US 12,221,280 B2
Warehousing management system and method
Yong Zheng, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Beijing Geekplus Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed by Beijing Geekplus Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,430.
Application 18/111,430 is a continuation of application No. 16/626,118, granted, now 11,584,589, previously published as PCT/CN2019/081690, filed on Apr. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201811124001.1 (CN), filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271783 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC B65G 1/1373 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A warehousing management system comprising:
a server, one or more access devices, and one or more carrying devices, wherein:
the server is configured to:
determine, in response to receiving a task corresponding to an order of an item, a storage container that contains the item, an inventory container located in an inventory area that contains the storage container, an access device from the one or more access devices for taking out the storage container from the inventory container, a temporary container for temporarily holding the storage container, a workstation for processing the storage container, and a carrying device from the one or more carrying devices for carrying the storage container to the workstation, wherein the temporary container is located underneath the inventory container or by a side of the inventory container;
send an access instruction to the access device for taking out the storage container from the inventory container; and
send a carrying instruction to the carrying device for carrying the storage container to the workstation;
the access device is configured to:
in response to the access instruction, take out the storage container from the inventory container and place the storage container to the temporary container; and
the carrying device is configured to:
in response to the carrying instruction, carry the storage container to the workstation.
 
10. A warehousing management method comprising:
determining, in response to receiving a task corresponding to an order of an item, a storage container that contains the item, an inventory container located in an inventory area that contains the storage container, an access device from one or more access devices for taking out the storage container from the inventory container, a temporary container for temporarily holding the storage container, a workstation for processing the storage container, and a carrying device from the one or more carrying devices for carrying the storage container to the workstation, wherein the temporary container is located underneath the inventory container or by a side of the inventory container;
sending an access instruction to the access device for the access device to take out the storage container from the inventory container and place the storage container to the temporary container; and
sending a carrying instruction to the carrying device for carrying the storage container to the workstation.