Article conveying equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11273467-B2
Application number	US-201816643223-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2018
Priority date	Sep 30, 2017
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

An article conveying equipment includes: a carrying apparatus ( 1 ), configured to carry one or more articles to be transported; a communication apparatus ( 3 ), configured to learn a height of a receiving end of a transferring apparatus matched with the article conveying equipment; and a height adjusting apparatus ( 2 ), when the article conveying equipment approaches the transferring apparatus, the height adjusting apparatus is configured to adjust the height of the carrying apparatus to the height matched with receiving end of the transferring apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An article conveying equipment, comprising:
a carrying apparatus, configured to carry one or more articles to be transported;
a scheduling server, configured to issue height information of a receiving end of a transferring apparatus corresponding to the article conveying equipment; and
a lifter, wherein the lifter is configured to adjust the height of the carrying apparatus to the height matched with the receiving end of the transferring apparatus when the article conveying equipment approaches the transferring apparatus;
wherein the one or more articles to be transported are provided with delivery information, the article conveying equipment further comprises a conveying information acquisition apparatus configured to acquire the delivery information of the one or more articles to be transported; or the article conveying equipment is configured to acquire the delivery information of the one or more articles to be transported by inquiring the scheduling server, the delivery information of one or more articles to be transported is acquired by the conveying information acquisition apparatus and transmitted to the scheduling server;
wherein the transferring apparatus is provided with an identity (ID) label, wherein the ID label is matched with the delivery information of the one or more articles to be transported;
wherein the article conveying equipment is configured to acquire the delivery information of the article being conveyed in a current task, and determine the transferring apparatus matched with the current task based on the delivery information of the article being conveyed in the current task.

2. The article conveying equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the scheduling server is further configured to issue travelling information of other article conveying equipment.

3. The article conveying equipment according to claim 1 , wherein an article transporting apparatus is disposed on the carrying apparatus, and the one or more articles to be transported are located on the article transporting apparatus, the article transporting apparatus is configured to transport the one or more articles to be transported to a designated destination.

4. The article conveying equipment according to claim 3 , wherein the article transporting apparatus comprises any one of a conveyer belt, a roller, a cross belt and a turning panel.

5. The article conveying equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the article conveying equipment is configured to acquire electric quantity information of the article conveying equipment, and report remaining electric quantity information to the scheduling server when the remaining electric quantity of the article conveying equipment meets a preset condition.

6. The article conveying equipment according to claim 5 , wherein the article conveying equipment is further configured to: receive a charging instruction from the scheduling server, and move, based on the charging instruction, to a preset area to get charged.

7. The article conveying equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the article conveying equipment is further configured to detect a fault status of the article conveying equipment, and report fault information of the article conveying equipment to the scheduling server.

8. The article conveying equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the article conveying equipment is configured to determine current geographic location information by identifying a two-dimensional code disposed on a road in which the article conveying equipment moves.

Assignees

• Beijing Geekplus Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Qingguang
• Li Hongbo

Classifications

• B65G47/5104

  for articles · CPC title

• B07C2501/0063

  Using robots · CPC title

• B07C5/36 Primary

  Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution {(sorting according to destination B07C3/003, B07C3/02)} · CPC title

• B65G43/00

  Control devices, e.g. for safety, warning or fault-correcting · CPC title

• B65G47/74

  Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types · CPC title