# US 2022/0036291 A1 · Handling method of a transport equipment set and transport equipment set > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0036291 A1 - Document ID: US20220036291A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/210,542 - Filed: 2021-03-24 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-30 - Assignees: Chongqing Hkc Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Hkc Corporation Limited - Applicants: Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; HKC Corporation Limited - Inventors: Tiaohong WANG; Chongwei TANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220036291A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G06Q 10/0874: {Inventory fulfillment (shipping G06Q10/083)} - B65G 1/1371: {with data records} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract This application discloses a handling method of a transport equipment set, the transport equipment set including an exclusive transport storage section; an intermediate storage section; and an automatic warehousing device operative to move within the range of the exclusive transport storage section and the intermediate storage section. The handling method of the transport equipment set includes: obtaining a current instruction executed by the automatic warehousing device; and determining whether it conflicts with the automatic warehousing device and so needs to skip the current instruction and turn to execute a next instruction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A handling method of a transport equipment set, the transport equipment set comprising: two or more exclusive transport storage sections, configured for storing cassettes; an intermediate storage section, disposed between two adjacent exclusive transport storage sections; and an automatic warehousing device, configured to transport the cassettes and operative to move within the range of the corresponding exclusive transport storage section and the adjacent intermediate storage section; wherein the handling method comprises: obtaining a current instruction executed by the automatic warehousing device; if the current instruction is a first instruction, determining whether the automatic warehousing device conflicts with another neighboring automatic warehousing device during execution; if the automatic warehousing device conflicts with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device during execution, skipping the current instruction and turning to execute a second instruction by the automatic warehousing device; otherwise if the automatic warehousing device does not conflict with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device during execution, executing the current instruction by the automatic warehousing device; and if the current instruction is the second instruction, executing the current instruction by the automatic warehousing device; wherein the first instruction is a handling instruction of the automatic warehousing device involving the intermediate storage section, and the second instruction is a handling instruction of the automatic warehousing device according to which the automatic warehousing device does not need to pass through the intermediate storage section, and which only needs to be executed by the automatic warehousing device in the corresponding exclusive transport storage section. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The handling method of claim 1, wherein each automatic warehousing device comprises a communication means, and the automatic warehousing device is configured to determine whether it conflicts with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device through the communication means. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The handling method of claim 2, wherein the automatic warehousing device is configured to monitor through the communication means whether the current instruction executed by the other neighboring automatic warehousing device is the first instruction, and determine that it conflicts with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device if the current instruction executed by the other neighboring automatic warehousing device is the first instruction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The handling method of claim 2, wherein the automatic warehousing device is configured to monitor relative positions between the automatic warehousing device and the other neighboring automatic warehousing device through the communication means, and determine that it is conflict with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device if the relative positions are lower than a preset value. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The handling method of claim 2, wherein each automatic warehousing device is provided with the communication means, each automatic warehousing device is configured to detect and communicate in real time a working status and a safety distance with one another, wherein the safety distance is set to a width of one automatic warehousing device, wherein when a distance between two neighboring automatic warehousing devices is less than the safety distance, one of the automatic warehousing devices is controlled to suspend the execution of the current instruction, and wait until the other automatic warehousing device finishes executing its current instruction and the distance is greater than or equal to the safety distance before the automatic warehousing device continues to execute the corresponding current instruction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The handling method of claim 1, wherein within a preset time range, one of the two neighboring automatic warehousing devices only executes the second instruction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The handling method of claim 1, further comprising the following operation subsequent to the automatic warehousing device skipping the current instruction and turning to execute the second instruction: continuing to execute the skipped first instruction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The handling method of claim 1, further comprising the following operation subsequent to the automatic warehousing device skipping the first instruction and turning to execute the second instruction: continuing to execute, by the automatic warehousing device, remaining uncompleted instructions according to an order of priority of the instructions, wherein the first instruction has a higher priority than the second instruction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The handling method of claim 8, wherein the transport equipment set comprises an automatic warehousing device control system configured to generate an instruction and deliver them to each automatic warehousing device, wherein after the automatic warehousing device skips the first instruction and executes the second instruction, the automatic warehousing device control system is configured to re-prioritize the remaining uncompleted instructions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The handling method of claim 1, wherein absolute positions of the automatic warehousing device and the intermediate storage section are used to determine whether the two neighboring automatic warehousing devices are in a conflict. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The handling method of claim 1, wherein the intermediate storage section is provided with a detection alarm, wherein when any automatic warehousing device enters the intermediate storage section, the detection alarm is configured to notify the other automatic warehousing device, and the other automatic warehousing device is configured to determine whether there is a conflict based on the current instruction to be executed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The handling method of claim 2, wherein the communication means adopts a wired communication circuit or a wireless communication circuit. ### Claim 13 A handling method of a transport equipment set, the transport equipment set comprising: two or more exclusive transport storage sections, configured for storing cassettes; an intermediate storage section, disposed between two adjacent exclusive transport storage sections; an automatic warehousing device, configured to transport the cassettes and operative to move within the range of the corresponding exclusive transport storage section and the adjacent intermediate storage section; wherein the automatic warehousing device comprises a communication means; wherein the intermediate storage section is a common transport storage section shared by two automatic warehousing devices, the exclusive transport storage section is set corresponding to each automatic warehousing device, and is arranged adjacent to the intermediate storage section; wherein the handling method comprises: obtaining a current instruction executed by the automatic warehousing device; if the current instruction is a first instruction, detecting, by the automatic warehousing device through the communication means, whether a current instruction executed by another neighboring automatic warehousing device is the first instruction, and if the current instruction executed by the other neighboring automatic warehousing device is the first instruction, executing a second instruction and continuing to execute remaining instructions according to a priority order of instructions; if the current instruction is the second instruction, executing the current instruction by the automatic warehousing device; wherein the first instruction is a handling instruction of the automatic warehousing device involving the intermediate storage section, and the second instruction is a handling instruction of the automatic warehousing device according to which the automatic warehousing device does not need to pass through the intermediate storage section, and which only needs to be executed by the automatic warehousing device in the corresponding exclusive transport storage section. ### Claim 14 A transport equipment set, comprising: two or more exclusive transport storage sections, configured for storing cassettes; an intermediate storage section, disposed between two adjacent exclusive transport storage sections; an automatic warehousing device, configured to transport the cassettes and operative to move within the range of the corresponding exclusive transport storage section and the adjacent intermediate storage section; an automatic warehousing device control system, configured to control the automatic warehousing device to transport the cassettes; wherein the intermediate storage section is disposed between two adjacent exclusive transport storage sections, and the automatic warehousing device is operative to move within the range of the corresponding exclusive transport storage section and the adjacent intermediate storage section; wherein the automatic warehousing device control system is configured to obtain a current instruction executed by the automatic warehousing device, and if the current instruction is a first instruction, determine whether the automatic warehousing device conflicts with another neighboring automatic warehousing device during execution; wherein if the automatic warehousing device conflicts with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device during execution, the automatic warehousing device skips the current instruction and turns to execute a second instruction; otherwise if the automatic warehousing device does not conflict with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device during execution, the automatic warehousing device executes the current instruction; and if the current instruction is the second instruction, the automatic warehousing device executes the current instruction; wherein the first instruction is a handling instruction of the automatic warehousing device involving the intermediate storage section, and the second instruction is a handling instruction of the automatic warehousing device according to which the automatic warehousing device does not need to pass through the intermediate storage section, and which only needs to be executed by the automatic warehousing device in the corresponding exclusive transport storage section. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The transport equipment set of claim 14, wherein each automatic warehousing device comprises a communication means and is configured to determine whether it conflicts with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device through the communication means; wherein the automatic warehousing device is configured to monitor through the communication means whether the current instruction executed by the other neighboring automatic warehousing device is the first instruction, and determine that it conflicts with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device if the current instruction executed by the other neighboring automatic warehousing device is the first instruction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The transport equipment set of claim 14, wherein each automatic warehousing device comprises a communication means and is configured to monitor relative positions between the automatic warehousing device and the other neighboring automatic warehousing device through the communication means, and determine that it is in conflict with the other neighboring automatic warehousing device if the relative positions are lower than a preset value. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The transport equipment set of claim 16, wherein the preset value is set to a width of the intermediate storage section, wherein if the distance between the relative positions of two automatic warehousing devices is less than the width of the intermediate storage section, it is determined that one of the automatic warehousing devices is executing the first instruction, and so the other automatic warehousing device skips the current instruction and turns to execute a next instruction, the next instruction being the second instruction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The transport equipment set of claim 14, wherein within a preset time range, one of two neighboring automatic warehousing devices only executes the second instruction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The transport equipment set of claim 14, wherein each automatic warehousing device has one and only one exclusive transport storage section.