US 12,223,459 B2
Method for determining a financial amount for a logistical performance in a production system, and production system comprising a vehicle for carrying out the method
Johann Soder, Hambrücken (DE)
Assigned to SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG, Bruchsal (DE)
Appl. No. 16/095,446
Filed by SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG, Bruchsal (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 28, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/025063
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 22, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/182131, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 004 972.3 (DE), filed on Apr. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0147557 A1, May 16, 2019
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2024.01); G01G 19/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 10/08 (2013.01) [G01G 19/08 (2013.01); G01G 19/086 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06395 (2013.01); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
transmitting an item of order information to a vehicle of a production system, the vehicle including a secondary winding, a position-determination system, a force sensor, and a torque sensor, the force sensor adapted to detect a mass of a component accommodated and transported by the vehicle, the force sensor being arranged between an accommodation device of the vehicle and the rest of the vehicle, the accommodation device adapted to accommodate the component, the torque sensor adapted to detecting torque of a drive of the vehicle, the torque sensor being in operative connection with the force sensor, the production system includes a primary conductor installed in a floor of the production system and along a travel path of the vehicle, the primary conductor inductively coupled with the secondary winding and inductively supplying electrical energy to the vehicle;
transporting the vehicle and the component that is accommodated in the accommodation device to workstations of the production system in sequence according to the order information, the vehicle traveling a distance during the transporting;
performing a respective production-method step at a corresponding workstation on the component that is accommodated and transported by the vehicle;
detecting a value of the mass of the component accommodated and transported by the vehicle by the force sensor detecting the mass of the component or based on the torque sensor detecting the torque of the drive of the vehicle;
determining a logistical performance from the detected value and as a function of a product of the value of the mass of the component and a value of the distance traveled by the vehicle during the transporting;
transmitting the determined logistical performance via an Internet connection to a server; and
determining, by the server, a value based on the determined logistical performance.