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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Pao-ter Huang, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Christopher Chunsheng Cai, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Joseph P. Snyder, Jr., Wilton, CT (US);
John H. Lecko, Southbury, CT (US);
Jaroslav Janik, Southbury, CT (US);
Rajan Chandrakant Penkar, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Peter Douglas Jackson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Pao-Ter Huang, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Christopher Chunsheng Cai, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Joseph P. Snyder, Jr., Wilton, CT (US);
John H. Lecko, Southbury, CT (US);
Jaroslav Janik, Southbury, CT (US);
Rajan Chandrakant Penkar, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Peter Douglas Jackson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for palletizing rectangular packages received in random size and weight. A 'corner'-based modeling system is used to assist in evaluating possible placements of packages accumulated on a line conveyor, and a placement evaluation process is used to select a 'best' package placement based on heuristic analysis. Statistically-based measurement and comparison is used to assist in the evaluation process.