Granted Patent B2

US 12,486,111 · App. 18/081,690 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Inventors: Li-Yi Liu (Taipei, TW); Po-Yu Huang (Yunlin County, TW); Wei-Kang Liang (Kaohsiung, TW)

Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute

B65G1/1373B65G1/1371

Abstract

Claims (28)

1 . An electronic device for managing a shelf configuration in a warehouse, comprising:

a storage medium, storing warehouse-structure-information of the warehouse, order information, and commodity information; and

a processor, coupled to the storage medium and configured to:

obtain a number of aisles by using a number-of-aisles-optimization-function associated with the warehouse-structure-information;

obtain a number of turnstiles by using a number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function associated with the warehouse-structure-information;

obtain a commodity placement mode by using a commodity-score-function associated with the order information and the commodity information; and

use the number of aisles, the number of turnstiles, and the commodity placement mode as a warehouse shelf configuration result.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the warehouse-structure-information indicates a number of at least one picking port, a warehouse width, an aisle width, and a shelf width, wherein the number-of-aisles-optimization-function is associated with the number of at least one picking port, the warehouse width, the aisle width, and the shelf width.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the storage medium further stores a number of shelves in the warehouse, wherein the warehouse-structure-information indicates a warehouse length, an aisle width, and a shelf width, and the number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function comprises a first number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function, wherein the first number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function is associated with the warehouse length, the aisle width, the shelf width, the number of aisles, and the number of shelves.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the warehouse-structure-information indicates a warehouse width, a number of at least one picking port, an aisle width, and an aisle spacing, and the number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function comprises a second number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function, wherein the second number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function is associated with the number of aisles, the warehouse width, the number of at least one picking port, the aisle width, and the aisle spacing.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the storage medium further stores a historical order information score, wherein the commodity-score-function is associated with the historical order information score, the order information, and the commodity information.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the processor, wherein the transceiver is communicatively connected to a vehicle, wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit the warehouse shelf configuration result to the vehicle through the transceiver.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising an output device coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the warehouse shelf configuration result through the output device.

8 . A method for managing a shelf configuration in a warehouse, adapted to be executed by an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a storage medium, and the storage medium stores warehouse-structure-information of the warehouse, order information, and commodity information, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining a number of aisles by using a number-of-aisles-optimization-function associated with the warehouse-structure-information;

obtaining a number of turnstiles by using a number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function associated with the warehouse-structure-information;

obtaining a commodity placement mode by using a commodity-score-function associated with the order information and the commodity information; and

using the number of aisles, the number of turnstiles, and the commodity placement mode as a warehouse shelf configuration result.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the warehouse-structure-information indicates a number of at least one picking port, a warehouse width, an aisle width, and a shelf width, wherein the number-of-aisles-optimization-function is associated with the number of at least one picking port, the warehouse width, the aisle width, and the shelf width.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the storage medium further stores a number of shelves in the warehouse, wherein the warehouse-structure-information indicates a warehouse length, an aisle width, and a shelf width, and the number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function comprises a first number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function, wherein the first number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function is associated with the warehouse length, the aisle width, the shelf width, the number of aisles, and the number of shelves.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the warehouse-structure-information indicates a warehouse width, a number of at least one picking port, an aisle width, and an aisle spacing, and the number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function comprises a second number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function, wherein the second number-of-turnstiles-optimization-function is associated with the number of aisles, the warehouse width, the number of at least one picking port, the aisle width, and the aisle spacing.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the storage medium further stores a historical order information score, wherein the commodity-score-function is associated with the historical order information score, the order information, and the commodity information.

13 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a transceiver, wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting the warehouse shelf configuration result to a vehicle through the transceiver.

14 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the electronic device further comprises an output device, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying the warehouse shelf configuration result through the output device.

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