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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Grey Orange Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Kishore Kumar Luthra, Gurugram, IN;
Gnanaprakash Muthusamy, Coimbator, IN;
Mohit Kumar, Meerut, IN;
Abhinav Roy, Begusarai, IN;
Ananya Agnihotri, Kanpur, IN;
Amitabh Nauharia, Chandigarh, IN;
GREY ORANGE PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An induction station for conveying packages in a storage facility is provided. The induction station includes a plurality of parallel feed conveyors including at least first and second conveyors, and one or more buffer conveyors including at least a third conveyor for conveying the packages from the first and second conveyors to the third conveyor. The induction station further includes sensors for measuring a height, a weight, a length, and a width of each package. The induction station further includes sensors for detecting each package as one of a first package type or a second package type. The induction station further includes a controller to control a first, a second speed, and a third speed of the first through third conveyors, respectively, based on the detected package type of each package and at least one of the weight, height, length, and width of each package.