Method and apparatus for visual support of commission acts

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the visual technical support of manual order-picking processes through a device with at least one mobile unit ( 200 ), having an optical sensing detection device ( 202 ), an optical display device ( 201 ), a data processing device ( 203 ) and a data interface for wireless connection ( 206 ) to a stationary electronic data-processing system ( 100 ), which, in addition to product management software, has a connection device ( 102 ) for all active mobile units ( 200 ). It is provided according to the invention that each mobile unit ( 200 ) cyclically receives navigation information, which is transmitted in the form of directions, in particular arrows ( 205 ), via the optical display device ( 201 ), wherein data for the specific navigation based on a data comparison of the data from the respective optical sensing detection device ( 202 ) with reference data or model data of a warehouse in the data-processing system ( 100 ) or the mobile unit ( 200 ), on the one hand, and the position of a current target object ( 500 ) of an assigned route-optimized list of goods transmitted by the data processing system ( 100 ) to the mobile unit ( 200 ), on the other hand, are cyclically determined and transmitted addressed to the assigned mobile unit ( 200 ) and the new navigation information for the next object of the list of goods does not occur until after the optical detection of the current target object ( 500 ) or of a placeholder replacement object by the detection device ( 202 ) and clear identification of the same by the data processing device ( 100 ) and clear detection and logging of the order-picking process of a goods article from the storage location to the target location. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for carrying out this method.

1 . Method for the visual technical support of manual order-picking processes through a device with at least one mobile unit ( 200 ), having an optical sensing detection device ( 202 ), an optical display device ( 201 ), a data processing device ( 203 ) and a data interface for wireless connection ( 206 ) to a stationary electronic data-processing system ( 100 ), which, in addition to product management software, has a connection device ( 102 ) for all active mobile units ( 200 ), characterized in that each mobile unit ( 200 ) cyclically receives navigation information, which is transmitted in the form of directions, in particular arrows ( 205 ), via the optical display device ( 201 ), wherein data for the specific navigation based on a data comparison of the data from the respective optical sensing detection device ( 202 ) with reference data or model data of a warehouse in the data-processing system ( 100 ) or the mobile unit ( 200 ), on the one hand, and the position of a current target object ( 500 ) of an assigned route-optimized list of goods transmitted by the data processing system ( 100 ) to the mobile unit ( 200 ), on the other hand, are cyclically determined and transmitted addressed to the assigned mobile unit ( 200 ) and the new navigation information for the next object of the list of goods does not occur until after the optical detection of the current target object ( 500 ) or of a placeholder replacement object by the detection device ( 202 ) and clear identification of the same by the data processing device ( 100 ) and clear detection and logging of the order-picking process of a goods article from the storage location to the target location. 
     
     
         2 . Method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that before the start of navigation for a new combination of goods or supplementation of goods, a navigation to the transport aid to be currently used, in the first case empty or in the second case already partially filled, occurs and if a complete combination of goods is interrupted early, a position of the transport aid is transmitted to the stationary data-processing system ( 100 ) and stored for the subsequent continuance and completion of the order, or after successful completion of the order, the navigation of the transport aid containing the complete combination of goods to the common target position occurs. 
     
     
         3 . Method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that a movement not authorized by the stationary data processing system of an object from its storage location or from the transport aid or of the transport aid itself is detected with the optical sensing detection device ( 202 ) and likewise transmitted to the data-processing system ( 100 ), the software of which recognizes the error and triggers corresponding warning messages to the optical display device ( 201 ) of the mobile unit ( 200 ) by transmitting an error code. 
     
     
         4 . Method according to  claim 3 , characterized in that an acoustic alarm is triggered in the case of optically detected errors. 
     
     
         5 . Method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that inertial sensors with complete detection of a movement and orientation of an order picker are used for support or monitoring in the detection of the position and orientation, wherein the inertial sensors are optionally calibrated by fixed optically detected markers, and conversely, movable optically detected objects are checked with respect to their desired location. 
     
     
         6 . Device for carrying out the method according to  claim 1 , with at least one mobile unit ( 200 ) with optical sensing detection device ( 202 ), optical display device ( 201 ), data processing device and software for image data processing and data transmission and with wireless data interface to a central electronic data processing device or data processing system ( 100 ), characterized in that geographic arrangements of warehouse facilities and/or optical conditions through shape, color and/or pattern, in particular by poster-like attachments are suitably designed and are clearly described with complete geographic precision and stored in the system in order to ensure for as many objects as possible that are detectable in a warehouse by the optical sensing detection device ( 202 ) during an order picking, a clear determination and assignment of the position and the orientation with the aid of geometric similarity algorithms in the central and/or in the mobile data processing device. 
     
     
         7 . Device according to  claim 6 , characterized in that the optical sensing detection device ( 202 ) is a pattern scanner with laser, in particular a barcode scanner, and the current position and orientation information in attachments on the floor, on walls, goods or shelves by pattern, in particular barcodes, can be determined by the data processing device of the mobile unit ( 200 ) or after transmission of the pattern information by the central data processing system ( 100 ). 
     
     
         8 . Device according to  claim 6 , characterized in that passive transponders (RFID tags) are attached to support position analysis in the warehouse, and transponder reader devices are provided in the mobile unit ( 200 ), wherein a code of the transponder permits inferences to be made on the position, orientation and/or designation of the product. 
     
     
         9 . Device according to  claim 6 , characterized in that the optical sensing detection device ( 202 ) is a camera module, through which the current position and orientation or product information can be determined from colors, shapes and patterns with the aid of image data analysis, supported by attachments on the floor, on walls, shelves, storage locations or on the product, by the mobile unit ( 200 ), optionally after image transmission by the data processing system ( 100 ). 
     
     
         10 . Device according to  claim 6 , characterized in that the optical display device ( 201 ) is formed by light-emitting diodes, a display, in particular a liquid crystal display (LCD) or organic light emitting display (OLED), or combinations thereof, wherein the optical display device ( 201 ) is suitable for showing the direction of travel in coded form or by directions, in particular in the form of directional arrows, which always indicate the correct route, regardless of the orientation of the mobile unit ( 200 ). 
     
     
         11 . Device according to  claim 6 , characterized in that the optical display device ( 201 ) is formed by a laser projector, which projects directions on surrounding objects, in particular a floor, and upon recognition, marks the respective target object ( 500 ). 
     
     
         12 . Device according to  claim 6 , characterized in that an inertial sensor is provided for additional detection of a movement or rotary movement of the mobile unit ( 200 ). 
     
     
         13 . Device according to  claim 11 , characterized in that the laser device of the laser projector is used additionally as a scanner laser, the reflected light of which an optical sensor captures with code information of code markings, in particular barcode markings. 
     
     
         14 . Device according to  claim 13 , characterized in that at least one of the data processing devices links actually detected data, in particular video data and construed virtual data, to augmented reality data and processes them via the optical display device ( 201 ) for combined display. 
     
     
         15 . Device according to  claim 13 , characterized in that the data of the optical sensing detection device ( 202 ), either by two sensors spaced apart or through image conversion based on the stored geographic data of a warehouse structure, through a suitable optical display device render possible a three-dimensional depth effect for the viewer, in particular by detecting and/or generating offset views for each eye.