Delivery method and system of recyclable logistics apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10990920-B2
Application number	US-201615576596-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2016
Priority date	May 22, 2015
Publication date	Apr 27, 2021
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of logistics. Disclosed are delivery method and system of recyclable logistics apparatus. Each recyclable logistics apparatus is provided with a wireless tag, the wireless tag is configured to broadcast a wireless signal which contains an apparatus identification; a first wireless sensing network and a second wireless sensing network are pre-set in a first delivery region and a second delivery region, and are configured to receive wireless signals broadcasted by all wireless tags in a coverage area of the wireless sensing networks. The delivery method comprises the steps: identifying, according to detection results of the first wireless sensing network at two successive moments, identification(s) of logistics apparatus(es) leaving the first delivery region as a first candidate delivery set; similarly, identifying, according to detection results of the second wireless sensing network, identification(s) of logistics apparatus(es) entering the second delivery region as a second candidate delivery set; and taking an intersection of the first candidate delivery set and the second candidate delivery set as a delivery result. The present invention can automatically determine which logistics apparatus(es) is delivered from the first delivery region to the second delivery region, which is especially convenient and efficient when there are a lot of apparatuses, and greatly reduces the workload and time on statistics and check.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A delivery method of recyclable logistics apparatus, wherein each recyclable logistics apparatus is provided with a wireless tag, the wireless tag is configured to broadcast a wireless signal which at least contains an identification of the recycle logistics apparatus;
a first wireless sensing network is pre-set in a first delivery region, and a second wireless sensing network is pre-set in a second delivery region, wherein a wireless sensing network is configured to receive wireless signals broadcasted by wireless tags of all recyclable logistics apparatuses in a coverage area of the wireless sensing network, and each wireless sensing network comprises at least one wireless sensing device;
the delivery method comprises the following steps:
automatically identifying, according to detection results of the first wireless sensing network at two successive moments, identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) leaving the first delivery region, as a first candidate delivery set;
automatically identifying, according to detection results of the second wireless sensing network at two successive moments, identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) entering the second delivery region, as a second candidate delivery set;
taking an intersection of the first candidate delivery set and the second candidate delivery set as a delivery result from the first delivery region to the second delivery region,
wherein the first wireless sensing network covers the first delivery region, and the second wireless sensing network covers the second delivery region,
the step of “automatically identifying, according to detection results of the first wireless sensing network at two successive moments, identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) leaving the first delivery region, as a first candidate delivery set” comprises the following substeps;
obtaining at a first moment, identifications of all recyclable logistics apparatuses in the first delivery region detected by the first wireless sensing network, as a first identification set;
obtaining at a second moment after the first moment, identifications of all recyclable logistics apparatuses in the first delivery region detected by the first wireless sensing network, as a second identification set;
taking identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) which is not included in the second identification set relative to the first identification set as the first candidate delivery set the step of “automatically identifying, according to detection results of the second wireless sensing network at two successive moments, identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) entering the second delivery region, as a second candidate delivery set” comprises the following substeps;
obtaining at a third moment after the second moment, identifications of all recyclable logistics apparatuses in the second delivery region detected by the second wireless sensing network, as a third identification set;
obtaining at a fourth moment after the third moment, identifications of all recyclable logistics apparatuses in the second delivery region detected by the second wireless sensing network, as a fourth identification set; and
taking identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) which is newly added in the fourth identification set relative to the third identification set as the second candidate delivery set.

2. The delivery method according to claim 1 , wherein a first and a second wireless sensing devices are provided at an exit of the first delivery region in a direction of leaving the first delivery region; and a third and a fourth wireless sensing devices are provided at an entrance of the second delivery region in a direction of entering the second delivery region;
the step of “automatically identifying, according to detection results of the first wireless sensing network at two successive moments, identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) leaving the first delivery region” comprises the following steps;
determining an identification of a recyclable logistics apparatus as an identification of a recyclable logistics apparatus leaving the first delivery region if the first and the second wireless sensing devices have successively detected the identification of the recyclable logistics apparatus;
the step of “automatically identifying, according to detection results of the second wireless sensing network at two successive moments, identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) entering the second delivery region” comprises the following steps;
determining an identification of a recyclable logistics apparatus as an identification of a recyclable logistics apparatus entering the second delivery region if the third and the fourth wireless sensing devices have successively detected the identification of the recyclable logistics apparatus.

3. A delivery system of recyclable logistics apparatus, wherein each recyclable logistics apparatus is provided with a wireless tag, the wireless tag is configured to broadcast a wireless signal which at least contains an identification of the recycle logistics apparatus;
a first wireless sensing network is pre-set in a first delivery region, and a second wireless sensing network is pre-set in a second delivery region, wherein a wireless sensing network is configured to receive wireless signals broadcasted by wireless tags of all recyclable logistics apparatuses in a coverage area of the wireless sensing network, and each wireless sensing network comprises at least one wireless sensing device;
the delivery system comprises the following components:
a first automatic recognition component, which is configured to automatically identify, according to detection results of the first wireless sensing network at two successive moments, identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) leaving the first delivery region, as a first candidate delivery set;
a second automatic recognition component, which is configured to automatically identify, according to detection results of the second wireless sensing network at two successive moments, identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) entering the second delivery region, as a second candidate delivery set;
a delivery result decision component, which is configured to take an intersection of the first candidate delivery set and the second candidate delivery set as a delivery result from the first delivery region to the second delivery region,
wherein the first wireless sensing network covers the first delivery region, and the second wireless sensing network covers the second delivery region;
the first automatic recognition component comprises the following subcomponents:
a first identification obtaining subcomponent, which is configured to obtain at a first moment, identifications of all recyclable logistics apparatuses in the first delivery region detected by the first wireless sensing network, as a first identification set;
a second identification obtaining subcomponent, which is configured to obtain at a second moment after the first moment, identifications of all recyclable logistics apparatuses in the first delivery region detected by the first wireless sensing network, as a second identification set;
a first identification comparing subcomponent, which is configured to take identification(s) of recyclable logistics apparatus(es) which is not included in the second identification set relative to the first identification set, as the first candidate delivery set;
the second automatic recognition component comprises the following subcomponents:
a third identification obtaining subcomponent, which is configured to obtain at a third moment after the second moment, identifications of all recyclable logistics apparatuses in the second delivery reg

Assignees

• Shanghai Hongyan Returnable Transit Packagings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liao Qingxin
• Cao Yiwen
• Ye Chunjiang
• Xue Ping

Classifications

• G06Q10/08

  Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management · CPC title

• H04W4/44

  for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] · CPC title

• G06Q10/0833 Primary

  Tracking · CPC title

• H04W4/33

  for indoor environments, e.g. buildings · CPC title

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title