System and method for detecting a number of goods in a load carrier

A data center for managing data sets,

• wherein the data sets each comprise at least one image of a placement region of a load carrier and an ascertained number of articles,
• wherein the ascertained number of articles indicates a number of articles in the placement region,
• wherein the data center is connected, via a communication module, to a plurality of systems each for detecting the number of articles in the placement region of the load carrier in a warehouse in order to transfer data sets between, in each case, one system of the plurality of systems and the data center,
• wherein each system of the plurality of systems comprises an analysis region configured to receive the load carrier, an image capturing system for monitoring the analysis region, and a data processing unit,
• wherein the image capturing system is configured to capture an image of the placement region of the load carrier and to transmit the image to the data processing unit,
• wherein the data processing unit is configured to evaluate the image transmitted by the image capturing system using an algorithm for object recognition, in order to recognize the articles arranged in the placement region of the load carrier as objects and to ascertain the number of articles in the placement region of the load carrier,
• wherein the algorithm for object recognition is implemented in the data processing unit using machine learning based on a plurality of images that represent the placement region of the load carrier with different number of articles,
• wherein the images are provided to the data processing unit, and
• wherein each one of the plurality of images is linked to the number of articles corresponding to the respective image.

A warehouse system comprising:

• a plurality of load carriers, each with a placement region,
• a conveying device for transporting the load carriers, and
• a system for detecting a number of articles in the placement region of one of the load carriers, the system comprising:
• an analysis region configured to receive one of the load carriers,
• an image capturing system for monitoring the analysis region, and
• a data processing unit,
• wherein the image capturing system is configured to capture an image of the placement region of the one of the load carriers and to transmit the image to the data processing unit,
• wherein the data processing unit is configured to evaluate the image transmitted by the image capturing system using an algorithm for object recognition, in order to recognize the articles arranged in the placement region of the one of the load carriers as objects and to ascertain the number of articles in the placement region of the one of the load carriers,
• wherein the algorithm for object recognition is implemented in the data processing unit using machine learning based on a plurality of images that represent the placement region of the one of the load carriers with different number of articles,
• wherein the images are provided to the data processing unit, and
• wherein each one of the plurality of images is linked to the number of articles corresponding to the respective image.

A method for detecting a number of articles in a placement region of a load carrier in a warehouse, the method comprising:

• providing the load carrier in an analysis region,
• capturing an image of the placement region of the load carrier using the image capturing system and transmitting the image to a data processing unit,
• evaluating the image by the data processing unit using the algorithm for object recognition,
• recognizing articles arranged in the placement region as objects,
• ascertaining the number of articles,
• wherein the algorithm for object recognition is implemented in the data processing unit using machine learning based on a plurality of images that represent the placement region of the load carrier with different number of articles,
• wherein the images are provided to the data processing unit,
• wherein each one of the plurality of images is linked to the number of articles corresponding to the respective image, and
• conveying the load carrier away from the analysis region.