Book sorting device

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of book sorting, and particularly relates to a book sorting device. The sorting device comprises a conveying belt, and the conveying belt comprises a book placing section and a sorting section; a base is arranged below the conveying belt, and a plurality of sets of sorting boxes are symmetrically installed on the positions, located on the two sides of a sorting section of the conveying belt, of the base. A fixing support is arranged above the conveying belt, a plurality of first transverse rods and second transverse rods are installed on the fixing support at intervals in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying belt, telescopic push rods are longitudinally and slidably installed on the lower sides of the second transverse rods respectively, and cameras are installed on the first transverse rods respectively. And an intermediate controller is mounted on the base. The sorting efficiency can be improved, the sorting accuracy is improved, manpower is saved, and human errors are reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of book sorting, and in particular relates to a book sorting device. Background Art

[0002] Book sorting is an important part of library operations, which mainly involves arranging newly purchased books according to classification numbers or other prescribed orders and placing them on corresponding bookshelves. Book sorting requires ensuring that books are classified and placed in the correct categories to facilitate readers to find and borrow. And book sorting can improve the operating efficiency of the library. In a library with a large number of books, if the classification and placement of books are not effectively sorted, the management and maintenance of the books will become difficult and inefficient. Through book sorting, the orderly management of books can be ensured, and the maintenance and updating of books can be facilitated. However, at present, many book sorting tasks still rely on manual operations, and the efficiency is relatively low. Especially when handling a large number of books, the speed and accuracy of manual sorting cannot meet the needs of rapid circulation. Therefore, whether a book sorting device that is easy to manage, reduces the use of manual labor, and improves the accuracy of sorting can be provided is a technical problem to be solved by the utility model. Utility Model Content

[0003] In order to solve the above technical problems, the utility model provides a book sorting device, which can improve sorting efficiency, enhance sorting accuracy, save manpower, and reduce human errors.

[0004] The utility model discloses a book sorting device, comprising a conveyor belt, wherein the conveyor belt comprises a book placing section and a sorting section; a base is arranged below the conveyor belt, and a plurality of groups of sorting boxes are symmetrically arranged on the base at both sides of the sorting section of the conveyor belt; a fixed bracket is arranged above the conveyor belt, and a plurality of cross bars 1 and 2 are arranged on the fixed bracket at intervals perpendicular to the transmission direction of the conveyor belt, and telescopic push rods are respectively longitudinally and slidably arranged on the lower sides of the plurality of cross bars 2, and cameras are respectively arranged on the plurality of cross bars 1; and an intermediate controller is arranged on the base.

[0005] Optimally, a plurality of dividing lines are arranged at equal intervals on the conveyor belt, and the books to be sorted are placed in adjacent dividing lines.

[0006] Further optimized, the sorting box can be detachably mounted on the base, limiting rods are provided on both sides of the sorting box, and a plurality of pairs of upper opening grooves are provided on the base, and the sorting box can be mounted on the base by inserting the limiting rods into the upper opening grooves.

[0007] For further optimization, a slide groove is provided on the second cross bar, a stepper motor is installed on one side of the second cross bar, a lead screw is installed on the slide groove, and a slide seat is provided on the lead screw; one end of the lead screw is connected to the stepper motor, and the other end of the lead screw is rotatably installed on the second cross bar, and the rotation of the lead screw is controlled by the stepper motor to control the movement of the slide seat.

[0008] For further optimization, the telescopic push rod is longitudinally connected to the bottom of the slide seat, and an inverted T-shaped push plate is installed at the bottom of the telescopic push rod.

[0009] For further optimization, the intermediate controller is connected to the conveyor belt, stepper motor, telescopic push rod and camera respectively, and the other end of the intermediate controller is connected to the remote server.

[0010] The beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0011] It has a highly automated structure. Compared with manual operation, it reduces a lot of manual labor and the burden on staff, so that they have more energy and time for other book management work. It does not require the human brain to subjectively judge the classification category of books. The camera collects the image information of the book and transmits it to the intermediate controller. The intermediate controller conveys it to the remote server. The image target detection software on the server extracts the book title, author, publisher, etc. Based on the extracted cover information, it determines the classification category of the book and then sends it to the intermediate controller. The intermediate controller controls the stepper motors located on different cross bars to rotate and push the books into the corresponding sorting boxes. In this process, advanced image recognition and data processing technologies are used to reduce the possibility of wrong sorting of books. Efficiency is improved. Automatic sorting can be carried out continuously without being affected by fatigue and distraction, and the processing speed exceeds that of manual sorting. The noise generated by the sorting device during operation is much less than that of manual sorting, which is more helpful to maintain a quiet environment at the work site. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] Figure 1 The utility model is an overall schematic diagram of a book sorting device.

[0013] Figure 2 The utility model is a schematic diagram of a sorting box of a book sorting device.

[0014] Figure 3 The utility model is a schematic diagram of two enlarged positions of a cross bar of a book sorting device.

[0015] Figure 4 It is an enlarged schematic diagram of the upper opening groove of a book sorting device of the utility model (without the sorting box installed).

[0016] The attached figure indicates: 1: conveyor belt, 2: book placing section, 3: sorting section, 4: sorting box, 5: base, 6: limit rod, 7: upper opening groove, 8: fixed bracket, 9: cross bar 1, 10: cross bar 2, 11: camera, 12: middle controller, 13: telescopic push rod, 14: slide groove, 15: screw rod, 16: stepping motor, 17: slide seat, 18: inverted T-shaped push plate, 19: dividing line. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] In order to further explain the technical means and effects adopted by the present invention to achieve the predetermined purpose, the specific implementation method, structure, characteristics and effects of the present invention are described in detail below in combination with the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments.

[0018] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of this application are used to distinguish similar objects, rather than to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the terms used in this way can be interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.

[0019] It should be noted that in the present application, unless otherwise specified, the directional words used, such as "up, down, top, bottom", usually refer to the directions shown in the drawings, or to the components themselves in the vertical, perpendicular or gravity directions; similarly, for ease of understanding and description, "inside and outside" refer to the inside and outside relative to the outline of each component itself, but the above-mentioned directional words are not used to limit the present invention.

[0020] like Figure 1-4 As shown, a book sorting device includes a conveyor belt 1. The conveyor belt 1 used in this embodiment is an electric conveyor belt. The conveyor belt 1 includes a book placing section 2 and a sorting section 3. The book returner or staff member places the book on the book placing section 2. The book moves to the sorting section 3 under the conveying action of the conveyor belt 1 and is automatically sorted into various sorting boxes 4 in the sorting section 3.

[0021] A base 5 is installed below the conveyor belt 1, and five groups of sorting boxes 4 are symmetrically installed on the base 5 on both sides of the sorting section 3 of the conveyor belt 1. The sorting boxes 4 are detachably installed on the base 5, and limit rods 6 are arranged on both sides of the sorting boxes 4. Ten pairs of upper opening grooves 7 are welded on the base 5, and the limit rods 6 are inserted into the upper opening grooves 7 to install the sorting boxes 4 on the base 5. Different types of labels are attached to each sorting box 4, including social sciences, natural sciences, literature, history, philosophy, art, language, education, science, and psychology.

[0022] A fixed bracket 8 is arranged on the top of the base 5 and above the conveyor belt 1, and four legs of the fixed bracket 8 are welded to the base 5. Five cross bars 1 9 and five cross bars 2 10 are installed on the fixed bracket 8 at intervals perpendicular to the transmission direction of the conveyor belt 1.

[0023] Cameras 11 are installed on the five crossbars 9 respectively, and the lenses of the cameras 11 are installed vertically toward the conveyor belt 1. The camera 11 can use the 530 camera 11 of MER-531-20GM / CP. Each time the camera 11 obtains the image of the book, the speed is 20fps. The camera 11 collects the book image and transmits it to the intermediate controller 12. The intermediate controller 12 transmits the data to the remote server. The image target detection software installed on the server recognizes and detects the collected book cover. The intermediate controller 12 is installed on the side of the base 5. The intermediate controller can use the ECIIO control card, and the image target detection software installed on the remote server can use the image target detection software produced by Acreite Technology.

[0024] The lower sides of the five crossbars 10 are longitudinally and slidably installed with telescopic push rods 13, which are electric telescopic push rods. The electric telescopic push rods can adopt the NKLA104 electric push rod of Zhejiang Juying Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. A slide groove 14 is radially opened on the crossbar 10, and a stepper motor 16 is installed on one side of the crossbar 10. A screw rod 15 is installed on the slide groove 14, and a slide seat 17 is arranged on the screw rod 15. One end of the screw rod 15 is connected to the stepper motor 16, and the other end of the screw rod 15 is rotatably installed on the crossbar 10. The stepper motor 16 controls the rotation of the screw rod 15 to control the movement of the slide seat 17. The telescopic push rod 13 is longitudinally connected to the lower side of the slide seat 17, and an inverted T-shaped push plate 18 is installed at the bottom of the telescopic push rod 13. The longitudinal movement of the telescopic push rod 13 can control the inverted T-shaped push plate 18 to approach or move away from the conveyor belt 1.

[0025] The conveyor belt 1 is provided with a plurality of dividing lines 19 at equal intervals, and the books to be sorted are placed adjacent to the dividing lines 19. After being placed, every two books are separated by at least two dividing lines 19, so that the books will not be missed.

[0026] The intermediate controller 12 is respectively connected to the conveyor belt 1, the stepper motor 16, the telescopic push rod 13, and the camera 11. The intermediate controller 12 realizes the overall control of the start and stop of the conveyor belt 1, the operation of the stepper motor 16, the extension and retraction of the telescopic push rod 13, and the shooting of the camera 11.

[0027] The use method and working principle of the book sorting device described in the utility model are as follows:

[0028] In the book placement section 2, the book returner or staff member places the book on the conveyor belt 1, and the working conveyor belt 1 conveys the book to the sorting section 3; the camera 11 located on the first-order horizontal bar 9 takes a photo of the book conveyed to the bottom of the camera 11, and transmits it to the intermediate controller 12, and the intermediate controller transmits the data to the remote server, and the image target detection software installed on the server recognizes and detects the collected book cover, and returns the detection result to the intermediate controller 12; when the book belongs to the social science or language category, the intermediate controller 12 first uses the stepping The motor 16 controls the telescopic push rod 13 to move to a position away from the social science or language sorting box 4, and then the intermediate controller 12 controls the telescopic push rod 13 to stretch so that the inverted T-shaped push plate 18 almost touches the conveyor belt 1; when the book moves in front of the inverted T-shaped push plate 18, the stepper motor 16 controls the telescopic push rod to move toward the social science or language sorting box 4, so that the inverted T-shaped push plate 18 pushes the book into the corresponding sorting box 4; when the book has fallen into the corresponding sorting box 4, the intermediate controller 12 controls the telescopic push rod 13 and the stepper motor 16 to work so that the inverted T-shaped push plate 18 Move back to the original position and wait for the next sorting work; when the book does not belong to the social science category or the language category, the conveyor belt 1 drives the book to continue to move, and when the book belongs to the natural science category or the philosophy category, the horizontal bar 1 9 and the horizontal bar 2 10 located in the second order also perform the above operation to push the book into the natural science category or the philosophy category sorting box 4; when the book does not belong to the natural science category or the philosophy category, the conveyor belt 1 drives the book to continue to move, and when the book belongs to the literature category or the education category, the horizontal bar 1 9 and the horizontal bar 2 10 located in the third order also perform the above operation to push the book into the literature category , or education sorting box 4; when the book does not belong to literature or education, the conveyor belt 1 drives the book to continue to move, and when the book belongs to art or science, the horizontal bar 1 9 and the horizontal bar 2 10 located at the fourth order also perform the above operation to push the book into the art or education sorting box 4; when the book does not belong to art or science, the conveyor belt 1 drives the book to continue to move, and when the book belongs to history or psychology, the horizontal bar 1 9 and the horizontal bar 2 10 located at the fifth order also perform the above operation to push the book into the history or psychology sorting box 4. The automatic sorting of books can be completed according to the above work.

[0029] If you want to save energy during the use of the conveyor belt 1, you can install a gravity sensor or a pressure sensor on the conveyor belt 1. When there are books on the conveyor belt 1 that need to be sorted, the intermediate controller 12 controls the movement of the conveyor belt 1; when there are no books on the conveyor belt 1 that need to be sorted, the conveyor belt 1 stops conveying to save energy.

[0030] Infrared sensors can be installed on both sides of the inverted T-shaped push plate 18 to monitor whether the book moves in front of the inverted T-shaped push plate 18, so as to confirm whether to perform a pushing operation. The infrared sensor is also connected to the intermediate controller 12, and the signal analysis of the infrared sensor is realized through the intermediate controller 12.

[0031] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and does not constitute any form of limitation to the present invention. Although the present invention has been disclosed as a preferred embodiment as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any technical personnel in this field can make some changes or modify the technical contents disclosed above into equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention. However, any brief modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments based on the technical essence of the present invention without departing from the content of the technical solution of the present invention are still within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A book sorting device, comprising a conveyor belt, characterized in that: The conveyor belt includes a book placing section and a sorting section; a base is provided below the conveyor belt, and a plurality of groups of sorting boxes are symmetrically installed on the base at both sides of the sorting section of the conveyor belt; a fixed bracket is provided above the conveyor belt, and a plurality of cross bars 1 and 2 are installed on the fixed bracket at intervals perpendicular to the transmission direction of the conveyor belt, and telescopic push rods are longitudinally and slidably installed on the lower sides of the plurality of cross bars 2, and cameras are installed on the plurality of cross bars 1 respectively; an intermediate controller is installed on the base.

2. A book sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of dividing lines are arranged at equal intervals on the conveyor belt, and the books to be sorted are placed in adjacent dividing lines.

3. A book sorting device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The sorting box is detachably mounted on the base, limiting rods are arranged on both sides of the sorting box, and a plurality of pairs of upper opening grooves are arranged on the base. The sorting box is mounted on the base by inserting the limiting rods into the upper opening grooves.

4. A book sorting device according to claim 3, characterized in that: A slide groove is provided on the second cross bar, a stepper motor is installed on one side of the second cross bar, a lead screw is installed on the slide groove, and a slide seat is provided on the lead screw; one end of the lead screw is connected to the stepper motor, and the other end of the lead screw is rotatably installed on the second cross bar, and the movement of the slide seat is controlled by controlling the rotation of the lead screw through the stepper motor.

5. A book sorting device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The telescopic push rod is longitudinally connected to the lower part of the slide seat, and an inverted T-shaped push plate is installed at the bottom of the telescopic push rod.

6. A book sorting device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The intermediate controller is connected to the conveyor belt, the stepping motor, the telescopic push rod and the camera respectively, and the other end of the intermediate controller is connected to the remote server.

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