Stocktaking robot

By designing an automatic inventory counting robot and using cameras and servers to identify package information, the problems of low efficiency and poor accuracy of manual inventory counting in existing technologies have been solved, and efficient and accurate inventory management has been achieved.

CN223467667UActive Publication Date: 2025-10-24GUANGZHOU STAR TIMES BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202423038529.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-10
Publication Date
2025-10-24
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-10

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Technical Problem

In the existing logistics system, package counting relies on manual operations, resulting in a large number of workers, high labor intensity, and prone to miscounting, wrong counting, and missed counting, affecting work efficiency and accuracy.

Method used

A robot is designed, which includes a movable guide trolley and stacked inventory units. The robot uses a camera to perform automatic inventory and sends image signals to a server for identification and processing through a controller and a transmitter, thus realizing automated inventory.

Benefits of technology

It improves the efficiency and accuracy of inventory counting, reduces the number of staff and labor intensity, reduces the possibility of miscounting, wrong counting, and missed counting, and supports the rapid search and processing of problem packages.

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Abstract

According to the stocktaking robot, a plurality of modularized stocktaking units are stacked on a movable guide trolley in the vertical direction, so that a multi-layer structure is formed, cameras and lamps are installed on the stocktaking units respectively, the guide trolley moves to the parcel stacking position for shooting, and therefore information of bar codes on parcel surface sheets is scanned; therefore, the server can register and store the logistics information or notify the next process and the like, and also can send an error reporting signal to a package of which the information cannot be effectively read so as to notify a worker to process the package. Through the stocktaking robot, parcels can be quickly and accurately stocktaken, the working efficiency and accuracy are effectively improved, the possibility of mistaken stocktaking, mistaken stocktaking and missing stocktaking is greatly reduced, the stocktaking units in modular design are adopted, the specific number can be conveniently set according to needs, and the stocktaking robot is convenient to use. Therefore, the use requirements of various warehouse environments can be conveniently met.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to intelligent robot, in particular to a kind of warehouse inventory robot for logistics. BACKGROUND

[0002] Logistics is through transportation, storage, distribution and other ways, to raw materials, semi-finished products, finished products and other goods are transported and managed, efficient logistics can improve production planning and reduce production cost.In the logistics process, goods are usually in three states: in transit, in stock and in delivery.Goods are usually packaged, usually in a bag or box, forming a package, and the package is attached to a face sheet that records the information of the goods.The face sheet is provided with a bar code or a two-dimensional code, and the logistics information of the package can be obtained by scanning the bar code or the two-dimensional code.In the existing logistics system, the work of checking the package in and out of the warehouse, recording and scanning the logistics information of the package in storage mainly relies on manual work, but due to the large number of packages and the complexity of the work, it requires a large number of workers and high labor intensity, and there are often some miscounting, wrong counting and missing counting, which seriously affects the work efficiency and also leads to wrong delivery and missing delivery of the package. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model aims at providing a robot that can automatically count the inventory to improve the work efficiency and accuracy of warehouse inventory and reduce the number of workers and labor intensity.

[0004] The warehouse inventory robot comprises a movable guide trolley, a plurality of warehouse inventory units are stacked vertically on the guide trolley, and adjacent warehouse inventory units are detachably connected.The warehouse inventory unit comprises a fixedly installed bracket, and a camera for shooting is installed on the bracket.A controller for controlling the operation of the warehouse inventory unit is installed on the guide trolley or one of the warehouse inventory units and connected to each warehouse inventory unit.A transmitter for network transmission is installed on the controller, and the controller receives the video signal of the camera and sends it to the server through the transmitter.

[0005] The warehouse robot disclosed by the utility model, in order to reduce the occupancy of the package to the warehouse space, the package is generally placed in the warehouse by being placed on the multilayer shelf or being stacked on the tray, and in view of this, the warehouse robot disclosed by the utility model is stacked with several warehouse units on the movable guide trolley, so that each warehouse unit corresponds to the packages of each layer, so that the packages can be conveniently counted, and the guide trolley can correspondingly increase or reduce the number of warehouse units of the layers of the packages. In the counting process, the guide trolley drives the warehouse units thereon to move to the position beside the package placement position, then the camera on each warehouse unit performs image shooting, and transmits the shot image to the controller, the controller sends the image signal to the server through the transmitter, the server can identify the received image through the preset program or various algorithms, so as to determine the package information, and register, store, forward or error the information. Through the warehouse robot, the packages can be quickly and accurately counted, the working efficiency and accuracy are effectively improved, and the possibility of miscounting, wrong counting and missing counting is greatly reduced; in addition to scanning and reading the information of the face sheet on the package through the camera, the camera can also shoot the picture of the package, so that the staff can quickly find and process the problematic package, and even all the shot pictures can be spliced to form the panoramic state of the storage, so that the staff can check and check at any time; in addition, the warehouse unit adopts modular design, and the corresponding number of warehouse units can be used according to the actual use requirement, and the assembly and disassembly and adjustment of the warehouse unit are very convenient, and only the line of the warehouse unit needs to be plugged into the controller, so that the use requirement of various warehouse environments can be conveniently met.

[0006] Further, the bracket is a box-shaped structure, at least one side of which is provided with a hollow shooting window, and the camera is installed in the interior of the box body opposite to the shooting window through a fixing rod.

[0007] Further, opposite connecting parts are arranged on the adjacent brackets and can be detachably connected through threads or buckles.

[0008] Further, two cameras are installed on the two opposite sides of the warehouse unit.

[0009] Further, the camera can be arranged to rotate up and down.

[0010] Alternatively, two or more cameras are installed on the same side of the warehouse unit.

[0011] Further, a light emitting lamp is installed on the warehouse unit.

[0012] Further, a control screen for inputting control instructions to the controller is installed on the guide trolley or a certain warehouse unit.

[0013] Further, the guide trolley is provided with a battery, and the guide trolley is provided with a charging port connected with the battery.

[0014] Further, the guide trolley is an automatic guide trolley. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 is a structural schematic view of the warehouse discing robot.

[0016] Figure 2 is a structural schematic view of the warehouse discing unit provided with the controller.

[0017] Figure 3 is a structural schematic view of the connection structure of adjacent warehouse discing units. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0019] It should be noted that if the embodiments of the present application involve directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, vertical, horizontal, longitudinal, counterclockwise, clockwise, circumferential, radial, axial, etc.), the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement condition, etc. between the components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture changes, the directional indications also change accordingly.

[0020] If the embodiments of the present application involve descriptions of "first" or "second", etc., the descriptions of "first" or "second", etc. are only for description purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance of the indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features limited by "first" and "second" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In addition, the technical solutions of the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but must be based on the realization of the ordinary skilled in the art, and when the combination of the technical solutions contradicts each other or cannot be realized, it should be considered that the combination of the technical solutions does not exist, and is not within the protection scope required by the present application.

[0021] The present application provides a warehouse discing robot.

[0022] The tray storage robot of the embodiment comprises a movable guide trolley 1, a plurality of tray storage units 2 are stacked in sequence along the vertical direction on the guide trolley, and adjacent tray storage units are detachably connected; the tray storage unit comprises a fixedly installed support 21, and a camera 22 for shooting is installed on the support; a controller 3 for controlling the operation of the tray storage unit is further provided, the controller is installed on the guide trolley or one of the tray storage units and is connected with each tray storage unit; a transmitter for network transmission is installed on the controller, the controller receives the image signal of the camera and sends it to the server through the transmitter.

[0023] As shown in Figure 1 、 2 , the corresponding number of tray storage units is arranged on the guide trolley according to the height and number of layers of the package, so that each layer of the package has a corresponding tray storage unit; the guide trolley drives the tray storage units on it to move to the position beside the package, then the camera on each tray storage unit takes an image, and the captured image is transmitted to the controller, and the controller sends the image signal to the server through the transmitter, and the server can identify the received image through its preset program or various algorithms. Thus, for example, the logistics information of the package can be obtained, and the picture information can be obtained, then the logistics information can be registered, stored or sent to the next process through the preset program, etc.; if the face sheet of the package is damaged or the package is placed improperly so that the face sheet cannot be photographed, the logistics information of the package cannot be effectively read, and the server receives the relevant information and sends an error signal and specific error package position information and pictures to notify the staff to manually process, or even rely on the position information to plan the path to help the staff to process faster.

[0024] The tray storage robot, the guide trolley can be an automated guided vehicle (AGV) trolley, which usually has multiple navigation methods such as vision, laser, two-dimensional code and magnetic stripe, and has the advantages of controllable running path, strong maneuverability, high positioning accuracy and low cost.

[0025] The disc warehouse robot, the support 21 is a box-shaped structure, at least one side of which is provided with a hollow shooting window, and the camera 22 is installed in the interior of the box body opposite to the shooting window through the fixing rod 26; the support 21 can specifically include six square hollow plates 25, the six hollow plates are connected to each other into a cubic structure, which has high structural strength, light weight and can facilitate the assembly and disassembly between adjacent disc warehouse units; the camera 22 is installed in the interior of the support and opposite to the hollow part of the hollow plate through the fixing rod 26; in addition, opposite connecting parts 27 are arranged on the adjacent supports 21, which can be assembled and disassembled through threads or buckles, and the structure is simple and convenient to assemble and disassemble. The disc warehouse unit 2 is provided with the camera 22 at two opposite sides, so that the images of different shelves can be conveniently shot, thereby improving the working efficiency; and the baffle 23 is arranged at the other two sides to protect the internal parts and improve the aesthetic appearance. Two or more cameras can be installed on the same side of the disc warehouse unit 2, and the cameras shoot the images of the inventory at the same position, so that the stereoscopic image of the inventory can be shot, and the accuracy of the inventory can be improved; only one camera can be installed on the same side of the disc warehouse unit 2, and the camera 22 can be arranged to rotate up and down, so that the disc warehouse units can assist each other, and the cameras thereof simultaneously shoot the inventory at different heights, which can also realize the shooting at the same position and different angles, thereby forming the stereoscopic image and improving the inventory accuracy, and the number of cameras can be reduced. In addition, the disc warehouse unit 2 is provided with the light emitting lamp 24, and the required lamps can be arranged on both sides of the camera of the support, appropriate light is provided through the lamps to adapt to the environment with dark light, and the recognition and shooting effect is ensured.

[0026] The disc warehouse robot, the control screen 4 inputs the control instruction to the controller 3, the control screen can be installed on the guide trolley 1 or a disc warehouse unit 2 at a proper height to facilitate operation; the guide trolley 1 is provided with a battery, and the guide trolley is provided with a charging port connected to the battery, so that the disc warehouse robot can move in a large range, and the charging pile 5 can charge the battery to facilitate the disc warehouse robot to charge when the battery has low power.

[0027] The above only describes the preferred embodiments of the present application, and does not limit the patent range of the present application, and any equivalent structural transformation or direct / indirect application in other related technical fields under the utility model concept of the present application is included in the patent protection range of the present application.

Claims

1. A tray storage robot, characterized by: The application relates to a disc storage device, which comprises a movable guide trolley (1), a plurality of disc storage units (2) are stacked on the guide trolley in sequence along the vertical direction, and adjacent disc storage units are detachably connected; the disc storage unit comprises a fixedly-installed support (21), and a camera (22) for shooting is installed on the support; a controller (3) for controlling the working of the disc storage unit is further arranged, the controller is installed on the guide trolley or one of the disc storage units and is connected with each disc storage unit; a transmitter for network transmission is installed on the controller, the controller receives the image signals of the camera and sends the image signals to a server through the transmitter.

2. The palletizing robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: The support (21) is a box-shaped structure, at least one side of the support is provided with a hollow shooting window, and the camera (22) is installed in the interior of the box body through a fixing rod (26) and is opposite to the shooting window.

3. The palletizing robot according to claim 2, characterized in that: Opposite connecting parts (27) are arranged on the adjacent supports (21) and can be detachably connected through threads or buckles.

4. The palletizing robot according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that: The disc storage unit (2) is provided with the cameras (22) on two opposite sides.

5. The palletizing robot according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that: The camera (22) can be arranged to rotate up and down.

6. The palletizing robot according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that: Two or more cameras are installed on the same side of the disc storage unit (2).

7. The palletizing robot according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that: A light-emitting lamp (24) is installed on the disc storage unit (2).

8. The palletizing robot according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that: A control screen (4) for inputting control instructions to the controller (3) is arranged, and the control screen is installed on the guide trolley (1) or one of the disc storage units (2).

9. The palletizing robot according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that: A storage battery is arranged in the guide trolley (1), a charging port connected with the storage battery is arranged on the guide trolley, and a charging pile (5) for charging the storage battery is further arranged.

10. The palletizing robot according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that: The guide trolley (1) is an automatic guide vehicle.