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Patent No.:

US 12668422 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2023

Sortation of items using an image fingerprint to right the items

Applicant:

United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Jason Force, Annandale, VA (US);

Wayne R. Perry-Eaton, Leesburg, VA (US);

Assignee:

United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thomas Randazzo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/24 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/0485 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 47/24 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); B65G 2201/0285 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0216 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0225 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0241 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0266 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated system for transferring articles from a container. An item transfer system includes a source tray assembly, a translatable and rotatable intermediate rotary assembly, and a translatable and rotatable output rotary assembly. The system is configured to transfer articles from the tray to processing equipment by an automated process including rotationally transferring the articles from the tray to the intermediate rotary assembly and rotationally transferring the articles from the intermediate rotary assembly to the output rotary assembly. The output rotary assembly can move to align with a shelf or other input of the processing equipment and a paddle assembly can slide the items from the output rotary assembly onto the shelf or other input of the processing equipment.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Force, Jason. (2026). Sortation of items using an image fingerprint to right the items (U.S. Patent No. 12668422). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12668422

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