Patents by Inventor Christian Stifter

Christian Stifter 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).

  • Method for depositing individually packaged items in containers
    Patent number: 8065032
    Abstract: A method for depositing real items into real containers, wherein the real items are transported along a picking line and are deposited into spaces in the real containers using robots. Placement of the items is predetermined by a controller. The controller provides for the real items and the real containers to be previously associated with one another by virtue of graphical symbols for items being placed into at least one graphical symbol for a container on a screen that is connected to the controller. The method according to the invention thus makes it possible to easily and quickly fill a container with an assortment of items in the desired manner using real robot movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Stifter
  • METHOD FOR DEPOSITING INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED ITEMS IN CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20090012644
    Abstract: A method for depositing real items into real containers, wherein the real items are transported along a picking line and are deposited into spaces in the real containers using robots. Placement of the items is predetermined by a controller. The controller provides for the real items and the real containers to be previously associated with one another by virtue of graphical symbols for items being placed into at least one graphical symbol for a container on a screen that is connected to the controller. The method according to the invention thus makes it possible to easily and quickly fill a container with an assortment of items in the desired manner using real robot movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: Christian Stifter