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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2008
Michael Zettler, Allensbach, DE;
Michael Zettler, Allensbach, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for transporting a set of items includes predetermining a destination point for each item of the set and for each further item which passes through the sorting system, generating for each item a current image of the item from a predetermined viewing direction, determining the predetermined destination point of the item, and initiating a transport of the item to the destination point. The method includes further transmitting a computer-readable description of the set to a data processing system which is connected to the sorting system. The description includes a reference image of the item from the viewing direction. For each item which passes through the sorting system, the method includes automatically deciding by the data processing system whether or not the item belongs to the set, wherein the data processing system compares the generated current image of the item with the reference image.