Patents by Inventor Anja Scheer

Anja Scheer 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).

  • Consignment drop-off at mobile transport units
    Patent number: 12298770
    Abstract: A method performed at a mobile transport unit is disclosed. In the method, parameters are determined by using sensors of the transport unit. The parameters include characteristics of the transport unit and/or characteristics of a consignment transported by the transport unit. In the method, the parameters are transmitted to a routing system, which determines a transport route for the transport unit, a need that waypoints/timing of an existing transport route of the transport unit has to be changed to obtain a changed transport route, or a need for a specific handling of the consignment. In the method, an instruction is received that is a routing instruction from the routing system pertaining to the determined transport route for the transport unit, to a transfer of the consignment from the transport unit to another transport unit, or to how the consignment shall be handled by the transport unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Anja Scheer, Christoph Dautz, Lutz Fischer
  • Consignment Drop-Off at Mobile Transport Units
    Publication number: 20210018922
    Abstract: A method performed at a mobile transport unit is disclosed. In the method, parameters are determined by using sensors of the transport unit. The parameters include characteristics of the transport unit and/or characteristics of a consignment transported by the transport unit. In the method, the parameters are transmitted to a routing system, which determines a transport route for the transport unit, a need that waypoints/timing of an existing transport route of the transport unit has to be changed to obtain a changed transport route, or a need for a specific handling of the consignment. In the method, an instruction is received that is a routing instruction from the routing system pertaining to the determined transport route for the transport unit, to a transfer of the consignment from the transport unit to another transport unit, or to how the consignment shall be handled by the transport unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Anja Scheer, Christoph Dautz, Lutz Fischer