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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2021
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Frank Roethling, Stuttgart, DE;
Patrick Strouhal, Murrhardt, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for sensing information concerning the extent of a product carrier, which can be transported by means of a guided vehicle that can be operated in an at least partially automated manner, in at least one direction of extent, in which at least the following steps are carried out in an automated manner by the guided vehicle: a) driving to an initial position, predefined in relation to the product carrier, the reaching of the initial position being detected by means of a sensor device of the guided vehicle, b) driving a predefined distance along the direction of extent, starting from the initial position, c) carrying out a further detection operation by means of the same sensor device of the guided vehicle once the predefined distance has been driven.