Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a device that supports work of picking or sorting an article from a warehouse and the like, which allows the picking work to be carried out accurately and quickly. The device includes: a camera that photographs an automatically-readable identifier that is attached to a storage location of an article; an information processing unit that detects the identifier from an image photographed by the camera and processes the image of the identifier; and a display that displays information such as image information and text information. The information processing unit processes, based on the detected identifier and picking work order information, image on a specific identifier, and the processed image is displayed on the display at a location related to the identifier.

Abstract: With a simple structure, an accumulation conveyor can reduce the distance between articles to be conveyed, so as to improve its efficiency and conveyance efficiency. The accumulation conveyor in accordance with the present invention comprises a motor, provided for each zone, for driving a carrier roller constituting the zone to rotate; a sensor, provided for each zone, for detecting passing of an article to be conveyed; and control means for estimating according to detection information of two articles adjacent to each other detected by the sensor distance information concerning the distance between the articles and switching, when the estimated distance information falls within a predetermined range, a control input to a motor of a zone conveying the article at the back on the upstream side or a motor of a zone adjacent downstream thereto such that the zone has conveying speed faster than that of the zone.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device that supports work of picking an article from a warehouse and the like, which allows the picking work to be carried out accurately and quickly. The device includes: a camera (20) that photographs an automatically-readable identifier (10) that is attached to a storage location of an article; an information processing unit (40) that detects the identifier from an image photographed by the camera and processes the image of the identifier; and a display (50) that displays information such as image information and text information. The information processing unit processes, based on the detected identifier and picking work order information, image on a specific identifier, and the processed image is displayed on the display at a location related to the identifier.

Abstract: With a simple structure, an accumulation conveyor can reduce the distance between articles to be conveyed, so as to improve its efficiency and conveyance efficiency. The accumulation conveyor in accordance with the present invention comprises a motor, provided for each zone, for driving a carrier roller constituting the zone to rotate; a sensor, provided for each zone, for detecting passing of an article to be conveyed; and control means for estimating according to detection information of two articles adjacent to each other detected by the sensor distance information concerning the distance between the articles and switching, when the estimated distance information falls within a predetermined range, a control input to a motor of a zone conveying the article at the back on the upstream side or a motor of a zone adjacent downstream thereto such that the zone has conveying speed faster than that of the zone.