US 11,724,879 B2
Management method, device and system applied to goods-to-person system, server and computer storage medium
Kai Liu, Beijing (CN); Haoyu Wang, Beijing (CN); Xun Wu, Beijing (CN); and Kai Sun, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING GEEKPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 15/734,213
Filed by BEIJING GEEKPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed May 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/089351
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/228474, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201810557067.3 (CN), filed on Jun. 1, 2018; application No. 201810579176.5 (CN), filed on Jun. 6, 2018; and application No. 201810796192.X (CN), filed on Jul. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221613 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06F 16/245 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); B60S 9/14 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0637 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01)
CPC B65G 1/1375 (2013.01) [B60S 9/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0217 (2013.01); G06F 16/245 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06Q 10/06313 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06375 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A management method applied to a goods-to-person system, wherein the goods-to-person system comprises a plurality of shelves each comprising a plurality of goods locations, wherein the plurality of goods locations in each shelf is capable of storing different types of items,
wherein the method comprises:
in response to a shelving task, calculating a popularity level of an item to be shelved according to historical sales order data of the item to be shelved, and matching the popularity level of the item to be shelved with a shelf popularity level to determine, shelves each with a shelf popularity level corresponding to the popularity level of the item to be shelved, wherein the shelves each with the shelf popularity level corresponding to the popularity level of the item to be shelved form a shelf area;
selecting randomly a goods location with space among the shelves in the shelf area, wherein the goods location is used for storing the item to be shelved;
controlling a mobile robot to transport a shelf with the selected goods location with space to a work station to allow an operator to put the item to be shelved on the goods location in the shelf with the selected goods location with space;
wherein the method further comprises:
partitioning the shelves in the shelf area, according to work locations in the goods-to-person system, into a plurality of logical partitions, wherein each work location belongs to one logical partition;
allocating each shelf in the shelf area into a logical partition closest to the each shelf; wherein inventory items of one type are dispersedly stored on a plurality of shelves in different logical partitions.
 
26. A management system applied to a goods-to-person system, comprising:
a plurality of shelves each comprising a plurality of goods locations, wherein the plurality of goods locations in each shelf is capable of storing different types of items, and the plurality of shelves each can be transported by a mobile robot;
the mobile robot configured to transport shelves;
a shelf area configured to place the shelves;
a server configured to run:
in response to a shelving task, calculating a popularity level of an item to be shelved according to historical sales order data of the item to be shelved, and matching the popularity level of the item to be shelved with a shelf popularity level to determine, shelves each with a shelf popularity level corresponding to the popularity level of the item to be shelved, wherein the shelves each with the shelf popularity level corresponding to the popularity level of the item to be shelved form a shelf area;
selecting randomly a goods location with space among the shelves in the shelf area, wherein the goods location is used for storing the item to be shelved;
controlling a mobile robot to transport a shelf with the selected goods location with space to a work station to allow an operator to put the item to be shelved on the goods location in the shelf with the selected goods location with space;
wherein the server is further configured to run:
partitioning the shelves in the shelf area, according to work locations in the goods-to-person system, into a plurality of logical partitions, wherein each work location belongs to one logical partition;
allocating each shelf in the shelf area into a logical partition closest to the each shelf; wherein inventory items of one type are dispersedly stored on a plurality of shelves in different logical partitions.