SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING REAL-TIME ORIENTATION ON CARTS IN AN INDEPENDENT CART SYSTEM

A system and method of determining orientation of a physical location on a cart or end effector located on the cart in an independent cart system receives a feedback signal from a sensor on the cart. A multi-axis device may generate three or more signals corresponding to X, Y, and Z axes orientation...

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Hauptverfasser:	Seal, Shankha S, Clark, Tracy M, Xu, Dayin, Sun, Xikai, Kaufmann, Michaela R, Das, Jadav, Floresta, John
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING CONVEYING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS REGULATING SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method of determining orientation of a physical location on a cart or end effector located on the cart in an independent cart system receives a feedback signal from a sensor on the cart. A multi-axis device may generate three or more signals corresponding to X, Y, and Z axes orientations. Processing may be performed on the signals to generate a value of yaw, pitch, or roll of the cart. The feedback or processed signals are transmitted from the mover to a remote device external from the track. The real-time orientation information may be used to implement closed-loop control of an actuator mounted on or external to each cart as the cart travels along the track. Power for the devices on the mover may be provided by a battery mounted on the cart or by a wireless power transfer system.