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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2021
Applicant:
Tgw Logistics Gmbh, Marchtrenk, AT;
Inventors:
Markus Winkler, Altmuenster, AT;
Pascal Möller, Unterweitersdorf, AT;
Assignee:
TGW Logistics GmbH, Marchtrenk, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method for the computer-aided processing of a status change of an article carrier in a picking system, a storage and conveying region of the picking system, along with article carriers located thereupon, are virtualized in a computer. Pieces of status change information relating to a change in a physical status of an article carrier and/or relating to a change in a status of a control program for the article carrier are provided by an assigned digital twin of the article carrier and for digital twins of other article carriers. Further, a picking system carries out the method.