Method and system for determining an angular position of a component of a goods processing apparatus

US11754391B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Karsten Von der Waydbrink · Potsdam, DE
• Tilmann Schilling · Berlin, DE
• Wolf-Alexander Krumholz · Hennigsdorf, DE
• Axel Ortmann · Berlin, DE
• Wolfgang Muhl · Hohen Neuendorf, DE
• Matthias Lorenzen · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 12, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/14
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A goods processing apparatus can include a pivotable display, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor detects an angle of inclination of the pivotable display. The pivotable display is rotatable about a x-axis of a Cartesian coordinate system. The sensor is disposed on the pivotable display and includes respective transducers at least in a direction of a y-axis and a z-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system. The sensor generates respective digital measured values for each of the y-axis and the z-axis. The controller processes the two digital measured values to derive the angle of inclination of the pivotable display based on the two digital measured values, and stores, in a memory of the goods processing apparatus, the derived angle of inclination.