Loading pattern generating method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
InventorsYasuhiko Noguchi, Koichi Kuwahara, Ayumi Koga, Keishi Akiba
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Abstract
A method of loading a pallet that begins by showing a plan view of the pallet on a display screen. The direction and patterns of articles to be placed on the pallet are shown in the plan view. The pattern of articles is then moved to a selected position in the plan view of the display screen. The layout of articles is determined by changing the direction of the pattern to a selected direction. Using this method, positioning of goods on a pallet is done on the basis of the pallet and previously loaded articles. Once the pattern of articles has been determined, the given tier of the pallet is generated.
Claims8
A loading pattern generating method, based on which goods are loaded on a pallet by turns, on the display screen of a computer, comprising the steps of:
- displaying an area indicating a plan view of the pallet on said display screen;
- displaying a pattern, which represents said goods, by indicating a plan view and a direction thereof at a position separate from said area of said display screen, said direction being compared with that of another of the goods to be loaded on the pallet;
- moving said pattern to an appointed position in said area on said display screen;
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- determining a layout in said area of said pattern by changing the direction of said pattern to an appointed direction, wherein positioning said goods on the pallet is done by placing figures one by one at a time on a computer screen and positioning said goods is based upon the pallet used and on the direction that previously loaded goods were positioned;
- whereby loading patterns of goods on said pallet are prepared.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.