09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Mail, parcel and letter sorting and conveying machines for industrial purposes, namely, roller conveyors, conveyors and conveyor belts Electrotechnical and electronic and well as optical and photographic equipment, sensors, devices and instruments for measuring the size and weight of parcels and letters, for detecting address and routing information on parcels and letters, namely, RFID readers, bar code readers, and optical character readers; electronic position monitors for monitoring the position of parcels, packages and mail; electronic speed indicators for sensing the speed of parcels, packages and mail; electronic control instrument, namely, power controllers, programmable electronic-controllers for parcel and mail sorting machines; electronic sensors, optical sensors, electronic proximity sensors and motion detectors for sorting parcels and letters; downloadable software and mobile apps for operation, managing and controlling sorting machines and optical and photographic equipment for use in letter and parcel sorting systems, namely, data processing devices, sensors, robots and cameras Generation of data processing programs, namely, development of data processing computer programs for others; platform as a service, namely, software platforms for operating, managing and controlling sorting machines in optical and photographic equipment used in letter and parcel sorting systems, namely, data processing devices, sensors, robots and cameras
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UNLOADING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOADING OR LOADING STACKED MAIL ITEMS
The invention relates to an unloading device (1), in particular for mail items (10). The unloading device (1) comprises a first transport device (2) for transporting mail items (10) in a first transport direction (3), wherein, when the mail item (10) is transported in the first transport direction (3), the mail item (10) lies in a first plane (E1), and a second transport device (4) for transporting mail items (10) in a second transport direction (5), wherein, when the mail item (10) is transported in the second transport direction (5), the mail item (10) lies in a second plane (E2), wherein the first transport device (2) and the second transport device (4) are arranged such that the first plane (E1) and the second plane (E2) intersect. The invention also relates to a method for unloading or loading stacked mail items (10).
The invention relates to a system (1) for sorting postal items (10). The system comprises an inlet region (2) where postal items (10) can be supplied to the system (1), a buffer region (4) which is designed to temporarily store at least one postal item (10), at least one outlet region (3) via which the postal items (10) can be discharged from the system (1), a gripping device (5) which is designed to supply postal items (10) in a gripping region (6) of the gripping device (5) from the inlet region (2) to the buffer region (4) and/or to the outlet region (3), and a control unit (8) which is designed to control the gripping device (5) such that the at least one postal item (10) is provided at the outlet region (3) on the basis of at least one piece of postal item information. The invention additionally relates to a method for sorting postal items (10).
B07C 3/02 - Appareillages caractérisés par les moyens utilisés en vue de la distribution
B07C 5/36 - Appareils trieurs caractérisés par les moyens qu'ils utilisent en vue de la distribution
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COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING A LOGISTICS NETWORK, MONITORING SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for automatically monitoring a logistics network for handling postal items (1), having the following steps: (a) receiving or determining network properties of the logistics network, (b) receiving or determining at least one actual operating value of the logistics network, and (c) determining an anomaly value on the basis of the at least one actual operating value and the network properties.
A conveyor line arrangement for tapering a conveyor flow of piece goods includes a first section divided into at least a first partial conveyor flow and a second partial conveyor flow and to generate a height difference between the first partial conveyor flow and the second partial conveyor flow such that the first partial conveyor flow is arranged higher than the second partial conveyor flow at the end of the first section, and a second section is configured to take over piece goods from the first partial conveyor flow and the second partial conveyor flow of the first section, and wherein the conveyor line arrangement is configured to feed the first partial conveyor flow to the second partial conveyor flow by transferring piece goods from the first partial conveyor flow to piece goods of the second partial conveyor flow on the second section.
B65G 47/68 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur
A system for correcting a misplacement of piece goods on a sorter element, that includes a robot and a detection device, wherein the detection device includes a sensor system and a control device and is to store a data structure which indicates a placement of the piece goods on the sorter element and to detect a misplacement of the piece goods on the sorter element on the basis of the data structure, and wherein the control device is configured to control the robot such that the latter corrects the misplacement of the piece goods on the sorter element.
METHOD FOR ANALYZING MALFUNCTIONS IN AN OPERATION OF A HANDLING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR TRAINING OR RETRAINING A CLASSIFIER, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MALFUNCTIONS
A method for analyzing malfunctions in an operation of a handling system configured to handle mail items includes identifying at least one characteristic of a mail item to be fed to the handling system to obtain mail item information, detecting a malfunction in an operation of the handling system to obtain malfunction information, determining at least one malfunction mail item or group of malfunction mail items that triggered the malfunction, and assigning the malfunction information with the mail item information of the malfunction mail item or malfunction mail item group.
A computer-implemented method, a device for data processing and a computer system for controlling a control device of a conveyor system to achieve an alignment and/or a defined spacing of piece goods, wherein the control of the control device is determined by an agent acting according to Reinforcement Learning methods. An individual, local state vector of predefined dimension that is the same for all the piece goods is created for each of the piece goods and an action vector is selected from an action space according to a strategy that is the same for all piece goods for the current state vector of this piece good. These action vectors are projected onto the conveying elements, wherein conflicts are resolved. After a cycle time has elapsed, state vectors are created again for each piece good and evaluated with rewards and the strategy is adjusted.
An apparatus for classifying items in a logistic process including an item manipulating device that includes a plurality of conveying elements for moving items, a vision system configured to produce visual information of at least one item of the items that performs a movement caused by conveying elements of the plurality of conveying elements, and a control system configured to receive the visual information and to perform a classification of the at least one item dependent on the visual information into one more classes.
Handling of piece good via a suction gripping device for automated movement of a piece of material via a suction gripping device including docking a suction head of the suction gripping device onto the piece good and gripping the piece good via a vacuum generated in the suction head, automatically moving the suction gripper by automatically moving the suction head, generating an output signal via a load sensor, the output signal comprising information that includes gripping information, and which provides information on how securely the piece of material is held by the suction gripping device and adjusting at least one operating parameter of the suction gripping device as a function of the gripping information.
A terminal for a sorting plant for sorting piece goods includes a receiving device, a transport device and a row arrangement of terminal stations arranged in a row, wherein the receiving device is configured to receive piece goods from a sorter outlet of a sorter of the sorting plant and to deliver the piece goods to the transport device, wherein the transport device includes a transport unit which is movable to each of the terminal stations arranged in the row, and wherein the transport device is configured to take over the piece goods discharged from the receiving device and to transport the piece goods with the transport unit to a desired terminal station of the terminal stations arranged in the row and to discharge the piece goods into this desired terminal station.
B65G 47/71 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur les objets étant déchargés sur plusieurs transporteurs
B65G 47/46 - Dispositifs pour décharger les objets ou matériaux des transporteurs avec distribution, p. ex. automatique, aux points voulus
The invention relates to a method for operating a logistics installation for piece goods, having the steps of: - conveying piece goods in the logistic installation to an automatic detection system (3) along a main conveyor line (2); automatically detecting a fault relating to an assembly of piece goods (23, 24) by means of the detection system (3); - generating a first data set (33, 34, 35, 36) by means of which the assembly of piece goods (23, 24) can be identified; - on the basis of the detected fault, ejecting the assembly of piece goods (23, 24) from the main conveyor line (2) to a recirculation conveyor line (5) which feeds the assembly of piece goods (23, 24) to the detection system (3) again, - wherein when the assembly of piece goods (23, 24) is fed to the detection system again, the detection system (3) detects the fault again and generates a second data set (33, 34, 35, 36), by means of which the assembly of piece goods (23, 24) can be identified; and - detecting a match between the first and second data set (33, 34, 35, 36).
A sorting layout for piece goods contains a sorting mechanism and an end position configuration. The end position configuration contains a plurality of end positions, which are arranged in cylinder fashion. The end position configuration also has end positions arranged one on top of another. The sorting mechanism is adapted to pick up piece goods being sorted and to sort them into any one of the end positions of the end position configuration.
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
(1) Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Drive shafts and machines (except for land vehicles); Motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Machine tools; Post and parcel machines; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, The aforesaid goods for use in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of the singulation of luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of ejecting luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters, and for the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes (except for land vehicles); Optical sorting machines; Machines for the handling of materials; Machines for the handling of materials; Transporting machines; Conveyors; Transferring machines; Transporting machines; Machines for the mechanical processing of mail and parcel shipments, For industrial use; Belts for conveyors; Conveyor rollers; Conveyors; Conveyors [machines]; Conveyors and conveyors belts; Fixed belt conveyors; Hydraulic conveyors; Automatic conveyor installations; Assembly line conveyor machinery; Conveyor belts of metal; Drives for conveyors; Belts for conveyors; Staged and segmented conveyors; Mechanical and pneumatic hoisting apparatus. (1) Design and development of computer software for logistics; Design and development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; Development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; information technology (IT) services; IT services; Cloud computing; Software as a service [SaaS]; Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software; Design and updating of computer software relating to transport and logistics in the field of packages; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for machines for the handling of goods; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for machines for the handling of materials; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for transport machines; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for transport apparatus [conveyors]; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for machines for transportation; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for transport machines; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for post and parcel machines; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
(1) Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Drive shafts and machines (except for land vehicles); Motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Machine tools; Post and parcel machines; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, The aforesaid goods for use in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of the singulation of luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of ejecting luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters, and for the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes (except for land vehicles); Transportation robots; Robotic handling apparatus; Robotic mechanisms for lifting; Robotic mechanisms for transportation; Robotic packaging machines; Robotic apparatus for handling materials; Optical sorting machines; Machines for the handling of materials; Machines for the handling of materials; Transporting machines; Conveyors; Transferring machines; Transporting machines; Packing installations; Packaging apparatus [machines]; Packaging machines; Machines for sealing packaging containers; Machines for filling packaging containers; Pack assembling machines; Machines for filling containers; Machines for the handling of materials; Control mechanisms for robotic machines; Robots for transferring workpieces; Automated robotic handling apparatus for loading and unloading of goods; Machines for the mechanical processing of mail and parcel shipments, For industrial use; Belts for conveyors; Conveyor rollers; Conveyors; Conveyors [machines]; Conveyors and conveyors belts; Fixed belt conveyors; Hydraulic conveyors; Automatic conveyor installations; Assembly line conveyor machinery; Robotic mechanisms for conveying; Conveyor belts of metal; Drives for conveyors; Belts for conveyors; Staged and segmented conveyors; Mechanical and pneumatic hoisting apparatus
(2) Logistics software; Electronic article surveillance [EAS] software; Checking (supervision) apparatus and instruments; Industrial automation software; Computer software; Software; Computer software packages; Downloadable software; Application software for robot; Robotic electrical control apparatus; Robotic Process Automation [RPA] software; Software platforms in the field of transport and delivery; Software enabling tracking of package delivery operations; Software enabling tracking shipping of packages; Invoicing software; Software applications for tracking the delivery of packages available on smartphones and digital tablets; Computer programs for controlling automated storage systems; Software, for use in relation to the following goods: Gauges, Transporting machines, For industrial purposes; Software for belt conveyors in the field of the sorting and transportation of luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Software for parcel and mail sorting machines; Measuring, detecting and monitoring instruments, indicators and controllers, Especially, for use in relation to the following goods: Parcel and mail sorting machines; Electronic control instruments, Especially, for use in relation to the following goods: Parcel and mail sorting machines; Sensors and detectors, Especially, for use in relation to the following goods: Parcel and mail sorting machines (1) Design and development of computer software for logistics; Design and development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; Development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; information technology (IT) services; IT services; Cloud computing; Software as a service [SaaS]; Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for tracking parcels; Design and updating of computer software relating to transport and logistics in the field of packages; Providing non-downloadable software for tracking parcels; Technology consultation in the field of artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence consultancy; Providing artificial intelligence computer programs on data networks; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for robotic packaging machines; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for robotic apparatus for handling materials; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for optical sorting machines; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for machines for the handling of goods; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for machines for the handling of materials; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for transport machines; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for transport apparatus [conveyors]; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for machines for transportation; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for transport machines; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for post and parcel machines; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Design and development services, in relation to the following goods: Computer software for belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Computer software design, for use in relation to the following goods: Parcel and mail sorting machines
An apparatus for taking hold of and releasing an object, which may be surrounded by a packaging with no surface stiffness and/or be positionally unstable in some circumstances. The apparatus includes: a manually and/or machine-controlled arm which can be actively directed to the object; a suction opening arranged at the freely moving end of the arm; a suction device for providing a negative pressure required at the suction opening; and a controllable vacuum check valve at the suction opening for adjusting the negative pressure acting on the object. The device makes it possible, using suction, to securely take hold of and then correspondingly further transport objects that are difficult due to their surface properties, e.g., items to be sorted with an inhomogeneous shape and/or a porous surface and/or items to be sorted that are packed, for instance, in plastic bags.
System (1) for rectifying an incorrect placement (9) of piece goods (3) on a sorter element (2), comprising a robot (10) and a detection device (6); wherein the detection device (6) comprises a sensor system (14) and a control device (8) and is configured to detect a data structure (7) representing a placement of the piece goods (3) on the sorter element (2) and to identify an incorrect placement (9) of the piece goods (3) on the sorter element (2) on the basis of the data structure (7); wherein the control device (8) is configured to control the robot (10) such that the latter rectifies the incorrect placement (9) of the piece goods (3) on the sorter element (2).
System (1) for rectifying an incorrect placement (9) of piece goods (3) on a sorter element (2), comprising a robot (10) and a detection device (6); wherein the detection device (6) comprises a sensor system (14) and a control device (8) and is configured to detect a data structure (7) representing a placement of the piece goods (3) on the sorter element (2) and to identify an incorrect placement (9) of the piece goods (3) on the sorter element (2) on the basis of the data structure (7); wherein the control device (8) is configured to control the robot (10) such that the latter rectifies the incorrect placement (9) of the piece goods (3) on the sorter element (2).
Items are sorted into target points that are logically linked to their destination. The target points are arranged in a matrix array and in a first plane. One or more destinations can be logically assigned, at least temporarily, to the target points. First sorting conveyors run in a first direction and have discharge modules which can be actuated by a sorting controller. The conveyors are arranged in a second plane above the first plane and run between rows of target points. The discharge modules in the first sorting conveyors can serve target points on both sides of the sorting conveyors with sorting items intended for these target points. A pre-sorting conveyor with discharge modules is arranged laterally of the array of target points and is controlled to pass a sorting item to the sorting conveyor that serves the target point intended for this sorting item.
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines and engines except those for agricultural machines; drive shafts and machines except those for agricultural machines; engines not for land vehicles; machine tools for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; postal and parcel machines, namely, mail sorting machines for mail and packages; sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely, for the field of sorting and transport of baggage, consignments, parcels and letters as well as for the field of storage technology; sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely, for the singulation of baggage, consignments, parcels and letters as well as for the field of storage technology; sorting and transporting machines for industrial purposes, namely, for the discharging baggage, consignments, parcels and letters as well as for the area of warehouse technology; roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the area of sorting and transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters as well as for the area of warehouse technology; belt conveyors for sorting and handling baggage, parcels, packages and letters and for warehousing; power transmission couplings other than for land vehicles; robotic handling equipment for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; robotic lifting mechanisms for postal and parcel machines as well as for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; robot mechanics for conveying postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; industrial robot-controlled packaging machines; industrial robots for material handling, namely, palletizers, case elevators, automatic pallet dispensing machines and automatic slip sheet dispensing machines; optical sorting machines for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; machines for conveying goods; machines for conveying materials; transporting machines for sorting and transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters and for warehouse technology; transporting equipment used for transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters; machines for transporting used for transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters; packaging equipment machines; packaging machines; machines for closing packaging containers; machines for filling packaging containers; machines for assembling packages being assembling machines for baggage, consignments, parcels and letters; machines for filling containers; machines for handling goods, namely, palletizers, case elevators, automatic pallet dispensing machines and automatic slip sheet dispensing machines; control mechanisms for robot-controlled machines for sorting and warehousing baggage, consignments, parcels and letters; industrial robots for transferring workpieces between machine tools; industrial robot-controlled apparatus for loading and unloading goods; machines for mechanical processing of mail and parcels; conveyor belts; conveyor rollers; conveyor systems comprised of roller conveyors, line conveyors, and belt conveyors; conveyors being machines; conveyors being machines and conveyor belts; stationary conveyor belts; hydraulic conveyor belts; automatic conveyors being machines; conveyor belt conveyors; robotic mechanisms for conveying; conveyor belts made of metal; drives for conveyors; belts for conveyors; stepped and segmented conveyors; mechanical and pneumatic conveyors Design and development of computer software for logistics; design and development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and ebusiness portals; information technology (IT) consulting services; IT services consulting; consulting services in the field of cloud computing; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial and warehousing purposes; web site hosting services, software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial and warehousing purposes; software rental; providing temporary use services of online, non-downloadable parcel tracking software; design and upgrade of computer software for parcel transportation and logistics; provision of online, non-downloadable parcel tracking software; artificial intelligence technology consultancy services; artificial intelligence consultancy services; provision of online, non-downloadable artificial intelligence computer software on data networks; design and development of computer software for robotic packaging machines; design and development of computer software for robots for material handling; design and development of computer software for optical sorting machines; design and development of computer software for machines for the transport of goods; design and development of computer software for material handling machines; design and development of computer software for transporting machines; design and development of computer software for transporting devices; design and development of computer software for machines for transporting; design and development of computer software for transporting machines; design and development of computer software for postal and parcel machines; design and development of computer software for sorting and transporting machines for industrial purposes, namely, for the field of sorting and transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters, and for the field of storage technology; design and development of computer software for roller conveyors and conveyor belts for use in the sorting and handling of baggage, consignments, parcels and letters, and in warehousing; design and development of computer software for belt conveyors for use in the sorting and handling of baggage, consignments, parcels and letters, and in warehousing; design and development of computer software for parcel and postal sorting machines
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines and engines except those for agricultural machines; drive shafts and machines except those for agricultural machines; engines not for land vehicles; machine tools for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; postal and parcel machines, namely, mail sorting machines for mail and packages; sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely, for the field of sorting and transport of baggage, consignments, parcels and letters as well as for the field of storage technology; sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely, for the singulation of baggage, consignments, parcels and letters as well as for the field of storage technology; sorting and transporting machines for industrial purposes, namely, for the discharging baggage, consignments, parcels and letters as well as for the area of warehouse technology; roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the area of sorting and transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters as well as for the area of warehouse technology; belt conveyors for sorting and handling baggage, parcels, packages and letters and for warehousing; power transmission couplings other than for land vehicles; robotic handling equipment for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; robotic lifting mechanisms for postal and parcel machines as well as for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; robot mechanics for conveying postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; industrial robot-controlled packaging machines; industrial robots for material handling, namely, palletizers, case elevators, automatic pallet dispensing machines and automatic slip sheet dispensing machines; optical sorting machines for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes; machines for conveying goods; machines for conveying materials; transporting machines for sorting and transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters and for warehouse technology; transporting equipment used for transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters; machines for transporting used for transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters; packaging equipment machines; packaging machines; machines for closing packaging containers; machines for filling packaging containers; machines for assembling packages being assembling machines for baggage, consignments, parcels and letters; machines for filling containers; machines for handling goods, namely, palletizers, case elevators, automatic pallet dispensing machines and automatic slip sheet dispensing machines; control mechanisms for robot-controlled machines for sorting and warehousing baggage, consignments, parcels and letters; industrial robots for transferring workpieces between machine tools; industrial robot-controlled apparatus for loading and unloading goods; machines for mechanical processing of mail and parcels; conveyor belts; conveyor rollers; conveyor systems comprised of roller conveyors, line conveyors, and belt conveyors; conveyors being machines; conveyors being machines and conveyor belts; stationary conveyor belts; hydraulic conveyor belts; automatic conveyors being machines; conveyor belt conveyors; robotic mechanisms for conveying; conveyor belts made of metal; drives for conveyors; belts for conveyors; stepped and segmented conveyors; mechanical and pneumatic conveyors Downloadable logistics software; downloadable electronic article surveillance software; surveillance apparatus and instruments; downloadable industrial automation software; downloadable computer software for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial and warehousing purposes; downloadable software for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial and warehousing purposes; downloadable software packages for postal and parcel machines as well as for sorting and transport machines for industrial and warehousing purposes; downloadable software for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial and warehousing purposes; downloadable application software for robots; downloadable electric control devices for robots; downloadable robotic process automation software; downloadable software platforms for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial and warehousing purposes, in the fields of conveyance and delivery; downloadable computer software for tracking the delivery of parcels; downloadable computer software for tracking the dispatch of parcels; downloadable billing software; downloadable software applications available on smartphones and tablet pcs for tracking the delivery of parcels; downloadable computer programmes for the control of automated storage systems; downloadable software for sorting and transporting machines for industrial purposes; downloadable software for belt conveyors for the sorting and transport of baggage, consignments, parcels and letters and for the storage technology sector; downloadable software for parcel and postal sorting machines; measuring, detection and monitoring instruments, devices and controllers, in particular for parcel and postal sorting machines; electronic control instruments, in particular for parcel and postal sorting machines; sensors and detectors, in particular for parcel and postal sorting machines Design and development of computer software for logistics; design and development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and ebusiness portals; information technology (IT) consulting services; IT services consulting; consulting services in the field of cloud computing; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial and warehousing purposes; web site hosting services, software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for postal and parcel machines and for sorting and transport machines for industrial and warehousing purposes; software rental; providing temporary use services of online, non-downloadable parcel tracking software; design and upgrade of computer software for parcel transportation and logistics; provision of online, non-downloadable parcel tracking software; artificial intelligence technology consultancy services; artificial intelligence consultancy services; provision of online, non-downloadable artificial intelligence computer software on data networks; design and development of computer software for robotic packaging machines; design and development of computer software for robots for material handling; design and development of computer software for optical sorting machines; design and development of computer software for machines for the transport of goods; design and development of computer software for material handling machines; design and development of computer software for transporting machines; design and development of computer software for transporting devices; design and development of computer software for machines for transporting; design and development of computer software for transporting machines; design and development of computer software for postal and parcel machines; design and development of computer software for sorting and transporting machines for industrial purposes, namely, for the field of sorting and transporting baggage, consignments, parcels and letters, and for the field of storage technology; design and development of computer software for roller conveyors and conveyor belts for use in the sorting and handling of baggage, consignments, parcels and letters, and in warehousing; design and development of computer software for belt conveyors for use in the sorting and handling of baggage, consignments, parcels and letters, and in warehousing; design and development of computer software for parcel and postal sorting machines
Conveying path arrangement (201) for narrowing a conveyed flow (22) of piece goods (3), comprising a first path section (2s1) and a second path section (2s2) adjoining the first path section (2s1) in a conveying direction (9); wherein the conveying path arrangement (201) is configured to convey the conveyed flow (22) on the first path section (2s1) so as to be subdivided into at least a first partial conveyed flow (210) and a second partial conveyed flow (220) and thereby to generate a height difference between the first partial conveyed flow (210) and the second partial conveyed flow (220) such that, at the end of the first path section (2s1), the first partial conveyed flow (210) is arranged higher than the second partial conveyed flow (220); wherein the second path section (2s2) is configured to receive piece goods (203) from the first partial conveyed flow (210) and the second partial conveyed flow (220) of the first path section (2s1), and the conveying path arrangement (201) is configured to feed the first partial conveyed flow (210) to the second partial conveyed flow (220) in that, on the second path section (2s2), piece goods (203) from the first partial conveyed flow (210) are dispensed onto piece goods (3) of the second partial conveyed flow (220).
B65G 47/68 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur
B65G 57/32 - Empilage d'objets caractérisé par l'empilage durant le transport
Conveying path arrangement (201) for narrowing a conveyed flow (22) of piece goods (3), comprising a first path section (2s1) and a second path section (2s2) adjoining the first path section (2s1) in a conveying direction (9); wherein the conveying path arrangement (201) is configured to convey the conveyed flow (22) on the first path section (2s1) so as to be subdivided into at least a first partial conveyed flow (210) and a second partial conveyed flow (220) and thereby to generate a height difference between the first partial conveyed flow (210) and the second partial conveyed flow (220) such that, at the end of the first path section (2s1), the first partial conveyed flow (210) is arranged higher than the second partial conveyed flow (220); wherein the second path section (2s2) is configured to receive piece goods (203) from the first partial conveyed flow (210) and the second partial conveyed flow (220) of the first path section (2s1), and the conveying path arrangement (201) is configured to feed the first partial conveyed flow (210) to the second partial conveyed flow (220) in that, on the second path section (2s2), piece goods (203) from the first partial conveyed flow (210) are dispensed onto piece goods (3) of the second partial conveyed flow (220).
B65G 47/68 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur
B65G 57/32 - Empilage d'objets caractérisé par l'empilage durant le transport
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Drive shafts and machines (except for land vehicles); Motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Machine tools; Post and parcel machines; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, The aforesaid goods for use in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of the singulation of luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of ejecting luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters, and for the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes (except for land vehicles); Transportation robots; Robotic handling apparatus; Robotic mechanisms for lifting; Robotic mechanisms for transportation; Robotic packaging machines; Robotic apparatus for handling materials; Optical sorting machines; Machines for the handling of materials; Machines for the handling of materials; Transporting machines; Conveyors; Transferring machines; Transporting machines; Packing installations; Packaging apparatus [machines]; Packaging machines; Machines for sealing packaging containers; Machines for filling packaging containers; Pack assembling machines; Machines for filling containers; Machines for the handling of materials; Control mechanisms for robotic machines; Robots for transferring workpieces; Automated robotic handling apparatus for loading and unloading of goods; Machines for the mechanical processing of mail and parcel shipments, For industrial use; Belts for conveyors; Conveyor rollers; Conveyors; Conveyors [machines]; Conveyors and conveyors belts; Fixed belt conveyors; Hydraulic conveyors; Automatic conveyor installations; Assembly line conveyor machinery; Robotic mechanisms for conveying; Conveyor belts of metal; Drives for conveyors; Belts for conveyors; Staged and segmented conveyors; Mechanical and pneumatic hoisting apparatus. Logistics software; Electronic article surveillance [EAS] software; Checking (supervision) apparatus and instruments; Industrial automation software; Computer software; Software; Computer software packages; Downloadable software; Application software for robot; Robotic electrical control apparatus; Robotic Process Automation [RPA] software; Software platforms in the field of transport and delivery; Software enabling tracking of package delivery operations; Software enabling tracking shipping of packages; Invoicing software; Software applications for tracking the delivery of packages available on smartphones and digital tablets; Computer programs for controlling automated storage systems; Software, for use in relation to the following goods: Gauges, Transporting machines, For industrial purposes; Software for belt conveyors in the field of the sorting and transportation of luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Software for parcel and mail sorting machines; Measuring, detecting and monitoring instruments, indicators and controllers, Especially, for use in relation to the following goods: Parcel and mail sorting machines; Electronic control instruments, Especially, for use in relation to the following goods: Parcel and mail sorting machines; Sensors and detectors, Especially, for use in relation to the following goods: Parcel and mail sorting machines. Design and development of computer software for logistics; Design and development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; Development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; information technology (IT) services; IT services; Cloud computing; Software as a service [SaaS]; Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for tracking parcels; Design and updating of computer software relating to transport and logistics in the field of packages; Providing non-downloadable software for tracking parcels; Technology consultation in the field of artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence consultancy; Providing artificial intelligence computer programs on data networks; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for robotic packaging machines; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for robotic apparatus for handling materials; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for optical sorting machines; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for machines for the handling of goods; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for machines for the handling of materials; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for transport machines; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for transport apparatus [conveyors]; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for machines for transportation; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for transport machines; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for post and parcel machines; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Computer software design, for use in relation to the following goods: Parcel and mail sorting machines.
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Drive shafts and machines (except for land vehicles); Motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Machine tools; Post and parcel machines; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, The aforesaid goods for use in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of the singulation of luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of ejecting luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters, and for the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes (except for land vehicles); Optical sorting machines; Machines for the handling of materials; Machines for the handling of materials; Transporting machines; Conveyors; Transferring machines; Transporting machines; Machines for the mechanical processing of mail and parcel shipments, For industrial use; Belts for conveyors; Conveyor rollers; Conveyors; Conveyors [machines]; Conveyors and conveyors belts; Fixed belt conveyors; Hydraulic conveyors; Automatic conveyor installations; Assembly line conveyor machinery; Conveyor belts of metal; Drives for conveyors; Belts for conveyors; Staged and segmented conveyors; Mechanical and pneumatic hoisting apparatus. Design and development of computer software for logistics; Design and development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; Development of computer software for logistics, supply chain management and e-business portals; information technology (IT) services; IT services; Cloud computing; Software as a service [SaaS]; Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software; Design and updating of computer software relating to transport and logistics in the field of packages; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for machines for the handling of goods; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for machines for the handling of materials; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for transport machines; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for transport apparatus [conveyors]; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for machines for transportation; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for transport machines; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for post and parcel machines; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for roller conveyors and conveyor belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Design and development services, in relation to the followig goods: Computer software for belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, shipments, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology.
A method monitors a logistics network, in which mail items are processed at various network nodes and are transported on edges. The method includes: providing a computer-implemented data model, which describes aspects of the logistics network; transferring a stream of raw data of at least one subset of the network nodes, regarding mail items processed there, into the data model; processing, in an automated manner, secondary information obtained from the raw data, during operation, for the computer-assisted monitoring of anomalies in the logistics network, the raw data containing data sets, which each contain a time-related identification of a mail item at a network node; and obtaining the secondary information containing the performance of a comparison, in which a computer-implemented comparison function is applied to at least two of the time-related identifications.
An apparatus and a method convey and sort articles. The apparatus contains a link conveyor, having link elements, pushing-off elements, drive elements, and a control device. The link conveyor runs along a belt-movement line and has along the belt-movement line the link elements which are arranged to follow one after the other and form a conveying surface for the articles. In each case one pushing-off element can be arranged on one of the link elements, above the conveying surface, and therefore the pushing-off element runs along the belt-movement line together with the link element, and the pushing-off element can be moved, and stopped, along a pushing-off-line, which is arranged transversely to the belt-movement line. The drive elements each drive one or more pushing-off elements individually, and therefore the operations of moving and stopping these pushing-off elements, which are arranged to follow one after the other, are independent of one another.
B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
B07C 3/08 - Appareillages caractérisés par les moyens utilisés en vue de la distribution utilisant des systèmes de transporteurs
B65G 47/84 - Roues en forme d'étoiles ou dispositifs à courroies ou chaînes sans fin, les roues ou dispositifs étant dotés d'éléments venant en prise avec les objets
28.
COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, APPARATUS FOR DATA PROCESSING, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A CONTROL DEVICE OF A CONVEYOR SYSTEM
The use of reinforcement learning methods on conveyor systems (2) for piece goods (4) is quickly reaching its limit due to the high number of individual conveyor elements (12) which determine the dimensionality of the action vectors (a(t)). The invention relates to a computer-implemented method, to a device for processing data, and to a computer system for actuating a regulating device of a conveyor system (2) with individually actuatable conveyor elements (12) in order to achieve an alignment and/or a defined spacing of the piece goods (4), wherein the actuation of the regulating device (14) is determined by an agent which operates according to reinforcement learning methods. An individual local state vector sn(t) of a dimension which is ascertained in advance and which conforms to all of the piece goods (4) is generated for each piece good (4n) using an image. An action vector (an (t)) is selected individually for each piece good (4n) from an action space according to a strategy (policy) for the current state vector (sn (t)) of said piece good (4), said strategy being the same for all of the piece goods (4, 4n). The action vectors (an (t)) are projected onto the conveyor elements (12), and conflicts (for example multiple action vectors (an (t)) mapped to the same conveyor element (12)) are solved. After a cycle time (At) expires, state vectors (sn (t+?t)) are generated again for each piece good (4n) and are evaluated using rewards, and the strategy is adapted.
B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
B65G 43/10 - Commande en série des transporteurs fonctionnant en combinaison
B65G 47/26 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p. ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet
G05B 13/02 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques
G05B 19/418 - Commande totale d'usine, c.-à-d. commande centralisée de plusieurs machines, p. ex. commande numérique directe ou distribuée [DNC], systèmes d'ateliers flexibles [FMS], systèmes de fabrication intégrés [IMS], productique [CIM]
A driverless transportation vehicle for piece goods has a chassis, a traction drive, a load-transfer device with a load-transfer drive, and a control system. The chassis has at least two wheels arranged on an axle and the traction drive is configured to drive the wheels. The load-transfer device picks up an item of piece goods and transfer its center of mass on the vehicle. The control system controls the traction drive to prevent the transportation vehicle from tilting about the axle of the chassis, while the driverless transportation vehicle balances on only the at least two wheels. The control system additionally actuates the load-transfer drive in such a way that the position of the center of mass of the cargo is adapted for a driving maneuver that is to be carried out.
B62D 37/04 - Stabilisation des caisses de véhicules sans agir sur les dispositifs de suspension au moyen de masses mobiles
B62D 61/00 - Véhicules à moteur ou remorques, caractérisés par la disposition ou le nombre de roues et non prévus ailleurs, p. ex. quatre roues disposées en losange
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Electrotechnical and electronic and optical and photographic
devices, sensors, apparatus and instruments (included in
this class), in particular data processing apparatus,
sensors, robots and cameras for pattern recognition;
software and mobile apps for optical and photographic
apparatus, in particular data processing apparatus, sensors,
robots and cameras; apparatus and instruments for recording,
transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or
data. Computer programming; installation, maintenance and updating
of computer software; research and development of new
products for others; technological consultancy; engineering
services; software implementation; platform as a service
[PaaS]; software as a service [SaaS]; all the aforesaid
services in the field of optical and photographic apparatus,
sensors, robots and cameras for pattern recognition.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Electrotechnical and electronic and optical and photographic devices, sensors, apparatus and instruments, in particular, data processing apparatus, optical position sensors, and cameras for pattern recognition; downloadable software and mobile apps for controlling optical and photographic apparatus, in particular, data processing apparatus, sensors, robots and cameras; apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data Computer programming; installation, maintenance and updating of computer software; research and development of new products for others; engineering services; software implementation; software as a service (SaaS) featuring software for controlling optical and photographic apparatus, in particular, data processing apparatus, sensors, robots and cameras; all the aforesaid in the field of optical and photographic apparatus, sensors, robots and cameras for pattern recognition
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Sorting machines, transporting machines, for industrial
purposes, namely, relating to the following fields, sorting
and arranging of luggage, parcels and letters; industrial
robots, relating to the following fields, sorting and
arranging of luggage, parcels and letters. Software, mobile apps, in relation to the following goods,
gauges, robots; software, mobile apps, in relation to the
following fields, robotics. Creation of sorting machines; creation of robots for data
processing; creation of software; installation, maintenance
and updating of computer software; research and development
of new products for others; technological consultancy;
engineering services; software implementation; platform as a
service [PaaS]; software as a service [SaaS]; all the
aforesaid services, in relation to the following fields,
robots, robotics, sorting machines.
33.
Linear sorter having variably running cross-belt supports
A linear sorter sorts piece goods. The linear sorter contains a closed circulation of tracks having a plurality of cross-belt elements, in which the piece goods are transported on an upper run on the cross-belt elements and are sorted by unloading to corresponding destination points, and the cross-belt elements return on a lower run. The cross-belt elements are driven by linear motors. In order to simplify the maintenance and to have to keep fewer cross-belt elements available as replacement components, the linear motors for the cross-belt elements are controlled such that, as the cross-belt elements return on the lower run, the speed of the cross-belt elements is higher than the speed of the cross-belt elements while travelling on the upper run.
B65G 54/02 - Transporteurs non mécaniques, non prévus ailleurs électrostatiques, électriques ou magnétiques
B65G 47/71 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur les objets étant déchargés sur plusieurs transporteurs
B65G 47/96 - Dispositifs pour culbuter maillons ou plates-formes
34.
Method and system for loading a driverless transport vehicle
Driverless transport vehicles or DTVs, which are automatically guided vehicles, are gaining importance in the sorting of cargo. A method for loading a driverless transport vehicle with a cargo item in a transfer point, includes loading the DTV with the cargo item by using a known delivery system during the journey of the DTV. In order to prevent cargo items from falling during loading, a higher-level control sets the delivery speed of the cargo item and the speed of travel before the cargo item is transferred to the transport vehicle, such that the delivery speed component of the transport direction is equal to the speed of travel of the transport vehicle. In this way, the continued use of existing delivery systems such as are known under the term HSI (high speed induction) is possible. A system for loading a driverless transport vehicle is also provided.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Luggage, parcel, and letter sorting machines and conveying machines for industrial purposes; industrial robots, relating to the following fields, sorting and arranging of luggage, parcels and letters Downloadable software, mobile apps, for controlling robots and displaying information from gauges
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Electrotechnical and electronic and optical and photographic devices, sensors, apparatus and instruments (included in class 9), in particular data processing apparatus, sensors, robots and cameras for pattern recognition; Software and mobile apps for optical and photographic apparatus, in particular data processing apparatus, sensors, robots and cameras; Apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data. Computer programming; Installation, maintenance and updating of computer software; Research and development of new products for others; Technical consultancy; Engineering services; Software implementation; Platform as a service [PaaS]; Software as a service [SaaS]; All the aforesaid services In the field of optical and photographic apparatus, sensors, robots and cameras for pattern recognition.
37.
Sorting installation for parcels and method for sorting parcels
A sorting installation for parcels uses an efficient sorting process based on properties of the parcels. The sorting installation has at least one parcel inlet and a parcel outlet that discharges sorted parcels for external transportation. A conveying mechanism transports the parcels to be sorted from the parcel inlet into a sorting area of the sorting installation. The sorting area has a sorting mechanism that sorts the multiplicity of parcels according to at least one item of parcel-related sorting information and removes them from the conveying mechanism at a transfer station. The sorting area also includes primary buffer stores, which receive and temporarily store parcels sorted by the sorting mechanism according to the parcel-related sorting information. The primary buffer stores are set up to be moved to the at least one transfer station depending on the at least one item of parcel-related sorting information.
A method ejects an item of piece goods from a load-supporting system which can be driven individually and in a driverless, automated manner on a surface. The method includes carrying out individual and driverless, automated transport of the goods on the load-supporting system and ejecting the item of piece goods downwards through an ejection region situated in a bottom region of the load-supporting device.
B65G 1/137 - Dispositifs d'emmagasinage mécaniques avec des aménagements ou des moyens de commande automatique pour choisir les objets qui doivent être enlevés
B07C 5/36 - Appareils trieurs caractérisés par les moyens qu'ils utilisent en vue de la distribution
A sorting system and a method for sorting piece goods provide for conveying the piece goods to be sorted on a delivery level to a delivery point and delivering them there into or onto a receiving device moving on a collection level receiving the piece goods. The collection level is disposed below the delivery level. The receiving device travels over an individually determined route on the collection level.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Sorting machines, Transporting machines, For industrial purposes, namely, Relating to the following fields, Sorting and arranging of luggage, parcels and letters; Industrial robots, Relating to the following fields, Sorting and arranging of luggage, parcels and letters. Software, Mobile apps, In relation to the following goods, Gauges, Robots; Software, Mobile apps, in relation to the following fields, Robotics. Creating, in relation to the following goods, Sorting machines; Robots for data processing, Software; Installation, maintenance and updating of computer software; Research and development of new products for others; Technical consultancy; Engineering services; Software implementation; Platform as a service [PaaS]; Software as a service [SaaS]; All the aforesaid services, in relation to the following fields, Robots, Robotics, Sorting machines.
41.
Storage apparatus for transport goods and storage method
A storage apparatus for transport goods includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor and a deflecting mechanism for deflecting transport goods conveyed by the first conveyor onto the second conveyor. A motor configuration is provided for motorized driving of the first conveyor and/or the second conveyor. A step is provided over which the transport goods are conveyed. The storage apparatus is configured to vertically compress the transport goods with the aid of the step. A method for storing transport goods, in particular packages, is also provided.
B65G 47/26 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p. ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet
B65G 21/20 - Moyens incorporés ou fixés au châssis ou aux carters pour guider les porte-charges, les éléments de traction ou les charges portées sur les surfaces mobiles
B65G 23/00 - Mécanismes d'entraînement pour transporteurs sans finDispositions de tension des courroies ou des chaînes
B65G 37/00 - Combinaisons de transporteurs mécaniques de même type ou de types différents sauf en ce qui concerne leur application dans des machines particulières ou leur emploi dans des procédés particuliers de fabrication
B65G 47/52 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter
B65G 57/32 - Empilage d'objets caractérisé par l'empilage durant le transport
B07C 3/00 - Tri du courrier ou des documents selon la destination
B07C 3/08 - Appareillages caractérisés par les moyens utilisés en vue de la distribution utilisant des systèmes de transporteurs
42.
Transfer apparatus and method for transferring articles
A transfer apparatus contains a conveying unit, a sorting unit, which is configured for receiving and sorting articles from the conveying unit, and a transfer unit with a feeding unit. The transfer unit forms a transporting connection between the conveying unit and the sorting unit. A discharging unit is positioned on a portion of the conveying unit and is configured to discharge an article onto the transfer unit only when the article is at a predefined minimum distance from a previously discharged article.
B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
B07C 1/02 - Formation d'un courant d'objetsMise en place des objets dans un courant, p. ex. espacement, redressage
B65G 47/51 - Dispositifs pour décharger les objets ou matériaux des transporteurs avec distribution, p. ex. automatique, aux points voulus selon des signaux non programmés, p. ex. répondant à la situation de l'approvisionnement au point de destination
B65G 47/57 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter vers des sections de transporteurs à chaîne inclinés ou verticaux ou à partir de ces sections pour objets
B65G 47/68 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur
B65G 47/69 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur les objets étant accumulés temporairement
B65G 47/46 - Dispositifs pour décharger les objets ou matériaux des transporteurs avec distribution, p. ex. automatique, aux points voulus
B65G 47/42 - Dispositifs pour décharger les objets ou matériaux des transporteurs actionnés par les objets ou matériaux transportés et déchargés
43.
Adjusting the distance between piece goods to be conveyed
A conveying device for conveying piece goods in a conveying direction adjusts distances between the piece goods to be conveyed. The piece goods are subjected to individually determined accelerations in order to adjust the distances to a set or desired distance. A method for adjusting distances between piece goods and a computer program product are also provided.
B65G 47/31 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p. ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet pendant le transport par une série de transporteurs en faisant varier les vitesses relatives des transporteurs en série
B65G 37/00 - Combinaisons de transporteurs mécaniques de même type ou de types différents sauf en ce qui concerne leur application dans des machines particulières ou leur emploi dans des procédés particuliers de fabrication
B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
B65G 43/10 - Commande en série des transporteurs fonctionnant en combinaison
B65G 15/24 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c.-à-d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même configuration comportant une série d'éléments travaillant ensemble en tandem
B65G 13/02 - Chemins de roulement comportant des rouleaux entraînés
44.
Sorting installation and method for the sorting of objects
A sorting installation sorts objects and contains a sorter for conveying objects and also an end station facility accepting objects. The sorter is configured to bring at least a few of the objects conveyed on the sorter in an object introduction direction, which is different from a local direction of object conveyance of the sorter in an area of the sorter adjoining the end station facility, into the end station facility. In order to make possible a fine distribution of the objects that is favorable in terms of the effort involved, the end station facility has a first object store, a second object store and also a transport facility. The transport facility is configured to transport the objects brought by the sorter into the end station facility optionally along a first transport path to the first object store or along a second transport path to the second object store.
A conveying unit for transporting goods on transport rollers in a transport plane. The transport rollers can be rotated about their respective axes of rotation with an adjustable rotational speed and adjustable direction of rotation. The axes of rotation of the transport rollers are adjustable by rotation about their respective pivot axes by a particular pivot axis angle, and at least two of the transport rollers can be adjusted differently from one another. There is also described a method for adjusting the conveyor unit.
A conveying unit for a superordinate conveying system for transporting goods on a transport plane. The conveying unit has transport rollers, drive devices, at least one adjustment apparatus and a control unit. The transport rollers rotate about axes at an actuatable rotational speed and with an actuatable direction of rotation. The drive device can be actuated to drive the transport rollers. The axes of rotation of the transport rollers can be actuated about their respective pivot axes by their own pivot axis angle and can be adjusted by rotation. The adjustment apparatus can be actuated to adjust the axes of rotation of the transport rollers about their respective pivot axes. The control unit actuates the conveying unit, and the conveying unit additionally has a connection apparatus for connecting the conveying unit to the superordinate conveying system.
B65G 47/244 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs présentant les objets selon un orientement donné en les faisant tourner autour d'un axe sensiblement perpendiculaire au plan de transport
A method and a system for the exact positioning an autonomous robot device relative to a stationary structure, such as a DBCS robot in a delivery bin and sorting facility. The robot device is driven from a starting position towards a target position. An absolute positioning sensor is used to monitor the approach to towards an assumed absolute position of the target. Once the target position has entered the field of view of a vision sensor mounted to the robot device, the vision sensor takes an instantaneous image of a visual marker at the target position. The image is evaluated to determine a deviation of an actual location of the target position from the assumed target position. The latter is corrected by adding the deviation to the assumed target position. The robot device then continues and is stopped exactly at the corrected target position.
Sorting items are loaded into, or unloaded from, a transport volume. A transport volume-side end of a telescopic conveyor is telescoped into the transport volume to reach a suitable loading position. Then the sorting items are transported into the transport volume or unloaded and transported out of the transport volume. The position of the volume-side end of the conveyor is adjusted as a function of the ongoing loading or unloading state. The adjusted position is acquired by way of a control unit. The expected residual loading or unloading time remaining for the transport volume is determined on the basis of the acquired adjusted position and, optionally, the time profile of the process. The adjusted position may be determined from a rotational speed and/or an activation duration of the drive motor that adjusts the telescopic conveyor.
B65G 21/14 - Châssis ou carters de support ou de protection pour transporteurs sans fin ou éléments de traction des transporteurs à courroies ou à chaînes mobiles ou à pièces interchangeables ou relativement mobilesDispositifs pour déplacer le châssis ou des parties de celui-ci pour permettre le réglage de la longueur ou du profil des porte-charges ou de l'élément de traction
B07C 5/02 - Opérations précédant le tri, p. ex. mise en place des objets dans un courant, redressage
B65G 47/18 - Aménagements ou utilisation de trémies ou colonnes de descente
49.
Method and system for the improved manual processing of undeliverable mail
A mail sorting system and method process mail pieces that arrive at a feed point. The mail pieces are classified into machinable mail pieces and non-machinable mail pieces. The machinable mail is processed in an automated sorting machine. Mail pieces with incomplete or incorrect addressing information are classified as rejects and diverted for manual processing. A manual processing station receives the non-machinable mail pieces from the feed point and also the rejects from the automated sorting machine. In the manual processing station the mail pieces are scanned in a scanning device and the images are send to an image processing system, which also receives images from the automated sorting machine. Upon receiving the results from the automated image processing system, an operator completes labeling process from each mail piece.
A transport chute is suitable for use as a store for articles that are able to be laid one on top of another, in particular packages and items of luggage. The chute contains a chute portion which has an inclined chute surface with a dropping direction along the chute surface. The chute portion is interrupted by an interruption such that the chute surface is subdivided into at least an upper chute surface and lower chute surface. The interruption is configured to make it easier to form at least two layers of articles lying one on top of another below the interruption. The lower chute surface has a driver, which is drivable and actuable counter to the dropping direction, for transporting the articles, the articles of the bottommost layer being able to rest at least in part on the driver in order to be transported.
B65G 37/00 - Combinaisons de transporteurs mécaniques de même type ou de types différents sauf en ce qui concerne leur application dans des machines particulières ou leur emploi dans des procédés particuliers de fabrication
B65G 11/08 - Colonnes de descente avec surfaces de guidage discontinues, p. ex. disposées en zigzag ou cascade
51.
TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLES
The invention proposes a transfer apparatus (1), comprising a conveying unit (2), a sorting unit (10), which is designed for receiving and sorting articles from the conveying unit (2), a transfer unit (15) with a feeding unit (50), said transfer unit forming a transporting connection between the conveying unit (2) and the sorting unit (10), and a discharging unit (20), which is positioned on a portion of the conveying unit (2) and is designed to discharge an article (4, 5, 6) onto the transfer unit (15) only when said article (4, 5, 6) is at a predefined minimum distance from a previously discharged article (4, 5, 6). The invention also proposes a method for transferring articles.
In a multi-stage sorting method, before a first sorting pass, containers can be placed with unsorted items in storage points of an empty store. Storage areas are determined for each pass. The areas are arranged orthogonal to one another. The containers are arbitrarily distributed within an area. In each sorting pass, one container from each area is retrieved as part of a batch group. The retrieval sequence is arbitrary in the first pass, and uses a sorting algorithm in subsequent passes. The degree of sorting of the mail items in the containers is increased in a sorting operation, storing positions are empty points generated by the retrieval or storage points with empty containers corresponding to a retrieval position, and the storing sequence is on a process-contingent random basis corresponding to an emptying of sorting end points. These process steps are repeated for as many batches as necessary to process a total volume of items.
A delivery point sorting device with two feeders for receiving and forwarding mail in streams, where a diverging apparatus divert module is configured to process the mail from the two feeders and a merge module converges the streams of mail from the two feeders and distributes the mail to respective endpoints. Sorting endpoints are used for loading the mail received from this converging apparatus. A method where items of mail are sorted through sorting passes including a first, second, and third sorting pass. Sorting passes are; processing mail through two feeders by receiving the mail by the feeders and forwarding the mail articles in streams of mail, converging the streams of mail from the feeders to a conveyor apparatus, loading the mail at sorting endpoints by the conveyor apparatus, and sequentially passing the mail through the first, second, and third sorting pass.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines except for land vehicles; Transmission drive shafts for machines for sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters; Motors and engines except for land vehicles; Machine tools, namely, roller conveyors, conveyors and conveyor belts for sorting and transporting mail, parcels, baggage and letters and structural parts thereof; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely, in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Roller conveyors and conveyor belts with attachable trays for holding luggage, parcels and letters for use in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters, and for use in the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors for use in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes except for land vehicles Instruments for measuring the size and weight of parcels and letters; instruments for detecting address and routing information on parcels and letters, namely, RFID readers, bar code readers, and optical character readers; electronic position monitors for monitoring the position of parcels, packages and post; electronic controllers for control of parcel and post sorting machines, electronic speed indicators; electronic control instruments, namely, power controllers, programmable electronic controllers for parcel and post sorting machines; electric sensors, optical sensors, electronic proximity sensors, motion detectors; data processing programs, namely, computer software for operating, managing and controlling systems for sorting parcels and post and for recording, transmitting and processing data related to parcel and post sorting systems; In particular all of the aforesaid goods being for parcel and post sorting machines
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines except for land vehicles; Transmission drive shafts for machines for sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters; Motors and engines except for land vehicles; Machine tools, namely, roller conveyors, conveyors and conveyor belts for sorting and transporting mail, parcels, baggage and letters and structural parts thereof; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely, in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Roller conveyors and conveyor belts with attachable trays for holding luggage, parcels and letters for use in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters, and for use in the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors for use in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes except for land vehicles Instruments for measuring the size and weight of parcels and letters; instruments for detecting address and routing information on parcels and letters, namely, RFID readers, bar code readers, and optical character readers; electronic position monitors for monitoring the position of parcels, packages and post; electronic controllers for control of parcel and post sorting machines, electronic speed indicators; electronic control instruments, namely, power controllers, programmable electronic controllers for parcel and post sorting machines; electric sensors, optical sensors, electronic proximity sensors, motion detectors; data processing programs, namely, computer software for operating, managing and controlling systems for sorting parcels and post and for recording, transmitting and processing data related to parcel and post sorting systems; In particular all of the aforesaid goods being for parcel and post sorting machines
56.
Conveyor chute comprising a width adjusting mechanism
A conveyor chute is suitable for use as a store for goods, such as packages and pieces of luggage. The conveyor chute has at least one sliding section with an inclined sliding surface with a direction of fall along the sliding surface as well as a sliding width. The sliding section has a width adjusting mechanism which allows the goods to be distributed across at least part of the sliding width and which thus allows the conveyor chute to be used in an improved manner for storing the goods.
B65G 11/08 - Colonnes de descente avec surfaces de guidage discontinues, p. ex. disposées en zigzag ou cascade
B65G 11/20 - Dispositifs auxiliaires, p. ex. pour dévier, régler la vitesse ou remuer les objets ou les solides
B65G 47/53 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter entre transporteurs se croisant
B65G 47/71 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur les objets étant déchargés sur plusieurs transporteurs
B65G 13/08 - Chemins de roulement de forme courbeChemins de roulement avec des embranchements
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Software for logistics, in particular mail, parcel and
airport logistics, software for retailers for use in
logistics. Software as a service for logistics, in particular mail,
parcel and airport logistics, and retailers.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR LOGISTICS, NAMELY, COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR OPERATING, MANAGING AND CONTROLLING DIGITAL SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING, SORTING, TRACKING AND TRANSPORTING MAIL, PARCELS AND LUGGAGE AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR USE IN RECORDING, PROCESSING AND TRANSMITTING DATA USED IN IDENTIFYING, SORTING, TRACKING AND TRANSPORTING MAIL, PARCELS AND LUGGAGE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR LOGISTICS FOR USE BY RETAILERS TO OPERATE, MANAGE AND CONTROL DIGITAL SYSTEMS FOR ORDER FULFILLMENT AND DIGITAL SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING, SORTING, TRACKING AND TRANSPORTING SHIPMENTS OF GOODS, COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR RECORDING, PROCESSING AND TRANSMITTING DATA USED IN ORDER FULFILLMENT AND FOR IDENTIFYING, SORTING, TRACKING AND TRANSPORTING SHIPMENTS OF GOODS SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR LOGISTICS, NAMELY, SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR OPERATING, MANAGING AND CONTROLLING DIGITAL SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING, SORTING, TRACKING AND TRANSPORTING MAIL, PARCELS AND LUGGAGE AND SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR USE IN RECORDING, PROCESSING AND TRANSMITTING DATA USED IN IDENTIFYING, SORTING, TRACKING AND TRANSPORTING MAIL, PARCELS AND LUGGAGE; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR LOGISTICS FOR USE BY RETAILERS TO OPERATE, MANAGE AND CONTROL DIGITAL SYSTEMS FOR ORDER FULFILLMENT AND DIGITAL SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING, SORTING, TRACKING AND TRANSPORTING SHIPMENTS OF GOODS, SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE FOR RECORDING, PROCESSING AND TRANSMITTING DATA USED IN ORDER FULFILLMENT AND FOR IDENTIFYING, SORTING, TRACKING AND TRANSPORTING SHIPMENTS OF GOODS
59.
Conveying system with segments and method for transporting individual items
A conveying system transports items, such as postal items, along a main conveying direction. A conveying route includes segments that are arranged one behind the other along the main conveying direction. The segments have conveyors arranged parallel to one another and the segments are offset relative to one another in a transverse direction. The conveyors are driven and activated individually by a control unit. The items are conveyed along the main conveying direction by transferring an item from a preceding segment to a following segment that is offset relative to the preceding segment and then transporting the item on the following segment. Items with small dimensions, which rest on just one conveyor can also be manipulated during the transportation.
B65G 43/10 - Commande en série des transporteurs fonctionnant en combinaison
B65G 15/22 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c.-à-d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même configuration comportant une série d'éléments travaillant ensemble
B07C 1/04 - Formation d'un courant à partir d'un chargementCommande du courant, p. ex. espacement des objets
B65G 47/244 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs présentant les objets selon un orientement donné en les faisant tourner autour d'un axe sensiblement perpendiculaire au plan de transport
B65G 47/31 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p. ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet pendant le transport par une série de transporteurs en faisant varier les vitesses relatives des transporteurs en série
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Drive shafts and machines (except for land vehicles); Motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Machine tools; Post and parcel machines; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Roller conveyors and conveyors belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters, and for the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes (except for land vehicles). Measuring, detecting and monitoring instruments, indicators and controllers; Electronic control instruments; Sensors and detectors; Data processing programs; In particular all the aforesaid goods being for parcel and post sorting machine.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Drive shafts and machines (except for land vehicles); Motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Machine tools, including post and parcel machines; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Roller conveyors and conveyors belts for the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters, and for the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes (except for land vehicles). Measuring, detecting and monitoring instruments, indicators and controllers; Electronic control instruments; Sensors and detectors; Data processing programs; In particular all the aforesaid goods being for parcel and post sorting machine.
62.
Sorting device and method for sorting bulk material
A sorting device and a method for sorting bulk material. In order to be able to load a sorting facility of the sorting device with just one feeding facility with bulk material such that the sorting facility can be operated with a high throughput, provision is made for the sorting facility and the feeding facility to be arranged so as to run in parallel with one another in a transfer area. In the transfer area, bulk material is transferred from the feeding facility to the sorting facility.
B07C 3/02 - Appareillages caractérisés par les moyens utilisés en vue de la distribution
B07C 3/08 - Appareillages caractérisés par les moyens utilisés en vue de la distribution utilisant des systèmes de transporteurs
B65G 47/46 - Dispositifs pour décharger les objets ou matériaux des transporteurs avec distribution, p. ex. automatique, aux points voulus
B65G 47/68 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
42 - Services scientifiques, technologiques et industriels, recherche et conception
Produits et services
Software for logistics, in particular mail, parcel and airport logistics, and retailers. Software as a service for logistics, in particular mail, parcel and airport logistics, and retailers.
A transport device for transporting goods includes at least one track and at least one transport vehicle which is configured to travel on the track and to transport the goods. The transport vehicle has at least one vehicle-side or on-board drive for moving the transport vehicle relative to the track. In order to enhance the performance of the transport device in a simple and cost-effective manner, the track has at least one track-side or in-track drive for moving the transport vehicle relative to the track at least in sections.
B61B 13/12 - Systèmes avec dispositifs de propulsion entre les rails ou le long de ceux-ci, p. ex. systèmes pneumatiques
B65G 35/06 - Transporteurs mécaniques non prévus ailleurs comportant un porte-charges se déplaçant le long d'un circuit, p. ex. d'un circuit fermé, et adapté pour venir en prise avec l'un quelconque des éléments de traction espacés le long du circuit
B65G 35/08 - Transporteurs mécaniques non prévus ailleurs comportant un train de porte-charges non reliés, p. ex. des sections de courroie, déplaçables sur un circuit, p. ex. un circuit fermé, adaptés pour venir au contact les uns des autres et être mus par des dispositifs venant successivement en prise avec chaque porte-charges
A device for handling objects includes an unloading head, onto which the objects can be transported and from which the objects can be unloaded by an operator. A lifting apparatus is connected to the unloading head. The height of the unloading head can be adjusted by way of the lifting apparatus and a sensing apparatus that can be activated and the height of the unloading head can be adjusted. In order to achieve a throughput increase in the handling of objects, the sensing apparatus is arranged in such a way that the sensing apparatus can be triggered by the operator by way of an object that is located on the unloading head.
B65G 57/112 - Empilage d'objets en ajoutant les objets au sommet de la pile les objets étant empilés par action directe du transporteur d'alimentation le transfert étant réglable en hauteur
B65G 67/08 - Chargement des véhicules terrestres utilisant des transporteurs sans fin
B65G 57/03 - Empilage d'objets en ajoutant les objets au sommet de la pile par au-dessus
B65G 57/11 - Empilage d'objets en ajoutant les objets au sommet de la pile les objets étant empilés par action directe du transporteur d'alimentation
B65H 29/66 - Progression en courants d'articles se chevauchant
B64F 1/32 - Installations au sol ou installations pour ponts d'envol des porte-avions pour la manutention du fret
B65G 21/10 - Châssis ou carters de support ou de protection pour transporteurs sans fin ou éléments de traction des transporteurs à courroies ou à chaînes mobiles ou à pièces interchangeables ou relativement mobilesDispositifs pour déplacer le châssis ou des parties de celui-ci
B65G 21/14 - Châssis ou carters de support ou de protection pour transporteurs sans fin ou éléments de traction des transporteurs à courroies ou à chaînes mobiles ou à pièces interchangeables ou relativement mobilesDispositifs pour déplacer le châssis ou des parties de celui-ci pour permettre le réglage de la longueur ou du profil des porte-charges ou de l'élément de traction
B65G 41/00 - Châssis ou bases de support pour transporteurs dans leur ensemble, p. ex. châssis transportables
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
68.
System and method for destacking and conveying articles arranged in stacks
A system and a method for destacking and conveying articles disposed in stacks include a conveying device which is constructed for transporting the articles in a conveying direction. The conveying device is inclined relative to the horizontal at an angle of inclination and has a drive device and adhesion elements. The adhesion elements exert an adhesion force on articles with which they are in contact. The system also includes a controller which is connected to the drive device of the conveying device. In order to provide for more effective destacking for the system and the method, the adhesion elements are connected to the controller and constructed to be activated by the controller.
B65G 15/58 - Courroies ou porte-charges sans fin analogues avec moyens pour tenir ou retenir les charges dans la position fixée, p. ex. magnétiques
B65G 59/12 - Désempilage d'objets caractérisé par le désempilage durant le transport
B65G 15/24 - Transporteurs comportant des surfaces porteuses de charges sans fin, c.-à-d. des tapis roulants ou autres systèmes équivalents, auxquelles l'effort de traction est transmis par des moyens différents des éléments d'entraînement sans fin de même configuration comportant une série d'éléments travaillant ensemble en tandem
B65G 37/00 - Combinaisons de transporteurs mécaniques de même type ou de types différents sauf en ce qui concerne leur application dans des machines particulières ou leur emploi dans des procédés particuliers de fabrication
B65G 43/00 - Dispositifs de commande, p. ex. de sécurité, d'alarme ou de correction des erreurs
84009482AbstractA method for establishing a delivery route (4) for delivering mail items includes calculating the delivery time of an upcoming delivery on the basis of data regarding previous delivery attempts, in order to avoid only being able to deliver the mail items after several delivery attempts. A sorting device for mail items is also provided.CA 2969021 2017-11-03
70.
METHOD FOR COMBINING MATERIALS TO BE PACKAGED, AND DEVICE FOR CONVEYING MATERIALS TO BE PACKAGED
A method for combining multiple separate streams of packaged materials into a main stream is provided, in which each of the streams of packaged materials is conveyed on a feed conveyor, is combined with the main stream in the region of a feed opening of the feed conveyor and further transported on a main conveyor in the main stream and in which at least one lateral wall laterally delimits the main stream. In order to combine multiple separate streams of packaged materials into the main stream despite a narrowing of the conveyor width to counteract jamming, packaged materials from the main stream in the region between two feed openings of two feed conveyors are guided towards the lateral wall and then along the lateral wall, as a result of an alignment of the main conveyor relative to the lateral wall. A device for conveying packaged materials is also provided.
B65G 47/68 - Dispositifs pour transférer objets ou matériaux entre transporteurs, p. ex. pour décharger ou alimenter adaptés pour recevoir les objets arrivant d'un transporteur en une couche et pour les transférer en couches individuelles à plus d'un transporteur, ou vice versa, p. ex. en combinant l'écoulement des objets transportés par plus d'un transporteur
A transporting device transports objects in a transport direction from a loading region to an unloading region. The device includes a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit which are arranged one behind the other in the transport direction. Efficient unloading of the objects from the transporting device is achieved by providing a separating device between the first and second conveying units. The separating device is configured to separate the objects into at least two object groups dependent on at least one object property.
B07C 5/00 - Tri selon une caractéristique ou une particularité des objets ou du matériau à trier, p. ex. tri commandé par un dispositif qui détecte ou mesure cette caractéristique ou particularitéTri à l'aide de dispositifs manœuvrés à la main, p. ex. d'aiguillages
B07C 5/38 - Rassemblement ou mise en groupes des articles
B65G 67/08 - Chargement des véhicules terrestres utilisant des transporteurs sans fin
B07C 5/34 - Tri en fonction d'autres propriétés particulières
B65G 37/00 - Combinaisons de transporteurs mécaniques de même type ou de types différents sauf en ce qui concerne leur application dans des machines particulières ou leur emploi dans des procédés particuliers de fabrication
B65G 43/08 - Dispositifs de commande actionnés par l'alimentation, le déplacement ou le déchargement des objets ou matériaux
72.
Sorting plant and sorting method with two types of sorting terminals
A sorting plant and a sorting method sort objects according to a predefined sort criterion. The sorting plant has a plurality of transfer sites, a plurality of upper pick-up units which can be swiveled into a pick-up position and into a park position, and a plurality of lower pick-up units. The upper pick-up units are arranged in such a manner that the upper pick-up units are located between the transfer sites and the lower pick-up units when the upper pick-up units are swiveled into the park position. For each object to be sorted, one pick-up unit is automatically selected regardless of the sorting criterion value of the object. The object is first moved to a transfer site and then into or onto the selected pick-up unit.
A device for loading a transporting unit provided for transporting piece goods, in particular mail deliveries, includes a first conveying unit which can be moved into the transporting unit and is provided for conveying and unloading a first stream of piece goods in the transporting unit. At least one second conveying unit is provided for conveying and unloading a second stream of piece goods in the transporting unit in order to optimize loading with respect to a transport filling density of the transporting unit, along with an increased loading throughput and increased working convenience. The piece goods are distributed among the streams of piece goods according to at least one sorting criterion.
B65G 67/08 - Chargement des véhicules terrestres utilisant des transporteurs sans fin
B07C 5/00 - Tri selon une caractéristique ou une particularité des objets ou du matériau à trier, p. ex. tri commandé par un dispositif qui détecte ou mesure cette caractéristique ou particularitéTri à l'aide de dispositifs manœuvrés à la main, p. ex. d'aiguillages
A method delivers an item to a target point. The item is a distinguishable item. A data set for the item is generated in a central data storage unit. This data set contains identification feature values for the item. The item is conveyed to a predetermined target point. At the target point, the item is provided, at least temporarily, with an optically detectable delivery marking. At least one computer-accessible image of the item is generated by a portable image recording device. The image shows the item together with the delivery marking. With the aid of the image, the data set for the item, which is stored in the central data storage unit, is determined. The data set is supplemented with a computer-accessible marking of the delivery.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOADING A TRANSPORT UNIT IN WHICH GOODS ARE DISTRIBUTED ONTO CONVEYERS ACCORDING TO SORTING CRITERION RELATING TO PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
A device for loading a transporting unit provided for transporting piece goods, in particular mail deliveries, includes a first conveying unit which can be moved into the transporting unit and is provided for conveying and unloading a first stream of piece goods in the transporting unit. At least one second conveying unit is provided for conveying and unloading a second stream of piece goods in the transporting unit in order to optimize loading with respect to a transport filling density of the transporting unit, along with an increased loading throughput and increased working convenience. The piece goods are distributed among the streams of piece goods according to at least one sorting criterion.
B65G 7/08 - Dispositifs adaptés pour être interposés entre les charges et le sol ou le plancher, p. ex. pinces avec moyens pour aider au déplacement des charges pour basculer les charges
76.
Method and device for the controlled emptying of a transport container holding piece goods
A method and a device for the automated emptying of packets and packages or similar piece goods from a collection or transport container holding the piece goods. The container is pivotable to this end by way of a tipping device at least temporarily holding the container, according to a defined motion schema, into an emptying position. In order to provide an effective, automated solution for gently emptying packets and packages or similar piece goods from collection or transport containers, allowing for simultaneous minimizing of the damage occurring at low cycle times, the collection or transport container is tipped out, wherein the motion schema and thus the tipping procedure of the collection or transport container can be accelerated or decelerated as a function of the current emptying procedure and/or considering the speed and/or amount of the tipped-out piece goods.
An apparatus for handling articles in a transporting unit, which may be an interchangeable container, having a mobile conveying unit that is moved into the transporting unit to unload the unit, collect and receive articles stacked in the unit under the control of an operator, and convey the articles out of the transporting unit in an unloading direction for further processing. The apparatus generally facilitates removal from the transporting unit with a small amount of effort during the unloading of non-uniformly or randomly stacked articles. The conveying unit has a floor conveyor which conveys in a loose random arrangement the articles that have been toppled or removed from the stack of articles.
B60P 1/40 - Véhicules destinés principalement au transport des charges et modifiés pour faciliter le chargement, la fixation de la charge ou son déchargement utilisant des convoyeurs à vis d'Archimède
B65G 67/08 - Chargement des véhicules terrestres utilisant des transporteurs sans fin
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and
engines (except for land vehicles); drive shafts and
machines (except for land vehicles); motors and engines
(except for land vehicles); machines and machine tools,
including post and parcel machines; sorting and transport
machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of
sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in
the field of storage technology; belts for conveyors in the
field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters
and in the field of storage technology; belt conveyors in
the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and
letters and in the field of storage technology; transmission
gear boxes (except for land vehicles). Electrotechnical and electronic apparatus and instruments
for recording, broadcasting, transmission, reception,
reproduction or processing of sounds, signals and/or images;
electrotechnical and electronic apparatus for the recording,
processing, sending, transmission, relaying, storage and
output of messages and data; magnetic data carriers;
computer programs and computers.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and
engines (except for land vehicles); drive shafts and
machines (except for land vehicles); motors and engines
(except for land vehicles); machines and machine tools,
including post and parcel machines; sorting and transport
machines for industrial purposes; belts for conveyors; belt
conveyors; transmission gear boxes (except for land
vehicles). Electrotechnical and electronic apparatus and equipment for
recording, transmission, transmission, receiving,
reproduction and processing of sounds, signals, signs and/or
images; electrotechnical and electronic apparatus for the
recording, processing, sending, transmission, relaying,
storage and output of messages and data; magnetic data
carriers; computer programs and computers.
The invention relates to a method for delivering an item (P) to a target point (Add). This item is a distinguishable item. A data set for the item (P) is generated in a central data storage unit. This data set comprises identification feature values for said item (P). The item (P) is conveyed to a predetermined target point (Add). At said target point (Add), the item (P) is provided, at least temporarily, with an optically detectable delivery marking (PA). At least one computer-accessible image (Abb) of the item (P) is generated by means of a portable image recording device (tKa). This image (Abb) shows the item (P) together with the delivery marking (PA). With the aid of the image (Abb), the data set for the item, which is stored in the central data storage unit, is determined. This data set is supplemented with a computer-accessible marking of the delivery.
A method and an apparatus measure a quantity parameter during the transport of objects. The objects are in particular flat mail items and are tipped onto a conveyor component of a transport device and are transported by the latter. At least one recording time, in each case at least one photograph of a measurement sector of the conveyor component is taken. For each recording time, the value which a quantity parameter which describes the quantity of objects in the measurement sector has at the recording time is calculated. For this purpose, the proportion of the area of the measurement sector which is covered by objects is measured. A prescribed functional relationship between the quantity parameter and the measured proportion is evaluated. The speed at which the conveyor component transports the objects is changed depending on the quantity parameter value measured.
B65G 47/31 - Dispositifs pour influencer la position relative ou l'orientation des objets pendant le transport par transporteurs arrangeant les objets, p. ex. faisant varier l'espace entre chaque objet pendant le transport par une série de transporteurs en faisant varier les vitesses relatives des transporteurs en série
82.
Method and apparatus for transporting an article to be printed
A method and an apparatus transport an article of mail. During a first decision-making process, an image of the article is generated and evaluated to generate a first vector. Further, a transport attribute is measured and stored together with the first vector. The transport of the article is continued on the basis of the measured transport attribute value. During a further decision-making process, an image of the article is generated and evaluated to generate a second vector. The transport attribute value is determined with the aid of the second vector. The transport of the article is continued on the basis of the stored and determined transport attribute value. The article is provided with an optically detectable element. The first vector is generated such that it contains that value assumed by the feature for the article if the surface of the article had already been provided with the optically detectable element.
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
G06F 7/00 - Procédés ou dispositions pour le traitement de données en agissant sur l'ordre ou le contenu des données maniées
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Drive shafts and machines (except for land vehicles); Motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Machines and machine tools, including post and parcel machines; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Belts for conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes (except for land vehicles). Electrotechnical and electronic apparatus and instruments for recording, broadcasting, transmission, reception, reproduction or processing of sounds, signals and/or images; Electrotechnical and electronic apparatus for the recording, processing, sending, transmission, relaying, storage and output of messages and data; Magnetic data carriers; Computer programs and computers.
09 - Appareils et instruments scientifiques et électriques
Produits et services
Hydraulic and pneumatic drives for machines, motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Drive shafts and machines (except for land vehicles); Motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Machines and machine tools, including post and parcel machines; Sorting and transport machines for industrial purposes, namely in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Belts for conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Belt conveyors in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology; Transmission gear boxes (except for land vehicles). Electrotechnical and electronic apparatus and instruments for recording, broadcasting, transmission, reception, reproduction or processing of sounds, signals and/or images; Electrotechnical and electronic apparatus for the recording, processing, sending, transmission, relaying, storage and output of messages and data; Magnetic data carriers; Computer programs and computers; All of the aforesaid goods being exclusively for use in the field of sorting and conveying luggage, parcels and letters and in the field of storage technology.
A transfer device for mail items with a transfer unit which has an ejection point for transferring individualized mail items to an item carrier is provided. Further, the transfer device includes a transport device for transporting the mail items to the ejection point in a direction of transport. The transport device includes two belts for holding the mail items on both sides and for transporting the mail items and further has means for adapting a space between the belts to the thickness of a mail item. The means for adapting is a belt tilt means which is pivotal about an axis of rotation, the pivotal movement pivoting one of the belts and therefore a distance between the belts is variable.
B65H 43/04 - Utilisation de dispositifs de commande de vérification ou de sécurité, p. ex. dispositifs automatiques comportant un élément pour détecter une variable détectant ou réagissant à la présence des articles défectueux
86.
Method and apparatus for sorting articles by way of storage regions
An apparatus and a method for sorting articles, in particular flat mail items. The sorting plant has a feed transport path, a lead-away transport path, a plurality of connecting transport paths, a plurality of storage regions, and a sorting plan. Each connecting transport path branches off from the feed transport path and issues into the lead-away transport path. The feed transport path or the lead-away transport path is configured as a storage transport path which contains the storage regions, in the form of a sequence of successive storage regions. The sorting plan assigns a storage region, to each possible feature value of a sorting feature. The sorting plant selects a storage region for each article, using the sorting plan and as a function of the measured feature value. When the sorting plant has selected for a first article a first storage region and for a following second article a second storage region which comes after the first storage region in the sequence, the sorting plant temporarily stores the first article in the first storage region and transports the second article, using the overtaking transport path, past the first article stored in the first storage region to the second storage region.
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G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
G06F 7/00 - Procédés ou dispositions pour le traitement de données en agissant sur l'ordre ou le contenu des données maniées
87.
Method and apparatus for sorting of items in two sorting processes
A method and an apparatus sort items, in particular of flat postal items, in two sorting processes. Two classes of items are sorted on the basis of a sorting feature such that a predetermined sequence of the feature values is maintained. In a first sorting process, a sorting system sorts the items in the first class separately from the items in the second class. In the process, the sorting system determines which possible feature values are actually assumed by at least one item in the second class. The sorting system generates a sequence of item sets. These item sets and the items in the second class are jointly sorted by a sorting installation. In the second sorting process, the sorting installation generates the predetermined feature value sequence of the items of both classes.
B07C 5/00 - Tri selon une caractéristique ou une particularité des objets ou du matériau à trier, p. ex. tri commandé par un dispositif qui détecte ou mesure cette caractéristique ou particularitéTri à l'aide de dispositifs manœuvrés à la main, p. ex. d'aiguillages
88.
Method and apparatus for monitoring the transport of an object
A method and a device monitor the transport of an object, particularly of a piece of mail that is provided with a delivery point, to which the object is transported. A sorting system reads the delivery point and generates a first attribute vector differentiating the object from all other transported objects. The first attribute vector and the read delivery point are stored. At the conclusion of the transport a second attribute vector is generated for the object. The object is identified by the second attribute vector. A central computer determines from which of those objects, having run through the sorting system at a predetermined period, the information transmitted originates.
A device for identifying mail items includes a memory for storing mail item information of a mail item and characteristic image features of the mail item. A control unit assigns the mail item information to image features that are recorded again. In order that the mail items can still be identified reliably even after a cancellation in print or a forwarding sticker has been applied, the control unit carries out the assignment with the aid of an identification code associated with the mail item.
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
G06F 17/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques
A method for identifying postal mailings includes registering the mailings by means of at least one recognizable pictorial feature and at least one external information item, or both. Further, the method includes carrying out recognition of the pictorial feature to identify a mailing, and if identification is incomplete, performing identification using the external information item.
B07C 3/10 - Appareillages caractérisés par les moyens utilisés pour détecter la destination
91.
Method and arrangement for synchronizing the distribution information of sorting stock with the information relating to a sorter element loaded with this sorting stock
A method and an arrangement for synchronizing distribution information of a sorting stock are provided. The sorting stock has information relating to a sorter element of a sorter loaded with the sorting stock. The sorter element is moved, together with a plurality of further sorter elements, on a path closed on itself past a laying-down station where the sorting stock is laid onto the support of this sorter element. The occupancy of the sorter element is recognized by an image comparison and the information known before the laying-down relating to the sorting stock is assigned unequivocally to the sorter element recognized as fed.
B07C 5/00 - Tri selon une caractéristique ou une particularité des objets ou du matériau à trier, p. ex. tri commandé par un dispositif qui détecte ou mesure cette caractéristique ou particularitéTri à l'aide de dispositifs manœuvrés à la main, p. ex. d'aiguillages
A method for separating objects from a stack in a stream of objects, in which the objects are removed from the stack with a removal device, and overlapping objects are separated from one another with a separating device. To achieve reliable separation with a low double removal rate, a plurality of traction devices grip both sides of the removed object and are driven in the transport direction at different forward driving speeds.
A device for transporting flat objects, such as mail items, has two transport tracks and an acceleration device arranged between the transport tracks. The acceleration device includes a clamping pair for holding the objects in a clamped manner on their opposing flat sides while the objects are moving. To be able to carefully accelerate objects of different thicknesses, it is proposed that at least one clamp of the clamping pair includes a segment unit with several segments of different configuration for clamping objects of different thicknesses.
A method is specified for sorting flat mail items, which allows sorting according to delivery order to be carried out swiftly and reliably. With the method a first sorting pass is carried out in a first segment with at least N storage modules of a sorting device and a second sorting pass is then carried out in a second segment with at least N storage modules of the sorting device. The overflow items, which are assigned to a storage module that has been closed because it is full, are deposited into one of the other storage modules in the first sorting pass and are included in the sorting process of the second sorting pass.
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
3≧2 parallel mail dischargers from in each case a plurality of groups. A process controller controls a joint storing of items of mail from a stream of mail into storage modules belonging to at least one group and simultaneously controls discharging of jointly deposited items of mail from storage modules belonging to at least one other group. It is thus possible to intersperse the streams of mail with little or no intersecting, accompanied by a high throughput rate through the sorting system.
B07C 5/00 - Tri selon une caractéristique ou une particularité des objets ou du matériau à trier, p. ex. tri commandé par un dispositif qui détecte ou mesure cette caractéristique ou particularitéTri à l'aide de dispositifs manœuvrés à la main, p. ex. d'aiguillages
96.
Method and device for transporting items by means of identified containers
A method and a device transport multiple items, in particular mail items, to predefined destination points. The respective destination point and a value of a predefined feature of each item are measured and stored. The item is transported together with other items in a transport device to an intermediate point. The transport device is furnished with a label which has a machine-readable identification. The identification is read. The transport device in which an item was transported is determined by the measure. After transportation to the intermediate point a value of the feature is measured afresh. In order to find a stored data record, a restriction is implemented on the search space to the data records of those items which were transported in the same transport device.
G06K 17/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour faire travailler en coopération des équipements couverts par plusieurs des groupes principaux , p. ex. fichiers automatiques de cartes incluant les opérations de transport et de lecture
G06F 19/00 - Équipement ou méthodes de traitement de données ou de calcul numérique, spécialement adaptés à des applications spécifiques (spécialement adaptés à des fonctions spécifiques G06F 17/00;systèmes ou méthodes de traitement de données spécialement adaptés à des fins administratives, commerciales, financières, de gestion, de surveillance ou de prévision G06Q;informatique médicale G16H)
G06Q 90/00 - Systèmes ou méthodes spécialement adaptés à des fins administratives, commerciales, financières, de gestion ou de surveillance, n'impliquant pas de traitement significatif de données
G07B 15/02 - Dispositions ou appareils pour encaisser le prix des billets ou les droits d’entrée ou de péage en un ou plusieurs points de contrôle prenant en compte un facteur variable tel que la distance ou le temps, p. ex. pour le transport de passagers, les systèmes de parcs de stationnement ou les systèmes de location de véhicules
A method and device are provided for transporting items, in particular postal consignments. A transport process is performed from an intermediate store to a continuation point. Each item that was conveyed to the intermediate store before generation of a start signal is removed from the intermediate store. The items transported are transferred from the intermediate store into a transport device. A record is stored of which items were conveyed to the intermediate store between generation of the start signal and generation of an end signal. The items transported in the transport device are removed from the transport device. For each item that was transported, a data record that has been stored for the item is determined. The stored data record is determined exclusively from the data records generated for those items that were conveyed to the intermediate store between generation of the start signal and generation of the end signal.
B65G 37/00 - Combinaisons de transporteurs mécaniques de même type ou de types différents sauf en ce qui concerne leur application dans des machines particulières ou leur emploi dans des procédés particuliers de fabrication
98.
Method and device for transporting a number of objects
A method and a device for transporting and processing a number of objects, especially mail items, include transporting the objects in a number of transport processes to a respective processing system. At least one processing attribute as well as a feature is measured at the object before the transport processes. A data record with the processing attribute value and the feature value are stored. After the transport processes, the feature is measured again for each object, and the stored data record is determined. A search area restriction which is based on a sequence of feature values is undertaken for the determination. The processing system processes the object depending on the processing attribute value of the determined data record.
A method and device for processing and transporting items, particularly mail items, measure a processing attribute for each item. A value which each predefined feature assumes for the item is measured. A data record for the item is generated including the measured feature values and the measured processing attribute value. The item is transferred into an intermediate storage device, into a transport device and to a processing system. After reaching the processing system, a value is newly measured which each predefined feature assumes for this item. The data record generated for this item is determined using the feature values from the new measurement. If this item has an identification read clearly during the new measurement, the data record is determined based on this identification. Otherwise, a search with a restricted search space is executed. The processing system processes the item using the processing attribute value in the determined data record.
A method and a device for transporting items, in particular mail items. uses multiple transport processes for transporting the items respectively to a processing system. For each item, a measurement is made before the transportation as to whether the item has a predefined characteristic, and if so, in what form. This measurement is executed afresh, after the item is fed to a processing system. For each item, it is determined by means of which transport process the item has been transported. To this end, it is determined which items with what form of the characteristic have been transported by means of which transport process.
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G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
G06F 7/00 - Procédés ou dispositions pour le traitement de données en agissant sur l'ordre ou le contenu des données maniées
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