US 12,039,466 B2
Workstation with a remote control device and picking system
Hannes Himmelbauer, Krenglbach (AT)
Assigned to TGW Logistics Group GmbH, Marchtrenk (AT)
Appl. No. 17/614,054
Filed by TGW Logistics Group GmbH, Marchtrenk (AT)
PCT Filed May 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AT2020/060212
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/237272, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. A 50484/2019 (AT), filed on May 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0391824 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. An order-picking system with comprising:
a storage system, and
at least one workstation connected to the storage system by means of a conveying system, wherein the at least one workstation comprises:
a remote control device,
a first provisioning position configured to provide a source load carrier,
a second provisioning position configured to provide a target load carrier,
wherein the source load carrier and the target load carrier are provided at the first provisioning position and the second provisioning position to process an order, when processing an order, an operator transferring at least one article unit from the source load carrier into the target load carrier according to the order,
a process controller that comprises a control input, and
a confirmation control element connected to the process controller,
wherein the confirmation control element comprises a base station and a mobile unit,
wherein the base station and the mobile unit are configured to allow a selectively active and inactive wireless data communication connection between the base station and the mobile unit,
wherein the base station comprises a receiving and evaluation unit, and the receiving and evaluation unit is electronically configured to always receive electronic data telegrams of the mobile unit using the wireless data communication connection and comprises a switching output connected to the control input of the process controller,
wherein the mobile unit comprises an actuating element with an electric contactor, an electric energy storage, and a micro controller with a communication interface, and the micro controller is electronically configured to send an electronic data telegram of the electronic data telegrams by means of the communication interface upon actuation of the actuating element by the operator,
wherein the data communication connection is only active during an actuation of the actuating element and the transmission of the electronic data telegram of the electronic data telegrams,
wherein the receiving and evaluation unit receives the electronic data telegram of the electronic data telegrams in order to send a signal from the switching output to the control input, and
wherein the process controller receives the signal at the control input and the signal is used to trigger a step carried out by the process controller following the current order, or a warehouse management system receives a signal after an actuation of the actuating element by the operator, and the signal is used to trigger a step carried out by the warehouse management system following the current order.