JP2020079150A - Article inspection facility - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to realize an article inspection facility capable of appropriately inspecting a pallet and a group of articles placed on the pallet. The object includes a conveying device for conveying an object and an inspection device for inspecting the object conveyed by the conveying device, the object being a pallet and a group of articles, and the inspection device comprising a height detection unit. , a weight detection unit, a reading unit, a storage unit, and a determination unit. determines the item type of the items that make up the item group based on the identification information, determines the number of tiers of the items that make up the item group based on the height of the item group and the item height information, and determines the determined item Based on the tier number, specified item number information, item weight information, and weight of the item group, item number determination is performed to determine whether or not the number of items in each tier of the item group matches the specified number of items. [Selection drawing] Fig. 5

Description

  The present invention is an article including a carrying device for carrying an object, a warehouse for storing the object carried by the carrying device, and an inspection device for inspecting the object carried by the carrying device. Regarding inspection equipment.

  The background art will be described below. In the following description, the code or name in parentheses is the code or name in the prior art document. A conventional example of such an article inspection facility is described in JP-A-2002-217719 (Patent Document 1). The article inspection facility of Patent Document 1 includes a transfer device (load transfer line 23) for transferring an object, a warehouse (automatic warehouse 1) for storing the object transferred by the transfer device, and an object transferred by the transfer device. And an inspection device for inspecting an object. The objects are a pallet and a group of articles placed on the pallet. The inspection device includes a total weight measuring device 5 for measuring the weight of the target, and the target based on the measured total weight measured by the total weight measuring device 5 and the weight of one article in the planned storage data 4. It is determined whether or not the number of articles in the above item and the number of articles in the warehousing schedule data match. The transport device is configured to transport the object to the warehouse if the number of articles in the target object and the number of articles in the storage planned data match, and not to the warehouse if they do not match.

JP 2002-217719 A

  In the above-described article inspection facility, it is necessary to previously acquire, as the storage scheduled data 4, information indicating the type, weight, and number of articles in the object carried into the article inspection facility. Such warehousing schedule data 4 is input when the object is carried in from the customer, and if such warehousing schedule data is not input, the object cannot be inspected. It was Further, in the above-described article inspection facility, it is determined whether or not the number of articles in the target object and the number of articles in the storage planned data match. However, since the weight of an article changes depending on, for example, the time when it is dry and the time when it is wet, or changes depending on the difference in the amount of packaging material, the weight of the article stored in advance and the actual article There may be an error with the weight of. Therefore, when comparing the measured gross weight measured by the gross weight measuring device 5 and the virtual gross weight calculated from the weight of one article in the planned storage data 4, errors are accumulated by the number of articles in the object. In some cases, the error may increase, and the number of articles of the object cannot be properly determined, so that the object cannot be properly inspected.

  Therefore, it is desired to realize an article inspection facility capable of appropriately inspecting a pallet and a group of articles placed on the pallet.

In view of the above, the characteristic configuration of the article inspection facility includes a transfer device that transfers an object, a warehouse that stores the object transferred by the transfer device, and an inspection of the object transferred by the transfer device. And an inspection device for performing inspection, wherein the object is a pallet and a group of articles placed on the pallet, and an identification information holding unit that holds identification information of the articles forming the article group in a state in which the articles can be read from the outside. The article group is a plurality of articles of the same type and is configured by being stacked in a plurality of stages on the pallet, and the inspection device includes a height detection unit that detects a height of the article group, and the article. A weight detection unit that detects the weight of a group, a reading unit that reads the identification information held by the identification information holding unit, a storage unit, and a determination unit, and the storage unit stores a plurality of types of articles. For each article type, article height information indicating the height of each article, article weight information indicating the weight of each article, and prescribed article number information indicating the prescribed number of articles in each stage in the article group are It is stored in association with the information indicating the type, the determination unit determines the type of the articles forming the group of articles based on the identification information read by the reading unit, and the determined type of the article as the determination type. , Based on the height of the article group detected by the height detection unit and the article height information of the determination type, to determine the number of steps of the articles forming the article group, and the number of steps of the determined article and , The number of articles in each stage of the article group based on the information on the specified number of articles of the decision type, the weight information of the article of the decision type, and the weight of the article group detected by the weight detection unit. Performs the number-of-articles determination to determine whether or not the specified number-of-items indicated in the specified number-of-items information is performed, and the transport device is the above when the number-of-items determination determines that they match. The object is transported to the warehouse, and if it is determined that the number of articles does not match, the object is not transported to the warehouse.

According to this characteristic configuration, the storage unit stores the article height information, the article weight information, and the prescribed article number information for each article type of a plurality of types of articles in association with the information indicating the article type. ing. Therefore, even if the information about the object is not acquired when the object is carried into the article inspection facility, the article type of the articles constituting the article group is determined based on the identification information read by the reading unit, and the article is determined. It is possible to acquire the type height information, the type weight information, and the specified number of items information.
Then, the determination unit determines the number of steps of the articles forming the article group based on the height of the article group detected by the height detection unit and the article height information of the determination type, and determines the number of steps of the determined article, the regulation. Based on the number-of-articles information, the article-weight information, and the weight of the article group, it is determined whether or not the number of articles in each stage of the article group matches the prescribed number of articles indicated by the prescribed-item number information. Therefore, according to this configuration, it is possible to properly inspect whether or not the number of articles in the article group placed on the pallet is appropriate, even if there is no storage plan data indicating the planned number to be stored in the warehouse. ..

Top view of article inspection facility Perspective view of the first conveyor Control block diagram Flow chart of inspection control Flow chart of inspection processing

1. Embodiment An embodiment of the article inspection facility will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the article inspection facility runs on a first conveyor 1, a second conveyor 2 and a third conveyor 3 that convey an object WP, an automatic warehouse 4 that stores the object WP, and a floor surface. And a transport carriage 5 for transporting the article W.

  The first conveyor 1 is used as a carry-in conveyor that carries an object WP carried in from the outside. The second conveyor 2 and the third conveyor 3 are used as a carry-in conveyor for carrying the object WP carried in from the outside and a carry-out conveyor for carrying the object WP carried out to the outside. In FIG. 1, the conveying direction of each conveyor is indicated by an arrow.

The object WP transported by the first conveyor 1, the second conveyor 2 and the third conveyor 3 is stored in the automated warehouse 4 via the transport carriage 5. The object WP unloaded from the automated warehouse 4 is transported to the second conveyor 3 or the third conveyor 3 via the transport vehicle 5. Further, among the objects WP transported by the first conveyor 1, the objects WP that are not stored in the automated warehouse 4 are transported to the second conveyor 2 or the third conveyor 3 via the transport carriage 5. The first conveyor 1 and the transport carriage 5 constitute a transport device 11 that transports the object WP. The automated warehouse 4 corresponds to a warehouse that stores the target object WP transported by the transport device 11.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the target object WP is a pallet P and an article group G placed on the pallet P. The target object WP includes an identification information holding unit A that holds the identification information of the articles W forming the article group G in a state in which the articles can be read from the outside. The article group G is a plurality of articles W of the same type and is formed by stacking a plurality of stages on a pallet P. In this embodiment, the number of articles in the plurality of stages in the article group G stacked on the pallet P is the same. Further, in the present embodiment, the identification information holding unit A displays the identification information as a bar code and uses the JAN code as the identification information. Each of the plurality of articles W constituting the article group G is provided with the identification information holding unit A at a position which is a side surface of the article group G by pasting or printing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the automated warehouse 4 includes an article storage shelf 7 having a plurality of storage units 6 for storing the target objects WP vertically and horizontally, and a storage conveyor 8 for transporting the target objects WP stored in the automated warehouse 4. And a delivery conveyor 9 that conveys an object WP that is delivered from the automated warehouse 4, and an object conveyor WP that travels on the floor surface to convey the article WP between the article storage shelf 7, the entry conveyor 8, and the delivery conveyor 9. The stacker crane 10 is provided.

  The first conveyor 1 is a conveyor that conveys an object WP to be automatically inspected by an inspection device 13 described later. The second conveyor 2 and the third conveyor 3 are conveyors that convey the object WP inspected by the worker. As shown in FIG. 2, with respect to the first conveyor 1, the height detection device 14 that detects the height of the object WP, the weight detection device 15 that detects the weight of the object WP, and the object WP have. A reading device 16 as a reading unit for reading the identification information holding unit A is provided. In this embodiment, an area sensor is used as the height detection device 14, and a bar code reader is used as the reading device 16.

  The article inspection facility includes an inspection device 13 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) for inspecting the object WP conveyed by the first conveyor 1, a first conveyor 1, a second conveyor 2, a third conveyor 3, and an automated warehouse. 4, a carriage 5, and a control device H (see FIG. 3) that controls the inspection device 13 are provided. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the inspection device 13 includes a height detection unit 21 that detects the height of the article group G, a weight detection unit 22 that detects the weight of the article group G, and an identification information holding unit A. The reading device 16 that reads the identification information held by the storage device 17, the storage unit 17, and the determination unit 18 are provided. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 17 is configured by a recording medium such as a hard disk provided in the control device H, and the determination unit 18 is provided in the control device H in a program format.

  In the storage unit 17, article height information indicating the height of each article W for each article type of the articles W (plurality of articles W) that are scheduled to be carried into the article inspection facility, The article weight information indicating the weight of each article W and the prescribed article number information indicating the prescribed number of articles in each stage of the article group G are stored in association with the type information indicating the article type. The number of articles in each stage of the article group G is predetermined according to the type of the articles W that make up the article group G, and the number of articles in each predetermined step is the type information as the prescribed number of articles. It is stored in the storage unit 17 in association with.

Further, in the storage unit 17, pallet height information indicating the height of the pallet P for each article type of the articles W (a plurality of types of articles W) expected to be carried into the article inspection facility, and pallet height information. Pallet weight information indicating the weight of P is stored in association with the type information of the article W. The type of the pallet P of the target object WP is predetermined according to the type of the article W in the target object WP, and the height and weight of the pallet P according to the predetermined type of the pallet P are Pallet height information and pallet weight information are stored in the storage unit 17 in association with the type information.

  The height detector 21 detects the height of the article group G. In the present embodiment, the height detection unit 21 detects the overall height of the object WP and subtracts the height of the pallet P indicated by the pallet height information from the overall height of the object WP. , The height of the article group G is detected. In addition, the height detection device 14 detects the entire height of the target object WP, and the control device H determines the total height of the target object WP detected by the height detection device 14 from the storage unit 17 The height of the article group G is detected by subtracting the height of the pallet P indicated by the pallet height information stored in. That is, in the present embodiment, the height detection unit 21 includes the height detection device 14 and the control device H.

  The weight detection unit 22 detects the weight of the article group G. In the present embodiment, the weight detection unit 22 detects the total weight of the object WP, and subtracts the weight of the pallet P indicated by the pallet weight information from the total weight of the object WP, so that the weight of the article group G is reduced. Detect weight. In addition, the weight detection device 15 detects the total weight of the object WP, and the control device H stores the total weight of the object WP detected by the weight detection device 15 in the storage unit 17. The weight of the article group G is detected by subtracting the weight of the pallet P indicated by the existing pallet weight information. That is, in the present embodiment, the weight detection unit 22 includes the weight detection device 15 and the control device H.

  The determination unit 18 first determines the article type of the articles W included in the article group G based on the identification information read by the reading device 16, and sets the determined article type as the determination type. Next, the determination unit 18 determines the number of stages of the articles W included in the article group G based on the height of the article group G detected by the height detection unit 21 and the article height information of the determination type. Next, the determination unit 18 is based on the determined number of stages of the articles W, the determination-type specified article number information, the determination-type article weight information, and the weight of the article group G detected by the weight detection unit 22. Then, the number-of-articles determination is performed to determine whether or not the number of articles in each stage of the article group G matches the prescribed number of articles indicated in the prescribed article number information.

  When the determination unit 18 determines that they match with each other in the number-of-items determination, the number of items calculated based on the determined number of steps of the item W and the specified number-of-items information of the determination type is transferred to the warehouse. The number of articles of the article group G in the object WP is stored in the storage unit 17 of the control apparatus H and registered in the control apparatus H. The number of items is stored in the storage unit 17 in a state of being associated with the type information of the item W and the position information indicating the position where the target object WP is stored in the automatic warehouse 4. The control device H corresponds to a warehouse storage management system.

  When the determination unit 18 determines that they match with each other in the number of articles determination, the determination unit 18 controls the first conveyor 1, the carrier 5, and the automatic warehouse 4 so that the determined objects WP are stored in the automatic warehouse 4. .. In addition, when the control device H determines that they do not match in the number-of-articles determination, the first conveyor 1, the carriage 5, and the second conveyor 1 and the second conveyor 1 so that the determined object WP is carried out from the article inspection facility. The conveyor 2 or the third conveyor 3 is controlled. In this way, the transport device 11 (the first conveyor 1 and the transport carriage 5) transports the object WP to the automatic warehouse 4 when it is determined by the number-of-articles determination that the items match. If it is determined that it is not, it is not transported to the automatic warehouse 4.

Next, the inspection control in which the determination unit 18 inspects the target object WP as described above will be described based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, in the inspection control, when the control device H receives the detection information detected by the height detection device 14, the weight detection device 15, and the reading device 16 (S1), the reference process is executed. (S2). In this reference processing, the article type of the articles W forming the article group G is determined based on the identification information read by the reading device 16, and information regarding the determined determination type (article height information, article weight information, regulation). The article number information, the pallet height information, and the pallet weight information) are acquired from the storage unit 17. It should be noted that the identification information holding unit A does not exist in the identification object WP, the identification information cannot be read by the reading device 16 because the identification information holding unit A is contaminated, and the determined article type. When the information is not stored in the storage unit 17, it is determined that the object WP is not a storage target.

  When the information regarding the article type is acquired by the reference processing, the inspection processing is then executed (S3). In this embodiment, in the inspection processing, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, weight processing (S31), height processing (S32), step number determination processing (S33), step number processing (S34), comparison processing (S35). Are sequentially executed. In the weight processing, the weight of the article group G is determined by subtracting the weight of the pallet P indicated by the pallet weight information from the total weight of the object WP detected by the weight detection device 15. In the height processing, the height of the article group G is detected by subtracting the height of the pallet P indicated by the pallet height information from the overall height of the object WP detected by the height detection processing. In the step number determination process, the height of the article group G detected in the height processing is divided by the height of the article W indicated by the article height information to determine the step number of the articles W forming the article group G.

  In the step number processing, the weight of the article group G detected by the weight processing is divided by a value obtained by multiplying the number of steps of the article W determined by the step number processing and the weight of each article W indicated in the determination type article weight information. Then, the average number of articles per stage is determined. In the comparison processing, if the difference between the average number of articles determined in the step number processing and the specified number of articles is less than or equal to the specified threshold, it is determined that they match in the number-of-articles determination, and it is determined that the object WP is a storage target. To do. Further, in the comparison process, when the difference between the average number of articles determined in the step number process and the specified number of articles exceeds a specified threshold value, it is determined that the number of articles does not match, and the target object WP that is not a storage target. To determine. In this embodiment, the difference between the average number of articles and the prescribed number of articles is used as the deviation of the threshold value. As the deviation of the threshold value, a ratio of the average number of articles and the prescribed number of articles may be used.

  As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, when the target object WP is determined to be a storage target in the reference process and the inspection process (S4: Yes), the target WP determined to be a storage target is stored in the automatic warehouse 4. A process is performed (S5) to convey the target object WP to the automated warehouse 4, and a registration process is performed (S6) to associate the number of items of the item group G in the target object WP with the type information and the position information. Registered in the control device H in the closed state. In addition, when it is determined that the target object WP is not the storage target in the reference process or the inspection process (S4: No), the carry-out process is executed (S7) to carry the target object WP out of the article inspection facility.

2. Other Embodiments Next, other embodiments of the article inspection facility will be described.

(1) In the above embodiment, the weight of the article group G is divided by the value obtained by multiplying the number of steps of the article W by the weight of the article W indicated by the article weight information to determine the average number of articles per step, The average number of articles and the prescribed number of articles indicated by the prescribed article number information are compared to determine whether or not they match based on the number of articles in each stage of the article group G and the prescribed number of articles. The method is not limited to this. For example, the theoretical article group weight, which is the prescribed weight of the article group G corresponding to the step number, is determined by multiplying the step number of the article W, the prescribed article number indicated by the prescribed article number information, and the weight of the article W indicated by the article weight information. It is also possible to compare the theoretical article group weight with the actual weight of the article group G to determine whether or not the number of articles in each stage of the article group G matches the prescribed number of articles.

(2) In the above embodiment, the pallet height information and the pallet weight information are stored in association with the article type information for each article type of the plurality of types of articles W. However, one or both of the pallet height information and the pallet weight information may not be stored in advance. In this case, for example, the height detection device 14 may detect only the height from the upper surface of the pallet P to the upper end of the object WP, that is, the height of the article group G. Further, the weight detection unit 22 may detect the weight of the article group G by subtracting a constant value as the weight of the pallet P from the total weight of the object WP detected by the weight detection device 15.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the transfer device 11 does not transfer the object WP to the automated warehouse 4 so as to carry the object WP out of the article detection facility when it is determined that the number of articles does not match. I chose However, the configuration in which the object WP is not transported to the automated warehouse 4 is not limited to this. For example, when it is determined that the numbers of articles do not match, the transport device 11 may be stopped so that the target object WP is not transported to the automatic warehouse 4. In this way, when the conveyance device 11 is stopped in this way, the object determined to be inconsistent in the number-of-articles determination by activating the notification unit configured by a buzzer, a lamp, or the like to perform error notification You may make it notify the surrounding worker that the thing WP has occurred.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, when the number of articles is determined to match, the calculated number of articles is set as the number of articles of the article group G in the target article WP transported to the automatic warehouse 4 to manage the warehousing. The configuration for registering in the control device H constituting the system has been described as an example, but the configuration is not limited to this. For example, the information on the number of articles of the article group G determined by the article number determination may be used only for the inspection of whether or not the article group G is conveyed to the automatic warehouse 4. In that case, the number of articles in the article group G may be registered in the control device H manually by the operator.

(5) In the above embodiment, the identification information holding unit A has been described as an example in which the identification information is displayed as a barcode, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the identification information holding unit A is preferably configured as a data storage device having a communication function such as an IC tag and provided with the identification information as communication-readable data. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the identification information holding unit A has been described as an example of the configuration provided in each of the articles forming the article group G, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be provided on the pallet P.

(6) Note that the configurations disclosed in the above-described embodiments can be applied in combination with the configurations disclosed in other embodiments as long as no contradiction occurs. Regarding other configurations, the embodiments disclosed in the present specification are merely examples in all respects. Therefore, various modifications can be appropriately made without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure.

3. Outline of the Embodiment Below, an outline of the article inspection facility described above will be described.

The article inspection facility includes a transfer device that transfers an object, a warehouse that stores the object transferred by the transfer device, and an inspection device that inspects the object transferred by the transfer device, The object is a pallet and an article group placed on the pallet, and includes an identification information holding unit that holds the identification information of the articles that form the article group in a state in which the articles can be read from the outside, and the article group, The plurality of articles of the same type are stacked on the pallet, and the inspection device includes a height detection unit that detects the height of the article group, and a weight detection unit that detects the weight of the article group. Unit, a reading unit that reads the identification information held by the identification information holding unit, a storage unit, and a determination unit, the storage unit, for each item type of a plurality of types of articles, each The article height information indicating the height of the article, the article weight information indicating the weight of each article, and the prescribed article number information indicating the prescribed number of articles in each stage in the article group are stored in association with the information indicating the article type. The determination unit determines the product type of the products forming the product group based on the identification information read by the reading unit, and the height detection unit detects the determined product type as a determination type. Based on the height of the article group and the article height information of the determination type, the number of steps of the articles forming the article group is determined, the number of steps of the determined article, and the prescribed article of the determination type Number information, the item weight information of the determination type, and the weight of the article group detected by the weight detection unit, the number of articles in each stage of the article group is shown in the prescribed article number information. The number of articles is determined to determine whether the number of articles is equal to the specified number of articles, and the transport device transports the object to the warehouse when the number of articles is determined to match. If the number of articles is determined not to match, it is not transported to the warehouse.

According to this configuration, the storage unit stores the article height information, the article weight information, and the specified article number information for each article type of a plurality of types of articles in association with the information indicating the article type. There is. Therefore, even if the information about the object is not acquired when the object is carried into the article inspection facility, the article type of the articles constituting the article group is determined based on the identification information read by the reading unit, and the article is determined. It is possible to acquire the type height information, the type weight information, and the specified number of items information.
Then, the determination unit determines the number of steps of the articles forming the article group based on the height of the article group detected by the height detection unit and the article height information of the determination type, and determines the number of steps of the determined article, the regulation. Based on the number-of-articles information, the article-weight information, and the weight of the article group, it is determined whether or not the number of articles in each stage of the article group matches the prescribed number of articles indicated by the prescribed-item number information. Therefore, according to this configuration, it is possible to properly inspect whether or not the number of articles in the article group placed on the pallet is appropriate, even if there is no storage plan data indicating the planned number to be stored in the warehouse. ..

  Here, in the storage unit, pallet height information indicating the height of the pallet and pallet weight information indicating the weight of the pallet indicate the article type for each article type of a plurality of types of articles. Stored in association with information, the height detection unit detects the overall height of the object, and determines the height of the pallet shown in the pallet height information from the overall height of the object. By detecting the height of the article group by subtracting, the weight detection unit, while detecting the total weight of the object, the weight of the pallet shown in the pallet weight information from the total weight of the object. It is preferable to detect the weight of the article group by subtracting the weight.

  With this configuration, even when the height or weight of the pallet to be used differs depending on the type of the article to be placed, the pallet height information stored in association with the type information is displayed from the overall height of the target object. By subtracting the height of the pallet to be stored, the height of the article group can be properly detected. Further, the weight of the article group can be appropriately detected by subtracting the pallet information indicated in the pallet weight information stored in association with the type information from the total weight of the object.

  Further, the determination unit, when determining that they match in the article number determination, the number of articles calculated based on the number of steps of the determined article and the specified article number information of the determination type, It is preferable that the number of articles of the article group in the object conveyed to the warehouse is registered in the receipt management system of the warehouse.

  According to this configuration, since the number of articles calculated by the determination unit can be automatically registered in the warehousing management system, the labor of registering the number of articles can be simplified as compared with the case where the worker manually registers the articles. can do.

  Further, the determination unit, by the value of the weight of the article group detected by the weight detection unit, a value obtained by multiplying the number of stages of the determined article and the weight of each article indicated in the article weight information of the determination type. When the average number of articles per division is determined and the deviation between the average number of articles and the specified number of articles is less than or equal to a specified threshold value, it is determined that the number of articles is determined to match. It is suitable.

According to this configuration, it is possible to determine whether or not they match in the number-of-articles determination, by determining whether or not the difference between the average number of articles per stage and the specified number of articles is less than or equal to a threshold value. Therefore, it is possible to properly inspect whether or not the number of articles in the article group placed on the pallet is appropriate, even if there is no storage plan data indicating the planned number to be stored in the warehouse.

  The technique according to the present disclosure can be used for an inspection device that inspects the object conveyed by the conveyor device.

4: Automated warehouse (warehouse)
11: Conveying device 13: Inspection device 16: Reading device (reading unit)
17: storage unit 18: determination unit 21: height detection unit 22: weight detection unit A: identification information holding unit G: article group P: pallet W: article WP: object

Claims (4)

An article inspection facility comprising: a transfer device that transfers an object, a warehouse that stores the object transferred by the transfer device, and an inspection device that inspects the object transferred by the transfer device. hand,
The object is a pallet and an article group placed on the pallet, and an identification information holding unit that holds the identification information of the articles forming the article group in a state in which the article can be read from the outside,
The article group is a plurality of articles of the same type and is configured by being stacked in a plurality of stages on the pallet,
The inspection device, a height detection unit that detects the height of the article group, a weight detection unit that detects the weight of the article group, a reading unit that reads the identification information held by the identification information holding unit, A storage unit and a determination unit,
The storage unit stores, for each of the plurality of types of articles, article height information indicating the height of each article, article weight information indicating the weight of each article, and a prescribed article for each stage in the article group. The specified article number information indicating the number is stored in association with the information indicating the article type,
The determination unit,
Based on the identification information read by the reading unit to determine the article type of the articles constituting the article group, the determined article type as the determination type,
Based on the height of the article group detected by the height detection unit and the article height information of the determination type, to determine the number of steps of the articles constituting the article group,
The article based on the number of steps of the determined article, the specified article number information of the determination type, the article weight information of the determination type, and the weight of the article group detected by the weight detection unit. Performing the number-of-articles determination to determine whether or not the number of articles in each stage of the group matches the prescribed number of articles shown in the prescribed number-of-items information,
The transport device transports the object to the warehouse when it is determined that the number of articles matches, and does not transport the object to the warehouse when it is determined that the number of articles does not match. , Goods inspection equipment. In the storage unit, pallet height information indicating the height of the pallet and pallet weight information indicating the weight of the pallet are associated with information indicating the article type for each of the plurality of types of articles. Remembered,
The height detection unit detects the overall height of the target object, and subtracts the height of the pallet indicated in the pallet height information from the total height of the target object to obtain the article group. The height of
The weight detection unit detects the total weight of the object and detects the weight of the article group by subtracting the weight of the pallet indicated in the pallet weight information from the total weight of the object. The article inspection facility according to claim 1.   When the determination unit determines that the number of articles is the same in the determination of the number of articles, the number of articles calculated based on the determined number of articles and the specified number-of-articles information of the determination type is set to the warehouse. The article inspection facility according to claim 1 or 2, which registers the number of articles in the article group in the object conveyed to the storage system in the warehouse management system of the warehouse.   The determination unit divides the weight of the article group detected by the weight detection unit by a value obtained by multiplying the number of stages of the determined article by the weight of each article indicated in the article weight information of the determination type. Determining the average number of articles per stage, and if the difference between the average number of articles and the specified number of articles is less than or equal to a specified threshold value, it is determined that the number of articles is determined to match. Item inspection equipment according to any one of items 1 to 3.

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