Deutsche Post Ag

Holger Schneebeck

Sandra Drees

Boris Trendafilov

Heike Bischoff

Antje Huber

Christian Kasper

Frank Langer

Dirk Hagemann

Patrick Unterberg

Clemens Beckmann

Embodiments of a method for examining shipments are disclosed herein. In the method, at least one shipment is arranged in an examination area. Radiation is emitted into the examination area for examining the at least one shipment by means of a radiation source. Radiation from the examination area is captured by means of a sensor device. The radiation source emits terahertz radiation, and the radiation source covers substantially the entire terahertz frequency spectrum from 1 terahertz to 6 terahertz.

Method and apparatus for examining shipments

A vehicle () for a driver () of the vehicle () and a display device () are provided. The display device () includes a projection surface () extending in the horizontal and vertical direction and a projector () that is configured so as to project a projection () onto the projection surface (). The projection surface () is curved in the horizontal direction and surrounds the driver () in the horizontal direction by at least one hundred degrees. A method for displaying a projection () on a projection surface () for a driver () of a vehicle () is also provided. The method includes: d) determining a viewing direction and/or head orientation () of the driver () towards the projection surface (); and f) projecting the projection () onto the projection surface () in the viewing direction and/or head orientation () of the driver ().

Vehicle with display device

The invention relates to a delivery vehicle for delivering consignments at different locations on a delivery route, having at least one receiving device for receiving the consignment, having at least one sensor device for separately capturing delivery information for the consignments received via the receiving device, having at least one storage device for storing the received consignments during the delivery of other consignments, and having at least one conveying device for conveying the received consignments from the receiving device to storage positions in the storage device and from the storage positions in the storage device to a dispensing device for dispensing the consignments at the particular location for delivery of the consignments.

Delivery vehicle and method for delivering consignments at different locations on a delivery route

As disclosed herein, an apparatus receives data from sensors that are arranged in a repository facility so they can capture repository locations of the repository facility and a path in the repository facility. It derives an identification and a position of an object in the repository facility from the received data. It causes storage of the position of the object in association with its identification if a position is not yet stored for the object. If a position is already stored for the object, the apparatus checks the position on the basis of the derived position and causes storage of the derived position in the event of a change. On obtaining an enquiry in regard to the position of an object in the repository facility, the apparatus reads a position of the object, stored in association with the identification of the object, and provides information regarding the position.

Support for the reposition and finding of objects in a repository facility

This disclosure relates to a method for producing a padding for transporting general cargo in an outer packaging using a computer, a 3D scanner and/or a padding machine by obtaining 3D data of a 3D CAD model and material data for each item of cargo from a database and/or by three-dimensional scanning of the cargo with the 3D scanner, sorting the cargo on the basis of the 3D CAD data and the material data into an existing transport category or into a transport category that is created, grouping the items into a cargo group on the basis of the transport category and/or the general cargo ID, virtually arranging the cargo group in the outer packaging, selecting a 3D CAD model of a padding template based on the virtual arrangement, calculating a difference, a break and/or an association between the virtual arrangement of the cargo group in the selected 3D CAD model of the padding template and the 3D CAD model of the selected padding template, the 3D CAD model of the cargo and the coordinates and orientation of the 3D CAD model of the cargo as 3D CAD model of a virtual padding, and producing the padding from the 3D CAD model of the virtual padding with the padding machine.

Method for producing a padding for transporting cargo

The invention relates to a method of delivering consignments, in which, in a distribution center, different consignment chambers of a consignment magazine are loaded with different consignments, in which, during the operation of the consignment magazine being loaded, different consignment chambers are moved one after the other into a receiving position for receiving at least one consignment and then into a storage position for the interim storage of the consignments received, in which the assignment of the loaded consignment chambers to the consignments received in each case in the consignment chambers is documented, in which the consignment magazine loaded with consignments is transferred to a vehicle for delivering the consignments, and in which the consignment chambers loaded with consignments are moved one after the other into a discharging position so that the consignment assigned the respective consignment chamber is discharged for delivery purposes.

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Cologne, Germany

Holger Schneebeck