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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2018
Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;
Jd.com American Technologies Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hui Cheng, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;
JD.COM American Technologies Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a fulfillment system, sorting methods and sorting apparatuses applied to the fulfillment system. A preferred embodiment of the method comprises: sending by a control server, target transportation indication information corresponding to a target order to a target vehicle, wherein the target transportation indication information includes the target order and a target storage compartment identifier, the target, storage compartment identifier being configured for indicating a target storage compartment in a target storage receptacle connected with the target vehicle; and then collecting, by the target vehicle, an item/items corresponding to the target order to the target storage compartment in response to receiving the target transportation indication information, thereby collecting the item(s) corresponding to each order to a specific storage compartment, which need not an additional sorting step, thereby reducing fulfillment costs.