Patents by Inventor Keping ZHU

Keping ZHU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11397915
    Abstract: An ex-warehousing method and device relate to an automated logistics technology, and efficiently improve the ex-warehousing efficiency. The ex-warehousing method includes: receiving an order for to-be-ex-warehoused goods during an ex-warehousing process (101); incorporating the order for to-be-ex-warehoused goods with an order for goods currently being ex-warehoused to obtain a incorporated order (102); acquiring, based on each of warehoused goods properties in the incorporated order, goods shelf information matching each of the warehoused goods properties, respectively (103); matching acquired goods shelf information based on a preset goods shelf information ex-warehousing strategy, to obtain a target goods shelf information (104). The ex-warehousing method is suitable for optimizing the ex-warehousing and inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hangzhou Hikrobot Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangwei Qian, Xiangliang Kong, Keping Zhu
  • Patent number: 11270256
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a material arrangement task. The method includes: receiving a target area arrangement instruction for a target warehouse, wherein the instruction includes at least one shelf number (S101); classifying a storage space corresponding to each shelf number in the instruction into a destination storage space set or a source storage space set according to pre-stored inventory information of the target warehouse (S102); determining whether there is at least one packing case in a storage space in the source storage space set that can be moved into a storage space in the destination storage space set, and if so, generating a material arrangement task; wherein the material arrangement task includes a shelf number corresponding to a source storage space and/or a shelf number corresponding to a destination storage space (S103).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKROBOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Senshan Zhou, Keping Zhu, Shengkai Li
  • Patent number: 11226628
    Abstract: The present application provides a method, apparatus and system for controlling transportation between warehouses. The method includes: receiving, from the source RCS, first transportation information which includes information of a first to-be-transported object; transporting the first to-be-transported object to a handover area; transferring control over the AGV from the source RCS to the target RCS; receiving a location of a first target storage space from the target RCS; transporting the first to-be-transported object from the handover area to the first target storage space. In the present application, the AGV transfers the control over itself from the source RCS to the target RCS after moving the to-be-transported object to the handover area, such that the target RCS could take over the AGV and control the AGV to transport the first to-be-transported object from the handover area to the first target storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKROBOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huapeng Wu, Keping Zhu, Shengkai Li
  • Patent number: 10994931
    Abstract: A shelf management method and device are provided. The method comprises: controlling a conveying means to convey a first shelf to a workbench in a warehouse, the first shelf being a shelf in the warehouse; controlling, if the first shelf is one of high-frequency shelves, the conveying means to convey the first shelf to a first storage position in the warehouse, wherein the high-frequency shelves comprise a preset number of shelves subject to the highest numbers of deliveries in the warehouse; and controlling, if the first shelf is one of low-frequency shelves, the conveying means to convey the first shelf to a second storage position in the warehouse, wherein the low-frequency shelves comprise shelves other than the high-frequency shelves, and a distance between the first storage position and the workbench is less than a distance between the second storage position and the workbench. Efficiency of delivery can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKROBOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Keping Zhu, Xiangliang Kong, Linwei Peng
  • Publication number: 20210110333
    Abstract: An ex-warehousing method and device relate to an automated logistics technology, and efficiently improve the ex-warehousing efficiency. The ex-warehousing method includes: receiving an order for to-be-ex-warehoused goods during an ex-warehousing process (101); incorporating the order for to-be-ex-warehoused goods with an order for goods currently being ex-warehoused to obtain a incorporated order (102); acquiring, based on each of warehoused goods properties in the incorporated order, goods shelf information matching each of the warehoused goods properties, respectively (103); matching acquired goods shelf information based on a preset goods shelf information ex-warehousing strategy, to obtain a target goods shelf information (104). The ex-warehousing method is suitable for optimizing the ex-warehousing and inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yangwei QIAN, Xiangliang KONG, Keping ZHU
  • Publication number: 20190333009
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a material arrangement task. The method includes: receiving a target area arrangement instruction for a target warehouse, wherein the instruction includes at least one shelf number (S101); classifying a storage space corresponding to each shelf number in the instruction into a destination storage space set or a source storage space set according to pre-stored inventory information of the target warehouse (S102); determining whether there is at least one packing case in a storage space in the source storage space set that can be moved into a storage space in the destination storage space set, and if so, generating a material arrangement task; wherein the material arrangement task includes a shelf number corresponding to a source storage space and/or a shelf number corresponding to a destination storage space (S103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Senshan ZHOU, Keping ZHU, Shengkai LI
  • Publication number: 20190310645
    Abstract: The present application provides a method, apparatus and system for controlling transportation between warehouses. The method includes: receiving, from the source RCS, first transportation information which includes information of a first to-be-transported object; transporting the first to-be-transported object to a handover area; transferring control over the AGV from the source RCS to the target RCS; receiving a location of a first target storage space from the target RCS; transporting the first to-be-transported object from the handover area to the first target storage space. In the present application, the AGV transfers the control over itself from the source RCS to the target RCS after moving the to-be-transported object to the handover area, such that the target RCS could take over the AGV and control the AGV to transport the first to-be-transported object from the handover area to the first target storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Huapeng WU, Keping ZHU, Shengkai LI
  • Publication number: 20190291952
    Abstract: A shelf management method and device are provided. The method comprises: controlling a conveying means to convey a first shelf to a workbench in a warehouse, the first shelf being a shelf in the warehouse; controlling, if the first shelf is one of high-frequency shelves, the conveying means to convey the first shelf to a first storage position in the warehouse, wherein the high-frequency shelves comprise a preset number of shelves subject to the highest numbers of deliveries in the warehouse; and controlling, if the first shelf is one of low-frequency shelves, the conveying means to convey the first shelf to a second storage position in the warehouse, wherein the low-frequency shelves comprise shelves other than the high-frequency shelves, and a distance between the first storage position and the workbench is less than a distance between the second storage position and the workbench. Efficiency of delivery can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Keping ZHU, Xiangliang KONG, Linwei PENG