SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING PARCELS FROM A FIRST CONVEYOR TO A SECOND CONVEYOR

In a system and method for identifying and transferring parcels from a first conveyor to a second conveyor aligned with the first conveyor, a camera of a vision and control subsystem is used to acquire image data of a bulk flow of multiple parcels on the first conveyor. The image data is processed b...

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Hauptverfasser:	McCue, Michael Alan, Hillerich, JR., Thomas Anthony
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING CONVEYING COUNTING HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS POSTAL SORTING PRESENTATION OF DATA RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS SORTING SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTEDPIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING STORING TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	In a system and method for identifying and transferring parcels from a first conveyor to a second conveyor aligned with the first conveyor, a camera of a vision and control subsystem is used to acquire image data of a bulk flow of multiple parcels on the first conveyor. The image data is processed by a computer of the vision and control subsystem to identify individual parcels in the bulk flow of multiple parcels. The computer then activates a robot to engage and transfer selected individual parcels in the bulk flow of multiple parcels in a predetermined sequence. After the robot has engaged and transferred the selected individual parcels, the computer communicates instructions to the first conveyor to advance remaining parcels in the bulk flow of multiple parcels on the first conveyor to the second conveyor.