Sorting system and sorting method
AssigneeDaifuku Co., Ltd.
InventorSemma Sakaida
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Abstract
To enable an operator to recognize arrival of a sorting target article, even while the operator is away from an operation area. A first control section (12) of a control device (1) determines a sorting destination on the basis of identification information that has been read by a reading device (3), and causes a first wireless communication section (11) to transmit information on reception of an article to a mobile terminal (2) that is associated with the determined sorting destination. A second control section (22) of the mobile terminal (2) causes a notification section (24, 26, 27) to notify an arrival timing at which the article is to arrive at the sorting destination, on the basis of the information on the reception of the article which has been received by a second wireless communication section (21).
Claims12
A sorting system which is used in a sorting line for conveying an article and which includes a reading device configured to read identification information provided to the article, a control device, and a plurality of mobile terminals,
- the control device comprising:
- a storage section storing association information indicating which of the plurality of mobile terminals are associated with which of a plurality of sorting destinations each of which is a place in which the article is to be received;
- a first wireless communication section configured to wirelessly communicate with the plurality of mobile terminals;
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- a first control section configured to determine a sorting destination on the basis of the identification information that has been read by the reading device and to cause the first wireless communication section to transmit information on reception of the article to a mobile terminal that is associated with the determined sorting destination,
- each of the plurality of mobile terminals comprising:
- a second wireless communication section configured to wirelessly communicate with the control device;
- a notification section configured to carry out notification to an operator;
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- a second control section configured to cause the notification section to notify, before arrival of the article at the determined sorting destination, an arrival timing at which the article is to arrive at the determined sorting destination, on the basis of the information on the reception of the article, the information having been received by the second wireless communication section.
A sorting system which is used in a sorting line for conveying an article and which includes a reading device configured to read identification information provided to the article, a control device, and a plurality of mobile terminals,
- the control device comprising:
- a storage section storing association information indicating which of the plurality of mobile terminals are associated with which of a plurality of sorting destinations each of which is a place in which the article is to be received;
- a first wireless communication section configured to wirelessly communicate with the plurality of mobile terminals;
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- a first control section configured to determine a sorting destination on the basis of the identification information that has been read by the reading device and to cause the first wireless communication section to transmit information on reception of the article to a mobile terminal that is associated with the determined sorting destination,
- each of the plurality of mobile terminals comprising:
- a second wireless communication section configured to wirelessly communicate with the control device;
- a notification section configured to carry out notification to an outside;
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- a second control section configured to cause the notification section to notify an arrival timing at which the article is to arrive at the determined sorting destination, on the basis of the information on the reception of the article, the information having been received by the second wireless communication section;
- wherein, the notification section is a display section;
- the first control section causes the first wireless communication section to transmit, as the information on the reception of the article, an arrival time at which the article is to arrive at the determined sorting destination;
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- the second control section compares the arrival time and a current time and causes the display section to sequentially display time that it takes for the article to arrive at the determined sorting destination.
A sorting method in a system which is used in a sorting line for conveying an article and which includes a reading device configured to read identification information provided to the article conveyed, a control device, and a plurality of mobile terminals,
- each of the plurality of mobile terminals being able to be associated with any one of plurality of sorting destinations each of which is a place in which the article is to be received,
- the method comprising the steps of:
- determining, by the control device, a sorting destination on the basis of the identification information that has been read by the reading device;
- transmitting, by the control device, information on reception of the article to a mobile terminal that is associated with the determined sorting destination;
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- notifying, by the mobile terminal, before arrival of the article at the determined sorting destination, an operator of an arrival timing at which the article is to arrive at the determined sorting destination, on the basis of the information on the reception of the article, the information having been received by the mobile terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.