AI Baggage Packing Device with Automated Selectors
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing manual baggage and cargo transfer processes in urban terminals are inefficient, struggling to meet increasing throughput demands and often result in disordered stacking due to varying shapes and sizes of baggage, requiring experienced personnel and leading to gaps and mismatched stacking.
Innovation Solution
An automatic baggage-packing device based on artificial intelligence, featuring a baggage transfer rack with selectors, an automatic loading device, and a conveying system that regularizes and loads baggage of different sizes and types without human intervention, using arc guide plates, limit plates, connecting rods, and driving cylinders to ensure efficient and precise transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual handling and stacking is used, then experienced personnel can handle baggage, but processing efficiency is low and cannot meet increasing throughput demands
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service through automated identification and routing. Baggage automatically presents itself to the correct loading position via the conveyor system, with selectors autonomously directing items based on their identified destinations, eliminating the need for manual sorting by personnel
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical sorting with an automated system combining optical/electronic identification (cameras, sensors) with mechanical conveyance. The identification system detects baggage characteristics and destinations, while automated selectors and conveyors physically route baggage, substituting human mechanical sorting with an integrated sensing-actuating system
2Productivity
If manual stacking is used, then personnel can handle baggage, but packing rate cannot be maximized due to gaps and mismatched stacking
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary sorting and routing actions before final loading. Baggage is identified, categorized by destination, and directed to appropriate loading positions in advance, ensuring optimal packing arrangements are prepared beforehand rather than attempting complex manual stacking adjustments during loading
Solution Approach 2:
The loading process is segmented into distinct automated stages: identification of baggage characteristics, determination of destination and stacking position, selection by automated selectors, and conveyance to loading points. This segmentation allows each function to be optimized independently, achieving both high packing rates and precise stacking arrangements
3Productivity
If automated selection and loading is implemented, then processing efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs universal components that perform multiple functions. The conveyor system serves both as a transport mechanism and a sorting medium. Selectors function both as routing devices and as part of the loading mechanism. The identification system integrates optical, sensor, and computational functions into a unified baggage characterization process, reducing overall system complexity through functional integration
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intelligent control system as an intermediary that bridges the physical baggage handling components and the decision-making logic. This central controller receives data from identification sensors, determines optimal routing and stacking arrangements, and coordinates the selectors and conveyors, thereby managing system complexity through centralized intelligence rather than distributed complex mechanisms
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AI summary
An automatic baggage-packing device for urban terminals based on artificial intelligence is provided. The automatic baggage-packing device includes a baggage transfer rack, baggage transfer rack forms a baggage transfer channel through a transfer stick, baggage transfer rack is equipped with several selectors located above the baggage transfer channel, the selectors are arranged in turn in the extension direction of the baggage transfer channel. The automatic baggage-packing device also includes an automatic loading device set outside of the baggage transfer rack to cooperate with the selectors to load the selected baggage. The invention has the effect of making baggage freight more convenient and quicker in use.