CN218173450U - Storage scheduling system - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a storage scheduling system, which comprises a control server, carrying equipment, container operating equipment and a container for loading goods; the control server is configured to determine a first container and a second container according to a task to be executed, determine a first conveying device for conveying the first container, a second conveying device for conveying the second container and a target container operating device at the same time, send a first conveying instruction to the first conveying device, send a second conveying instruction to the second conveying device and send a container operating instruction to the target container operating device; a first handling apparatus configured to handle a first container to a target container handling apparatus in response to the first handling instruction; a second handling apparatus configured to handle the second container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second handling instruction; the identified container handling device is configured to move the cargo in the second container to the first container in response to the container handling instructions.

Description

Storage scheduling system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of warehousing, in particular to a warehousing dispatching system.

Background

With the rapid development of electronic commerce, electronic commerce plays an increasingly important role in consumer life, the number of orders of users increases in geometric multiples every year, electronic commerce is mature, users also put higher requirements on the service quality of electronic commerce, and the processing capacity of warehousing scheduling is under severe examination.

In a storage scheduling system, after manual sorting is completed, further processing such as order combination, temporary storage, sorting and the like needs to be performed on the sorted order containers, at present, the subsequent processing of the order containers is completed by manual operation, the operation area is large, the manual operation is low in timeliness and accuracy, a rechecking link needs to be added to ensure accuracy, and when the order is complex, the order containers after sorting are difficult to manage, and the rechecking requirement is high. Therefore, how to automatically clean the tail box is a problem which needs to be solved at present.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the embodiment of the present application provides a warehousing scheduling system to solve technical defects in the prior art.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a warehouse scheduling system, the system including a control server, a handling apparatus, a container for loading goods;

the control server is configured to determine a first container and a second container according to a task to be executed, determine a first carrying device for carrying the first container, a second carrying device for carrying the second container and a target container operating device at the same time, send a first carrying instruction to the first carrying device, send a second carrying instruction to the second carrying device and send a container operating instruction to the target container operating device;

the first handling apparatus configured to handle the first container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the first handling instruction;

the second handling apparatus configured to handle the second container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second handling instruction;

the target container handling device is configured to move the cargo in the second container to the first container in response to the container handling instruction.

Optionally, the control server is further configured to determine a third transporting apparatus, and send a third transporting instruction to the third transporting apparatus;

the third carrying apparatus is configured to carry the first container to a specified position in response to the third carrying instruction.

Optionally, the system further comprises an inventory area comprising a plurality of container carriers, one container carrier comprising at least one storage location, one storage location to accommodate at least one container;

the control server is further configured to determine a first container located in the first container carrier and a second container located in the second container carrier according to the task to be executed.

Optionally, the first handling apparatus is further configured to, in response to the first handling instruction, take the first target container from the first container carrier and handle to the target container handling apparatus, or handle the first container carrier to the target container handling apparatus;

the second handling apparatus is further configured to remove the second target container from the second container carrier and handle it to the target container handling apparatus or handle it to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second handling instruction.

Optionally, the container operation device is provided with a container buffer area and a container operation area;

the first handling device is further configured to place the first container in the container buffer zone;

the target container handling device is further configured to move the first container from the container buffer to the container handling area and move the goods in the second container to the first container in response to the container handling instructions.

Optionally, the system further comprises an operation object;

the operation object is configured to be located at the container operation device to pick or dump the goods in the second container to the first container.

Optionally, the operation object is a worker, a mechanical arm, or a container handling apparatus.

Optionally, the system further comprises a container waiting area;

the first conveyance device further configured to convey the first container to the container waiting section in response to the first conveyance instruction, and convey the first container to the target container handling device after the second container arrives at the container waiting section;

the second handling apparatus is further configured to, in response to the second handling instruction, handle the second container to the container waiting area, and, after the first container arrives at the container waiting area, handle the second container to the target container handling apparatus.

Optionally, the container is provided with a container identifier, the container identifier contains container information for assisting in identifying the container, and the container identifier includes a readable magnetic stripe, a barcode, a two-dimensional code, or other recognizable patterns.

Optionally, the control server is further configured to update and save container information of the container.

Optionally, the first handling apparatus is further configured to move to the first container according to the container information of the first container;

the second handling apparatus is further configured to move to the second container according to the container information of the second container.

Optionally, the first handling apparatus is further configured to take out or deposit the first container according to the container identifier of the first container;

the second container handling apparatus is further configured to retrieve or deposit the second container based on the container identification of the second container.

Optionally, the container handling apparatus is provided with identification means;

the target container operating device is further configured to identify the container identifier of the first container, acquire the container information of the first container, identify the container identifier of the second container, acquire the container information of the second container, and assist in identifying whether the goods and/or quantity of the first container and the goods and/or quantity of the second container are accurate or not through the identification device.

Optionally, the container carrier includes a carrier identifier, the carrier identifier includes carrier information for assisting in identifying the container carrier, and the carrier information includes a readable magnetic stripe, a barcode, a two-dimensional code, or other recognizable graphics.

Optionally, the control server is further configured to update and save carrier information of the container carrier.

Optionally, the first handling apparatus is further configured to move to the first container carrier according to the carrier information of the first container carrier;

the second handling apparatus is further configured to move to the second container carrier according to the carrier information of the second container carrier.

The warehousing scheduling system provided by the embodiment of the application comprises a control server, carrying equipment, container operating equipment and a container for loading goods; the control server is configured to determine a first container and a second container according to a task to be executed, determine a first carrying device for carrying the first container, a second carrying device for carrying the second container and a target container operating device at the same time, send a first carrying instruction to the first carrying device, send a second carrying instruction to the second carrying device and send a container operating instruction to the target container operating device; the first handling apparatus configured to handle the first container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the first handling instruction; the second handling apparatus configured to handle the second container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second handling instruction; the target container handling device is configured to move the goods in the second container to the first container in response to the container handling instruction. Through the storage scheduling system that this application provided, utilize first haulage equipment of control server control, second haulage equipment to carry first container, second container to target container operation equipment department respectively, recycle target container operation equipment and realize the goods transfer between first container and the second container to this accomplishes the boot clearance, uses manpower and materials sparingly, has improved efficiency and rate of accuracy.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic system structure diagram of a warehousing dispatching system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic system structure diagram of a warehousing dispatching system according to a first embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic system structure diagram of a warehousing scheduling system according to a second embodiment of the present application;

reference numerals

110-control server, 111-processor, 112-memory, 113-order pool, 114-console, 120-carrier, 1201-first carrier, 1202-second carrier, 130-container handling device, 140-container, 1401-first container, 1402-second container, 150-inventory area, 160-container carrier, 1601-container carrier loaded with first container, 1602-container carrier loaded with second container, container buffer 170.

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application. This application is capable of implementation in many different ways than those herein set forth and of similar import by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of this application and is therefore not limited to the specific implementations disclosed below.

The terminology used in the one or more embodiments of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the one or more embodiments of the present application. As used in one or more embodiments of the present application and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used in one or more embodiments of the present application refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein in one or more embodiments of the present application to describe various information, these information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, a first aspect may be termed a second aspect, and, similarly, a second aspect may be termed a first aspect, without departing from the scope of one or more embodiments of the present application. The word "if," as used herein, may be interpreted as "at \8230; \8230when" or "when 8230; \823030when" or "in response to a determination," depending on the context.

In the present application, a warehouse scheduling system is provided, which is described in detail in the following embodiments one by one.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic system structure of a warehouse dispatching system provided in an embodiment of the present application, and the system includes a control server 110, a handling device 120, a container handling device 130, and a container 140 for loading goods.

The control server 110 is connected with the handling device 120 and the container operating device 130 in a wireless communication manner, and a worker operates the control server 110 through the operation console 114, the control server 110 is a software system running on the server and having data storage and information processing capabilities, and can be connected with the handling device 120, the container operating device 130 and the like through wireless, the control server 110 can include one or more servers and can be a centralized control architecture or a distributed computing architecture, the control server 110 has a processor 111 and a memory 112, an order pool 113 can be provided in the memory 112, and order information is stored in the order pool 113.

The handling equipment is used for handling the container to a designated position, and after receiving the handling instruction, the handling equipment responds to the handling instruction to carry the target container to the target position, and the handling equipment can comprise a handling robot, an unmanned forklift and other equipment.

The container is used for loading goods, and after the container loaded with goods is selected through goods, if partial goods are loaded in the container, the container can be understood as a tail box, and the container needs to be cleaned, so that waste of resources is avoided.

In the present application, a control server is configured to determine a first container 1401 and a second container 1402 according to a task to be performed, and simultaneously determine a first conveying apparatus 1201 for conveying the first container 1401, a second conveying apparatus 1202 for conveying the second container 1402, and a target container handling apparatus 130, and to transmit a first conveying instruction to the first conveying apparatus 1201, a second conveying instruction to the second conveying apparatus 1202, and a container handling instruction to the target container handling apparatus 130;

the first handling device 1201 configured to handle the first container 1401 to the target container handling device in response to the first handling instruction;

the second handling apparatus 1202 configured to handle the second container 1402 to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second handling instruction;

the target container manipulation device 130 is configured to move the goods in the second container 1402 to the first container 1401 in response to the container manipulation instruction.

In the warehousing and dispatching system provided by the application, the control server determines a first container and a second container, a first carrying device for carrying the first container, a second carrying device for carrying the second container and a target container operating device according to the tasks to be executed, the first carrying device is used for responding to a first carrying instruction to carry the first container to the target container operating device, the second carrying device is used for responding to a second carrying instruction to carry the second container to the target container operating device, and the target container operating device is used for responding to the container operating instruction to move goods in the second container to the first container. Therefore, the container can be automatically cleaned, the labor is saved, and the treatment efficiency is improved.

In practical applications, after the container handling apparatus moves the goods in the second container to the first container, the first container may be handled by the third handling apparatus to a specified position, and the specified position may include an operation area, a storage area, and the like, where the container may be placed.

Based on this, the control server further needs to determine a third conveying device and send a conveying instruction to the third conveying device, and specifically, the control server is further configured to determine the third conveying device and send the third conveying instruction to the third conveying device;

the third carrying apparatus is configured to carry the first container to a specified position in response to the third carrying instruction.

Wherein, the third handling equipment can be the first handling equipment or the second handling equipment. In the scenario of cleaning the tail box, after the goods in the second container are transferred to the first container, the first container needs to be transported to a designated position so as to further process the goods in the first container.

In one embodiment of the present application, after the container handling apparatus moves the second container-consolidated goods to the first container, the control server determines a third conveyance apparatus and transmits a third conveyance instruction to the third conveyance apparatus, and the third conveyance apparatus conveys the first container to the storage area in response to the third conveyance instruction.

Further, referring to fig. 1, the system further includes an inventory area 150 including a plurality of container carriers 160, one container carrier including at least one storage location, one storage location to accommodate at least one container;

the control server is further configured to determine a first container located in the first container carrier and a second container located in the second container carrier according to the task to be executed.

The inventory area 150 may be a dense storage area or a non-dense storage area, a plurality of container carriers 160 are disposed in the inventory area 150, the container carriers may be fixed shelves, cage cars, tray supports, movable shelves, and the like in practical applications, the specific form of the container carriers 160 is subject to practical applications, and is not limited in this application, in the case that the container carriers are fixed shelves, the fixed shelves include at least one layer of partition plate, the at least one layer of partition plate divides the fixed shelves into at least two layers, at least one storage location is disposed on the partition plate of the fixed shelves, and each storage location can bear at least one order container capable of containing order goods. The order container is a container filled with order goods and having completed the order picking task. At least one storage location is provided in the container carrier 160, each storage location capable of carrying at least one order container capable of holding order goods.

In practical applications, the containers loaded with goods are stored in the container carrier, that is, when the control server determines the first container and the second container, the first container carrier storing the first container and the second container carrier storing the second container can be determined.

The first handling apparatus may be further configured to, in response to the first handling instruction, take the first target container from the first container carrier and handle the first target container to the target container handling apparatus, or handle the first container carrier to the target container handling apparatus;

the second handling apparatus is further configured to remove the second target container from the second container carrier and handle it to the target container handling apparatus or handle it to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second handling instruction.

In practical applications, when the transporting apparatus responds to the transporting instruction and needs to transport the container to the container handling apparatus, the transporting apparatus may select to take out the container from the container carrier and transport the container, or select to directly transport the container carrier to the container handling apparatus, and the container handling apparatus takes in and puts out the container. The specific selection mode can be based on the actual form of the container carrier, and when the container carrier is a fixed carrier, the carrying equipment can select to take out the container from the fixed carrier and carry the container; when the container carrier is a movable carrier, the carrying equipment can select to carry the movable carrier.

In one embodiment of the present application, the container carriers are fixed racks, the first transport apparatus retrieves a first target container from the fixed rack and transports the first target container to the target container handling apparatus in response to a first transport command, and the second transport apparatus retrieves a second target container from the fixed rack and transports the second target container to the target container handling apparatus in response to a second transport command.

In another embodiment of the present application, the container carrier is a movable rack, the first transporting apparatus transports the movable rack storing the first target container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the first transporting instruction, the second transporting apparatus transports the movable rack storing the second target container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second transporting instruction, and the target container handling apparatus takes out the first target container from the movable rack storing the first target container and takes out the second target container from the movable rack storing the second target container.

In practical applications, when the first transporting apparatus is ready to transport the first container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the first transporting instruction, so that the target container handling apparatus can handle the first container, if the container handling area of the target container handling apparatus already has a container performing a cleaning operation, the first transporting apparatus will place the first container in the container buffer area of the container handling apparatus.

Based on this, the container operation device is provided with a container buffer area and a container operation area;

the first handling device is further configured to place the first container in the container buffer zone;

the target container handling device is further configured to move the first container from the container buffer to the container handling area and move the goods in the second container to the first container in response to the container handling instruction.

In practical applications, a plurality of transporting devices may transport a plurality of containers simultaneously, and therefore, when a first transporting device transports a first container to a container handling device, there may be other containers existing in an operation area of the container handling device, and at this time, the first transporting device may place the first container in a container buffer area, and after a second transporting device arrives, the second container may also be placed in the container buffer area.

In an embodiment of the present application, the first transporting apparatus transports the first container to the container buffer area, where the first container is a buffer container, and at this time, if there are other containers entering the container buffer area, the first container is queued according to a sequence of operations executed first in time, and after the container in the container operation area has completed the cleaning operation, the container operation apparatus moves the first container from the container buffer area to the container operation area in response to the container operation instruction, and when the second container arrives, moves the goods in the second container to the first container.

In another embodiment of the present application, the first and second handling apparatuses arrive at the container handling apparatus at the same time, the first and second containers are placed in the container buffer, after the containers in the container handling area perform the cleaning operation, the first and second containers are moved from the container buffer to the container handling area at the same time, and the goods in the second container are moved to the first container.

In practical applications, the cargo in the second container can be moved to the first container by picking the cargo in the second container to the first container, or by dumping the cargo in the second container to the first container, so as to complete the cargo movement. Specifically, the system further comprises an operation object;

the operation object is configured to be located at the container operation device to pick or dump the goods in the second container to the first container.

The picking or dumping of goods may be performed manually or automatically by a machine, and specifically, the operation target is a worker, a mechanical arm, or a container handling device, or other devices that can perform picking or dumping, which is not limited in this application.

In an embodiment of the present application, the operation target is a worker, and when both the first container and the second container are located in the container operation area, the worker may sort the goods in the second container into the first container, or may select to directly dump the second container and dump the goods in the second container into the first container.

In another embodiment of the present application, the operation object is a robot arm, and when the first container and the second container are both located in the container operation area, the robot arm may sort the goods in the second container into the first container, or may directly dump the second container and dump the goods in the second container into the first container.

In a scene that a plurality of carrying devices carry a plurality of containers simultaneously, the first carrying device can place the first container in the container waiting area, after the second carrying device arrives at the container waiting area, the two carrying devices can carry the container to the container operating device together, correspondingly, if the second carrying device arrives at the container waiting area first, the second carrying device can also wait for the first carrying device to arrive at the container waiting area, and then the first carrying device and the second carrying device carry the container to the container operating device together.

Specifically, the system further comprises a container waiting area;

the first handling device is further configured to, in response to the first handling instruction, handle the first container to the container waiting area, and, after the second container arrives at the container waiting area, handle the first container to the target container handling device;

the second conveyance device is further configured to convey the second container to the container waiting section in response to the second conveyance instruction, and convey the second container to the destination container handling device after the first container arrives at the container waiting section.

In one embodiment of the present application, the first conveyance device conveys the first container to the container waiting area in response to the first conveyance command, and after the second conveyance device conveys the second container to the container waiting area, the first conveyance device and the second conveyance device respectively convey the first container and the second container to the target container handling device.

In practical applications, the container has independent ID information for identifying itself, and may be a readable auxiliary such as an RFID reader or a magnetic reader, a visually recognized barcode, a two-dimensional code, or a special graphic fused with ID information for assisting in identifying the container information of the container.

In a scene of transporting a container, if the position of the container changes, the container information corresponding to the container also changes, and the control server needs to update and store the container information of the container in time, where the container information includes the position information of the container. So that the carrying equipment can move to the corresponding position according to the container information and carry the corresponding container.

Specifically, the control server is further configured to update and save container information of the container. Further, the first handling device is further configured to move to the first container according to the container information of the first container;

the second handling equipment is further configured to move to the second container according to the container information of the second container.

In one embodiment of the application, the first transporting device, in response to the transporting instruction, navigates to move to the first container corresponding to the container information according to the container information in the transporting instruction, and when transporting the first container, the first transporting device further identifies whether the identifier of the first container is correct, and if not, performs exception handling or reports to the control server, and if correct, performs the transporting process.

Furthermore, when the container is placed on the container carrier, after the carrying device is operated to the target position, the container information corresponding to the container can be identified according to the identification information of the container, the target container can be taken out from the container carrier according to the container information, and correspondingly, the target container can also be stored in the corresponding container carrier according to the identification information of the container.

In particular, the first handling device is further configured to take out or deposit the first container according to the container identifier of the first container;

the second container handling apparatus is further configured to retrieve or deposit the second container based on the container identification of the second container.

In one embodiment of the present application, the first transport apparatus recognizes the container identifier of the first container, obtains the container information of the first container, and transports the first container to the fixed rack storing the first container based on the container information of the first container.

In another embodiment of the present application, the second conveyance device takes out the second container from the fixed rack storing the second container, based on the container information of the second container.

Further, after the first container and the second container are transported to the container handling apparatus, the container handling apparatus may identify whether the kind of goods of the container is correct and the quantity of goods meets the container cleaning requirement according to the container information of the container.

Specifically, the container handling device is provided with an identification device;

the target container operating device is further configured to identify the container identifier of the first container, acquire the container information of the first container, identify the container identifier of the second container, acquire the container information of the second container, and assist in identifying whether the goods and/or quantity of the first container and the goods and/or quantity of the second container are accurate or not through the identification device.

The container operation equipment is provided with a recognition device, and container identification on the container is recognized through the recognition device, so that container information corresponding to the container is obtained.

In an embodiment of the present application, the target container handling apparatus recognizes the container identifier of the first container and the container identifier of the second container by the recognition device, obtains the container information of the first container and the container information of the second container, recognizes the quantity of the goods in the first container by the container information of the first container and recognizes the quantity of the goods in the second container by the container information of the second container, and thereby judges that the quantities of the goods in the first container and the second container are accurate.

In another embodiment of the present application, during the process of transporting the mobile carrier to the container handling apparatus by the transporting apparatus, when the mobile carrier is the next operation target, the container handling apparatus may determine the position information of the target container according to the container information of the target container, and perform the position movement in advance, thereby improving the efficiency.

In practical applications, when the containers are stored on the container carriers, the handling apparatus may also obtain the information related to the containers stored on the container carriers by recognizing the carrier identifiers of the container carriers.

Specifically, the container carrier includes a carrier identifier that includes carrier information used to assist in identifying the container carrier, where the carrier information includes a readable magnetic stripe, barcode, two-dimensional code, or other identifiable graphic.

Further, the control server is further configured to update and save carrier information of the container carrier. The first handling apparatus further configured to move to the first container carrier according to the carrier information of the first container carrier; the second handling apparatus is further configured to move to the second container carrier according to the carrier information of the second container carrier.

In one embodiment of the present invention, when the transportation device transports the mobile carrier to the container handling device, the carrier information of the mobile carrier changes, and the control server updates and stores the carrier information of the mobile carrier, and when there is another transportation device that needs to transport the mobile carrier information, the mobile device is directly waited and prepared for transportation at the container handling device, thereby improving the work efficiency.

The warehousing dispatching system comprises a control server, carrying equipment, container operating equipment and a container for loading goods;

the control server is configured to determine a first container and a second container according to a task to be executed, determine a first carrying device for carrying the first container, a second carrying device for carrying the second container and a target container operating device at the same time, send a first carrying instruction to the first carrying device, send a second carrying instruction to the second carrying device and send a container operating instruction to the target container operating device; the first handling apparatus configured to handle the first container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the first handling instruction; the second handling apparatus configured to handle the second container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second handling instruction; the target container handling device is configured to move the goods in the second container to the first container in response to the container handling instruction. Through the storage scheduling system that this application provided, use haulage equipment to carry target container to container operation equipment department, make container operation equipment can accomplish the goods automatically and shift, check operation such as, saved manpower and materials, improved efficiency and rate of accuracy.

Secondly, the warehousing dispatching system that this application provided can also set up identification information on the carrier of container or loading container, and handling equipment can be through the accurate discernment target container or target container carrier of identification information and acquire corresponding positional information, and the goods that target container loaded can be discerned through identification information to container operating equipment can improve the efficiency of boot clearance, reduces warehousing system's running cost.

The warehouse scheduling system provided in the present application is further explained with reference to specific embodiments. It should be noted that, in the following embodiments, the order picking task is completed in the workstation area, and in the present application, the task of transporting the inventory containers from the inventory area to the workstation area to complete the order picking is not limited.

Example one

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 illustrates a warehouse scheduling system provided in an embodiment of the present application, which includes a control server 110, a first handling apparatus 1201, a second handling apparatus 1202, a container handling apparatus 130, a first container 1401, a second container 1402, an inventory area 150, and a container carrier 160;

the control server 110 determines the first conveying apparatus 1201 and the second conveying apparatus 1202 according to the task to be performed, and transmits a first conveying instruction to the first conveying apparatus 1201 and a second conveying instruction to the second conveying apparatus 1202.

In response to the first transport instruction, the first transport apparatus 1201 determines the position of the container carrier 1601 where the first container 1401 is located in the inventory area 150 according to the container information of the first container 1401 carried in the instruction, and takes out the first container 1401 from the container carrier 1601 and transports the first container 1401 to the container handling apparatus.

In response to the second transfer command, the second transfer apparatus 1202 determines the position of the container carrier 1602 in the inventory area 150 where the second container 1402 is located according to the container information of the second container 1401 carried in the command, and takes the second container 1402 out of the container carrier 1602 and transfers it to the container handling apparatus.

The target container manipulation apparatus 130, in response to the container manipulation instruction, first recognizes the container identifications of the first container 1401 and the second container 1402 when the first container 1401 and the second container 1402 are placed in the container manipulation area, determines the kinds and the amounts of goods in the first container 1401 and the second container 1402, and, after determining that the kinds and the amounts of goods are correct, dumps the goods in the second container 1402 into the first container 1401, thereby completing the container cleaning.

Example two

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 illustrates a warehouse scheduling system provided in an embodiment of the present application, which includes a control service 150, a first handling apparatus 1201, a second handling apparatus 1202, a container handling apparatus 130, a first container 1401, a second container 1402, an inventory area 150, and a container carrier 160;

the control server 110 determines the first conveying apparatus 1201 and the second conveying apparatus 1202 according to the task to be performed, and transmits a first conveying instruction to the first conveying apparatus 1201 and a second conveying instruction to the second conveying apparatus 1202.

In response to the first transport instruction, the first transport apparatus 1201 determines the position of the container carrier 1601 where the first container 1401 is located in the inventory area 150 based on the container information of the first container 1401 carried in the instruction, takes out the first container 1401 from the container carrier 1601 and prepares to transport the first container to the container handling apparatus, and when there are other containers in the container handling apparatus, the first transport apparatus 1201 transports the first container 1401 to the container buffer area 170 and waits for the second transport apparatus 1202.

In response to the second transfer instruction, the second transfer apparatus 1202 determines the position of the container carrier 1602 where the second container 1402 is located in the inventory area 150 according to the container information of the second container 1401 carried in the instruction, and takes out the second container 1402 from the container carrier 1602 and transfers the second container 1402 to the container buffer area 170 where the first transfer apparatus is located.

The target container operating device after processing playing of other containers, the first conveyance device 1201 and the second conveyance device 1202 respectively convey the first container 1401 and the second container 1402 to the target container operating device 130.

The target container manipulation apparatus 130, in response to the container manipulation instruction, first recognizes the container identifications of the first container 1401 and the second container 1402 when the first container 1401 and the second container 1402 are placed in the container manipulation area, determines the kind and the amount of the goods in the first container 1401 and the second container 1402, and, after determining that the kind and the amount of the goods are correct, dumps the goods in the second container 1402 into the first container 1401, thereby completing the cleaning of the containers.

The foregoing description of specific embodiments of the present application has been presented. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions or steps recited in the claims may be performed in a different order than in the embodiments and still achieve desirable results. In addition, the processes depicted in the accompanying figures do not necessarily require the particular order shown, or sequential order, to achieve desirable results. In some embodiments, multitasking and parallel processing may also be possible or may be advantageous.

It should be noted that, for the sake of simplicity, the foregoing embodiments of the present invention are described as a series of acts or combinations, but it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited by the described order of acts, as some steps may be performed in other orders or simultaneously according to the present application. Further, those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are preferred embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required in this application.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

The preferred embodiments of the present application disclosed above are intended only to aid in the explanation of the application. Alternative embodiments are not exhaustive and do not limit the invention to the precise embodiments described. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the application and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best understand and utilize the application. The application is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.

Claims (16)

1. A storage dispatching system is characterized by comprising a control server, a carrying device, a container operating device and a container for loading goods;

the control server is configured to determine a first container and a second container according to a task to be executed, determine a first carrying device for carrying the first container, a second carrying device for carrying the second container and a target container operating device at the same time, send a first carrying instruction to the first carrying device, send a second carrying instruction to the second carrying device and send a container operating instruction to the target container operating device;

the first handling apparatus configured to handle the first container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the first handling instruction;

the second handling apparatus configured to handle the second container to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second handling instruction;

the target container handling device is configured to move the cargo in the second container to the first container in response to the container handling instruction.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control server is further configured to determine a third handling apparatus and send third handling instructions to the third handling apparatus;

the third carrying apparatus is configured to carry the first container to a specified position in response to the third carrying instruction.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising an inventory area, the inventory area including a plurality of container carriers, one container carrier including at least one storage location, one storage location to accommodate at least one container;

the control server is further configured to determine a first container located in the first container carrier and a second container located in the second container carrier according to the task to be executed.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the first handling apparatus is further configured to remove a first target container from the first container carrier and handle to the target container handling apparatus or handle the first container carrier to the target container handling apparatus in response to the first handling instruction;

the second handling apparatus is further configured to remove a second target container from the second container carrier and handle it to the target container handling apparatus or handle it to the target container handling apparatus in response to the second handling instruction.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the container manipulation device is provided with a container buffer area and a container manipulation area;

the first handling apparatus further configured to place the first container in the container buffer;

the target container handling device is further configured to move the first container from the container buffer to the container handling area and move the goods in the second container to the first container in response to the container handling instruction.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises an operand;

the operation object is configured to be located at the container operation device to pick or dump the goods in the second container to the first container.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the operation object is a worker, a robotic arm, or a container handling device.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a container waiting area;

the first handling device is further configured to, in response to the first handling instruction, handle the first container to the container waiting area, and, after the second container arrives at the container waiting area, handle the first container to the target container handling device;

the second handling apparatus is further configured to, in response to the second handling instruction, handle the second container to the container waiting area, and, after the first container arrives at the container waiting area, handle the second container to the target container handling apparatus.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the container is provided with a container identifier containing container information for assisting in identifying the container, the container identifier comprising a readable magnetic strip, a bar code, or a two-dimensional code.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the control server is further configured to update and save container information for the container.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first handling apparatus is further configured to move to the first container based on the container information of the first container;

the second handling equipment is further configured to move to the second container according to the container information of the second container.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the first handling apparatus is further configured to retrieve or deposit the first container based on the container identification of the first container;

the second container handling apparatus is further configured to retrieve or deposit the second container based on the container identification of the second container.

13. System according to claim 9, characterized in that the container handling device is provided with identification means;

the target container operation device is further configured to identify the container identifier of the first container, acquire the container information of the first container, identify the container identifier of the second container, acquire the container information of the second container, and assist in identifying whether the goods and/or quantity of the first container and the goods and/or quantity of the second container are accurate.

14. The system of claim 4, wherein the container carrier includes a carrier identification containing carrier information for assisting in identifying the container carrier, the carrier information including a readable magnetic stripe, a bar code, or a two-dimensional code.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the control server is further configured to update and save carrier information for the container carriers.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said first handling apparatus is further configured to move to said first container carrier based on carrier information for said first container carrier;

the second handling apparatus is further configured to move to the second container carrier according to the carrier information of the second container carrier.

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