Intelligent sorting system and method

The invention discloses an intelligent goods sorting system and method. The intelligent goods sorting system comprises a control system and a plurality of same areas, wherein each area comprises a goods standby flow area, a standby distribution channel, a first continuous elevator, a goods sorting area, a sorting device, a goods temporary storage area, a temporary storage channel, a confluence area, a confluence switch, a second continuous elevator, a confluence goods sorting area and a terminal loading area; and goods are conveyed in all the areas through conveying equipment, information identification is conducted on the goods through the control system in the conveying process, the sorting system sorts and caches the goods in a partitioned, layered and channel-divided mode according tothe identification information, and the functions of sorting, gathering, collecting and caching the goods according to orders are achieved. The sorting system is flexible in structural arrangement, high in goods sorting effic