US 12,428,227 B2
Method for operating a production supermarket, device for operating a production supermarket, trolley and system
Alexander Wurbs, Kempten (DE); and Jochen Kaercher, Schondorf (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/618,526
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed May 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/062725
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/249330, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 208 672.1 (DE), filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242666 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC B65G 1/0492 (2013.01) [B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); B65G 2203/046 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a production supermarket (100), wherein the method comprises:
receiving a first allocation (Z1) of at least one production part type and a number of production parts to at least one of a plurality of containers (C);
determining a second allocation (Z2) of at least one of the plurality of containers (C) to one of a plurality of floor-bound trolleys (R);
receiving, at a first antenna, a second antenna, and a third antenna, a locating signal (LOC) emanating from a terminal device (D) connected to the trolley (R) as the trolley passes through a pairing area (110);
determining a position (P) of the trolley of the second allocation (Z2) depending on the locating signal (LOC); and
providing the first allocation (Z1), the second allocation (Z2) and the position (P).