Refined reservation control method based on wharf outer container truck interaction area operation and medium

Abstract

The invention provides a refined reservation control method based on operation of a container truck interaction area outside a wharf. The method comprises the following steps: S1, modifying and deploying; s2, judging a service type of appointment entrustment, if the service type is a box returning type, executing S21, if the service type is a box lifting type, judging whether a box is located in an outer container truck workable area or not, if yes, executing S21, and if not, generating a box moving instruction and executing S22; s21, judging whether reservation of the outer container truck is limited or not, if not, informing that reservation succeeds, and then S5, if yes, informing that the arrival time needs to be waited and informed, and then executing S3; s22, when the container reserved by the driver is in the area where the outer container truck cannot be lifted, the designated rail crane is controlled to move the container to the operation area where the outer container truck can be lifted, and then S3 is carried out; s3, moving the target container into a storage yard; s4, judging whether the outer container truck is allowed to enter, if so, informing the entering operation, and then S5, and if not, circulating S4; and S5, performing scoring, and accumulating a total score. According to the invention, refined appointment control of external container truck interaction area operation is realized.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of automated terminal operation control, and in particular to a refined reservation control method and medium based on operations in a container truck interaction area outside a terminal. Background Art

[0002] With the rapid development of automated container terminals in recent years, the volume of container operations has continued to rise, and there are many cases of concentrated foreign container trucks coming to the port for operations. In order to solve the problem of peaks caused by concentrated foreign container trucks arriving at the port and the lack of mechanical operation capacity at the terminal, some ports currently control the number of foreign container trucks entering the port by setting reservation numbers for each time period to balance the terminal's operations in each time period. However, this reservation control is still relatively rough, simply limiting the number of foreign container trucks entering the port through reservation numbers, and lacking management or punishment measures for foreign container trucks with inaccurate reservations, so the overall effect is limited. Especially for automated terminals that operate foreign container trucks through interactive areas, such as Figure 1 As shown in the figure, the terminal separates the external container truck and the automated operation area through the interactive area. Since the external container truck cannot enter the yard area to pick up containers, the following problems are likely to occur: First, the yard location and operating machinery in the interactive area are limited, and the operation of the external container truck is more susceptible to the peak of vehicles entering the port; second, the containers picked up by the external container truck may not be in the interactive area, and need to enter the interactive area through stacking before the external container truck can normally pick up the container. If the external container truck enters the port area too early, it needs to wait in the port area for the container transfer operation to be completed before it can pick up the container, which wastes waiting time and too many external container trucks enter the port area, which is not conducive to the traffic flow of the port area and ultimately affects the terminal's operating efficiency. The current reservation restriction simply limits the number of external container trucks entering the port, and cannot carry out refined management of reservations based on the actual operation conditions and operation requirements of the terminal, so that the terminal cannot further improve the customer service level under limited resources. Especially for the mode in which the external container trucks and IGVs of the automated terminal are concentrated in the interactive area, the refined control of the gate reservation under this operation mode is still in the research and development gap or the early immature stage. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of this, it is necessary to propose a refined reservation control method and medium based on the operation of the container truck interaction area outside the terminal to address the above problems, so as to overcome several shortcomings of the above background technology and solve the following technical problems:

[0004] How to achieve refined reservation control of operations in the off-terminal truck interaction area, thereby improving the operating efficiency of the off-terminal truck interaction area.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0006] The present invention proposes a refined reservation control method based on the operation of the external container truck interactive area of ​​the terminal, which is applied to an automated container terminal. The automated container terminal controls the terminal operation through a terminal operating system TOS, a driver network reservation platform, an equipment scheduling management system ECS, a rail crane control system RMS and a vehicle equipment control system VMS. The terminal operating system TOS controls the equipment scheduling management system ECS, and the equipment scheduling management system ECS controls the rail crane control system RMS and the vehicle equipment control system VMS. The automated container terminal includes a gate, a yard, an interactive area, a quay crane, a plurality of IGVs operating in the port, a plurality of external container trucks entering the terminal from the gate, and a plurality of rail cranes arranged in the yard. The refined reservation control method includes the following steps:

[0007] Step S1, according to the ship schedule, the number of reservation numbers for the next day is set in advance in the terminal operating system TOS, and when a hotspot threshold appears in a certain time period of the day or an operation hotspot threshold appears in a certain field of the day, a temporary modification and deployment is performed; then step S2 is executed;

[0008] Step S2, when the truck driver makes an appointment for container pickup / return service on the driver online appointment platform, the terminal operating system TOS determines the service type of the appointment. If the appointment is determined to be a container return service, step S21 is executed. If the appointment is determined to be a container pickup service, step S21 is further determined to determine whether the container to be picked up is in the operable area of ​​the truck. If the answer is yes, step S21 is executed. If the answer is no, step S22 is executed.

[0009] Step S21, the terminal operating system TOS determines whether the external container truck is restricted from booking according to the booking setting conditions. If it is judged to be not, it will notify the external container truck driver that the booking is successful and notify the entry time range, and then execute step S5. If it is judged to be yes, it will notify the external container truck driver that the current external container truck is in a queue state and needs to wait for notification of the entry time, and then execute step S3;

[0010] Step S22, when the box reserved by the driver is in an area where the external container truck cannot pick up the box, the designated rail crane is controlled to move the box to an operation area where the external container truck can pick up the box; then step S3 is executed;

[0011] Step S3, moving the target container into the storage yard, and then executing step S4;

[0012] Step S4, the terminal operating system TOS polls the next queue number. During the polling process, the terminal operating system TOS verifies again whether the foreign container truck is allowed to enter the gate. If it is judged to be yes, the foreign container truck in the queue is notified to enter the gate and then step S5 is executed. If it is judged to be no, step S4 is executed repeatedly;

[0013] Step S5, the terminal operating system TOS scores the accuracy of the reservation of the external container truck according to the reservation operation time, the reservation gate entry time and the actual gate entry time of the external container truck, and accumulates the score into the total credit score of the external container truck in the past.

[0014] Furthermore, before step S1, the refined reservation control method includes the following steps: step S100, setting reservation rules in the terminal operating system TOS, and then executing step S1.

[0015] Furthermore, in step S1, the number of reservation numbers for the next day is managed and released according to the information of the vehicle number, entrustment number, box type, site, and box pick-up and return.

[0016] Further, in step S21, when the driver's online reservation platform executes the reservation restriction, the terminal operating system TOS determines whether the reservation restriction is a reservation number basic rule restriction or a supplementary rule restriction. When it is determined to be a basic rule restriction and the number of reservations allowed to enter the port has not reached the upper limit of the basic rule, the driver's online reservation platform prompts that the reservation is successful and notifies the external container truck to allow entry into the gate time period; when it is determined to be a basic rule restriction and the number of reservations allowed to enter the port has reached the upper limit of the basic rule, the supplementary rule detection is executed; when a supplementary rule that meets a matching condition is not found or a supplementary rule that meets the matching condition is found but the number of available reservations for the supplementary rule is zero, the reservation is unsuccessful and the external container truck is notified to queue; when a supplementary rule that meets the matching condition is found and the number of available reservations for the supplementary rule is not zero, the external container truck is directly notified that the reservation is successful and the external container truck is notified to enter the gate according to the scheduled time period.

[0017] Furthermore, in step S4, the terminal operating system TOS changes the queue sequence number of the foreign container trucks in the queue according to the current operation status of the foreign container trucks in the terminal.

[0018] Furthermore, in step S4, when the external container truck enters the time period allowed to enter the port, the external container truck driver is notified through the driver online reservation platform.

[0019] Furthermore, in step S22, the vehicle equipment control system VMS gives priority to arranging the container transfer of the front-ranked foreign container trucks that meet the general dispatching order of the terminal operating system TOS according to the credit rating scores of the designated foreign container trucks and the designated container pick-up times of the designated foreign container trucks; the general dispatching order is calculated and sorted by the credit rating scores.

[0020] Furthermore, in step S5, due to the condition that the credit score accumulated by the external container truck is reduced due to the long-term unpunctual reservation of the external container truck, the dispatcher does not give priority to arranging the external container trucks that meet the total dispatch order of the terminal operating system TOS to move containers when allocating operating resources; the total dispatch order is calculated and sorted by the credit grade scores.

[0021] Furthermore, in step S21, the terminal operating system TOS determines whether the reservation quantity of the external container truck in the current time period exceeds the maximum reservation quantity. If it exceeds the maximum reservation quantity, the driver's online reservation platform will include the reservation information that exceeds the maximum reservation quantity in the reservation waiting list, and prompt the driver's external container truck to enter the queue state; in step S4, after the operation of the currently successfully reserved external container truck is completed, the terminal operating system TOS will check and determine whether the external container truck in the front order in the reservation waiting list is allowed to pick up containers normally according to the order of the reservation entry time. If it is judged to be yes, the terminal operating system TOS will change the reservation status of the external container truck that has entered the queue state to the gate entry reservation state, and the driver's online reservation platform will notify the driver to enter the gate.

[0022] The present invention further proposes a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the refined reservation control method based on operations in an off-terminal container truck interaction area as described in any of the above items are implemented.

[0023] The beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0024] The present invention solves the technical problem of finely controlling the gate entry reservation of external container trucks and the operation of the external container truck interactive area of ​​the terminal under the operation mode in which the external container trucks and IGVs of the automated terminal are concentrated in the interactive area, thereby improving the operation efficiency of the external container truck interactive area of ​​the terminal; the present invention can finely manage the entry reservation number of external container trucks by setting various types of conditions and combining the characteristics of the operation mode of the interactive area of ​​the automated terminal, thereby releasing the operation capacity of the terminal to the maximum extent and improving the accuracy of the arrival of external container trucks at the port and the operation efficiency of external container trucks; the present invention distinguishes the credit ratings of external container trucks according to the previous reservation records of external container trucks, appropriately tilts the operation resources for external container trucks with high credit ratings, and accurately releases the numbers of external container trucks according to actual operation needs to ensure the service level of high-quality customers; the present invention can automatically generate a box transfer record for boxes that are not in the pick-up area, and will promptly notify the customer to pick up the box at the port through information means after the box arrives, thereby reducing the waiting time of external container trucks at the port and improving the efficiency of external container trucks picking up the box at the port;

[0025] The present invention also has the following advantages:

[0026] 1. Applicable to the automated terminal with interactive area operation mode. The IGV is isolated from the external container truck operation area, and some containers need to be transferred from the automated operation area to the interactive area;

[0027] 2. It can judge the accuracy of external container truck reservations and allocate limited operating resources to external container trucks with accurate scheduled entry times as much as possible, thus ensuring the turnover of the yard and the operating efficiency of the interactive area;

[0028] 3. The reservation can be finely managed, and the number of foreign container trucks entering the port can be accurately controlled according to fields such as license plate number, site, commission number, container type, etc., so as to balance the operations within the terminal time period, which is conducive to the arrangement and utilization of terminal operation resources. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0029] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present invention, and are incorporated into and constitute a part of this specification. The accompanying drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present invention and, together with the description, are used to explain the principles of the present invention. These drawings are for illustration only and are not intended to limit the present invention.

[0030] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of a top view of an automated terminal in Example 1 of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 2 The present invention relates to a workflow diagram of a refined reservation control method based on operations in a container truck interaction area outside a terminal;

[0032] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of a top-down view of another automated terminal in Example 8 of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solution of the present invention will be further clearly and completely described in combination with the embodiments of the present invention. It should be noted that the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0034] The terms "first", "second", "third", "fourth", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the definition of "first", "second", "third", "fourth" features may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features.

[0035] The following is a detailed description of an embodiment of the invention depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are detailed in order to clearly convey the invention. However, the number of details provided is not intended to limit the intended variations of the embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

[0036] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.

[0037] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which are described below. These steps can be performed by hardware components, or can be contained in machine executable instructions, which can be used for general or special purpose processors programmed with instructions to perform these steps. Alternatively, the steps can be performed by a combination of hardware, software and firmware and / or a human operator.

[0038] The various methods described herein can be practiced by combining one or more machine-readable storage media containing codes according to the present invention with appropriate standard computer hardware to execute the codes contained therein. Apparatus for implementing various embodiments of the present invention may include one or more computers (or one or more processors within a single computer) and a storage system containing or having network access to computer programs encoded according to the various methods described herein, and the method steps of the present invention may be completed by modules, routines, subroutines or sub-parts of a computer program product.

[0039] If the specification states that a component or feature "may," "could," "might," or "might" include or have a feature, that particular component or feature is not required to be included or have that feature.

[0040] As used in the specification herein and the claims that follow, the meanings of “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

[0041] Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. These exemplary embodiments are provided for illustrative purposes only, and so that the present invention is thorough and complete, and the scope of the present invention is fully conveyed to those of ordinary skill in the art. However, the disclosed invention can be implemented in many different forms and should not be interpreted as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Various modifications are apparent to those skilled in the art. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, the general principles defined herein can be applied to other embodiments and applications. In addition, all statements of the embodiments of the present invention and their specific examples described herein are intended to cover their structural and functional equivalents. In addition, these equivalents are intended to include currently known equivalents and equivalents developed in the future (i.e., any element developed to perform the same function, regardless of the structure). Moreover, the terms and wording used are for the purpose of describing exemplary embodiments and should not be considered restrictive. Therefore, the present invention will be given the widest scope, including multiple replacements, modifications and equivalents consistent with the disclosed principles and features. For the sake of clarity, the details of the technical materials known in the technical field related to the present invention are not described in detail, so as not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.

[0042] Therefore, for example, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that schematic diagrams, schematic diagrams, diagrams, etc. represent conceptual views or processes that embody the systems and methods of the present invention. The functions of the various elements shown in the figures can be provided by using dedicated hardware and hardware capable of executing related software. Similarly, any switches shown in the figures are only conceptual. Their functions can be performed by the operation of program logic, by dedicated logic, by the interaction of program control and dedicated logic, or even manually, and specific techniques can be selected by the entity that implements the present invention. It will be further understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the exemplary hardware, software, processes, methods and / or operating systems described herein are for illustrative purposes and are therefore not intended to be limited to any specific named elements.

[0043] Embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a computer program product, which may include a machine-readable storage medium on which instructions are tangibly implemented, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic device) to perform a process. The term "machine-readable storage medium" or "computer-readable storage medium" includes, but is not limited to, fixed (hardware) drives, tapes, floppy disks, optical disks, optical disk read-only memories (CD-ROMs)) and magneto-optical disks, semiconductor memories such as ROMs, PROMs, random access memories (RAMs), programmable read-only memories (PROMs), erasable PROMs (EPROMs), electrically erasable PROMs (EEPROMs), flash memory, magnetic or optical cards, or other types of media / machine-readable media suitable for storing electronic instructions (e.g., computer programming code, such as software or firmware). Machine-readable media may include non-transitory media in which data may be stored and does not include carrier waves and / or transient electronic signals propagated by wireless or wired connections. Examples of non-transitory media may include, but are not limited to, disks or tapes, optical storage media such as compact disks (CDs) or digital versatile disks (DVDs), flash memory, memory or memory devices. A computer program product may include code and / or machine executable instructions, which may represent any combination of a process, function, subprogram, program, routine, subroutine, module, software package, class, or instruction, data structure, or program statement. A code segment may be coupled to another code segment or a hardware circuit by passing and / or receiving information, data, variables, parameters, or memory contents. Information, variables, parameters, data, etc. may be passed, forwarded, or transmitted by any suitable means, including memory sharing, message passing, token passing, network transmission, etc.

[0044] In addition, the embodiments may be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or any combination thereof. When implemented in software, firmware, middleware, or microcode, the program code or code segments (e.g., computer program products) that perform the necessary tasks may be stored in a machine-readable medium. A processor may perform the necessary tasks.

[0045] The systems depicted in some of the figures may be provided in various configurations. In some embodiments, the system may be configured as a distributed system, where one or more components of the system are distributed over one or more networks in a cloud computing system.

[0046] Each of the appended claims defines a separate invention, which for infringement purposes is recognized as including equivalents to the various elements or limitations specified in the claims. Depending on the context, all references below to the "invention" may in some cases refer only to certain specific embodiments. In other cases, it should be recognized that references to the "invention" will refer to the subject matter recited in one or more, but not necessarily all, of the claims.

[0047] Unless otherwise specified herein or the context is clearly contradictory, all methods described herein can be performed in any suitable order. The use of any and all examples or exemplary language (e.g., "such as") provided with respect to certain embodiments herein is intended only to better illustrate the present invention, rather than to limit the scope of the claimed invention. Any language in the specification should not be interpreted as indicating any unclaimed element essential to the implementation of the present invention.

[0048] Various terms used herein are listed below. To the extent a term used in a claim is not defined below, it should be given the broadest definition persons in the relevant art have given that term as reflected in printed publications and issued patents at the time of filing the application.

[0049] Example 1

[0050] like Figure 1-Figure 2 As shown:

[0051] This embodiment proposes a refined reservation control method based on the operation of the external container truck interaction area of ​​the terminal, which is applied to an automated container terminal. The automated container terminal controls the terminal operation through a terminal operating system TOS, a driver network reservation platform, an equipment scheduling management system ECS, a rail crane control system RMS and a vehicle equipment control system VMS. The terminal operating system TOS controls the equipment scheduling management system ECS, and the equipment scheduling management system ECS controls the rail crane control system RMS and the vehicle equipment control system VMS. The automated container terminal includes a gate, a yard, an interaction area, a quay crane, a plurality of IGVs operating in the port, a plurality of external container trucks entering the terminal from the gate, and a plurality of rail cranes set in the yard. The refined reservation control method includes the following steps:

[0052] Step S1, according to the ship schedule, the number of reservation numbers for the next day is set in advance in the terminal operating system TOS, and when a hotspot threshold appears in a certain time period of the day or an operation hotspot threshold appears in a certain field of the day, a temporary modification and deployment is performed; then step S2 is executed;

[0053] Step S2, when the truck driver makes an appointment for container pickup / return service on the driver online appointment platform, the terminal operating system TOS determines the service type of the appointment. If the appointment is determined to be a container return service, step S21 is executed. If the appointment is determined to be a container pickup service, step S21 is further determined to determine whether the container to be picked up is in the operable area of ​​the truck. If the answer is yes, step S21 is executed. If the answer is no, step S22 is executed.

[0054] Step S21, the terminal operating system TOS determines whether the external container truck is restricted from booking according to the booking setting conditions. If it is judged to be not, it will notify the external container truck driver that the booking is successful and notify the entry time range, and then execute step S5. If it is judged to be yes, it will notify the external container truck driver that the current external container truck is in a queue and needs to wait for the notification of the entry time, and then execute step S3; specifically, the booking setting conditions include the container pick-up time, credit rating and current operation status;

[0055] Step S22: when the box reserved by the driver is in the area where the external container truck cannot pick up the box, the designated rail crane is controlled to move the box to the operation area where the external container truck can pick up the box; then step S3 is executed; specifically, after the terminal operating system TOS generates the box moving instruction, it sends the instruction to the IGV. After the IGV is in place, the rail crane receives the instruction and puts the box on the IGV from the yard. After the IGV receives the box, it sends the box to the designated position in the interactive area, thereby completing the process of the rail crane receiving the box and bringing it into the interactive area;

[0056] Step S3, moving the target container into the yard, and then executing step S4; specifically, the moving of the target container into the yard means that the container to be picked up by the external container truck is moved by the IGV to the designated container picking area;

[0057] Step S4, the terminal operating system TOS polls the next queue number. During the polling process, the terminal operating system TOS verifies again whether the foreign container truck is allowed to enter the gate. If it is judged to be yes, the foreign container truck in the queue state is notified to enter the gate and then step S5 is executed. If it is judged to be no, step S4 is executed repeatedly. Specifically, the condition for whether the foreign container truck is allowed to enter the gate is that the upper limit of the basic check is free and the target container has arrived at the container pick-up area;

[0058] Step S5, the terminal operating system TOS scores the accuracy of the reservation of the external container truck according to the reservation operation time, the reservation gate entry time and the actual gate entry time of the external container truck, and accumulates the score into the total credit score of the external container truck in the past.

[0059] Optimally, before step S1, the refined reservation control method includes the following steps: step S100, setting reservation rules in the terminal operating system TOS, and then executing step S1; specifically, the reservation rules include system functions such as "reservation period plan quantity setting", "reservation supplementary rule setting", and "external container truck reservation space setting".

[0060] Optimally, in step S1, the number of reservation numbers for the next day is managed and released according to the information of vehicle number, entrustment number, container type, site, and container pick-up and return, so as to provide personalized adjustment function according to the current operation status of the terminal and customer type.

[0061] Optimally, in step S21, when the driver's online reservation platform executes a reservation restriction, the terminal operating system TOS determines whether the reservation restriction is a reservation number basic rule restriction or a supplementary rule restriction. When it is determined to be a basic rule restriction and the number of reservations allowed to enter the port has not reached the upper limit of the basic rules, the driver's online reservation platform prompts that the reservation is successful and notifies the external container truck to allow entry into the gate time period; when it is determined to be a basic rule restriction and the number of reservations allowed to enter the port has reached the upper limit of the basic rules, the supplementary rules are executed; when a supplementary rule that meets a matching condition is not found or a supplementary rule that meets the matching condition is found but the number of available reservations for the supplementary rule is zero, the reservation is unsuccessful and the external container truck is notified to queue; when a supplementary rule that meets the matching condition is found and the number of available reservations for the supplementary rule is not zero, the external container truck is directly notified that the reservation is successful and the external container truck is notified to enter the gate according to the scheduled time period.

[0062] Specifically, the supplementary rules are created to break through the upper limit of the reservation quantity limit of the basic rules, but the supplementary rules themselves also have a maximum quantity limit, which means that the external collection cards that meet the supplementary conditions must also follow the upper limit of the reservation quantity limit of the supplementary rules.

[0063] Optimally, in step S4, the terminal operating system TOS changes the queue sequence number of the foreign container trucks in the queue according to the current operation status of the foreign container trucks in the terminal.

[0064] Specifically, when the container transfer instruction enters the dispatch pool of the terminal operating system TOS, the terminal operating system TOS sends the container transfer instruction to the vehicle equipment control system VMS and the rail crane control system RMS according to the operation parameters. The vehicle equipment control system VMS and the rail crane control system RMS cooperate to arrange the container transfer operation according to the output sequence of the terminal operating system TOS. The dispatch pool is part of the terminal operating system TOS function, which refers to the total collection of all existing operation instructions of the terminal operating system TOS.

[0065] Optimally, in step S4, when the external container truck enters the time period allowed to enter the port, the external container truck driver is notified through the driver's online reservation platform.

[0066] Specifically, for foreign container trucks entering the queue status, the system will assign a queue number. If the number of foreign container trucks operating at the port reaches the upper limit of the basic rules, the reservation can no longer be activated and the trucks can only enter the "queueing" status. When the upper limit value is vacant, the terminal operating system TOS will replenish the foreign container trucks entering the port in sequence according to the queue number until the upper limit value of the basic rules is reached.

[0067] Optimally, in step S22, the vehicle equipment control system VMS gives priority to arranging container transfer for the front-ranked foreign container trucks that meet the general dispatching sequence of the terminal operating system TOS according to the credit rating scores of the designated foreign container trucks and the designated container pick-up times of the designated foreign container trucks; the general dispatching sequence is calculated and sorted by the credit rating scores, thereby ensuring the effectiveness of the container transfer operation within the time period and improving the utilization rate of the yard.

[0068] Specifically, the terminal operating system TOS will make a comprehensive calculation based on the credit rating score, container pickup time, current operation status, etc. of the external container truck, derive the operation sequence, and send it to the corresponding rail crane control system RMS, which will execute it; a high-credit external container truck indicates that the external container truck has a high accuracy in its previous operation history. If the container transfer can be completed in the time period reserved by the external container truck, the external container truck is likely to pick up the container within the agreed time period, and the effectiveness of the container transfer is reflected. In addition, accurate container transfer into the yard and accurate pickup by the external container truck shortens the storage time of the cabinet in the interactive area and improves the utilization rate of the interactive area yard.

[0069] Optimally, in step S5, according to the condition that the credit score accumulated by the external container truck is reduced due to the long-term unpunctual reservation of the external container truck, the dispatcher does not give priority to arranging the external container trucks that meet the total dispatch order of the terminal operating system TOS to move containers when allocating operating resources; the total dispatch order is calculated and sorted by the credit grade scores.

[0070] Optimally, in step S21, the terminal operating system TOS determines whether the reservation quantity of the external container truck in the current time period exceeds the maximum reservation quantity. If it exceeds the maximum reservation quantity, the driver's online reservation platform will include the reservation information that exceeds the maximum reservation quantity in the reservation waiting list, and prompt the driver's external container truck to enter the queue state; in step S4, after the operation of the currently successfully reserved external container truck is completed, the terminal operating system TOS will check and determine whether the external container truck in the front order in the reservation waiting list is allowed to pick up containers normally according to the order of the reservation entry time in the reservation waiting list. When it is judged to be yes, the terminal operating system TOS will change the reservation status of the external container truck that has entered the queue state to the entry gate reservation status, and the driver's online reservation platform will notify the driver to enter the gate, thereby ensuring that the reservation quantity is always maintained at the maximum reservation quantity and will not exceed the peak value.

[0071] Specifically, the driver's online reservation platform is the WeChat platform. WeChat reservation refers to the action of making a reservation on the WeChat terminal. However, WeChat reservation is subject to the maximum number limit and is not necessarily in an activated state. It may be in the queue (not activated). If the WeChat reservation is activated, it will become a gate reservation. The gate reservation means that the external container truck can enter the gate directly without waiting.

[0072] Example 2

[0073] like Figure 1-Figure 2As shown:

[0074] This embodiment proposes a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program. When the computer program is executed by a processor, it implements the steps of the refined reservation control method based on the operation of the container truck interaction area outside the terminal as described in any technical solution of Example 1.

[0075] Example 3

[0076] Embodiment 3 is a further optimized design of Embodiment 1;

[0077] like Figure 1-Figure 2 As shown:

[0078] In step S1, the refined reservation management and number release include the setting of reservation number release rules and system matching principles, as well as the establishment of a credit rating system for external truck reservation operations;

[0079] 100. The rules for setting up reservations are as follows:

[0080] The rules for appointment and number release are divided into main rules and supplementary rules.

[0081] 100.1 The main rule does not need to set specific sub-items for reservation control, only the number of numbers released within this time period is set;

[0082] 100.2 The supplementary rules need to set the number of numbers released for certain types of services in detail based on the following fields.

[0083] 1) Ship name and voyage

[0084] 2) License plate number

[0085] 3) Commission number

[0086] 4) Box pick-up and return service type

[0087] 5) Container Company

[0088] 6) Empty weight

[0089] 7)Box type

[0090] 8) Dimensions

[0091] 9) Special container types (cold, hazardous, ultra-high)

[0092] 10) Valid for the current day

[0093] 11) Unloading is not completed

[0094] 12) Number of numbers issued

[0095] 200. The principles for matching external card reservations are as follows:

[0096] 200.1 When making an external collection card reservation, the general principle is to match the main rule first, then match the supplementary rule, and then determine the queue number based on whether the two rules match.

[0097] When the 200.2 external collection card matches the supplementary rules, since there may be multiple rules that are met, when consuming the number of released numbers, matching and consumption are carried out according to the following field priority order (this field priority order is a preferred matching condition for the supplementary rules).

[0098] 1) Container Company

[0099] 2) Withdrawal Type

[0100] 3) Empty weight

[0101] 4)Box type

[0102] 5) Size

[0103] 6) Special container types (cold, hazardous, ultra-high)

[0104] 7) Ship name and voyage

[0105] 8) Commission number

[0106] 9) License plate number

[0107] 10) Valid for the current day

[0108] 300. The credit rating system for foreign collection cards is as follows:

[0109] According to the reservation time, reservation entry time and actual entry time of the external container truck, two absolute time differences are generated: the reservation time difference and the actual time difference. According to the corresponding scores set for these two time differences, each reservation operation of the external container truck is scored and accumulated to judge the reservation accuracy of this vehicle.

[0110] 300.1 Time Difference Definition

[0111] Reservation time difference (X): refers to the difference between the time when the external container truck driver makes the reservation operation (if there are multiple operations, the most recent operation time is selected) and the actual time when the external container truck enters the gate.

[0112] Actual time difference (Y): refers to the difference between the planned entry time booked by the external container truck driver and the actual entry time.

[0113] 300.2 System Setting Duration Score

[0114] In the score setting interface, you can define the value of the scheduled time difference and the actual time difference, and give a score value that meets this time difference. The following uses 3 sections of scheduled time difference values ​​for setting instructions

[0115] When the booking time difference is between 0≤X<1 hour, if the actual time difference is between 0≤Y<30 minutes, the credit score of the foreign collection card is 0; when the actual time difference is between 30≤Y<60 minutes, the credit score of the foreign collection card is -1; when the actual time difference is Y≥60 minutes, the credit score of the foreign collection card is -2;

[0116] When the booking time difference is between 1≤X<2 hours, if the actual time difference is between 0≤Y<30 minutes, the credit score of the foreign collection card is 1; when the actual time difference is between 30≤Y<60 minutes, the credit score of the foreign collection card is 0; when the actual time difference is Y≥60 minutes, the credit score of the foreign collection card is -1;

[0117] When the reservation difference X≥2 hours, if the actual time difference is between 0≤Y<30 minutes, the credit score of the foreign collection card is 2; when the actual time difference is between 30≤Y<60 minutes, the credit score of the foreign collection card is 1; when the actual time difference is Y≥60 minutes, the credit score of the foreign collection card is -2;

[0118] The initial score of a 300.3 external container truck is 60 points. After each entry into the gate is completed, the system will score the scheduled entry into the gate of the external container truck based on the time difference of the external container truck operation and the scoring rules set by the system, and accumulate the scores to obtain the current total credit score of this external container truck.

[0119] 400. The credit score resource preferences of foreign collection cards are as follows:

[0120] After a period of time, the credit scores of external container trucks will be differentiated. For external container trucks with low credit scores, the terminal will recall them for training to continuously reduce the human factors of inaccurate reservations for gate entry and improve the accuracy of external container truck reservations. At the same time, for customers with high credit scores, they will be appropriately inclined to such customers in terms of operating resources, giving priority to ensuring the efficiency of such customers' operations.

[0121] 400.1 Resource Preference Rules

[0122] After the foreign container truck is booked to enter the port, the system will give preference to foreign container trucks with high credit scores according to the two situations: whether the container is in the interactive area or not. 1) When the container picked up by the foreign container truck is not in the interactive area, the system automatically generates a container transfer instruction from the inner yard to the interactive area. Under the same conditions, for foreign container trucks with high credit scores, the dispatching system will increase the container transfer weight value of foreign container trucks with high credit scores and give priority to IGVs for container transfer. 2) When the container picked up by the foreign container truck is in the interactive area, when the foreign container truck is entering the gate, if it is currently busy and needs to queue up in the buffer zone, the system will give different weight scores according to the credit rating score of the trailer, increase the queue sequence number of trailers with high credit ratings, and have relatively priority in entering the yard to pick up containers.

[0123] Example 4

[0124] Embodiment 4 is a further optimization and improvement based on embodiment 1;

[0125] like Figure 1-Figure 2 As shown:

[0126] In step S100, relevant functions are deployed on the terminal operating system TOS and the driver network reservation platform (specifically, the WeChat external container truck reservation platform, hereinafter referred to as ISP).

[0127] In step S1, the terminal staff sets the number of reservation numbers for the next 24 hours in advance according to the ship schedule. When a hotspot threshold appears in a certain time period or a certain location, temporary modifications and adjustments can be made.

[0128] In step S21, the truck driver makes an appointment with the ISP to pick up / return the container. The system automatically determines whether the appointment is restricted based on the conditions set for the appointment. If it is not restricted, the driver will be prompted that the appointment is successful and the entry time range will be prompted; if the appointment is restricted, the driver will be prompted that he is currently in the queue and waiting to be notified of the entry time.

[0129] In step S1, the driver network booking platform transmits the booking information of the external container trucks in the booking queue to the terminal operating system TOS, and the terminal operating system TOS performs subsequent vehicle dispatch according to the current operation situation.

[0130] In step S4, the terminal operating system TOS will also change the queue sequence number of the trailers in the queue according to the current operating conditions. If the external container truck enters the time period when it can enter the port, the external container truck driver will be notified on the WeChat terminal.

[0131] In step S3, the terminal operating system TOS gives priority to container transfers of external container trucks with high credit ratings based on the credit ratings of the external container trucks and factors such as the container pick-up time reserved by the external container trucks, thereby ensuring the effectiveness of the container transfer operation within the time period and improving the utilization rate of the yard.

[0132] In step S5, the scoring will generate negative scores. If the external container truck is not on time for a long time, the credit score accumulated by this external container truck will be relatively low, resulting in the dispatcher not giving priority to this external container truck when allocating operating resources.

[0133] Example 5

[0134] Embodiment 5 is a further optimization and improvement based on embodiment 1;

[0135] like Figure 1-Figure 2 As shown:

[0136] In step S5, the formation of the reservation credit score system depends on the accumulation of scores for each reservation of the external container truck to enter the gate; the score depends on two time differences: the reservation time difference and the actual time difference. The two time differences can be set with corresponding scores respectively. When the external container truck enters the gate, the system will calculate the score of this entry according to the range of the actual time of the current entry within the time difference, and accumulate it with the historical score (the initial score of each vehicle is 60 points), thereby forming the credit score of this vehicle;

[0137] T=60+t1+t2+t3+……tn

[0138] T represents the current credit score of the vehicle, t1 represents the credit score of the vehicle when it enters the gate for the first time, t2 represents the credit score of the vehicle when it enters the gate for the second time, and tn represents the credit score of the vehicle when it enters the gate for the Nth time. The accumulated value is the credit score of the vehicle through this formula.

[0139] When the box reserved by the external container truck is not in the available area (not in the interactive area), when making an appointment on the WeChat side, the appointment information will be included in the appointment waiting list, and the driver will be prompted "in line" on WeChat. At this time, the system will automatically generate a box moving instruction to move the box from the inner yard to the interactive area. If the credit score of this external container truck is high, the dispatcher will give priority to the external container truck with a high credit score when calculating the order of the box moving instructions. When the box is moved into the interactive area, the external container truck has the conditions to enter the gate to pick up the container. In the next round of patrols, it will be in the queue sequence that is verified to be allowed to enter the gate. Here, the number of reservation numbers occupied by external container trucks whose boxes have not yet arrived in the available area is limited, ensuring that the external container trucks that have made reservations to enter the gate can operate normally;

[0140] In time period T, there are five external container trucks a, b, c, d, and e picking up containers in the inner yard. In the arrangement of container transfer operations, priority will be given to container transfer operations based on the credit rating scores of the five external container trucks. For example, if the corresponding credit scores are: a=90, b=75, c=98, d=40, and e=50, then the priority order of container transfer operations is c>a>b>e>d. When c's priority container arrives at the interactive area, c's external container truck passes the first step of the appointment verification and obtains the right to enter the gate to pick up the container in the queue sequence.

[0141] Example 6

[0142] Embodiment 6 is a further optimization and improvement based on embodiment 1;

[0143] In step S21, when the driver makes a container pick-up reservation on the WeChat side, the terminal operating system TOS will determine whether the reservation volume in the current time period exceeds the maximum reservation volume. If it exceeds the maximum reservation volume, the reservation information will enter the reservation waiting list, and the driver will be prompted on WeChat with "In the queue"; when the currently successfully reserved external container truck finishes its operation, the terminal operating system TOS will check whether the trailer at the front of the reservation waiting list can pick up the container normally in the order of the reservation gate entry time. If the verification passes and the container can be picked up normally, the system will convert the "In the queue" reservation into a gate entry reservation and send a WeChat notification to the driver to enter the gate; thus ensuring that the reservation volume always remains at the maximum reservation volume and does not exceed the peak value;

[0144] If the maximum reservation volume is set to N in the current time period, then when the (N + 1)th vehicle exceeds the maximum reservation volume within the time period, the system will prompt the external container truck to enter the "In the queue" state. When a trailer smaller than N + 1 finishes its operation, the system will start verifying from N + 1 whether the external container truck meets the conditions for entering the gate to pick up the container. If it meets the conditions, the order of the first eligible vehicle in the queue will become N, and the system will send a notification to the driver to enter the gate.

[0145] Since there are many types of actual terminal operations, different operation types are distributed in different operation areas. If the same operation type concentrates on entering the port, it will cause the operation of a certain business type to be too concentrated and generate operation hotspots. By setting the detailed reservable quantity of operation types, the maximum quantity of different reservation operation types is subdivided to prevent the operation hotspots from being too concentrated;

[0146] In the current time period, the maximum reservation volume is N. According to the current actual operation requirements of the terminal, the maximum reservation volume of a certain business type X can be set to n (n < N) by field. When a certain set operation type X reaches n, if subsequent business of operation type X makes a reservation, it will enter the queuing sequence, and other types of business can directly occupy the remaining quantity (N - n) until the total operation volume N is saturated, and then all reservations will enter the queuing sequence. Through this reservation setting, the operation volume of each current operation position can be balanced, and at the same time, the purpose of limiting the operation peak value can be achieved.

[0147] Embodiment 7

[0148] Embodiment 7 is a further optimization and improvement based on Embodiment 1;

[0149] As Figure 1-Figure 2 shown:

[0150] In step S21, the order of rule verification is: basic rules to supplementary rules; the basic rules are set regardless of fields, but are simply set according to the time range + quantity. If the basic rules are met, there is no need to verify the supplementary rules; the supplementary rules refer to the rules set according to fields such as vehicle number, entrustment number, container type, site, and container pick-up and return business type. When the basic rules are no longer met (the upper limit of quantity is reached), the terminal operating system TOS will verify the supplementary rules. If it is verified that there are conditions that meet the conditions, the external container truck is directly allowed to enter the gate. If not, it will directly enter the queue state; the quantity setting of the basic rules and the quantity setting of the supplementary rules are slightly different. The quantity of the basic rules is a reservation upper limit value, which means that the reservation quantity in this time period cannot exceed this quantity, but this quantity is not consumed; the quantity of the supplementary rules is a consumption value, which means that when the basic rules exceed the upper limit, the supplementary rules can break through according to the conditions, but each breakthrough will consume a quantity until the quantity is 0, and then this rule is no longer effective.

[0151] In step S21, when executing the transfer instruction process: when the target container picked up by the external container truck is in the area where the external container truck cannot pick up, the terminal operating system TOS will automatically generate a container transfer instruction, and the container transfer instruction enters the scheduling pool. The general dispatcher will send the container transfer instruction to the vehicle equipment control system VMS and the rail crane control system RMS according to the operation parameters. The vehicle equipment control system VMS and the rail crane control system RMS will cooperate to arrange the container transfer operation in accordance with the dispatch output sequence of the terminal operating system TOS.

[0152] Example 8

[0153] like Figure 2 , Figure 3 As shown:

[0154] The automated container terminal using the refined reservation control method based on the off-terminal truck interaction area operation of Example 1 has the following specific optimization settings (eg Figure 3 shown):

[0155] The gate is a three-level gate 4; the yard is the inner yard 2 of the terminal; the interactive area is the interactive area of ​​the interactive area operation yard 3; multiple IGV vehicles 8 drive automatically in the port; external container trucks 9 enter the terminal from the three-level gate 4 and can enter the external container truck buffer area 5 to wait for the train; multiple rail cranes 6 are set in the inner yard 2.

[0156] The above-mentioned embodiments only express several implementation methods of the present invention, and the description thereof is relatively specific and detailed, but it cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the patent of the present invention. It should be pointed out that, for ordinary technicians in this field, several variations and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention, which all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present invention shall be subject to the attached claims.

Claims

1. A refined reservation control method based on the operation of the external container truck interactive area of ​​the terminal is applied to an automated container terminal. The automated container terminal controls the terminal operation through a terminal operating system TOS, a driver network reservation platform, an equipment scheduling management system ECS, a rail crane control system RMS and a vehicle equipment control system VMS. The terminal operating system TOS controls the equipment scheduling management system ECS, and the equipment scheduling management system ECS controls the rail crane control system RMS and the vehicle equipment control system VMS. The automated container terminal includes a gate, a yard, an interactive area, a quay crane, a plurality of IGVs operating in the port, a plurality of external container trucks entering the terminal from the gate, and a plurality of rail cranes set in the yard, characterized in that: The refined reservation control method comprises the following steps: Step S1, according to the ship schedule, the number of reservation numbers for the next day is set in advance in the terminal operating system TOS, and when a hotspot threshold appears in a certain time period of the day or an operation hotspot threshold appears in a certain field of the day, a temporary modification and deployment is performed; then step S2 is executed; Step S2, when the truck driver makes an appointment for container pickup / return service on the driver online appointment platform, the terminal operating system TOS determines the service type of the appointment. If the appointment is determined to be a container return service, step S21 is executed. If the appointment is determined to be a container pickup service, step S21 is further determined to determine whether the container to be picked up is in the operable area of ​​the truck. If the answer is yes, step S21 is executed. If the answer is no, step S22 is executed. Step S21, the terminal operating system TOS determines whether the external container truck is restricted from booking according to the booking setting conditions. If it is judged to be not, it will notify the external container truck driver that the booking is successful and notify the entry time range, and then execute step S5. If it is judged to be yes, it will notify the external container truck driver that the current external container truck is in a queue state and needs to wait for notification of the entry time, and then execute step S3; Step S22, when the box reserved by the driver is in an area where the external container truck cannot pick up the box, the designated rail crane is controlled to move the box to an operation area where the external container truck can pick up the box; then step S3 is executed; Step S3, moving the target container into the storage yard, and then executing step S4; Step S4, the terminal operating system TOS polls the next queue number. During the polling process, the terminal operating system TOS verifies again whether the foreign container truck is allowed to enter the gate. If it is judged to be yes, the foreign container truck in the queue is notified to enter the gate and then step S5 is executed. If it is judged to be no, step S4 is executed repeatedly; Step S5, the terminal operating system TOS scores the accuracy of the reservation of the external container truck according to the reservation operation time, the reservation gate entry time and the actual gate entry time of the external container truck, and accumulates the score into the total credit score of the external container truck in the past.

2. The refined reservation control method based on the off-dock container truck interaction area operation according to claim 1 is characterized in that: Before step S1, the refined reservation control method includes the following steps: step S100, setting reservation rules in the terminal operating system TOS, and then executing step S1.

3. The refined reservation control method based on the off-dock container truck interaction area operation according to claim 1 is characterized in that: In step S1, the number of reservation numbers for the next day is managed and released according to the information of the vehicle number, entrustment number, box type, location, and box pick-up and return.

4. The refined reservation control method based on the off-dock container truck interaction area operation according to claim 1 is characterized in that: In step S21, when the driver's online reservation platform executes the reservation restriction, the terminal operating system TOS determines whether the reservation restriction is a reservation number basic rule restriction or a supplementary rule restriction. When it is determined to be a basic rule restriction and the number of reservations allowed to enter the port has not reached the upper limit of the basic rule, the driver's online reservation platform prompts that the reservation is successful and notifies the external container truck to allow entry into the gate time period; when it is determined to be a basic rule restriction and the number of reservations allowed to enter the port has reached the upper limit of the basic rule, the supplementary rule detection is executed; when a supplementary rule that meets a matching condition is not found or a supplementary rule that meets the matching condition is found but the number of available reservations for the supplementary rule is zero, the reservation is unsuccessful and the external container truck is notified to queue; when a supplementary rule that meets the matching condition is found and the number of available reservations for the supplementary rule is not zero, the external container truck is directly notified that the reservation is successful and the external container truck is notified to enter the gate according to the scheduled time period.

5. The refined reservation control method based on the off-dock container truck interaction area operation according to claim 1 is characterized in that: In step S4, the terminal operating system TOS changes the queue sequence number of the foreign container trucks in the queue according to the current operation status of the foreign container trucks in the terminal.

6. The refined reservation control method based on the off-dock container truck interaction area operation according to claim 1 is characterized in that: In step S4, when the external container truck enters the time period allowed to enter the port, the external container truck driver is notified through the driver online booking platform.

7. The refined reservation control method based on the off-dock container truck interaction area operation according to claim 1 is characterized in that: In step S22, the vehicle equipment control system VMS prioritizes the container transfer of the front-end container trucks that meet the general dispatching sequence of the terminal operating system TOS according to the credit rating scores of the designated external container trucks and the designated container pick-up times of the designated external container trucks; the general dispatching sequence is calculated and sorted by the credit rating scores.

8. The refined reservation control method based on the off-dock container truck interaction area operation according to claim 1 is characterized in that: In step S5, due to the condition that the credit score accumulated by the external container truck is reduced due to the long-term unpunctual reservation of the external container truck, the dispatcher does not give priority to arranging the external container trucks that meet the total dispatch order of the terminal operating system TOS to move containers when allocating operating resources; the total dispatch order is calculated and sorted by the credit grade scores.

9. The refined reservation control method based on the off-dock container truck interaction area operation according to claim 1 is characterized in that: In step S21, the terminal operating system TOS determines whether the number of reservations for the external container trucks in the current time period exceeds the maximum number of reservations. If the maximum number of reservations is exceeded, the driver online reservation platform will include the reservation information exceeding the maximum number of reservations in the reservation waiting list, and prompt the driver's external container truck to enter the queue state; In step S4, after the current successfully booked container truck has completed its operation, the terminal operating system TOS will check and determine whether the container truck at the front of the reservation waiting list is allowed to pick up the container normally according to the order of the reservation entry time. If it is judged to be yes, the terminal operating system TOS will change the reservation status of the container truck in the queue to the gate reservation status, and the driver's online reservation platform will notify the driver to enter the gate.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, characterized in that: When the computer program is executed by the processor, the steps of the refined reservation control method based on the off-dock container truck interaction area operation as described in any one of claims 1 to 9 are implemented.

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