分拣设备和仓储系统

Abstract

本公开的实施例提供了一种分拣设备和仓储系统。该设备包括：环形轨道；多个分拣车，通过行走轮与环形轨道配合，能够沿环形轨道环形运动；自动供货机，设置于分拣设备的供货区中与环形轨道的第一位置对应的区域，用于将待分拣的规整货物运输到对应的分拣车；传感器，设置于供货区中与环形轨道的第二位置对应的区域，第二位置对应的区域用于手动向分拣车供应待分拣的异型货物，传感器被配置为对分拣车的手动供货进行检测，在供货区内，第一位置位于第二位置的下游；处理器，设置于第一位置对应的区域，被配置为基于传感器的检测信号，将异型货物与运输异型货物的分拣车绑定，并控制自动供货机向未与异型货物绑定的分拣车运输规整货物。

Claims

1. A sorting apparatus, characterized in that, include: A circular track with a ring-shaped profile; Multiple sorting vehicles, through their wheels and cooperation with the circular track, are able to move in a circle along the circular track; An automatic feeder is set in the feed area of ​​the sorting equipment, corresponding to the first position of the circular track, and is used to transport the regular goods to be sorted to the corresponding sorting vehicle. A sensor is disposed in the supply area corresponding to a second position of the circular track. The area corresponding to the second position is used for manually supplying irregularly shaped goods to be sorted to the sorting cart. The sensor is configured to detect the manual supply of the sorting cart. In the supply area, the first position is located downstream of the second position relative to the direction of the circular movement. The processor, located in the area corresponding to the first position, is configured to bind the irregularly shaped goods to the sorting vehicle transporting the irregularly shaped goods based on the detection signal of the sensor, and control the automatic feeder to transport the regular goods to the sorting vehicle that is not bound to the irregularly shaped goods.

2. The sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The sorting vehicle includes a loading platform for carrying goods to be sorted; The sensor includes: A grating sensor is configured to detect two actions in the manual feeding process: placing goods onto the sorting cart and returning after placing the goods, and to generate two grating detection signals. A grayscale camera, located downstream of the grating sensor, is configured to take pictures of the sorting vehicle moving downstream of the grating sensor based on the two grating detection signals. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the two grating detection signals and the photograph of the sorting vehicle, whether the corresponding sorting vehicle's loading platform is carrying the irregularly shaped goods, and in response to the irregularly shaped goods being carried on the loading platform, to bind the corresponding sorting vehicle to the irregularly shaped goods it carries.

3. The sorting apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The sorting vehicle also includes a photoelectric sensor sheet disposed on the side of the loading platform; The sensor also includes: A photoelectric sensor, located downstream of the grating sensor, is configured to detect a photoelectric sensor sheet disposed on one side of the loading platform of the sorting vehicle based on the two grating detection signals, and generate a trigger signal. The grayscale camera is further configured to take a photograph of the loading platform of the sorting vehicle on which the photoelectric sensor is installed, based on the trigger signal.

4. The sorting apparatus of claim 2, wherein, The sensor also includes: A barcode scanner, located upstream of the grating sensor, is configured to scan the inventory management code of the irregularly shaped goods to obtain information about the irregularly shaped goods; The processor is further configured to bind the corresponding sorting vehicle to the irregularly shaped goods based on the information of the irregularly shaped goods and the location information of the sorting vehicle recorded by the encoder of the sorting vehicle.

5. The sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The sorting vehicle includes: First lifting track; A loading platform is used to carry goods to be sorted and can move up and down along the first lifting track, wherein the goods to be sorted include the regular goods and the irregular goods.

6. The sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, Two automated feeding machines are provided downstream of the second position, and each of the two automated feeding machines includes: The connecting mechanism includes a first belt module, which is used to carry the standardized goods and transport them to the corresponding sorting vehicle. The buffer mechanism includes a second belt module for carrying the standardized goods and transporting the standardized goods to the first belt module; The loading mechanism includes a third belt module, which is used to receive the standardized goods and transport the standardized goods to the second belt module; The buffer unit is located between the loading unit and the connecting unit.

7. The sorting apparatus of claim 6, wherein, The connecting mechanism also includes: The fourth belt module is located above the first belt module and is used to carry the standardized goods and transport them to the corresponding sorting vehicle. The caching mechanism also includes: The second lifting track, the second belt module is capable of moving up and down along the second lifting track, and the second belt module is also used to transport the standardized goods to the fourth belt module.

8. The sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, The circular track includes a first arc track, a first straight track, and a second straight track. The automatic feeder is located at the first end of the first straight track near the first arc track, and the sensor is located at the first end of the second straight track near the first arc track.

9. The sorting apparatus of claim 8, wherein, The circular track also includes a second arc track, the automatic feeder is also located at the second end of the second straight track near the second arc track, and the sensor is also located at the second end of the first straight track near the second arc track.

10. A warehousing system characterized by, include: The sorting equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 9; The first shelf, located in the irregular goods storage area, is used to store irregularly shaped goods; The second shelf, located in the organized goods storage area, is used to store organized goods.

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