US 12,227,357 B2
Order picking method and device, and storage medium
Zhiqin Yang, Guangdong (CN); and Qi Wan, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to SYRIUS ROBOTICS CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Appl. No. 17/425,957
Filed by SYRIUS ROBOTICS CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/072025
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/156149, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910098942.0 (CN), filed on Jan. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106119 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC B65G 1/1371 (2013.01) [B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An order picking method performed by an order picking device, the method comprising:
acquiring at least one piece of order information from a warehouse management system, wherein each piece of order information comprises information of at least one commodity;
acquiring, by a code scanner provided on the order picking device, information of at least one storage bin in a circulation box or information of a circulation box identifier of the circulation box in a code scanning mode, wherein a plurality of storage bins are arranged in the circulation box;
associating the at least one piece of order information with the information of the at least one storage bin, wherein the at least one piece of order information is in one-to-one correspondence with the information of the at least one storage bin; in a case where the number of pieces of order information is greater than the number of the storage bins of the circulation box, multiple pieces of order information of which the number is consistent with the number of the storage bins are selected from the plurality of pieces of order information in a preset sequence and are associated with the information of the storage bins, wherein the preset sequence comprises a time sequence or a user priority sequence; or circulation boxes with different numbers of storage bins are set, and a proper circulation box is selected according to the number of orders;
acquiring position information of all commodities, corresponding to the at least one piece of order information, in a commodity warehouse, wherein the position information comprises a warehouse coordinate;
determining an order picking path according to commodity information and the position information;
moving the circulation box in the commodity warehouse according to the order picking path for commodity picking, wherein the order picking device carries the circulation box to reach, according to the order picking path, the warehouse coordinate corresponding to each commodity to be picked up, and when moving to the warehouse coordinate, the order picking device sends prompt information for prompting an order picker, waiting beside a commodity shelf, to pick the commodity from a designated position, the designated position of the commodity to be picked up is a position of a shelf where the commodity is located or a position of the commodity, and the prompt information is in at least one of a buzzer whistling form, a voice broadcast form or a light flashing form;
receiving a triggering on an out-of-stock button on a display interface performed by the order picker in a case where a target commodity in the commodity warehouse is out of stock, and determining at least one piece of order information corresponding to the target commodity out of stock; and
cancelling picking of the at least one order information and sending the at least one order information corresponding to the target commodity out of stock to the warehouse management system.