Actuation of a conveying system

An apparatus comprising at least one memory with program instructions and at least one processor, the program instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, configured to cause the apparatus or a system to perform the following:

• receive data from at least one detection device which regularly detects single items on a sorting surface of a conveying system, wherein a separately actuatable drive element is assigned in each case to a plurality of partial surfaces of the sorting surface,
• determine in regular intervals a region on the sorting surface taken up by the respective single item on the basis of positions of a plurality of benchmarks of the single item for as long as the single item is situated on the sorting surface, each benchmark being detected with different angles by the at least one detection device, the position of each benchmark being determined based on the obtained data by means of a triangulation,
• determine control commands for actuating the drive elements, which are assigned to a partial surface and correspond to a specific region on the sorting surface taken up by the respective single item, on the basis of a destination at the sorting surface provided for the respective single item and
• actuate the drive elements with the determined control commands.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program with program instructions which are configured to prompt an apparatus or a system to perform the following when they are executed by at least one processor:

• receive data from at least one detection device which regularly detects single items on a sorting surface of a conveying system, wherein a separately actuatable drive element is assigned in each case to a plurality of partial surfaces of the sorting surface,
• determine in regular intervals a region on the sorting surface taken up by the respective single item on the basis of positions of a plurality of benchmarks of the single item for as long as the single item is situated on the sorting surface, each benchmark being detected with different angles by the at least one detection device, the position of each benchmark being determined based on the obtained data by means of a triangulation,
• determine control commands for actuating the drive elements, which are assigned to a partial surface and correspond to a specific region on the sorting surface taken up by the respective single item, on the basis of a destination at the sorting surface provided for the respective single item and
• actuate the drive elements with the determined control commands.