Method for operating a facility comprising at least one mobile component, which can travel on a travel surface of the facility, and comprising stationary, that is, in particular non-moving, and movable objects, wherein the mobile component has at least one sensor configured as a laser scanner and connected to a controller of the mobile component, wherein the mobile component determines its position in the facility using a position determination means, wherein objects of the facility are sensed successively over time by means of the sensor, wherein, in each sensing, that is, laser scan, the relative positions, in particular distance and direction, of the objects in relation to the mobile component are determined, and the absolute position of the objects in the facility is determined by taking into account the particular position of the mobile component in the facility, wherein circular buffers are present in the controller of the mobile component, which controller has a storage device, wherein each circular buffer has N storage locations, and each circular buffer is assigned to a particular cell of a quantity of cells, in particular areal cells, wherein the cells are arranged in contact with one another but are arranged in a nonoverlapping manner, wherein the cells are intended for creating a map image of the facility, in particular wherein the N storage locations are arranged in an ascending sequence from the first storage location to the Nth storage location, and the first storage location comes after the Nth storage location, wherein, in each sensing, a subsequent storage location of the circular buffer of a particular cell, in particular a subsequent storage location in the direction of the sequence, is assigned a status of the cell and the sensing time associated with the sensing, wherein the value of a window function is determined recurrently over time, it being concluded therefrom that - a stationary object is present at a time - a movable object is present at a time or - no object is present at a time, wherein a target path to be travelled by the mobile component is determined by taking into account the concluded information, that is, by taking into account the stationary objects, wherein, to determine the type of an object, the window function is formed as the sum ∑w i * x n-i by multiplying the N values x of the circular buffer by a particular weighting coefficient w i and then adding together all the resulting products, wherein the sum is executed over all i from 0 to N-1, that is, over all the sensings carried out successively over time, wherein the weightings w i are selected such that they vanish in a first time range and do not vanish in the remaining range, such that the window function f exceeds a threshold value when an object has been present in the cell in the time range associated with the remaining time range. wherein the mobile component has at least one sensor configured as a laser scanner and connected to a controller of the mobile component, wherein the mobile component determines its position in the facility using a position determination means, wherein objects of the facility are sensed successively over time by means of the sensor, wherein, in each sensing, that is, laser scan, the relative positions, in particular distance and direction, of the objects in relation to the mobile component are determined, and the absolute position of the objects in the facility is determined by taking into account the particular position of the mobile component in the facility, wherein circular buffers are present in the controller of the mobile component, which controller has a storage device, wherein each circular buffer has N storage locations, and each circular buffer is assigned to a particular cell of a quantity of cells, in particular areal cells, wherein the cells are arranged in contact with one another but are arranged in a nonoverlapping manner, wherein the cells are intended for creating a map image of the facility, in particular wherein the N storage locations are arranged in an ascending sequence from the first storage location to the Nth storage location, and the first storage location comes after the Nth storage location, wherein, in each sensing, a subsequent storage location of the circular buffer of a particular cell, in particular a subsequent storage location in the direction of the sequence, is assigned a status of the cell and the sensing time associated with the sensing, wherein the value of a window function is determined recurrently over time, it being concluded therefrom that - a stationary object is present at a time - a movable object is present at a time or - no object is present at a time, - a stationary object is present at a time - a movable object is present at a time or - no object is present at a time, wherein a target path to be travelled by the mobile component is determined by taking into account the concluded information, that is, by taking into account the stationary objects, wherein, to determine the type of an object, the window function is formed as the sum ∑w i * x n-i by multiplying the N values x of the circular buffer by a particular weighting coefficient w i and then adding together all the resulting products, wherein the sum is executed over all i from 0 to N-1, that is, over all the sensings carried out successively over time, wherein the weightings w i are selected such that they vanish in a first time range and do not vanish in the remaining range, such that the window function f exceeds a threshold value when an object has been present in the cell in the time range associated with the remaining time range.