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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

May. 14, 2019
Applicant:

Siemens Logistics Llc, DFW Airport, TX (US);

Inventor:

John M. Zatopek, Arlington, TX (US);

Assignee:

Körber Supply Chain LLC, DFW Airport, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/02 (2006.01); B65G 47/256 (2006.01); B07C 5/10 (2006.01); B07C 5/342 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/256 (2013.01); B07C 5/02 (2013.01); B07C 5/10 (2013.01); B07C 5/3422 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0285 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0225 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for removing unstable articles from an automated processing stream includes an automated processing stream with a plurality of processing units including a flow diverter and configured to carry a stream of articles, a vision system, and a control system interfacing with the automated processing stream and the vision system, wherein the vision system is configured to detect positions of an article and to transmit position data to the control system, and wherein the control system is configured, through operation of a processor, to determine an expected position of the article based on a first detected position, compare the expected position to a second detected position of the article, determine a deviation of the second detected position from the expected position, and control the flow diverter to divert the article based on the deviation.


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