Relay-type goods picking system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11708217B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-25

    申请号:US17304837

    申请日:2021-06-25

    Inventor: Kai Liu Hongbo Li

    Abstract: Provided is a relay goods picking system, the system includes: a plurality of carrying robots, a manual picking area, auxiliary pickup tools for manual goods picking which store goods for manual picking, a robot picking inventory container area provided with a plurality of inventory containers used for storing goods and being carried by the plurality of carrying robots, operating positions and a control system capable of communicating with the plurality of carrying robots and manual picking persons. For a mixed order which involves both goods in the manual picking area and goods in the robot picking rack area, under control of the control system, a person-to-goods picking mode and a goods-to-person picking mode are used to complete the goods picking.

    Article sorting system having security inspection function

    公开(公告)号:US10987700B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16475543

    申请日:2018-07-12

    Inventor: Hongbo Li

    Abstract: 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.

    THREE-DIMENSIONAL WAREHOUSE HANDLING AND DISPATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING ITEM PICKING

    公开(公告)号:US20230174305A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-08

    申请号:US17924070

    申请日:2021-06-02

    Inventor: Hongbo Li Jian Wang

    CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 B65G1/065 B65G1/0492

    Abstract: Three-dimensional warehouse handling and dispatching systems, devices, and methods for implementing item picking are provided. In one aspect, a system includes: one or more control centers, one or more first handling devices, one or more second handling devices, at least one lifting device, and at least one three-dimensional warehouse including floors communicated by the at least one lifting device. The one or more control centers are configured to: determine, according to a handling task, a first handling device, a second handling device, and a lifting device for performing the handling task, and send a handling instruction for performing the handling task separately to the first handling device, the second handling device, and the lifting device, such that the lifting device is used to handle an item indicated in the handling instruction, and the first and second handling devices cooperate to transport the item in the at least one three-dimensional warehouse.

    Self-service operating system and method, and operation door

    公开(公告)号:US11599849B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US16920445

    申请日:2020-07-03

    Inventor: Hongbo Li

    Abstract: A self-service operating system and method, and an operation door. The system comprises: a control server, one or more operation doors, at least one robot, and one or more storage containers, wherein the control server is configured to respond to an item operation instruction, determine a target storage container and a target operation door which corresponds to an item to be operated, and send a carrying instruction to the robot; the robot is configured to respond to the carrying instruction to carry the target storage container to the target operation door, and a plurality of box openings on the target storage container respectively correspond to a plurality of box openings on the target operation door on a one-to-one basis; and the control server is further configured to control a box opening door of a target box opening on the target operation door to open.

    Parcel sorting system and method
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11498771B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US16973860

    申请日:2019-06-11

    Abstract: Provided are a parcel sorting system and method. The parcel sorting system is arranged in layers and includes: a parcel sorting layer located on an upper layer of the parcel sorting system, a moveable container carrying layer located on a lower layer of the parcel sorting system, a parcel delivery robot and a control device. The parcel sorting layer includes a modular entity platform that is a physical platform formed by splicing multiple splicable units and used for sorting parcels. The modular entity platform includes multiple delivery lattices arranged in an array and a traveling area constituted by gaps between the lattices and used for the parcel delivery robot traveling. One delivery lattices corresponds to one or more delivery path directions. The moveable container carrying layer includes multiple moveable containers, and a part of the containers are located below the lattices and receive the parcel from the parcel sorting layer.

    Warehousing access system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11377299B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US16637829

    申请日:2019-04-18

    Inventor: Hongbo Li

    Abstract: Provided are a warehousing access system and method. The system includes a control server, an access device, a carrying device, a storage container and a dock location; in response to an item operation request, the control server controls a first target access device to take a target storage container out from a current storage location and carry to a first target dock location, and controls a first target carrying device to carry a first target storage container from the first target dock location to a workstation for operation; in response to an operation complete instruction, the control server controls a second target carrying device to carry the target storage container from the workstation to a second target dock location and controls a second target access device to carry the target storage container from the second target dock location to a storage area and store at the target storage location.

    Article conveying equipment
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11273467B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16643223

    申请日:2018-08-02

    Abstract: An article conveying equipment includes: a carrying apparatus (1), configured to carry one or more articles to be transported; a communication apparatus (3), configured to learn a height of a receiving end of a transferring apparatus matched with the article conveying equipment; and a height adjusting apparatus (2), when the article conveying equipment approaches the transferring apparatus, the height adjusting apparatus is configured to adjust the height of the carrying apparatus to the height matched with receiving end of the transferring apparatus.

    ROBOT, CARRYING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190329978A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-31

    申请号:US16463822

    申请日:2018-07-25

    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot including a travelling apparatus, a body, a containing apparatus and an item grabbing apparatus. The travelling apparatus is disposed at a bottom of the robot and configured to automatically travel to a preset position based on a travelling path received by the robot. The body is disposed above the travelling apparatus. The containing apparatus is connected to the body and includes multiple containing positions that are interlayers stacked in a vertical direction. One of the interlayers may contain at least one target item. The item grabbing apparatus is disposed on the body and configured to, based on a task received by the robot, grab, at the preset position, a first target item from an item storage apparatus and automatically place the first target item at a containing position of the containing apparatus, or grab, at the preset position, a second target item from the containing position of the containing apparatus and automatically place the second target item in the item storage apparatus. A carrying system and a carrying method are further disclosed.

    Robot
    9.
    发明授权
    Robot 有权

    公开(公告)号:US11827450B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17444051

    申请日:2021-07-29

    CPC classification number: B65G1/1373 B65G1/0492 G05D1/0295 G05D2201/0216

    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot including a travelling apparatus, a body, a containing apparatus and an item grabbing apparatus. The travelling apparatus is disposed at a bottom of the robot and configured to travel to a preset position based on a travelling path received by the robot. The body is disposed above the travelling apparatus. The containing apparatus is connected to the body and includes multiple containing positions that are interlayers stacked in a vertical direction. One of the interlayers may contain at least one target item. The item grabbing apparatus is disposed on the body and configured to, based on a task received by the robot, grab, at the preset position, a first target item from an item storage apparatus and automatically place the first target item at a containing position of the containing apparatus, or grab, at the preset position, a second target item from the containing position of the containing apparatus and automatically place the second target item in the item storage apparatus.

    Item transport system and method combining storage with picking

    公开(公告)号:US11409301B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US16463817

    申请日:2018-07-12

    Inventor: Hongbo Li

    Abstract: Disclosed is an item transport system. The item transport system includes: a control server, at least one carrying robot, at least one storage container and at least one picking container. The control server obtains order information and container information of items to be transported and integrates the order information with the container information to provide transport information for the at least one carrying robot. The storage container and the picking container are both configured to accommodate items to be stored and items to be picked interchangeably. The carrying robot carries the storage container or the picking container based on the transport information received from the control server. Further disclosed is an item transport method.

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