KR20210134111A - Apparatus for allocating forklift - Google Patents

Abstract

A forklift allocating device is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the forklift allocating device comprises: a cargo information storage unit for storing information related to cargo disposed in a shipbuilding workshop; a forklift information storage unit for storing information related to a forklift disposed in a shipbuilding workshop; and an allocation order setting unit configured to allocate an allocation priority to a forklift according to a distance between cargo, which is selected from the cargo information storage unit and should be transferred with the highest priority, and at least one forklift disposed around the cargo extracted from the forklift information storage unit based on work schedule information of each cargo.

Description

Forklift dispatcher {APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING FORKLIFT}

The present invention relates to a forklift dispatcher.

A lot of cargo and forklifts are deployed in shipbuilding workshops. The forklift lifts the pallet on which the cargo is placed and transports it to the destination. In order to effectively operate such a forklift, a forklift operation plan must be established in advance.

However, it is difficult to efficiently operate the forklift because it is difficult to know the location of the cargo existing in the shipbuilding workshop and the information on the forklift disposed around the cargo.

In addition, when the operation plan of a forklift intended to transport cargo is suddenly changed, the operation plan of another forklift may be shifted together, which may cause confusion in cargo transportation. For example, if the operation plan of a forklift dispatched to a cargo that should be transported quickly with the highest priority is wrong, delay in transporting the cargo and confusion in the operation of other forklifts may occur.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a forklift dispatcher capable of effectively identifying cargo and forklifts disposed around the cargo to increase the efficiency of cargo transportation and forklift operation.

In addition, the priority is given to the cargo to be transported in the order of the closest distance between the forklift and the cargo to be transported, so that even if the operation plan of the forklift dispatched to the cargo goes wrong, the forklift operation can be efficiently performed according to the dispatch priority. An object of the present invention is to provide a forklift dispatcher.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a cargo information storage unit for storing information related to cargo disposed in a shipbuilding workshop; a forklift information storage unit for storing information related to forklifts disposed in the shipbuilding workshop; and the forklift based on the distance between the cargo to be transported with the highest priority selected from the cargo information storage unit based on the work schedule information of each cargo and one or more forklifts disposed around the cargo extracted from the forklift information storage unit A forklift dispatching apparatus including a; a dispatching priority setting unit for assigning a dispatching priority to a vehicle may be provided.

Information related to the cargo including at least one of unique information and location information of the cargo from the first sensor unit attached to the pallet of the cargo to be transported with the highest priority and the second sensor unit of one or more forklifts having short-distance communication; Further comprising a communication unit for receiving information related to the forklift including at least one of unique information and location information of the forklift, wherein the cargo-related information is stored in the cargo information storage unit, and the forklift-related information is It may be stored in the forklift information storage unit.

The forklift selection unit may further include a forklift selection unit that transmits dispatch information to the mobile of the forklift driver having the highest dispatch priority, and finally determines a forklift to transport the cargo according to whether the forklift driver accepts the dispatch.

The mobile device may further include a route providing unit that provides an optimal route for transporting the cargo to a destination by using the finally determined mobile forklift driver.

A cargo image receiver that receives the image information of the cargo that has been transported to the destination from a photographing unit mounted on the forklift that transported the cargo, and the mobile of the forklift driver who will transport the cargo to another destination. It may further include a freight image sending unit.

The forklift dispatcher according to an embodiment of the present invention can effectively identify cargo and forklifts disposed around the cargo, thereby increasing the efficiency of cargo transportation and forklift operation.

In addition, the priority is given in the order of the closest distance between the cargo to be transported and the forklift, so that even if the operation plan of the forklift dispatched to the cargo goes wrong, the forklift operation can be efficiently performed according to the dispatch priority. .

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

1 is a block diagram of a forklift dispatcher according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a forklift dispatch method using the forklift dispatcher of FIG. 1 .
3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a forklift and cargo disposed in a shipbuilding workshop to explain the method of dispatching the forklift of FIG. 2 .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments introduced below are provided as examples in order to sufficiently convey the spirit of the present invention to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below and may be embodied in other forms. In order to clearly explain the present invention, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted from the drawings, and in the drawings, the width, length, thickness, etc. of components may be exaggerated for convenience. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a forklift dispatcher 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cargo information storage unit 110 for storing information related to cargo disposed in a shipbuilding workshop, a forklift disposed in a shipbuilding workshop, and The forklift information storage unit 120 that stores related information and the cargo to be transported with the highest priority selected from the cargo information storage unit 110 based on the work schedule information of each cargo and extracted from the forklift information storage unit 120 and a vehicle dispatching priority setting unit 130 for assigning dispatch priority to forklifts based on the distance between one or more forklifts disposed around the cargo.

In addition, the forklift dispatcher 100 transmits dispatch information to the mobile of the forklift driver with the highest dispatch priority, and the forklift selection unit 140 that finally determines the forklift to transport the cargo according to whether the forklift driver accepts the dispatch. may include

In addition, the forklift dispatcher 100 is a second of one or more forklifts that communicate with the first sensor unit S1 attached to the pallet 104 of the cargo to be transported with the highest priority among the cargoes arranged in the shipbuilding workshop. A communication unit 150 for receiving from the sensor unit S2 information related to cargo including at least one of specific information and location information of the cargo and information related to the forklift including at least one of specific information and location information of the forklift can do. Here, information related to cargo is stored in the cargo information storage unit 110 , and information related to the forklift is stored in the forklift information storage unit 120 .

In addition, the forklift dispatcher 100 may include a route providing unit 160 that provides an optimal route for transporting the cargo to the destination by using the finally determined mobile forklift driver who will transport the cargo.

In addition, the forklift dispatcher 100 includes a cargo image receiver 170 that receives image information of the cargo that has been transported to the destination from the photographing unit 102a mounted on the forklift that transports the cargo, and the forklift that transports the cargo to another destination. It may include a cargo image sending unit 180 that transmits the image information of the cargo to the driver's mobile.

The above-described storage units 110 and 120 include a cache, a read only memory (ROM), a programmable ROM (PROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), and a nonvolatile memory device such as a flash memory. Alternatively, it may be implemented as at least one of a volatile memory device such as a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive (HDD), or a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, each component shown in FIG. 1 may be configured as a kind of 'module'. The 'module' refers to software or hardware components such as Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and the module performs certain roles. However, a module is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. A module may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to execute one or more processors. The functionality provided by the components and modules may be combined into a smaller number of components and modules or further divided into additional components and modules.

Hereinafter, a forklift dispatching method will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 together with a description of each component of the forklift dispatching apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 .

When cargo enters the shipbuilding workshop, unique information about the cargo, work schedule, destination to be transported, etc. can be entered and stored in the system. Such information may be stored in the cargo information storage unit 110 in an embodiment of the present invention. The cargo is transported to the destination by a forklift, and the cargo is transported by the forklift on a pallet for easy transport.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, first, one or more forklifts 102 (102a to 102b) that are in short-range communication with the first sensor unit S1 attached to the pallet 104 of the cargo 101 disposed in the shipbuilding workshop. From the second sensor unit S2 of The related information is received and stored (S201).

In a state in which the forklifts 102a to 102b are started, the second sensor unit S2 of the forklift communicates with the first sensor unit S1 mounted on the pallet 104 of the cargo 101 capable of short-distance communication. do. Here, information related to the cargo 101 and the forklifts 102a to 102b is received through the communication unit 150 . Information related to the received cargo 101 may be stored in the cargo information storage unit 110 , and information related to the received forklifts 102a to 102b may be stored in the forklift information storage unit 120 . When there is information on the cargo 101 and the forklifts 102a to 102b already stored in the cargo information storage unit 110 and the forklift information storage unit 120, location information and the like may be updated with the latest information. In this way, information on each cargo and forklift in the shipbuilding workshop can be databased.

Here, the first sensor unit (S1) attached to the pallet 104 of the cargo 101 may include a beacon sensor, so that the location of the cargo can be tracked. The first sensor unit S1 performs data transmission/reception with the second sensor unit S2 , and may transmit information related to the cargo including at least one of unique information and location information of the cargo 101 .

The second sensor unit S2 of the forklifts 102a to 102b includes a GPS device (not shown) that recognizes location information of the forklift, a receiver (not shown) that performs data communication with the first sensor unit S1, and a communication unit ( 150) and a transmitter (not shown) for data communication.

Next, based on the work schedule information stored in the cargo information storage unit 110, the cargo to be transported with the highest priority is selected (S202). In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the cargo 101 shown in FIG. 3 is the cargo to be transported with the highest priority.

Next, priority is given to the forklifts in the order that the distance between the one or more forklifts disposed in the vicinity of the selected cargo 101 and the corresponding cargo 101 is close to each other (S203).

In the embodiment of the present invention, the forklifts 102a to 102c shown in FIG. 3 correspond to forklifts disposed around the corresponding cargo 101 . The forklifts 102a to 102c disposed around the cargo 101 are forklifts equipped with a first sensor unit S1 attached to the pallet 104 of the cargo 101 and a second sensor unit S2 in short-range communication. It corresponds to (102a~102c). Such information may be extracted from the forklift information storage unit 120 . Among the forklifts 102a to 102c disposed around the cargo 101, if the forklift closest to the cargo 101 is the first forklift 102a, the first forklift 102a is given the highest priority for dispatching, and , the second forklift 102b with the next closest distance is given the next rank.

Next, dispatch information is transmitted to the mobile of the driver of the first forklift 102a having the highest dispatch priority (S204).

That is, the forklift selection unit 140 is the mobile dispatch information of the first forklift 102a closest to the selected cargo 101, and the specific information and location information of the cargo 101, and the destination to be transported. Information on A, work schedule information, and the like may be transmitted to the mobile of the driver of the first forklift 102a. Here, image information of the cargo 101 may be transmitted to the mobile of the driver of the first forklift 102a by the cargo image sending unit 180 .

Next, the forklift to which the cargo 101 will be transported is finally determined according to whether a dispatch acceptance message is received from the mobile of the driver of the first forklift 102a ( S205 ).

In this process (S205), if a dispatch rejection message is received from the mobile of the driver of the first forklift 102a who has received the dispatch information, based on the dispatch priority information, the next priority of the driver of the first forklift 102a is first A process of transmitting vehicle dispatch information to the mobile operator of the forklift 102b may be performed.

In addition, when a dispatch acceptance message is received from the driver's mobile of the first forklift 102a, the first forklift 102a is finally determined as the forklift to which the cargo 101 is to be transported.

Next, an optimal route for transporting the cargo 101 to the destination is provided by the mobile of the finally determined first forklift 102a driver (S206).

That is, as shown in FIG. 4 , the optimal route for transporting the cargo 101 to the destination A by the route providing unit 160 is provided to the mobile operator of the first forklift 102a. Information on the optimal path may be provided in real time on the mobile screen M of the driver of the first forklift 102a.

Next, when the first forklift 102a moves the cargo 101 to the destination A and puts it down at the destination A, the photographing unit 102a mounted on the first forklift 102a captures the cargo 101. And, the image information of the photographed cargo 101 is transmitted to the cargo image receiving unit 170 (S207).

Thereafter, when the corresponding cargo 102 is moved to another destination, the cargo image sending unit 180 transmits the image information of the cargo 101 to the mobile of the finally confirmed forklift driver who will transport the cargo 101 to another destination. will do

In the above, specific embodiments have been shown and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains may make various changes without departing from the spirit of the invention described in the claims below. will be able

110: cargo information storage unit 120: forklift information storage unit
130: dispatch order setting unit 140: forklift selection unit
150: communication unit 160: route providing unit
170: cargo image receiving unit 180: cargo image sending unit
S1: first sensor unit S2: second sensor unit

Claims (5)

A cargo information storage unit for storing information related to the cargo placed in the shipbuilding workshop;
a forklift information storage unit for storing information related to forklifts disposed in the shipbuilding workshop; and
Based on the distance between the cargo to be transported with the highest priority selected from the cargo information storage unit based on the work schedule information of each cargo and one or more forklifts disposed around the cargo extracted from the forklift information storage unit, A forklift dispatcher including a; According to claim 1,
Information related to the cargo including at least one of unique information and location information of the cargo from the first sensor unit attached to the pallet of the cargo to be transported with the highest priority and the second sensor unit of one or more forklifts in which short-distance communication is made; Further comprising a communication unit for receiving information related to the forklift including at least one of unique information and location information of the forklift,
The cargo-related information is stored in the cargo information storage unit, and the forklift-related information is stored in the forklift information storage unit. According to claim 1,
and a forklift selection unit that transmits dispatch information to the mobile of the forklift driver having the highest dispatch priority, and finally determines a forklift to transport the cargo according to whether the forklift driver accepts the dispatch. 4. The method of claim 3,
The forklift dispatcher further comprising a route providing unit that provides an optimal route for transporting the cargo to a destination using the finally determined mobile forklift driver. 5. The method of claim 4,
a cargo image receiving unit for receiving image information of the cargo that has been transported to the destination from a photographing unit mounted on a forklift that transported the cargo;
The forklift dispatcher further comprising a freight image sending unit that transmits image information of the freight to a mobile of a forklift driver who will transport the freight to another destination.

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