IP Library Granted Patent US 11,446,824
Granted Patent B2
US 11,446,824 · App. 16/642,679 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Palletizing control device, system and method and storage medium

Inventors: Guoku Song (Beijing, CN); Zongjing Yu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
B25J9/1687B65G47/901B65G57/24
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Patent No.
US 11,446,824
App. No.
16/642,679
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a palletizing control device, system, method and storage medium, and relates to the technical field of logistics. A palletizing control device includes: a prestage position generation module configured to generate a prestage position of an article to be palletized by respectively shifting a placement position of the article to be palletized along a horizontal palletizing direction by a horizontal offset corresponding to the article to be palletized and along a vertical palletizing direction by a vertical offset corresponding to the article to be palletized; and a path generation module configured to generate movement path information representing a straight path from the prestage position of the article to be palletized to the placement position of the article to be palletized.

Claims (41)

1. A palletizing control method, comprising:

generating a pre-stage position of an article to be palletized by respectively shifting a placement position of the article to be palletized along a horizontal palletizing direction by a horizontal offset corresponding to the article to be palletized and along a vertical palletizing direction by a vertical offset corresponding to the article to be palletized; and

generating movement path information representing a straight path from the pre-stage position of the article to be palletized to the placement position of the article to be palletized.

2. The control method of claim 1 , wherein the control method comprises:

determining an adjacent placement position according to a determined placement position and a size of an article to be palletized placed on the determined placement position in a layer of a palletizing place in sequence until an edge of the article to be palletized placed on the adjacent placement position exceeds an edge of a pallet.

3. The control method of claim 1 , wherein the horizontal offset comprises a first horizontal offset representing an offset in a lateral palletizing direction in a horizontal plane and a second horizontal offset representing an offset in a longitudinal palletizing direction in the horizontal plane.

4. The control method of claim 3 , wherein,

the first horizontal offset is a product of a length of the article to be palletized in the lateral palletizing direction and a preset lateral ratio; or

the second horizontal offset is a product of a length of the article to be palletized in the longitudinal palletizing direction and a preset longitudinal ratio.

5. The control method of claim 1 , wherein the vertical offset is negatively related to a vertical distance from the placement position to a horizontal plane where a pallet for palletizing the article to be palletized is located.

6. The control method of claim 1 , wherein, the generating movement path information representing a straight path from the pre-stage position of the article to be palletized to the placement position of the article to be palletized comprises:

generating movement path information for a plurality of articles to be palletized, comprising information on a movement path from a starting position to a pre-stage position of an article to be palletized or information on a movement path from a placement position of an article to be palletized to a starting position of another article to be palletized.

7. A palletizing control device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute a palletizing control method for performing instructions comprising:

generating a pre-stage position of an article to be palletized by respectively shifting a placement position of the article to be palletized along a horizontal palletizing direction by a horizontal offset corresponding to the article to be palletized and along a vertical palletizing direction by a vertical offset corresponding to the article to be palletized; and

generating movement path information representing a straight path from the pre-stage position of the article to be palletized to the placement position of the article to be palletized.

8. A palletizing control system, comprising:

the palletizing control device of claim 7 ; and

a robot controller configured to instruct a robot to palletize articles according to the movement path information generated by the palletizing control device.

9. The palletizing control device of claim 7 , wherein the instructions comprise:

determining an adjacent placement position according to a determined placement position and a size of an article to be palletized placed on the determined placement position in a layer of a palletizing place in sequence until an edge of the article to be palletized placed on the adjacent placement position exceeds an edge of a pallet.

10. The palletizing control device of claim 7 , wherein the horizontal offset comprises a first horizontal offset representing an offset in a lateral palletizing direction in a horizontal plane and a second horizontal offset representing an offset in a longitudinal palletizing direction in the horizontal plane.

11. The palletizing control device of claim 10 , wherein,

the first horizontal offset is a product of a length of the article to be palletized in the lateral palletizing direction and a preset lateral ratio; or

the second horizontal offset is a product of a length of the article to be palletized in the longitudinal palletizing direction and a preset longitudinal ratio.

12. The palletizing control device of claim 7 , wherein the vertical offset is negatively related to a vertical distance from the placement position to a horizontal plane where a pallet for palletizing the article to be palletized is located.

13. The palletizing control device of claim 7 , wherein, the generating movement path information representing a straight path from the pre-stage position of the article to be palletized to the placement position of the article to be palletized comprises:

generating movement path information for a plurality of articles to be palletized, comprising information on a movement path from a starting position to a pre-stage position of an article to be palletized or information on a movement path from a placement position of an article to be palletized to a starting position of another article to be palletized.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the palletizing control method for performing instructions comprising:

generating a pre-stage position of an article to be palletized by respectively shifting a placement position of the article to be palletized along a horizontal palletizing direction by a horizontal offset corresponding to the article to be palletized and along a vertical palletizing direction by a vertical offset corresponding to the article to be palletized; and

generating movement path information representing a straight path from the pre-stage position of the article to be palletized to the placement position of the article to be palletized.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions comprise:

determining an adjacent placement position according to a determined placement position and a size of an article to be palletized placed on the determined placement position in a layer of a palletizing place in sequence until an edge of the article to be palletized placed on the adjacent placement position exceeds an edge of a pallet.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the horizontal offset comprises a first horizontal offset representing an offset in a lateral palletizing direction in a horizontal plane and a second horizontal offset representing an offset in a longitudinal palletizing direction in the horizontal plane.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein,

the first horizontal offset is a product of a length of the article to be palletized in the lateral palletizing direction and a preset lateral ratio; or

the second horizontal offset is a product of a length of the article to be palletized in the longitudinal palletizing direction and a preset longitudinal ratio.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the vertical offset is negatively related to a vertical distance from the placement position to a horizontal plane where a pallet for palletizing the article to be palletized is located.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein, the generating movement path information representing a straight path from the pre-stage position of the article to be palletized to the placement position of the article to be palletized comprises:

generating movement path information for a plurality of articles to be palletized, comprising information on a movement path from a starting position to a pre-stage position of an article to be palletized or information on a movement path from a placement position of an article to be palletized to a starting position of another article to be palletized.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 055832 FRAME 0108. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.; BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057293/0936 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2021
From: BEJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055832/0108 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: SONG, GUOKU; YU, ZONGJING
To: BEIJING JINGDONG SHANGKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BEIJING JINGDONG CENTURY TRADING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052209/0668 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710856002.4 · Sep 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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