System for controlling a transition between a first area and a second area in an operating environment

A system for controlling a transition between a first area and a second area in an operating environment, in particular a logistics facility, comprising:

• a transition area, which separates the first area from the second area of the operating environment and which is limited on both sides in a width direction;
• a monitoring device, which comprises at least two first sensor units located opposite one another with respect to the transition region and is set up to span in the transition region:
• a substantially horizontally oriented monitoring field with a predetermined extent in a depth direction, which extends over the entire width of the transition region;
• and
• at least one pair of entry fields, which extend in the depth direction with respect to the monitoring field and each have a predetermined extent in the width direction and the depth direction;
• a control unit, which is operatively coupled to the monitoring device and is also set up for communication with vehicles moving in the operating environment;
• wherein the control unit is further arranged to receive requests from the vehicles to pass through the transition area and to perform the following steps on receipt of such a request:
• monitoring one of the pairs of entry fields with regard to an essentially simultaneous violation by a vehicle);
• on detection of such a substantially simultaneous violation of the corresponding pair of entry fields, releasing a passage corridor through the monitoring field, the passage corridor having a predetermined width and lying in extension of the pair of entry fields;
• and
• monitoring the passage of the vehicle through the passage corridor and deactivating the passage corridor if it is detected that the passage has been completed.