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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Rajeev Dwivedi, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mohit Malik, Seattle, WA (US);
Vivek S. Narayanan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shahid Azad, Seattle, WA (US);
Ganesh Krishnamoorthy, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Item singulation systems and methods may include an input conveyor, a separation conveyor, a turn conveyor, and an output conveyor that is positioned parallel with the input conveyor. A vision system may determine individual columns of items from among a plurality of items on the input conveyor. Operations of the input conveyor, separation conveyor, turn conveyor, and output conveyor may be controlled substantially as a pull system to transfer individual columns of items to the output conveyor, such that singulated items can be transferred by the output conveyor to downstream processes.