US-12626212-B2 - Distribution robot, and control method and control device thereof

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides a distribution robot, and a control method and control device thereof, relating to the field of logistics distribution. According to the present disclosure, a top plane of a distribution robot body is fully used, a touch screen is vertically arranged on one side of the top plane, and parcel contour measuring units are arranged on the top plane of the distribution robot body and the touch screen, such that whether the size of a parcel exceeds a range can be determined very conveniently and rapidly; and a gravity sensing device is arranged below the top plane, such that the distribution robot can automatically weigh and price the parcel and determine whether the total weight of the parcel exceeds the range.

Inventors

Yang Zhao

Assignees

Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20211217
Priority Date: 20210315

Claims (15)

1 . A distribution robot, comprising: a distribution robot body with an idle compartment, a gravity sensing device arranged below a top plane of the distribution robot body, a liftable touch screen vertically arranged on one side of the top plane of the distribution robot body, a package contour detection unit for detecting whether an external contour of a package to be delivered exceeds a maximum external contour of a deliverable package, which is arranged on the top plane and on the liftable touch screen of the distribution robot body, and a processor configured to control the liftable touch screen to rise until a portion of the package contour detection unit located at a position of lowermost contour line of a maximum area on a side of the deliverable package on the liftable touch screen is flush with the top plane of the distribution robot body after the gravity sensing device senses the package to be delivered.
2 . The distribution robot according to claim 1 , wherein the package contour detection unit comprises: one or more of a first infrared sensing device or first contour identification information arranged along a contour line of a maximum area at a bottom of the deliverable package on the top plane of the distribution robot body, and one or more of a second infrared sensing device or second contour identification information arranged along the lowermost contour line of the maximum area on the side of the deliverable package on the liftable touch screen.
3 . The distribution robot according to claim 1 , wherein the liftable touch screen comprises one or more of a first display area for whether a size of a package exceeds a range, a second display area for package weight information sensed by the gravity sensing device, a third display area for package weighing and pricing information, and a control button area for package delivery or distribution.
4 . The distribution robot according to claim 1 , further comprising a communication unit configured to send package distribution information to a target user.
5 . The distribution robot according to claim 1 , further comprising a wherein the processor is further configured to control a control button of Start Delivery to be displayed on the liftable touch screen if a size of the package to be delivered does not exceed a range and a total weight of the package to be delivered and delivered packages does not exceed a maximum carrying weight, control the idle compartment to be opened to deliver the package to be delivered after detecting that a user taps the control button of Start Delivery, control a control button of Start Distribution to be displayed on the liftable touch screen when detecting that the compartment is closed, and control the distribution robot to start distribution after detecting that the user taps the control button of Start Distribution.
6 . A control method of a distribution robot, comprising: sensing, by a processor of the distribution robot, that a package to be delivered is placed on a top plane of a distribution robot body by sensing data of a gravity sensing device arranged below the top plane of the distribution robot body; controlling, by the processor, a liftable touch screen to rise until a portion of a second package contour detection unit located at a position of lowermost contour line of a maximum area on a side of the package to be delivered on the liftable touch screen is flush with the top plane of the distribution robot body after sensing by the gravity sensing device that the package to be delivered is placed on the top plane of the distribution robot body; judging, by the processor, whether a size of the package to be delivered exceeds a range by a first package contour detection unit arranged on the top plane and the second package contour detection unit arranged on the liftable touch screen of the distribution robot body; judging, by the processor, whether a total weight of the package to be delivered and delivered packages exceeds a maximum carrying weight according to a weight of the package to be delivered currently sensed by the gravity sensing device and a weight of delivered packages previously sensed and recorded; controlling, by the processor, an idle compartment to be opened to deliver the package to be delivered if the size of the package to be delivered does not exceed the range and the total weight of the package to be delivered and the delivered packages does not exceed the maximum carrying weight; and controlling, by the processor, the distribution robot to start distribution.
7 . The control method according to claim 6 , wherein the judging whether a size of the package to be delivered exceeds a range comprises: judging whether the size of the package to be delivered exceeds the range by sensing data of a first infrared sensing device of the first package contour detection unit and a second infrared sensing device of the second package contour detection unit, in the case that the package contour detection unit comprises wherein the first infrared sensing device is arranged along a contour line of a maximum area at a bottom of the deliverable package on the top plane of the distribution robot body and the second infrared sensing device arranged along a contour line of a maximum area on a side of the deliverable package on the touch screen.
8 . The control method according to claim 6 , wherein the judging whether a size of the package to be delivered exceeds a range comprises: judging whether the size of the package to be delivered exceeds the range by a control data of a control button for whether a size of a package exceeds a range on the liftable touch screen in the case that the first package contour detection unit comprises first contour identification information arranged along a contour line of a maximum area at a bottom of the deliverable package on the top plane of the distribution robot body and second contour identification information arranged along the lowermost contour line of the maximum area on the side of the deliverable package on the liftable touch screen, wherein the control data is obtained by a user controlling the control button for whether a size of a package exceeds a range based on a comparison of an external contour of the package to be delivered with the first contour identification information and the second contour identification information.
9 . The control method according to claim 6 , further comprising: calculating a distribution price of the package to be delivered according to the weight of the package to be delivered currently sensed by the gravity sensing device.
10 . The control method according to claim 9 , further comprising: sending one or more of whether the size of the package to be delivered exceeds the range, the weight of the package to be delivered, whether the total weight of the package to be delivered and delivered packages exceeds the maximum carrying weight, and the distribution price of the package to be delivered to the liftable touch screen for display.
11 . The control method according to claim 6 , further comprising: sending package distribution information to a target user by a communication unit, the package distribution information comprising one or more of a pickup point, a distribution vehicle number, express delivery information, a pickup code, a compartment number, and a distribution status.
12 . A control device of a distribution robot, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to perform a control method of a distribution robot based on instructions stored in the memory, wherein the control method comprises: sensing that a package to be delivered is placed on a top plane of a distribution robot body by sensing data of a gravity sensing device arranged below the top plane of the distribution robot body; controlling a liftable touch screen to rise until a portion of a second package contour detection unit located at a position of lowermost contour line of a maximum area on a side of the package to be delivered on the liftable touch screen is flush with the top plane of the distribution robot body after sensing by the gravity sensing device that the package to be delivered is placed on the top plane of the distribution robot body; judging whether a size of the package to be delivered exceeds a range by a first package contour detection unit arranged on the top plane and the second package contour detection unit arranged on the liftable touch screen of the distribution robot body; judging whether a total weight of the package to be delivered and delivered packages exceeds a maximum carrying weight according to a weight of the package to be delivered currently sensed by the gravity sensing device and a weight of delivered packages previously sensed and recorded; controlling an idle compartment to be opened to deliver the package to be delivered if the size of the package to be delivered does not exceed the range and the total weight of the package to be delivered and the delivered packages does not exceed the maximum carrying weight; and controlling the distribution robot to start distribution.
13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which implements the steps of the control method of the distribution robot according to claim 6 when executed by the processor.
14 . The control device according to claim 12 , wherein the judging whether a size of the package to be delivered exceeds a range comprises: judging whether the size of the package to be delivered exceeds the range by sensing data of a first infrared sensing device of the first package contour detection unit and a second infrared sensing device of the second package contour detection unit, in the case that the package contour detection unit comprises wherein the first infrared sensing device is arranged along a contour line of a maximum area at a bottom of the deliverable package on the top plane of the distribution robot body and the second infrared sensing device arranged along a contour line of a maximum area on a side of the deliverable package on the touch screen.
15 . The control device according to claim 12 , wherein the judging whether a size of the package to be delivered exceeds a range comprises: judging whether the size of the package to be delivered exceeds the range by a control data of a control button for whether a size of a package exceeds a range on the liftable touch screen in the case that the first package contour detection unit comprises first contour identification information arranged along a contour line of a maximum area at a bottom of the deliverable package on the top plane of the distribution robot body and second contour identification information arranged along the lowermost contour line of the maximum area on the side of the deliverable package on the liftable touch screen, wherein the control data is obtained by a user controlling the control button for whether a size of a package exceeds a range based on a comparison of an external contour of the package to be delivered with the first contour identification information and the second contour identification information.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a U.S. National Stage application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Patent Application No PCT/CN2021/138977, filed on Dec. 17, 2021, which itself is based on and claims priority to Chinese patent application No. 202110276375.0, filed on Mar. 15, 2021, the disclosures of both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. TECHNICAL FIELD This disclosure relates to the field of logistics distribution, and in particular to a distribution robot and a control method and a control device thereof. BACKGROUND With the development of intelligent logistics, a distribution robot can deliver a package to a user, thereby reaching a purpose of contactless distribution. When a distribution man is ready to deliver the package to the distribution robot, the distribution man needs to observe and judge with naked eyes whether a size of the package is greater than a compartment size of the distribution robot, and even needs to manually try whether the package can be stuffed into the compartment, which is inconvenient and inefficient. The distribution man weighs the package by using a scale to determine a price therefrom. Regardless of the weight of the package, the package is stuffed into the distribution robot for distribution, so that many times the distribution robot already runs in overload, which seriously affects the performance and lifespan of the distribution robot. The distribution man performs manual weighing and pricing, and the price is manually entered into an applet before sent to the user, which is cumbersome and inefficient. SUMMARY Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a distribution robot, comprising: a distribution robot body,a gravity sensing device arranged below a top plane of the distribution robot body,a touch screen vertically arranged on one side of the top plane of the distribution robot body, anda package contour detection unit for detecting whether an external contour of a package to be delivered exceeds a maximum external contour of a deliverable package, which is arranged on the top plane and on the touch screen of the distribution robot body. In some embodiments, the package contour detection unit comprises: one or more of a first infrared sensing device or first contour identification information arranged along a contour line of a maximum area at a bottom of the deliverable package on the top plane of the distribution robot body, andone or more of a second infrared sensing device or second contour identification information arranged along a contour line of a maximum area on a side of the deliverable package on the touch screen. In some embodiments, the touch screen is a liftable touch screen. In some embodiments, the distribution robot further comprises: a processor configured to control the touch screen to rise until a portion of the package contour detection unit located at a position of lowermost contour line of the maximum area on the side of the deliverable package on the touch screen is flush with the top plane of the distribution robot body after the gravity sensing device senses the package to be delivered. In some embodiments, the touch screen comprises one or more of a first display area for whether a size of a package exceeds a range, a second display area for package weight information sensed by the gravity sensing device, a third display area for package weighing and pricing information, and a control button area for package delivery or distribution. In some embodiments, the distribution robot further comprises: a communication unit configured to send package distribution information to a target user. In some embodiments, the distribution robot further comprises: a processor configured to control a control button of Start Delivery to be displayed on the touch screen if a size of the package to be delivered does not exceed a range and a total weight of the package to be delivered and delivered packages does not exceed a maximum carrying weight, control an idle compartment to be opened to deliver the package to be delivered after detecting that a user taps the control button of Start Delivery, control a control button of Start Distribution to be displayed on the touch screen when detecting that the compartment is closed, and control the distribution robot to start distribution after detecting that the user taps the control button of Start Distribution. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control method of a distribution robot, comprising: sensing that a package to be delivered is placed on a top plane of a distribution robot body by a sensing data of a gravity sensing device arranged below the top plane of the distribution robot body;judging whether a size of the package to be delivered exceeds a range by a package contour detection unit arranged on the top plane and on a touch screen of the distribution robot body;judging whether a total weight of the package to be deli