US 12,465,951 B2
Sorting method and goods-to-person sorting system
Juliang Hua, Nanjing (CN)
Assigned to HUAZH Intralogistics Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing (CN)
Filed by HUAZH Intralogistics Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing (CN)
Filed on May 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/667,890.
Application 18/667,890 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2023/083587, filed on Mar. 24, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202310150305.X (CN), filed on Feb. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0299985 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 47/38 (2006.01); B07C 3/08 (2006.01); B65G 35/06 (2006.01)
CPC B07C 3/08 (2013.01) [B65G 35/06 (2013.01); B65G 47/38 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sorting method applied to a goods-to-person sorting system having a supply conveyor line connected to an external storage area, and at least one target sorting station, wherein the sorting method comprises:
acquiring order information and splitting the order information into a plurality of order line information, each of the order line information including a target commodity, a target sorting quantity and a target source box corresponding to an order line, and each of the order lines including one or more types of target commodities as well as a target sorting quantity and a target source box of each of the target commodities;
matching a target sorting station, a target rail guided vehicle and a target order container corresponding to each of the order lines according to each of the order line information; and
configuring the target source box to be conveyed to the corresponding target sorting station from the external storage area by using the supply conveyor line; and
configuring the target commodities to be sorted to the target rail guided vehicle from the target source box; and
configuring the target commodities to be conveyed and transferred into the target order container by using the target rail guided vehicle;
wherein the goods-to-person sorting system comprises at least one target rail guided vehicle, a target conveyor rail on which each of the target rail guided vehicles travels, and at least one target order container.