Patents by Inventor Christoph Groessl

Christoph Groessl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11498767
    Abstract: A picking system, a manual picking method, as well as a window-conveyor system for a manually picking goods through a picker in accordance with a picking order, wherein the window-conveyor system comprises: a conveying device for transporting the goods along a conveying path, wherein the conveying device is movable, preferably continuously and discontinuously, and wherein the conveying device includes a conveying area, on which the goods can be deposited; a lighting device configured to indicate in an order-specific manner a portion of the conveying area in terms of an order-specific window by means of light visually distinguishable from a rest of the conveying area configured to divide the conveying area into the order-specific window and the rest, and further configured to generate controlling signals for the lighting device and output the same, which cause the lighting device to indicate the order-specific window visually distinguishable on the conveying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)
    Inventors: Christoph Groessl, Andreas Hintz
  • Publication number: 20220289485
    Abstract: A picking system, a manual picking method, as well as a window-conveyor system for a manually picking goods through a picker in accordance with a picking order, wherein the window-conveyor system comprises: a conveying device for transporting the goods along a conveying path, wherein the conveying device is movable, preferably continuously and discontinuously, and wherein the conveying device includes a conveying area, on which the goods can be deposited; a lighting device configured to indicate in an order-specific manner a portion of the conveying area in terms of an order-specific window by means of light visually distinguishable from a rest of the conveying area; and a controlling device configured to divide the conveying area into the order-specific window and the rest, and further configured to generate controlling signals for the lighting device and output the same, which cause the lighting device to indicate the order-specific window visually distinguishable on the conveying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph GRÖESSL, Andreas HINTZ