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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Gregory A. Cole, West Hanford, CT (US);
Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge, Ellington, CT (US);
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
Systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of package identification are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a method for package identification comprising performing a set of initial inspection operations on a package; determining a portion of a plurality of possible packages based on the set of initial inspection operations and a data structure including initial inspection characteristics for the plurality of possible packages; performing a set of package movement inspection operations by moving the package using a robot; determining a set of movement characteristics based on the package movement inspection operations; and identifying which one of the portion of the plurality of possible packages corresponds to the package using the set of movement characteristics.