Parcel Sorting Security Inspection with Parallel Mobile Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing article sorting systems in the express delivery logistics industry face challenges in efficiently and flexibly integrating security inspection functions, leading to reduced operational speed and efficiency due to the need for serial processing and potential system suspension when articles fail security inspections.
Innovation Solution
A parallel sorting system incorporating a security inspection machine with a detector and a mobile transport device that communicates with the security inspection machine, allowing articles to pass through at a low speed for inspection while maintaining high-speed delivery, thereby ensuring security inspection quality and improving sorting efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If articles are inspected through a security inspection machine in a serial processing manner, then security inspection quality is ensured, but operational speed and sorting efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the sorting process into multiple parallel inspection channels, each capable of independently inspecting articles. This segmentation allows multiple articles to be inspected simultaneously rather than sequentially, thereby maintaining security inspection quality while significantly improving overall sorting efficiency and throughput
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension by arranging multiple inspection channels in parallel spatial configurations. Instead of processing articles one after another in a single dimension (serial processing), the system utilizes multiple spatial channels to enable concurrent inspection, thus resolving the contradiction between inspection quality and processing speed
2Reliability
If the sorting system suspends operation when articles fail security inspections, then security control is maintained, but system productivity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The sorting system is divided into multiple independent inspection channels, where each channel operates autonomously. When an article fails inspection in one channel, only that specific channel is affected, while other channels continue to process articles without interruption. This segmentation prevents system-wide suspension and maintains overall productivity while still ensuring security control through targeted stopping of problematic articles
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary control mechanism that manages individual channel operations independently. When security issues are detected, the intermediary controller selectively halts only the affected channel rather than the entire system, thereby maintaining security control while minimizing impact on overall system productivity and operational speed
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AI summary
Provided is an article sorting system having a security inspection function which relates to intelligent logistics. The system includes: a security inspection machine including a detector, a security inspection driving device and a security inspection channel; and a mobile transport device matched with the security inspection channel in space, which is configured to move a received article to be sorted by using the security inspection driving device so that the article to be sorted passes through the security inspection channel and accepts a security detection performed by the detector in the security inspection channel. Alternatively, the system includes: a security inspection machine including a detector and a security inspection channel; and a mobile transport device matched with the security inspection channel in space, which is configured to move the received article to be sorted so that the article to be sorted passes through the security inspection channel and accepts the security detection performed by the detector in the security inspection channel.