Patent ID: 11883957
Assignee: DEUTSCHE POST AG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 11:
12. A method for checking and/or counting stock in a warehouse with a vehicle chassis configured for attaching to an autonomous indoor vehicle, an extendable mast is mounted onto the chassis at a first end of the extendable mast, a scanner is arranged at a second, opposite end of the mast, and a second extendable mast is arranged perpendicular to the extendable mast, a first end of the second mast is mounted to the second end of the extendable mast, the second mast comprising at least one additional scanner configured for checking and/or counting stock underneath the second mast and arrangeable at different distances from the second end of the extendable mast, the method comprising:
autonomously moving the vehicle chassis with the autonomous indoor vehicle in the warehouse; and
checking and/or counting stock on a shelf of the warehouse lateral to an autonomous robot vehicle system at different distances above the chassis with the scanner.