Method and device for detecting and determining the presence of objects in storage locations by means of a bar code reading device

US9183532B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BDT Media Automation GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Hauser · Oberndorf am Neckar, DE
• Norbert Reismann · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2015
• Expiry date: May 23, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for detecting and determining a presence of at least one object in at least one storage location without a special reflection surface includes providing a bar code reading device which is connected to a control unit configured to manage an allocation of the at least one object to the at least one storage location. The bar code reader is used in an attempt to detect a bar code in the at least one storage location. Using information from which a grey value is derivable, it is determined whether the at least one object is in the at least one storage location upon the bar code reader being unsuccessful in detecting the bar code. A result is provided to the control unit.