Patents by Inventor Peter Puchwein

Peter Puchwein 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: 9452894
    Abstract: The invention relates to a storage and order-picking system (1) for the fully-automated picking of articles that are stored in storage loading aids (2) and are picked according to an order, which includes an article store, a first conveyor system that conveys storage loading aids leaving the article store to a picking station that is operated unmanned, a fully-automated robotic gripping unit on said picking station, which removes articles to be picked from said storage loading aids and deposits them in accordance with the order, the articles deposited according to an order, particularly in an order loading aid, subsequently being conveyed away by means of a second conveyor system, an image identification device for determining possible gripping points for the gripping unit in order to grip articles from the storage loading aids, wherein the image identification device comprises at least one and preferably at least two cameras in the region of the robotic gripping unit (9) and, if at least two cameras are prov
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: KNAPP AG
    Inventors: Peter Puchwein, Claus Blödorn, Peter Stelzer, Franz Mathi
  • Publication number: 20160075521
    Abstract: The invention relates to a storage and order-picking system (1) for the fully-automated picking of articles that are stored in storage loading aids (2) and are picked according to an order, which includes an article store, a first conveyor system that conveys storage loading aids leaving the article store to a picking station that is operated unmanned, a fully-automated robotic gripping unit on said picking station, which removes articles to be picked from said storage loading aids and deposits them in accordance with the order, the articles deposited according to an order, particularly in an order loading aid, subsequently being conveyed away by means of a second conveyor system, an image identification device for determining possible gripping points for the gripping unit in order to grip articles from the storage loading aids, wherein the image identification device comprises at least one and preferably at least two cameras in the region of the robotic gripping unit (9) and, if at least two cameras are prov
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Peter PUCHWEIN, Claus BLÖDORN, Peter STELZER, Franz MATHI
  • Publication number: 20150251850
    Abstract: The invention relates to a picking facility (1) having a controlling computer (2A) for picking products (P) for a picking order, wherein the picking facility (1) has at least one rack unit (3, 4) having two racks (R) for storing products (P) and a transport system provided in a rack lane (RG) formed by the two racks (R) for storing and collecting the products (P), and wherein products (P) that are collected from the racks (R) may be disposed onto a temporary storage place, and wherein there is provided a conveyor technology for conveying the products (P), wherein there are provided at least two buffer jackets (PU) as a temporary storage place, and that the controlling computer (2A) is configured to pick partial picking orders of the products (P) of a picking order that are contained in the racks (R) of a rack unit (3, 4) into respectively one of the buffer jackets (PU) and that the controlling computer (2A) is configured to combine the partial picking orders of a picking order onto the conveyor technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Franz Mathi, Peter Puchwein, Oliver Lehner