US 12,264,012 B2
Method and device for determining warehouse inventory
Kebing Wang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING JINDONG ZHENSHI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/623,546
Filed by BEIJING JINDONG ZHENSHI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Mar. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/079210
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/008147, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910646595.0 (CN), filed on Jul. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258977 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01)
CPC B65G 1/1373 (2013.01) [B65G 1/1371 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a warehouse inventory, comprising:
establishing in real time, with at least one processor via an inventory table, a corresponding relationship between virtual storage spaces and containers in a warehouse, wherein the corresponding relationship includes a one-to-one corresponding relationship between the virtual storage spaces and one container and a nested relationship between the virtual storage spaces and multiple containers, the virtual storage spaces storing items during warehouse operations;
determining, with the at least one processor based on the corresponding relationship, the containers located in the virtual storage spaces, wherein the virtual storage spaces are used for carrying the containers, and the containers are used for carrying items for inbound and outbound operations;
acquiring, with the at least one processor in accordance with a corresponding relationship between containers, items, and item quantities, the item quantities of the items located in the containers, and obtaining a total quantity of the items in the virtual storage spaces; and
acquiring, with the at least one processor, quantities of the items located in physical storage spaces in the warehouse, and updating a total inventory in the warehouse by combining the quantities of the items located in the physical storage spaces with the total quantity of the items in the virtual storage spaces; wherein the physical storage spaces are used for storing the items.