Inventory management system, method, device and storage medium

By using information collection equipment, load-bearing metrology equipment and controllers in the inventory management system, the problem of low inventory management efficiency in the existing technology is solved, intelligent management of waste materials is realized, and management efficiency and safety are improved.

CN113554390BInactive Publication Date: 2025-02-11CTRIP TRAVEL NETWORK TECH SHANGHAI0
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Application Number
CN202110804969.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2021-07-16
Publication Date
2025-02-11
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Technical Problem

In the existing technology, inventory management is still in the manual management stage, with coarse management granularity, low efficiency, and the normal communication between waste materials is not possible, which increases the difficulty of enterprise inventory management.

Method used

By providing an inventory management system, including information collection equipment, load-bearing metering equipment and controller, the information collection equipment is used to obtain attribute information and stacking status information of waste materials, and the load-bearing metering equipment is used to calculate the weight information of stacked objects, and the controller uses To analyze this information and determine whether there are any illegal operations.

Benefits of technology

It realizes intelligent management of waste materials, fine management size and high efficiency, automatically identifies the weight of waste materials, avoids excessive stacking and wrong placement, automatically records the attribute information of materials entering and leaving the warehouse, ensures the safety of materials, and reduces manual labor Risk of bookkeeping.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses an inventory management system, method, device and storage medium. The inventory management system includes: data acquisition equipment, load-bearing measuring equipment and a controller; the information acquisition equipment is used to obtain the attribute information and stacking status information of each waste material entering and leaving the target warehouse, and send the attribute information and stacking status information to the controller; the load-bearing measuring equipment is used to calculate the weight information of the stacked objects in the target warehouse, and send the weight information to the controller; the controller is used to analyze the attribute information, stacking status information and weight information to determine whether there is any illegal operation. The present invention realizes intelligent management of waste materials, automatically identifies the weight of waste materials, so as to avoid damage caused by excessive stacking or wrong shelf placement; automatically records the attribute information of waste materials entering and leaving the warehouse, ensures the safety of waste materials, and reduces the risk of manual accounting.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of the Internet of Things, and in particular to an inventory management system, method, device and storage medium. Background Art

[0002] With the development of the industrial Internet, material companies have an increasing demand for waste material disposal and inventory management. In today's inventory management system, the transportation and management of waste materials are the focus of inventory management.

[0003] Then, the inventor of this application found that the existing maintenance and management of waste material inventory is still in the manual management stage, and the status of various waste materials is confirmed by manual accounting, with coarse management granularity and low efficiency. For example, since the material management and material disposal companies have their own exclusive platforms, various types of waste materials cannot communicate normally, causing great inconvenience to material processing; the inventory stacking equipment of waste materials is highly independent and occupies space, and has high requirements for parameters such as placement site and stacking height. Warehouse managers cannot timely and accurately know the various conditions of warehouse materials and environment, which increases the difficulty of enterprise waste material inventory management. Summary of the invention

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art that the inventory management inside the warehouse is manually implemented with coarse granularity and low efficiency, and to provide an inventory management system, method, device and storage medium.

[0005] The present invention solves the above technical problems through the following technical solutions:

[0006] In a first aspect, the present invention provides an inventory management system, the inventory management system comprising: an information collection device, a load-bearing measurement device and a controller; the information collection device and the load-bearing measurement device are respectively connected to the controller for communication, and the information collection device is arranged in a target warehouse;

[0007] The information collection device is used to obtain the attribute information and stacking status information of each waste material entering and leaving the target warehouse, and send the attribute information and the stacking status information to the controller;

[0008] The load-bearing measuring device is used to calculate the weight information of the stacked objects in the target warehouse and send the weight information to the controller;

[0009] The controller is used to analyze the attribute information, the stacking state information and the weight information to determine whether there is any illegal operation.

[0010] Preferably, the information collection equipment includes a 3D scanning recognition curtain wall and a camera;

[0011] The 3D scanning and identification curtain wall is arranged at the entrance of the target warehouse, and is used to obtain the attribute information of the moving waste materials, and determine the target position of the shelf where the materials can be stacked according to the attribute information;

[0012] The camera is arranged at a designated position of the target warehouse, and is used to collect the stacking status information of the waste materials during the stacking process.

[0013] Preferably, the load-bearing measuring device includes a shelf measuring device and a floor load-bearing identification device;

[0014] A plurality of shelves are arranged in the target warehouse, each of which is provided with the shelf measuring device, and the shelf measuring device is used to measure the weight of the waste materials on the shelf;

[0015] The interior of the target warehouse is divided into a number of target blocks, and the floor load-bearing identification device is arranged under each of the target blocks. The floor load-bearing identification device is used to measure the weight of the shelves stacked on the target block and the waste materials.

[0016] Preferably, the information collection device also includes a door access control device;

[0017] The access control device is used to identify the information of the applicant who applies to enter the target warehouse, and judge whether the applicant meets the access authority according to the information of the applicant. If the applicant meets the authority, the applicant is allowed to enter the target warehouse.

[0018] Preferably, the access control device is also used to record the entry time and / or the exit time of the applicant after allowing the applicant to enter the target warehouse.

[0019] Preferably, the attribute information includes at least one of a material name, a material quantity and a material number; and the stacking state information includes at least one of a stacking height, a stacking unit area and a stacking shape.

[0020] Preferably, the controller is also used to make a voice announcement to prompt correction after determining that there is an illegal operation;

[0021] and / or,

[0022] The controller is also used to store the attribute information, the stacking state information and the weight information.

[0023] In a second aspect, the present invention provides an inventory management method, which is implemented using the inventory management system according to any one of the first aspects, and the inventory management method includes:

[0024] The information collection device is used to obtain the attribute information and stacking status information of each waste material entering and leaving the target warehouse, and send the attribute information and the stacking status information to the controller;

[0025] The load-bearing measuring device is used to calculate the weight information of the stacked objects in the target warehouse and send the weight information to the controller;

[0026] The controller is used to analyze the attribute information, the stacking state information and the weight information to determine whether there is any illegal operation.

[0027] In a third aspect, the present invention further provides an electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the inventory management method as described in the first aspect.

[0028] In a fourth aspect, the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the inventory management method as described in the first aspect.

[0029] The positive and progressive effects of the present invention are: providing an inventory management system, method, device and storage medium. The inventory management system realizes intelligent management of waste materials through information collection equipment, load-bearing measurement equipment and controller, with fine management granularity and high efficiency, automatically identifies the weight of waste materials to avoid damage caused by excessive stacking or wrong shelf placement; automatically records the attribute information of waste materials entering and leaving the warehouse, ensures the safety of waste materials, and reduces the risk of manual accounting. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the inventory management system of Example 1 of the present invention.

[0031] Figure 2 This is a flow chart of the inventory management method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

[0032] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The present invention is further described below by way of examples, but the present invention is not limited to the scope of the examples.

[0034] Example 1

[0035] This embodiment provides an inventory management system, such as Figure 1As shown, the inventory management system includes: an information collection device 101, a load-bearing measurement device 102 and a controller 103; the information collection device 101 and the load-bearing measurement device 102 are respectively connected to the controller 103 for communication, and the information collection device 101 is set in the target warehouse;

[0036] The information collection device 101 is used to obtain the attribute information and stacking status information of each waste material entering and leaving the target warehouse, and send the attribute information and stacking status information to the controller 103;

[0037] The load-bearing measuring device 102 is used to calculate the weight information of the stacked objects in the target warehouse and send the weight information to the controller 103;

[0038] The controller 103 is used to analyze the attribute information, stacking status information and weight information to determine whether there is any illegal operation.

[0039] The attribute information includes at least one of a material name, a material quantity and a material number; and the stacking state information includes at least one of a stacking height, a stacking unit area and a stacking shape.

[0040] In specific implementation, the information collection device 101 collects the attribute information of the mobile waste materials entering and leaving the target warehouse, and can enter the information of various waste materials in advance, for example, the list details, specifications, dimensions, weight and unit price are displayed through different barcodes. The information collection device 101 can quickly obtain the attribute information of the waste materials by scanning the barcode information on the waste materials. The load-bearing metering device 102 can be a floor that can identify the load-bearing in the target warehouse, so that the floor load-bearing of the target warehouse can be identified, the floor load-bearing problem can be guaranteed, and the floor deformation caused by excessive stacking of waste materials can be avoided.

[0041] It should be noted that the controller 103 can be an industrial computer, which can be set at any position inside the target warehouse or outside the target warehouse, and no specific limitation is made here. The controller 103 can be connected to an external server for communication, or can be connected to an application program of a mobile terminal for communication. The warehouse manager can find out whether there are any illegal operations in the process of transporting and stacking waste materials through the messages displayed by the application program of the mobile terminal, so as to timely trace and correct them, thereby refining the management granularity and improving the management efficiency.

[0042] In this embodiment, Figure 1 As shown, the information collection device 101 includes a 3D scanning and recognition curtain wall 1011 and a camera 1012;

[0043] The 3D scanning recognition curtain wall 1011 is set at the entrance of the target warehouse. The 3D scanning recognition curtain wall 1011 is used to obtain the attribute information of the moving waste materials and determine the target position of the shelf where the materials can be stacked according to the attribute information;

[0044] The camera 1012 is set at a designated position of the target warehouse, and the camera 1012 is used to collect the stacking status information of the waste materials during the stacking process.

[0045] In specific implementation, after the access control of the target warehouse allows the door to be opened, the 3D scanning recognition curtain wall 1011 identifies and calculates the moving objects entering and leaving the warehouse, and after determining the target position of the stackable shelves of the waste materials in the target warehouse through attribute information, the target position is displayed on the 3D curtain wall for prompting.

[0046] The camera 1012 can be set above the wall of the target warehouse to monitor the stacking state of the waste materials in the target warehouse, and send the stacking state to the controller 103. The controller 103 determines whether it encounters unreasonable stacking height, unreasonable stacking unit area and unreasonable stacking shape. If so, the controller 103 triggers an email to an external device to alarm. Intelligent management of waste materials is realized, management granularity is refined, and management efficiency is improved.

[0047] In this embodiment, Figure 1 As shown, the load-bearing measuring device 102 includes a shelf measuring device 1021 and a floor load-bearing identification device 1022;

[0048] A number of shelves are arranged in the target warehouse, and each shelf is provided with a shelf measuring device 1021, which is used to measure the weight of waste materials on the shelf;

[0049] The interior of the target warehouse is divided into several target blocks, and a floor load-bearing identification device 1022 is provided under each target block. The floor load-bearing identification device 1022 is used to measure the weight of the shelves and waste materials stacked on the target block.

[0050] In specific implementation, a shelf weight detection board can be arranged in the waste material warehouse, and the detection board is a shelf metering device 1021, which is used to calculate the weight of the waste materials on the shelf. When the amount of materials piled on the shelf increases, the weight is sent to the controller 103, and the controller 103 analyzes the weight data. After determining that the weight data exceeds the first preset threshold, a voice alarm prompt is issued through an external speaker.

[0051] In addition, a floor load-bearing functional floor can be arranged in the waste material warehouse. The floor is a floor load-bearing identification device 1022, which is used to calculate the load-bearing data of different target blocks in the target warehouse. As the amount of materials piled on the shelves increases, the weight is sent to the controller 103. After the controller 103 analyzes the load-bearing data, it is determined that the load-bearing data reaches the second preset threshold, and a voice alarm prompt is issued through an external speaker. Intelligent management of waste materials is realized, the management granularity is refined, and the safety hazards caused by stacking on the shelves are reduced.

[0052] In this embodiment, Figure 1 As shown, the information collection device 101 also includes a door access control device 1013;

[0053] The access control device 1013 is used to identify the applicant information of the target warehouse, and determine whether the applicant meets the access authority according to the applicant information. If so, the applicant is allowed to enter the target warehouse.

[0054] The access control device 1013 is also used to record the entry time and / or the exit time of the applicant after allowing the applicant to enter the target warehouse.

[0055] Specifically, the applicant information may include applicant information, job position, department information, and application reason information. The access control device 1013 identifies whether the applicant information meets the requirements, and whether the application reason meets the requirements based on the applicant's job position and work content, and whether it has been approved. If it has been approved, it meets the access rights. Compared with the method of unlocking by key in the prior art, the method in this embodiment uses the access control device to identify the authority, which improves the efficiency of unlocking and reduces the unnecessary waiting time of the applicant.

[0056] It should be noted that the access control device 1013 includes but is not limited to face recognition, fingerprint recognition and other biometric recognition, card swiping recognition, verification code recognition, etc., that is, it only needs to accurately identify the applicant information, and the specific method is not limited.

[0057] When it is recognized that the applicant meets the access rights, the entry time and exit time of the applicant are automatically recorded, and the information can be sent to the controller 103 for storage. If it is recognized that the applicant does not meet the access rights, the access control device 1013 can send the application object information to the controller 103. After the controller 103 verifies the application object information, it sends a message to the application of the external mobile terminal, or triggers an email to the external server for an alarm prompt.

[0058] In this embodiment, the controller 103 is also used to make a voice announcement to prompt correction after determining that there is an illegal operation.

[0059] and / or,

[0060] The controller 103 is also used to store attribute information, stacking state information and weight information.

[0061] In specific implementation, after determining that there are illegal operations in the target warehouse, the controller 103 issues an alarm through an external speaker, for example, "the shelf is about to be overloaded" or "the stacking is not neat". The controller 103 can also send the stored attribute information, stacking status information and weight information to an external server for storage and real-time update, which is convenient for intelligent management of the warehouse.

[0062] An inventory management system is provided, which realizes intelligent management of waste materials through information collection equipment, load-bearing measuring equipment and controllers, with fine management granularity and high efficiency; automatically identifies the weight of waste materials to avoid damage caused by excessive stacking or wrong shelf placement; automatically records the attribute information of waste materials entering and leaving the warehouse, ensures the safety of waste materials, and reduces the risk of manual accounting.

[0063] Example 2

[0064] like Figure 2 As shown, this embodiment provides an inventory management method, which is implemented using the inventory management system of embodiment 1. The inventory management method includes:

[0065] Step S1, the information collection device is used to obtain the attribute information and stacking status information of each waste material entering and leaving the target warehouse, and send the attribute information and the stacking status information to the controller;

[0066] Step S2, the load-bearing measuring device is used to calculate the weight information of the stacked objects in the target warehouse and send the weight information to the controller;

[0067] Step S3: the controller is used to analyze the attribute information, the stacking status information and the weight information to determine whether there is any illegal operation.

[0068] In this embodiment, the information collection device may include a 3D scanning curtain wall and a camera device. The 3D scanning curtain wall can obtain the attribute information of the waste materials entering or leaving the warehouse, and the attribute information includes the material type, quantity and weight of the waste materials. In addition, the camera device can monitor the stacking height, unit area and shape of the stacking of the waste materials during the stacking process.

[0069] The load-bearing measuring equipment may include a shelf measuring device and a floor load-bearing identification device. The weight information may include the weight information corresponding to each shelf calculated by the shelf measuring device, or the floor load-bearing identification device calculates the total weight information of the shelves in different areas of the target warehouse and the waste materials on the shelves.

[0070] After receiving the attribute information, stacking status information and weight information, the controller determines whether there is any unreasonable phenomenon in the stacking status information. If there is any illegal operation, the controller can also make a voice broadcast to prompt correction.

[0071] The present embodiment provides an inventory management method, which realizes intelligent management of waste materials through information collection equipment, load-bearing measuring equipment and controllers, with fine management granularity and high efficiency; automatically identifies the weight of waste materials to avoid damage caused by excessive stacking or incorrect shelf placement; automatically records the attribute information of waste materials entering and leaving the warehouse, ensures the safety of waste materials, and reduces the risk of manual accounting.

[0072] Example 3

[0073] Figure 3 The structure diagram of an electronic device provided in this embodiment. The electronic device includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor. When the processor executes the program, the inventory management method of embodiment 2 is implemented. Figure 3 The electronic device 60 shown is only an example and should not bring any limitation to the functions and scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.

[0074] The electronic device 60 may be in the form of a general-purpose computing device, for example, it may be a server device. The components of the electronic device 60 may include but are not limited to: at least one processor 61, at least one memory 62, and a bus 63 connecting different system components (including the memory 62 and the processor 61).

[0075] The bus 63 includes a data bus, an address bus, and a control bus.

[0076] The memory 62 may include a volatile memory, such as a random access memory (RAM) 621 and / or a cache memory 622 , and may further include a read-only memory (ROM) 623 .

[0077] The memory 62 may also include a program / utility 625 having a set (at least one) of program modules 624, such program modules 624 including but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which or some combination may include an implementation of a network environment.

[0078] The processor 61 executes various functional applications and data processing by running the computer programs stored in the memory 62, such as the inventory management method of the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0079] The electronic device 60 may also communicate with one or more external devices 64 (e.g., keyboards, pointing devices, etc.). Such communication may be performed via an input / output (I / O) interface 65. Furthermore, the model-generated device 60 may also communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and / or a public network, such as the Internet) via a network adapter 66. As shown, the network adapter 66 communicates with other modules of the model-generated device 60 via a bus 63. It should be understood that, although not shown in the figure, other hardware and / or software modules may be used in conjunction with the model-generated device 60, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processors, external disk drive arrays, RAID (RAID) systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems.

[0080] It should be noted that although several units / modules or sub-units / modules of the electronic device are mentioned in the above detailed description, this division is merely exemplary and not mandatory. In fact, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the features and functions of two or more units / modules described above can be embodied in one unit / module. Conversely, the features and functions of one unit / module described above can be further divided into multiple units / modules to be embodied.

[0081] Example 4

[0082] This embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored. When the program is executed by a processor, the inventory management method of embodiment 2 is implemented.

[0083] The readable storage medium may include but is not limited to: a portable disk, a hard disk, a random access memory, a read-only memory, an erasable programmable read-only memory, an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device or any suitable combination of the above.

[0084] In a possible implementation manner, the present invention may also be implemented in the form of a program product, which includes a program code. When the program product is run on a terminal device, the program code is used to enable the terminal device to execute the inventory management method of the second embodiment.

[0085] The program code for executing the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, and may be executed entirely on a user device, partially on a user device, as an independent software package, partially on a user device and partially on a remote device, or entirely on a remote device.

[0086] Although the specific embodiments of the present invention are described above, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that this is only for illustration and the protection scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims. Those skilled in the art may make various changes or modifications to these embodiments without departing from the principles and essence of the present invention, but these changes and modifications all fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An inventory management system, characterized in that: The inventory management system comprises: an information collection device, a load-bearing measurement device and a controller; the information collection device and the load-bearing measurement device are respectively connected to the controller for communication, and the information collection device is arranged in the target warehouse; The information collection device is used to obtain the attribute information and stacking status information of each waste material entering and leaving the target warehouse, and send the attribute information and the stacking status information to the controller; The load-bearing measuring device is used to calculate the weight information of the stacked objects in the target warehouse and send the weight information to the controller; The controller is used to analyze the attribute information, the stacking state information and the weight information to determine whether there is any illegal operation; The information collection equipment includes a 3D scanning recognition curtain wall and a camera; The 3D scanning and identification curtain wall is arranged at the entrance of the target warehouse, and is used to obtain the attribute information of the moving waste materials, and determine the target position of the shelf where the materials can be stacked according to the attribute information; The camera is arranged at a designated position of the target warehouse, and is used to collect the stacking state information of the waste materials during the stacking process; Wherein, the stacking state information includes at least one of a stacking height, a stacking unit area, and a stacking shape; The load-bearing measuring equipment includes a shelf measuring device and a floor load-bearing identification device; A plurality of shelves are arranged in the target warehouse, each of which is provided with the shelf measuring device, and the shelf measuring device is used to measure the weight of the waste materials on the shelf; The interior of the target warehouse is divided into several target blocks, and the floor load-bearing identification device is arranged under each target block. The floor load-bearing identification device is used to measure the weight of the shelves stacked on the target block and the waste materials.

2. The inventory management system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The information collection device also includes access control equipment; The access control device is used to identify the information of the applicant who applies to enter the target warehouse, and judge whether the applicant meets the access authority according to the information of the applicant. If the applicant meets the authority, the applicant is allowed to enter the target warehouse.

3. The inventory management system according to claim 2, characterized in that: The access control device is also used to record the entry time and / or the exit time of the applicant after allowing the applicant to enter the target warehouse.

4. The inventory management system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The attribute information includes at least one of a material name, a material quantity, and a material number.

5. The inventory management system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The controller is also used to make a voice announcement to prompt correction after determining that there is an illegal operation; and / or, The controller is also used to store the attribute information, the stacking state information and the weight information.

6. An inventory management method, characterized in that: The inventory management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is used to implement the inventory management method, comprising: The information collection device is used to obtain the attribute information and stacking status information of each waste material entering and leaving the target warehouse, and send the attribute information and the stacking status information to the controller; The load-bearing measuring device is used to calculate the weight information of the stacked objects in the target warehouse and send the weight information to the controller; The controller is used to analyze the attribute information, the stacking state information and the weight information to determine whether there is any illegal operation.

7. An electronic device, characterized in that: The method comprises a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein the computer program implements the inventory management method according to claim 6 when executed by the processor.

8. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that: The computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the inventory management method according to claim 6 is implemented.

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