Patents by Inventor Alexander PAUTZ

Alexander PAUTZ 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: 10981764
    Abstract: An industrial truck (2) and a method for operating an industrial truck (2). The industrial truck (2) includes an assistance system and a fork (4) having at least two fork arms (61, 62). The assistance system includes at least one fork arm camera (8, 8?), a monitor, and a processing unit (10). The fork arm camera (8, 8?) is disposed on the fork (4) such that at least part of a tip (71, 72) of at least one of the two fork arms (61, 62) is present in the field of view of the fork arm camera (8, 8?). The processing unit (10) is set up for capturing at least one tip (71, 72) of the at least one fork arm (61, 62) in the image data, for calculating at least one marking (18) indicating the position of the fork (4), and for reproducing on the monitor the image data captured by the fork arm camera (8, 8?) and superimposed with the marking (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Jungheinrich AG
    Inventors: Alexander Pautz, Lars Dohrmann, Sebastian Rockel
  • Patent number: 10875754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an industrial truck (10), the industrial truck (10) comprising a lifting mechanism (12), a fork carrier comprising two fork prongs (16) being height-adjustably guided on the lifting mechanism (12), a preferably individual rack bay label (31, 32, 33) provided on a rack bay (F1, F2, F3) of a storage rack (30), particularly a high-bay storage rack, is captured as digital image data by means of a digital camera (18) disposed on a fork prong (16) or on the fork carrier, the digital images being preferably transmitted from the digital camera (18) to a computer unit (22) of the industrial truck (10), wherein the digital image data is analyzed by the computer unit (22) and transmitted after the analysis to a display panel of the industrial truck (10), particularly a display unit (24), and information corresponding to the captured rack bay label (31, 32, 33) of the rack bay (F1, F2, F3), particularly text information and/or symbols, is displayed on the display panel of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Jungheinrich AG
    Inventors: Alexander Pautz, Lars Dohrmann, Sebastian Rockel
  • Publication number: 20190119085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an industrial truck (10), the industrial truck (10) comprising a lifting mechanism (12), a fork carrier comprising two fork prongs (16) being height-adjustably guided on the lifting mechanism (12), a preferably individual rack bay label (31, 32, 33) provided on a rack bay (F1, F2, F3) of a storage rack (30), particularly a high-bay storage rack, is captured as digital image data by means of a digital camera (18) disposed on a fork prong (16) or on the fork carrier, the digital images being preferably transmitted from the digital camera (18) to a computer unit (22) of the industrial truck (10), wherein the digital image data is analyzed by the computer unit (22) and transmitted after the analysis to a display panel of the industrial truck (10), particularly a display unit (24), and information corresponding to the captured rack bay label (31, 32, 33) of the rack bay (F1, F2, F3), particularly text information and/or symbols, is displayed on the display panel of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander PAUTZ, Lars DOHRMANN, Sebastian ROCKEL
  • Publication number: 20190119084
    Abstract: An industrial truck (2) and a method for operating an industrial truck (2). The industrial truck (2) includes an assistance system and a fork (4) having at least two fork arms (61, 62). The assistance system includes at least one fork arm camera (8, 8?), a monitor, and a processing unit (10). The fork arm camera (8, 8?) is disposed on the fork (4) such that at least part of a tip (71, 72) of at least one of the two fork arms (61, 62) is present in the field of view of the fork arm camera (8, 8?). The processing unit (10) is set up for capturing at least one tip (71 72) of the at least one fork arm (61, 62) in the image data, for calculating at least one marking (18) indicating the position of the fork (4), and for reproducing on the monitor the image data captured by the fork arm camera (8, 8?) and superimposed with the marking (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander PAUTZ, Lars DOHRMANN, Sebastian ROCKEL