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Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2022
Applicant:

Deutsche Post Ag, Bonn, DE;

Inventors:

Nureddin Kerim Kocak, Karben, DE;

Fatih Bayraktar, Erlensee, DE;

Assignee:

Deutsche Post AG, Bonn, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/51 (2006.01); B65G 47/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/5104 (2013.01); B65G 47/503 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for removing a piece good from a conveying means of a sorting system, includes the steps generating image data by means of a camera arranged on a conveyor line; by means of a controller, detecting a piece good not placed completely in the cell area on the conveying means on the basis of the image data generated; generating a blowoff command for a blowoff device arranged on the conveyor line, wherein the blowoff command is generated while considering a time of the generation of the image data, a conveying speed of the conveying means, and an arrangement of the camera, the conveyor line and the blowoff device relative to one another; and by means of the blowoff device, blowing off the piece good not placed completely in the cell area on the conveying means on the basis of the blowoff command.


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