Patent SG-11201906668U-A (SG)
Title: Item picking method and apparatus
Inventor: CHEN HAIBING
IPC: G09B7/02
Filed: 2018-01-23
Abstract: iS: Divide i..d.,..icluded in the I picking list into one c.:.lore picking sub- : tasks based on the picking areas in which the items are lc :rtted ••• Picking I ragemenl dC VICC 3101: Obtain a picking list, where the picking list includes a picking task of picking items stored nii - king areas AGV S103. Allocate the acid . , tasks to picking vehicles S104: Order the picking sub-tasks allocated to the picking vehicles S105: Sequentially allocate corresponding AGVs For the picking sub-tasks according to ' an order of the picking sills-tasks • 1 5106: Send, to en AGV I corresponding to a picking sub- i 'task. movement data generated 1 'according i::: ire pi.: g sub-taski --ap _J_ S107: krt., ,i• ..1......,1 imp. - the movement dsrta, a picking yr. - : - : r ,r1 3 start pant position -.-presented by the •ri...• ....1;•:, , • •• • : on erd point pc.. on represenrte6 by i,..• • .,,:.:.-: :i3t, ....riai. ;he end point position represeiys ,. ,:• ::.ing area corresponding) to the i i, k'n . ....11.113-task I S108: Send task infoar.d“..ii of the picking sub-task to a picking device in the picking area corresponding to the picking sub-task 1 FS 7 10 - 67 Execute the pickng i ' sub-task according to the i task ir.. -, i , •:: , C.11 Fl as to pit:. .. • :::::: ii. an invwd ::..:,, sY.: , 11 .1 the I picking area and place the I item on the picking vehicle FIGURE 1 W O 20 18/ 140 408 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 02 August 2018 (02.08.2018) D IVIIl °nolo DIDHoIIIIIHoIIl Env oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/140408 Al WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: B65B 17/00 (2006.01) GOOF 17/00 (2006.01) B65B 35/30 (2006.01) GO9B 7/02 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/014889 (22) International Filing Date: 23 January 2018 (23.01.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 201710061534.9 26 January 2017 (26.01.2017) CN (71) Applicant: CAINIAO SMART LOGISTICS HOLDING LIMITED [ /US]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O. Box 847, George Town, Grand Cayman (KY). (72) Inventors: CHEN, Haibing; 5/F Building 3, 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121 (CN). ZHOU, Yuxuan; 5/F Building 3, 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121 (CN). WANG, Chengjian; 5/F Building 3, 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121 (CN). ZHU, Lijun; 5/F Building 3, 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121 (CN). LUAN, Ruipeng; 5/F Building 3, 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121 (CN). LIU, Heng; 5/F Building 3, 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121 (CN). TONG, Kailiang; 5/F Building 3, 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121 (CN). (74) Agent: CHEN, Weiguo; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, 379 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (54) Title: ITEM PICKING METHOD AND APPARATUS (57) : The present disclosure provides an item picking method, so that an item stored in a warehouse can be picked and placed in a picking vehicle. Specifically, the warehouse may be divided into one or more picking areas. A picking management device may divide a picking task for items into different picking sub-tasks according to picking areas in which the items are located. One picking vehicle corresponds to several picking sub-tasks. The picking manage- ment device allocates an automated guided vehicle (AGV) for a picking sub-task, causing the AGV to move the picking vehicle to a picking area corresponding to the picking sub-task. The picking management device may send task information of the picking sub-task to a picking device corresponding to the picking area. The picking device executes the picking sub-task according to the task informa- tion, so as to pick an item and place the item in the picking vehicle, thereby im- plementing the automation of an item picking process. In addition, the present disclosure further provides a device related to item picking, so as to ensure the actual application and implementation of the foregoing method. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/140408 Al O II EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))