An intelligent reagent access device and system

Abstract

The present invention belongs to the technical field of intelligent storage and retrieval equipment, and discloses an intelligent reagent storage and retrieval equipment and system, including a three-dimensional frame, a stacker arranged in the three-dimensional frame, and a plurality of storage boxes arranged on the three-dimensional frame and symmetrically arranged on both sides of the stacker, and one side of the three-dimensional frame is provided with a lifting mechanism for turnover of the storage boxes, a loading and sorting mechanism for sorting reagent containers, a visual inspection mechanism for measuring the parameters of the reagent containers, and a grasping manipulator for turnover of the reagent containers. The equipment of the present invention has automated operation, multi-channel loading, and the storage and retrieval equipment occupies a small space, has high space utilization, strong environmental adaptability, high material storage and retrieval management efficiency, rich functions, and cloud operation control function, which is convenient for system security management, has strong practicality, and improves market competitiveness.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of intelligent access devices, and particularly relates to an intelligent reagent access device and system. Background Art

[0002] In the prior art, for material access devices, especially for automatic storage management devices of reagent containers (such as reagent bottles or reagent tubes) used for holding reagents in the fields of biology, chemistry, and medicine, a stacker is mainly used in cooperation with a cabinet for product storage. Only one product can be stored in one placement position. Under the condition of multiple materials, the access device occupies a large floor space, has low space utilization rate, poor environmental adaptability, low material access efficiency, insufficiently rich functions, and poor safety. This situation needs to be changed. Summary of the Invention

[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to provide an intelligent reagent access device and system to solve the problems mentioned in the above background art.

[0004] To achieve the above invention purpose, according to the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention discloses an intelligent reagent access device, including a three-dimensional framework, a stacker arranged in the three-dimensional framework, and a plurality of storage boxes arranged on the three-dimensional framework and symmetrically arranged on both sides of the stacker. An access device for access operations is arranged on one side of the three-dimensional framework. The access device includes a lifting mechanism for turning over the storage boxes, a feeding and sorting mechanism for sorting reagent containers, and a gripping manipulator for turning over the reagent containers. Among them, the number of the access devices is one or two or more for dual-channel or multi-channel feeding.

[0005] The present invention is further configured as follows: The feeding and sorting mechanism includes: a bottom plate fixedly connected to the three-dimensional framework by screws, a support frame arranged on the bottom plate and longitudinally moving along the bottom plate, a placement platform arranged on the support frame and circumferentially rotating relative to the support frame, and a weighing platform arranged on the bottom plate and located on one side of the support frame; a plurality of fixing seats are symmetrically clamped on the placement platform, and stepped teeth decreasing sequentially from top to bottom are provided on each fixing seat for keeping the reagent containers stable.

[0006] The present invention is further configured as follows: A visual inspection mechanism for measuring parameters of reagent containers is further arranged on the three-dimensional framework. The visual inspection mechanism includes a camera fixedly arranged on the three-dimensional framework, an opening light source window, and a backlight plate. A gap is maintained and they are arranged coaxially among the camera, the opening light source window, and the backlight plate.

[0007] The present invention is further configured as follows: The gripping manipulator is arranged above the feeding and sorting mechanism and moves horizontally / vertically along the three-dimensional framework through a horizontal / vertical guide rail arranged on the three-dimensional framework for picking and placing the reagent containers.

[0008] The present invention is further configured such that: the grasping manipulator is designed in a two-finger structure and driven by a cylinder for flexible and adaptive grasping.

[0009] The present invention is further configured such that: the lifting mechanism includes a buffer tray and three-dimensional guide rails symmetrically fixed on the three-dimensional frame, the buffer tray moves up and down along the three-dimensional guide rails, and one end of the three-dimensional guide rails extends to the stacker.

[0010] The present invention is further configured such that: an access manipulator is provided on the stacker, the access manipulator is driven by the stacker to move horizontally / vertically relative to the three-dimensional frame, and the access manipulator is matched with the buffer tray for accessing the storage box.

[0011] The present invention is further configured such that: the storage boxes are arranged in a matrix on the three-dimensional frame, and a plurality of partitions are integrally connected in the storage boxes, and the partitions divide the storage boxes into a plurality of accommodation spaces with different sizes for placing the reagent containers.

[0012] According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention discloses an intelligent reagent access system for controlling an intelligent reagent container access device, including:

[0013] An information processing module for storing and outputting reagent container parameter information;

[0014] A cloud operation control module for controlling an account to send an instruction to the reagent access system on the PC side, and the instruction is stored in the cloud to form a cloud instruction;

[0015] An instruction processing module for controlling the automated actions of the stacker, the lifting mechanism, the feeding and sorting mechanism, the vision detection mechanism, and the grasping manipulator through the cloud instruction of the control account and the reagent container parameter information.

[0016] The present invention is further configured such that: the reagent container parameter information includes: the size information of the reagent container, the weight information of the reagent container, and the position information of the reagent container.

[0017] In summary, compared with the prior art, the present invention discloses an intelligent reagent access device and system. The intelligent reagent container access device includes a three-dimensional framework, a stacker disposed within the three-dimensional framework, and a plurality of storage boxes disposed on the three-dimensional framework and symmetrically arranged on both sides of the stacker. An access device for access operations is provided on one side of the three-dimensional framework. The access device includes a lifting mechanism for turning over the storage boxes, a feeding and sorting mechanism for sorting reagent containers, and a gripping manipulator for turning over the reagent containers. That is, through this arrangement, the intelligent reagent containers are automated, the access device occupies a small floor space, has a high space utilization rate, strong environmental adaptability, high material access management efficiency, rich functions, and also has a cloud operation control function, which is convenient for system safety management, has strong practicability, and improves market competitiveness. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] In order to more clearly illustrate the specific embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for use in the description of the specific embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings.

[0019] Figure 1 is an overall structural schematic diagram of an intelligent reagent access device provided in this embodiment;

[0020] Figure 2 is a front view structural schematic diagram of an intelligent reagent access device provided in this embodiment;

[0021] Figure 3 is a side view structural schematic diagram of an intelligent reagent access device provided in this embodiment;

[0022] Figure 4 is Figure 1 an enlarged view of part A of

[0023] Figure 5 is an overall structural schematic diagram of the feeding and sorting mechanism provided in this embodiment;

[0024] Figure 6 is a connection relationship schematic diagram of the stacker and the lifting mechanism provided in this embodiment;

[0025] Figure 7 is an overall structural schematic diagram of the storage box provided in this embodiment;

[0026] Figure 8 is another front view structural schematic diagram of an intelligent reagent access device provided in this embodiment;

[0027] Figure 9It is a framework diagram of an intelligent reagent access system provided by this embodiment.

[0028] Reference numerals: 1, three-dimensional framework; 2, stacker; 21, access manipulator; 3, storage box; 31, partition; 4, lifting mechanism; 41, buffer tray; 42, three-dimensional guide rail; 5, loading and sorting mechanism; 51, bottom plate; 52, support frame; 53, placement platform; 54, weighing platform; 55, fixed seat; 56, stepped tooth; 6, vision detection mechanism; 61, camera; 62, opening light source window; 63, backlight board; 7, grasping manipulator; 71, horizontal / vertical guide rail; 100, access device. Detailed implementation manners

[0029] In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention.

[0030] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation of the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0031] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can also be the internal communication of two elements. It can be a wireless connection or a wired connection. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0032] In addition, the technical features involved in different embodiments of the present invention described above can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0033] An intelligent reagent access device, such as Figure 1-4As shown in the figure, it includes a three-dimensional frame 1, a stacker 2 arranged inside the three-dimensional frame 1, and a plurality of storage boxes 3 arranged on the three-dimensional frame 1 and symmetrically arranged on both sides of the stacker 2. An access device 100 for access operations is provided on one side of the three-dimensional frame 1. The access device 100 includes a lifting mechanism 4 for turning the storage box 3, a feeding and sorting mechanism 5 for sorting reagent containers, and a grasping manipulator 7 for turning the reagent containers.

[0034] In the specific implementation process, as Figure 5 shown, the feeding and sorting mechanism 5 includes: a bottom plate 51 fixedly connected to the three-dimensional frame 1 by screws, a support frame 52 arranged on the bottom plate 51 and longitudinally moving along the bottom plate 51, a placement platform 53 arranged on the support frame 52 and circumferentially rotating relative to the support frame 52, and a weighing platform 54 arranged on the bottom plate 51 and on one side of the support frame 52; a plurality of fixing seats 55 are symmetrically clamped on the placement platform 53, and stepped teeth 56 decreasing sequentially from top to bottom are provided on each fixing seat 55 for keeping the reagent containers stable.

[0035] Furthermore, a vision inspection mechanism 6 for measuring the parameters of the reagent containers is also provided on the three-dimensional frame 1. The vision inspection mechanism 6 includes a camera 61 fixedly arranged on the three-dimensional frame 1, an opening light source window 62, and a backlight plate 63. There is a gap and they are coaxially arranged between the camera 61, the opening light source window 62, and the backlight plate 63, that is, the opening light source window 62 and the backlight plate 63 cooperate with the camera 61 to complete the parameter detection of the reagent containers.

[0036] As Figure 2 and Figure 3 shown, the grasping manipulator 7 is arranged above the feeding and sorting mechanism 5 and moves horizontally / vertically along the three-dimensional frame 1 through its horizontal / vertical guide rails 71 arranged on the three-dimensional frame 1 for picking and placing the reagent containers.

[0037] It should be noted that the grasping manipulator 7 is designed with a two-finger structure and is driven by a cylinder for flexible and adaptive grasping to improve practicability.

[0038] As Figure 1 , Figure 3 and Figure 6 shown, the lifting mechanism 4 includes a buffer tray 41 and three-dimensional guide rails 42 symmetrically fixed on the three-dimensional frame 1. The buffer tray 41 moves up and down along the three-dimensional guide rails 42, and one end of the three-dimensional guide rails 42 extends to the stacker 2 to facilitate the cooperation between the stacker 2 and the three-dimensional guide rails 42.

[0039] Furthermore, an access manipulator 21 is provided on the stacker 2. The access manipulator 21 is driven by the stacker 2 to move horizontally / vertically relative to the three-dimensional frame 1. The access manipulator 21 is matched with the buffer tray 41 for accessing the storage box 3.

[0040] It should be noted that, asFigure 1 and Figure 7 As shown in Figure 7 , the storage boxes 3 are arranged in a matrix on the three-dimensional frame 1. A plurality of partition plates 31 are integrally connected inside the storage boxes 3. The partition plates 31 divide the storage boxes 3 into a plurality of accommodation spaces of different sizes for placing reagent containers.

[0041] It should be noted that the stacker 2, the lifting mechanism 4, the loading and sorting mechanism 5 and the grasping manipulator 7 disclosed in this embodiment are driven by motors or cylinders.

[0042] It should be noted that the placement platform 53 that rotates circumferentially relative to the support frame 52 can fully display the surface information of the reagent container, which is convenient for the vision detection mechanism 6 to obtain and improves the practicability.

[0043] During the working process of the intelligent reagent container access device, when the staff stores the reagent containers, on the premise that the sizes of the reagent containers to be stored are different, the operator places the reagent containers on the placement platform 53. The placement platform 53 moves longitudinally along the bottom plate 51 to the position of the vision detection mechanism 6. The camera 61 detects the height and diameter of the reagent container and enters the scanned code information of the reagent container. After the detection is completed, the placement platform 53 carries the reagent container and moves longitudinally along the bottom plate 51 to the position of the grasping manipulator 7. The grasping manipulator 7 grabs the bottle and moves the reagent container to the weighing platform 54 through the horizontal / longitudinal guide rail 71 to complete the weighing of the reagent container. Moreover, the access manipulator 21 of the stacker 2 is driven by the stacker 2 to move horizontally / longitudinally relative to the three-dimensional frame 1 and move the storage box 3 on the three-dimensional frame 1 to the buffer tray 41 of the lifting mechanism 4. The buffer tray 41 carries the storage box 3 and ascends and descends along the three-dimensional guide rail 42 to the loading and sorting mechanism 5. The grasping manipulator 7 places the reagent container corresponding to the parameters of the grabbed reagent container in the accommodation space of the storage box 3 located on the buffer tray 41, and continues to move the storage box 3 carrying the reagent container to the starting position of the three-dimensional frame 1 through the lifting mechanism 4, the stacker 2 and its access manipulator 21;

[0044] Similarly, when the staff needs to extract the reagent container, the position of the reagent container in the storage box 3 on the three-dimensional frame 1 is obtained through the input information of the reagent container, and then the reagent container is extracted to the placement platform 53 through the stacker 2 and its access manipulator 21, the lifting mechanism 4 and the grasping manipulator 7 in sequence, so as to take out the reagent container.

[0045] In the specific implementation process, as Figure 8 shown, the number of the access devices 100 is one or two or more, which is used for dual-channel or multi-channel feeding. Specifically, during the access process of the reagent container, one access device 100 is equivalent to an access channel of the intelligent reagent access device. Through the dual-channel or multi-channel design, the action interval of accessing multiple reagent containers is increased, and multiple access devices 100 work together to improve the access efficiency of the reagent containers.

[0046] In summary, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: The present invention discloses an intelligent reagent storage and retrieval device. Under the support of the three-dimensional framework 1, through the stacker 2 and its access manipulator 21, the lifting mechanism 4, the feeding and sorting mechanism 5, the grasping manipulator 7 and the vision detection mechanism 6, the information entry, storage and retrieval of reagent containers are completed. As a result, the intelligent reagent container storage and retrieval device has a small floor space, multi-channel feeding, high space utilization rate, strong environmental adaptability, high material storage and retrieval efficiency, rich functions, strong practicability, and improves the market competitiveness.

[0047] An embodiment of the present invention also discloses an intelligent reagent storage and retrieval system, as Figure 8 shown, including: an information processing module 201 for storing and outputting reagent container parameter information; a cloud operation control module 202 for controlling an account to send instructions to the reagent storage and retrieval system on the PC side, and the instructions are stored in the cloud to form cloud instructions; an instruction processing module 203 for controlling the automated actions of the stacker, the lifting mechanism, the feeding and sorting mechanism, the vision detection mechanism and the grasping manipulator through the cloud instructions of the control account and the reagent container parameter information.

[0048] Further, the reagent container parameter information includes: the size information of the reagent container, the weight information of the reagent container, and the position information of the reagent container.

[0049] Among them, the instruction processing module 203 reads the control account information (such as swiping a card), confirms the account, reads the cloud instructions, and then completes the material retrieval through the intelligent reagent container storage and retrieval device.

[0050] In the specific implementation process, the intelligent reagent container storage system controls the actions of the intelligent reagent container storage and retrieval device. The working action process of the intelligent reagent container storage and retrieval device has been described in detail above and will not be repeated here.

[0051] The present invention discloses an intelligent reagent storage and retrieval system. The information processing module 201 stores and outputs reagent container parameter information. The cloud operation control module 202 controls an account to send instructions to the reagent storage and retrieval system on the PC side. The instruction processing module 203 reads the cloud instructions and controls the actions of the stacker 2, the lifting mechanism 4, the feeding and sorting mechanism 5, the vision detection mechanism 6 and the grasping manipulator 7. That is, through this setting, the intelligent reagent storage and retrieval system controls the automated actions of the reagent storage and retrieval device, and has a cloud operation control function, improving the system security and the market competitiveness.

[0052] Obviously, the above embodiments are merely examples given for clear illustration and are not limitations on the implementation manners. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other different forms of changes or alterations can be made based on the above description. It is not necessary and impossible to exhaustively list all implementation manners here. And the obvious changes or alterations derived therefrom still fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An intelligent reagent storage and retrieval device, comprising a three-dimensional framework, a stacker disposed within the three-dimensional framework, and a plurality of storage boxes disposed on the three-dimensional framework and symmetrically arranged on both sides of the stacker, characterized in that: One side of the three-dimensional framework is provided with an access device for access operations. The access device includes a lifting mechanism for turning over the storage box, a feeding and sorting mechanism for sorting reagent containers, and a gripping manipulator for turning over the reagent containers. Among them, the number of the access devices is one, two or more, for dual-channel or multi-channel feeding; the feeding and sorting mechanism includes: a bottom plate fixedly connected to the three-dimensional framework by screws, a support frame arranged on the bottom plate and longitudinally moving along the bottom plate, a placement platform arranged on the support frame and circumferentially rotating relative to the support frame, and a weighing platform arranged on the bottom plate and on one side of the support frame; a plurality of fixing seats are symmetrically clamped on the placement platform, and the fixing seats are all provided with stepped teeth decreasing from top to bottom for keeping the reagent containers stable; the three-dimensional framework is also provided with a visual inspection mechanism for measuring the parameters of the reagent containers. The visual inspection mechanism includes a camera fixedly arranged on the three-dimensional framework, an open light source window and a backlight plate. A gap is maintained and they are arranged coaxially among the camera, the open light source window and the backlight plate; the gripping manipulator is arranged above the feeding and sorting mechanism and moves horizontally / vertically along the three-dimensional framework through a horizontal / vertical guide rail arranged on the three-dimensional framework for picking and placing the reagent containers; the gripping manipulator is designed in a two-finger structure and is driven by a cylinder for flexible and adaptive gripping; the lifting mechanism includes a buffer tray and three-dimensional guide rails symmetrically fixed on the three-dimensional framework. The buffer tray moves up and down along the three-dimensional guide rails, and one end of the three-dimensional guide rails extends to the stacker; an access manipulator is arranged on the stacker. The access manipulator is driven by the stacker to move horizontally / vertically relative to the three-dimensional framework. The access manipulator matches with the buffer tray for accessing the storage box; the storage boxes are arranged in a matrix on the three-dimensional framework. A plurality of partition boards are integrally connected in the storage box. The partition boards divide the storage box into a plurality of accommodation spaces with different sizes for placing the reagent containers.

2. An intelligent reagent storage and retrieval system for controlling the intelligent reagent container storage and retrieval device according to claim 1, characterized in that, Including: An information processing module for storing and outputting reagent container parameter information; A cloud operation control module for controlling an account to send an instruction to the reagent access system at the PC end, and the instruction is stored in the cloud to form a cloud instruction; An instruction processing module for controlling the automated actions of the stacker, the lifting mechanism, the feeding and sorting mechanism, the visual inspection mechanism and the gripping manipulator through the cloud instruction of the control account and the reagent container parameter information.

3. The intelligent reagent storage and retrieval system according to claim 2, characterized in that, The reagent container parameter information includes: the size information of the reagent container, the weight information of the reagent container and the position information of the reagent container.

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