Patents by Inventor Hongxia Zhou

Hongxia Zhou 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: 11971711
    Abstract: A warehousing system includes a control terminal and a robot. The control terminal is configured to send a first control instruction including running path information to the robot. The robot is configured to carry a first material, move in a running path according to the running path information, and transport the first material to a conveyor line. The conveyor line includes at least one conveyor line inlet and at least one conveyor line outlet. The robot is configured to dock with the conveyor line and place the first material on the conveyor line at the at least one conveyor line inlet. The running path includes a first path section passes through the at least one conveyor line inlet, a second path section passes through the at least one conveyor line outlet and a third path section connected between the first path section and the second path section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongxia Zhou, Xiaolong Li, Xin Ai
  • Publication number: 20240126307
    Abstract: This application provides a fleet control method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The fleet control method is used for controlling a robot fleet and includes: determining a planned path of each robot in the robot fleet, where the planned path of each robot is used to indicate a movement path for the robot to move to a corresponding target storage location within a shelving unit region to execute a task; determining a following road segment in the planned path of each following robot based on the planned path of each robot, where the following road segment includes a road segment located on the ground and/or a road segment extending in a vertical direction; and sending the following road segment to a corresponding following robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jiawei HE, Hongxia ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240097248
    Abstract: A battery may include an enclosure that defines an interior volume, an electrode cell disposed within the interior volume, and a pair of retaining elements. The electrode cell may include a pair of notches formed therein. The pair of retaining elements may be disposed within volumes defined by the pair of notches. The pair of retaining elements may be connected to the enclosure and may be configured to engage with a respective notch of the pair of notches to arrest movement of the electrode cell with respect to the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zuqin Liu, Shabab Amiruddin, Aswin Karthik Manohar, Hongxia Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240097244
    Abstract: A battery may include an enclosure and an electrode cell disposed within the enclosure. A first pair of notches may be formed in the enclosure. Each notch of the first pair of notches may include a protrusion that extends into the enclosure. A second pair of notches may be formed in the electrode cell. The first pair of notches may be aligned with the second pair of notches. The protrusions may be configured to engage with the second pair of notches when the cell moves within the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zuqin Liu, Shabab Amiruddin, Aswin Karthik Manohar, Hongxia Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240086840
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for allocating an order, device, electronic equipment, and storage medium. The method for allocating an order includes: determining order information of an order to be allocated; determining a current order-receiving strategy of each workstation; and allocating the order to be allocated to a target workstation according to the current order-receiving strategy of each workstation and the order information, where the order to be allocated meets the current order-receiving strategy of the target workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Hongxia ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240046210
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method and apparatus for pre-modifying a property of a warehousing system, an electronic device, and a storage medium. In response to a property pre-modification instruction, according to a material storage area mapping model, whether a storage area property of a storage area matches a material property of a material in the storage area is detected. The property pre-modification instruction is used for testing whether the storage area property of the storage area or the material property of the material in the storage area is modifiable. If the storage area property of the storage area matches the material property of the material in the storage area, property-modification-confirmation information is generated. The property-modification-confirmation information represents that the storage area property of the storage area or the material property of the material in the storage area is modifiable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Hongxia ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240017942
    Abstract: This application provides a material conveying method and device, applicable to an unloading device including a robot and a conveyor. The robot includes at least one goods taking or placing apparatus and at least two first storage layers, and the conveyor includes a to-be-placed goods conveying layer and a to-be-taken goods conveying layer arranged in parallel from up to down. According to this application, the goods taking or placing apparatus is controlled to move in a direction perpendicular to the to-be-placed goods conveying layer and the to-be-taken goods conveying layer. When a material obtained from the to-be-taken goods conveying layer exists on the goods taking or placing apparatus, the goods taking or placing apparatus is controlled to place the material on an unoccupied storage layer reached by the goods taking or placing apparatus for the first time during the movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hongxia ZHOU, Kailei ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230376898
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an order processing method, apparatus, and device, a warehousing system, and a storage medium. The order processing method includes: obtaining a first order; and combining the first order with a second order, so that goods corresponding to the first order are placed in a slot corresponding to the second order, where the second order is an order being processed by a workstation. This implements order combination of the order being processed by the workstation, without occupying an additional slot of the workstation, thereby improving space utilization of a slot of the workstation and order processing efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Runfang YU, Hongxia ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20230355893
    Abstract: The disclosure involves a syringe protector, which is includes of an outer protection sleeve, an inner installation sleeve, and a spring; the spring is installed at the outer sleeve wall of the installed inner installation sleeve, the said spring is compressed and installed in the said outer installation sleeve, and a syringe protector is formed; the said outer installation sleeve is comprised of a inner sleeve cylinder body, and a backstop claw, a guide sliding groove, an inner stop orifice, a spring installation seat, an inner locking claw; the said inner installation sleeve is comprised of an inner cylinder body, and a backstop claw, a guide block, an outer locking claw, a claw frame, a releasing incline, a syringe fixing claw, and a syringe flange fixing channel. The safety syringe described in the disclosure will be installed in the above syringe protector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jing WANG, Hongxia ZHOU, Wei SHEN
  • Publication number: 20230339684
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a warehousing management method and apparatus, a device, a medium, a program product, and a system. In the method provided in the present disclosure, before a warehousing management system delivers task information each time, a first operation parameter used for completing a current task can be accurately calculated by learning a historical data record in a historical task, and a target robot configured to perform the current task operates according to the first operation parameter. In this way, the current task may be smoothly completed without error calibration or only through simple calibration, so that efficiency of performing a task is improved, thereby greatly improving goods taking/placing efficiency of an intelligent warehousing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yifan PENG, Hongxia ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20230339686
    Abstract: A material transferring method includes: controlling a first robot transferring materials to move to a first entrance of the M entrances; and controlling the first robot to place a first quantity of materials at the first entrance, the first quantity being less than or equal to a second quantity. The first entrance is one of the M entrances that is in an idle state. The second quantity is a total quantity of materials to be placed on the conveyor line by the first robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Bao LI, Hongxia ZHOU, Xin AI, Kun WANG, Zhixing YANG, Jie QIU, Meng CHEN, Bin ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230143065
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a warehouse sorting method and apparatus, a server, a robot, a system, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a type of a warehouse sorting requirement; determining warehouse sorting task information according to the type of the warehouse sorting requirement, the warehouse sorting task information including information about to-be-sorted goods, information about a sorted-out container in which the goods are currently located, and information about a corresponding target container, to move the goods from the sorted-out container to the target container; and outputting the warehouse sorting task information. Therefore, the user and/or the robot may execute the warehouse sorting task information, to sort stored goods in time, thereby performing management on a warehouse more efficiently and improving a use effect of the warehouse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Zongxin SUN, Hongxia ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20230122873
    Abstract: A warehousing system including a shelving unit, a goods-container-moving device, and a control terminal. The shelving unit is provided with a plurality of storage spaces configured to place a storage-goods container or a collection-goods container, wherein the storage-goods container is configured to store goods; the control terminal is configured to send a first control instruction to the goods-container-moving device; the goods-container-moving device is configured to move a target storage-goods container storing target goods to a first picking area; the control terminal is further configured to obtain a free storage space on the shelving unit, and send a second control instruction to the goods-container-moving device; and the goods-container-moving device is further configured to temporarily store the collection-goods container that completes the picking of the target goods to the free storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hongxia ZHOU, Yuqi CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230121672
    Abstract: An intelligent warehousing system, a material fetching and placing method and a processing terminal thereof, where the intelligent warehousing system includes a first warehousing robot and a second warehousing robot, the first warehousing robot is configured to receive a first scheduling instruction, move to a fixed shelf to fetch and place a material box according to the first scheduling instruction, and handle the material box to a first target position; and the second warehousing robot is configured to receive a second scheduling instruction, move to a portable shelf according to the second scheduling instruction, and handle the portable shelf to a second target position. Through the technical solution of the present application, compatibility of the intelligent warehousing system is improved, which may be applied to a warehouse with different shelves, thus improving the utilization rate of the warehouse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Yuqi CHEN, Jui-chun CHENG, Hongxia ZHOU, Xin AI
  • Patent number: 11565882
    Abstract: An intelligent warehousing system, a material fetching and placing method and a processing terminal thereof, where the intelligent warehousing system includes a first warehousing robot and a second warehousing robot, the first warehousing robot is configured to receive a first scheduling instruction, move to a fixed shelf to fetch and place a material box according to the first scheduling instruction, and handle the material box to a first target position; and the second warehousing robot is configured to receive a second scheduling instruction, move to a portable shelf according to the second scheduling instruction, and handle the portable shelf to a second target position. Through the technical solution of the present application, compatibility of the intelligent warehousing system is improved, which may be applied to a warehouse with different shelves, thus improving the utilization rate of the warehouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HAI ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuqi Chen, Jui-Chun Cheng, Hongxia Zhou, Xin Ai
  • Publication number: 20230014612
    Abstract: A warehousing system includes a control terminal and a robot. The control terminal is configured to send a first control instruction including running path information to the robot. The robot is configured to carry a first material, move in a running path according to the running path information, and transport the first material to a conveyor line. The conveyor line includes at least one conveyor line inlet and at least one conveyor line outlet. The robot is configured to dock with the conveyor line and place the first material on the conveyor line at the at least one conveyor line inlet. The running path includes a first path section passes through the at least one conveyor line inlet, a second path section passes through the at least one conveyor line outlet and a third path section connected between the first path section and the second path section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Hongxia ZHOU, Xiaolong LI, Xin AI
  • Patent number: 11498766
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a warehousing system, a material transporting method, a control terminal, a robot and a storage medium. Where the robot performs material fetching according to a control instruction of a control terminal, transports a material to a destination, and automatically docks with a conveyor line at the destination so as to automatically transport the material to the conveyor line. Manual participation is not needed in the material transporting process, therefore material transporting efficiency can be improved; besides, by configuring different conveyor lines corresponding to different workstations, the material conveying of each workstation does not affect each other, and the workstation with low material processing efficiency does not cause effect on other workstations, thereby facilitating to improve overall work efficiency of all workstations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hongxia Zhou, Xiaolong Li, Xin Ai
  • Patent number: D967792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Asike Trade Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hongxia Zhou
  • Patent number: D993579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Asike Trade Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hongxia Zhou
  • Patent number: D995472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Hongxia Zhou