JP2002240935A - Transfer method and transfer device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a carrying method and a carrying device capable of effectively utilizing information on the number of pieces, weight information, and barcode information of an article read on a carrying path in high-speed carrying. A conveying device (10) measures a talent of an article (15) and outputs the measured talent information.
Weight measuring means 30 for measuring the weight of the article 15 and outputting the measured weight information; sorting information reading means 35 for reading the sorting information of the article 15 and outputting the read sorting information; The talent information, weight information and sorting information output from 20, 30, and 35 are transferred to each article 15
Information collecting means 38 which collects the information as one piece of comprehensive information for each item, and numbers and records the information in the comprehensive article information.
Output means for outputting, to the next article processing step, article comprehensive information integrated for each article by the information gathering means 38
40 and has.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer method and a transfer apparatus, and more particularly, to a transfer method and a transfer apparatus for performing processing such as sorting of articles while transferring articles at a high speed on a transfer path.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a conveying apparatus is used which sorts various articles according to talent information, weight information, information on a distribution destination, etc. while conveying various articles by a conveyor. Here, the information of the distribution destination is recorded on a barcode attached to the article, and the barcode can also record the type of the article (fragile, creature, etc.) as other information.

[0003] This conveying device includes a talent measuring means, a weight measuring means and a bar code reading means in the middle of the conveyor, so that the article being conveyed can be measured by the talent measuring means or the weight measuring means. The bar code information such as information on the distribution destination is read by the weight measurement or the bar code reading means. For example, the weight information read by the weight measuring means is used for calculating the fare of the article, the talent information read by the talent measuring means is used for arranging the vehicle, and the barcode information read by the barcode reading means is distributed. The destination was used for selection.

[0004]

However, the talent information read by the talent measuring means, the weight information read by the weight measuring means, and the bar code information read by the bar code reading means are individually processed. . For this reason, when trying to apply the present invention to a high-speed transporting apparatus that performs a sorting process while transporting articles at a high speed, each piece of read information cannot be processed in accordance with the transport speed of the articles. Therefore, the information that has been read has not been used effectively.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for conveying information on the number of items, weight information, and barcode information read on a conveyance path at a high speed and at the same time at a low speed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transfer method and a transfer device that can be effectively used for simple data collection purposes other than transfer and sorting.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, an article is conveyed at a high speed on a conveying path in order to carry out processing such as sorting of the article. In the transport method, the age information, the weight information, and the sorting information of the article are continuously read, and these pieces of information are grouped as one piece of comprehensive information for numbering, and the numbered article comprehensive information is collected. Is output to the next article processing step.

In the transport method configured as described above, during the transport of the article, the age information, the weight information, and the sorting information of the article are continuously read, and the information is read as one.
Numbered together as one comprehensive article information. Therefore, during the transportation of the article, the gift information, the weight information,
Since the sorting information is quickly converted into comprehensive information, information processing is facilitated. Therefore, the integrated general information can be quickly output to the next article processing step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a conveying apparatus for conveying an article at a high speed on a conveying path in order to perform processing such as sorting of the article, wherein the number of articles is measured. Together with a talent measuring means for outputting the measured talent information, a weight measuring means for measuring the weight of the article and outputting the measured weight information, and reading the sorting information of the article and outputting the read sorting information Sorting information reading means, and information collecting means for summarizing talent information, weight information, and sorting information output from these means as one article comprehensive information for each article, and numbering and recording the article comprehensive information. And output means for outputting the article comprehensive information integrated into each article by the information gathering means to the next article processing step.

In the transport device configured as described above, during the transport of the article, the talent measuring means, the weight measuring means,
A sorting information reading unit, an information collecting unit, and an output unit are provided. By providing the information collecting means in this manner, the number information, weight information, and sorting information of the articles can be grouped and numbered as one article comprehensive information. For this reason, the gift information, weight information,
Since the sorting information is quickly converted into comprehensive information, information processing is facilitated. In addition, the provision of the output means enables the integrated general information to be quickly output to the next article processing step.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the transport device 10 according to the first embodiment includes a carry-in conveyor 11, a transport conveyor 12, and a sorting conveyor 13, and the transport conveyor 12
In the middle of the process, the talent measuring means 20, the weight measuring means 30, the information reading means 35, the information collecting means 38 and the output means 40 (FIG. 2,
FIG. 3).

According to the transfer device 10, the article 15 carried in from the vehicle 14 is carried by the carry-in conveyor 11 to the carry conveyor 12,
While the article 15 is being conveyed by the conveyor 12, the talent number of the article 15 is measured by the talent measuring means 20, the weight of the article 15 is measured by the weight measuring means 30, and the bar code 16 of the article 15 is measured by the information reading means 35. The barcode information (sorting information) is read from the
The information integrated at 40 is output to the next article processing step. The articles 15 conveyed from the conveyor 12 to the sorting conveyor 13 are sorted by the sorting conveyor 13 based on the information output from the output means 40.

As described above, the talent measuring means 2
0, weight measuring means 30, information reading means 35, information gathering means 38 and output means 40, each means
Information from 20,30,35,38,40 can be combined into one and output quickly. For this reason, while conveying the article 15 at high speed, it is possible to perform processing such as sorting of articles by effectively utilizing the information. Hereinafter, each means 20, 30, 35, 38, 40 will be described in detail.

The talent measuring means 20 is a means for measuring the talent of the article 15 and transmitting the measured talent information to the information collecting means 38. In addition, the talent number measuring means 20 can be set in a gap between the conveyor 12 and the conveyor 31 of the weight measuring means 30.

The talent measuring means 20 includes a rectangular gate-shaped frame 21, and a plurality of light-emitting parts (infrared light emitting diodes) arranged at a pitch of 5 mm on the ceiling beam 21A of the gate-shaped frame 21 as an example. The bottom beam 21B is provided with a light receiving portion (phototransistor) 23 at a position facing the light emitting portion 22, and the left support 21C is provided with a plurality of light emitting portions (infrared light emitting portions) arranged at a pitch of 5 mm as an example. The right support 21D includes a plurality of light receiving sections (phototransistors) 25 at positions facing the light projecting section 24, and further includes a rotary encoder 26 or first and second photosensors 28A and 28B (FIG. 3).

Each of the first and second photosensors 28A and 28B has a light emitting portion on one side of the transport conveyor and a light receiving portion on the other side, and the light emitted from the light emitting portion is received by the light receiving portion. It is a sensor configured to receive. This allows
When the article 15 passes through the first and second photosensors 28A and 28B, the light emitted from the light emitting section does not reach the light receiving section to detect the article 15. The rotary encoder 26 is a device that measures the transport distance of the article 15 based on the detection information of the first and second photo sensors 28A and 28B.

According to the talent measuring means 20, when the article 15 passes through the portal frame 21, a part of the light 22A emitted from the light projecting portion 22 of the ceiling beam 21A is blocked by the article 15, and Light receiving part of beam 21B
Do not reach 23. From this information, the width of the article 15 is measured. Further, a part of the light 24A emitted from the light projecting portion 24 of the left support 21C is blocked by the article 15, and does not reach the light receiving portion 25 of the right support 21D. From this information, the height of the article 15 is measured.

Further, the rotary encoder 26 shown in FIG.
, And the length of the article 15 is measured based on the detection information of the article 15 from the first and second photosensors 28A and 28B. In addition, the volume of the article 15 is determined from the measured width, height, and length dimensions of the article 15. The ceiling beam 21A of the gate-shaped frame 21 is provided with a patrol light 29. The patrol light 29 is lit with a green lamp when the talent number measuring means 20 is normal, and is lit with a red lamp when abnormal.

Here, there are four types of talent measuring means 20, namely A type, B type, C type and D type. A type and B type talent counting means 20
As described above, the portal frame 21 is provided with the light projecting units 22 and 24 and the light receiving units 23 and 25 at a fixed pitch.

The A type talent measuring means 20 is suitable for measuring the talent of a regular rectangular cardboard, and the B type talent measuring means.
By switching the measurement mode with the changeover switch 20, it is possible to perform the talent measurement of the fixed rectangular cardboard and the talent measurement of the bag-like or roll-like articles.

On the other hand, the C type talent measuring means 20 emits a laser beam from a polygonal mirror to irradiate the article, receives the light reflected from the article, measures the distance, and based on the measured value, measures the distance. Is to measure the shape of. The C-type talent measuring means 20 can measure a fixed rectangular cardboard article, a bag-like article, or a roll-like article without switching the measurement mode with a changeover switch. D type talent measuring means 20
Is to measure the shape of the article based on the measured value from the size in the image focus by performing image processing with a CCD camera and recognizing the edge of the article. The use with one camera can measure the talent of a standard rectangular cardboard,
The use of two cameras diagonally diagonally to an article enables measurement of an article in a bag or a roll. Note that a single camera can measure a bag-like or roll-like article.

The weight measuring means 30 is a means for measuring the weight of the article 15 and transmitting the measured weight information to the information collecting means 38. The weight measuring means 30 is arranged on the outlet side of the talent measuring means 20, and has a load cell 32 below the conveyor 31. According to the weight measuring means 30, the weight of the article 15 riding on the conveyor 31 can be measured by the load cell 32.

The sorting information reading means 35 is means for reading the sorting information of the article 15 and transmitting the read sorting information to the information collecting means 38. This sorting information reading means 35 is a bar code attached to the article 15.
A hand-type bar code reader that reads the information (sorting information) recorded on the bar code 16 by reading the 16 corresponds to this type.

The bar code reader is not limited to the hand type, but may be a stationary type. This stationary bar code reader will be described in a second embodiment shown in FIG.

The information collecting means 38 includes these means 2
Combine the talent information, weight information and sorting information transmitted from 0, 30, 35 as one article comprehensive information for each article,
This is a means for numbering and recording this article comprehensive information, and then transmitting this information to the output means 40. The output means 40
This is a means for outputting the article general information integrated by the information collecting means 38 to the next article processing step.

According to the transfer device 10, the gift number measuring means 20, the weight measuring means 30, the sorting information reading means 35, the information collecting means 38 and the output means 40 are provided during the transfer of the article 15. By providing the information collecting means 38 in this way,
The number information, weight information, and sorting information of the articles can be numbered together as one article comprehensive information. For this reason,
During the transportation of the article, the information on the number of talents, the information on the weight, and the information on the sorting are quickly converted into comprehensive information, so that the information processing becomes easy. In addition, the provision of the output means 40 enables the integrated general information to be quickly output to the next article processing step.

Next, the transport method will be described with reference to FIGS. In ST1, the articles 15 put into the input conveyor 11 (see FIG. 1)
15 is carried into the measurement area, and enters the portal frame 21 of the talent measurement means 20. Immediately before the article 15 enters the portal frame 21, the first photo sensor 28A detects the article 15.

In ST2, the article 15 is replaced by the talent counting means 20.
Entering the portal frame 21 of the
At 20, the width and height of the article 15 are measured. The first photosensor 28A detects that the article 15 has passed through the first photosensor 28A. The first photosensor 28A detects when the front end of the article 15 has reached the first photosensor 28A and when the rear end of the article 15 has passed through the first photosensor 28A. The length of the article 15 is measured by the encoder 26.

Further, the talent measuring means 20 obtains the volume of the article 15 from the width, height, and length of the article 15, and
Information on 15 width dimensions, height dimensions, length dimensions, volume,
That is, the talent information of the article 15 is transmitted to the information collecting means 38. The information collecting means 38 records the transmitted talent information.

In step ST3, the article 15 having passed through the second photosensor 28B is placed on the conveyor 31 of the weight measuring means 30, and the weight of the article 15 is measured by the load cell 32 of the weight measuring means 30. Then, the measured weight information is transmitted to the information collecting means 38. The information collecting means 38 records the transmitted weight information.

In ST4, a hand-type bar code reader (sorting information reading means) 35 is brought into contact with the bar code 16 of the article 15 which has passed through the third photosensor 28C, and the information recorded in the bar code 16, ie, the sorting is performed. Read information. Then, the read sorting information is transmitted to the information collecting means 38. The information collecting means 38 records the transmitted sorting information.

In ST5, when the information gathering means 38 has recorded all the talent information, the weight information and the sorting information, the information gathering means 38 gathers up one article comprehensive information for each article 15 and numbers the serial number in the article comprehensive information. Record in the state where it was done. This state is shown in FIG. 4 as a recording information table.

In ST6, when the article 15 reaches the fourth photosensor 28D, the information gathering means 38 outputs from the output means 40 comprehensive article information integrated for each article 15, that is, one for each serial number. . FIG. 4 shows this state as an output information table. Here, if the integrated article general information is not output from the output unit 40, the process returns to ST2 and the above-described steps are sequentially repeated.

In the transportation method, during transportation of the article 15, the age information, the weight information, and the sorting information of the article 15 are continuously read, and these information are collectively numbered as one article comprehensive information. Therefore, while the article 15 is being conveyed, the talent information, the weight information, and the sorting information are quickly converted into comprehensive information, which facilitates information processing.

Therefore, the integrated general information can be quickly output to the next article processing step. Therefore, when goods are transported at high speed, such information can be effectively used as information for sorting work, and can be used very conveniently in freight calculation and transportation planning (delivery arrangement) in distribution.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. As shown in FIG. 5, the transport device 50 of the second embodiment includes an information reading means 51, a talent measuring means 20, and a weight measuring means 30 in the middle of the transport conveyor 12, in this order. The transmitted information is combined into one for each article 15 by the information gathering means 38 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), numbering is added to the integrated information for each article 1 combined, and the output means 40 (see FIG. 2). 2, see FIG. 3) to output to the next article processing step.

The articles 15 conveyed from the conveyor 12 to the sorting conveyor 13 are sorted by the slider 13A of the sorting conveyor 13 based on the information output from the output means 40. That is, the transport device 50 of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the information reading unit 35 of the first embodiment is replaced by the information reading unit 51.

The information reading means 51 has a portal frame 52 disposed across the conveyor 12, and a bar code reader 54 is attached to a ceiling beam 53 of the portal frame 52.
The barcode reader 54 reads information recorded on the barcode 16 by irradiating the barcode 16 attached to the upper surface of the article 15 with light 54A.

The information reading means 51 includes a bar code reader 54
Can be attached to the left support 52A and the right support 52B of the portal frame 52 in addition to the ceiling beam 53. Thereby, even if the barcode 16 is attached to the right side or the left side of the article 15, the information of the barcode 16 can be read, and the applicable range can be expanded.

According to the transport device 50 of the second embodiment, the first
The same effect as in the embodiment can be obtained, and in addition, the information of the barcode 16 can be read with the information reading means 51 fixed. Therefore, as compared with the hand-type information reading means 35 of the first embodiment, the speed of the transfer processing of the article 15 can be increased.

The transfer device 10 according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be appropriately modified and improved. For example, the light projecting unit and the light receiving unit of the talent measuring unit 20 are arranged at a pitch of 5 mm. However, the arrangement is not limited to this, and the arrangement pitch of the light projecting unit and the light receiving unit can be set arbitrarily.
In addition, although the infrared light emitting diode is used as the light emitting part of the talent measuring means 20 and the phototransistor is used as the light receiving part, other elements may be used.

In addition, the materials, shapes, dimensions, forms, numbers, arrangement locations, and the like of the talent measuring means 20, the weight measuring means 30, the information reading means 35, 51, etc. of the transport device 10 exemplified in the above-described embodiment are the same as those in the present embodiment. It is optional and not limited as long as the invention can be achieved.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the information on the age, the weight, and the sorting of the articles is continuously transmitted during the transportation of the articles. The information is read, and these pieces of information are grouped as one piece of comprehensive article information and numbered. Therefore, during the transportation of the article, the talent information, the weight information, and the sorting information are quickly converted into comprehensive information, which facilitates information processing.

Therefore, the integrated general information can be quickly output to the next article processing step. Therefore, when goods are transported at high speed, such information can be effectively used as information for sorting work, and can be used very conveniently in freight calculation and transportation planning (delivery arrangement) in distribution.

Further, according to the present invention, the transport device according to the second aspect is provided with a talent counting means, a weight measuring means, a sorting information reading means, an information collecting means and an output means during the transport of the article. Was. By providing information gathering means in this way, information on the number of items, weight information,
Sorting information can be numbered collectively as one article general information. For this reason, during the transportation of the article, the talent information, the weight information, and the sorting information are quickly converted into comprehensive information, which facilitates information processing.

In addition, the provision of the output means makes it possible to quickly output the integrated general information to the next article processing step. Therefore, when goods are transported at high speed, such information can be effectively used as information for sorting work, and can be used very conveniently in freight calculation and transportation planning (delivery arrangement) in distribution.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a transport conveyor provided with a transport device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a transport device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the transfer device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart and an information table illustrating a transport method according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the transport device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Conveyor 12 Conveyor 15 Article 16 Barcode 20 Age counting means 30 Weight measuring means 35,51 Sorting information reading means 38 Information collecting means 40 Output means

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshiaki Otsuka 8-19-20 Higashisuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo Inside Toyo Kanetsu Corporation (72) Inventor Kazuhiro Hamada 8-19-20 Higashisuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo Toyo Kanetsu F term (reference) 3F015 AA06 HA02 JC03 JC06 JC08 JC12 JC18 JC23

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A transport method for transporting an article (15) at a high speed on a transport path in order to perform a process such as sorting of the article (15), comprising: , Sorting information is read continuously, the information is grouped together as one piece of comprehensive information for numbering, and the numbered comprehensive article information is output to the next article processing step. 2. A transport device (1) for high-speed transport of articles (15) on a transport path in order to perform processing such as sorting of the articles (15).
0,50), a talent measuring means (20) for measuring the talent of the article (15) and outputting the measured talent information, and measuring and measuring the weight of the article (15). Weight measuring means (30) for outputting weight information; and sorting information reading means (35,5) for reading the sorting information of the article (15) and outputting the read sorting information.
1), the talent information, weight information, and sorting information output from these means (20, 30, 35, 51) are combined as one article comprehensive information for each article (15), and the article comprehensive information is obtained. An information gathering means (38) for numbering and recording; and an output means (40) for outputting the article comprehensive information integrated for each article by the information gathering means (38) to the next article processing step. A transfer device, characterized in that: