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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2005
Applicant:
Kyle E. Kibbler, Binghamton, NY (US);
Inventor:
Kyle E. Kibbler, Binghamton, NY (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for reliably detecting singulated parcels traveling on a conveyor belt by comparing parcel characteristics before and after parcel agitation. First, parcel characteristics are evaluated. Then parcels are agitated to promote a change in characteristics, for example volume or dimensions, of the unsingulated parcels. Next, parcel characteristics are again evaluated and compared to the previously-evaluated characteristics. If there is no appreciable difference in characteristics, the parcel is deemed singulated.