consistent with the first material attribute information, or the second operation station information corresponding to the second specified number of bins is inconsistent with the first operation station information, or the target conveying branch line is the conveying branch line located at the target position, then control the bin to be dispatched to enter the target conveying branch line; If the second material attribute information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is inconsistent with the first material attribute information, and the second operation station information corresponding to the second specified number of material boxes is consistent with the first operation station information, and the target conveying branch line is not the conveying branch line located at the target position, then the material box to be dispatched is controlled not to enter the target conveying branch line. 5. The material box delivery method according to claim 2, characterized in that the material box delivery method further comprises: If the stay information of the material box to be sent down on the material box conveying line does not meet the target stay condition, the material box to be sent down is controlled to enter the target conveying branch line. 6. The material box dispatching method according to claim 5, characterized in that the stay information includes the stay time of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line, and the number of turns of the material box to be dispatched on the material box conveying line; The target stay conditions include: The time that the material box to be sent out stays on the material box conveyor line is less than a specified time; and/or The number of revolutions of the material box to be sent down on the material box conveying line is less than a second value. 7. An electronic device, comprising: processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions; Wherein, the processor is configured to: execute the material box dispatching method described in any one of claims 1 to 6. 8. A storage medium, characterized in that instructions are stored in the storage medium, and when the instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor, the processor is enabled to execute the material box delivery method described in any one of claims 1 to 6.