TW202019794A - Control system and control method of intelligent material storage device allowing the specification, position and number of material racks and material cartridges to be changed at will - Google Patents

Abstract

A control system and a control method of an intelligent material storage device, wherein the intelligent material storage device has a plurality of material racks, each material rack has a plurality of material cartridges for storing materials, and the control system has a system server and a plurality of control devices, the control devices are respectively arranged on each material rack, and the control device is connected to the system server, the control device arranged on each material rack is used in such a way that the control device is triggered when materials enter and exit the material cartridges, and the control devices transmit the information of the position of the material cartridges to the system server, so that the system server binds and stores the material cartridge position and material information together, in addition to the convenience provided to a user for material unloading and retrieving operations, the specification and position of material racks and material cartridges can be changed freely, and the number of material racks and material cartridges can be expanded and reduced.

Description

Control system and control method of intelligent material storage equipment

The invention relates to a control system and a control method of an intelligent storage device, in particular to a control system and a control method of an intelligent storage device with real-time recording of material data and related access information and position.

According to the current surface adhesion process in industrial production, the management of surface adhesion materials cannot be effectively connected to the enterprise resource management system in real time, resulting in blind spots and error areas in resource management, which cannot effectively control the actual inventory situation. The current material warehouse is managed manually, and the operator must judge the storage location and reclaiming by himself. It is difficult to effectively implement the management of first-in first-out and remaining materials, and due to the lack of efficient and systematic management, the material volume is often lost due to expiration. . Moreover, when traditional manual paper picking is used to complete the material picking, the speed is slow, the efficiency is low, and the error of taking the wrong material is easy to occur. Therefore, the Mainland Patent Publication No. CN107054966A "Intelligent Warehousing System", which is mainly used to enter the bar code and the barcode set on the material by using a barcode scanning device when placing the material in the warehouse, and then enter the data processing terminal, In order to manage, but this method has the following deficiencies:

1. Since the bar code of the storage location must be the same as the position recorded by the data processing terminal, when the storage location is expanded, reduced or changed, the data processing terminal must be Changes to the data in it not only make the user inconvenient, but also are more prone to errors when manually changing the location.

2. After arriving at the storage location, the user must input information such as storage location, retrieving or feeding with a barcode scanning device, and then return it to the data processing terminal, which is relatively inconvenient to use. Therefore, how to solve the above-mentioned problems is the subject that the relevant industry in this industry urgently wants to study.

The main purpose of the present invention is to use the control devices provided on each rack and magazine to trigger the control device when materials enter and exit the magazine, and the control device transmits the position of the magazine to the system server so that the system server can The box position and material information are bound and stored together. In addition to the convenience of the user for unloading and retrieving operations, the specifications and positions of the material rack and the material box can be arbitrarily changed, as well as the number of material racks and the material box. Expand or reduce.

To achieve the above purpose, the control system of the intelligent storage equipment of the present invention has a plurality of racks, each rack has a plurality of magazines for storing materials, and the control system has a system server and a plurality of control devices. The control device is They are respectively installed on each rack, and the control device is connected to the system server. The control device is characterized in that the control device has a microprocessor, a communication port, a plurality of detectors and a plurality of indicators, and the communication port is connected to the micro A processor, each communication port is connected to the system server, and the microprocessor has an identification code and a plurality of signal ports, each signal port has a port address and an output port and an input port, and a plurality of detector systems Connected to the input port of each signal port respectively, a plurality of indicators are connected to each signal The output port of the number port, and the detector and the indicator connected to each signal port are located at each magazine of the material rack.

In the control system of the aforementioned intelligent storage device, the system server has a microprocessor, and a communication connector, input device, and storage device connected to the microprocessor. The communication ports of the control device are provided on both sides of the material rack. When a plurality of material racks are arranged and arranged, each control device is connected to each other through a communication port to form a control device group, and the communication port of one of the control devices is connected to the communication connector of the system server.

In the control system of the foregoing intelligent storage device, the microprocessor of the system server is further connected with a display and an alarm.

In the control system of the aforementioned intelligent storage equipment, wherein the control device group is provided in multiple arrays, the communication connector of the system server is provided with a switch, and the switch is connected to a plurality of communication connections, each of which is connected to each The communication port of one of the control devices in each of the control device groups.

The control method of the intelligent material storage device of the present invention, the intelligent material storage device has a system server, a plurality of material racks and a plurality of control devices respectively arranged on the material racks, and each material rack has a plurality of magazines for storing materials. The device is connected to the system server, and the control device is provided with a detector and an indicator at each magazine. The control method includes: each control device is provided with an identification code representing its control device, and the multiple array has a port The output port and input port of the address, each set of output port and input port are connected to the indicator and detector located in the same magazine respectively, when the user stores the material in the magazine, the material data is input first To the system server, and then The material is placed in the magazine. At this time, the material will trigger the detector set on the magazine, so that the control device will send the input signal together with the identification code and the port address represented by the detector to The system server allows the system server to store the material data together with the identification code and the port address when receiving the incoming signal; when the user accesses the material, the material data is first entered into the system server and found by the system server It is the same as the stored material data, and according to the identification code and port address attached to the material data, it sends a fetch command to the control device where the identification code is located, so that the control device lights up according to the port address The representative indicator guides the user to take the material out of the magazine at the illuminated indicator, and when the material is taken out of the magazine, the material will trigger the detector set on the magazine, so that the control device will take The material signal is sent to the system server together with the identification code and the port address represented by the detector.

1‧‧‧System Server

11‧‧‧Microprocessor

12‧‧‧Communication connector

121‧‧‧Switch

122‧‧‧Communications Department

13‧‧‧Input device

14‧‧‧Storage device

15‧‧‧Monitor

16‧‧‧Alarm

2‧‧‧Rack

21‧‧‧cartridge

3‧‧‧Control device

31‧‧‧Microprocessor

311‧‧‧Identification code

312‧‧‧Signal port

313‧‧‧Port address

314‧‧‧Output port

315‧‧‧ input port

32‧‧‧Communication port

33‧‧‧ detector

34‧‧‧ indicator

A‧‧‧Materials

The first figure is a block diagram of the control system of the intelligent storage device of the present invention.

The second figure is a block diagram of the microprocessor of the control system of the present invention.

The third figure is a perspective external view of the material storage rack of the intelligent storage device of the present invention.

The fourth figure is a perspective external view of the material storage rack of the intelligent storage device of the present invention from another perspective.

The fifth figure is a connection schematic diagram of the material storage rack of the intelligent storage device of the present invention.

The sixth figure is a schematic view of the use of the material storage rack of the intelligent storage device of the invention.

The seventh figure is a flow chart when the present invention is activated.

The eighth figure is a flow chart of the present invention when placing materials.

The ninth figure is a flow chart of the present invention when taking materials.

Figure 10 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the control system of the present invention.

Regarding the technical means and functions of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned objectives, feasible embodiments are listed below, and the explanations are as follows in conjunction with the drawings: First, please refer to the first to sixth figures, as can be clearly seen from the figures It can be seen that the present invention is provided with a system server 1, a plurality of racks 2, and a control device 3 provided on each rack 2, wherein: the system server 1 has a microprocessor 11, and the microprocessor 11 is connected The communication connector 12, the input device 13, the storage device 14, the display 15 and the warning device 16, the input device 13 can be a keyboard, a bar code scanner and so on.

The magazine 2 is provided with a plurality of magazines 21, and the magazine 21 can be set to various specifications.

The control device 3 has a microprocessor 31, a communication port 32, a plurality of detectors 33 and a plurality of indicators 34, the communication port 32 is connected to the microprocessor 31, each communication port 32 is connected to the system server 1 A connection is formed, and the microprocessor 31 has an identification code 311 and a plurality of signal ports 312. Each signal port 312 has a port address 313 and an output port 314 and an input port 315. A plurality of detectors 33 are respectively connected to The input port 315 of each signal port 312, a plurality of indicators 34 are respectively connected to the output port 314 of each signal port 312, and the detector 33 and the indicator 34 connected to each signal port 312 are located in the material rack 21 of each magazine.

Furthermore, the communication ports 32 of the aforementioned control device 3 are provided on both sides of the material rack 2, so that when the plurality of material racks 2 are arranged side by side, the control device 3 is controlled via the communication port 32 The interconnection forms a group of control devices, and the communication port 32 of one of the control devices 3 is connected to the communication connector 12 of the system server 1.

Please refer to the first figure to the seventh figure. It can be clearly seen from the figure that after the setting of the present invention is completed, preparations for use are made according to the following steps:

Step 10: Start.

Step 11: The system server 1 obtains the identification code 311 of each control device 3 and the port address 313 of the identification code 311 through the communication connector 12.

Step 12: The system server 1 stores each identification code 311 and the port address 313 belonging to the identification code 311 to the storage device 14.

In this way, the system server 1 can define the positions of all the magazines 21.

Please refer to the first picture to the sixth picture and the eighth picture, as can be clearly seen from the figure, the user stores the material A in the magazine 21 according to the following steps:

Step 20: Start.

Step 21: The system server 1 searches for the identification code 311 and the port address 313 of the storage device 14 that do not contain the material A data.

Step 22: The system server 1 sends the loading instruction to the identification device 311 without the material A data and the control device 3 of the port address 313, so that the control device 3 belonging to the identification code 311 receives the loading command To activate the indicator 34 connected to the port address 313.

Step 23: The user inputs the data of the material A to be placed into the system server 1 through the input device 13 and places the material A into the magazine 21 where the indicator 34 is activated. When the material A is placed in the magazine 21, the detector at the magazine 21 will be triggered 33, so that the control device 3 transmits the incoming signal together with the identification code 311 of the control device 3 and the port address 313 to which the triggered detector 33 belongs to the system server 1.

Step 24: When receiving the feed signal, the system server 1 first compares the identification code 311 and the port address 313 associated with the feed signal with the identification code 311 and the port address when sending the feed command 313 is the same? If yes, go to step 25; if no, go to step 26.

Step 25: The system server 1 stores the material A data input by the user into the storage device 14 in the same identification code 311 and port address 313 as the material input signal, and the material input operation is completed.

Step 26: The system server 1 activates the warning device 16, and sends a warning signal to the identification code 311 associated with the feed signal and the control device 3 to which the port address 313 belongs, so that the control device 3 activates the control device 3 to which the port address 313 belongs The indicator 34 is used to instruct the user to reposition the material A to the magazine 21 and execute step 24.

Please refer to the first to sixth and ninth figures, as can be clearly seen from the figure, when the user takes out the material A from the magazine 21, the following steps are taken:

Step 30: Start.

Step 31: The user inputs the material A data to be collected to the system server 1 through the input device 13.

Step 32: The system server 1 searches the storage device 14 for the identification code 311 and the port address 313 with the material A data input by the user, and sends a retrieving command to the control device 3 to which the identification code 311 belongs to let the control Device 3 activates the link The indicator 34 to which the port address 313 belongs.

Step 33: The user takes out the material A from the magazine 21 where the indicator 34 is located according to the actuated indicator 34, and the actuation of the detector 33 when the material A is taken out causes the control device 3 to combine the fetching signal with the control The identification code 311 of the device 3 and the port address 313 to which the detector 33 belongs are transmitted to the system server 1 together.

Step 34: When receiving the picking signal, the system server 1 first compares the identification code 31 and the port address 313 associated with the picking signal with the identification code 311 and the port address when sending the picking command 313 is the same? If yes, go to step 35; if no, go to step 36.

Step 35: The system server 1 clears the identification code 311 in the storage device 14 that is the same as the pick-up signal and the material A data in the port address 313 (or extracts it for annotation), so that the identification code 311 and the port The material box 21 where the address 313 is located can be put into the material A again.

Step 36: The system server 1 activates the warning device 16, and sends a warning signal to the control device 3 to which the identification code 311 and the port address 313 associated with the retrieving signal, so that the control device 31 actuates the port address 313 to The indicator 34 is used to instruct the user to take out the material A from the magazine 21 again, and execute step 34.

In summary, the present invention can solve the shortcomings and shortcomings of the conventional technology and can improve the efficiency. The key technologies are:

1. The detector 33 and the indicator 34 connected to the plurality of signal ports 312 of the control device 3 are respectively arranged on different magazines 21, and through the identification code 311 of the microprocessor 31 and the signal port 312 Port address 313 to define The position of each magazine 21 is displayed, therefore, each control device 3 can be connected to each other through the communication port 32 provided by it, and then connected to the system server 1, so that the magazine 2 and the magazine 21 can be arbitrarily added or deleted Or move without restrictions.

2. When using the material A to insert or remove the magazine 21, the indicator 34 indicates the position of the magazine 21 for the convenience of the user, and when the material A is inserted, the user can place the indicator 34 For the activated magazine 21, when the system server 1 puts the material A into the magazine 21, the feed signal sent by the detector 33 determines the correct position of the material A into the magazine 21, which is more convenient It is used by users and can prevent errors.

3. The user inputs the data of the material A to be placed into the system server 1 through the input device 13, and the material A can be placed in any empty magazine 21 at will (no need to specify). When the material A is placed in the magazine 21, the detector 33 at the magazine 21 will be triggered, so that the control device 3 will feed the signal together with the identification code 311 of the control device 3 and the triggered detector The port address 313 to which 33 belongs belongs to the system server 1, and the system server 1 binds and stores the position of the magazine 21 with the information of the material A to facilitate the user to unload.

Furthermore, the indicator 34 of the control device 3 is a light indicator. In this embodiment, a multi-color LED lamp is used as the indicator 34, and different light source colors can be used to represent different states, for example: material A When it is to be stored in the magazine 21, the loading instruction sent by the system server 1 is the action indicator 34 to emit a green light source, and when the material A is to be taken out of the magazine 21, the pickup instruction sent by the system server 1 is the action indicator 34 emits a blue light source, an error occurs when the material A is stored or removed from the magazine 21 Incorrect, the warning signal sent by the system server 1 is that the actuation indicator 34 emits a red light source, so that the user can easily identify it. In addition, the detector 33 may be an infrared detector, a magnetic control switch, or a micro switch, etc., and the display 15 may display the identification code 311 and the port address 313 stored in the storage device 14, and the identification code 311 and the port Status related to address 313.

Please refer to the tenth figure. It can be clearly seen from the figure that the difference between the preferred embodiment of the control system of the present invention and the previous embodiment is that the communication connector 12 of the system server 1 is provided with a switch 121 to switch The switch 121 is connected to a plurality of communication connection parts 122, that is, a picking command, a placing command, and defining the position of the magazine 21 (refer to FIG. 6). The channel of the switch 121 is added, so different communication connection parts on the switch 121 The identification code 311 of the control device 3 connected to 122 can be reused, which can greatly increase the storage quantity of the material rack 2 and the material A (see the sixth figure). Furthermore, the control device group is provided in a complex array, and each of the communication connection portions 122 is connected to the communication port 32 of the control device 3 of each of the control device groups, so as to increase the material rack 2 and Material A (see the sixth figure) storage quantity.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only for the convenience of illustrating the present invention, but not for limitation. Without departing from the spirit of the present invention, various simple changes and modifications that can be made by those skilled in this industry should still be included in the following patent applications In scope.

1‧‧‧System Server

11‧‧‧Microprocessor

12‧‧‧Communication connector

13‧‧‧Input device

14‧‧‧Storage device

15‧‧‧Monitor

16‧‧‧Alarm

3‧‧‧Control device

31‧‧‧Microprocessor

32‧‧‧Communication port

33‧‧‧ detector

34‧‧‧ indicator

Claims (5)

A control system for intelligent material storage equipment, the intelligent material storage equipment has a plurality of material racks, each of the material racks has a plurality of magazines for storing materials, and the control system has a system server and a plurality of control devices, each of which The control devices are respectively arranged on each of the material racks, and each of the control devices is connected to the system server, and is characterized in that each of the control devices has a microprocessor, a communication port, a plurality of detectors and a plurality of indicators , The communication port is connected to the microprocessor, and the communication port is connected to the system server, and the microprocessor has an identification code and a plurality of signal ports, each of the signal ports has a port Address, output port and input port, the detectors are connected to the input ports of the signal ports, the indicators are connected to the output ports of the signal ports, and the signals are connected The detector and the indicator connected to the port are respectively located at each magazine of the magazine. The control system of the intelligent storage equipment as described in item 1 of the patent scope, wherein the system server has a microprocessor, and the communication connector, input device and storage device to which the microprocessor is connected; the communication of the control device The connection ports are arranged on both sides of the material rack. When a plurality of the material racks are arranged, each control device is connected to each other through the communication port to form a control device group, and one of the control device is connected to the communication port The communication connector on the system server. The control system of the intelligent storage device as described in item 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the microprocessor of the system server is further connected with a display and an alarm. The control system of the intelligent storage equipment as described in item 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the control device group is set in multiple arrays, the communication connector of the system server is provided with a switch, the switch is connected to a plurality of communication connection parts, Each of the communication connection parts is connected to the communication connection port of one of the control devices in each of the control device groups. A control method for intelligent material storage equipment, the intelligent material storage equipment has a system server, a plurality of material racks and a plurality of control devices respectively provided on the material rack, each material rack has a plurality of magazines for storing materials, Each control device is connected to the system server, and each control device is provided with a detector and an indicator at each magazine respectively. The control method includes: each control device is provided with a representative of each control device. Identification code, and a plurality of output ports and input ports with a port address, each of the output port and the input port are respectively connected to the indicator and the detector at the same magazine, when the user connects When the material is stored in the magazine, the material data is first input to the system server, and then the material is placed in the magazine. At this time, the material will trigger the detector set on the magazine. Causing the control device to send the feed signal together with the identification code and the port address represented by the detector to the system server, so that the system server, when receiving the feed signal, includes the material data The identification code is stored with the port address; when the user accesses the material, the material data is first entered into the system server, and the system server finds the material data that is the same as the stored material. And according to the identification code attached to the material data and the port address, send a fetch command to the control device where the identification code is located, so that the control device The port address lights up the indicator it represents, and guides the user to take the material out of the magazine at the illuminated indicator, and when the material is taken out of the magazine, the material triggers The detector provided on the magazine enables the control device to send the pickup signal together with the identification code and the port address represented by the detector to the system server.

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