A method for separating luggage from baskets

Abstract

This invention discloses a method for separating luggage from baskets, applicable to a luggage and basket separation system. The system includes: a conveying device, a diversion device, a luggage basket separation device, an empty basket transport device, a luggage assembly device, and a control device. The method includes: the conveying device transporting luggage sorted by the sorting equipment to the diversion device; the diversion device diverting empty luggage to the luggage assembly device and luggage with baskets to a position adjustment device; the luggage basket separation device adjusting the posture of the luggage baskets containing luggage to the required posture and then transporting them to a designated position, where the luggage is emptied from the baskets and transported to the luggage assembly device, while the empty baskets after the luggage is emptied are transported to the empty basket transport device; the empty basket transport device stacks the empty baskets and then transports them to an empty basket recycling system. This invention can achieve automatic separation of luggage from baskets, reducing the labor intensity of staff, ensuring the supply of empty baskets at check-in islands, and achieving automation while reducing implementation difficulty.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of baggage sorting technology, and more specifically to a method for separating baggage from baskets. Background Technology

[0002] Generally, when passengers check in their baggage at the check-in counter, in order to ensure the stability and reliability of the baggage handling system after the baggage enters the system, to ensure that the baggage is accurately tracked and accurately introduced into the sorting machine, and to avoid damage to the baggage and equipment caused by jamming during the transport and sorting process, soft, irregular, and unsuitable baggage that is not suitable for direct transport is usually put into a baggage basket before being put into the baggage handling system for processing. After baggage sorting is completed and the baggage enters the container carousel or sorting chute, there are currently two processing methods: The common method is to manually remove the baggage from the baggage baskets on the container carousel or sorting chute and load it into a trailer, and then manually remove the empty baskets from the container carousel or sorting chute and send them to the empty basket disposal port to enter the empty basket recycling system, which then sends them back to the check-in island; Another processing method that has been piloted in the industry but has not yet been widely adopted is to use robots to remove the baggage from the baggage baskets on the container carousel or sorting chute and load it into a trailer, and then use robots to remove the empty baskets from the container carousel or sorting chute and stack them, and then use manual or intelligent handling equipment such as AGV / AMR to stack the empty baskets to enter the empty basket recycling system, which then sends them back to the check-in island.

[0003] Common manual processing methods have the following problems: usually limited by the civil engineering conditions of the baggage sorting room, the empty basket drop-off point is a certain distance from the container carousel or sorting chute. The labor intensity of manually collecting, carrying and dropping empty baggage baskets is relatively high. It is easy for empty baskets to be not collected in time, resulting in a large accumulation of empty baskets, which affects the entry of sorted baggage into the container carousel or sorting chute. In addition, the untimely dropping of empty baskets can lead to a shortage of baskets at the check-in island, affecting passengers' baggage check-in.

[0004] The method of using robots and AGVs for handling baggage presents the following problems: Robots on container turntables or sorting chutes need to identify and process various materials, including baggage without baskets, baggage with baskets, and empty baskets. This makes the robot's identification and gripping systems extremely complex, significantly limiting the widespread adoption of this method within the industry. Furthermore, using AGVs / AMRs to move stacks of empty baskets can lead to congestion with baggage handlers and trolleys in the baggage room, posing certain safety hazards.

[0005] Therefore, how to provide a method for separating luggage and baskets that can reduce the labor intensity of staff, ensure the supply of empty baskets at check-in islands, and reduce the difficulty of implementation is a problem that urgently needs to be solved by those skilled in the art. Summary of the Invention

[0006] In view of this, the present invention provides a method for separating luggage from baskets, which can realize the automatic separation of luggage from baskets, reduce the labor intensity of staff, ensure the supply of empty baskets at check-in islands, and reduce the difficulty of implementation while achieving automation.

[0007] To achieve the above objectives, the present invention adopts the following technical solution:

[0008] A method for separating luggage from baskets is applicable to a luggage and basket separation system, the system comprising: a conveying device, a diversion device, a luggage basket separation device, an empty basket transport device, a luggage containerization device, and a control device; wherein, the conveying device is connected to upstream sorting equipment; and the control device controls the operating status of the other devices according to a preset program;

[0009] The method comprises:

[0010] Conveying Step: The conveying device transports the baggage sorted by the sorting equipment to the diversion device;

[0011] Diversion steps: The diversion device diverts basketless luggage to the luggage container and basketed luggage to the luggage basket separation device;

[0012] Luggage basket separation step: The luggage basket separation device adjusts the luggage basket containing luggage to the required position and then transports it to the designated position. At the designated position, the luggage in the luggage basket is emptied and transported to the luggage collection device. At the same time, the empty basket after the luggage is emptied is transported to the empty basket transport device.

[0013] Empty crate recycling step: The empty crate conveying device stacks the empty crates and then transports them to the empty crate recycling system.

[0014] Furthermore, the diversion device includes a first visual recognition unit and a diversion unit; the diversion step includes:

[0015] The first visual recognition unit visually captures each piece of luggage delivered by the conveying device, and the control device analyzes and determines whether the luggage is transported using a luggage basket.

[0016] If the luggage is in a basket, the control device controls the diversion unit to divert the luggage to the luggage basket separation device; if the luggage is without a basket, the control device controls the diversion unit to divert the luggage to the luggage container.

[0017] Furthermore, the pose adjustment step includes:

[0018] The posture adjustment unit receives the basket-packed luggage diverted by the diversion unit;

[0019] The second visual recognition unit captures an image of a luggage basket containing luggage; the control device controls the posture adjustment unit to adjust the posture of the luggage basket by rotating clockwise, counterclockwise, moving forward, backward, left, or right according to the current position and posture of the luggage basket and the preset posture requirements, until the preset posture requirements are met.

[0020] Furthermore, the diversion unit is a horizontal diverter, a vertical diverter, or a diversion device composed of a module belt reversing conveyor mechanism.

[0021] Furthermore, the luggage basket separation device includes: a second visual recognition unit, a posture adjustment and conveying unit, a luggage basket clamping unit, a tilting unit, and a second conveying unit; the posture adjustment and separation steps include:

[0022] The posture adjustment and conveying unit receives the basket-packed luggage diverted by the diversion unit;

[0023] The second visual recognition unit acquires an image of a luggage basket containing luggage; the control device controls the posture adjustment and conveying unit to adjust the posture of the luggage basket by rotating clockwise, rotating counterclockwise, moving forward, moving backward, moving left or right, according to the current position and posture of the luggage basket and the preset posture requirements, until the preset posture requirements are met, and after the preset posture requirements are met, the image of the luggage basket containing luggage is conveyed to the designated position.

[0024] The luggage basket clamping unit secures the luggage basket containing the luggage in a designated position;

[0025] The tipping unit pours the luggage from the luggage basket onto the second conveying unit;

[0026] The second conveying unit transports the luggage to the luggage container;

[0027] After unloading is confirmed, the tilting unit and the luggage basket clamping unit return to their initial positions; the posture adjustment and conveying unit conveys the empty basket to the empty basket conveying device.

[0028] Furthermore, the pose adjustment and conveying unit is a single conveyor or consists of two conveyors;

[0029] When the posture adjustment and conveying unit is a conveyor, the luggage basket containing the luggage is adjusted to the preset posture requirement by the universal conveyor and then conveyed to the designated position.

[0030] When the posture adjustment and conveying unit consists of two conveyors, one of which is a universal conveyor that adjusts the luggage basket containing luggage to the preset posture requirement; the other conveyor is a unidirectional conveyor or a reversible conveyor that conveys the luggage basket containing luggage after the posture has been adjusted to the designated position.

[0031] Furthermore, the omnidirectional conveyor is a conveyor that can achieve omnidirectional conveying by using McLaun wheels, or a conveyor that consists of a modular belt, omnidirectional wheels and a swing wheel.

[0032] Furthermore, the luggage basket clamping unit is fixed at a designated position of the posture adjustment and conveying unit; the tilting unit is fixed on the back of the designated position of the posture adjustment and conveying unit and drives the posture adjustment and conveying unit to tilt towards the direction of the second conveying unit.

[0033] Furthermore, the empty crate conveying device includes: a lifting platform unit, a gripping unit, and an empty crate conveying line; the empty crate recycling step includes:

[0034] The lifting platform unit receives the empty basket delivered by the luggage basket separation device;

[0035] The grabbing unit lifts the empty basket to a certain height and holds it. After subsequent empty baskets enter, it lowers and stacks them. This step is repeated until the number of empty baskets stacked reaches the preset number.

[0036] After the palletizing is completed, the lifting platform unit is raised to the same height as the empty basket conveyor line and horizontally transports the empty basket stack into the downstream empty basket recycling system.

[0037] Furthermore, the empty crate conveying device is an integrated palletizing and lifting machine, or it consists of a belt conveyor and a lifting machine, or it consists of a belt conveyor / lifting machine and a palletizing machine.

[0038] Furthermore, the baggage containerization device may employ a container turntable, sorting chute, or container transport machine.

[0039] As can be seen from the above technical solution, compared with the prior art, the present invention discloses a method for separating luggage from a basket, which has the following beneficial effects:

[0040] 1. Compared with the manual loading mode, the present invention reduces the steps of manually collecting and transporting empty baskets, thus reducing the labor intensity of workers; compared with the automatic loading mode of robots, the luggage in the luggage container does not contain empty baskets, which reduces the difficulty of grabbing and loading luggage and solves the problem of empty basket recycling, thereby enhancing the reliability of automatic luggage loading.

[0041] 2. Overall, this invention can significantly improve the convenience of empty basket recycling, realize the automatic collection and recycling of empty baskets, improve the automation level of the system, solve the problems of empty basket collection and stacking and the untimely supply of empty baskets, and ensure the supply of empty baskets at the check-in island; at the same time, it can also effectively reduce the implementation difficulty of using robots for automatic baggage loading, avoid the safety risks caused by AGV / AMR handling of stacked empty baskets mixed with personnel and trailers, and effectively promote the widespread application of robot-assisted baggage loading. Attached Figure Description

[0042] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on the provided drawings without creative effort.

[0043] Figure 1 A top view of the luggage and basket separation system provided by the present invention;

[0044] Figure 2 A side view of the luggage and basket separation system provided by the present invention;

[0045] Figure 3 A flowchart of the luggage and basket separation method provided by the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0046] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0047] like Figure 1-2 As shown, this embodiment of the invention discloses a luggage and basket separation system, including: a conveying device 101, a diversion device, a luggage basket separation device, an empty basket conveying device, a luggage containerization device, and a control device; the control device is electrically connected to the other devices and is used to control the operating status of the other devices according to a preset program;

[0048] The conveying device 101 is connected to the upstream sorting equipment 201 and is used to transport the baggage sorted by the sorting equipment 201 to the diversion device.

[0049] The diversion device is located near the conveying device and is used to divert uncrammed baggage to the baggage container 701 and crate-packed baggage to the baggage crate separation device.

[0050] The luggage basket separation device is located near the diversion device. It is used to adjust the luggage basket containing luggage to the required position and then transport it to a designated position. At the designated position, the luggage in the luggage basket is emptied and transported to the luggage container 701. At the same time, the empty basket after the luggage is emptied is transported to the empty basket transport device.

[0051] The empty crate conveying device is used to stack empty crates to a preset number and then recycle them.

[0052] The control device uses a PLC program to control the driving of the above-mentioned devices, the detection of materials, and the information transmission during the conveying process, ultimately achieving the separation of luggage and luggage baskets.

[0053] In one embodiment, the diversion device includes: a first visual recognition unit 301 and a diversion unit 302;

[0054] The first visual recognition unit 301 is installed at the end of the conveying device 101 and in front of the diversion unit 302. Its visual acquisition end faces the conveying device 101 and is used to acquire images of luggage on the conveying device 101.

[0055] The diversion unit 302 has a baggage receiving end, a basketless baggage outlet, and a basketed baggage outlet. The baggage receiving end is located near the conveying device 101, the basketless baggage outlet is located near the baggage container, and the basketed baggage outlet is located near the baggage basket separation device. The control device is used to determine whether the baggage is in a basket based on the baggage image collected by the first visual recognition unit 301, and to control the diversion unit 302 to divert the basketless baggage to the basketless baggage outlet and transport the basketed baggage to the basketed baggage outlet.

[0056] In one embodiment, the luggage basket separation device includes: a second visual recognition unit 401, a posture adjustment and conveying unit, a luggage basket clamping unit 502, and a tilting unit 503; the posture adjustment and conveying unit is located between the diversion device and the luggage basket conveying device; the second visual recognition unit 401 is installed on both sides of the posture adjustment and conveying unit.

[0057] The second visual recognition unit 401 is used to acquire images of luggage baskets containing luggage that are transported to the pose adjustment and transport unit;

[0058] The control device determines the current posture of the luggage basket based on the image captured by the second vision recognition unit 401, and controls the posture adjustment and conveying unit 402 to perform clockwise rotation, counterclockwise rotation, forward movement, backward movement, left movement, or right movement. After the posture of the luggage basket is adjusted to the required posture, the luggage containing the luggage is conveyed to the designated position.

[0059] The luggage basket clamping unit 502 is fixed on both sides of the posture adjustment and conveying device and is used to clamp and fix the luggage basket containing luggage at a designated position.

[0060] The tipping unit 503 is used to tip the luggage in the luggage basket onto the second conveying unit 504;

[0061] The second conveying unit 504 is oriented towards the baggage container and is used to convey overturned baggage onto the baggage container.

[0062] After the luggage is tipped over, the luggage basket clamping unit 502 and the tipping unit 503 return to their initial state. The position adjustment and conveying unit is also used to convey the empty basket to the empty basket conveying device.

[0063] The second conveying unit 504 can be a conveyor suitable for luggage transportation, such as a belt conveyor or a modular belt conveyor.

[0064] The luggage basket clamping unit 502 is a power-driven mechanism that clamps the empty basket only when tilting, ensuring that during the tilting process, only the luggage is poured out of the empty basket, while the empty basket remains on the first conveying unit; it does not interfere with the conveying process of the luggage basket when it enters and leaves.

[0065] Specifically, the luggage basket clamping unit 502 is fixed at a designated position on the posture adjustment and conveying unit; the tilting unit 503 is fixed to the back of the posture adjustment and conveying unit at the designated position, and drives the posture adjustment and conveying unit to tilt towards the second conveying unit. The tilting unit 503 can achieve a tilting angle of 90° or more to ensure that the luggage can be completely detached from the luggage basket.

[0066] In one embodiment, the pose adjustment and conveying unit consists of two conveyors. One conveyor is a universal conveyor, which serves as the pose adjustment unit 402 to adjust the luggage basket containing luggage to the preset pose requirement. The other conveyor is a unidirectional conveyor or a reversible conveyor (serving as the first conveying unit 501), located downstream of the outlet of the universal conveyor, to convey the luggage basket containing luggage after the pose adjustment to the designated location.

[0067] The other conveyor (i.e., the first conveyor unit 501) can be used for unidirectional or bidirectional conveying, depending on the location of its downstream empty crate conveying device. When the empty crate conveying device is located downstream of the incoming material direction, unidirectional conveying is used; when the empty crate conveying device is located to the side of the incoming material direction, a 90-degree bidirectional conveyor composed of McLambert wheels, modular belts, omnidirectional wheels, or swing wheels is used to achieve bidirectional conveying.

[0068] In other embodiments, when the pose adjustment and conveying unit is a single conveyor, an omnidirectional conveyor is used. This omnidirectional conveyor combines pose adjustment and conveying functions, adjusting the luggage basket containing luggage to the preset pose requirement before conveying it to the designated location.

[0069] The omnidirectional conveyor can be a conveyor composed of McLaun wheels that can achieve omnidirectional conveying, or it can be a conveyor composed of modular belts, omnidirectional wheels, swing wheels, and other mechanisms that can achieve omnidirectional conveying.

[0070] In other embodiments, the empty basket conveying device includes: a lifting platform unit 601, a gripping unit 602, and an empty basket conveying line 603;

[0071] The lifting platform unit 601 is located near the luggage basket separation device and is used to receive the empty basket after the luggage has been emptied.

[0072] The gripping end of the gripping unit 602 is located above the lifting platform unit. It is used to raise the empty basket to a certain height and hold it until subsequent empty baskets enter, then lower it for stacking.

[0073] The lifting platform unit 601 is also used to raise the empty crates to the same height as the empty crate conveyor line 603 after the empty crates have been stacked to a preset number, and to transport the stack of empty crates to the empty crate conveyor line 603.

[0074] The empty crate conveyor line 603 is adjacent to the raised lifting platform unit 601, which is used to transport the stack of empty crates to the downstream empty crate recycling system.

[0075] In this embodiment, the empty crate transport device can be a space-saving integrated palletizing and lifting machine, or a belt conveyor, a lifting machine, or a system composed of a belt conveyor / lifting machine and a palletizer to realize the palletizing and transport of empty crates.

[0076] In one embodiment, the baggage container can be various types of container equipment commonly used in baggage handling systems, such as container turntables, sorting chutes, and container conveyors.

[0077] The baggage container 701 has an automatic loading device 702 and a baggage trailer 703 at its end. The baggage trailer can be a manual trailer or an automatic or semi-automatic trailer such as a robot or suction cup auxiliary equipment.

[0078] In other embodiments, the system of the present invention can be configured alone upstream of a baggage container or configured in groups upstream of multiple baggage container devices. When configured in groups, the empty basket transport devices can be shared or configured separately.

[0079] The baggage and basket separation system of the present invention is not limited to the departure baggage containerization stage of the airport baggage handling system, but can also be applied to the upstream of the arrival baggage carousel, and other similar scenarios that require the separation of materials from baskets.

[0080] In other embodiments, such as Figure 3As shown, the present invention also provides a method for separating luggage from the basket, which is applicable to the above-mentioned luggage and basket separation system, comprising the following steps:

[0081] S1. Conveying Step: The conveying device transports the baggage sorted by the sorting equipment to the diversion device;

[0082] S2. Diversion Step: The diversion device diverts basketless baggage to the baggage container and basketed baggage to the baggage basket separation device.

[0083] S3. Luggage basket separation step: After the luggage basket containing luggage is adjusted to the required position by the luggage basket separation device, it is transported to the designated position. At the designated position, the luggage in the luggage basket is emptied and transported to the luggage collection device. At the same time, the empty basket after the luggage is emptied is transported to the empty basket transport device.

[0084] S4. Empty crate recycling step: After the empty crates are stacked by the empty crate conveying device, they are transported to the empty crate recycling system.

[0085] Specifically, the S2 splitting steps include:

[0086] S21. The first visual recognition unit 301 performs visual acquisition on each piece of luggage transported by the conveying device 101, and the control device analyzes and determines whether the luggage is transported using a luggage basket.

[0087] S22. If the baggage is in a basket, the control device controls the diversion unit 302 to divert the baggage to the baggage basket separation device. If the baggage is without a basket, the control device controls the diversion unit 302 to divert the baggage to the baggage container device.

[0088] Specifically, the diversion unit is a horizontal diverter, a vertical diverter, or a diversion device composed of a module reversing conveyor mechanism. The horizontal diverter uses a swing arm to horizontally divert luggage on the conveyor belt; the vertical diverter has one end fixed and the other end moving up and down, allowing luggage to be conveyed to the upper and lower levels; the module with a chassis can rotate freely to achieve diversion.

[0089] In one specific embodiment, the S3 luggage basket separation step includes:

[0090] S21, The position adjustment and conveying unit receives the basket-packed luggage diverted from the diversion unit;

[0091] S22. The second visual recognition unit acquires an image of a luggage basket containing luggage. The control device controls the posture adjustment and conveying unit to adjust the posture of the luggage basket by rotating clockwise, rotating counterclockwise, moving forward, moving backward, moving left or right, according to the current position and posture of the luggage basket and the preset posture requirements, until the preset posture requirements are met. After the preset posture requirements are met, the image of the luggage basket containing luggage is conveyed to the designated position.

[0092] S23, The luggage basket clamping unit secures the luggage basket containing the luggage in a designated position;

[0093] S24, The tipping unit pours the luggage from the luggage basket onto the second conveyor unit;

[0094] S25, The second conveying unit conveys the baggage to the baggage container;

[0095] S26. After confirming that the unloading is completed, the tilting unit and the luggage basket clamping unit return to their initial positions; the position adjustment and conveying unit conveys the empty basket to the empty basket conveying device.

[0096] The pose adjustment and transport unit is either a single transport body or composed of two transport bodies.

[0097] When the posture adjustment and conveying unit is a single conveyor, the luggage basket containing the luggage is adjusted to the preset posture requirement by the universal conveyor and then conveyed to the designated position.

[0098] When the posture adjustment and conveying unit consists of two conveyors, one of the conveyors is an omnidirectional conveyor that adjusts the luggage basket containing luggage to the preset posture requirement; the other conveyor, depending on the positional relationship between the downstream empty basket recycling device and the conveyor, uses a unidirectional or reversible conveyor to transport the luggage basket containing luggage after the posture adjustment to the designated position.

[0099] The omnidirectional conveyor is a conveyor that uses McLaun wheels to achieve omnidirectional conveying, or a conveyor that consists of modular belts, omnidirectional wheels, or swing wheels.

[0100] The stopping / execution of each action in this invention is achieved through the cooperation of photoelectric tube detection and control devices. That is, when the previous action is completed and the detection unit reports a normal result, the control device controls the relevant devices to perform the next action. The following explanation uses the luggage basket separation step as an example:

[0101] When the upstream posture adjustment unit is ready to send out the luggage basket, the control device issues a command and the first conveying unit moves.

[0102] The phototube at the end of the posture adjustment unit detects that the luggage basket has been delivered and stops after a period of time.

[0103] The luggage basket is transported a predetermined distance (time) in the first conveyor unit, and each photocell detects that the luggage basket has arrived and begins the clamping action;

[0104] The luggage basket clamping unit clamps the luggage basket, and the tilting unit drives the first conveying unit to start tilting (e.g., whether the clamping is complete can be determined by feedback from the force sensor).

[0105] The photoelectric tube on the downstream baggage container detects that the baggage has entered, and the tipping unit reverses and returns to its original position.

[0106] In one specific embodiment, the S4 empty container recycling step includes:

[0107] S41, The position adjustment and conveying unit conveys the empty basket to the lifting platform unit 601;

[0108] S42. The gripping unit 602 lifts the empty basket to a certain height and holds it. After subsequent empty baskets enter, it lowers and stacks them. This step is repeated until the number of empty baskets is stacked to the preset number.

[0109] S43. After palletizing is completed, the lifting platform unit 601 is raised to the same height as the empty basket conveyor line 603 and horizontally conveys the empty basket stack into the downstream empty basket recycling system.

[0110] The empty crate conveying device in this embodiment of the invention is a palletizing and lifting integrated machine, or it consists of a belt conveyor and a lifting machine, or it consists of a belt conveyor / lifting machine and a palletizing machine.

[0111] The various embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner, with each embodiment focusing on the differences from other embodiments. Reference can be made to the common and similar parts between the various embodiments. For the devices disclosed in the embodiments, since they correspond to the methods disclosed in the embodiments, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the method description.

[0112] The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to make or use the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, the invention is not to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A method for separating luggage from a basket, characterized in that, A luggage and basket separation system is applicable, the system comprising: a conveying device, a diversion device, a luggage basket separation device, an empty basket transport device, a luggage collection device, and a control device; wherein, the conveying device is connected to upstream sorting equipment; and the control device controls the operating status of the other devices according to a preset program; The method comprises: Conveying Step: The conveying device transports the baggage sorted by the sorting equipment to the diversion device; Diversion steps: The diversion device diverts basketless luggage to the luggage container and basketed luggage to the luggage basket separation device; Luggage basket separation step: The luggage basket separation device adjusts the luggage basket containing luggage to the required position and then transports it to the designated position. At the designated position, the luggage in the luggage basket is emptied and transported to the luggage collection device. At the same time, the empty basket after the luggage is emptied is transported to the empty basket transport device. Empty crate recycling step: The empty crate conveying device stacks the empty crates and then transports them to the empty crate recycling system; The empty crate conveying device includes: a lifting platform unit, a gripping unit, and an empty crate conveyor line; the empty crate recycling step includes: The lifting platform unit receives the empty basket delivered by the luggage basket separation device; The grabbing unit lifts the empty basket to a certain height and holds it. After subsequent empty baskets enter, it lowers and stacks them. This step is repeated until the number of empty baskets stacked reaches the preset number. After the palletizing is completed, the lifting platform unit is raised to the same height as the empty basket conveyor line and horizontally transports the empty basket stack into the downstream empty basket recycling system.

2. The method for separating luggage from a basket according to claim 1, characterized in that, The diversion device includes a first visual recognition unit and a diversion unit; The diversion step includes: The first visual recognition unit visually captures each piece of luggage delivered by the conveying device, and the control device analyzes and determines whether the luggage is transported using a luggage basket. If the luggage is in a basket, the control device controls the diversion unit to divert the luggage to the luggage basket separation device; if the luggage is without a basket, the control device controls the diversion unit to divert the luggage to the luggage container.

3. The method for separating luggage from a basket according to claim 2, characterized in that, The diversion unit is a horizontal diverter, a vertical diverter, or a diversion device consisting of a module with a reversing conveyor mechanism.

4. The method for separating luggage from a basket according to claim 1, characterized in that, The luggage basket separation device includes: a second visual recognition unit, a posture adjustment and conveying unit, a luggage basket clamping unit, a tilting unit, and a second conveying unit; the posture adjustment and separation steps include: The posture adjustment and conveying unit receives the basket-packed luggage diverted by the diversion unit; The second visual recognition unit acquires an image of a luggage basket containing luggage; the control device controls the posture adjustment and conveying unit to adjust the posture of the luggage basket by rotating clockwise, rotating counterclockwise, moving forward, moving backward, moving left or right, according to the current position and posture of the luggage basket and the preset posture requirements, until the preset posture requirements are met, and after the preset posture requirements are met, the image of the luggage basket containing luggage is conveyed to the designated position. The luggage basket clamping unit secures the luggage basket containing the luggage in a designated position; The tipping unit pours the luggage from the luggage basket onto the second conveying unit; The second conveying unit transports the luggage to the luggage container; After unloading is confirmed, the tilting unit and the luggage basket clamping unit return to their initial positions; the posture adjustment and conveying unit conveys the empty basket to the empty basket conveying device.

5. A method for separating luggage from a basket according to claim 4, characterized in that, The pose adjustment and conveying unit is a single conveyor or consists of two conveyors; When the posture adjustment and conveying unit is a conveyor, the luggage basket containing the luggage is adjusted to the preset posture requirement by the universal conveyor and then conveyed to the designated position. When the posture adjustment and conveying unit consists of two conveyors, one of which is a universal conveyor that adjusts the luggage basket containing luggage to the preset posture requirement; the other conveyor is a unidirectional conveyor or a reversible conveyor that conveys the luggage basket containing luggage after the posture has been adjusted to the designated position.

6. A method for separating luggage from a basket according to claim 5, characterized in that, The omnidirectional conveyor is a conveyor that can achieve omnidirectional conveying by using McLaun wheels, or a conveyor that consists of a modular belt, omnidirectional wheels and a swing wheel.

7. A method for separating luggage from a basket according to claim 4, characterized in that, The luggage basket clamping unit is fixed at a designated position of the posture adjustment and conveying unit; the tilting unit is fixed on the back of the designated position of the posture adjustment and conveying unit and drives the posture adjustment and conveying unit to tilt in the direction of the second conveying unit.

8. A method for separating luggage from a basket according to claim 1, characterized in that, The empty crate conveying device is a palletizing and lifting integrated machine, or it can be composed of a belt conveyor and a lifting machine, or a belt conveyor and a palletizing machine, or a lifting machine and a palletizing machine.

9. A method for separating luggage from a basket according to claim 1, characterized in that, The baggage containerization device adopts a container turntable, sorting chute or container transport machine.

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