Patent ID: 11913825
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 8:
9. A method for monitoring a piece number of a bulk commodity located in one of a plurality of a-receiving units (6) and/or for monitoring a volume of a liquid commodity located in the one of the plurality of receiving units (6), wherein a first plurality of the receiving units are located on a first shelf in a loading space of a commercial motor vehicle and a second plurality of the receiving units are located on a second shelf in the loading space of the vehicle, the first and second shelves being oriented one on top of the other, the method comprising
registering the piece number of the bulk commodity or the volume of the liquid commodity by a weighing machine with a counting scale (5), the weighing machine being one of a plurality of weighing machines with counting scales comprising a first plurality of weighing machines each disposed on the first shelf and a second plurality of weighing machines each disposed on the second shelf, and
indicating by a first indicating unit (7) of a plurality of indicating units comprising a first plurality of indicating units and a second plurality of indicating units each assigned to a corresponding one of the first and second pluralities of weighing machines.