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Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2024
Applicant:

Intelligrated Headquarters, Llc, Mason, OH (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Wicks, Charlotte, NC (US);

David Pepley, Charlotte, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B07C 5/08 (2006.01); B07C 5/28 (2006.01); B07C 5/342 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/3422 (2013.01); B07C 5/08 (2013.01); B07C 5/28 (2013.01); B07C 5/362 (2013.01); B65G 65/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses, method and computer program products for automatically performing sorting operations are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may comprise: an array of gripping elements, and at least one processing component configured to: obtain image data corresponding with the plurality of items; identify, from the image data, one or more characteristics of the plurality of items; determine, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics, an ordered sequence corresponding with the plurality of items; and generate a control indication to cause at least one of the gripping elements to perform the sorting operations based at least in part on the ordered sequence.


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