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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Intelligrated Headquarters, Llc, Mason, OH (US);
Vincent Sines, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Rob Schlender, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Allay Desai, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Bill McConnell, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Gabe Difurio, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Matthew Good, Owings Mills, MD (US);
INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC, Mason, OH (US);
Abstract
A material handling system for singulation of items is described. The material handling system can include, a singulation conveyor with a mechanical actuator. The mechanical actuator can be configured to manipulate an item on the singulation conveyor. Further, the material handling system can comprise a sensing unit comprising an imaging device that can be configured to capture an image of a zone of a singulation conveyor. Further, the material handling system can have a control unit that can be configured to classify, based on a classification model and the image, the item into a category. The category can be indicative of an orientation of the item with respect to another item and a conveying surface of the singulation conveyor. Further, the control unit can be configured to, generate instructions to cause actuation of a mechanical actuator to perform a singulation action based on the classification associated with the item.