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Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2016
Applicant:

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Nico Daun, Munich, DE;

Atanas Gegov, Munich, DE;

Daniel Liebau, Landshut, DE;

Claudia Langner, Landshut, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 67/00 (2006.01); G09B 5/12 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 67/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); G09B 5/125 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided for loading a motor vehicle using an optimized loading strategy. The optimized loading strategy is determined with the help of a computer. The method includes the following acts: acquiring characteristics of a plurality of objects to be transported, using a recording device, for example a camera and/or a scanner and/or using a reader device such as an RFID receiver; using the acquired characteristic to determine the dimensions, particularly a height, width and depth of each of the objects; establishing the optimized loading strategy for the motor vehicle as a function of the dimensions of the objects that have been determined and depending on the type of motor vehicle being loaded; and visualizing the loading strategy.


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