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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2018
P & P Optica Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Alexander Baran-Harper, Waterloo, CA;
Allan Hamzic, Kitchener, CA;
P & P OPTICA INC., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A lighting apparatus which indicates a condition and positions of a product moving along a conveyor is provided. The lighting apparatus includes one or more sensors configured to capture a condition reading of the product and a position reading of the product; a line of lights configured for installation proximate to the conveyor and along the path of the conveyor, the lights of the line of lights configurable between different visual states; a controller to determine a condition of the product based on the condition reading, determine an initial position of the product based on the position reading, generate a schedule for controlling visual states of the lights of the line of lights to indicate the condition of the product and positions of the product, and control the visual states of the lights of the line of lights according to the schedule.