Method and device for detecting and segregating piece goods

A method for detecting and for targeted segregation of individual piece goods that are conveyed in a conveying direction one after the other on an extensive conveying element,

• displacing a piece good to be segregated transversely to the conveying direction by a push element, the push element being moved transversely to the conveying direction into a conveying region of the piece goods,
• determining positional information concerning a region of the piece good to be segregated, which faces the push element, by way of a position-determining device, and a forward position is determined on account of the positional information, and
• determining the forward position by a control device in dependence on the positional information concerning the piece good, which is to be segregated, on the conveying element, and
• wherein before pushing of the piece good, the push element is moved into the forward position lying above the conveying element in the conveying region, and the piece good is pushed over the conveying element by the element by accelerating the push element out of the forward position in a push direction, and
• wherein the position-determining device forms a first and a second measuring beam path, wherein an orthogonal projection of the first measuring beam path and of the second measuring beam path onto a plane, in which a conveying surface of the conveying element lies, is indicated as a first and a second measuring beam path projection,
• wherein the first measuring beam path projection and the second measuring beam path projection intersect outside the conveying surface.