# US 2022/0034705 A1 · Storage System For A Loading Space Of A Commercial Motor Vehicle And Method For Monitoring A Piece Number And/Or A Volume Of A Commodity Located In A Receiving Unit In A Commercial Motor Vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0034705 A1 - Document ID: US20220034705A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/383,105 - Filed: 2021-07-22 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-29 - Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Detlef Kuck; Marcel Grein; Alexandra Holz; Moritz Martinius; Ramola Rege - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220034705A1 ## CPC - G01G 19/12: having electrical weight-sensitive devices - G01G 19/4144: {for controlling weight of goods in commercial establishments, e.g. supermarket, P.O.S. systems} - B60P 3/228: {Measuring or indicating means, e.g. of level, volume, weight} - G01G 19/08: for incorporation in vehicles - G01G 19/42: for counting by weighing (G01G19/387 takes precedence) - G01G 19/52: Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture (with walking sticks A45B3/08) - G01G 23/3735: {using a digital network} - G01G: WEIGHING (sorting by weighing B07C5/16) - B60P: VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances A61G3/00) ## Abstract The invention relates to a storage system (1) for a loading space of a commercial motor vehicle. In order to make commercial motor vehicles available that can be utilized more productively and more effectively, the storage system (1) exhibits at least one weighing machine with counting scale (5), capable of being fixed in the loading space, and at least one indicating unit (7), assigned to the weighing machine with counting scale (5), for indicating a piece number of bulk commodity located on the weighing machine with counting scale (5) and/or for indicating a volume of a liquid commodity located on the weighing machine with counting scale (5). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A storage system (1) for a loading space of a commercial motor vehicle, comprising: at least one weighing machine with a counting scale (5) capable of being fixed in the loading space, and at least one indicating unit (7) assigned to the weighing machine with the counting scale (5) for indicating a piece number of a bulk commodity located on the weighing machine with the counting scale (5) and/or for indicating a volume of a liquid commodity located on the weighing machine with the counting scale (5). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The storage system (1) according to claim 1, further comprising at least one shelf (3, 4) which is capable of being fixed in the loading space and on which the weighing machine with counting scale (5) is capable of being fixed, the indicating unit (7) being arranged on the shelf (3, 4) in the region of the weighing machine with the counting scale (5). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The storage system (1) according to claim 1, wherein the indicating unit (7) takes the form of an e-paper display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The storage system (1) according to claim 1, wherein: the at least one weighing machine comprises at least two weighing machines with the counting scale (5) capable of being fixed in the loading space, and the at least one indicating unit (7) comprises at least one central indicating unit (8) which has been set up to indicate for all the weighing machines with the counting scale (5), in the given case the piece number of the bulk commodity located on the respective weighing machine with counting scale (5) and/or the volume of the liquid commodity located on the respective weighing machine with counting scale (5). ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The storage system (1) according to claim 4, further comprising at least one evaluation-electronics module connected to the weighing machine(s) with the counting scale (5), on the one hand, and to the central indicating unit (8), on the other hand, which has been set up to drive the central indicating unit (8) for the purpose of indicating an information signal assigned to a particular weighing machine with counting scale (5) if by means of this weighing machine with counting scale (5) it has been registered that the piece number of the bulk commodity or the volume of the liquid commodity on this weighing machine with counting scale (5) falls short of a predetermined minimum value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The storage system (1) according to claim 5, further comprising at least one microphone connected to the drive electronics for entering voice commands, the drive electronics having been set up to evaluate the voice commands and to drive the indicating unit (7) assigned to the respective weighing machine with counting scale (5) and/or the central indicating unit (8) as a function of voice commands. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The storage system (1) according to claim 5, further comprising at least one data interface connected to the drive electronics for wireless communication with a data network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The storage system (1) according to claim 1, wherein the at least one weighing machine with the counting scale (5) exhibits an electronics module which has been set up to receive and evaluate an item of information relating to an instantaneous travel speed of the commercial motor vehicle, so that a measurement by the weighing machine with counting scale (5) is undertaken only when the commercial motor vehicle has been at a standstill for longer than a period of time of predetermined length. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The storage system (1) according to claim 8, further comprising at least one triaxial gyroscope (9) which is capable of being fixed to the shelf (3, 4) and which is connected to the electronics module of the respective weighing machine with counting scale (5), the electronics module having been set up to evaluate measurement signals of the gyroscope (9), so that the measurement by means of the weighing machine with counting scale (5) is undertaken only when amplitudes of oscillations of the shelf (3, 4) are smaller than a predetermined amplitude. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The storage system (1) according to claim 9, wherein the electronics module has been set up to correct a result of the measurement by the weighing machine with the counting scale (5) as a function of a state of inclination of the shelf (3, 4) registered by the gyroscope (9). ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The storage system (1) according to claim 1, further comprising at least one bulk-commodity-receiving and/or liquid-commodity-receiving unit (6) which is capable of being arranged on the weighing machine with counting scale (5). ### Claim 12 A method for monitoring a piece number of a bulk commodity located in a receiving unit (6) and/or for monitoring a volume of a liquid commodity located in the receiving unit (6) in a loading space of a commercial motor vehicle, the method comprising registering the piece number of the bulk commodity or the volume of the liquid commodity by a weighing machine with a counting scale (5, fixed in the loading space, and indicating by an indicating unit (7) assigned to the weighing machine with the counting scale (5). ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the piece number of the bulk commodity or the volume of the liquid commodity is indicated additionally by a central indicating unit (8) which piece numbers of bulk commodities and/or volumes of liquid commodities are indicated simultaneously for several weighing machines with counting scale (5). ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein an information signal assigned to a particular weighing machine with the counting scale (5) is indicated by means of the indicating unit (7) and/or the central indicating unit (8) if by means of this weighing machine with counting scale (5) it has been registered that the piece number of the bulk commodity or the volume of the liquid commodity on this weighing machine with counting scale (5) falls short of a predetermined minimum value. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the indicating unit (7) assigned to the respective weighing machine with the counting scale (5) and/or the central indicating unit (8) is/are driven as a function of voice commands. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein results of measurements by the weighing machines with counting scale (5) are communicated to a computer network in wireless manner via a data network. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the measurement by the weighing machine with the counting scale (5) is undertaken only when a sensor registers that the commercial motor vehicle has been at a standstill for longer than a period of time of predetermined length. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the measurement by the weighing machine with the counting scale (5) is undertaken only when a sensor registers that amplitudes of oscillations of a shelf (3, 4) bearing the weighing machine with the counting scale (5) are smaller than a predetermined amplitude. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein a result of the measurement by the weighing machine with the counting scale (5) is corrected as a function of a state of inclination of the shelf (3, 4, registered by the sensor.