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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Ricardo N. Schiesser, La Verne, CA (US);
Clyde Ko, Hsinchu, TW;
Rhonda J. Verploegen, Sparta, MI (US);
Ricardo N. Schiesser, La Verne, CA (US);
Clyde Ko, Hsinchu, TW;
Rhonda J. Verploegen, Sparta, MI (US);
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method which minimizes the gaps between packages to the minimum required by the sorter. The gapping required to allow scanning the identification label(s) will be done first, then another gap adjustment (to reduce gaps) is done immediately after scanning. The induction control system requires inputs from additional sensors which are necessary to obtain certain package dimensions. This information (dimensions of the packages) is used by the control algorithm to calculate or select from a table based on package geometry, the minimum (or optimum) gaps required for scanning and by the sorter.