Patent ID: 11919431
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 13:
14. A method of providing an opening for receiving a shipment in a loading space of a vehicle, the method comprising the steps:
a1) receiving dimensions of the shipment; and/or
a2) determining the dimensions of the shipment;
b) calculating a first length of the opening based on the received dimensions and/or based on the determined dimensions of the shipment and further based on an area of the opening configured to receive the shipment through the opening in the loading space of the vehicle; and
c) moving a first element of the vehicle relative to a second element of the vehicle by the calculated first length of the opening in order to provide the opening,
wherein the area comprises a predetermined second length of the opening, and wherein the predetermined second length of the opening is perpendicular to the first length of the opening, and
wherein the method further comprises the steps
checking whether a predetermined maximal area of the opening is sufficient for the shipment to be delivered into the loading space of the vehicle through the opening based on the received dimensions and/or based on the determined dimensions of the shipment and based on the predetermined maximal area of the opening, wherein the first element is moved by the calculated first length of the opening when the predetermined maximal area of the opening is sufficient for the shipment to be delivered into the loading space of the vehicle through the opening,
determining a minimal dimension of the shipment and to set the first length of the opening equal to the determined minimal dimension of the shipment,
determining a second to minimal dimension of the shipment linearly independent from the minimal dimension of the shipment,
checking whether the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment,
checking whether a predetermined maximal first length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined minimal dimension of the shipment when the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment,
setting the first length of the opening equal to the determined minimal dimension of the shipment when the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined minimal dimension of the shipment,
checking whether the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined minimal dimension of the shipment when the predetermined second length of the opening is not equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment,
checking whether the predetermined maximal first length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment when the predetermined second length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined minimal dimension of the shipment, and
setting the first length of the opening equal to the determined second to minimal dimension when the predetermined maximal first length of the opening is equal to or greater than the determined second to minimal dimension of the shipment.